Ronnie Alvarez

When Richard and Emily display no real reaction to the news of her breakup with Luke, Lorelai realizes that most of her emotional life has been based on doing and feeling the opposite of whatever her parents want. Later, when Michel forces Lorelai to attend Emily's beautiful cotillion dance, Lorelai discovers that some things her parents wanted for her weren't really that terrible. Meanwhile, Rory has a tough time making her long-distance relationship with Logan work. And after taking Rory out for a father/daughter dinner, Christopher (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE) makes a startling confession to Lorelai.

After noticing Sookie's recent odd behavior, Lorelai forces Jackson (recurring guest star JACKSON DOUGLAS) to tell her the reason for it. Meanwhile, Luke and Anna (recurring guest star SHERILYN FENN) attend a hearing to decide their custody battle over April (recurring guest star VANESSA MARANO). With help from Paris, Rory finally makes amends with Lucy (recurring guest star KRYSTEN RITTER), who tells her that she and Marty (recurring guest star WAYNE WILCOX) have broken up. While attending Richard's economics class at Yale, Rory witnesses a frightening scene. And Christopher (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE) finds the character reference that Lorelai wrote for Luke and confronts her.