Sierra Abel

After the crash of an airplane built from parts made at George's factory, the nervous employees blame one another. An inspector interviews them and then closes the plant temporarily until it is determined what happened. Desperate, George's boss asks him to prevent his workers from quitting. To earn money for the displaced staffers, the Lopez family turns their home into a haunted house on Halloween. Meanwhile, Benny suffers a delayed reaction to the accident.

Wanting to make peace with Rory, Christopher (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE) visits her at Yale, but she rejects his attempt at reconciliation. When Lorelai learns that Christopher's father died, she spends an evening at his home trying to console him but neglects to tell Luke the truth about where she was. Meanwhile, Emily and Richard are briefly reunited when they rescue a lost dog. Luke brings Lorelai her own portable skating pond. And the annual Stars Hollow Revolutionary War reenactment takes on a racy new twist.

Sean and Julia make an important decision about their unborn baby. After getting into trouble with their new boss, Sean and Christian discover the drawbacks of no longer owning their practice. Matt's decision to go down a new path in life is met with uncertainty by his family. Meanwhile, an aristocratic gay man, Arthur Stiles (Richard Chamberlain), wants his younger lover to look as distinguished as he does. And James (recurring guest star Jacqueline Bisset), a woman who has a mysterious past with Michelle (recurring guest star Sanaa Lathan), arrives.