Jess heads out to Venice California only to learn that his father’s community is just as quirky as Stars Hollow; the rift widens between Lorelai and Emily; Luke tells Lorelai…

On their first free Friday night, Lorelai and Rory are at a loss over how to spend the evening, while Emily and Richard cavort at the party they’re hosting; Lorelai…

A fire at the Independence Inn forces Lorelai to relocate its guests to her own house and those of her friends, and leaves her spending the night at Luke’s, where…

Emily and Richard rejoice when Rory announces her decision to attend Yale; Kirk sustains baking-related injuries when Rory secretly enlists the help of her fellow Stars Hollows citizens to bake…

Luke is opposed to having Taylor’s attorney Nicole oversee the paperwork for the construction of the new soda shop until he meets the attractive redhead, who takes as immediate a…

Luke and Nicole have a successful first date; Jess and Dean trade verbal blows; Sherry goes into labor with only Lorelai and Rory for company; Lorelai reminisces about her pregnancy…

Emily guilts Rory into bringing Jess to a Friday night dinner which turns out to be an unqualified disaster; Lorelai, Alex, Sookie and Jackson go to New York for the…

The Doose clan invades the Inn for their family reunion; Trix comes for a short visit and drives Emily crazy until Emily finally finds something scandalous to hold over Trix’s…

Rory and Paris compete for the honor of speaking at Chilton’s Bicentennial; Sookie and Jackson get some very good life (and diaper) changing news; Paris and Rory reconcile; Lorelai runs…

In the aftermath of the Dance Marathon, Kirk parades around Stars Hollow with the trophy until someone steals it, while Lorelai and Rory painfully inch their way towards Luke’s; after…

It’s Thanksgiving, and Lorelai and Rory have dinner at four different places: the Kim’s, where Lane has managed to get Dave invited and Lorelai is forced to eat tofurkey; Luke’s,…

Lorelai’s grandmother arrives in Hartford unexpectedly on Richard’s birthday and announces that she’s moving back, throwing Emily into a tizzy until she follows Lorelai’s advice on how to manage her…

Offers of dates ensue when Lorelai and Sookie attend a seminar on operating an inn and run into two handsome men — an old friend of Sookie’s and his business…

Lorelai’s stint in the Stars Hollow High School local business success speakers forum gets derailed by some controversial personal questions, much to the delight of Luke and the consternation of…

Lorelai attends Emily’s society auction where she meets a very handsome man but neglects to get his number, forcing her to ask her mother for it; after a disastrous first…

Lorelai chauffeurs Rory to Sherry’s baby shower in Boston and finds herself dragged into the festivities against her will; Miss Patty gets a new beau; Jess comes home with a…

Lorelai is determined to win the Stars Hollow Dance Marathon and wrest the trophy from four-time champion Kirk, but has trouble getting a partner until she finally convinces Rory to…

Amidst her sadness about Christopher, Lorelai has an intriguing dream about Luke; Rory returns from Washington to realize that she still may have feelings for Jess, but a chance encounter…

To Lorelai’s horror, Kirk asks her out on a date after being encouraged by Luke; Emily’s lunch with Lorelai at Luke’s ends badly; Christopher shows up uninvited at Friday night…

Rory’s application for Harvard arrives, plunging Rory, Lorelai and Emily into a frenzy; a Chilton seminar on college applications only adds to Rory’s anxiety and sends Paris into a tizzy;…

Richard opens a new office and hires a secretary with Lorelai’s help; Dean comes home; Lane falls in love with a drum set at Stars Hollow’s new music shop and…

Lorelai and Rory have breakfast at Sookie’s in an effort to avoid Luke’s, but Lorelai can’t avoid an awkward encounter with him at Doose’s Market, where he fails to pick…

Sookie’s wedding draws near, and both bride and groom are getting frazzled, to say nothing of Michel, who Lorelai has placed in charge of the preparations at the Inn. Lorelai…

Rory embarks upon a campaign to improve Lorelai’s relationship with Jess, and convinces her to let him clean out their gutters so he can make some extra money. Luke can’t…

When Emily and Lorelai go to a spa for a weekend of relaxation, Emily lets her hair down, kicks up her heels and ends up bonding with Lorelai in a…

Lorelai and Rory pitch in at the diner while Luke plans his Uncle Louie’s funeral; Taylor is unhinged when a farmer’s market opens in the town square and puts a…

Rory asks Richard for help in creating and marketing a first-aid kit for Chilton’s annual Business Fair, which leads him to realize that he is unhappy in retirement and wants…

Lorelai’s complaint about Taylor’s choice for “”Movie in the Square Night”” lands her the responsibility for picking the evening’s entertainment, but her enthusiasm for the task is quickly dampened when…

Lorelai and Rory have a major falling out after Rory goes against her mother’s wishes and asks her grandparents to lend Lorelai the money she needs to repair termite damage…

Richard visits Stars Hollow, and drives Lorelai and Rory crazy by passing judgment on every aspect of their lives.

The annual Stars Hollow charity picnic basket lunch auction sparks controversies among couples throughout town; Jess outbids Dean for Rory’s basket, causing Dean and Rory to quarrel when Rory abides…

Christopher comes to town on a business trip with his girlfriend Sherrie in tow. Since Sherrie and Christopher’s relationship is getting serious, Sherrie wants to begin bonding with Rory —…

Headmaster Charleston decrees that both Gilmore girls need to improve their socialization skills at Chilton if they want him to write a glowing recommendation for Rory’s Harvard application. Rory’s first…

Lorelai and Sookie gear up their plans to open an inn, but encounter a roadblock when the owner of their dream location refuses to sell the property. The unexpected arrival…

Lorelai receives a late wedding present without a card attached, and insists that it be returned. Sookie sees to what great lengths Lorelai is going to find out who sent…

A blizzard prevents a group from attending the historical dinner that Sookie has painstakingly prepared at their request, so she and Lorelai decide to invite all their friends in Stars…

Lorelai, Sookie, Emily, Michel, and Rory go to a drag club for Lorelai’s bachelorette party; Emily regales the group with stories about the week before her wedding, some of which…

To escape everyone’s reaction to the news of the broken engagement, Lorelai and Rory hit the road, and stumble upon the bed and breakfast from hell before eventually arriving at…

Luke’s sister Liz, afraid that her 17 year old son Jess is headed for trouble, puts him on a bus to Stars Hollow to live with Luke. Lorelai finds out…

Richard, who has become increasingly irritable and contentious with Emily, begins to put in more hours in the office than ever. Without telling Emily, he cancels several important social engagements…

Lane freaks out when her parents buy her a one-way ticket to Korea for the summer; Luke gives Lorelai a lot to think about when she tells him about Max’s…

Rory stresses out about being too far behind on extracurriculars, which puts a strain on her relationship with Dean; Henry expresses an interest in dating Lane; Richard and Rory patch…

Paris wreaks her revenge after Tristan lies about going to a concert with Rory; Rachel leaves Stars Hollow after she becomes convinced that despite his protests, Luke is in love…

Rory decides to engage in a flurry of activity to avoid thinking about Dean, despite Lorelai’s advice to wallow; Lorelai runs interference as the residents of Stars Hollow reach out…

Emily becomes unhinged at the prospect of a visit from Richard’s mother Trix; Paris is outraged when she discovers that Tristan asked her for a date at Rory’s urging; fearing…

Rachel finds an abandoned inn that Lorelai and Sookie fall in love with; Lorelai and Rachel spend the afternoon getting to know each other and Rachel asks Lorelai to put…