The BEST episodes of Gilmore Girls
Every episode of Gilmore Girls ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gilmore Girls!
Lorelai Gilmore has made her share of mistakes in life, but she has been doing her best to see that her college-bound daughter Rory, who’s also her best friend in the world, doesn’t follow in her footsteps. That may be easier said than done, considering that the two share the same interests, the same intellect, the same coffee addiction and the same eyes.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Run Away, Little Boy
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2001
Lorelai receives a late wedding present without a card attached and insists that it be returned. Rory, Paris, Madeline and Louise are assigned to present the death scene from "Romeo and Juliet" as part of ther class participation.
#3 - Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2004
Jess's attempts to keep a low profile but keeps bumping into Rory all over town. Emily is in a dither about filling a table at a benefit and enlists the help of Lorelai and Jason, whom she encourages to pretend that they're a couple. Luke is less than impressed by Liz's latest business venture and newly-arrived boyfriend.
#4 - 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 invite most of the citizens of Stars Hollow to an elaborate feast complete with Elizabethan costumes and horse-drawn sleigh rides. Rory struggles to keep the budding rivalry between Dean and Jess under control.
#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. Luke has second thoughts about a trip with Nicole after something Lorelai tells him. Jess makes silent contact with Rory.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Like Mother, Like Daughter
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2001
Headmaster Charleston decrees that both Gilmore girls need to improve their socialization skills at Chilton if they want him to write a glowing recommendation for Rory's Harvard application.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Rory's Birthday Parties
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2000
It's Rory's birthday, and her grandmother and mother each plan a party representative of their respective styles.
#10 - Love, Daisies and Troubadours
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2001
Rachel makes an important decision after she becomes convinced that despite his protests, Luke is in love with Lorelai. Rory finally manages to talk to Dean about her feelings.
#11 - Red Light on the Wedding Night
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2001
During Lorelai's bachelorette party, where Emily regales the group with stories about the week before her wedding, Lorelai realizes she isn't ready to commit to Max.
#12 - The Incredible Sinking Lorelais
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2004
Lorelai and Sookie explore ways to ease their financial crunch and raise money to pay their construction crew, one of whom is now Dean. Rory is distraught when one of her professors tells her to drop a class because she can't handle her course load.
#13 - You Jump, I Jump, Jack
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2004
Emily demands that Lorelai bring her new boyfriend to dinner so that they can get reacquainted. Logan encourages Rory to participate in a mysterious event.
#14 - 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. Meanwhile, Luke, who's miserable without Lorelai, takes his anger out on his customers. Meanwhile, Lane has a horrific realization about her mother's inluence.
#15 - The Big One
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2003
Rory and Paris compete for the honor of speaking at Chilton's Bicentennial. Lorelai runs into an ex and it's apparent that they're not quite over each other yet. Rory's college acceptance letters finally arrive.
#16 - Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2002
Amidst her sadness about Christopher, Lorelai has an intriguing dream about Luke. Rory returns from Washington to realize that she still may have feelings for Jess. Rory once again guides Paris through the rocky shoals of preparing for a date.
#17 - Let the Games Begin
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2002
In the aftermath of the Dance Marathon, Kirk parades around Stars Hollow with the trophy until someone steals it, while Lorelai and Rory painfully inch their way towards Luke's. Lorelai and Rory reluctantly agree to accept Richard's invitation to accompany him and Emily to his Whiffenpoof reunion at Yale.
#18 - A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2002
It's Thanksgiving, and Lorelai and Rory have dinner at four different places: the Kim's, where Lane has managed to get Dave invited; Luke's, where Luke and Jess make it a foursome with Lorelai and Rory; Sookie's, where Jackson and his family have deep-fried the turkey, the lawn and just about everything else; and Emily and Richard's, where, to Lorelai's horror, Rory reveals that she has applied to Yale.
#19 - Unto The Breach
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/2007
At Rory's graduation party at her grandparent's house, Logan proposes to her, catching Rory off-guard.
#20 - A House Is Not a Home
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2005
Lorelai picks Rory up after a crazy night with Logan. Rory decides that she will not go back to Yale next year, much to Lorelai's dismay.
#21 - Luke Can See Her Face
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2004
Liz returns to Stars Hollow to announce that she's getting married in the town square in a week. 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.
#22 - The Nanny and the Professor
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/2004
Luke becomes overwhelmed by Lane's work ethic when he hires her to work at the diner; Rory is less than thrilled with the new man in Paris's life. Richard becomes intensely irritated when the Chez Gilmore walking tour benefitting the Historical Society overstays its welcome.
#23 - 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. Rory meets her new roommates.
#24 - The Fundamental Things Apply
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2003
Rory accepts a classmate's invitation to go out on her first date since breaking up with Jess, while her roomates engage in a war of wills. Lorelai invites Luke over to share the traditional Gilmore movie night she used to have with Rory, although she is somewhat disturbed after discovering that the designer she just hired to decorate the inn used to work for Emily.
#25 - Chicken or Beef?
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2003
Back home for the weekend, Rory has an uncomfortable encounter with Dean, her ex, and ends up getting invited to his wedding the next day. Meanwhile, Lorelai and Sookie visit Michel at his trendy new workplace, but run into problems getting the permit they need to begin construction on the inn.