Rory meets her idol CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour at the Inn. Although Lorelai and Rory have planned a crazy roller coaster tour for the summer, they must postpone their trip when a wonderful opportunity comes to Rory. Luke enlists the help of everyone in Stars Hollow to throw Rory a surprise bon...

On the eve of Rory’s graduation, Emily and Richard throw her a party. At the party, Lorelai and Christopher are reunited for the first time since their separation, and both are relieved to find they can still be friends. Logan surprises everyone at the party with a very special graduation gift...

With graduation looming, Rory is anxiety-ridden over her future, so Lorelai tries to cheer her up with a day of eating and shopping. Lorelai notices happily that Luke is once again wearing the baseball cap she gave him, and invites him to join her and Rory for karaoke night at a local bar. After a few...

Lorelai stops into Luke’s diner for breakfast for the first time since their break-up, but finds they are awkward and uncomfortable together. Later, Lorelai’s Jeep breaks down and she asks Luke to help her shop for a new car. While they look at cars, Lorelai and Luke’s irritation with...

As Stars Hollow prepares for its annual Spring Fling festival, Rory brings Logan home and shows him around town. Lorelai sees how serious their relationship has become and worries that Logan is too irresponsible for Rory. Taylor angers the town by spending the entire Spring Fling budget on a huge hay...

Lorelai plans a road trip to North Carolina to attend the wedding of Mia, the woman who took in Lorelai and Rory and served as a surrogate mother/grandmother for many years. Rory has a fight with Logan over his immature reaction to his business disaster, and agrees to go on the trip with Lorelai. Emily...

While planning Lane’s baby shower, Rory gets a call from The New York Times offering her an interview for the Reston Fellowship. Lorelai finds herself brokering peace between Lane and Mrs. Kim over how the twins should be raised. Logan finally admits his business disaster to Rory. When Luke discovers...

At Friday night dinner, Lorelai works up the courage to tell her parents about the break-up of her marriage, but is derailed by their argument over the healthy meals and no-alcohol policy Emily has instituted to help Richard recover from his heart attack. Lorelai enlists Sookie to bring Richard healthy...

Two days after his by-pass surgery, Richard is on the road to recovery, and Rory returns to Yale, where she finds that Richard’s economics class is now being taught by an attractive young TA, Tucker Culbertson, who flusters Rory with his charm. While Lorelai tries to distract herself from the issues...

In the hospital waiting room, Lorelai, Rory and Emily anxiously await word on Richard’s condition. When Logan hears what is happening, he borrows a helicopter to be by Rory’s side, but Lorelai is unable to reach Christopher, who is still angry over their fight the night before. Upset by Emily’s...

Lorelai notices some odd behavior from Sookie. Luke and Anna attend a custody hearing. With help from Paris, Rory finally makes amends with Lucy. While attending Richard’s economics class at Yale, Rory witnesses a frightening scene. Christopher finds the letter Lorelai wrote for Luke and confronts...

Lorelai postpones Christmas celebrations until Rory returns from London. Luke asks Lorelai to write a character recommendation for his custody battle over April. Lorelai struggles with the task. Rory decides she will write an apology letter to her friend Lucy.

Luke and Lorelai share a sweet moment when Luke introduces her to Liz’s new baby. Christopher begins to question Lorelai’s commitment to their marriage. Lorelai and Christopher fight over the elaborate wedding party Emily is planning. Luke contacts a lawyer over his custody troubles with...

When Christopher questions Lorelai about why she has avoided involving him in the daily life of Stars Hollow, she admits her concern that her old friends may not accept him. Christopher makes an effort to bond with the townspeople, and Lorelai brings him to the town knit-a-thon, where his well-intentioned...

Lorelai invites Rory over to dinner to tell her that she and Christopher got married in Paris. Rory pretends to be thrilled while Christopher is in the room, but later tells Lorelai how hurt and angry she really is. Logan surprises Rory with a visit and an announcement that he is relocating to New York...

Christopher and Lorelai take Gigi to visit her mother in Paris. They have a wonderful, romantic time enjoying the city. Rory comes to the end of her tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Daily News and suddenly finds herself unsure of her future and her new friends, Olivia and Lucy, help her cope. Rory...

Christopher and Lorelai visit Rory during Parents’ Weekend at Yale. Christopher invites Rory’s co-workers on the Yale Daily News to a lunch where they all drink too much. The meal ends abruptly when they must leave to cover a breaking story. Meanwhile, Luke meets April’s swimming coach...

Emily and Richard are delighted to see Lorelai and Christopher are dating. Sherry has contacted Christopher regarding visitation with Gigi. Logan returns to town for a surprise visit. Rory is thrilled until she meets her colleagues. Meanwhile, Stars Hollow is plagued by a terrible odor.

Lorelai and Christopher have begun to date, and although Lorelai is finding it difficult to fully commit to the relationship, Christopher keeps coming up with romantic dates to win her over. Back at Yale, Rory meets some eccentric new girlfriends at an art exhibit, and Richard becomes a guest lecturer....

When Richard and Emily have no real reaction to the news of her break up with Luke, Lorelai suddenly realizes that most of her emotional life has been based on doing and feeling the opposite of whatever her parents want. Later, when Michel forces Lorelai to attend Emily’s beautiful cotillion dance,...