I never was a fan of Emily's. Kelly Bishop is great, but never did like the way that Emily treated Lorelai, even if Lorelai did run away with Rory. I always felt that Emily never did really want Lorelai back in her life, she just knew that the only way of getting her hands on Rory was to let Lorelai back in, too. That she just wanted to make Rory into what she had wanted to make Lorelai into.
Richard is more likeable and sometimes funny, but still has that bitter edge to him.
It was funny seeing Jared/Dean go on to Supernatural and having a brother Dean on there. I don't really watch Supernatural all that much, but did catch the episode where Sam and Dean went to the movie studio and went on the tour bus and got off just as they were going onto the Gilmore Girls set on the back lot of Warner Bros. That was funny.
I hope/know that you will like the show. Hope I didn't spoil anything here for you.