Home > Gilmore Girls > Season 6 « TV Series Page Gilmore Girls: Season 6 (2005 - 2006) SEASON: Season 6 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER Tomatometer Not Available... —— 50% Average Rating: N/A Season Reviews: 2 Fresh: 1 Rotten: 1 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: No consensus yet. AUDIENCE SCORE 82% liked it Average Rating: 4.1/5 User Ratings: 112 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 New and Improved Lorelai Air date: Sep 13, 2005 Thirty something Lorelai Gilmore (series star LAUREN GRAHAM) and coffee shop owner Luke Danes (series star SCOTT PATTERSON) begin making plans for their future, but Luke is embarrassed when word spreads that Lorelai was the one who proposed marriage. Still hurt that her daughter, Rory (series star ALEXIS BLEDEL), has decided to drop out of Yale and move in with Lorelai's proper, old-money parents, Emily (series star KELLY BISHOP) and Richard (series star EDWARD HERRMANN), Lorelai tells them that they can take care of Rory from now on. Although Richard hires a respected attorney and longtime friend to help Rory get an easy sentence for stealing the yacht, a judge orders Rory to serve 300 hours of community service. Rory's boyfriend from Yale, Logan Huntzberger (series star MATT CZUCHRY), hosts a "felon party" for Rory. More 2 Fight Face Air date: Sep 20, 2005 Rory begins to work her 300 hours of community service and finds that life on a road crew is not pretty. Lorelai and Luke try to decide whether they will fix up Lorelai's home or buy the Twickham house, which Luke has always admired. Luke's sister, Liz (recurring guest star KATHLEEN WILHOITE - "ER"), begs him to hire her husband, T.J. (recurring guest star MICHAEL DeLUISE - "NYPD Blue"), as a contractor. When Rory surprises Luke with a visit at the diner to find out how Lorelai is, he feels obligated to tell her that he and Lorelai are engaged. Afterwards, Luke confronts Lorelai about her estrangement from Rory. Feeling lonely, Lorelai adopts a dog at the Stars Hollow pet fair. Finally, during a chance meeting, Lorelai and Rory have an angry confrontation about their mutual hurt feelings. More 3 The Ungraduate Air date: Sep 27, 2005 Excited to cater Lorelai's wedding, Sookie pressures Lorelai to set a date but cannot get her to commit. While completing her community service hours, Rory takes a job at Emily's DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) office. Convinced that she has a rival for the job of DAR president, Emily uses Rory as her spy. Logan returns from Europe and goes back to Yale, forcing Rory to confront her true feelings about quitting college. Lane and her band come home after spending their summer performing out of town. Luke agrees to take care of Lorelai's dog, Paul Anka, while she works late at the inn and ends up rushing the dog to the vet. Finally, Lorelai admits to Luke her reason for putting off their wedding. More 4 Always a God Mother, Never a God Air date: Oct 4, 2005 Lorelai misses Rory and tries to call her but soon discovers that her daughter's cell phone is no longer in service. Sookie asks Lorelai and Rory to be the godparents to her two children, hoping they will reconcile when they see each other at the ceremony. However, mother and daughter end up fighting when Lorelai realizes that Rory gave her new cell number to Sookie but not to her. Logan learns that his father expects him to graduate this year and enter the family business. Wanting to break free from family pressures, Logan whisks Rory off to a weekend in New York. More 5 We've Got Magic to Do Air date: Oct 11, 2005 Rory does a fabulous job organizing a big DAR bash for Emily. However, at the party, Richard confronts Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger (recurring guest star GREGG HENRY - "Eyes," "Payback"), about his opinion of Rory's journalistic talents, while Emily has an even uglier confrontation with Logan's mother, Shria (LEANN HUNLEY - "Dawson's Creek"), over the romance between Rory and Logan. Meanwhile, after a small kitchen fire at the Dragonfly Inn, Lorelai enlists Richard's help in settling the insurance claim. She