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Season 1, Episode 15

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Title: Christopher Returns

Christopher is back, or for us watching it’s our first time meeting the person responsible for 50% of Rory’s DNA. We also find out it’s his first time visiting Stars Hollow, so not really a return.

Summary: Christopher rides in on a motorcycle, the scourge of Taylor Doose. Rory tries to bury him in blankets, then shows him her Dean. The town tries to decide if he’s more Brad Pitt or Billy Crudup. Straub and Francine make a true villain entrance. Lorelai experiences Jose Cuervo’s magical powers then has to rectify a ratty transgression. Christopher can’t afford to buy a book but still thinks he can marry Lorelai. Offspring sucks and Metallica rules.

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Season 1, Episode 3

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Title: Kill Me Now

Is it the hat? The golfing? The incestuous twin wedding? Emily’s veiled attempts at manipulation? The whose-boobs-are-bigger argument? Whatever it is – Kill Me Now seems like an appropriate phrase for this episode.

Summary: Rory has to pick a “Team Sport”. Richard takes her to the Club. Lorelai is in a Double Mint commercial for a creepy twin wedding, while her potential collects dust. Michel is afraid of the swans but more afraid of Drella. Kirk is still pretending to be not-Kirk. Rory wears a stupid hat. We meet the “most odious woman alive”.

Side note: this episode was directed by Adam Nimoy – Spock’s son himself! Adam is actually married to actress Terry Farrell who played one of the main characters on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, though she never acted alongside Nimoy Sr.

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