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Fame Audit: The Cast Of Gilmore Girls - So the show's over, and the weeping is (mostly) under control. What will happen to the cast?

Miss Alli

Good, Good, Goodbye. SOB!

Bon Voyage - The show goes out with a lovely farewell, as the town says goodbye to Rory, and we all say goodbye to them.

Al Lowe

Rory Gilmore, Will You Marry Me?

Unto The Breach - Logan proposes to Rory on the eve of her graduation. She turns him down.

Al Lowe

Sing It

Lorelai? Lorelai? - Lorelai and Rory do what we all should do in our most stressful times: sing karaoke. Everyone learns how hard it is to be a grownup.

Al Lowe

Get On Your Bike And RIDE!

It's Just Like Riding A Bike - Lorelai pedals around town, maybe all the way back into Luke's heart, as she tries to decide on a new car. Paris gets into all her grad school choices. Rory is rejected by The New York Times.

Al Lowe

Lost And Found

Hay Bale Maze - Lorelai and Luke come to a new understanding. Rory frets over her first job offer at the Providence paper. Logan is broke, but he wants to work.

Al Lowe

Ladies' Night

Gilmore Girls Only - Emily tags along, unwelcome, as Lorelai and Rory travel to Mia's wedding in North Carolina. Logan finally admits what an ass he's been. Lane and Zach ask Luke to be their babies' godfather -- and just in time.

Al Lowe

Will You Be My Well-Meaning Buttinski?

Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore? - Lane's baby shower is a rocking good time. Luke sells his boat -- and buys a new one. Logan acts a fool, just like the old days. And Rory meets with one of New York's many bald men.Lorelai brokers peace in the most heated Korean dispute since the '50s, making Mrs. Kim agree to attend Lane's baby shower. Logan reveals the truth about his bombed business deal and typically leaps into the arms of our old nemeses, Colin and Finn, to renew his assy behavior.

Al Lowe

Up A Creek

I'm A Kayak, Hear Me Roar - Lorelai breaks it to Emily that she and Chris are divorcing. Logan's website purchase deal falls through.

Al Lowe

Goodbye, My Albatross

Farewell, My Pet - After twenty-three years, one kid, years of neglect, and several failed reunions, Lorelai and Christopher call it quits for good.

Al Lowe

From the Heart

I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia - Richard has a heart attack. Logan flies in to help Rory. Emily takes charge. Everyone is supportive of Lorelai except her ass husband.

Al Lowe

Box Of Letters

To Whom It May Concern - Lorelai's letter for Luke's custody hearing upsets Christopher. Sookie finds out that Jackson lied about his vasectomy, leaving her pregnant for a third time.

Al Lowe

Home For Fake Christmas

Santa's Secret Stuff - Rory comes back from London. Luke asks Lorelai to write a character reference for him to use in his custody battle. Christopher is clueless about everything.

Al Lowe

Punch it Out

Merry Fisticuffs - Logan's all about truthiness when he busts up Marty and Rory's little secret. Luke and Christopher fight in the square. Lorelai is faced with a dilemma: does she really love her pouty husband?

Al Lowe

Unraveling

Knit, People, Knit! - Stars Hollow isn't exactly warming up to its newest resident. Lorelai nervously arranges man dates for Christopher, hoping he'll make a good impression, but he can't seem to manage it, despite his best efforts.

Al Lowe

The Planetarium Story

Introducing Lorelai Planetarium - Lorelai and Christopher tell Rory that they got married in Paris. Rory decides to move out of Logan's apartment. No one really gets upset about anything.

Al Lowe

Isn't It Romantic?

French Twist - Lorelai and Christopher get married in Paris. Rory melts down about the uncertainty of her future. Lane and Zach learn that they're having twins.

Al Lowe

Ratatphooey

Go, Bulldogs! - Lorelai and Christopher attend Yale Parents' Weekend and get Rory's staff drunk on French wine. Luke goes on a date with a psycho.

Al Lowe

Ooh, That Smell

The Great Stink - Things smell pretty rotten on the show this week. And in other news, Stars Hollow is inundated with the stench of decay.

M. Giant

The Day My Maw Got Out Of Prison

'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous - Lorelai and Chris go on a dream date. Rory makes some new, annoying friends. Emily gets arrested!