also needles him about the fact that he has been unable to get Rory to return to Yale. Although he's annoyed with Lorelai, Richard admits that Rory is not doing what she should be doing. More 6 Welcome to the Dollhouse Air date: Oct 18, 2005 Richard tries to gather information from Logan about Rory's future plans, but Logan mistakenly thinks that Richard is asking when he plans to marry Rory. Lorelai supports Taylor's (recurring guest star MICHAEL WINTERS) plan to change all the Stars Hollow street names back to their original historic ones, until she learns the disgusting former name of the street on which the Dragonfly Inn is located. Rory makes a surprising confession to Logan. Richard finally admits that he should have never allowed Rory to drop out of Yale and shows up at Lorelai's house to discuss the matter. More 7 Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number Air date: Oct 25, 2005 As Rory's 21st birthday approaches, both Lorelai and Rory are saddened that their estrangement will keep them from spending the day the way they had always planned. Richard tries to convince Lorelai to help him concoct a plan to get Rory to return to Yale, but Lorelai insists that Rory has to make the decision herself. Meanwhile, Emily plans an elaborate birthday party. Later, Emily and Richard are shocked when they realize that Rory and Logan have been having sex. Former Secretary of State MADELEINE ALBRIGHT appears in a cameo role as herself. More 8 Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out Air date: Nov 8, 2005 Rory is pleasantly surprised when her former boyfriend Jess (recurring guest star MILO VENTIMIGLIA - "The Bedford Diaries") appears at her grandparents' house and reveals an amazing development in his life. Rory agrees to go to dinner with Jess, but when Logan unexpectedly joins them, an ugly confrontation develops, leaving both Rory and Logan to face the choices they have made. Emily is concerned about Rory's sudden evasiveness and tries to exert some parental discipline. Meanwhile, Luke agrees to sponsor a local girls' soccer team, and Lorelai channels all her concerns about Rory into caring for her dog, Paul Anka. More 9 The Prodigal Daughter Returns Air date: Nov 15, 2005 A surprise phone call from Rory's dad illuminates issues of trust between Lorelai and Luke. Later, when a person from his past shows up in Stars Hollow, Luke has no idea how to tell Lorelai. After months of estrangement, Lorelai and Rory make their first move towards reconciliation, and Rory takes major steps to change the direction of her life. More 10 He's Slippin' Him Bread...Dig? Air date: Nov 22, 2005 After a long absence, Christopher Haden (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE - "I'm With Her," "Under the Tuscan Sun"), Rory's father, reappears in the lives of Lorelai and Rory. Luke struggles with what the presence of Christopher will mean to him and his relationship with Lorelai. Lorelai and Rory enjoy their first Thanksgiving at the Dragonfly Inn, and Rory receives surprising news about Logan. Meanwhile, on the eve of an important gig for the band, Lane has to deal with Zack's (recurring guest star TODD LOWE) jealousy over a song Brian (recurring guest star JOHN CABRERA) wrote about her. Grammy Award winner CAROLE KING - composer, producer and singer of the "Gilmore Girls" theme song, "Where You Lead," recurs as Sophie Bloom, the owner of Stars Hollow's music shop. More Show More Episodes Gilmore Girls: Season 6 Photos View All Photos (21) Tv Season Info Lorelai and Rory face their first serious estrangement from each other and Rory has left Yale. Rory's self-indulgent boyfriend, Logan, is also convinced she's making a mistake. Genre: Drama Network: CW Premiere Date: Sep 13, 2005 Cast Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James Scott Patterson as Luke Danes Keiko Agena as Lane Kim Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard Liza Weil as Paris Geller Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason Matt Czuchry as Logan Huntzberger Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore Liz Torres as Miss Patty Michael Winters as Taylor Doose