Lisa Long

Bree's forced to handle catering for Bob and Lee's wedding by herself when Katherine bails out; Gaby gets a call from Ellie; Julie finds out about her acceptance to Princeton, but Susan doesn't want her to go.

It seems everyone has a bone to pick: Jay and Gloria get on each other's nerves while trying to simply order lunch at their local diner; Phil is put in the position of having to fire Mitchell; Cam and Claire have opposing theories on how to discipline children; and Manny is upset with Luke for accepting an award under false pretenses - all of which spells trouble for Alex who is counting on them to all work together for a "living art" school project display.

Lorelai is hurt when she is excluded from her parents' Christmas bash, but she rushes to the hospital after her father collapses at the party.

The profilers investigate a serial rapist; Elle makes a critical decision that could let the rapist go free and impact her career.

While trying to give flowers to a girl, Cody accidentally gets entered in a beauty pageant.