Al Lowe

You Can Dance If You Want To

Lorelai's First Cotillion - Lorelai attends her first cotillion. Lane tells Zach about the baby. And Rory has her first sexual experience in the digital age.

Al Lowe

Mommies Dearest

That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopee - Christopher gets knocked down. Lane gets knocked up. Lorelai's heart gets knocked around.

Al Lowe

And I Think It's Gonna Be A Long, Long Time

The Long Morrow - 'Cause Logan's a rocket man. Rocket maaaaan! Logan gives Rory a rocket. Lorelai gives Luke the shaft.

Al Lowe

Hello, Hiatus

Partings - Lorelai finally reveals her true feelings to Luke, who does not like her ultimatum, and ends up in Christopher's bed.

Al Lowe

C'mon Baby, Drive My Car

Driving Miss Gilmore - Emily has eye surgery and takes Lorelai on an irritating tour of small-town Connecticut.

Al Lowe

Why Moms Are Weird

Super Cool Party People - Anna freaks out when Luke enlists Lorelai's help to throw April a rocking birthday party.

Al Lowe

Sidekick In The Pants

I Get A Sidekick Out Of You - Lane and Zach get married. Twice. It's really fun 'til crazy ol' Ms. Gilmore gets toasted and shows her issues.

Al Lowe

Please Stand Up

The Real Paul Anka - Lorelai shows her parents around the bad parts of Stars Hollow, and Rory's relationship with Logan hits a big, stupid snag.

Al Lowe

Not OK

I'm OK, You're OK - Without telling Logan, Rory takes off for Stars Hollow, where she goes against Lorelai's wishes and spies on Anna.

Al Lowe

Never The Bride

Bridesmaids Revisited - Rory finds out that Logan slept with half of Honor's wedding party while they were on a break.

Al Lowe

Valentine, The Destroyer

A Vineyard Valentine - Rory and Logan invite Lorelai and Luke to spend the weekend with them in Martha's Vineyard.

Al Lowe

Con Men And Trotskyites!

You've Been Gilmored - Rory moves in with Logan. Michel has a breakdown. Lorelai and Luke get Gilmored.

Al Lowe

Friday Night's Alright For Fighting

Friday Night's Alright For Fighting - Nobody dukes it out like the Gilmores at Friday Night Dinner.

Al Lowe

Just Like Gwen And Gavin

Just Like Gwen And Gavin - Lorelai meets April. Logan makes it up to Rory. And Luke makes every possible relationship mistake in one episode.

Al Lowe

All Dressed In...Blush?

The Perfect Dress - Lorelai finds her perfect wedding dress, and all the pieces of the wedding planning fall into place. Luke goes to talk to his alleged daughter's mother.

Al Lowe

Bunch Of Turkeys

He's Slippin' 'Em Bread...Dig? - Christopher offers Lorelai and Rory some of his new millions to pay off Yale. Hep Alien comes to a fiery crash in their showcase.

Al Lowe

Luke's My Daddy

The Prodigal Daughter Returns - Rory comes home. Luke finds out he may be a dad. Emily flips out. And Lorelai runs back and forth between all of them like a chicken with her head cut off.

Al Lowe

Is That A Balalaika In Your Pocket...

Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out - Rory gets her mean on and starts taking names all around town when Jess wakes her up to her pointless existence.

Al Lowe

Madeleine Albright. In Bed.

Twenty-One Is The Loneliest Number - It's Rory's twenty-first birthday, and all she gets is a nasty pink drink.

Al Lowe

Welcome To Zzzzz...

Welcome To The Doll House - Logan gives Rory a breathtakingly expensive purse. Emily gives Lorelai all her old castoff possessions. Lorelai gives the town a piece of her mind. Taylor gives the Dragonfly the worst street name imaginable.

Al Lowe

Leave Your Cheese To Sour

We've Got Magic To Do - No, really, that's a line in the song "Magic to Do," for which this episode is named. Al can't stop laughing about it. Rory does some magic at the DAR party, and impresses everyone but the Huntzbergers, natch. Emily, however, is there to step in and kick ass.

Al Lowe

You're The Baptized!