Grant-Lee Phillips as Grant Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim Jackson Douglas as Jackson Melville Todd Lowe as Zach David Sutcliffe as Christopher Haden Alan Loayza as Colin McRea John Cabrera as Brian Tanc Sade as Finn Sally Struthers as Babette Dell Lucy Butler as Maggie Vanessa Marano as April Danny Strong as Doyle Sherilyn Fenn as Anna Nardini Kathleen Wilhoite as Liz Rona Benson as Joni Michael DeLuise as T.J. McKellen Gregg Henry as Mitchum Huntzberger Jane Carr as Emily's DAR Friend Devon Sorvari as Honor Huntzberger Amy Sloan as Newspaper Staffer Robert Harper as Dr. Shapiro Aris Alvarado as Caesar Susan Bjurman as Vivian Scott Ward as Man Sebastian Bach as Gil Kavita Patil as Gilmore Maid Devon Michaels as Bill Riki Lindhome as Juliet Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Sarah Buehler as Liza Adam Hendershott as A.K. Danny Pudi as Staffer Elisabeth Abbott as Rosemary Leslie Odom Jr. as Quentin Walsh Jerrika Hinton as Allison Carole King as Sophie Kevin Cristaldi as Sweaty Biker Thomas Kopache as George Ryen Herrmann as Alexandra Ethan Cohn as Glenn Bart Tangredi as Saul Michael Christian Alexander as Phil-Supervisor Paul Anka as Himself Bolen High as Pastor Tim Joe Pernice as Himself Morgan Matzke as Sue Yo La Tengo as Himself Michael C. Alexander as Phil Madeleine Albright as Herself Michael Albala as Josh Sean Smith as Mr. Munster Yuri Lowenthal as Carl Nick Holmes as Robert Mike Gandolfi as Andrew Melora Hardin as Carolyn Bates Deborah Cresswell as Audrey Joel Gion as Joel Dave Allen as Second Troubadour Jim Jansen as Rev. Skinner Biff Yeager as Tom Dave Shalansky as Harry Cassidy Lehrman as Laura McCullough Leann Hunley as Shira Huntzberger Rose Abdoo as Gypsy Brian Berke as Joe David Sutcliffe as Christopher Haden Samantha Phillips Robert Foxworth as Charlie Davenport Mark Harelik as Stuart Mary Lynn Rajskub as Troubadour Dorothy Constantine as Nancy Osgood Daniel Palladino as Troubadour Joe Pernice Nick Offerman as Beau Kaye Kittrell as Jacqueline Sparks Joe Holt as Carl Jillian Bach as Lacey Boscombe Mary Joy as Judge Steven Montfort as Pete Damian Pelliccione as Lance Curtis Andersen as Prosecutor Mary Lynn Rajskub Jeanne Simpson as Customer Brandon Novitsky as Howard Pip Newson as Glenda Grant Lee Phillips as Grant Annalea Rawicz as Maid Jeffrey Markle as Norman Traber Burns as Wilson A. Blaine Miller as Singing Kid #5 Alfred Dennis as Mr. Fink Barry Ashley as Mr. Hollister David Hiller as Kid Singer Tess Heilpern as Chorus Dana Davis as Althea Gregory Gifford Giles as Vet Brittany Perry as Chorus Nathan Weiss as Chorus Jason Masek as Guy #1 Graham Norris as Waiter Elizabeth Abbott as Rosemary James Tupper as Biker #1 John Henry Canavan as Soccer Dad Hayden McFarland as Marcia Peter Mackenzie as Dr. Schultz Curtis Anderson as Prosecutor Nicolette Collier as G.G. Pamela Hamill as Customer #2 Rachel Leigh Anderson as Real Estate Agent Sam Menning as Edgar Pullings Michael Clayton McCarthy as Rev. Boatwright Patty Malcolm as Customer #4 Danny Pudl as Staffer Oliver Muirhead as Arthur Gordon Cameron Scher as Freddy Paul Messinger as Earl J.T. Kubala as Singing Kid #4 Jerrika D. Hinton as Allison Rachel Lee Cohen as Nurse #2 Suanne Spoke as Loreen Gregg Binkley as Off. Ruskin The Sparks Brothers as Himself Rich DiDonato as Dad Ted Rooney as Morey Dell Deborah Creswell as Audrey Moreno Kirsten Trucksess as Prof. Jileen Kathleen Ammermuller as Maid Talmus Rounds as Zydeco Band Leader Taylor Parks as Singing Kid #3 Ray Auxais as Poet Rini Bell as Lulu Jan Hoag as Nurse David Greenman as Fred Stacy Barnhisel as Kimberley Wels Sonic Youth as Himself Amy Kuney as Folk Singer Troubador John Kapelos as Orientation Leader Joel Holt as Carl Gregory G. Giles as Vet Kurt David Anderson as Courier Delaney Gaines as Little Girl Jonathan Walker Spencer as Customer #3 Inger Jackson as Customer #1 Carissa Koutantzis as Customer #2 Savannah Stehlin as Cissy Julia Murphy Ehlers as Kelly Mia Bernardino as Singing Kid #1 June Kyoko Lu as Grandmother Kim Alan Blumenfeld as Rabbi Barans Sam Phillips as Himself Soledad Campos as Miriam Kyle Chavarria as Megan Robert