Posted By Shannon on August 4, 2010

Christiane Amanpour, Rory’s idol, is staying at the Dragonfly and Lorelai drags Rory out of bed to meet her. Rory doesn’t believe it’s really her, so she goes to the inn in her pajamas. Christiane gives Rory her card and invites her to stay in touch. Right.

The Girls are planning a roller coaster road trip, which sounds like a really awesome thing to do. Rory unpacks her stuff and comes across the rocket Logan gave her. She asks Lorelai about Luke, and she says she thinks they’re done because Luke can’t ever show her how he feels. Liz asks Luke if he ever gave Lorelai that necklace, but he says he and Lorelai are just friends.

Rory has a drink with that Hugo guy and when she gets to Friday night dinner, she says Hugo has offered her a job writing for his online magazine. She leaves on Monday to join Barack Obama’s campaign. Everyone gets pretty emotional. The Girls go to the diner the next morning to tell everyone the graduation party is canceled. Luke goes to the inn to talk to Sookie about setting up a surprise party for the next day. The whole town goes to Miss Patty’s to start making preparations, and they set up in the town square that night after dark.

Babette tells Luke it’s going to rain the next day so there’s no way they can have the party. Luke gathers as many tarps and tents as he can find and stays up all night sewing them together into one big tent. When the Girls leave the house the next morning to take Rory around to say goodbye to everyone, they see the big party going on in the square.

Richard and Emily are there, and Richard tells Lorelai she’s a remarkable woman for having inspired all this. Taylor gives a gross speech, Rory gets up and does her awkward public speaking thing and Emily won’t stop bothering Lorelai about putting a spa in at the inn. When she starts talking about loaning Lorelai the money for it, Lorelai realizes Emily is worried she won’t come over anymore. She says Friday night dinners will continue. Sookie tells Lorelai that Luke was the one who organized everything and made the tent. Lorelai goes to Luke and thanks him, and he says he just likes to see her happy. They have a big kiss.

Luke opens the diner early the next morning so the girls can come in on their way to the airport and have a recreation of the last scene in the very first episode. Lorelai is wearing the necklace Luke got for her.

First episode ending

Last episode ending

The end.

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Posted By Shannon on August 3, 2010

The combination of Rory’s graduation, Logan’s imminent proposal and her recent public singing to Luke has Lorelai all worked up. Liz teases Luke about Lorelai’s serenade and asks him what he’s done in response. He hasn’t done anything. He buys a pair of Liz’s earrings for Rory as a graduation present, and a necklace Liz is convinced he’s actually going to give to Lorelai. Lorelai goes to the diner and Luke comes downstairs just in time to hear her telling Patty and Babette that the song didn’t mean anything. Luke starts acting all cold and weird and Lorelai can’t figure out why.

The whole town of Stars Hollow is upset that they don’t get to see Rory graduate because she only gets four tickets. They talk Lorelai into planning a reenactment of the graduation. Emily and Richard throw Rory a graduation party and sing a song for her. Then Logan gets up in front of everyone and proposes to Rory. She doesn’t really know how to react and says she wants to talk to him outside. She tells him she has to think about it. Lorelai runs into Luke later that night and tells him about the proposal, and they end up snapping at each other about “some people” never being ready for marriage.

At Rory’s graduation, Emily is a big crab and can’t stop hounding Lorelai about what Rory is going to tell Logan. But all is well when Rory is handed her diploma and there are tears and applause all around. Afterward, Rory sees Logan and says she can’t marry him. She loves him but she doesn’t want to tie herself to California. She says she wants to try long distance, but Logan doesn’t want to do that. He says it’s all or nothing, and Rory gives him back his ring. Oh, Logan. I totally would have married you.

Meanwhile, Kirk has put himself in a Lucite box in the town square just to see how long he can stand it.

Taylor: Bathroom safety is a serious business.

Richard, about Bill Clinton: I wonder if he records books on tape. [This is funny because Edward Hermann, who plays Richard, records books on tape.]

