Episode 101: Pilot
Rory is accepted into the elite Chilton prep school. Bad news for Lorelai: she must make amends with her parents to borrow the money for Rory's tuition. The money is available - with strings attached.

Episode 102: The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton
You get extra points if you sing the school song - in Latin. Chilton isn't a place where cutoffs and cowboy boots are the fashion. But that's what Lorelai hurriedly throws on to accompany Rory to the posh school.

Episode 103: Kill Me Now
Rory takes up golf to fulfill a school requirement and, to Lorelai's dismay, grows fond of her grandfather when he takes her to his country club for a day on the links. The inn staff prepares for a double wedding involving sets of identical twins.

Episode 104: The Deer-Hunters
Not bying 'the dog ate my homework?' Try 'a deer struck my car.' Rory's mishap en route to Chilton causes her to miss a Shakespeare exam, and the consequences could be disasterous for her GPA.

Episode 105: Cinnamon's Wake
Must be love. Or at least a very strong like. Rory acts awkwardly around Dean. And the death of Morey and Babette's beloved cat brings the whole town together for a memorial.

Episode 106: Rory's Birthday Parties
What a difference a day makes. The swanky birthday celebration Emily hosts is a freaky Friday for Rory. But Lorelai's Saturday party is way cool - not counting the big blow up between Lorelai and Emily.

Episode 107: Kiss and Tell
Right there in Doose's Market: Dean and Rory kiss. Everyone in town seems to know about it. Everyone, that is, except Lorelai, and she's a little weirded out because Rory didn't tell her.

Episode 108: Love & War & Snow
Rory's out of town. The first snowfall of the year blankets Stars Hollow. And Lorelai invites Max into her home after their spectacular first date. One problem: an unexpected guest - Lane - is there.

Episode 109: Rory's Dance
Events at Chilton's formal dance convince Rory and Dean that they, as Rory might say, are very boyfriendly-girlfriendly. But something unexpected happens that sets the town buzzing and puts Lorelai in a motherly frenzy of concern.

Episode 110: Forgiveness and Stuff
If the holidays can't patch up some of Emily and Lorelai's differences, perhaps a medical emergency can. It may even bring Luke and Lorelai a little closer, too.

Episode 111: Paris is Burning
A very-Lorelai moment during the Chilton Parents' Day crystallizes her misgivings about her relationship with Rory's teacher. Paris accepts Rory's offer of friendship. . . sort of. . . kind of. . . well, maybe.

Episode 112: Double Date
On the front lines of the dating wars! Lorelai ends up with a horribly rude blind date when she agrees to double with Sookie and Jackson. Mrs. Kim is livid when she learns that Lane deceived her to go on a date.

Episode 113: Concert Interruptus
Lorelai takes Rory and three girlfriends to a concert by The Bangles - and takes action when two of the girls sneak off with some college guys. Lorelai's home is the drop-off point for the town rummage sale donations.

Episode 114: That Damn Donna Reed
After Dean expresses approval of the meatloaf-and-pearls domesticity portrayed in The Donna Reed Show, Rory surprises him with a 1950s-styled Donna night. An unexpected visiotor shakes up Lorelai's home.

Episode 115: Christopher Returns
Now that Christopher Hayden, Lorelai's old flame and Rory's father, is a guest in the girls' house, enough time has passed for the Haydens and the Gilmores to enjoy a reunion dinner at the Gilmore mansion, right? Wrong. Way wrong.

Episode 116: Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers
The town's romance-themed Founders Firelight Festival is near, and it seems almost everyone is in love. But Lorelai is faced with her mom's matchmaking, and Dean calls it quits with Rory. Ain't love grand?

Episode 117: The Breakup, Part II
Tales of two loves: Rory attempts to overcome her loss by creating and tackling a daunting list of things to do, and Lorelai has a one-night relapse of her feelings for Max.

Episode 118: The Third Lorelai
The original Lorelai, with attitude and checkbook in tow, visit from London and offers a trust fund to pay for great-granddauter Rory's education - a turf grandmother Emily fiercely intends to keep for herself.

Episode 119: Emily in Wonderland
Rory and Emily's tour of Stars Hollow provides the older woman with new insights into Lorelai's first years as a single mom. Rootless Rachel wants to put down roots. Can Luke trust her?

Episode 120: P.S. I Lo. . .
Love is hard. Arguing is easy. Partial truths and misunderstandings over each other's romantic life leads to a major Gilmore-girl blowup . . . and prompts Rory to seek an emotional safe haven at grandmother Emily's.

Episode 121: Love, Daisies & Troubadours
Love goes: Rachel suspects there's more to the Luke-Lorelai relationship than good coffee. Love returns: Rory finally says the words Dean needs to hear. Love must finally decide: Max has exactly 1000 yellow daisies and one question for Lorelai.