9.3/101,444 votesLoading...#1 - Raincoats and Recipes
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2004
Momentous changes are in the air as: the Dragonfly Inn approaches opening day by having a shakedown weekend; Rory and Dean take a major step forward in their relationship, to Lorelai's dismay; Emily and Richard admit that they're separated; Kirk decides to let Lulu in on the deep, dark secret of his night terrors; Jason appears at the Inn to plead his case with Lorelai, to no avail; Luke answers Lorelai's question about the status of their relationship when he makes it passionately clear to Lorelai that they're dating, to which she enthusiastically agrees.
Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
9.1/101,400 votesLoading...#2 - Friday Night's Alright for Fighting
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2006
Friday Night's Alright for Fighting is the name of an episode for the American comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
9.1/101,494 votesLoading...#3 - Bon Voyage
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2007
Rory lands her dream job as a political reporter in Ohio. Luke enlists the help of everyone in Stars Hollow to throw her a graduation party in order to say goodbye. Luke's thoughtfulness brings out a long-awaited reaction from Lorelai.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
8.9/101,340 votesLoading...#4 - They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2002
Lorelai is determined to win the Stars Hollow Dance Marathon and wrest the trophy from four-time champion Kirk, but has trouble getting a partner until she finally convinces Rory to help her dance her way to victory. Dean sits on the sidelines to cheer his girl on, and is soon joined by Jess and Shane, who spend their time making out while Jess keeps his eye on Rory. Lorelai breaks her heel, and Dean takes her place while Luke plays shoe repairman. On the dance floor, Dean realizes that Rory is attracted to Jess and breaks up with her. Rory tearfully runs off, followed closely by Jess, and Kirk is declared the winner once again.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.9/101,115 votesLoading...#5 - Those Are Strings, Pinocchio
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2003
Rory finally learns her mother can't afford to buy the Dragonfly Inn since financial aid for Yale didn't come through. She decides to take matters into her own hands with a quick visit to her grandparents' right before graduation. Luke has second thoughts about a trip with Nicole after something Lorelai tells him. Jess makes silent contact with Rory after she gives her speech at Chilton.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.8/101,088 votesLoading...#6 - Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2004
As Stars Hollow prepares for the Renaissance-themed wedding of Liz and T.J., Kirk feels slighted when Miss Patty chooses someone else as the maypole dance captain; Lorelai discovers an equine visitor in the Dragonfly Inn's lobby; Rory's suite mates depart for summer vacation; Lorelai urges Mrs. Kim to call Lane; Lorelai unsuccessfully attempts to get Emily to admit to the separation during Friday night dinner; T.J. revels in the wonders of tights, but discovers their main drawback during the ceremony; Mrs. Kim gets some good advice from Lorelai after initially fleeing in horror at the sight of Zach and Brian and Lane's shabby apartment, and eventually returns for tea armed with a game plan; Rory calls Dean to rescue her from the disastrous date Emily has arranged for her with the son of a friend; Luke and Lorelai share significant glances during a slow dance at the wedding, which prompts Luke to ask Lorelai out on a date; Jess expresses his gratitude to Luke before saying goodbye; Ro
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.8/101,009 votesLoading...#7 - Wedding Bell Blues
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2005
Emily and Richard renew their vows in front of 100's of their closest friends with Lorelai as Emily's Maid of Honor, and Rory as Richard's Best Man. Luke gets in a fight with Christopher over Lorelai. Logan comes to the ceremony with a girl that looks like his girlfriend, and Rory gets jealous. Rory confronts Logan and Logan and Rory go a level up from flirting.
Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.7/101,422 votesLoading...#8 - Rory's Dance
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/20/2000
Rory and Dean fall asleep together following a fairytale evening at a formal dance, leading to a blowout between Lorelai and her mother over discipline.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.7/101,100 votesLoading...#9 - I Can't Get Started
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2002
Sookie's wedding draws near, and both bride and groom are getting frazzled, to say nothing of Michel, who Lorelai has placed in charge of the preparations at the Inn. Lorelai finally relents and goes into the diner, where she apologizes profusely to Luke, who is polite, but cool and somewhat remote. Christopher comes to town for the removal of Rory's cast and decides to stay for Sookie's wedding. After he confesses that his relationship with Sherrie is over, he and Lorelai rekindle their relationship, much to the delight of both Rory and Emily. Their reunion is cut short when Sherrie telephones Christopher to tell him she's pregnant, and Christopher returns to Boston, leaving Lorelai devastated. Paris is running for student body president. She's commissioned Madeline and Louise to poll the student body and is shocked to find that even though she's overwhelmingly considered to be the most competent candidate, she'll probably lose the election because she's also the least liked candidate
Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writer: John Stephens, Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.6/101,135 votesLoading...#10 - The Bracebridge Dinner
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2001
A blizzard prevents a group from attending the historical dinner that Sookie has painstakingly prepared at their request, so she and Lorelai decide to invite all their friends in Stars Hollow to enjoy the feast at the Inn. At Rory's urging, Lorelai also invites Richard and Emily, in an attempt to boost Richard's spirits. During dinner, Emily is hurt and angered when Richard reveals that he has quit his job without consulting her. Jess tries to get between Rory and Dean when Dean is distracted by his little sister.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.6/101,065 votesLoading...#11 - Lorelai's Graduation Day