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Posted By Shannon on July 30, 2010

Rory has a dream that she’s back at Chilton. Headmaster Charleston comes to the classroom and says there’s been a mistake and she has to leave. Then she gets home and Lorelai says she’s going to Hawaii. Paris and Doyle are in the kitchen having dinner with their kids. Doyle gives her money and then Paris sends her off to her job picking up trash. I guess this is a stress dream brought on by her rejection from the New York Times.

At Friday night dinner, Emily and Richard announce they’ve bought a place in New York and Rory can stay there when she goes to work for the Times. Rory has to tell everyone she didn’t get the fellowship. She gets a letter the next day from the Chicago Sun Times. They’re not hiring. She calls the Providence newspaper she turned down, but they’ve filled the position. Rory goes home to Stars Hollow and cries to Lorelai that she’s never going to get a job. Ugh. She calls Logan, and he tells her things will be looking up in the next few days.

Lorelai goes to the diner and Luke is wearing his blue baseball cap, the one Lorelai gave him. Lorelai gives him some advice about his boat trip with April, which he takes. He’s really excited about the trip, but then April calls and says she’s gotten into a prestigious science camp and won’t be able to go with him. She’s really upset, but Luke tells her he’s proud of her and they can take the trip next year.

Zack gets a call from a great band. Their lead guitarist has broken his hand and they want Zack to take his place on their two month summer tour. Lane is ecstatic until she realizes taking a couple of babies on tour would be really difficult. Lane says she can’t go, but she still wants Zack to take the opportunity.

The whole town goes to see Patty and Babette do a weird cabaret act, and everyone does karaoke afterward. Rory says the only thing that will cheer her up about her job woes is if Lorelai gets up and sings. Lane and Zack convince Luke to come, and he gets there just in time to see Lorelai drunkenly singing “I Will Always Love You.” She catches his eye and everyone notices that she seems to be singing to Luke.

I always feel awkward when people sing on the shows I watch.

Logan shows up at Lorelai’s house and tells her he’s been offered a job in California and he wants Rory to come with him. He’s asking Lorelai for Rory’s hand in marriage. Lorelai, as you can expect, doesn’t take this very well.

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Posted By Shannon on July 29, 2010

Lorelai goes to the diner for the first time since she and Luke broke up. Patty and Babette say they’re happy to see her back, and Kirk tells her she can’t have her stool back. Luke and Lorelai have an awkward conversation about the weather and Lorelai takes her coffee to go.

Lorelai’s Jeep breaks down and Gypsy says it’s unfixable. Lorelai calls Luke and asks him to help her pick out a new car. It’s still incredibly awkward because they’re trying so hard to be polite to each other. Lorelai doesn’t like any of the cars Luke suggests and Luke starts getting annoyed. Luke finds a Jeep that’s exactly like her old one and when she still doesn’t like it, they start arguing. After that, things start to flow better. Luke comes over later and says he found a 1999 Jeep Wrangler and test drove it, so if she wants to keep her old car, she should buy this one and have Gypsy switch the engines.

Sookie’s kids have chicken pox, but Jackson has never had them so Lorelai offers to let him stay at her house until the kids are better. Sookie is worried that Jackson is going to annoy Lorelai, and she’s surprised when Lorelai says she and Jackson had fun and he didn’t bother her at all. Then Jackson calls Sookie and says he broke Lorelai’s dollhouse. Sookie is really mean to him, and Jackson says he wishes she could forgive him for lying to her about his vasectomy and then getting her pregnant. Sookie says she doesn’t want to be mad and she’ll try to move on. When Lorelai gets home from car shopping, Sookie and Jackson are sitting on her porch. They tell her about the dollhouse.

Paris has gotten responses from medical schools. She’s gotten into Yale Law and Harvard Medical, and she doesn’t know how to choose. She’s also gotten into UPenn, Columbia and Stanford and she’s freaking out about the decision. Paris breaks up with Doyle because she doesn’t want to base her decision on a guy. Paris and Rory go out with Lucy and Olivia, and Paris gets drunk and starts talking about how much she misses Doyle. Doyle comes back to the apartment later and says he’s not moving out and he’s not breaking up. He says he’ll go wherever she goes.

