6.3/10861 votesLoading...#1 - French Twist
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2006
Lorelai and Chris fly to France to take Gigi to see her mother, Sherry. Once there, Chris proposes to Lorelai and the couple return to Stars Hollow as Mr. and Mrs. Hayden. The joy of Rory's trip to the country (Stars Hollow) with Lucy and Olivia is dampened by Rory's breakdown regarding her fears for the future, and the unexpected appearance of a past friend who disavows having known Rory. Zach and Lane find out they're having twins and break the news of their impending parenthood to Mrs. Kim, with unexpected consequences.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: David Babcock
7.0/10720 votesLoading...#2 - Go, Bulldogs!
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2006
Lorelai and Chris attend Yale Parents' Weekend where they find Emily and Richard. Chris takes Rory and all her friends out for dinner after feeling guilty that he wasn't around when Rory was growing up. At the end, she shows her commitment to her duties as editor of the newspaper by gathering the troops to report on a story.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner, David S. Rosenthal
7.1/10729 votesLoading...#3 - The Great Stink
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2006
Logan returns to town on business to acquire an internet company and pays Rory a surprise visit. Rory is thrilled but, during a dinner with Logan's colleagues, realizes that she has no connection to his new business world. Lorelai and Christopher fight about Gigi going to Paris to be with Sherry for a few months. Christopher asks Lorelai to go to Paris with him.
Director: Rodman Flender, Michael Schultz
Writer: Jenji Kohan, Gina Fattore
7.1/10727 votesLoading...#4 - Introducing Lorelai Planetarium
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2006
Rory is angry that she could not attend Lorelai and Chris's wedding. Logan is moving from London to New York City. He and Rory fight about an article she wrote. April develops appendicitis and Luke takes her to the hospital.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Jennie Snyder Urman
7.2/10738 votesLoading...#5 - That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopee
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2006
Luke punches Christopher after finding out Lorelai slept with him. After not being able to go on the trip to Asia with Logan, Lorelai throws Rory an Asian-themed party, but Rory finds out that Lorelai slept with Christopher and gets upset. Lane and Zach return from their less-than-perfect honeymoon in Mexico. Lane reports to Rory that sex is overrated; learning that she is pregnant does not help her opinion. Luke and Lorelai begin to deal with their break-up.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.2/10725 votesLoading...#6 - Lorelai's First Cotillion
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2006
Lorelai begins to wonder if all the choices she's made have been due to her trying to rebel against her mother. Christopher tells Lorelai that he loves her.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Rina Mimoun
7.2/10723 votesLoading...#7 - Knit, People, Knit!
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2006
Chris and Lorelai tell Emily and Richard about their marriage. Lorelai becomes determined to make Christopher liked by the people in Stars Hollow. Anna tells Luke that she is moving across the country and taking April with her, in which Luke tells Anna he will fight for custody. Rory moves in with Paris, after moving out of Logan's apartment. She attends a party at Lucy's apartment; Marty reveals to Rory that he still has feelings for her. Luke's evident feelings for Lorelai are still apparent in his behavior.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: N/A
7.3/10740 votesLoading...#8 - Always a Godmother, Never a God
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2005
After months of separation, Sookie tries to reconcile Rory and Lorelai by asking them to be the godmothers of her two children. However, they both end up fighting when Lorelai realizes that Rory didn't see fit to share her new cell phone number with her.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.3/10720 votesLoading...#9 - Merry Fisticuffs
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2006
Luke and Lorelai share a moment when Luke introduces her to Liz's new baby, and Christopher witnesses the scene. Lorelai and Christopher get into a fight over what Lorelai wants versus what Christopher wants. Luke contacts a lawyer over his custody troubles with Anna. Christopher and Luke fight in the town square. Logan discovers that Rory and Marty have been pretending that they just met, and he reveals the truth to Lucy. Emily gives Lorelai advice about her marriage.
Director: Jackson Douglas
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
7.4/10836 votesLoading...#10 - I Solemnly Swear
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2003
Offers of dates ensue when Lorelai and Sookie attend a seminar on operating an inn and run into two handsome men -- an old friend of Sookie's and his business partner; Lorelai unsuccessfully resists being deposed when her mother is sued by a former maid for wrongful termination; after Rory and Francie butt heads at the student council meeting, Francie proposes a truce and then immediately lies to Paris that Rory is trying to undermine her; Paris is crushed that her best friend has betrayed her and lashes out at her during their fencing class, leaving Rory ostracized by the rest of the student body.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Stephens
7.4/10724 votesLoading...#11 - The UnGraduate
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2005
Sookie creates a S'mores wedding cake, so what more does Lorelai need to set a date? Logan comes home, Lane and the band come home and Paul Anka eats three pounds of chocolate while under Luke's care.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
7.4/10723 votesLoading...#12 - He's Slippin’ ‘Em Bread... Dig?
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/2005
After a long absence, Christopher reappears in Lorelai and Rory's lives. Luke struggles with what the new person in his life will mean to him and his relationship with Lorelai. Lorelai and Rory enjoy their first Thanskgiving at the Dragonfly Inn, and Rory receives surprising news about Logan. Meanwhile, on the eve of an important gig for the band, Lane has to deal with Zach's jealousy over a song Brian wrote about her.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Writer: Daniel Palladino
7.4/10837 votesLoading...#13 - The Long Morrow
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2006
Lorelai wakes up next to Christopher after she breaks-up with Luke. Rory receives a model rocket as a going-away present from Logan and struggles to decode its significance. Kirk crashes into Luke's diner. Luke tries to get Lorelai back, but she informs him that she slept with Christopher. Christopher calls Lorelai and says, "That other night was incredible and I hope it can happen again." Lorelai replies, "That night was a mistake and it cannot happen again."