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2002
Lorelai and Rory have breakfast at Sookie's in an effort to avoid Luke's, but Lorelai can't avoid an awkward encounter with him at Doose's Market, where he fails to pick up on her hints to patch things up; in an effort to help Lorelai through final exam stress, Rory gets her excited about attending her college graduation ceremony and secretly invites Richard and Emily, despite Lorelai's assertion that they'd never agree to attend; after a late night phone call from Jess, Rory impulsively cuts school the next day and visits him in Manhattan; Christopher sends Lorelai a graduation gift basket filled with fun goodies and an expensive necklace; Lorelai is shocked to see Emily, Richard and the film crew accompanying them to her graduation, and must contend with an obnoxious classmate with an attitude about the rich; Rory is furious with herself when she takes the wrong bus home and misses her mother's graduation; when Rory finally arrives home, Lorelai forgives her when she realizes that th
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.6/101,151 votesLoading...#12 - Dear Emily and Richard
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2003
Luke and Nicole have a successful first date; Jess and Dean trade verbal blows; Sherry goes into labor with only Lorelai and Rory for company; Lorelai reminisces about her pregnancy and Rory's birth; Lorelai introduces Emily to modern entertainment technology; Richard and Emily decry Lorelai's and Rory's plans to backpack through Europe; the war between Paris and Rory continues when Paris picks a photo of the ""Franklin"" staff for the yearbook that has the worst possible shot of Rory.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.6/10847 votesLoading...#13 - 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
8.5/101,380 votesLoading...#14 - Rory's Birthday Parties
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2000
Emily throws an elegant birthday party for an embarrassed Rory, who blows up at her grandmother; Rory later invites her grandparents to a wild party.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.5/101,214 votesLoading...#15 - Love, Daisies and Troubadours
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2001
Lorelai becomes increasingly serious about Max; Luke's girlfriend accuses him of being in love with Lorelai; Rory attempts to win Dean back.
Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.5/10996 votesLoading...#16 - The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2003
While Luke is willing to lend Lorelai his truck to help Rory move into her dorm, he's not too thrilled when the project turns out to take all day to accommodate Lorelai's last minute shopping trips to keep Rory's room on a par with the rest of the dorm, to say nothing of Lorelai's seeming inability to drive a stick, losing his spare tire, and saddling him with the old mattress from Rory's dorm room; Rory's roommates turn out to be a jock, a 15 year old prodigy sorely lacking in socialization skills, and none other than Miss People Person herself, Paris Geller, who arrives with a life coach in tow; Nicole's partners descend on the diner and threaten to ensnare Luke in a morass of paperwork and legal complications when he refuses to hire a lawyer or even discuss accepting a settlement; responding to Rory's attack of homesickness after just four hours, Lorelai returns to Yale and sets up a dorm-wide takeout food test to judge the quality of the local restaurants, their delivery speed, and
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.5/10951 votesLoading...#17 - The Incredible Sinking Lorelais
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2004
When Trix returns to town and berates Lorelai and Richard for being financial failures, Richard angrily sets his mother straight, to Emily's delight; Lorelai and Sookie explore ways to ease their financial crunch and raise money to pay their construction crew, one of whom is now Dean; Janet and Paris go head-to-head over the constant presence of Janet's boyfriend in the suite; Lorelai and Rory play an increasingly frustrating game of telephone tag; after Paris, Tanna, and Janet complain about close quarters in the suite, Lane moves out of the dorm and in with Lorelai, and gets her job back at Luke's; Lorelai and Sookie have a heated discussion about sharing the responsibilities of opening their inn; Rory is distraught when one of her professors tells her to drop a class because she can't handle her course load; Lane runs into her mother and receives a frosty reception; at the end of a very long, hard day, Lorelai and Rory still can't manage to connect, and end up taking solace in the
Director: N/A
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino
8.5/10940 votesLoading...#18 - Luke Can See Her Face
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2004
Jackson's devotion to his wife and her famous zucchini soup set the stage for the perfect antidote to the stress surrounding the opening of the Inn; Luke unwittingly comes to the rescue when Sookie tries to set Lorelai up with the poultry supplier; Liz returns to Stars Hollow to announce that she's getting married in the town square in a week; Paris and Asher decide to travel to England together during the summer; T.J. has a tumultuous bachelor party; at Luke's request, Jess changes his mind about attending his mother's wedding and returns to Stars Hollow for the festivities; Rory tries to hide her discomfort when Lorelai tells her about overhearing a fight between Dean and Lindsay; a self-help tape helps Luke clarify his thinking, and a talk with Jess gets him started on the path to having the relationship he's been looking for all along.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino
8.5/101,114 votesLoading...#19 - You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2004
