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Gilmore Girls Season 4 Episode Guide

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  • Ballroom & Biscotti

    Episode 1 Originally aired:  September 23, 2003

    Lorelai and Rory return from their trip to Europe to a waiting, busy life, including the impending birth by the very pregnant Sookie. After misreading the Yale orientation start date, Rory realizes she only has two days as opposed to a week to get ready, leading to a frantic packing marathon. Meanwhile, Emily gets upset when Lorelai misses their usual Friday night dinner and turns the excursion into a four-hour ballroom…more

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  • The Lorelais' First Day at Yale

    Episode 2 Originally aired:  September 30, 2003

    Lorelai helps Rory move into her new dorm at Yale, but Rory realizes that separating from her mother won't be so easy. She encounters her strange roommate, Tanna, and to her dismay, learns that Paris will also be sharing the room with them. Meanwhile, Luke is still troubled by the cruise fiasco with Nicole.

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  • The Hobbit, The Sofa and Digger Stiles

    Episode 3 Originally aired:  October 7, 2003

    Rory gets a surprise when she discovers that her dorm room has been redecorated by Emily without her approval. She is also smothered with attention when Emily tries to watch her back by sending escorts for her at her first college party. With time to kill while construction on their inn continues, Lorelai and Sookie find work in the form of a children's "Lord of the Rings" birthday. Meanwhile, the son of …more

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    Based on 46 ratings
  • The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles

    Episode 4 Originally aired:  October 7, 2003

    Rory is shocked to discover that Emily has redecorated her dorm room without permission; Richard announces that he is taking on a new business partner (Chris Eigeman).

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    Based on 68 ratings
  • Chicken or Beef?

    Episode 5 Originally aired:  October 14, 2003

    Dean awkwardly invites Rory to his wedding the next day; Dean confesses to Luke how much he misses Rory; Lorelai and Sookie have trouble obtaining a permit to begin construction on the inn.

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    Based on 65 ratings
  • Chicken or Beef

    Episode 6 Originally aired:  October 14, 2003

    Rory comes back to Stars Hollow for the weekend and runs into Dean, who invites her to be a guest at his wedding the following day. Dean later confesses to Luke in a drunken stupor that he may have been foolish to let Rory get away. Meanwhile, Lorelai and Sookie butt heads with Taylor over their building permit for the Dragonfly Inn.

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    Based on 42 ratings
  • The Fundamental Things Apply

    Episode 7 Originally aired:  October 21, 2003

    Rory goes out on a date, her first since the breakup with Jess, while back in the dorm, her roommates stubbornly try one another's patience. Lorelai stews over the fact that the Dragonfly Inn's designer once worked for her mother when she invites Luke to fill in for Rory on their usual movie-watching night.

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    Based on 67 ratings
  • An Affair to Remember

    Episode 8 Originally aired:  October 28, 2003

    Emily hires Lorelai and Sookie to cater a launch party she's designing for Richard's new company, but the would-be caterers find that Emily needs a lot of convincing as to their abilities. The celebration moves elsewhere, however, when Richard's partner, Jason, manages to convince him that Emily's idea of a party is antiquated. Meanwhile, Rory finds it increasingly difficult to find herself a quiet place…more

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  • Love Me or Louvre Me

    Episode 9 Originally aired:  November 4, 2003

    Stars Hollow puts on a "Festival of Living Art" in which Lorelai, Rory, and Kirk appear in costume as figures within reenactments of classic paintings. Lorelai helps Sookie relax about her upcoming pregnancy by telling her about Rory's birth, while Nicole tells Luke that rather than divorce, they should give their marriage one more chance. Meanwhile, Lane brings a new guitarist into the band, but the age d…more

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    Based on 44 ratings
  • The Festival of Living Art

    Episode 10 Originally aired:  November 4, 2003

    When the townspeople stage famous paintings, Rory portrays a young woman in a Renaissance work, Lorelai appears as the beauty in Renoir s ``Dance at Bougival, and Kirk embodies Jesus in Da Vinci s ``The Last Supper.