Always A Godmother, Never A God - Rory and Lorelai get in a minor showdown after Sookie forces them to come together at a baptism for Martha and Davey. The salads are delicious, though.

Al Lowe

The UnRelenting

The UnGraduate - Rory is back to being her usual imperfectly perfect self, and they're beating us all over the head with it. Lane and her band finish their tour. Paris and Lorelai continue their tortuous lunches, and Sookie makes the world's most beautiful wedding cake.

Al Lowe

Fight For Your Right To Be Laaaaaazay!

Fight Face - Rory picks up trash. T.J. knocks a hole. Lorelai can't give up her home. And Luke has had enough of all these crazy people.

Al Lowe

Not So New, Not Especially Improved

New And Improved Lorelai - Luke says "yes!" Rory says "oh no!" Lorelai says "shut up!" Hardly anyone else says anything much, at all, really.

Al Lowe

A Poolhouse Is Rory's New Home

A House Is Not A Home - Rory continues to take criticism badly by dropping out of Yale and moving into her grandparents' poolhouse. Lorelai does not approve, but there's nothing she can do about it.

Sara M

We Blame Daniel Palladino

Blame Booze And Melville - Sure, you can blame booze and Melville for a lot of things, but when it comes to the creation of a ridiculous panel of "town elders" who meet in a steam room and make all of Stars Hollow's most important decisions, shirtless shots of Kirk and Taylor, Lorelai being amazingly stupid about pregnancy tests, and Rory having criminal impulses, I think you should point the finger at the writer of the episode.

Sara M

"My Boyfriend's a Kleptomaniac! Cute!"

How Many Kropogs To Cape Cod? - Richie might be able to impress Richard and Emily at dinner, but Lorelai is not so easily fooled. Rory is, though.

Sara M

Reversal Of Fortune

But I'm A Gilmore! - Rory and Logan are back together, and mark the occasion with dinner at the Huntzberger home, where Rory is surprised to find herself at the Dean end of family snobbery.

Sara M

Goodbye Twickham 2005

To Live And Let Diorama - The oldest resident of Stars Hollow dies. Selfishness lives on.

Sara M

How To Lose A Mom In Ten Days

Pulp Friction - Or, two words: "Shut" and "Up."

Pamie

Making Up And Making Love

So...Good Talk - Birds do it, bees do it -- even Rory's doing it these days. Lane realizes she won't as Luke and Lorelai realize they must.

Pamie

Woo! Gilmore Girls! Woo!

Jews And Chinese Food - In order to appease a few haters, Pamie shares recapping duties with Gilmore Girls's biggest fan. Enter with caution.

Pamie

Big Anal Creep

Say Something - TWoP's wearing blue ribbons. Come find out why.

Pamie

Wedding Bell Blues

Wedding Bell Blues - Richard and Emily in marital bliss; Rory and Logan, locked in a kiss; Christopherdiddy, drunk as piss; Luke, does his best, but might as well miss; and Lorelai Gilmore, making a fist.

Al Lowe

Control Your Woman

Come Home - Richard and Emily reconcile; Rory gets dissed.

Pamie

Stars Hollow's First Annual Skank-Off

Women Of Questionable Morals - You'd think Rory'd be the clear winner, but CuteDean's disappeared from town, so...

Pamie

They've Got the Boat; They Just Need the Shark

But Not As Cute As Pushkin - Rory tries to give a tour of Yale, but she keeps getting interrupted by the television show she's on. Lorelai ignores Luke's cry for No Takebacks.

Pamie

The Blame Game

Emily Says Hello - Emily has to date because Lorelai told her to say hello. Lorelai has to see Christopher because Sherry left him. Rory has to yell at her dad because Lorelai doesn't have enough spine to make him go away. Lorelai has to lie to Rory because she already sort of lied to Luke. Gosh, if everybody would just realize how much damage they cause, people could go back to ruining everyone else's lives on purpose instead of because they have to.

Pamie

Rory's A Material Girl

The Party's Over - Some boys kiss her, some boys hug her, some give her a car. If they don't give her lots of drama, she just walks away.

Pamie

Being An Asshole Is Really Expensive

You Jump, I Jump, Jack - The Gilmores are incredibly rude to Luke as Rory goes into the woods to find out that rich tools are just Ren Faire people in tuxedos.

