Season 1 - Episode 1 - Pilot
Air Date: Oct 5, 2000
Description: When Rory gets accepted into Chilton, Lorelai has to deal with the fact that she can not afford the school and must go to her parents for help. Her parents, Emily and Richard, help her out by providing a loan to pay for the school, but in return ask that her and Rory must attend dinner every Friday night at their house.
During her last couple of days at Stars Ho ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 2 - The Lorelais' First Day At Chilton
Air Date: Oct 12, 2000
Description: It is the first day of Chilton for the Gilmores, and Lorelai oversleeps. Realizing that she does not have enough time to pick up her clothes from the dry-cleaners, she is forced to wear a pink tie-dye shirt and Daisy Duke shorts, an outfit that upsets both Emily and Rory. The rest of the day is downhill from there for Rory, who picks up the nickname Mary and makes e ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Kill Me Now
Air Date: Oct 19, 2000
Description: Rory joins Richard for a round of golf at the club, finding that she enjoys spending time with her grandfather. When Rory returns from her day at the club, Lorelai is not to happy about the fact that Rory may want to be a part of the world she ran away from, resulting in her picking a fight with Rory. Meanwhile, Lorelai helps plan a wedding for a set of twin girls wh ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 4 - The Deer Hunters
Air Date: Oct 26, 2000
Description: At school, Rory receives her first D ever, leading her to study like crazy for the upcoming exam. After she and Lorelai spend all night reviewing Shakespeare, they oversleep. To make matters worse, on her way to school Rory hits a deer which further delays her arrival to Chilton. When she finally makes it to school, she is denied from taking the test and does not h ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Cinnamon's Wake
Air Date: Nov 2, 2000
Description: At the Chilton bake sale, Lorelai runs into Mr. Medina and agrees to have coffee with him. When they get together, he insists that they should date, and Lorelai agrees to go to dinner with him. But when Lorelai receives a call from Rory saying that their neighbor’s cat, Cinnamon, had died, their date slips her mind as she helps prepare for the wake. During the ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Rory's Birthday Parties
Air Date: Nov 9, 2000
Description: It is Rory's 16th birthday and both Lorelai and Emily have planned parties for Rory. At Emily's, all of Rory's classmates are invited leading Rory to have her first fight with Emily. The following day, Lorelai throws Rory another bash and Emily and Richard decide to attend hoping to reconcile with Rory. However, while at the party, both Emily and Richard realize ho ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Kiss And Tell
Air Date: Nov 16, 2000
Description: Dean and Rory share their first kiss, but Rory decides to hide the news from her mother. When Lorelai hears about the kiss from Mrs. Kim, she tries to prove to Rory that she's okay with Dean by inviting him to join their movie night. There, Lorelai lays down the law when it comes to dating her daughter.
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Love And War And Snow
Air Date: Dec 14, 2000
Description: The first snow of the season hits Stars Hollow -- Lorelai's favorite time of year. The roads ice over and Rory is forced to stay with her grandparents where she introduces them to the wonders of frozen pizza. Back in Stars Hollow, Lorelai runs into Max, whose car had died on his way home. Since he's stranded in Stars Hollow for the night, Lorelai takes him out to d ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Rory's Dance
Air Date: Dec 20, 2000
Description: Rory asks Dean to the Chilton formal despite reluctance to do so. While making Rory’s dress, Lorelai throws her back out and Emily, noticing the pain she’s in, insists that she stay with Lorelai while Rory’s at the formal. At the dance, Dean has an encounter with Tristan that leads to a fist-fight between the two. After the dance, Rory and Dean fa ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Forgiveness And Stuff
Air Date: Dec 21, 2000
Description: Lorelai and Rory's relationship is still a little rocky from the night of the dance, as is Emily and Lorelai's relationship, causing Rory to go to the elder Gilmore's Christmas party alone. While Rory is at dinner, Dean and Lorelai are able to work things out, and Lorelai ends up spending her evening with Luke who makes her a festive Santa Burger. However, their eve ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Paris Is Burning
Air Date: Jan 11, 2001
