Jill Brennan

Series following single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore and her daughter Lorelai `Rory' Leigh Gilmore in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, a close-knit small town housing quirky characters aplenty. In this first episode, Lorelai must ask her estranged parents for financial help when her daughter is accepted into a prestigious prep school.

Kirk is disappointed when Miss Patty chooses someone else to be maypole dance captain, Lorelai urges Mrs Kim to call Lane, and TJ discovers the drawbacks of wearing tights at his wedding ceremony.

When Luke agrees to build sets for the elementary school's production of `Fiddler on the Roof', he knows that Lorelai is the costume designer and hopes that their paths will cross.

Car trouble strands Jess in Stars Hollow; Jess walks away from Rory over and over again, then makes a startling confession; at a charity dinner, Emily asks Lorelai and Jason to pretend to be lovey-dovey.