Pamie

Mailer than Thou

Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant! - If you were Norman Mailer and you were looking for a place to make one of your vanishingly rare television appearances, would you pick an episode in which you not only don't get to do anything interesting, but neither do most of the other characters? You wouldn't think so, would you?

M. Giant

She Bop, He Bop a-We Bop

We Got Us A Pippi Virgin! - I Bop, You Bop a-They Bop. Luke Bops, Dean Bops and Rory--- We hope this show gets better again soon!

Pamie

Vote Or Die

Tippecanoe And Taylor, Too - Jackson calls an end to the dicTaylorship.

Pamie

Know When to Hold 'Em

Written In The Stars - Luke's holding an expired horoscope and a girl with intimacy issues, yet he's all in.

Pamie

Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em

A Messenger, Nothing More - Everybody's waiting to see who's going to make the next move, in order to decide how they really feel.

Pamie

The Safety Dance

Say Goodbye To Daisy Miller - At Miss Patty's, you can learn to do the Foxtrot, the Frug, or the Rory.

Pamie

No Vacancy

Raincoats And Recipes - The fourth season ends with a bang. Literally.

Pamie

Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peaceth

Last Week Fights, This Week Tights - Luke and Lorelai share a dance. MamaLane and Lane make up. Jess tries to make a better man out of himself, but only succeeds in ruining Rory's life once again.

Pamie

Who Wrote the Book of Love?

Luke Can See Her Face - Some douche with a tape recorder, apparently.

Pamie

We All Fall Down

Afterboom - Relationships are ending left and right in Stars Hollow this week.

Pamie

Easter Eggs And Anvils

Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom! - You want townies? We've got your townies.

Pamie

Girls Gone Mild

Girls In Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist - The least titillating girl-on-girl kiss in television history.

Pamie

One Down, Two to Go

The Reigning Lorelai - Pamie totally stole that line from the forum.

Pamie

Buy Me This!

Scene In A Mall - Lorelai and Rory learn that everyone has a price.

Pamie

Math Is Hard

The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais - The girls learn that life isn't always a breeze.

Pamie

Luke Gets Drunk

Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found The Gnostic Gospels - Guess who loves Rory.

Pamie

Jess Fans, Unite!

A Family Matter - Stars Hollow's shortest punk snits his way back into your heart.

Pamie

Bells And Whistles

In The Clamor And The Clangor - Don't make a move without telling Lorelai.

Pamie

Lorelai Gets Laid

The Nanny And The Professor - So does Paris. But luckily both scenes happen off-camera.

Pamie

Same Time Next Year

Ted Koppel's Big Night Out - Tradition's a bitch.

Pamie

Rory Tries Recapping

Die, Jerk - Harder than it looks to be an asshole, isn't it?

Pamie

Monet, Monet

The Festival Of Living Art - Everybody's painty. Sookie's really pregnant.

Pamie

Pomp And Circumstances

An Affair To Remember - Emily almost hires Lorelai and Sookie to cater her party for Richard and Digger. But Digger's got his eye on a different tart entirely.

Pamie

Rory Bores People

The Fundamental Things Apply - What's more snooze-worthy than watching Casablanca? Going on a date with Rory.

Pamie

CuteDean's Not A Virgin Anymore

Chicken Or Beef? - Dean gets married. Taylor is annoying. Michel's back, with hair.

Pamie

Parents Just Don't Understand!

The Hobbit, The Sofa, And Digger Stiles - Emily and Richard buy more stuff than an Oprah makeover for Rory's common room. Richard's been propositioned by the son of his enemy, who wants to ruin his father's life. Sookie screams at children and tries to make them eat brie. Lorelai does an "I told you so" dance when Rory's having problems, and then tells Rory how to live her life. Lane has to attend extra classes for wearing a bracelet. Fraulein's dropped out of college and Louisa's on a whore tour. That's because none of us ever got enough love in our childhoods. And that's showbiz, kid.

Pamie

But What About The Mattress?!

The Lorelais' First Day At Yale - Rory's gets stuck with Paris; Lorelai gets stuck on Luke. Er, no, we mean a mattress! She gets stuck on a mattress!

