Lorelai and Rory tell Emily and Richard about their plans to backpack through Europe and sleep in hostels and stuff. The Gilmores are appalled. They want Lorelai to call their travel agent. Emily sends a box full of old travel books that Lorelai remembers reading as a teenager. She and Christopher were planning on taking a trip to Europe after they graduated high school. Lorelai also remembers the day she realized she was pregnant. She was putting on her debutante dress to pose for her coming out portrait and couldn’t get it zipped up. Later, she remembers hiding on the stairs with Christopher while their parents discussed their future. Christopher was okay with the idea of getting married and working for Richard’s company. Lorelai wouldn’t let him give up his life like that.

Rory receives an invitation to Sherry’s c-section because that’s the kind of classy lady Sherry is. She decides to go so she can welcome her new sister into the world. Then one day she gets a call from a friend of Sherry’s. She’s freaking out because Sherry “totally screwed up.” She’s gone into labor a week early. The friend asks Rory to get to the hospital as soon as she can.

Sherry doesn’t seem to realize she’s actually in labor and she has Rory help her out with some work stuff. Rory’s fine with that. Then Sherry asks Rory to be in the delivery room with her because Christopher isn’t there yet and all of her friends had to go to back to work. Rory freaks out. She calls Lorelai and asks her to come. Lorelai is at Friday night dinner and tells Emily she has to leave. Emily can’t believe she’s actually going to go help Sherry. Lorelai says she’s going for Rory. Luckily, Christopher shows up before Sherry goes into the delivery room.

Being at the hospital makes Lorelai remember when she gave birth to Rory. She wrote her parents a note telling them she was going to the hospital. As Lorelai was being wheeled into delivery, Emily and Richard showed up and started yelling at her. Now, she sees Christopher’s and Sherry’s daughter, Georgia “GG” Hayden, and it makes her a little sad.

Before going to the hospital, Lorelai was asking Emily what she does when Richard goes out of town. She thinks Emily seems kind of bored and lonely, so she shows up a few days later with a DVD player and a bunch of Emily’s favorite movies.

Lorelai, about the box Emily sent: It’s heavy. Must be her hopes and dreams for me.

Also in this episode: Dean is working on Taylor’s construction crew next door to the diner. He goes to Luke’s to place an order for the crew and has a good time tormenting Jess. Luke and Nicole have a successful date, and when they get back, Jess offers to go out, “for about an hour.” It’s clear he’s offering Luke the opportunity to score with Nicole, and Luke smacks him upside the head for being so rude.

• Original Air Date: February 4, 2003, February 4, 2003, February 4, 2003

Categories: Season 3
Tags: Christopher, Emily and Lorelai bond, GG, Sherry

Posted on February 15, 2010