Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller:
September 21, 2004
Things are still testy between Lorelai and Rory,
and Rory's refusal to discuss the Dean situation causes Lorelai anguish; Emily
announces that she and Richard have separated; Sookie is ecstatic when Kirk
tells her that Luke and Lorelai kissed; Rory's attempt to meet Dean and discuss
what happened leads to a lot of action, but not talk; Dean provokes an argument
with Lindsay after leaving Rory's house; Emily decides to go to Europe and
invites Rory to accompany her; Lorelai and Luke are very tentative with each
other the day after until they are able to reassure each other that they're both
on the right path; Luke heads off to Maine for a week to help Liz and T.J. with
their Ren Faire booth; Rory decides that she needs a break from Dean and her
mother, and decides to take her grandmother up on her invitation to go to
Europe.
A Messenger, Nothing More:
September 28, 2004
T.J. is milking his injuries for all he's worth,
but Luke decides that it's time to go home after seven weeks on the Ren Faire
circuit; Rory calls to apologize and to ask her mother to deliver a letter to
Dean; Sookie accurately diagnoses Lorelai with a bad case of management burnout,
and the two friends decide to decompress with a girls-day-out; Emily and Rory
come home exhausted from fending off the attentions of randy European men;
Michel is wildly unenthusiastic when he's pressed into babysitting for guests
whose children take an inexplicable shine to him; after Lindsay finds Rory's
letter, she throws Dean and all his possessions out of the house, and her mother
has an angry confrontation with Lorelai in the town square; Lane realizes that
she's falling for Zack; Rory is saddened when Dean expresses regret for the
shift in their relationship and the harm it caused to his wife and their
families.
Written in the Stars:
October 5, 2004
Luke and Lorelai go on their official first date
at a restaurant owned by old friends of Luke's parents. Luke reminds Lorelai of
how they met, shows her a horoscope she gave him for good luck that he's kept in
his wallet, and assures her that he intends to go the distance with her. Lorelai
spends the night at Luke's place; in the morning, she goes down to the diner to
get coffee, and the breakfast crowd sees her wearing only Luke's shirt. There's
surprisingly little gossip about Luke and Lorelai until the next town meeting,
where Taylor uses charts to show how disastrous a breakup between them would be
for Stars Hollow. Meanwhile: Rory meets a rich Yale student named Logan and
chews him out for being rude to her friend Marty; Paris holds a wake for Asher
that all the guests assume is a keg party with a weird theme; and Emily freaks
out when she discovers that Richard has a social life she doesn't know about, so
she invades Rory's dorm during the wake.
Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too:
October 12, 2004
Lorelai confesses that part of the charm of
breakfast by Luke is breakfast at Luke's; Rory is less than thrilled to discover
that the common room in her suite has been overtaken by a huge antique printing
press Paris inherited from Asher; Lorelai and Sookie head up Jackson's campaign
committee when he decides to run against Taylor for town selectman to put an end
to the grocer's petty tyranny over Stars Hollow, but Lorelai has second thoughts
when she sees how Jackson's projected landslide victory is affecting Taylor;
Rory and Dean have difficulty finding a comfortable place to be along,
compounded by Dean's having to share a car with Lindsay and his reluctance to
make his relationship with Rory public; Lane confesses her true feelings to
Zack; after all the votes have been counted, Jackson isn't quite certain he
wants the job, and Taylor vows not to go away quietly.
We Got Us a Pippi Virgin!:
October 19, 2004
The demands of the electorate are beginning to get
to Jackson; Lorelai and Rory delicately nudge Richard and Emily closer together;
Lorelai decides that a double date with Rory and Dean is the way to smooth over
the bumps in her relationship with Dean, but the evening goes awry when Luke
can't get over feeling Dean isn't good enough fo Rory; Richard takes up a new
hobby, and Emily buys a panic room; failing to get a response from Zack about
the declaration of her feelings, Lane rescinds them, which finally gets Zack
talking; Lorelai introduces Luke to "Pippi Longstocking" as Kirk gets much
better acquainted with Lulu during movie night at the Black & White & Read
Bookstore.
