Susan Bjurman

Rory agrees to her grandmother's request that she come out at a debutante ball, and Lorelai asks Christopher to present his daughter to society and finds herself attracted to his newfound maturity.

Rory organises a fabulous DAR party for Emily, but the evening doesn't turn out so well when Richard confronts Mitchum Huntzberger.

Lorelai refuses to listen to Richard's plan to bribe Rory into resuming school, saying that Rory has to want to go back on her own.

Rory begins to serve her community service working with a road crew; Lorelai and Luke debate fixing up the house or buying another.

On the eve of Rory's graduation, Emily and Richard throw her a party and perform a song in her honour. At the party, Lorelai and Christopher are reunited for the first time and are relieved they can be friends. Logan also has a shock for her.