Pamie

Stars Hollow Summer Vacation Essay

Ballrooms And Biscotti - In the remaining minutes before her freshman year begins, Rory attempts to make everyone in Stars Hollow happy.

Pamie

Rory Graduates

Those Are Strings, Pinocchio - Wrapping up Season Three with nary a plotline addressed.

Pamie

And I Say: It's All Right

Here Comes The Son - Don't let Stars Hollow hit your ass on the way out, Jess.

Pamie

Thank You, Boys

Say Goodnight, Gracie - Rory's totally gonna pull a Carrie on her prom now that both of her boys are unavailable.

Pamie

"No! Jess! What About PROM?!"

Keg! Max! - T-minus three episodes until Jess is Tristan.

Pamie

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Happy Birthday, Baby! - It's Lorelai's birthday, so it's all about her. More than usual.

Kim

The Tell-Tale Episode

A Tale Of Poes And Fire - Moving things along nicely, we find out where Rory's going to college, what's going to happen to the Inn, and how they're kicking Jess off the show.

Pamie

Teen Sex Ruins Lives

The Big One - ...unless you're Lorelai. But Rory doesn't partake in the sins of the flesh, so she gets to go to Harvard. Poor Paris.

Pamie

Poor Rory

Face-Off - For one second, the town's focus was on something other than Rory, so she had to go out and get it back on her.

Pamie

Lucky Swan

Swan Song - Jess has a black eye, Dean has an alibi.

Pamie

Flashback Scenes, Yea or Nay?

Dear Emily And Richard - Nay, nay, nay.

Pamie

I'm Just a Girl. Someone Tell Me What To Think!

Lorelai Out Of Water - The women of Stars Hollow take seven giant steps backwards.

Pamie

Bossy Ladies

I Solemnly Swear - Girls with agendas. Ladies with attitudes. Emily's outraged, Paris is outraged, Lorelai is outraged, Sookie is outraged, Rory plays dumb, and Jackson is almost cuckolded.

Pamie

Oh, Boy!

That'll Do, Pig - Love is strange, but the way Rory and Paris act is even stranger.

Pamie

Thanks, But No Thanks

A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving - What's worse than one long, drawn-out Thanksgiving episode? Four tiny ones without resolution. Everyone gets at least one line.

Pamie

Yale. Harvard. Jess. Dean. Get it? Got it? Good.

Let The Games Begin - It's always two steps forward, three steps back with Rory, isn't it?

Pamie

Sniff!

They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? - Goodbye, CuteDean. We love you.

Pamie

Inappropriate!

Take The Deviled Eggs... - Lorelai trashes a bathroom while Rory eggs a car. What's up with these ladies?

Pamie

Wet Teens! Wet Teens!

Eight O'Clock At The Oasis - Fifty minutes of filler for one good moment when Jess and Rory are soaking wet and lusty.

Pamie

Hate Your Life? Try Bad Wigs.

One's Got Class And The Other One Dyes - Lorelai fights a gang of Bad Blonde Wigs while Lane dons a couple of her own.

Pamie

Rory's Sudden Freak-Out

Application Anxiety - Oh, so Rory's not Harvard material? Now you tell us.

Pamie

Bully For You

Haunted Leg - Rory finds out that politics isn't just fun and games as Lorelai learns that Emily has Christopher's home number.

Pamie

Look Who's Talking...Still

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days - To make up for months of silence, Rory and Lorelai talk until their mouths fall off the screen. One recapper tries to keep her fingers from going on strike.

Pamie

Speak Now and Forever, Forget the Peace

I Can't Get Started - Everybody talks and we see no action. All action happens off-camera. Hey, what is this, a play? Give us some action!

Pamie

Rhapsody in Blue

Lorelai's Graduation Day - Rory skips school because she loves that boy so much she won't stop until everyone's disappointed in her.

Pamie

His Girl Friday

Help Wanted - Richard tries to make Lorelai his new secretary when he sees her natural talent at codependence. Rory wishes everybody didn't hate Jess, but there's nothing she can do about it.

Pamie

Jess Is Dumb

Teach Me Tonight - This "very special" episode is all talk and hardly any bite. Lorelai gets angry when Jess almost kills Rory.