Rory finally gets a letter from the New York Times. She didn’t get the fellowship.

Luke: Sedans aren’t afraid to get dirty!

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Posted By Shannon on July 28, 2010

It’s Spring Fling time in Stars Hollow and Rory brings Logan home for it. Rory shows Logan around town and takes him to the diner, where Zack talks to them about the twins, Kwon and Steve. Lorelai is awkward about Logan coming home with Rory, but plays it cool. Then she tells Sookie all the things she doesn’t like about Logan, like that he quit his job and is living with Rory at Paris and Doyle’s apartment.

Rory has had an interview with a newspaper in Providence. It went really well and now Rory is checking her phone every two minutes to see if the paper has called. She finally hears back and she’s gotten the job. She immediately starts listing all the reasons she shouldn’t take the job, the main one being that it would take her out of the running for a fellowship she wants. Lorelai and Logan disagree on whether it’s more important to make money or follow your dreams. Lorelai says she’s worried about Logan’s lackadaisical attitude about money and responsibility, and he says he left his world of privilege to do things his way, just like Lorelai did. It becomes a bonding moment and they have some ice cream and pie together. Rory eventually decides she’s going to go for the fellowship and turn down the job.

Taylor has reallocated the entire Spring Fling budget to go into the hay bale maze. He wants it to take over the town. The maze is oh, so subtle in its symbolism. Rory and Logan come to a fork in the road, and they hold hands and go down one path together. Lorelai gets a little lost in the maze and she finds Luke in the middle. She apologizes out of the blue for everything that happened between them. Luke apologizes, too, and then he tells Lorelai how to get out of the maze.

Zack: I’ve mastered the maze!

Other notes: I just want to reiterate that Lane and Zack named their twins Steve and Kwon. I think that’s hilarious.

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Posted By Shannon on July 27, 2010

Mia, former owner of the Independence Inn, is getting married in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rory doesn’t want to go because she has a lot of work to do and she wants to be around for Logan. However, Logan is acting like a jackass. Mitchum comes over to Logan’s apartment to yell at him and tell him to grow up, and Logan gets really pissed when Rory agrees with him. After a big fight, Rory decides to get the hell out of Dodge and go to Charlotte with Lorelai.

Emily is going crazy trying to deal with Richard being at home all the time. He’s walking around wearing sweatsuits and he won’t deal with anything businesslike. Emily overhears Lorelai and Rory talking about their trip to Charlotte, and she invites herself along. During the drive, Emily gets annoyed when the Girls keep talking about good times with Mia. Rory gets it and tries to explain to her mother that they’re making Emily feel bad, but Lorelai says the whole trip is about Mia and Emily should just get over it.

Mia calls the motel the night before the wedding and insists on Emily coming to the wedding. Emily’s irritated because she wanted to spend the day at a spa. Naturally, Emily doesn’t approve of anything about the wedding and she acts all bitchy the whole time. She sits on the sofa and doesn’t talk to anyone. Mia says to Lorelai that it must be hard for Emily to see her with the Girls. And to that I say: why did you insist on Emily coming to the wedding?

Logan shows up at Mia’s house during the wedding and says he wants to talk, but Rory yells at him and tells him to leave. He spends the day leaning against his car waiting for Rory to come talk to him. She finally comes outside and Logan apologizes and explains how he’s been feeling lately. He also says he has officially quit working for his father, and Rory finally warms up and says she’s proud of him.

Lane and Zack invite Luke over for dinner. Things get weird when they start talking about the lack of father figures in their lives, but it turns out they just want Luke to be the twins’ godfather. Zack comes by early the next morning to help Luke open the diner, and he annoys him with all his jabbering. He eventually starts freaking out and asking Luke all kinds of questions about being a father. Luke tells him not to panic because he’ll be good father. Then Zack gets a phone call. Lane’s water has broken. Luke closes the diner and drives Lane and Zack to the hospital. After the babies are born, Zack texts pictures to Rory.