Description: Lorelai and Max’s relationship begins to become more serious, but Lorelai begins to back out when she sees how much Rory likes him being a part of their lives. At Parents’ Day, Lorelai tries to break up with Max, but they end up kissing while Paris watches in the doorway. In order to get the school’s mind of her parents’ bitter divorce, Paris ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Double Date
Air Date: Jan 18, 2001
Description: After helping Sookie to ask Jackson out, Lorelai finds out that the only way for Jackson and Sookie to go out is for Lorelai to go with them on a double date. Lorelai reluctantly accepts, ending up with the date from hell -- Jackson's cousin Rune. Meanwhile, Rory and Lane double date with Dean and his friend Todd without telling their mothers where they actually are ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Concert Interruptus
Air Date: Feb 15, 2001
Description: Lorelai heads up the Stars Hollow Charity Rummage Sale and ends up buying a sweatshirt that Luke donated. When she wears it around town, Lorelai is bewildered when Luke is angry to see it. Later, Sookie reveals to Lorelai that the previous owner of the sweatshirt was Luke’s first serious girlfriend. Meanwhile, Sookie is given tickets to the Bangles concert in ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 14 - That Damn Donna Reed
Air Date: Feb 22, 2001
Description: It is The Donna Reed Show night at the Gilmores, and Dean tells the girls that he thinks the idea of a wife cooking and cleaning for her husband is nice, which doesn’t go over too well. The next day Rory comes home with a bird, who turns out to be her mid term project. She is asked to babysit Babette’s new kitten, leaving Lorelai with her bird. At Babet ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Christopher Returns
Air Date: Mar 1, 2001
Description: Christopher returns to make up for lost time with Rory, and Emily, elated about his return, invites both Christopher and his parents to Friday Night Dinner. But tensions between the Haydens and the Gilmores rise, resulting in a fight about Lorelai and Christopher’s past. After the fight, Lorelai goes to her old room, to find Christopher on the balcony and old ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Star-crossed Lovers And Other Strangers
Air Date: Mar 8, 2001
Description: A woman from Luke’s past comes back to Stars Hollow, and tells Luke that she is here to stay. Rory misses Friday night dinner to go on a three month anniversary date with Dean. At Friday night dinner, Emily tries to set Lorelai up with a family friend, much to Lorelai’s disgust. Meanwhile, Dean surprises Rory with a fancy dinner, then shows her a car tha ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 17 - The Breakup, Part 2
Air Date: Mar 15, 2001
Description: Now broken up with Dean, Rory decides to take her mind off of the break-up by making lists and not listening Lorelai’s advice to wallow. After being invited to a party at Madeline’s, Rory decides to go and Lane tags along. However, things take when Rory finds herself alone with Tristan, who also just broke up with his girlfriend and is in need of consoli ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 18 - The Third Lorelai
Air Date: Mar 22, 2001
Description: Emily is upset when she finds out that Richard’s mother, Trix is coming by for a visit. Meanwhile, Paris is not pleased that Tristan asked Rory out on a date. When Paris talks to Rory about it, she denies it, making Paris even madder. During Friday night dinner, Trix offers to help Lorelai and Rory, but Emily, afraid of losing Lorelai and Rory, warns Trix not ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Emily In Wonderland
Air Date: Apr 26, 2001
Description: Rachel discovers an abandoned inn and shows to Lorelai, who immediately falls in love with it. Meanwhile, Rory takes Emily on a tour of Stars Hollow where immediately befriends Mrs. Kim and Michel, but becomes upset when she sees Lorelai and Rory’s first home. Lastly, Lorelai gives Rune a job at the inn as a favor to Sookie.
Season 1 - Episode 20 - P.s. I Lo...
Air Date: May 3, 2001
Description: Lorelai helps Luke buy a birthday present for Rachel, but ends up buying him a new wardrobe along the way. Still upset over the fact that she and Dean broke up, Rory becomes very upset when she finds out that Lane and Dean are science project partners, and then becomes angered when she finds out that her mom and Max have gotten back together. She and Lorelai fight, a ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Love, Daisies And Troubadours
Air Date: May 10, 2001
Description: Rachel leaves Stars Hollow when she realizes who Luke really has feelings for. Luke and Max have an argument over Lorelai, making Max think that he and Lorelai dated. Meanwhile, Rory defends the town troubadour, which brings her and Dean together, and finally says I love you. Max, wanting to show Lorelai that he was serious about his proposal, surprises her with 10 ... Read More