Gilmore Girls

Back from D.C., Rory attends the Stars Hollow festival and realizes her feelings for Jess are stronger than she thought, while Lorelai faces her own.

Ignoring Lorelai's pleas to stay out of her love life, Emily tries to reunite Christopher with Lorelai and Rory. Meanwhile, Lorelai rebuffs the advances of the town geek, Kirk.

Rory and Lorelai arrange a dinner with an alumnus to get advice about Rory's Harvard application. Meanwhile, Lane becomes enamored with a potential new member of her rock band.

The PTA invites Lorelai and Luke to speak at the high school's career day, but it turns ugly. Lane asserts independence from her mother by dying her hair purple--with Rory's help.

Lorelai pursues an attractive man whom she met at an auction organized by Emily. Meanwhile, Rory enlists Jess' help when she can't turn off a neighbor's sprinkler system.

When Rory is invited to a celebration for her father's pregnant girlfriend, Lorelai is forced to attend as well. Meanwhile, Luke discovers that Jess has a surprising second job.

Determined to win the annual 24-hour dance marathon, Lorelai forces Rory to be her partner. While everyone in town dances around them, Rory and Jess can't stop arguing.

Lorelai and Rory join Richard and Emily on a trip to visit Yale University, but Richard causes trouble. Meanwhile, Luke tells Jess how he feels about Jess' relationship with Rory.

Rory and Lorelai juggle four Thanksgivings, Lorelai learns that Rory applied beyond Harvard; Lane has her first kiss, and Kirk adapts to a cat.

Lorelai is forced to miss the winter carnival when Richard's haughty mother insists on having dinner with Richard and Emily at the inn and makes a surprise announcement.

Rory's manipulative classmate Francie convinces Paris that Rory has been plotting against her. Meanwhile, Lorelai meets an interesting man, Alex Lesman, at a business seminar.

Lorelai and Rory make space for Lane's band, Luke doesn't mix with lawyers, Paris attacks Rory at a meeting, and Lane's prom plans fail.

When Christopher's pregnant girlfriend, Sherry (MÄDCHEN AMICK), begins labor and asks Rory to stay with her at the hospital, Lorelai reminisces about the day Rory was born.

Lorelai heads off to New York with Alex, Sookie and Jackson. Meanwhile, Jess gets a black eye and doesn't want anybody to know.

Jess promised to call Rory, but he doesn't. Rory goes to a hockey game with Lane, where she sees Dean with his new girlfriend. Trix surprises Richard.

Rory and Paris finally hear from Harvard. Lorelai and Max meet again.

When a fire at the inn forces Lorelai to lodge guests in her own house, she spends the night at Luke's place. Meanwhile, Rory tries to decide amongst Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

Rory plans Lorelai's birthday party.

Lane's rock band debut ends badly when the animosity between Jess and Dean results in a fistfight. Meanwhile, Lorelai serves on a committee and is uncomfortably reunited with Max.

Jess' father shows up in the diner, Dean gets engaged, and Fran dies, leaving the inn up for sale

Jess travels to Venice, California where his father, Jimmy, lives. The reunion causes tension with Jimmy's girlfriend. Also, Lorelai agonizes over paying for Rory's Yale education.

In the season finale, Rory and Lorelai happily prepare for Rory's graduation from Chilton. But major developments involving the Independence Inn threaten to dampen the festivities.