Watch 'A Year in the Life' by 'Gilmore Girls' rules

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The long-awaited "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" revival is almost here, after months of counting down and scouring the web for spoilers and on-set photos. It is a moment nine years in the making, and marks the return of show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.

So, in the early hours of Friday, Nov. 25, when you can open Netflix finally and hit play, make sure to really revel in it with these Gilmore-inspired tips.

Consider your wardrobe carefully. You want to look cute, of course, but also be comfortable in a "hey, let-me-just-toss-on-these-cutoffs-and-this tie-dye-shirt-with-my-cowboy-boots-and-drive-you-to-Chilton'' way. Encouraged: A Bangles T-shirt or any other T-shirt Lane would envy. (Extra points for a vintage The Clash tee). Also good: Your favorite adorable mismatched jammies, a hat that makes you look fabulous or anything with Yale written on it. Banned: Nothing from Harvard, Talbot's or a Renaissance Festival.

Choose your company wisely. Just as Rory always had Paris (or Lane) and Lorelai always had Sookie, it's worth it to watch with your BFF if at all possible. It's also best to watch with another die-hard fan. You don’t want to be catching someone up on everything they missed in "Stars Hollow'' from 2000 and 2007. Or dealing with anyone who keeps asking why they talk so fast and why Kirk has so many jobs. And no one named T.J. or Digger allowed! 

Loving you the way I do ... Please note: This is NO time for a first date, least of all a first date with your mother tagging along. In the eternal words of Rory Gilmore, this is meant to be simple, “Watch movie, eat junk, go to bed feeling sick. End of story.”

Prepare a pre-party viewing soundtrack: Paul Anka, of course. The Bangles, see above. But also Joe Strummer, The Shins, XTC, Bjork and Carole King. (Extra credit for a Grant-Lee-Phillips hidden track).

Yes, eating is crucial. Maybe you’ll start watching early Friday morning over coffee and Pop-Tarts. Coffee, coffee, coffee. But you can’t watch this without massive amounts of junk food. Pizza, Chinese food or burgers from Luke’s are all good starting points. Maybe it's Thai take-out night at Al's Pancake World? Chocolate, jelly beans, cookie dough, ice cream, popcorn and spray cheese – and don’t forget the Red Vines!

Get situated. Squish around and make sure you’re comfortable, because there’s no squishing allowed once you start watching. If you have your very own Paul Anka, make sure he (or she) got a walk before you hit play.

Shhhh! OK, so you’re comfortable, you have enough snacks to see you through the weekend (or a night if you have the metabolism of a Gilmore). Lorelai and Rory would forbid any bathroom breaks during a classic like “Casablanca” or “Hardbodies,” but the four episodes of the reboot add up to a total of 360 minutes, or six hours, so everyone gets a pass on that rule. However, there is no talking once the movie begins. Unless you’re on your second viewing. Or the third viewing — just don’t talk through the parts you talked through before.

We should not have to say this, but no cell phones. Luke will not have it, first of all, and unless there is a real urine-mint-awkward-date crisis to troubleshoot, there’s no answering the phone. That would disrupt the, um, flow. Definitely don’t answer the phone if Emily Gilmore is calling. Now, by 2016, the Gilmore women might have decided it’s permissible to text, but make sure those messages don’t contain any spoilers.

Cheers? We don't necessarily think of this as a drinking game. After all, we don't want any repeats of that lost weekend Rory spent during one of her breakups with Logan. But if you do plan to imbibe, consider drinking every time you get into a Dean-Jess-Logan fight on Twitter. Better yet, back away from the bottle and the phone. (Go, Jess!)

Keep your tissues handy. Whatever the fate of our favorite girls, we already know that larger-than-life portrait of Richard Gilmore (the late Edward Herrmann) is going to do us in.

Plan your exit strategy. As long as six hours of television is, it will end. This is not like when Lorelai broke her engagement to Max: It's actually going to hurt. You need to emotionally prepare for this ahead of time. And this may be the time to turn your cell phone back on and accept calls from the Miss Pattys, Babettes and especially Sookies in your own life. So, take a moment. Revisit the Red Vines. Or, hey, we won't judge ...  go out for coffee and come back and watch again.