Season highlights
- Luke accepts Lorelai's marriage proposal.
- Rory is sentenced to 300 hours of community service.
- Lorelai feels lonely without Rory, and gets a dog whom she names Paul Anka.
- Lorelai refuses to set a date for the wedding before she and Rory are on good terms again.
- In a futile attempt to have Lorelai and Rory make up, Sookie makes them both godmothers for her children.
- Rory organizes her first D.A.R. party, and it's a hit.
- Richard and Emily confront Logan's parents about their attitudes towards Rory, both profesionally and personally.
- Even though they've had big plans for Rory's 21st birthday for years, the enstrangement is keeping Lorelai and Rory apart on the big day.
- Jess resurfaces, now as a published author.
- After encouragement from Jess, Rory moves in with Lane and re-enrolls at Yale.
- Christopher resurfaces as well.
- Rory eventually moves in with Paris and Doyle.
- Lorelai finds out about April and eventually gets to meet her.
- Paris is fired as editor of the Yale Daily News, and Rory is voted new editor.
- Lane and Zach get married - twice!
- Logan leaves for London.
- Lorelai decides she can't have their wedding postponed, and gives Luke an ultimatum.