(Listed in order of season, rather than necessarily in order of preference)
Rory's Dance was the first that came to mind, so much love for all of the Loreli and Emily scenes in that episode especially, as well as how the conflict with Lorelai and Rory plays out. Then There's The Rub, mostly for the Lorelei and Emily scenes at the spa, but I also really enjoyed the scenes of Paris bonding with Rory and Jess. And of course Those Are Strings, Pinocchio for all of the nostalgic touches with Rory graduating Chilton
This one is probably an odd choice because I don't know that it's a stand-out episode as such, but I do have a soft spot for the Rory and Paris bonding scenes in Girls In Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist, that episode really clicked for me. And finally Wedding Bell Blues and Friday Night's Alright For Fighting are both favourites of mine, especially the editing of them all fighting and yelling at one another in turn *g*
Oh and also the final two/three episodes of season 4, I couldn't really narrow it down to just one of them. For someone who was NOT a fan of how the L/L romance ultimately played out, I still find the build-up to it in those episodes really touching and well-done, Luke was so cute listening to those self-help tapes and getting defensive when Lorelei makes fun of Jess for listening to them lol
I love all of these eps! LOL, I rate Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doing The Twist as a FAVORITE ep....and I plumb forgot what Lorelai was doing in that ep. The Rory/Paris stuff is just too much fun- it makes the ep. I'm not even into shoe-horned characters- but it just seems so right that they'd run into a Madeline and Louise making...like a "NON-career" out of spring-breaking. Hee!
I do like Lorelai/Luke- even though I'm not a hard-core shipper. However, yes, it's part of why I find the last three eps magical. But like, I HATE Rory/Dean- but enjoy the last three eps because I think the story behind their lead-up to an affair was pretty well written and a rare case of GG doing some good gritty behavior depicting Rory behaving badly. (Although, that went to pot in S5 when consequences for Rory were swept under the rug and I still hadda deal with Rory/Dean scenes as a "romance".)
I think a lot of my faves also comes from Gilmore Family Conflicts.
I don't know what fandom consensus is with GG tbh lol, I just assumed that Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doing The Twist wouldn't be considered one of the classic episodes because it doesn't involve anything with Lorelei and her parents, but yeah Paris was so great in that episode! I loved her and Rory just not particularly wanting to go outside their hotel room and take part in the activities, it felt like a very Gilmore Girls way of handling the somewhat clichéd college Spring Break plot
I think a lot of my faves also comes from Gilmore Family Conflicts.
:nods: Basically throw Emily into an episode, and it's usually a win for me! When I was first considering my list I was going to include the first three episodes of season 1 as well actually, Rory bonding with her grandfather for the first time in episode 3 is especially sweet, but I had to cut it down a bit unfortunately or I would have ended up listing about 5-6 episodes from each season *g*
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Rory's Dance was the first that came to mind, so much love for all of the Loreli and Emily scenes in that episode especially, as well as how the conflict with Lorelai and Rory plays out. Then There's The Rub, mostly for the Lorelei and Emily scenes at the spa, but I also really enjoyed the scenes of Paris bonding with Rory and Jess. And of course Those Are Strings, Pinocchio for all of the nostalgic touches with Rory graduating Chilton
This one is probably an odd choice because I don't know that it's a stand-out episode as such, but I do have a soft spot for the Rory and Paris bonding scenes in Girls In Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist, that episode really clicked for me. And finally Wedding Bell Blues and Friday Night's Alright For Fighting are both favourites of mine, especially the editing of them all fighting and yelling at one another in turn *g*
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I do like Lorelai/Luke- even though I'm not a hard-core shipper. However, yes, it's part of why I find the last three eps magical. But like, I HATE Rory/Dean- but enjoy the last three eps because I think the story behind their lead-up to an affair was pretty well written and a rare case of GG doing some good gritty behavior depicting Rory behaving badly. (Although, that went to pot in S5 when consequences for Rory were swept under the rug and I still hadda deal with Rory/Dean scenes as a "romance".)
I think a lot of my faves also comes from Gilmore Family Conflicts.
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I think a lot of my faves also comes from Gilmore Family Conflicts.
:nods: Basically throw Emily into an episode, and it's usually a win for me! When I was first considering my list I was going to include the first three episodes of season 1 as well actually, Rory bonding with her grandfather for the first time in episode 3 is especially sweet, but I had to cut it down a bit unfortunately or I would have ended up listing about 5-6 episodes from each season *g*