After Kirk spills the beans that her daughter is dating Luke, Emily demands that Lorelai bring him to dinner so that they can get reacquainted; although Lorelai tries to warn him away, Luke goes anyway and is subjected to an evening of oblique insults from a passive-aggressive Emily; after Zach announces that he's ready to start going out with Lane, they spend a cozy first date at home after banishing Brian to Lane's bedroom; having not learned his lesson with Emily, Luke agrees to accept Richard's invitation to go golfing, and both men turn a deaf ear to Lorelai's pleas to cancel; Rory gets her story on the ""Life and Death Brigade"" by being blindfolded and whisked away by Logan and his friends to observe the elaborately staged weekend in the woods, and finally, after Logan encourages her to take a risk, to participate in the event's breathtaking finale.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.5/10801 votesLoading...#20 - So... Good Talk
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2005
When Richard and Emily return from their second honeymoon, Rory attends Friday-night dinner without Lorelai, who refuses to speak to her mother or see her, and plans a girls' night out with Sookie instead. Richard and Emily then give a 100-year-old Greek book to Rory and have yet another maid. Rory surprises everyone with a rare outburst at her grandmother for interfering in Lorelai's love life. Meanwhile, Luke, who's miserable without Lorelai, takes his anger out on his customers and his dark mood causes him to burn the food and when one customer wants his omelette redone, he throws him out of the diner. When a meter maid is writing a ticket to put on Luke's boat (that is parked in front of the diner) Lorelai comes in time to put some quarters in the meter. Emily goes to the diner to talk to Luke. Meanwhile, Lane has a horrific realization about her mother's inluence.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: N/A
8.5/10836 votesLoading...#21 - A House Is Not a Home
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2005
Lorelai picks Rory up from the police station and takes her home. Rory explains that the boat theft was not Logan's idea and Lorelai should not blame him. Logan finds out that his father upset Rory and says he will have a talk with his father, but Rory begs him not to. Rory decides that she will not go back to Yale next year. Lorelai does not like this idea and goes to her parents for help. Rory moves in with Richard and Emily. Show ends with a proposal.
Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino
Writer: N/A
8.5/10924 votesLoading...#22 - Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2005
Rory is pleasantly surprised when her old flame Jess appears at her grandparents' house and reveals an amazing development in his life. Rory agrees to go to dinner with Jess, and when Logan unexpectedly joins them, an ugly confrontation develops, leaving both Rory and Logan to face the choices they have made. Emily is concerned about Rory's sudden evasiveness and tries to exert some parental discipline. Meanwhile, Luke agrees to sponsor a local girls’ soccer team and Lorelai channels all her concerns about Rory into caring for her dog, Paul Anka
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: Daniel Palladino
8.5/10884 votesLoading...#23 - Lorelai? Lorelai?
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2007
After getting into a science camp, April tells Luke that she cannot go on the boating trip with him over the summer. Zach is asked to go on tour with another band. A drunk Lorelai serenades Luke at Karaoke night. Logan gets a job in San Francisco, where he then goes to Lorelai's home to ask permission to propose to Rory and take her with him. Lorelai, shocked, gives no answer.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
8.4/101,040 votesLoading...#24 - A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2002
The annual Stars Hollow charity picnic basket lunch auction sparks controversies among couples throughout town; Jess outbids Dean for Rory's basket, causing Dean and Rory to quarrel when Rory abides by tradition and shares the lunch with Jess; Jackson refuses to bid on Sookie's basket after she leads him to believe that she doesn't want to move in together; Luke comes to Lorelai's rescue, bids on her basket, and feeds them both at the diner after Miss Patty sets Lorelai up with a trio of unsuitable bidders; Henry tires of the end runs around Mrs. Kim, and calls it quits with Lane; Rory and Jess hit it off at lunch and Jess leaves with a secret souvenir -- the bracelet that Dean gave Rory, which he picks it up and holds on to after Rory drops it; Sookie and Jackson work things out so well that he proposes and she accepts; Lorelai and Rory quarrel when Rory finds out that her mother lent a sympathetic ear to Dean's concerns about Jess; after Emily agrees with her daughter's distrust of J
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
8.4/101,075 votesLoading...#25 - Teach Me Tonight
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2002
Lorelai's complaint about Taylor's choice for ""Movie in the Square Night"" lands her the responsibility for picking the evening's entertainment, but her enthusiasm for the task is quickly dampened when Taylor informs her that she must make a choice from a list of free movies which doesn't include any masterpieces; against her better judgment, Lorelai agrees to Luke's request that Rory tutor an about-to-flunk-out Jess; Rory and Jess decide to take a break from studying to get some ice cream, and with Jess behind the wheel, get into a car accident which leaves Rory with a broken wrist and a totaled car; a distraught Lorelai blames Luke for the accident, creating a serious rift in their relationship; Christopher arrives in the middle of the night ready to go after Jess, but he's already left Stars Hollow to return home; Kirk's short film premieres at Movie Night.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino
The Best Episodes of Gilmore Girls
Every episode of Gilmore Girls ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Gilmore Girls!
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Raincoats and Recipes" is the best rated episode of "Gilmore Girls". It scored 9.3/10 based on 1444 votes. Directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino and written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, it aired on 5/18/2004. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Friday Night's Alright for Fighting".