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    Based on 49 ratings
  • Die, Jerk

    Episode 11 Originally aired:  November 11, 2003

    Rory is told that her articles for the Yale newspaper lack pizazz, so she writes a blistering review about the Yale ballet and soon finds herself the enemy of the vengeful lead ballerina. Lorelai manages to make Luke admit that he's once again dating his wife to stave off divorce, and equally marvels at Jason, who in order to get closer to her has somehow gotten Emily to invite him to their usual dinner night. Meanw…more

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    Based on 60 ratings
  • Ted Koppel's Big Night Out

    Episode 12 Originally aired:  November 18, 2003

    Richard invites Lorelai and Rory to a tailgate party for a Harvard/Yale football game, but after meeting Richard's former fiancee, Pennilyn, Lorelai learns that Emily suspects Pennilyn and Richard have been meeting up for years. Lorelai then finally finds herself weary of her mother's opinions and decides to accept Jason's request for a date. Meanwhile, Richard introduces Paris to an old friend who teaches a…more

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    Based on 54 ratings
  • The Nanny and the Professor

    Episode 13 Originally aired:  January 20, 2004

    In the midst of her secret new romance with Jason, Lorelai finds out from her parents that he was spotted with someone else at their charity bash. Rory and Paris are given a rigorous initiation at the Yale newspaper, but when Paris ducks out to rendezvous with Professor Flemming, Rory is left explaining where she went. Meanwhile, Michel ends up babysitting for Sookie, while Lane becomes Luke's new employee.

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    Based on 66 ratings
  • In the Clamor and the Clangor

    Episode 14 Originally aired:  January 27, 2004

    Lorelai tries to get Luke to stay in Stars Hollow when he shows hesitation in moving to an apartment outside of town with Nicole. Rory is mortified when William, whom she'd been unsuccessfully pursuing, starts telling people she's a little too attached to him. Meanwhile, Lane gets thrown out the hose by her mother when she finds out about Lane's secret rock band practices.

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    Based on 51 ratings
  • A Family Matter

    Episode 15 Originally aired:  February 3, 2004

    Despite Jason's insistence, Lorelai balks at telling Emily about her relationship with him when Emily dismisses the possibility that such mismatched people could ever being a couple. Paris breaks up with her boyfriend at Rory's urging in order to continue seeing the professor. Meanwhile, Luke has his hands full with both a visit from his unpredictable sister and the return of Jess.

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    Based on 55 ratings
  • Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels

    Episode 16 Originally aired:  February 10, 2004

    Jess hangs around Stars Hollow while he waits for his car to be fixed and, to his dismay, keeps bumping into Rory, at which point he repeatedly walks away, but when she tires of his disappearing act, he must reveal a bombshell to her. Jess also begins to feel like Luke is meddling in other people's lives too much when Luke tries to tell him about Liz's new boyfriend. While at a charity function, Lorelai surprisi…more

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    Based on 64 ratings
  • The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais

    Episode 17 Originally aired:  February 17, 2004

    Rory finds herself swamped with too many courses, but balks at a professor's suggestion that she drop one of them to help herself out. Lorelai's inability to get ahold of Rory exasperates her during a tumultuous construction period for the Dragonfly Inn, but Sookie ends up as the recipient of Lorelai's venting. Lorelai and Richard, themselves, also get a little sample of her visiting great grandmother's…more

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    Based on 43 ratings
  • The Incredible Sinking Lorelais

    Episode 18 Originally aired:  February 17, 2004

    Rory succumbs to self-doubt after a professor suggests she drop a class; Lorelai takes out her frustration on Sookie; Gran is nasty to Richard and Emily.

