TV Guide: Daniel Palladino

Listing: Always a Godmother, Never a God

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 18 05:00 PM ABCFAM Jackson's quirky family is in town for his children's baptisms. Sookie asks Lorelai and Rory to be godmothers, and Lorelai suspects it's a ploy to get them together. Also: Lane freaks out when Brian and Zack spend all of the band's tour money.

Listing: Emission Impossible

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:30:00 -0500

Thu Dec 17 10:30 PM TBS Stewie takes a fantastic voyage inside Peter's body to keep his parents from having another baby. Peter gets the idea of adding to the brood after delivering a baby (of course, it's an emergency) and Lois happily agrees. Not so happy is baby Stewie, so he makes a bold bid to maintain his status as the youngest Griffin.

Listing: The UnGraduate

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 17 05:00 PM ABCFAM The construction crew working on Lorelai's house drives Luke crazy; Rory starts working for Emily at the Daughters of the American Revolution; Logan returns from his trip to Europe; and Lane's band heads home after a successful tour.

Listing: Fight Face

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 16 05:00 PM ABCFAM Rory is down in the dumps about having to perform community service, and she slips even deeper when she finds out about Lorelai and Luke. Nora: Jane Carr. George: Thomas Kopache. Liza: Sarah Buehler.

Listing: New and Improved Lorelai

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 15 05:00 PM ABCFAM Luke responds to Lorelai's marriage proposal; Rory goes to court for stealing the boat; and Paris freaks out when she finds out that Rory is not going back to Yale. Charlie Davenport: Robert Foxworth.

Listing: A House Is Not a Home

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 15 11:00 AM ABCFAM Lorelai comes to the rescue after an out-of-character prank lands her daughter in a jam; Luke fears that Lorelai may sell the Dragonfly; Rory rethinks her future; Lane's fragmenting band gets an unlikely booster; and bikers descend on Stars Hollow. Town Troubadour: Grant Lee Phillips. Gil: Sebastian Bach. Zack: Todd Lowe. Prof. Bell: George Bell.

Listing: Ted Koppel's Big Night Out

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Sat Dec 12 04:00 PM SOAP Rory and Lorelai attend Richard and Emily's posh tailgating party at the Yale-Harvard football game, where an encounter with Richard's college sweetheart exposes an upsetting secret he's been keeping for more than 30 years. Elsewhere, Paris tries to score an interview with a distinguished faculty member (Michael York); Rory has reservations about Luke's new waiter; and Lorelai finally accepts Jason's dinner invitation. Jason: Chris Eigeman. Pennilyn: Linda Gehringer.

Listing: Die, Jerk

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Sat Dec 12 03:00 PM SOAP After her editor at the Yale Daily instructs her to express an opinion in her articles, Rory writes a review of a student ballet that impresses her boss and elicits retaliation from an angry reader. Elsewhere, Lane is caught off guard by a gift her mother intends to send to Dave; Lorelai is blindsided by an encounter at Luke's; and Jason (Chris Eigeman) finesses his way into attending a Friday-night dinner at Richard and Emily's. Sandra: Katherine Brunk. Nicole: Tricia O'Kelley. Doyle: Danny Strong. Bruce: Rusty Schwimmer.

Listing: Blame Booze and Melville

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 11 05:00 PM ABCFAM Lorelai discovers her comments about Emily were not edited out of the article on the Dragonfly and braces for the fallout; Rory's newspaper career hits a snag; and Sookie goes into labor. Elsewhere, a rival buyer interferes with Luke's attempt to purchase the Twickham estate; and Emily becomes the patron of a Russian ballet dancer. Mitchum: Gregg Henry. Charlie: Gil Glasgow. Harry: Dave Shalansky. Patel: Amir Talai. Caesar: Aris Alvarado. Audrey: Deborah Cresswell.

Listing: How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 10 05:00 PM ABCFAM After learning of Rory's dinner with the Huntzbergers, Emily and Richard invite her and Logan to dine with them, prompting a suspicious Lorelai to tag along. Also, Rory receives a stressful introduction to the newspaper biz, courtesy of Logan's hard-driving dad (Gregg Henry); and Luke persuades Taylor to close the museum. Logan: Matt Czuchry. Manny: Alejandro Cardenos. Prof. Bell: George Bell.

Listing: But I'm a Gilmore

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 9 05:00 PM ABCFAM Rory forces Logan to make a decision about their relationship; Lorelai needs to find a substitute cook when a pregnant Sookie is ordered to stay in bed; and Paris uses her nanny (Soledad St. Clair) to care for a sick Doyle. Mitchum Huntzberger: Gregg Henry. Lanny: Sean Riblett.

Listing: To Live and Let Diorama

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 8 05:00 PM ABCFAM The death of Old Man Twickham inspires Taylor to turn the deceased's house into a museum---with Luke's help; Rory, Paris and Lane drown their guy troubles in Miss Patty's punch; and Lorelai has second thoughts after ranting about her mother in a magazine article on her inn. Carole King appears as a music-shop owner.

Listing: Road to Europe

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 10:00 PM TBS Brian and Stewie stow away on a plane they think is bound for England. They're wrong, and soon they're in Saudi Arabia, at the beginning of a long, strange trip back home. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Peter and Lois have an odd encounter with KISS (whose members provide their own voices). Andy Dick also has a voice cameo as himself, and Michael McKean gives voice to a pig.

Listing: Pulp Friction

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 05:00 PM ABCFAM An agreement to only date casually inspires Rory to attend a party with one of Logan's friends after she spies Logan with another gal; Kirk asks a wary Luke for relationship advice; Michel's game-show prize arrives as Lorelai and Sookie prepare to guide a magazine writer around the inn. Logan: Matt Czuchry. Robert: Nick Holmes. Lulu: Rini Bell.

Listing: So...Good Talk

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 11:00 AM ABCFAM When Richard and Emily return from their second honeymoon, Rory attends Friday-night dinner---sans Lorelai, who refuses to speak to her mother and plans a girls' night out with Sookie instead. Meanwhile, Luke, who's miserable without Lorelai, takes his anger out on his customers.

Listing: The Festival of Living Art

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Sat Dec 5 04:00 PM SOAP As the town prepares to serve as last-minute host to the Festival of Living Pictures, Kirk takes Method acting a bit too far and Lorelai tries to rewrite a bad review. In other events, Lane works to convince the rest of the band that she has found their new guitarist (Sebastian Bach); an overdue Sookie opts to have her baby at home and hires a midwife (Rusty Schwimmer); and Luke is surprised by a proposition from Nicole (Tricia O'Kelley).

Listing: An Affair to Remember

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Sat Dec 5 03:00 PM SOAP Lorelai swallows her pride and accepts Emily's job offer to cater the launch party for Richard's new business venture, but it's Emily's ego that gets bruised when plans suddenly change. At Yale, Rory's suitemates interfere with her studies. Jason: Chris Eigeman.