Normal Mailer, I'm Pregnant!:
October 26, 2004
Danny is jealous when Glenn's article gets picked
up by the New York Times; Rory discovers that Logan, the son of a newspaper
magnate, is also on the staff of the paper; Paris wages a fierce campaign to get
the religion beat, and takes and ecumenical approach to alienating the local
clergy; desperate for a story idea for her features assignment after several
concepts fail to pan out, Rory uncovers a secret Yale society which counts Logan
as a member, and enlists his cooperation in getting a story on the group; Sookie
becomes upset when the Inn's accountant suggests dropping lunch temporarily to
save money and Normal Mailer stakes out a table in the dining room to work and
give interviews, and refuses to order anything from the menu except iced tea;
Lorelai and Rory show up for Friday night dinner, and when they discover that
neither Emily nor Richard are home, decide to order pizza and eat on the living
room floor; Christopher calls Lorelai in a panic when Sherry suddenly decides to
move to Paris, leaving him unprepared to care for a colicky Gig; Sookie
dramatically announces an upcoming addition to her family; Rory asks Christopher
to stay away from Lorelai.
You Jump, I Jump, Jack:
November 2, 2004
After Kirk spills the beans that her daughter is
dating Luke, Emily demands that Lorelai bring him to dinner so that they can get
reacquainted, although Lorelai tries to warn him away, Luke goes anyway and is
subjected to an evening of oblique insutls from a passive-aggressive Emily;
after Zach announces that he's ready to start going out with Lane, they spend a
cozy first date at home after banishing Brian to Lane's bedroom; having not
learned his lesson with Emily, Luke agrees to accept Richard's invitation to go
golfing, and both men turn a deaf ear to Lorelai's pleas to cancel; Rory gets
her story on the "Life and Death Brigade" by being blindfolded and whisked away
by Logan and his friends to observe the elaborately staged weekend in the woods,
and finally, after Logan encourages her to take a risk, to participate in the
event's breathtaking finale.
The Party's Over:
November 9, 2004
After Emily discovers that Rory is seeing Dean
again, she calls a temporary truce with Richard so that they can jointly host a
Yale alumni party whose express purpose is to find a suitable match for their
unsuspecting granddaughter; Liz and T.J. buy a house in Stars Hollow; Mrs. Kim
flips out after Kyon tells her that Lane and Zach hugged in Luke's Diner; when
the pressures of being new homeowners lead Liz and T.J. to quarrel, T.J. seeks
refuge with his brother-in-law, and ruins the romantic dinner and evening Luke
prepared for Lorelai; Logan appears at the party just in time to rescue Rory
from yet another prospective bridegroom, and Rory learns that he's very well
acquainted with her grandparents; Lane leads Kyon over to the culinary dark side
and reveals the secrets to living a happy teenager life at the Kim house; Dean
realizes that he no longer fits into Rory's life, and Logan gallantly steps in
to dry her tears.
Emily Says Hello:
November 16, 2004
Jackson is the soul of patience as Sookie suffers from
mood swings and pregnancy food cravings; Paris's decision to fast for Ramadan to
bring authenticity to her writing takes its toll on Rory and Marty; against
Lorelai's advice, Michel persists with his plan to foil the bathrobe bandits and
nearly gets arrested; Emily decides to start dating again, and calls on a
reluctant Lorelai for advice; Jackson is so overwhelmed by his duties as
selectman that Miss Patty is forced to resort to a ruse to get him to preside
over the town meeting; Lorelai invites Christopher to lunch at the Inn and
decides to surprise Rory by inviting her as well, but it's Lorelai who's
surprised by the tension between father and daughter, which erupts into a heated
argument out of Lorelai's earshot; Lorelai feels guilty for lying to Rory when
her daughter asks about Luke's reaction to the lunch date with Christopher; Luke
helps T.J. with some plumbing problems at the new house; Emily appears to have a
wonderful time on her date, but bursts into tears when she looks around her
empty home at the end of the date; Luke feigns indifference when Lorelai finally
tells him about lunch with Christopher, but hints at some ambivalence during a
later conversation with T.J.; Marty's timing is off by mere seconds when he
attempts to ask Rory out on a date.
