The Best Episodes Directed By Daniel Palladino
Every TV Episode Directed by Daniel Palladino Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Daniel Palladino Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Daniel Palladino is "Ethan…Esther…Chaim", rated 8.2/10 from 6 user votes. It was "written by Daniel Palladino". "Ethan…Esther…Chaim" aired on 3/10/2022 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "It's Not a Mint".
8.2/10 6 votes#1 - Ethan…Esther…Chaim
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2022
Abe forgets his tobacco. Joel raises a glass with Moishe. Midge learns firsthand about America’s bicameral system of legislature.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.0/10 2 votes#2 - It's Not a Mint
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/2013
Meanwhile, the girls react in different ways to the boys in their lives: Sasha and Roman get closer, Ginny can't stop staring at Frankie, Boo is caught in the middle of an unintentional triangle and Melanie is being stalked by Dez.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.8/10 13 votes#3 - Spring
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/2016
As Rory's secret London love affair continues, working on her book proposal becomes increasingly difficult. Lorelai and Emily go to therapy together.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.7/10 7 votes#4 - The Testi-Roastial
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/4/2023
Susie is honored at the Friars Club.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.5/10 2 votes#5 - Better Luck Next Year!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2012
A moving truck is being unloaded with everything that was in Michelle's apartment in Vegas, including things that were in the apartment that were not hers, as her landlord packed everything for her. Not having enough space for the things to be nicely put away, Michelle shoves them into the guesthouse and goes to sleep. Fanny wakes up Michelle in the middle of the night to talk and help her unpack or get organised and agrees to letting Michelle "borrow" her stove, as the kitchen in the guest house does not function. The next morning, Michelle gets caught eating chips and soda in her underwear by some of the ballet students.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.5/10 2 votes#6 - Blank Up, It's Time
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/6/2012
Michelle is thrown for a loop when she discovers Fanny has a longtime, long-distance boyfriend. And Fanny surprises Michelle again by inviting her to see a play. Meanwhile, Sasha's rebellious behavior starts to affect Fanny's class. Fanny responds by giving Boo a coveted role in an upcoming performance.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.5/10 2 votes#7 - Channing Tatum Is a Fine Actor
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2013
Truly is evicted from her shop; Carl insists that Boo meet his parents; Talia sets Michelle up on a blind date; the girls are intrigued by two talented young newcomers.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.5/10 2 votes#8 - The Astronaut and the Ballerina
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/2013
Michelle's brother, Scotty, comes for a visit after yet another failed marriage. Meanwhile, Melanie's new interest in roller derby leaves Ginny feeling abandoned, while Boo and Carl are overwhelmed with child care duties.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
7.4/10 10 votes#9 - Summer
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2016
Rory tries to save the Stars Hollow Gazette from shutting down. Lorelai sits on the advisory committee for Taylor’s musical. Rory worries about Emily.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.0/10 6 votes#10 - A Messenger, Nothing More
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2004
T.J. is milking his injuries for all he's worth, but Luke decides that it's time to go home after seven weeks on the Ren Faire circuit; Rory calls to apologize and to ask her mother to deliver a letter to Dean; Sookie accurately diagnoses Lorelai with a bad case of management burnout, and the two friends decide to decompress with a girls-day-out; Emily and Rory come home exhausted from fending off the attentions of randy European men; Michel is wildly unenthusiastic when he's pressed into babysitting for guests whose children take an inexplicable shine to him; after Lindsay finds Rory's letter, she throws Dean and all his possessions out of the house, and her mother has an angry confrontation with Lorelai in the town square; Lane realizes that she's falling for Zack; Rory is saddened when Dean expresses regret for the shift in their relationship and the harm it caused to his wife and their families.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.9/10 7 votes#11 - The Princess and the Plea
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 5/18/2023
A royal visitor at The Gordon Ford Show gives Midge a chance to shine.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.8/10 5 votes#12 - Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/20/2004
Luke makes a bigger fuss than Davey when Sookie and Jackson bring their son into the diner; all of Stars Hollow is amused when Taylor returns from his Caribbean cruise with a drastic change in his appearance; Richard and Emily are stunned when Floyd informs them that Lorelai and Jason have been dating for months; Luke comes to the rescue when Kirk's failure to make a map of the Easter eggs he hid in the town square gets Taylor's nose out of joint; Richard and Jason discover that Floyd's peacemaking overtures are a disguise for his plan to ruin Richard financially by suing them for stealing his clients; while shopping with Lane in Doose's, Rory has harsh words about Lindsay as she relates her quarrel with Dean over his plans to drop out of college to earn more money to buy a house, unaware that his wife is listening in the next aisle; Richard resolves his problems with Floyd at Jason's expense; Dean and Rory agree to continue their friendship despite Lindsay's demand that they stop spea
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.8/10 8 votes#13 - It's a Man, Man, Man, Man World
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2023
It’s Midge’s first day at her new job. Anybody know The Caisson Song?
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.7/10 7 votes#14 - A Vineyard Valentine
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/2006
As Valentine's Day approaches, Rory and Logan invite Lorelai and Luke to spend a weekend with them at Logan's family's house on Martha's Vineyard. Lorelai is upset by Luke's unfriendly attitude toward Logan. Luke's attitude changes when he realizes he forgot to buy Lorelai a Valentine gift, and Logan saves the day. When Lorelai finally confesses to Luke that she is worried the wedding will never take place, he reassures her that they will get married soon. The weekend ends in an ugly scene when Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger arrives.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.7/10 7 votes#15 - The Real Paul Anka
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2006
Although Rory and Logan are back together, Logan is miserable knowing that Rory hasn't really forgiven him, and he takes off with his friends for another stunt with the Life and Death Brigade. Rory accepts Jess's invitation to attend an open house at his new book store/art gallery/publishing house in Philadelphia. While there, she is surprised to run into Luke, who is accompanying his daughter April on an academic field trip.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.5/10 6 votes#16 - Fight Face
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2005
Feeling a little lonely, Lorelai adopts a dog. Luke agrees to repair Lorelai's house, rather than buy the Twykham house. This soon turns into trouble as TJ does some unwanted construction on the house. Rory starts her community service assignment. Feeling neglected and unhappy with how things are going, Rory visits Luke at his diner. He lets it slip that he and Lorelai are engaged, leaving Rory feeling even more alone.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
6.2/10 4 votes#17 - Say Something
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2005
Lorelai does her best to get Luke to not give up on them after the awful events at the wedding. Luke tells her he needs some time and Lorelai can't take it. Rory asks Logan to hang out with her but is upset that when she gets to his place that there are a lot of people there. She gets a call from Sookie who tells her that Lorelai is in bad shape after Luke told her that he didn't think he could be in this relationship. Rory doesn't have a car, but Logan lets her borrow his car and driver. Taylor has the whole town taking sides for either Luke or Lorelai. After taking care of her mom Rory goes back to Yale to work things out with Logan, making sure he understood that the hanging out didn't just mean hanging out, it meant alone time.
Director: Daniel Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino