Linda Gehringer

Richard and Emily invite Lorelai and Rory to their fancy tailgate party at the Harvard-Yale game; Rory is shocked to see Paris and a distinguished professor (Michael York) kissing.

A box of videos of Hope's mother arrives from prison; Jimmy questions what his parents have kept from him.

Givens's estranged father crashes back into his life after getting in trouble with the law again; the US marshal attempts to capture a fugitive hiding out in Harlan County.

Lilly looks into the death of a baby that died of SIDS in 1982, investigating the older brother of the baby who may have had something to do with the death.

Givens has to contend once again with members of the dangerous Crowder clan after an attempt is made on his and Ava's lives. When Ava is then kidnapped, Givens discovers that all is not as it initially seemed.

Givens tries to convince his father to inform on Bo Crowder; Boyd continues to hinder his father's criminal activities; Ava strikes back against the Crowder clan; Givens rekindles his romance with his ex-wife Winona.