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Winter is the 1st episode of A Year In The Life.

Synopsis[]

Fresh from a career high, Rory pays a visit to Stars Hollow. Emily copes with Richard's death. The inn keeps Lorelai busy as she ponders her future.

Starring[]

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
and Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
Special Guest Stars
Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
Liza Weil as Paris Geller
Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
Chris Eigeman as Jason Stiles
Matt Czuchry as Logan Huntzberger
Guest starring
Liz Torres as Miss Patty
Michael Winters as Taylor Doose
Rose Abdoo as Gypsy/Berta
Todd Lowe as Zack Van Gerbig

Co-Starring[]

Alex Kingston as Naomi Shropshire
Jack Carpenter as Paul
Alex Borstein as Drella
John Cabrera as Brian Fuller
Grant Lee Phillips as Town Troubadour
Roy Choi as Roy Choi
Ray Wise as Jack Smith
Richard Cox as Franklin
Sebastian Bach as Gil
Louise Goffin as Louise
Aris Alvarado as Caesar
Mara Casey as Ellen
Phillip Jordan as Laptop Guy #1
Sol Mason as Laptop Guy #2
Pat McNeely as Cabbage Woman
Sherri Lubov-Ripps as Corner Woman
Tom Connolly as Francis
Michelle Elkin as Online Teacher
Jack Axelrod as Martin
Liz Montgomery as Elderly Woman
Sasha Compère as Polly
Ezra Dewey as Steve Van Gerbig
Lucas Jaye as Kwan Van Gerbig
Frank Gallegos as Alejandro
Sophia Rosales as Berta's Kid #1
Julio Umana as Berta's Kid #1

Trivia[]

  • Richard passed away four months prior to this episode. Emily takes it hard and after taking Lorelai's advice, she decides to start going to therapy.
    • For the first time, Emily has a long-term maid, Berta, who's been living in Emily's house with her husband and kids.
  • Rory is a reporter and she travels a lot because of it, mostly to London. She recently lived in Brooklyn, New York and she sometimes writes for The New Yorker. Luke is very proud of her - he even put one of her pieces at the back of his new menus in the diner. She also gets an offer to work on a book. She picked up tap dancing as a way of relieving her anxiety and stress.
    • Rory has been in a relationship with Paul for two years, although she's currently having an affair with Logan, whom she gets together with every time she's in London.
  • Lorelai and Luke are still happily together, living in Lorelai's house. They talk about having kids, although because of their age they've been looking at surrogates. Luke is not so happy about this idea.
  • Luke now has a wifi in his diner, but he gives out fake passwords, as he doesn't want the customers to spend their time on their computers or phones.
    • Luke mentions April's an MIT student.
  • Lane and Zack are still together, their boys Steve and Kwan are now nine years old. Lane mentions her mom is a big help with the kids. Zack is a route supervisor, though he's not very happy about it.
    • Hep Alien are still a band, although it's not sure to what extent - they are seen having a practice and Lane and Zack's house.
  • Michel recently married a man named Frederick, whom he's previously been with for five years. They’ve been talking about having kids.
  • Michel mentions Sookie left the Dragonfly Inn a year prior and is now working at Blue Hill Farm, helping cultivate the evolution of the fruit and vegetables and developing new food-growing techniques. The inn is currently looking for a chef.
  • Paris works at a fertility clinic - she's the one helping Luke and Lorelai find a prospective surrogate. Her and Doyle had gotten married and have kids, but they are currently separated. Doyle is now a screenwriter.
  • Kirk and Lulu are still together. They talked about kids, but the townspeople were not so fond of the idea, so they bought the pair a pig - Petal.
  • Paul Anka is still alive.
  • Miss Patty still teaches dance.
  • Taylor wants the town to switch from septic tanks to a sewer line, which he gets Luke to sign off on later in the episode.
  • A memoriam was added reading, "In Memory of Edward Herrmann" before the end credits.
  • Time error: In the beginning of the episode, a sign in Stars Hollow says: Welcome to 2016. Later, both Lorelai and Emily claim that Rory is 32. However, since this episode takes place in the beginning of 2016, Rory just turned 31 last October (2015).

Locations[]

Music[]

genius of love | TOM TOM CLUB
lorelai puts this on
top of the world | SHONEN KNIFE
kirk drives lorelai to hartford
time | TOM WAITS
the funeral
bye bye blackbird | PEGGY LEE
the wake at the gilmore mansion
here you come again | DOLLY PARTON
credits

troubadour[]

winterglow | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS
lorelai and rory meet in the town square
archives | LOUISE GOFFIN
the troubadour's sister (!) plays
valley winter song [cover] | FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
lorelai walks paul anka in the town square

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Gilmorisms[]

MUSIC
TV
POP CULTURE
Lorelai — Admit it. You've been Gooped
Rory — I have not been Gooped
Lorelai — You're doing yoga in the aisles wearing cashmere sweatpants while your comfort dog watches Zoolander 2 on his watch
Rory — I do blood clot prevention foot pumps wearing my Yonah Schimmel Knishery baseball cap while toothpaste dries up a zit on my chin
Lorelai — There's a debate going on whether or not to take the phone booth out
Rory — But where would Superman change when he comes to save our town from Ben Affleck?
Lorelai — I'm gonna miss it. It had that early American tenement shtetl slash Trainspotting vibe that every mother wants for her little girl
Lorelai — I'm Gwen freakin' Stefani
Rory — I have this big meeting coming up with Conde Nast, and I have this one particular look that always makes me feel like Diane Sawyer
Lorelai — Is it a Mike Nichols mask?
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