But Not as Cute as Pushkin:
November 30, 2004
Miss Patty celebrates forty years in show business
on the same day that Luke mourns his father's death; Terrence's urging Paris to
get on with her life prompts her to try speed dating, where she hooks up with
Doyle; Marty finally clues Rory in that both he and Logan are interested in her;
Lorelai's attempt to do something nice for Luke backfires; Rory enlists Richard
in turning the practical joke table back on Logan; at Headmaster Charleston's
request, Rory happily gives Anna, a Chilton student and prospective Eli, the
Yale grand tour, but the immature Anna manages to get both herself and her host
in trouble with her party-crazed ways.
Women Of Questionable Moral:
January 25, 2005
Wanting to make peace with Rory, Christopher shows
up at Yale, but she brushes off his attempt at compromise. When Lorelai learns
that Christopher's father dies, she spends the evening at his place trying to
comfort him, then disdains to tell Luke the truth about where she was. Also,
Emily and Richard are briefly reconciled when they find and take in a lost dog.
Come Home:
February 1, 2005
Rory is totally bummed when Logan, whom she helped
write an article for the Yale Daily, doesn't return the favor by inviting her to
be his date at a book signing party thrown by his father. When Richard sees
Emily talking to a man she dated, he rear-ends her car, forcing her to ride home
with him. The Gilmore's reconcile and decide to renew their wedding vows. Emily
warns Christopher that Lorelai and Luke are getting serious and he had better do
something quickly if he hopes to end up with Lorelai.
Wedding Bell Blues:
February 8, 2005
100TH EPISODE!!!
Talk about bad timing. The night before Richard
and Emily renew their vows, Lorelai and Rory feel obligated to throw Emily a
bachelorette party. At the ceremony the following day, Rory tells Logan she
wants a relationship with him even though he's not ready to commit. Later, when
Lorelai, Luke and Christopher discover Rory and Logan together, half-dressed,
the shocking scene leads to an angry confrontation between Luke and Christopher.
A furious Lorelai figures out that Emily invited Christopher in an attempt to
break up her relationship with Luke.
Say Something:
February 15, 2005
Lorelai is frantic after the disastrous scene at
the wedding, and begs Luke not to give up on their relationship. However, Luke's
decision that he needs time alone leaves Lorelai devastated. Stranded at Yale
without her car, Rory is worried about Lorelai's depressed state that she
borrows Logan's limo and driver and heads home to Stars Hollow to care for her
mom. Meanwhile, Taylor has the whole town taking sides on the Lorelai/Luke
relationship.
Jews and Chinese Food:
February 22, 2005
When Lorelai discovers that Luke's boat is no
longer in her garage, the void she feels without Luke seems even more painful.
Luke agrees to build sets for the elementary school's production of "Fiddler on
the Roof," knowing that Lorelai is the costume designer and hoping that their
paths will cross. Meanwhile, Rory and Marty make plans to spend a day together,
but Logan drops by Rory's dorm room and convinces them to come out to dinner.
After a terrible evening with Logan's clique, Marty tells Rory how much he likes
her, b ut she admits she has a crush on Logan.
So...Good Talk:
March 1, 2005
When Richard and Emily return from their second
honeymoon, Rory attends Friday night dinner without Lorelai, who refuses to
speak to her mother or see her, and plans a girls' night out with Sookie
instead. Richard and Emily then give a 100-year-old Greek book to Rory and have
yet another maid. Rory surprises everyone with a rare outburst at her
grandmother for interfering in Lorelai's love life. Meanwhile, Luke, who's
miserable without Lorelai, takes his anger out on his customers and his dark
mood causes him to burn the food and when one customer wants his omelet redone,
he throws him out of the diner. When a meter maid is writing a ticket to put on
Luke's boat (that is parked in front of the diner) Lorelai comes in time to put
some quarters in the meter. Emily goes to the diner to talk to Luke. Meanwhile,
Lane has a horrific realization about her mother's influence.