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    Based on 50 ratings
  • Scene in a Mall

    Episode 19 Originally aired:  February 24, 2004

    Rory sees Dean again while he works at the Dragonfly Inn and begins to learn about what kind of life he's created for himself in their time apart. Her afternoon with Lorelai doing some mall window-shopping becomes a whole different story when they bump into Emily and tag along on her massive shopping excursion, which Emily hopes will put the sting on an inattentive Richard. Meanwhile, Lane is feeling her own sting, …more

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    Based on 47 ratings
  • The Reigning Lorelai

    Episode 20 Originally aired:  March 2, 2004

    Richard's mother and great Gilmore matriarch, Gran, dies unexpectedly, and Richard falls to pieces, leaving Emily to handle the arrangements. Lorelai soon takes over those duties, however, when Emily discovers that her mother-in-law once secretly warned her son to break off the engagement, but while she soon finds the emotions flooding in, Rory worries that her own reactions about Gran are too subdued. Meanwhile, Lu…more

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    Based on 52 ratings
  • Keg! Max!; Say Goodnight, Gracie

    Episode 21 Originally aired:  March 9, 2004

    Lane's band makes its debut at a big bash, where Jess and Dean's long-standing animosity erupts into a brawl; a golden opportunity arises for Lorelai and Sookie to buy another inn; Jess' long-lost father shows up.

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    Based on 36 ratings
  • Gilmore Girls Gone Wild

    Episode 22 Originally aired:  April 13, 2004

    Rory and Paris head down to warm Florida for their spring break, where they inadvertently see Louise and and Madeline from their high school days, and Paris lets loose while at a nightclub with Rory. Meanwhile, Luke turns to Lorelai for help after a jealous rage over Nicole's new beau lands him in jail, and Jason and Lorelai take their relationship to the next level when he gives her a spare key to his home.

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  • Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin the Twist

    Episode 23 Originally aired:  April 13, 2004

    Rory and Paris take off to Florida for their first spring break; Paris makes an unexpected bid for attention at a nightclub where the Shins are performing.

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    Based on 51 ratings
  • Tick, Tick, Tick Boom!

    Episode 24 Originally aired:  April 20, 2004

    Jason and Richard are sued by Jason's father Floyd for nabbing some of Floyd's clients, at which time Floyd outs Jason's quiet relationship with Lorelai. Meanwhile, Rory learns that Dean is a full-time employee and no longer in college, with plans for he and his bride Lindsay to buy a house using the money. Dean also tells Rory that according to Lindsay, Rory is no longer welcome in his life.

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    Based on 40 ratings
  • Tick, Tick, Tick Boom

    Episode 25 Originally aired:  April 20, 2004

    Jason s father, Floyd, exposes Jason and Lorelai s secret relationship and brings a lawsuit against Jason and Richard for taking his clients.

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    Based on 44 ratings
  • Afterboom

    Episode 26 Originally aired:  April 27, 2004

    Lorelai confronts Richard and accuses him of mistreating Jason when Jason informs her that he and Richard are no longer business partners. Furthermore, after a subsequently awkward dinner between Lorelai, her parents, and Rory, the younger Gilmore Girls inadvertently learn about the poor state of Richard and Emily's marriage. Lorelai is also informed by Luke about his now-definite divorce from Nicole.

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  • Luke Can See Her Face

    Episode 27 Originally aired:  May 4, 2004

    Luke turns to self-help methods after mulling the end of his marriage and begins to realize the identity of his true soul mate. When his sister, Liz, comes back to town to get married, he tries to coax Jess into going to her wedding. Lorelai, meanwhile, begins to panic as the Dragonfly Inn opening looms near. Paris' professor lover, Asher, has a medical episode, and she must reconsider their future together, while…more

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    Based on 49 ratings
  • Last Week Fights, This Week Tights

    Episode 28 Originally aired:  May 11, 2004

    Liz's renaissance-style wedding has the whole town celebrating, including a proud Jess, during which time Luke surprises Lorelai by asking her first to dance, then to go out on a date with him. Meanwhile, when Rory is stranded at a wild off-campus party, she ends up calling Dean for a ride to her dorm, but their heartfelt conversation is cut short when Jess shows up.

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    Based on 76 ratings
  • Raincoats and Recipes

    Episode 29 Originally aired:  May 18, 2004

    Lorelai preps the Dragonfly Inn for its grand opening, using friends and relatives as the subjects of a trial run, but is somewhat occupied by the thought that Luke's feelings for her have grown stronger. His love is put to the test when Jason comes by hoping to get back together with Lorelai. Meanwhile, when Emily and Richard become part of the inn experiment, Lorelai discovers that their marriage is on shaky groun…more

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    Based on 117 ratings

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