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Season 7, Episode 17, Aired
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Lorelai plans a road trip to North Carolina to attend the wedding of Mia, the woman who took in Lorelai and Rory and served as a surrogate mother/grandmother for many years. Rory has a fight with Logan over his immature reaction to his business disaster, and agrees to go on the trip with Lorelai. Emily invites herself along in an effort to get away from Richard, who is driving her crazy while he recuperates at home. At the wedding, Emily is upset by the close relationship Mia shares with Lorelai and Rory. Lorelai learns that Emily came to see Mia five years earlier to ask for pictures of Lorelai and Rory during the years they were estranged. Logan makes a surprise appearance and asks Rory to forgive him. Meanwhile, Lane and Zach ask Luke to be the godfather to their twins. Finally, Lane goes into labor and Luke helps get everyone to the hospital.moreless
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  • Lorelai, Rory and Emily goes to Mias wedding in North Carolina.

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    By nofeartina, Jun 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    I must admit that I am a sucker for these episode where the relationship between Emily and Lorelai has a chance to grow and become better. Lorelai reluctantly had to take Emily along for the ride, and it was very obvious that Emily wasn't comfortable at the wedding. She was very Emily, getting the other guests to get her water, and just sitting on the couch looking bored. Mia makes Lorelai realise how hard that period when they were estranged, must have been for Emily. So it ends up with Lorelai telling Emily that she understands it. And you could tell that it was really nice for Emily to hear that... :)
    I also liked Rory's part in this episode. It was really good to see her being a bit hard on Logan and finally standing up to him. She's been so in to him that she has lost her edge, and it suited her that she didn't just forgive him right away for just showing up... It is going to be really interesting where the new storyline for Logan is going to lead them. What is he going to do now when nobody expects anything of him...? ;)moreless

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  • The gilmore girls leave on a road trip to annas wedding!! to blow off steam but gess who also tags along Ms.gilmore! and leads to annas wedding and at the end pregant lane has her twins!!moreless

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    By doyou9, Apr 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    i thought this episode was good!! it had alot of things the other episodes didien't!! like lane haveing her twins and ms.gilmore on a road trip!! and ana returns because its her wedding there goin to!! all in all i thought this episode was very special to the series! you gotta love gilmore girls!!

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  • The writers are finally off drugs making this one of the best episodes this season

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    By nicolefc, Apr 07, 2007 Report Abuse
    I have been complaining about what the writers have been doing to this show for the entire season. From the horrible and pathetic christopher episode to the boring relationship between Rory and Logan,i have hated this season so badly. And then, light at the end of the tunnel. The writers decided to stop doing drugs and he destruction of one of my favorite shows has stopped, for t least this episode.
    This episode just brings back all the great things about the gilmore girls that we all love: tension btween lorelai and emily, great sarcasm, and sweet memories from seasons before. I was giving up on the girls, i thought there was no way the show would end in a way i would be satisfied, but this episode brings back the hope that i have lost. The gilmore girls are back, and maybe, it will be with this great writting that the show will end.moreless

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  • Better than most of the episodes this season. All three Gilmore Girls go on a road trip, and Lane has her babies.

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    By uscgirl, Mar 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    I didn't like this episode as much as I liked the previous one, but it was still pretty good. It was nice to see all three Gilmore Girls together. Emily's lack of humor was also pretty funny, and it was good to see that Lorelai finally realized what her mother must have gone through when she left. I just hope that all the bonding between them over the past episodes doesn't go to waste and that they actually start to become closer. It was also so cute to see Zack and Lane ask Luke to be their children's godfather, and then later see Zack ask Luke for fathering advice. I really wish we would have been able to see Lane's twins, but maybe in the next episode we will. The most impressive thing about this episode was the Rory finally grew. She had spent so much time over the past seasons pinning for Logan and forgiving every bad thing he did. Finally, this time she stands up to him when he tries to crash the wedding and get her listen to him. When she said, "This is so last year's Logan," I actually yelled "Yes". Rory always had a backbone before, but seemed to loose it when around Logan, catering to his every need. It was nice to see Rory be the strong woman she is.moreless

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  • Gilmore Girls road trip...in a Jag, of course...and Luke is reverse adopted by Lane and Zack.

