Brian Tarantina

Lorelai's mother is hurt and angry when she hears about her daughter's upcoming wedding from Sookie, and Rory brings Dean to her grandparents' house for dinner, and Richard's dislike of Dean leads to a fight.

Naz is attacked in prison and takes another meeting with Freddy before meeting with Crowe, who strongly suggests he accepts a plea bargain. Stone attends Andrea's funeral.

When a jogger is mauled to death by a dog in Central Park, Briscoe and Green trace the vicious animal to a prisoner serving two life sentences in Attica.

When Tristan and Rory are cast as Romeo and Juliet in the school play, a green-eyed Dean insists on going to every rehearsal, and Lorelai endures Luke's teasing after she dates a much younger guy.

Longtime friends Lorelai and Sookie have their first fight when Lorelai decides that their shared dream of opening an inn is doomed to failure.

While Rory struggles to keep the budding rivalry between Dean and Jess under control, Lorelai invites most of the citizens of Stars Hollow to an elaborate feast.