S06E09: The Prodigal Daughter Returns
After months of estrangement, Lorelai and Rory make their first move toward reconciliation. Luke gets a big surprise but conceals it from Lorelai.
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Season 1
Pilot
S1E1 / 05 Oct 2000
The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton
S1E2 / 12 Oct 2000
Kill Me Now
S1E3 / 19 Oct 2000
The Deer Hunters
S1E4 / 26 Oct 2000
Cinnamon's Wake
S1E5 / 02 Nov 2000
Rory's Birthday Parties
S1E6 / 09 Nov 2000
Kiss and Tell
S1E7 / 16 Nov 2000
Love and War and Snow
S1E8 / 14 Dec 2000
Rory's Dance
S1E9 / 20 Dec 2000
Forgiveness and Stuff
S1E10 / 21 Dec 2000
Paris is Burning
S1E11 / 11 Jan 2001
Double Date
S1E12 / 18 Jan 2001
Concert Interruptus
S1E13 / 15 Feb 2001
That Damn Donna Reed
S1E14 / 22 Feb 2001
Christopher Returns
S1E15 / 01 Mar 2001
Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers
S1E16 / 08 Mar 2001
The Breakup, Part 2
S1E17 / 15 Mar 2001
The Third Lorelai
S1E18 / 22 Mar 2001
Emily in Wonderland
S1E19 / 26 Apr 2001
P.S. I Lo...
S1E20 / 03 May 2001
Love, Daisies and Troubadours
S1E21 / 10 May 2001
Season 2
Sadie, Sadie...
S2E1 / 09 Oct 2001
Hammers and Veils
S2E2 / 09 Oct 2001
Red Light on the Wedding Night
S2E3 / 16 Oct 2001
The Road Trip to Harvard
S2E4 / 23 Oct 2001
Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy
S2E5 / 30 Oct 2001
Presenting Lorelai Gilmore
S2E6 / 06 Nov 2001
Like Mother, Like Daughter
S2E7 / 13 Nov 2001
The Ins and Outs of Inns
S2E8 / 20 Nov 2001
Run Away, Little Boy
S2E9 / 27 Nov 2001
The Bracebridge Dinner
S2E10 / 11 Dec 2001
Secrets and Loans
S2E11 / 22 Jan 2002
Richard in Stars Hollow
S2E12 / 29 Jan 2002
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
S2E13 / 05 Feb 2002
It Should've Been Lorelai
S2E14 / 12 Feb 2002
Lost & Found
S2E15 / 26 Feb 2002
There's the Rub
S2E16 / 09 Apr 2002
Dead Uncles & Vegetables
S2E17 / 16 Apr 2002
Back in the Saddle Again
S2E18 / 23 Apr 2002
Teach Me Tonight
S2E19 / 30 Apr 2002
Help Wanted
S2E20 / 07 May 2002
Lorelai's Graduation Day
S2E21 / 14 May 2002
I Can't Get Started
S2E22 / 21 May 2002
Season 3
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days
S3E1 / 24 Sep 2002
Haunted Leg
S3E2 / 01 Oct 2002
Application Anxiety
S3E3 / 08 Oct 2002
One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes
S3E4 / 15 Oct 2002
Eight O'Clock at the Oasis
S3E5 / 22 Oct 2002
Take the Deviled Eggs...
S3E6 / 05 Nov 2002
They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?
S3E7 / 12 Nov 2002
Let the Games Begin
S3E8 / 19 Nov 2002
A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving
S3E9 / 26 Nov 2002
That'll Do, Pig
S3E10 / 14 Jan 2003
I Solemnly Swear...
S3E11 / 21 Jan 2003
Lorelai Out of Water
S3E12 / 28 Jan 2003
Dear Emily and Richard
S3E13 / 04 Feb 2003
Swan Song
S3E14 / 11 Feb 2003
Face-Off
S3E15 / 18 Feb 2003
The Big One
S3E16 / 25 Feb 2003
A Tale of Poes and Fire
S3E17 / 15 Apr 2003
Happy Birthday, Baby
S3E18 / 22 Apr 2003
Keg! Max!
S3E19 / 29 Apr 2003
Say Goodnight, Gracie
S3E20 / 06 May 2003
Here Comes the Son
S3E21 / 13 May 2003
Those Are Strings, Pinocchio
S3E22 / 20 May 2003
Season 4
Ballrooms and Biscotti
S4E1 / 23 Sep 2003
The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
S4E2 / 30 Sep 2003
The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles
S4E3 / 07 Oct 2003
Chicken or Beef?
S4E4 / 14 Oct 2003
The Fundamental Things Apply
S4E5 / 21 Oct 2003
An Affair to Remember
S4E6 / 28 Oct 2003
The Festival of Living Art
S4E7 / 04 Nov 2003
Die, Jerk
S4E8 / 11 Nov 2003
Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
S4E9 / 18 Nov 2003
The Nanny and the Professor
S4E10 / 20 Jan 2004
In the Clamor and the Clangor
S4E11 / 27 Jan 2004
A Family Matter
S4E12 / 03 Feb 2004
Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
S4E13 / 10 Feb 2004
The Incredible Sinking Lorelais
S4E14 / 17 Feb 2004
Scene in a Mall
S4E15 / 24 Feb 2004
The Reigning Lorelai
S4E16 / 02 Mar 2004
Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist
S4E17 / 13 Apr 2004
Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!
S4E18 / 20 Apr 2004
Afterboom
S4E19 / 27 Apr 2004
Luke Can See Her Face
S4E20 / 04 May 2004
Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
S4E21 / 11 May 2004
Raincoats and Recipes
S4E22 / 18 May 2004
Season 5
Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller
S5E1 / 21 Sep 2004
A Messenger, Nothing More
S5E2 / 28 Sep 2004
Written in the Stars
S5E3 / 05 Oct 2004
Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too
S5E4 / 12 Oct 2004
We Got Us a Pippi Virgin!
S5E5 / 19 Oct 2004
Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant!
S5E6 / 26 Oct 2004
You Jump, I Jump, Jack
S5E7 / 02 Nov 2004
The Party's Over
S5E8 / 09 Nov 2004
Emily Says Hello
S5E9 / 16 Nov 2004
But Not as Cute as Pushkin
S5E10 / 30 Nov 2004
Women Of Questionable Morals
S5E11 / 25 Jan 2005
Come Home
S5E12 / 01 Feb 2005
Wedding Bell Blues
S5E13 / 08 Feb 2005
Say Something
S5E14 / 15 Feb 2005
Jews and Chinese Food
S5E15 / 22 Feb 2005
So... Good Talk
S5E16 / 01 Mar 2005
Pulp Friction
S5E17 / 08 Mar 2005
To Live and Let Diorama
S5E18 / 19 Apr 2005
But I'm a Gilmore
S5E19 / 26 Apr 2005
How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?
S5E20 / 03 May 2005
Blame Booze and Melville
S5E21 / 10 May 2005
A House Is Not a Home
S5E22 / 17 May 2005
Season 6
New and Improved Lorelai
S6E1 / 13 Sep 2005
Fight Face
S6E2 / 20 Sep 2005
The UnGraduate
S6E3 / 27 Sep 2005
Always a Godmother, Never a God
S6E4 / 04 Oct 2005
We've Got Magic to Do
S6E5 / 11 Oct 2005
Welcome to the Doll House
S6E6 / 18 Oct 2005
Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number
S6E7 / 25 Oct 2005
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out
S6E8 / 08 Nov 2005
The Prodigal Daughter Returns
S6E9 / 15 Nov 2005
He's Slippin’ ‘Em Bread... Dig?
S6E10 / 22 Nov 2005
The Perfect Dress
S6E11 / 10 Jan 2006
Just Like Gwen and Gavin
S6E12 / 17 Jan 2006
Friday Night's Alright for Fighting
S6E13 / 31 Jan 2006
You've Been Gilmored
S6E14 / 07 Feb 2006
A Vineyard Valentine
S6E15 / 14 Feb 2006
Bridesmaids Revisited
S6E16 / 28 Feb 2006
I'm OK, You're OK
S6E17 / 04 Apr 2006
The Real Paul Anka
S6E18 / 11 Apr 2006
I Get A Sidekick Out of You
S6E19 / 18 Apr 2006
Super Cool Party People
S6E20 / 25 Apr 2006
Driving Miss Gilmore
S6E21 / 02 May 2006
Partings
S6E22 / 09 May 2006
Season 7
The Long Morrow
S7E1 / 26 Sep 2006
That's What You Get, Folks, For Makin' Whoopee
S7E2 / 03 Oct 2006
Lorelai's First Cotillion
S7E3 / 10 Oct 2006
'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous
S7E4 / 17 Oct 2006
The Great Stink
S7E5 / 24 Oct 2006
Go, Bulldogs!
S7E6 / 07 Nov 2006
French Twist
S7E7 / 14 Nov 2006
Introducing Lorelai Planetarium
S7E8 / 21 Nov 2006
Knit, People, Knit!
S7E9 / 28 Nov 2006
Merry Fisticuffs
S7E10 / 05 Dec 2006
Santa's Secret Stuff
S7E11 / 23 Jan 2007
To Whom It May Concern
S7E12 / 30 Jan 2007
I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia
S7E13 / 06 Feb 2007
Farewell, My Pet
S7E14 / 13 Feb 2007
I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar
S7E15 / 20 Feb 2007
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
S7E16 / 27 Feb 2007
Gilmore Girls Only
S7E17 / 06 Mar 2007
Hay Bale Maze
S7E18 / 17 Apr 2007
It's Just Like Riding a Bike
S7E19 / 24 Apr 2007
Lorelai? Lorelai?
S7E20 / 01 May 2007
Unto The Breach
S7E21 / 08 May 2007
Bon Voyage
S7E22 / 15 May 2007
Lauren Graham
Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel
Rory Gilmore
Scott Patterson
Luke Danes
Melissa McCarthy
Sookie St. James
Keiko Agena
Lane Kim
Yanic Truesdale
Michel Gerard
Liza Weil
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