Harper as Dr. Shapiro Karl Hamann as Liam Dreeson Milo Takoda as Flower Vendor Mike Jolly as Frank Darryl Gibson as Chris Cathleen Kaelyn as Mrs. Moore Sarah Pardoe as Singing Kid #2 Susane Lee as Kyon Moniqua Plante as Leslie Mandy McMillan as Nurse #1 Dale Dickey as Ruthie Show More Cast News & Interviews for Gilmore Girls: Season 6 5 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This November View All Gilmore Girls: Season 6 News Episodes 1 New and Improved Lorelai Air date: Sep 13, 2005 Thirty something Lorelai Gilmore (series star LAUREN GRAHAM) and coffee shop owner Luke Danes (series star SCOTT PATTERSON) begin making plans for their future, but Luke is embarrassed when word spreads that Lorelai was the one who proposed marriage. Still hurt that her daughter, Rory (series star ALEXIS BLEDEL), has decided to drop out of Yale and move in with Lorelai's proper, old-money parents, Emily (series star KELLY BISHOP) and Richard (series star EDWARD HERRMANN), Lorelai tells them that they can take care of Rory from now on. Although Richard hires a respected attorney and longtime friend to help Rory get an easy sentence for stealing the yacht, a judge orders Rory to serve 300 hours of community service. Rory's boyfriend from Yale, Logan Huntzberger (series star MATT CZUCHRY), hosts a "felon party" for Rory. More 2 Fight Face Air date: Sep 20, 2005 Rory begins to work her 300 hours of community service and finds that life on a road crew is not pretty. Lorelai and Luke try to decide whether they will fix up Lorelai's home or buy the Twickham house, which Luke has always admired. Luke's sister, Liz (recurring guest star KATHLEEN WILHOITE - "ER"), begs him to hire her husband, T.J. (recurring guest star MICHAEL DeLUISE - "NYPD Blue"), as a contractor. When Rory surprises Luke with a visit at the diner to find out how Lorelai is, he feels obligated to tell her that he and Lorelai are engaged. Afterwards, Luke confronts Lorelai about her estrangement from Rory. Feeling lonely, Lorelai adopts a dog at the Stars Hollow pet fair. Finally, during a chance meeting, Lorelai and Rory have an angry confrontation about their mutual hurt feelings. More 3 The Ungraduate Air date: Sep 27, 2005 Excited to cater Lorelai's wedding, Sookie pressures Lorelai to set a date but cannot get her to commit. While completing her community service hours, Rory takes a job at Emily's DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) office. Convinced that she has a rival for the job of DAR president, Emily uses Rory as her spy. Logan returns from Europe and goes back to Yale, forcing Rory to confront her true feelings about quitting college. Lane and her band come home after spending their summer performing out of town. Luke agrees to take care of Lorelai's dog, Paul Anka, while she works late at the inn and ends up rushing the dog to the vet. Finally, Lorelai admits to Luke her reason for putting off their wedding. More 4 Always a God Mother, Never a God Air date: Oct 4, 2005 Lorelai misses Rory and tries to call her but soon discovers that her daughter's cell phone is no longer in service. Sookie asks Lorelai and Rory to be the godparents to her two children, hoping they will reconcile when they see each other at the ceremony. However, mother and daughter end up fighting when Lorelai realizes that Rory gave her new cell number to Sookie but not to her. Logan learns that his father expects him to graduate this year and enter the family business. Wanting to break free from family pressures, Logan whisks Rory off to a weekend in New York. More 5 We've Got Magic to Do Air date: Oct 11, 2005 Rory does a fabulous job organizing a big DAR bash for Emily. However, at the party, Richard confronts Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger (recurring guest star GREGG HENRY - "Eyes," "Payback"), about his opinion of Rory's journalistic talents, while Emily has an even uglier confrontation with Logan's mother, Shria (LEANN HUNLEY - "Dawson's Creek"), over the romance between Rory and Logan. Meanwhile, after a small kitchen fire at the Dragonfly Inn, Lorelai enlists Richard's help in settling the insurance