Douglas Rowe

A roguish space captain charms all; Data consults a comic about humor.

An elderly man insists on keeping his dying wife on life support against her wishes; an attractive patient and an outbreak of food poisoning bedevil Carter.

After noticing Sookie's recent odd behavior, Lorelai forces Jackson (recurring guest star JACKSON DOUGLAS) to tell her the reason for it. Meanwhile, Luke and Anna (recurring guest star SHERILYN FENN) attend a hearing to decide their custody battle over April (recurring guest star VANESSA MARANO). With help from Paris, Rory finally makes amends with Lucy (recurring guest star KRYSTEN RITTER), who tells her that she and Marty (recurring guest star WAYNE WILCOX) have broken up. While attending Richard's economics class at Yale, Rory witnesses a frightening scene. And Christopher (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE) finds the character reference that Lorelai wrote for Luke and confronts her.

While introducing Lorelai to his sister's new baby, Luke shares a sweet moment with her. But when Christopher (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE) witnesses the scene, he becomes concerned that Lorelai isn't fully committed to their marriage. Later, the two fight over whether or not they should exchange vows at the elaborate wedding party that Emily is hosting for them. And Luke and Christopher have an ugly confrontation on the streets of Stars Hollow. Meanwhile, upon discovering that Rory and Marty (recurring guest star WAYNE WILCOX) have been pretending that they just met, rather than admitting their previous friendship to Rory's friend Lucy (recurring guest star KRYSTEN RITTER), Logan reveals the truth to her. Also, Emily gives Lorelai a warning about her marriage. And Luke contacts a lawyer over his custody troubles with Anna (recurring guest star SHERILYN FENN).

A turn-of-the-century novelist (Richard Dean Anderson) assumes the identity of his dashing literary character, an adventurer dedicated to justice and science in the Old West.