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
7.4/10744 votesLoading...#14 - 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2006
Lorelai and Chris begin to date. Christopher forgives Sherry after she sends him a letter apologizing. Rory returns to Yale for the fall semester of her senior year. April is staying with Luke temporarily while her mom, Anna, is out of town. Richard starts at Yale as a guest lecturer. Rory covers an art exhibition for the Yale newspaper and meets her new friends, Lucy and Olivia.
Director: Victor Nelli Jr.
Writer: Gayle Abrams
7.4/10724 votesLoading...#15 - Santa's Secret Stuff
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/2007
Luke asks Lorelai to be a character reference in his custody case. Rory comes back from London from Chirstmas with Logan, where she and Logan have made amends. The Gilmore girls celebrate Christmas a month late. April sneaks out to see Luke.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.5/10827 votesLoading...#16 - Lorelai Out of Water
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/2003
Luke is opposed to having Taylor's attorney Nicole oversee the paperwork for the construction of the new soda shop until he meets the attractive redhead, who takes as immediate a shine to Luke as he does to her; Lane's clever scheme to get her mother's permission to attend the prom horribly backfires; Luke offers to teach Lorelai the fine art of angling after Alex invites her to go fishing; Rory and Lorelai clear out their garage for Lane's band and Lorelai gains a new admirer from the band; Lane and Rory have some hearts-to-hearts about the men in their lives; Paris's ratcheting up the conflict between her and Rory when she calls for Rory's impeachment by the student council is brought to a swift end by Headmaster Charleston, who threatens to revoke the glowing letters he wrote to Harvard for each of them.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Janet Leahy
7.5/10725 votesLoading...#17 - How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2005
Rory starts her internship; Due to low attendance and much to Luke's delight, Taylor decides to close down the museum and sell the house; Richard and Emily invite Logan to dinner, and Lorelai begs to attend; Lorelai meets with an inn investor, which could mean travel in her future.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Bill Prady, Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.5/10746 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.5/10781 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.5/10742 votesLoading...#20 - Bridesmaids Revisited
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/2006
Lorelai offers to help Christopher out by babysitting his 4-year-old daughter, G.G, and is horrified by the toddler's terrible behavior. The next day, Rory and Logan attend the wedding of Logan's sister, Honor. While helping the bride and her three bridesmaids get ready, Rory is devastated to learn how Logan spent his time during their recent breakup.
Director: Linda Mendoza
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.5/10712 votesLoading...#21 - I'm OK, You're OK
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2006
Rory forgives Logan, then needs some time for herself, so she pays a visit to Lorelai in Stars Hollow. Although Lorelai refuses to admit that she is upset, Rory can tell that she is bothered by the news that Luke will be gone for a few days on a field trip with his daughter, April. And, against Lorelai's wishes, Rory pays a visit to the store owned by April's mother, Ana, to spy on her. Meanwhile, when Zack finally works up the courage to ask Mrs. Kim for permission to marry Lane, he is surprised at the deal she makes with him.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.5/10716 votesLoading...#22 - Farewell, My Pet
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2007
Richard is feeling better and preparing to leave the hospital. Michel's dog Chin Chin dies and Michel guilts Lorelai into holding his memorial at The Dragonfly. Rory has a crush on the teacher's assistant that is filling in for Richard and confesses her "self-destructive" feelings to Logan. Lorelai and Christopher end their marriage after he calls her out on still having feelings for Luke.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Jennie Snyder Urman
7.6/101,146 votesLoading...#23 - Paris is Burning
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2001
Lorelai tries to break up with Rory's teacher, Max, on parent-teacher night, which leads to more problems for her daughter at school.
Director: David Petrarca
Writer: Joan Binder Weiss
7.6/10933 votesLoading...#24 - Secrets and Loans
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2002
Lorelai and Rory have a major falling out after Rory goes against her mother's wishes and asks her grandparents to lend Lorelai the money she needs to repair termite damage to their house; Lane's desire to become a cheerleader causes a strain in her relationship with Rory; after an exhaustive and unproductive attempt to raise the funds she needs based on her own credit rating, Lorelai is forced to ask Emily to cosign a loan; Rory drives Paris crazy when she refuses to reveal her PSAT scores.
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Writer: Linda Loiselle Guzik
7.6/10889 votesLoading...#25 - Eight O'Clock at the Oasis
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2002
Lorelai attends Emily's society auction where she meets a very handsome man but neglects to get his number, forcing her to ask her mother for it; after a disastrous first date, Lorelai turns down an invitation to another, not realizing that Emily and Richard have a lot invested in her dating this son of their friends; after Lorelai and Rory agree to water their new neighbor's lawn while he's out of town, Jess comes to Rory's rescue when the lawn's sprinker system malfunctions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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"French Twist" is the worst rated episode of "Gilmore Girls". It scored 6.3/10 based on 861 votes. Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel and written by David Babcock, it aired on 11/14/2006. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Go, Bulldogs!".