Paris and Rory have received recognition from multiple media outlets, including TV Guide, Cosmopolitan, and Fox News.

[10] In an article for The Atlantic, writer Shirley Li described Paris and Rory's friendship as "something too rare in pop culture: a deep platonic female relationship that didn't come prepackaged, but instead developed in front of viewers' eyes.

[9] Sabienna Bowman of Bustle felt that Paris and Rory were the highlight of the third-season premiere, stating that their internship brought them "closer than ever.

Prior to the spin-off's premiere, TV Guide's Sadie Gennis published an article titled "17 Reasons Rory's Soul Mate Is Actually Paris.

[3] In addition, Cassie Sheets wrote an article for Pride.com titled "10 TV Gal Pals Who Should've Been More Than Friends", with Paris and Rory listed at number 1.

In the book Working with Affect in Feminist Readings: Disturbing Differences, authors Marianne Liljeström and Susanna Paasonen note, "Were Paris' character a boy, this scene would normatively predict the beginning of a teenage romance.

[17] Paris and Rory's kiss in the seventeenth episode of season four was met with anticipation from viewers and the media, drawing attention from Fox News, Spin magazine, and other journalists.

[19] While reviewing A Year in the Life, Nick Rheinwald-Jones of Previously called for the writers to finally give Paris and Rory a committed romance.

[16] In another review of the spin-off, BuzzFeed noted that both characters had long been popular among homosexual viewers, some of whom were pleased with suggestions that Paris was finally being portrayed as a lesbian.

"[23] In 2016, Sabienna Bowman of Bustle noted, "Paris and Rory could never seem to shake each other, and even if they are in vastly different places in their lives, these two women will always have something to offer each other.