History Recap / GilmoreGirlsS01E15

** Chris can play "Smoke on Water" on guitar.

* CallingMeALogarithm: Lorelai pretends to think Luke is calling her an oxymoron. He was referring her phrase, "manly curtains".

* {{Pun}}: Kirk thinks Luke and Dean should go on the road as "Zero Zero", seeing as they both score zero points on the baseball field.

** According to Lorelai, in [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]] novels they eat cold poptarts all day.

** Chris can play ''Smoke on Water'' on guitar.

** Richard feels Chris could have written ''Suppertime'' from Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown when he was ten.
** Lorelai claims her and Christopher's parents had big Film/CitizenKane plans for them that they screwed up by getting pregnant.

** Lorelai comments that Christopher's proposal is very Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Kirk thinks Luke and Dean should go on the road as "Zero Zero", seeing as they both score zero points on the baseball field.

* MeddlingParents: Emily is thrilled that Christopher is in town, and insists Christopher and his parents come to Friday Night Dinner. This ends horribly.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The "proper procedure" to deal with teen pragnancies. How is marrying another teenager supposed to help?

* YourCheatingHeart: Averted with Lorelai and Max, who intended the time apart as a temporary break-up, so Lorelai doesn't have to feel guilty about her and Christopher have sex on her parents' balcony in this episode.

(Original air date: 3/1/01)

** Lorelai comments that Christopher's proposal is ver Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof.

* SexWithTheEx: Lorelai and Christopher.

* ShoutOut
** In [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]] novels they eat cold poptarts all day.

* YourCheatingHeart: Hopefully Max meant the time apart as a break-up, seeing as Lorelai and Christopher have sex on her parents' balcony in this episode.

!! Christopher Returns (Original air date: 3/1/01)

Christopher, Rory's father and Lorelai's ex, comes to visit the Gilmore girls in Stars Hollow for the first time, bringing with him a host of mixed emotions from Rory and Lorelai. Rory is thrilled and wants him to stay. Lorelai is guarded and knows that Christopher is not a family man. Emily catches wind and arranges to have Christopher's parents over for Friday Night Dinner. Old feelings resurface for everyone: the destroyed relationship between the Haydens and the Gilmores, everyone's real feelings about Lorelai's TeenPregnancy, and lingering feelings between Lorelai and Christopher. The dinner ends with yelling and threats of violence. Lorelai and Christopher take refuge in Lorelai's old bedroom, where they reconnect. The next morning, Christopher expresses his desire to rekindle a relationship with Lorelai. When she rebuffs him, he makes the decision to leave Stars Hollow, much to Rory's disappointment.
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* AmicableExes: Lorelai and Christopher, though Christopher makes it clear he'd like to be with Lorelai again.

** In [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]] novels they eat poptarts all day.
** Jackson find Christopher to be more of a Creator/GeorgeClooney than a Creator/BradPitt.
** Andrew thinks Creator/BillyCrudup.

** Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown
** Film/CitizenKane
** Literature/HortonHearsAWho
** Music/TheOffspring, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/BlackSabbath.
** Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof
** Theatre/{{Chess}}

* ThatCameOutWrong: Luke is not used to discussing teen pregnancies and end up saying Chris did a good job.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: It's treated as this that Rory takes it persoannly that her grandparents keep referring to her as "that baby" and accuse her of ruining her parents' lives. Lorelai claims that they meant to direct their anger at ''her'', which would be dramatically missing the mark.

* SexWithTheEx: Lorelai and Christopher

** It also deals with the impact of Christopher's absence in Rory's life. Rory is usually the grounded, realistic one in the mother/daughter dynamic, but in this episode, she is a little girl who clearly misses her father and wants him in her life; she is excited to show him off and hopes he'll stay. We also see shades of Rory desiring her parents together in this episode, which had not previously been explored. Lorelai is the realist here and insists (and she's right) that Christopher isn't ready to settle down. It also, for the first time in the series, addresses the complicated dynamics between Lorelai and Christopher, and it's all shades of gray.

* WhenSheSmiles: Christopher has this effect on Lorelai.

* VisitByDivorcedDad: Played as such, though Christopher and Lorelai were never married.

* HeartwarmingMoment: After the disastrous conversation with the Haydens, Rory removes herself to the kitchen. Emily finds her, quiet and mulling over a can of soda. Emily reassures her:
-->'''Emily:''' Rory, I know you heard a lot of talk about various disappointments this evening and I know you’ve heard a lot of talk about it in the past. But I want to make this very clear--you, young lady, your person, and your existence have never ever been--not even for a second--included in that list.

* HeartwarmingMoment: After the disastrous conversation with the Haydens, Rory removes herself to the kitchen. Emily finds her, quiet and mulling over a can of soda. Emily makes one thing clear to her:

* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: It's notably more serious than anything else prior and deals with some pretty heavy material, particularly around the impact of Lorelai's TeenPregnancy on those other than her and Rory. Christopher's parents are vocal about their opinion that Rory's birth ruined Christopher's future and all but call their granddaughter a mistake; they also want nothing to do with Rory. It also deals with the impact of Christopher's absence in Rory's life. Rory is usually the grounded, realistic one in the mother/daughter dynamic, but in this episode, she is a little girl who clearly misses her father and wants him in her life; she is excited to show him off and hopes he'll stay. We also see shades of Rory desiring her parents together in this episode, which had not previously been explored. Lorelai is the realist here and insists (and she's right) that Christopher isn't ready to settle down. It also, for the first time in the series, addresses the complicated dynamics between Lorelai and Christopher, and it's all shades of gray.