Lorelai needs to get permits approved before they can move forward with the inn and learns that business also involves back room deals. Rory runs into Dean who invites he ...

To earn some money before the baby arrives, Sookie asks Lorelai if they can cater a kids party but Sookie doesn't know what kids like. Emily sets Rory up the proper way a ...

Lorelai and Rory return from their summer backpacking trip to Europe only to discover Rory miscalculated how much more time she had off till school starts which puts her ...

As graduation day approaches, Rory learns her financial aid was rejected so she turns to her grandparents for help, despite the strings attached. This means Lorelai can u ...

While Rory frets over her last term of finals before graduation, Jess finds himself in Venice, California where he rejoins his Dad and meets his live-in girlfriend and he ...

As the news spreads about the fight, Luke lays down the law to Jess about his failures, but with their agreement broken, Jess only sees one way out. Lane gets to go to th ...

Off the hook now for Friday night dinners, Lorelai and Rory can't decide how to spend their night while Emily and Richard go all out. Lane's still unnamed band first gig ...

Rory announces her college decision to her grandparents delight. Meanwhile she's busy trying to plan for her mom's birthday by having the largest pizza made, but it turns ...

Luke realizes Jess is working more then he should be and going to school less. Meanwhile, Lorelai keeps busy with the Poe Society in town, but when a fire breaks out at t ...

Paris and Rory reconcile so they can put together their speeches for the Chilton bicentennial, which turns out to be a disaster after Paris gets the small envelope in the ...

Richard's mother, Lorelai the First, comes to visit and drives Emily crazy, until Emily discovers some dirt on the old woman. Taylor's family is in town for a family reun ...

Lorelai, Alex, Sookie, and Jackson all go to spend a weekend in Manhattan, but she's concerned about leaving Rory alone with chances of Jess coming over. But, there is no ...

When Sherry goes into labor and asks Rory to be with her at the hospital, Lorelai is reminded of the day Rory was born. Flashbacks tell the story of 16-year-old Lorelai a ...

Lorelai and Rory clean out the garage so Lane's band can use it for practice. Luke and lawyers don't mix except for maybe Taylors new attorney. Paris tries to impeach Ror ...

Emily is being sued by a maid for wrongful termination and asks Lorelai to attest to her character. Francie manages to come between Paris and Rory leaving Rory out in the ...

It's Richards's birthday and his mother arrives from Europe to help celebrate and announce she's moving back to the states, but not everybody is happy about the news. Ror ...

Rory and Lorelai work to fit in four thanksgiving dinners but they don't eat much at the family dinner when Lorelai finds out Rory applied at more colleges then just Harv ...

Sore from the dance marathon and the break up with Dean, Rory and Lorelai adjust to having Jess and Rory going together. Richard corners Rory and invites her to a Yale re ...

It's time for the annual Stars Hollow Dance marathon again and Lorelai is determined to win. Dean sits in the bleachers to support Rory, but so does Jess whose intentions ...

Rory is invited to Sherry's baby shower and Lorelai gets pulled in with her. Between Sherrys good will and the party poppers, Lorelai is at her breaking point and feels t ...

Lorelai is cornered by a new local and talked in to watering his garden whilst he's away on a business trip. When Lorelai has to get to work, she asks Rory to take over, ...

Lorelai and Luke are asked to speak about their success at the local high school, but things don't go quite like Lorelai planned. Lane asserts her independence, at least ...

As college nears, Rory receives her Harvard application leading her and Lorelai to have lunch with an alumni to see if she stands a chance at getting in, but the college ...

Christopher tries to talk to the Gilmore girls, but Emily saves the day. Francie tries to assert her power on the student council. Meanwhile Rory and Jess have it out abo ...

Rory returns from Washington just in time for the First Annual Stars Hollow End of Summer Madness Festival where she realizes her feelings for Jess might be a lot stronge ...

Lorelai finally relents and apologizes to Luke who isn't ready to hear it yet. Paris runs for student body president and realizes she isn't popular enough to win which is ...

After doing her best to avoid Luke, Lorelai can't avoid the inevitable, but Luke isn't ready to patch things up yet. Rory invites her grandparents to her mom's graduation ...

Lorelai helps her dad open his new office and gets the cold shoulder when she tells him she has a job already. Rory tries to let everyone know Jess wasn't the only one at ...

Luke asks Rory to tutor Jess who is close to failing, but Jess uses it to get closer to Rory and when they get into a car accident, Lorelai takes it out on Luke for takin ...

After helping Rory out with her business project for the annual Chilton Business Fair, Richard realizes retirement isn't for him. Meanwhile Dean, for good reason, is feel ...

Lorelai and Rory help out at the diner while Luke is left to plan his unpleasant uncle's funeral, which causes him to reflect on his own existence. Meanwhile, Emily lends ...

Lorelai and Emily spend a weekend at a health spa, but they sneak out for some real food at a local restaurant where Emily dances with a distinguished stranger, then blam ...