Pamie

Back In The Saddle Again

Back In The Saddle Again - CuteDean reaches the breaking point a month too late. Richard and Paris bond. Michel and his mother start out with a side plot that gets dropped halfway through the show.

Pamie

The Dangers of Danielworld

Dead Uncles And Vegetables - An entire hour of Gilmore Girls that advances not one storyline and is filled with grumpy, cranky, rude comments.

Pamie

Adultery, Theft, and Lies

There's The Rub - Can't leave those Gilmore girls alone for a second.

Pamie

Jess Is a Tool

Lost And Found - Rory realizes that her bracelet is missing once CuteDean points it out. Jess smirks and smugs his way through cleaning Lorelai's gutters. And yes, that is what the kids are calling it these days.

Pamie

WPM? A Billion.

It Should've Been Lorelai - Christopher flaunts his perfect new girlfriend around Stars Hollow. Emily freaks out. Lane is grounded.

Pamie

Tristan - Cute = Jess

A-Tisket, A-Tasket - This week, we learn that the best thing to do is let boys figure things out on their own. Don't make waves. Just hang around and let them fight over you.

Pamie

Papa Don't Preach

Richard In Stars Hollow - Pamie knows she uses that title too often, but for real, this episode is just about Lorelai dealing with her father's preaching. Pamie couldn't help it.

Pamie

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Secrets And Loans - All talk and no action. That's this episode. When Lorelai doesn't have any money to fix her house, it takes forty minutes of talking about what she should do and then another fifteen minutes of talking about what she should have done.

Pamie

Ye Olde Plote

The Bracebridge Dinner - Daniel Palladino assembles his finest cameos all in one room so no real story has to be flushed out. Brilliant!

Pamie

Philllipppe, CuteDean, Troilus, Cressida

Run Away, Little Boy - A Shakespeare project brings the preps of Chilton to Stars Hollow. Philllipppe returns to make Rory furious and fiery. Lorelai has a play-date.

Pamie

Mamma Mia!

The Ins And Outs Of Inns - The owner of the Independence Inn breezes into Stars Hollow, forcing Lorelai to wonder whether she's making the right decision by going into business with Sookie.

Pamie

"Veronica! Dinner!"

Like Mother, Like Daughter - Follow the linear storyline as Rory tries to do good and ends up being bad.

Pamie

Balls. But Not In That Funny Way.

Presenting Lorelai Gilmore - Rory becomes a lady to make Emily happy. Emily's still not happy. Christopher shapes up and becomes an upstanding citizen, making Lorelai forget about how he's abandoned her for the past sixteen years.

Pamie

There's a New Boy in Town

Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy - And he's looking clichéd. Luke and Lorelai fight about childrearing as Rory handles The Max Situation.

Pamie

Responsibility's For Suckers!

The Road Trip to Harvard - In a very special episode brought to you by Harvard and Certs, Rory and Lorelai ditch all responsibility and have other people handle their problems as they bad-mouth people to their faces and trespass on other people's property.

Pamie

Run, Max! Run!

Red Light On A Wedding Night - The only thing worse than having to marry Max is having to marry Lorelai. Talk about bossy!

Pamie

Panic and Freak-Outs

Hammers And Veils - Rory figures out that she'll never get into Harvard if she doesn't find a retarded kid and ditch the surfer boyfriend. Lorelai tells Emily that she's engaged and is met with an icy silence.

Pamie

The Longest Summer

Sadie, Sadie - We're still back in time as Lorelai decides to get hitched and Rory brings a boy to the Gilmore home for the first time.

Pamie

Season Fi-wha?

Love, Daisies And Troubadours - We end the season with lots of love, all the townies, and the ultimate John Hughes tribute.

Pamie

Rory Gets Grumpy

P.S. I Lo... - Suddenly Rory gets all pissy and has to deal with her break-up. Ah, to hell with continuity. CuteDean is back! Now with less floppy hair!

Pamie

Rune And Rachel: The Bad Seeds of Stars Hollow

Emily In Wonderland - Emily and Rory bond over antiques until Emily finds out more about Rory's past than she wanted to know.