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    By gator_md, Mar 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    So...I was not a fan of the sixth season...Thought that ASP really lost her way, and actually maybe even went out of her way to alienate her audience...Characters that she had spent years developing were turned into people I didn't even recognize...I didn't hold out much hope for this season, especially with the Christopher/Lorelai elopement and then break-up...The Lorelai I have come to know wouldn't marry Chris and then three shows later be done...I was just about done with the show...I kept watching more out of habit than anything else...It was like a trainwreck...I wanted to know what else they could do to ruin what had been one of my favorite shows...and then they actually handled the Chris/Loreali breakup in a way I could wrap me head around...and since then I have actually been enjoying the episodes...Not sure how I am going to feel when they revisit the Luke/Lorelai drama, but for now, I am quite content to watch Stars Hollow baby showers and Gilmore road trips...I think the Lorelai/Emily dynamic is probably the most interesting relationship on the show...And despite Mia having to point out the obvious to Lor...I definitely loved how it ended with the girls (and that includes Emily) chowing down on vending machine junk food and watching Smith on the boob tube...I am not sure what they are going to do with the Logan storyline...I have never really been a fan, but was starting to make my peace with the character when they had him revert back into an irresponsible playboy...and actually find it a little sad that Rory continually falls for his grand gestures, but then again I have never had a millionaire fly down just to say he was sorry, so what do I know? Either way...This episode wasn't quite what I expected, but given my low expectations for the season, I am not complaining in the least...moreless

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    • Rory walking out to Logan with cake is very similar to a scene in "You Jump, I Jump Jack" where Logan walks into the forest with food to find Rory, who mistakenly thinks that he has brought food for her. Edit
    • With this episode, audiences will notice a significant change regarding Rory's reactions toward Logan's immature, selfish behavior. One year ago, in Season 6's I'm OK, You're OK, Rory refused to stand up for herself when Logan slept with some other girls, and she took him back without much of a fight. This time, however, Rory is clearly tougher and less willing to put up with Logan's actions, making him work pretty hard for her forgiveness. Edit
    • In this episode, Lorelai finally finds out about the run-in that Mia and Emily had in Season 2's The Ins and Outs of Inns, when Emily asked Mia for pictures of Lorelai and Rory that were taken during their 16-year estrangement. Apparently, five years went by before Lorelai was informed about this. Edit

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    • Music: -"Oh What a Beautiful Morning" Rogers & Hammerstein (from 'Oklahoma') In Emily's car. -"Conscience Clean (I Went to Spain)" Pernice Brothers At Lane and Zach's dinner with Luke Edit
    • French episode title: "Entre Filles", meaning "Girls Only". Edit
    • International Airdates: Spain - October 9, 2007 on FOX TV Spain Germany - February 8, 2008 on VOX Edit

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    • Lorelai: Those other cities are so far away, so expensive, so tiring. And plus, you know you can get a good cup of coffee in New York. I don't know about those other cities; they have crappy, crappy coffee. Rory: You mean like Seattle? Edit
    • Howard: (to Lorelai and Rory) You are exactly as Mia described you. You both are. And believe me, she described you a lot. Lorelai: Well, hopefully, she left out all the bad stuff. Mia: There is no bad stuff. Emily: Lucky you! Edit
    • Rory: Nice menus! Lorelai: Yeah, looks good so far. Rory: Oh, I love when they show pictures of the food! Lorelai: Yes, but I would be upset if I were that fried chicken. That picture makes her look fat! Edit

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    • (Richard comes into the office wearing a jogging suit) Lorelai: Hi, Dad. Nice threads, do you have a lunch with Tony Soprano? Tony Soprano is the head of the mob family of a show called The Sopranos, and he usually wears the same cashmere jogging suit that Richard was wearing. Edit
    • Lorelai: Have you seen "The Pursuit of Happyness"? The Pursuit of Happyness is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 drama film produced by Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artist, and Relativity Media, and released by Columbia Pictures on December 15, 2006. While it is based on the true story of Christopher Gardner, a family man struggling to make ends meet, the film takes some liberties with Gardner's actual story. Edit
    • Mia: Well, she's right. The bride and groom have wild plans to take off all their clothes, jump into their pajamas, and listen to "A Prairie Home Companion." A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs two hours on Saturday afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road. Edit

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