Gabbing Gilmore: A Gilmore Girls Deep Dive

76. January Bonus: Jess Mariano the individualist: a romantic Enneagram 4

Gabbing Gilmore: A Gilmore Girls Deep Dive

Show Notes

We’ve long suspected that Jess Mariano is an Enneagram 4 - the individualist, the romantic. But today we’re going deep to see if we’re right! ✨ This is an excerpt from a paid episode - to access the full episode, join our Patreon, where you’ll get extra bonus episodes every month at patreon.com/gabbinggilmore ✨ Jess wears a leather jacket, loves to read, and skips school a lot, but does this actually translate into his personality type? We also know that he hates chit chat, withdraws in times of stress, and has a deep feeling that he’s different from everyone else, or that something’s wrong with him. Knowing his personality type definitely would’ve helped Liz, Luke, Rory, (and even Lorelai!) understand him better. In today’s Gilmore Girls deep dive, we analyze Jess through the enneagram, including his stress and security points, and his wing (can we say Bohemian?!). And most importantly, why he’s so dang awesome in Season 6 and A Year in the Life. Episodes mentioned: Jess, Welcome to Stars Hollow References: Enneagram for the Culture Suzanne Stabile Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober

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Edited and produced by Jackie Procyk and Catherine Bailey. Cover art by MGI Studios.

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