Emily: This is one of those places that still allows cigarettes, isn’t it?

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Posted By Shannon on July 26, 2010

Zack asks Luke if he’s going to Lane’s baby shower and is disappointed when Luke says he doesn’t think so. Mrs. Kim doesn’t plan on going either. Lorelai asks Lane what happened between her and her mom, and Lane says they had a fight because Lane said her kids were never going to go to church. Lorelai offers to tell Mrs. Kim that Lane would let them go to church if they really wanted to. Mrs. Kim tries to renegotiate and get Lane to agree to silly things like no sandboxes and Christmases with no presents, but Lorelai tells her to be reasonable and just go to the shower.

Rory gets a call from a guy at the New York Times who wants to meet her for coffee the next day. She goes to Logan’s apartment to spend the night, and he comes home drunk and crabby at three in the morning. He’s still a crab the next day, and now Rory is, too. Her meeting goes well, but Rory is pissed when she gets back and Logan isn’t ready to go to the shower. He finally tells her what happened with his company and says he doesn’t want to go to the shower. He’s going to go to Vegas with Colin and Finn instead. Rory does not approve.

Luke sees an ad in the paper and finds out Liz and TJ are selling his boat because they need the space in their garage. He says he doesn’t want to sell and he’ll find another place to put it. Liz tells him to just get rid of it before he ends up like their father, stuck in Stars Hollow and unable to change his life. Luke is unmoved, but then he goes home and calls April and says they should go to Disney World when she visits him for the summer. April says she’s fine just hanging out at the diner like they always do, and that prompts Luke to sell the boat to Kirk for six hundred dollars. Lorelai finds out and asks Luke about it. He says he was never going to finish the boat, so he sold it and went and bought a brand new one to keep at the marina.

Lorelai and Mrs. Kim go to Lane’s to talk to her about the shower, and Lane starts having some stomach pains. They go to the hospital and find out Lane has to be on bed rest. She’s upset she’s not going to get her shower, so Lorelai moves the party to Miss Patty’s and rolls Lane’s bed there. The party is a roaring success, and Lane asks Rory to be her “Lorelai Gilmore,” the person her kids can go to when Lane gets unreasonable with them.

Lorelai: How’s business?

Mrs. Kim: People die, go bankrupt, there’s always furniture to sell.

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Posted By Shannon on July 23, 2010

Lorelai goes to Rory’s at six in the morning and finds Paris and Doyle doing yoga. Rory is awake because Paris and Doyle were chanting, and Lorelai says she wants to go for a drive. In the car, she tells Rory she and Christopher split up. Rory says she’s sad for Lorelai, but not entirely surprised. Then they run out of gas and have to walk to the nearest gas station.

Emily seems tense at Friday night dinner. She yells at the nurse, who says Richard is upstairs watching golf. The nurse drags him down and he’s crabby about not having any alcohol and having fish for dinner again. He gets mad and leaves the dinner table to go back to the golf game. Lorelai comes over the next day and things are still awful. The maid is hiding and the chef quits because Richard won’t eat anything he makes.

It’s Logan’s birthday and Rory wants to go all out. Logan never really had birthday parties as a kid, so Rory is putting together a really fun night complete with piñatas and yellow cake. Mitchum makes dinner reservations, so Rory and Logan meet him at the restaurant. Logan leaves the table to take a call, and Mitchum takes the opportunity to thank Rory for encouraging Logan to be a grownup. He says the next step is to figure out what Logan’s next move should be and he’ll of course take care of Rory, too, get her a job at any newspaper in the country. Rory gets annoyed and says she seems to remember Mitchum saying she didn’t “have it,” but Mitchum dismisses this and says things have changed. Later, Logan gets a call from his partner, Philip, who says they’re probably going to get sued for copyright infringement. I think. It’s something really bad, whatever it is.