Pamie

Friday, Sunday, Happy Days. Friday, Friday, Happy Days

The Third Lorelai - Richard's mother, the original Lorelai, bitches into town, causing ulcers for Emily and a giant dilemma for Lorelai. Well, it's only a dilemma once Emily chimes in. Rory helps Paris on her first date and Mrs. Cunningham is a delightful old bag.

Pamie

Scary Nipple! Scary Nipple!

The Breakup, Part 2 - Rory chooses not to wallow in her recent breakup, but rather to get some work done. Lorelai's along for the early-ass ride, since the entire town is already aware of Rory's fragile condition.

Pamie

Love Bites

Star-Crossed Lovers And Other Strangers - Stars Hollow gets all mushy while the Gilmore girls have to deal with their own personal matters of the heart.

Pamie

Family Matters

Christopher Returns - Christopher wants back into Lorelai's life, and all Hell breaks loose.

Pamie

There's Something About Rory

That Damn Donna Reed - The girls learn something about their own co-dependence as they spend an evening with their significant others.

Pamie

A Hazy Shade of Whining

Concert Interruptus - The Gilmore girls score tickets to see The Bangles. Lorelai takes this as the perfect opportunity to bribe Rory some friends.

Pamie

Two, Two, Two Dates in One!

Double Date - Lorelai and Rory both go off on separate hell dates as Sookie tries to get closer to Jackson, and Lane thinks she's found another soulmate.

Pamie

Snotty Girls Need Love Too

Paris Is Burning - Lorelai evaluates her relationship with Max as Paris becomes the school's rumor target.

Pamie

Sniffles, Part Two

Forgiveness And Stuff - All holiday cheer is put on hold when Grampa suddenly goes to the hospital. The Gilmore girls learn who their true friends are, and the importance of family -- just as a good holiday special is supposed to teach you.

Pamie

A Christmas Rory

Rory's Dance - Rory gets her first formal dance, where she learns that boys can be jerks, other boys can be boyfriends, and curfew means don't fall asleep reading Dorothy Parker.

Pamie

Love And War And Snow

Love And War And Snow - With a blizzard hitting the Gilmore Girls, everyone is up to a little bit of trouble. Well, except Rory, who always remains quite squeaky-clean. But that's why we love her.

Pamie

Thank You

Kiss And Tell - Thanks, Gilmore Girls, for making pamie have to re-evaluate her early romances. The Mental Anguish suit is still pending. Her people will call you. Your people had better send over some Doritos and a cute young boy to pet her hair and call her a pretty princess. We're just sayin'.

Pamie

Pudding. Just another reason to hate Bill Cosby.

Rory's Birthday Parties - It's all about Rory this week, as she has more parties than she wants -- with more people than she wants, and more presents than she wants -- and ends up sassing around just a bit too big for her sixteen-year-old britches. It doesn't matter. This show rules.

Pamie

Gilmore Girls Discover Boys

Cinnamon's Wake - In this episode, our heroines discover the opposite sex. Lorelai and Mr. Medina decide they are attracted to one another and decide to start dating. Only, neither of them tells Rory until she discovers Mr. Medina on her front porch during Cinnamon's wake. That's right. They're having a wake for a two-hundred-sixty-year-old cat. Life is just so darn bittersweet.

Ragdoll

All's Well That Ends Well

The Deer Hunters - Lorelai and Rory have parallel bad days; in fact, they have parallel bad weeks. As both women adjust to the school change, books are lost, cars are dented ,and worlds are tripped over. Meanwhile, poor Sookie mercilessly chases down a restaurant reviewer who had the audacity to call her "magic" risotto "fine."

Ragdoll

My Grampa and me, like to climb up a tree...

Kill Me Now - It's more of the same wholesome, good-natured fun you've come to expect from this show. No, really. It is. This week's lesson: even snotty, rich, bigoted grandfathers like to brag about their granddaughters if they're good enough for it.

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The Lorelais' First Day At Chilton

The Lorelais' First Day At Chilton - Rory asks why Lorelai is insisting on painting her toes. Lorelai explains that Rory is starting private school and that "everyone knows that private-school girls are bad. And bad girls wear red nail polish."

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Pilot

Pilot - Looking through the opening credits also tells me that Gilmore Girls might be the most ethnically diverse cast in WB history. This probably seals its untimely fate.

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