Lindsey Fields

After Karen's husband suffers a heart attack, there is speculation on whom she will turn to for support.

Lorelai refuses to listen to Richard's plan to bribe Rory into resuming school, saying that Rory has to want to go back on her own.

With the pressure of knowing his father would have been proud to see his son on the basketball team, Rory feels incompetent during tryouts because he doesn't think he has the right stuff to make the cut.

Christine is shocked when a new dad at Ritchie's school calls her a `meanie mum' for being judgmental and standoffish, and dumps her for Marly and Lindsay.