1. October 5, 2000
   September 19, 1991
2. July 1, 2005

Episode 1 of season 1 aired on October 5, 2000 and was written by Amy Sherman-Palladino.

1. Alexis Bledel
   Keiko Agena
2. Kelly Bishop
   Liz Torres

Keiko Agena is an actress known for Gilmore Girls as well as Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and Lil Tokyo Reporter (2012).

1. Choate
   Franklin
2. Chilton
   Exeter

Chilton is located in Hartford and is a prestigious school to attend, Rory gaining attendance there in her sophomore year. The Franklin was the name of the student paper.

1. Kirk
   Dean
2. Miss Patty

After Kirk wins, he parades around with his trophy to the "Rocky" theme song.

1. Luke's Diner
   Stars Hollow Gazebo
2. The cereal aisle of Doose's Market

The diner is the place where Lorelai asks Luke to marry her, sitting on the table to the right of the entrance.

1. Sebastian Bach
   Bob Dylan
2. Paul Anka
   Spot

Paul Anka, originally named Cocoa is the dog that Lorelai Gilmore adopts during her estrangement from Rory in Season 6. She adopts him from the Petfinder convention Stars Hollow has every year. He is named after the singer Paul Anka, the artist who wrote the popular 1960s song "Puppy Love" for Annette Funicello.

1. In the back of her closet
   At Rory's house
2. Under her floorboards
   In her locker at Stars Hollow High

Lane was raised by a strict Korean mother, Mrs. Kim, who was disapproving of such secular items as rock music and junk food, both of which Lane loved.

1. Edward Herrmann
   Yanic Truesdale
2. Scott Patterson
   Jared Padalecki

Edward Herrmann portrayed Richard Gilmore. In 1997, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his work on The Practice. He won a Tony award in 1976 for Best Actor in a Play for "Mrs. Warren's Profession". He has done a great deal of voiceover work, as well as undertaking a variety of television and movie roles.

1. On Rory's first day at Chilton
   When Paris is running for student council president
2. When they both work at the Chilton student newspaper

Rory and Paris have an interesting relationship throughout the series. They start out as rivals, as Paris feels threatened by Rory, but slowly become best friends (with several roadblocks) and roommates for the rest of the series.

1. Lulu
   Lorelai
2. Joni
   Doula

One of the critical Luke-Lorelai moments in season 7 happens when Lorelai meets Liz, Luke and Doula, and holds Doula for a few moments. Christopher comes into the scene - and it is obvious that he is jealous.

1. 2
   20
2. 68

Although it won 20 total awards, the only Emmy the show ever won was for Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic) in 2004. Many fans continue to be outraged that the show, and its female stars in particular, were snubbed by the major awards.

1. The biological father of Rory Gilmore
   Rory's English teacher at Chilton and Lorelai's ex-fiance
2. The headmaster at Chilton

Max asks Lorelai on a date at the Chilton bake sale in season 1, episode 5.

1. Doose's Market
   Wal-Mart
2. Stars Hollow Books
   Al's Pancake World

Jess was awarded Employee of the Month at Wal-mart for being their "Mr. Reliable." It is at this moment when Luke learns Jess has been working over forty hours instead of attending school.

1. Dean
   Andrea
2. Doyle
   Terrance

Over the summer before Paris begins at Yale, she strives to be a better person, with the help of Terrance. He has a very zen personality and is able to calm Paris down using very strange techniques.

1. 3
   5
2. 7
   9

In October 2015, it was confirmed that the series would return as a limited series on Netflix to consist of four 90-minute episodes.

1. I Will Always Love You
   The Love I Used To Call Mine
2. Unchained Melody
   You Are So Beautiful

In this episode in season 7, Lorelai notices happily that Luke is once again wearing the baseball cap she gave him, and invites him to join her and Rory for karaoke night at a local bar. After a few drinks, Lorelai takes the stage to sing a heartfelt number which is obviously directed at Luke.

1. Eloise
   Delilah
2. Norah
   Lulu

Lulu used to date Kirk's brother, and Kirk always had a crush on her. She teaches third grade at Stars Hollow Elementary School

1. Babette
   Gypsy
2. Brian
   Morey

Gypsy is very down-to-earth and says just what she thinks and she is one of the few who has the nerve to tell Luke what she thinks.

1. Handyman
   Mayor
2. Farmer

Jackson Belleville is a farmer and the produce supplier for the Independence Inn and later on the Dragonfly Inn.

1. Dean
   Jess
2. Logan
   Luke

Dean Forester layed a recurring role in Rory's life. He was termed as the "perfect first boyfriend," and Rory had a relationship with him three different times. He departed the series in Season 5.

1. A requirement of the loan Emily provided Lorelai for Rory's Chilton tuition
   A cherished family tradition
2. A convenient place and time for Lorelai to share life happenings with her mother

According to Emily, if she was going to be financially involved in Lorelai's and Rory's life, she wanted to be personally involved in their life as well. There were 71 Friday night dinners throughout all seasons of the show.

