Ethan Cohn

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.

Although she is completely exhausted by her heavy workload at Yale, Rory is horrified when a professor suggests that she drop a class.

Rory is shocked to discover that Emily has redecorated her dorm room without permission; Richard announces that he is taking on a new business partner (Chris Eigeman).

The sudden loss of his mother undoes Richard; Emily finds an old letter to her husband from her mother-in-law; Lorelai takes over the funeral arrangements.

Rory and Paris leave the cold weather of Connecticut behind and travel to Florida for their first spring break.

Sookie tries to set Lorelai up with a poultry supplier, but Luke comes to her rescue. Luke's sister, Liz, announces that she is getting married and wants to have the wedding in the town's square.