Lorelai brings her father some Sookie food and gets Richard eating, and then she offers to help Emily get together some tax stuff the accountant has asked for. Emily brings out the secret alcohol she’s been hiding from Richard, and Lorelai finally tells her she and Christopher have split up. Emily doesn’t say much, and she and Lorelai get drunk together while Lorelai shows her how to do stuff in Quicken. Emily says she’s envious of Lorelai’s ability to take care of herself. By the next morning, Emily has sobered up and she makes Lorelai feel guilty because she’ll have to cancel the party she’s been planning to celebrate Lorelai’s marriage.

TJ, about Lorelai: That woman is drama. Every time you mention her it’s got something to do with the hospital.

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Posted By Shannon on July 22, 2010

Christopher comes by the inn to talk to Lorelai. He’s been at his mom’s with GG, and Lorelai is pissed at him for leaving just because they had a fight. He says he needed space. Chris is at the house when Lorelai gets home and they immediately start arguing. Christopher tells Lorelai about the fight he and Luke had in the town square, citing that as proof that he just can’t deal with the guy being in Lorelai’s life. He says he feels like he pushed Lorelai into marrying him and he doesn’t think things are going to work out. The next day, Lorelai tells Sookie she thinks the only way to fix her marriage is to cut Luke out of her life completely.

Logan sends Rory a care package and she’s disgusted when Paris starts talking about how she “broke” him. (She also seems to be under the impression that Doyle was a ladies’ man before Paris “broke” him.) Rory goes to her economics class and meets the grad student who will be filling in for Richard while he’s out, and she’s clearly smitten. She runs into the guy later at the bookstore and acts all weird and flirty because she’s incapable of holding a normal conversation with anyone. Logan makes a surprise visit to Rory’s apartment. She feels guilty and tells Logan about her teacher crush. She calls herself a self-destructive monster and says she’s so sorry. Ugh, what is wrong with her? Logan placates her and says she doesn’t have to tell him every time she recommends a book to a guy.

Michel is in mourning because one of his dogs has died. Lorelai suggests he have a memorial, so Michel asks her to organize it. The dog funeral goes well, and something about the mood lighting and Zack playing an acoustic version of “My Heart Will Go On” gets Lorelai thinking. She goes home and tells Christopher things aren’t going to work out.

Lorelai, to Christopher: I need you to know that you’re the man I want to want.

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Posted By Shannon on July 21, 2010

Lorelai meets Rory at the hospital. Richard has had a heart attack. Lorelai calls Christopher a bunch of times but he’s not answering his phone. Emily was at the club and she shows up wearing her tracksuit. The Girls try to tell her Richard is in the cath lab and can’t see anyone right now, but Emily starts yelling at the nurses and then bitching to the Girls about the staff at the club who took forty-five minutes to find her and tell her Richard was in the hospital. Logan shows up because he’s a great boyfriend – not like Christopher, that jackass. The doctor comes out and says Richard is going to need emergency bypass surgery.

Zack is filling in for Lane at the diner and doing a great job. Babette comes by and tells Luke about Richard’s heart attack, and he rushes over to the hospital to see if there’s anything he can do. Lorelai tells him Christopher will be there any second. Luke is understanding and says he’ll leave, but Emily wrangles him into going to Yale to get Richard’s car.

Emily is making calls and sending faxes and she makes Logan and Rory go to the house to meet “the fish man” with a check. Lorelai overhears Emily talking to her lawyer, and she gets upset that Emily is asking for Richard’s will to be faxed to the hospital. Lorelai yells at her, and Emily tells her she and Richard made a plan the last time he had heart problems and she’s following through with the plan because she doesn’t know what else to do. Lorelai feels bad when Emily starts crying.

The doctor finally comes back and says the surgery went well. Lorelai tries to call Christopher again, but still can’t get him. Luke comes back with a bunch of food from the diner. Inevitably, this is when Christopher shows up, and he makes his angry face and acts pissy because he’s an immature ass. I cannot possibly hate him more.

Richard: I have a deep aversion to cacti.

Emily: Do we like this table or is it too close to that man with the IV?

Also in this episode: Logan tells Rory about some internet thing his team is going to buy. He’ll be putting up three million dollars of his own money.

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