Gilmore Girls Project: Season Two, Hammers and Veils

Season Two Episode Twenty-Three: "Hammers and Veils" Original Airdate: October 9, 2001 Top grades and SAT scores? Good . . . but not good enough for Harvard. So Rory gets extra busy with an extracurricular activity, building a house for charity. And Sookie cooks up a surprise engagement party. I have to say this is [...]

Gilmore Girl Project: Season Two, Sadie, Sadie . . .

Season Two Episode Twenty-Two: "Sadie, Sadie . . ." Original Airdate: October 9, 2001 Third finger, left hand. Lorelai says "yes" to Max. Richard says "no" to Dean when Rory invites him to dinner at her grandparent's mansion. Lane's going to Korea . . . on a one-way ticket. Poor Luke is in for the [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Love, Daisies, & Troubadours

Season One Episode Twenty-One: "Love, Daisies, & Troubadours" Original Airdate: May 10, 2001 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 decide: Max has exactly 1,000 yellow daisies and one question for Lorelai. One thing that struck [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, P.S. I lo…

Season One Episode Twenty: "P.S. I lo..." Original Airdate: May 3, 2001 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 Grandma Emily's. There are so many funny scenes in [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Emily in Wonderland

Season One Episode Nineteen: "Emily in Wonderland" Original Airdate: April 26, 2001 Rory and Emily's tour of Stars Hollow provides the other woman with new insights into Lorelai's first years as a single mom. Rootless Rachel wants to put down roots. Can Luke trust her? I have to say for some reason I love this [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, The Third Lorelai

Season One Episode Eighteen: "The Third Lorelai" Original Airdate: March 22, 2001 The original Lorelai, with attitude and check-book in tow, visits from London and offers a trust fund to pay for great granddaughter Rory's education--a turf grandmother, Emily, fiercely intends to keep for herself. I have a love/hate relationship with seeing  Emily having a [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, The Breakup, Part II

Season One Episode Seventeen: "The Breakup, Part II" Original Airdate: March 15, 2001 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. This episode was always one of my lease favorites. I [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers

Season One Episode Sixteen: "Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers" Original Airdate: March 8, 2001 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? So this episode exposes a major plot [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Christopher Returns

Season One Episode Fifteen: "Christopher Returns" Original Airdate: March 1, 2001 Now that Christopher Hayden, Lorelai's old flame and Rory's father, is a guest in the girls' house, enough time has past for the Haydens and Gilmores to enjoy a reunion dinner at the Gilmore mansion, right? Wrong. Very Wrong. Ah, Christopher, the man who [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, That Damn Donna Reed

Season One Episode Fourteen: "That Damn Donna Reed" Original Airdate: February 22, 2001 After Dean expresses approval of the meatloaf-and-pearls domesticity portrayal in The Donna Reed Show, Rory surprises him with a 1950s-styled Donna night. An unexpected visitor shakes up Lorelai's home. Crazy cat lady, here, *waves hand*, I wish they would have shown the [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Concert Interruptus

Season One Episode Thirteen: "Concert Interruptus" Original Airdate: February 15, 2001 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 a town rummage sale donations. I actually have always liked this episode. [...]

Gilmore Girls: Season One, Paris is Burning

Season One Episode Eleven: "Paris is Burning" Original Airdate: January 11, 2001 A very Lorelai moment during the Chilton Parent's Day crystallizes her misgivings about her relationship with Rory's teacher. Paris accepts Rory's offer of friendship . . . sort of . . . kind of . . . well, maybe. I have to say [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Forgiveness and Stuff

Season One Episode Ten: "Forgiveness and Stuff" Original Airdate: December 21, 2000 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. I think, hands down, my favorite part of this episode is that it's filmed around [...]

Gilmore Girls Project: Season One, Rory’s Dance

Season One Episode Nine: "Rory's Dance" Original Airdate: December 20, 2000 Events at Chilton's formal dance convince Rory and Dean that they, as Rory might say, are very boyfriendy-girlfriendy. But something unexpected happens that sets the town buzzing and puts Lorelai in a motherly frenzy of concern. I've never really cared for this episode. From [...]