claim. She also needles him about the fact that he has been unable to get Rory to return to Yale. Although he's annoyed with Lorelai, Richard admits that Rory is not doing what she should be doing. More 6 Welcome to the Dollhouse Air date: Oct 18, 2005 Richard tries to gather information from Logan about Rory's future plans, but Logan mistakenly thinks that Richard is asking when he plans to marry Rory. Lorelai supports Taylor's (recurring guest star MICHAEL WINTERS) plan to change all the Stars Hollow street names back to their original historic ones, until she learns the disgusting former name of the street on which the Dragonfly Inn is located. Rory makes a surprising confession to Logan. Richard finally admits that he should have never allowed Rory to drop out of Yale and shows up at Lorelai's house to discuss the matter. More 7 Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number Air date: Oct 25, 2005 As Rory's 21st birthday approaches, both Lorelai and Rory are saddened that their estrangement will keep them from spending the day the way they had always planned. Richard tries to convince Lorelai to help him concoct a plan to get Rory to return to Yale, but Lorelai insists that Rory has to make the decision herself. Meanwhile, Emily plans an elaborate birthday party. Later, Emily and Richard are shocked when they realize that Rory and Logan have been having sex. Former Secretary of State MADELEINE ALBRIGHT appears in a cameo role as herself. More 8 Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out Air date: Nov 8, 2005 Rory is pleasantly surprised when her former boyfriend Jess (recurring guest star MILO VENTIMIGLIA - "The Bedford Diaries") appears at her grandparents' house and reveals an amazing development in his life. Rory agrees to go to dinner with Jess, but when Logan unexpectedly joins them, an ugly confrontation develops, leaving both Rory and Logan to face the choices they have made. Emily is concerned about Rory's sudden evasiveness and tries to exert some parental discipline. Meanwhile, Luke agrees to sponsor a local girls' soccer team, and Lorelai channels all her concerns about Rory into caring for her dog, Paul Anka. More 9 The Prodigal Daughter Returns Air date: Nov 15, 2005 A surprise phone call from Rory's dad illuminates issues of trust between Lorelai and Luke. Later, when a person from his past shows up in Stars Hollow, Luke has no idea how to tell Lorelai. After months of estrangement, Lorelai and Rory make their first move towards reconciliation, and Rory takes major steps to change the direction of her life. More 10 He's Slippin' Him Bread...Dig? Air date: Nov 22, 2005 After a long absence, Christopher Haden (recurring guest star DAVID SUTCLIFFE - "I'm With Her," "Under the Tuscan Sun"), Rory's father, reappears in the lives of Lorelai and Rory. Luke struggles with what the presence of Christopher will mean to him and his relationship with Lorelai. Lorelai and Rory enjoy their first Thanksgiving at the Dragonfly Inn, and Rory receives surprising news about Logan. Meanwhile, on the eve of an important gig for the band, Lane has to deal with Zack's (recurring guest star TODD LOWE) jealousy over a song Brian (recurring guest star JOHN CABRERA) wrote about her. Grammy Award winner CAROLE KING - composer, producer and singer of the "Gilmore Girls" theme song, "Where You Lead," recurs as Sophie Bloom, the owner of Stars Hollow's music shop. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Gilmore Girls Season 6 All Critics (3) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1) Gilmore Girls is taking a gratifying run at young-adult confusion through Rory's missteps. Smart girls flounder too. Jun 21, 2018 | Full Review… Elisabeth Donnelly Boston Phoenix No one - including Graham and Bledel - enjoyed that Rory and Lorelai were in a feud for so long, and April is pretty much the most hated plot device in "Gilmore Girl" history. Plus, Rory quitting school? Totally out of character. Sep 21, 2018 | Full Review… Emily Yahr Washington Post Top Critic Lauren Graham should just get a bizillion post-show Emmys. 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