Gilmore Girls

The Reigning Lorelai

Season 4    Episode 16
March 2, 2004    43m    TV-PG
70%
The rift between Emily and Richard widens when he goes on a golf date with clients instead of accompanying his wife to the funeral of her best friend; Doyle goes on a theft and plagiarism rant; Trix dies suddenly; Michel offers Lorelai a hug in consolation, which weirds them out so much that they agree not to share any more warm and fuzzy moments; stricken with grief and guilt, Richard is inconsolable; Emily calls it quits on arranging Trix's funeral and drops everything in her daughter's lap after finding a letter in which her mother-in-law pleads with her son on the eve of his wedding to Emily to marry Pennilyn instead; Luke and Nicole have all of Stars Hollow listening in and reading lips as they quarrel; worried about her parents and frantic over fulfilling Trix's exacting requirements for her funeral, Lorelai has a meltdown while shopping for Trix's funereal undies; after the service, cousin Marilyn (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Trix) regales family and friends with ta
Directed By
Marita Grabiak
Written By
Jane Espenson

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Cast of The Reigning Lorelai
  • Lauren GrahamLorelai Gilmore
  • Alexis BledelRory Gilmore
  • Scott PattersonLuke Danes
  • Melissa McCarthySookie St. James
  • Keiko AgenaLane Kim
  • Yanic TruesdaleMichel Gerard
  • Liza WeilParis Geller
  • Sean GunnKirk Gleason
  • Kelly BishopEmily Gilmore
  • Edward HerrmannRichard Gilmore
  • Chris EigemanJason Stiles
  • Ethan CohnGlenn Babble
  • Tiffany FraserShannon
  • Josh HoltCute Boy
  • Danny StrongDoyle McMaster
  • Gay StormDarcy
  • Liz TorresPatty LaCosta
  • Tricia O'KelleyNicole Leahy
  • Charles C. Stevenson Jr.Reverend Wilder
  • Marion RossMarilyn Gilmore
  • Richard VoigtsJenson
  • Mary Linda PhillipsEmma
  • Elise RobertsonGeorgia
  • Arron KinserLenny

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