Gilmore Girls Star Scott Patterson Says Every One of Rory's Boyfriends Would Cheat on Her

Scott Patterson just weighed in on the eternal Gilmore Girls debate, and his answer is... not the one the fandom is usually looking for. It is, however, very Luke of him: practical, a little bleak, and low-key funny.

Scott Patterson is Team No One (and kind of Team Logan, for reasons)

On Fox 29's morning show "MIKE," the 67-year-old actor was asked the classic question: Team Dean, Team Jess, or Team Logan? Instead of picking a soulmate, Patterson ran the numbers like a guy pricing out a coffee machine for Luke's Diner.

"If we sort of game theory out marriage to each one of these guys... I think Dean and Jess and Logan, I think they are all going to cheat on her. "

Yes, he went full 10-years-later, two-kids-deep thought experiment and landed on: none of them hold up. Savage, but also not exactly out of character for the man who once glared Dean into dust from across a counter.

Quick refresher on Rory's Big Three

• Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki): Rory's first boyfriend in high school. Sweet, steady, and the one Luke never fully trusted.
• Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia): Luke's nephew and Rory's second love interest. Smart, broody, allergic to authority. Luke still did not approve.
• Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry): The college-era boyfriend with a trust fund and a family newspaper empire behind him. He proposed in the final season; Rory said no because she wanted her own path. Cut to Netflix 's 2016 revival, "A Year in the Life": Rory and Logan picked their chemistry back up as an affair, and the revival ended with Rory pregnant. The show never stamped it in bold, but it very strongly hinted Logan is the father.

So why does he default to Logan?

Patterson did finally pick someone when pressed — Logan — but not because he thinks Logan is Rory's best match. It is a pure dollars-and-cents move. In his words, a divorce from Logan likely benefits Rory the most thanks to the Huntzberger money. As a bonus, he says that would be a little karmic payback for Logan's dad, Mitchum Huntzberger (played by Gregg Henry), who famously torpedoed Rory's confidence about her journalism career back in the day.

Luke hated Rory's boyfriends. Scott mostly agrees.

On the show, Luke never quite signed off on any of Rory's guys — even Jess, his own nephew. He once told Lorelai that her kid deserved to be with a "prince." Offscreen, Patterson has gotten even blunter since he finally watched the series for the first time in recent years while hosting his rewatch podcast "I Am All In."

In an October 2025 chat with People, he called Rory's love interests "bums" and made the case that Rory needs to level up past all three: grow from those relationships, decide what she actually wants, and find someone new. His take was basically: none of those romances were meant to last, and that's the point.

Another Gilmore return? He is up for it.

Patterson told Us Weekly in October 2025 that he wants to do more Gilmore Girls — and he thinks the odds are decent. Series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has floated the idea of a holiday special, and Lauren Graham has echoed that vibe. Patterson says fans constantly ask him about it. He does not have a firm answer, but he is optimistic it will happen... maybe.

Bottom line: Patterson is not shipping Rory with anyone from her past. If you twist his arm, he picks Logan — not for love, but for leverage. Extremely Luke-coded, extremely funny, and honestly, not the worst read of how those three might age.