Pulp Friction:
March 8, 2005
Now that Luke and Lorelai are back together,
Lorelai can come into the diner, and she adds herself to Luke's speed dial. They
make a date for Sunday to celebrate getting back together. Meanwhile, Kirk has
stationed himself at the diner and is collecting the pink and blue ribbons which
citizens of Stars Hollow used to wear. Rory and Logan are still dating, however
not exclusively. Rory and Lorelai see him with another girl while they are
shopping in downtown New Haven. Lorelai wants to go over and yell at Logan, but
Rory informs her that it's OK - even though she doesn't look as if she really
thinks it is OK. She tells Lorelai that they are just dating and allowed to see
other people. Emily and Richard assume that since Emily gave instructions to
Luke to get back together with Lorelai everything must be all set now. However,
they are surprised to see only Rory show up for Friday dinner. They wonder
whether Luke and Lorelai have gotten back together and end up assuming that Luke
did not follow Emily's instructions. Logan saw Rory when he was with the other
girl. He asks Rory if she is still OK with their arrangement. She says she is
and agrees to go out for coffee with him. Later, Logan's friends (Robert) asks
Rory to go to Finn's birthday party with him. She agrees, and at the part Logan
(even though he is also with a date) admits that he is jealous, kisses Rory, and
asks her to leave the party with him. The offer is obviously very tempting (she
kisses back), but she refuses and decides to stick it out with Robert. On their
date, Luke and Lorelai act about as awkwardly as on their first date on the way
to the car. They remind themselves how much they missed each other and go on
their date. Upon their return they find Kirk asleep in Luke's boat. Kirk,
following Luke's advice, moved out of his mother's house, however he didn't have
anywhere to stay. They take him in for the night. Emily storms over to the diner
and starts yelling at Luke. She can't understand why he didn't follow her
instructions. Mid-yelling-spree, Luke secretly speed dials Lorelai so she can
hear what Emily is saying. Lorelai rushes over to the diner, alerts Emily that
she and Luke are a couple again, but that Emily needs to butt out and shut up.
To Live and Let Diorama:
April 19, 2005
Old man Twickum dies, declaring through his will
that the house be made into a museum for two months, then disposed of by the
Head of the Historical Society, aka Taylor. Much to everyone's surprise, Luke
volunteers to help with the museum to remain close to the house; Lorelai is
interviewed by a magazine due to her success with the inn; Lane suspects Zach of
cheating on her with Sophie; Rory and Paris sulk over their recent pitfalls in
love, resulting with the both of them in Stars Hollow, getting tipsy with Lane
on Miss Patty's Punch, and all three of them trying to contact their beaus; Dean
informs Luke that their situations are the same, and that Lorelai will
eventually get bored and move on; Lane discovers Zach secretly practicing in a
Bluegrass band.
But I'm A Gilmore:
April 26, 2005
Rory finally realizes that she's not a casual
dater and tells Logan that she wants to be friends. He surprises her by
suggesting they become a couple instead; while she's certainly fine with that
plan, his family may not be. Luke fills in as Head Chef at the Dragonfly while
Lorelai looks for a temporary replacement for Sookie, who must remain in bed for
the rest of her pregnancy. Unfortunately, Sookie doesn't like losing control of
her kitchen and interferes with Luke. And Paris learns the real reason why Doyle
hasn't returned her calls lately.
How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?:
May 3, 2005
Rory starts her internship; Due to low attendance
and much to Luke's delight, Taylor decides to close down the museum and sell the
house; Richard and Emily invite Logan to dinner, and Lorelai begs to attend;
Lorelai meets with an inn investor, which could mean travel in her future.
Blame Booze and Melville:
May 10, 2005
The magazine comes out and Luke and Lorelai get a
little too enthusiastic when celebrating; Sookie goes into labor; Rory is given
a surprising review by Mitchum Huntzberger and goes to extremes to unwind; Luke
is upset when he finds out that Kirk has put in a competing offer on the
Twickham house; Emily takes in a foreign ballerina.
A House Is Not A Home:
May 17, 2005
Lorelai picks Rory up from the police station and
takes her home. Rory explains that the boat theft was not Logan's idea and
Lorelai should not blame him. Logan finds out that his father upset Rory and
says he will have a talk with his father, but Rory begs him not to. Rory decides
that she will not go back to Yale next year. Lorelai does not like this idea and
goes to her parents for help. Rory moves in with Richard and Emily. Show ends
with a proposal.