1. 1
   2
2. 3
   4

Sookie and her husband have two children: Davey and Martha with another on the way at the end of season 7.

1. Bryce
   Elias
2. Cranston
   Mitchum

He worked as a reporter and editor on two of the Huntzberger papers before taking over as CEO of the company. Rory works for him during her internship at the Stamford Gazette

1. Appendicitis
   Shoulder surgery
2. A heart attack
   Pneumonia

After having a heart attack in front of his economics class, Richard lands himself in the hospital.

1. April
   Lindsay
2. Lane
   Emily

When Lindsay finds out that Rory and Dean slept together, she angrily and publicly chucks his belongings out their apartment window while the town watches. She files for divorce, and Dean moves back in with his parents.

1. Chin-Chin
   Salvador Doggy
2. Celine Dion
   Devereau

Chin-Chin is one of two chow dogs owned by Michel. Unfortunately, he passes away in season 7.

1. An irritiating guest at the Dragonfly Inn
   A Yale professor and author
2. A classically trained Shakespearean actor that briefly dated Lane

Despite the massive age difference, Paris and Asher had a serious relationship until he died of a heart attack two weeks before Rory and Paris' sophomore year of Yale begins. He left Paris an eighteenth-century printing press, which she briefly stored in the common room she shared with Rory.

1. Manson Street
   Cannibal Road
2. Buckets of Blood Street
   Sores and Boils Alley

The Inn was located on 3rd Street before the street names were changed.

1. Steal a yacht
   Drown herself in junk food
2. Cry on her mother's shoulder
   Destroy the newspaper's copy machine

Rory is devastated by Mitchum's feedback, and later convinces Logan to steal a yacht with her because she needs to "take to the sea." Rory is arrested for the crime, and after some thought, she decides to take time off from school which causes a rift between her and her mother who believes the decision is a mistake.

1. Scott Patterson
   Milo Ventimiglia
2. Matt Czuchry
   Jared Padalecki

He and Alexis Bledel (who played Rory Gilmore) dated in real life from (2002 to 2006) as well as on the show.

1. Ancient Order of Hibernians
   Foresters Society
2. Life and Death Brigade
   Knights of Pythias

Rory wrote an article about the Life and Death Brigade for the Yale newspaper. It is mysterious and famous for its dangerous stunts. Logan takes Rory to a couple of the Life and Death Brigade events. Its motto is 'In Omnia Paratus', which means 'ready for anything'.

1. Seattle
   Florida
2. New York

Paris and Rory attempt spring break and try their hardest to follow the crowd: getting wasted, entering "banana" eating contests, and ending in Paris kissing a disgruntled Rory.

1. English Tudor Inn
   Independence Inn
2. Sleeping Bulldog Inn

Lorelai started as a maid at the Independence Inn, and worked her way up to executive manager. The staff also included the chef, Sookie, and Michel Gerard, who ran the desk.

1. Fran Weston
   Miss Patty
2. Mrs. Kim
   April Nardini

Fran was the first person Lorelai met in Stars Hollow when she asked Fran for directions to the Independence Inn. While Fran only appears in a few episodes of the series, she is mentioned often until her death at the end of the third season.

1. Mary Tyler Morphine
   One Bad Pig
2. Hep Alien
   Rural Alberta Advantage

The band name is an anagram of Helen Pai, who is show producer Amy Sherman-Palladino's best friend.

1. Red socks
   Black turtleneck
2. Backwards baseball cap
   Stainless steel chain necklace

After episode 10 in season 1, he wears a blue cap that Lorelai gives him as a Christmas present for helping her get through the hospitalization of her father. He wears this one exclusively until their breakup at the start of season 7.

1. Dances with Wolves
   Driving Miss Daisy
2. Snakes on a Plance
   Funny Face

Their date ended early when Lorelai was called to bail Emily out of jail. When Chris drops Lorelai off for the night at her house, he worried that bailing her mom out of jail "beat" his date but Lorelai tells him it didn't.

1. Steve and Kwan
   Zach and Gil
2. Michael and Charlie

Kwan and Steve Van Gerbig (what names!) are the twin sons of Lane and Zach. Lane thought Mrs. Kim would be mad when she told her she was pregnant with twins, but Mrs. Kim viewed it as a blessing.

1. Gigi
   Grace
2. Gabrielle
   Glynnis

Georgia "Gigi" Hayden, the daughter of Christopher Hayden and Sherry Tinsdale, is Rory's half-sister, and is portrayed by Nicolette Collier.

1. Emily and Richard Gilmore's house
   Miss Patty's dance studio
2. Lorelai's house
   Luke's Diner

The finale ends on a routine scene: it's early in the morning, and the Gilmore Girls stop at Luke's Diner for breakfast and to chat together, while Luke quietly prepares their orders in the background.