“Gilmore Girls” Writer Reveals the One Bombshell Twist That 'Bothered' Him About the Netflix Revival (Exclusive)

Stan Zimmerman says that if he'd been involved in the 2016 miniseries, things might have gone down differently between Rory and Logan

Netflix's 2016 miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life told new stories about beloved characters from the original show. The more unexpected outcomes left fans shocked, but for someone with an even closer relationship to the series, some continued plot lines felt no less than frustrating.

In the first episode of the four-part revival, Alexis Bledel's character Rory Gilmore is revealed to be having affair with her ex-boyfriend Logan Huntzberger, played by Matt Czuchry. The two characters dated at the end of Gilmore Girls, which wrapped in 2007, though they broke up after Rory rejected Logan's proposal.

In the sequel series, the tension of their rekindled romance is heightened by the fact that Logan is engaged to another woman. But if former Gilmore Girls writer and consulting producer Stan Zimmerman had been in Netflix's writers room, Czuchry's character might not have followed that unfaithful path.

"The cheating thing bothered me. Otherwise, [Logan] would've been perfect for [Rory]," Zimmerman tells PEOPLE. "I just loved their coloring. I just loved them together. They pushed each other's buttons, but pushed each other to be better people."

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Still, the sitcom writer acknowledges that Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino would most likely disagree with his opinions about Logan.

"Amy probably would've said, 'Oh, Stan, f--- off, shut up. People aren't perfect and people have affairs and whatever,'" Zimmerman notes with a laugh.

Over the years, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore author has stayed immersed in the CW show's culture and fandom. He's become a regular attendee at the Fan Fest Society's annual Firelight Event in Guilford, Conn., a weekend-long homage to the series hosted by the show's biggest supporters, and he keeps up with the ongoing discourse that evolves as fans watch and rewatch each season.

"I read all those things, I'm in all those groups, and occasionally, I'll pipe in and go, 'Hey, that's my episode,' and they'll go, 'Sure, Jan,' " jokes Zimmerman. "You do look at it differently in this perspective of 2024 than back then."

Rory and Lorelai Gilmore's moral standing has become a common point of discussion amongst those analyzing the show, as some people question whether or not the mother-daughter duo are good people. Zimmerman has seen fans break down all sides of the main characters, but he says Sherman-Palladino intended for them to be as multi-dimensional as possible.

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"I know there's a lot of talk that Rory was selfish and just egotistical, and was she really a good friend? All of those things," Zimmerman tells PEOPLE. "I like that Amy just didn't give a f---. She was just like, 'I want to make really complicated characters,' and God bless her."

He adds that Sherman-Palladino — who went on to create The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — even kept the actors themselves on their toes, often sprinkling somewhat obscure references into the script.

"When I started out, you wrote to the lowest common denominator. You didn't want anybody to change the channel, so just stick with everything everybody knows," says Zimmerman, whose credits include work on The Golden Girls and Roseanne.

"Then [Sherman-Palladino] invented this thing: 'No, I'm going to throw in some weird references that you may have to look up. You can Google. It's okay.' " he continues. "I think that makes the show just feel smarter, and more interesting, and makes you sit up and listen to it."

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