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Gilmore Girls
Season 3
Season 3 DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkThe WB
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2002 (2002-09-24) –
May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)
Season chronology
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Season 4
List of episodes

The third season of Gilmore Girls, an American dramedy television series, began airing on September 24, 2002 on The WB. The season concluded on May 20, 2003, after 22 episodes. The season was aired on Tuesday nights at 8/7c.

On March 25, 2003, The WB announced that the show was renewed for a fourth season.[1]

Overview

Lorelai has to break the news to Richard and Emily that she and Christopher aren't getting back together, although this does result in her mending her rift with Luke. Rory is estranged from Christopher for a time but later gets back in touch, resulting in the girls attending Sherry's baby shower and supporting her in labor until Christopher arrives. Lorelai has trouble getting back into dating, receiving a dinner invite from Kirk, intermittently dating Alex (the business partner of an old friend of Sookie's), and having a brief reunion with Max.

Rory tries to forget about her kiss with Jess by throwing herself into her relationship with Dean, but Dean breaks up with her when she spends a dance marathon obsessing over Jess and his girlfriend, Shane. Rory and Jess begin dating, but Rory finds Jess isn't as attentive or reliable as Dean was. Dean starts dating one of her old classmates, Lindsay Lister, and they become engaged. Jess takes a job at Wal-Mart to buy a car and skips class to take extra shifts. He is told he hasn't done enough to graduate and, as a result, can't take Rory to the prom. He acts out by trying to pressure Rory in to having sex, and engages in a fist fighting with Dean. After a visit from his estranged father, Jimmy, Jess leaves town without telling Luke or Rory. He reconnects with Jimmy in California.

Lane finds a band to be drummer with and Lorelai and Rory let them practice in the garage. Lane starts dating bandmate Dave Rygalski in secret, using her mother's preferred prom date Young Chui as cover. Things become complicated when Yung Chui stupidly falls in love with Lane, and Dave won't be able to take Lane to the prom because her mother doesn't approve. Lane gets drunk at a party, eargerly calls her mother and tells her everything. Dave pleads their case and Mrs. Kim lets them go to the prom together, but still grounds Lane afterwards. Paris starts dating Jamie, a student from Princeton that she and Rory met in Washington D.C., but falls out with Rory when she thinks Rory told student council rival Francie about her and Jamie. However, it's Rory that Paris turns to when she sleeps with Jamie, fails to get into Harvard, and ultimately has a nervous breakdown. Luke rents the premises next to the diner to Taylor, who plans to open a soda shop. Luke ends up dating Taylor's solicitor, Nicole Leahy.

Richard takes Lorelai and Rory on a trip to Yale, where he has secretly set up an interview for Rory. Lorelai is incensed, especially when Rory makes Yale one of her backup applications, but they both realize it is where Rory really wants to go. Richard gives Lorelai $75,000 from an investment he made when she was born and she uses it to pay her parents back for Rory's school fees. Emily interprets this as Lorelai cutting ties with them and there is a falling out. Richard's financial gift results in Rory being refused financial aid.

The Independence Inn is gutted by a fire and Lorelai, Sookie and Michel struggle to keep it open as a B&B. Lorelai and Sookie renew plans to buy the Dragonfly Inn after Fran dies. Sookie discovers she is pregnant. Independence Inn closes and Lorelai is unable to afford Dragonfly since she needs to pay Rory's university fees. Rory borrows the money from Richard and Emily in return for reinstating Friday night dinners.

Lorelai and Rory are planning to go backpacking in Europe while Luke is planning to go on a cruise with Nicole. Lorelai and Sookie are able to buy the Dragonfly now that Lorelai doesn't have to pay for Yale. Rory gives the valedictorian's speech at graduation, paying tribute to her grandparents and Lorelai, and the season ends with Rory and Lorelai looking around Chilton for the last time.

Cast

Main article: List of Gilmore Girls characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

  • Teal Redmann as Louise Grant, Paris's best friend.
  • Shelly Cole as Madeline Lynn, Paris's best friend.
  • Liz Torres as Miss Patty, the owner of the local dance studio.
  • Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville, Sookie's husband.
  • Adam Brody as Dave Rygalski, Lane's boyfriend and bandmate.
  • Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim, Lane's religious mother.
  • Michael Winters as Taylor Doose, the owner of the local grocery store.
  • Sally Struthers as Babette Dell, Lorelai and Rory's nextdoor neighbor.
  • Scott Cohen as Max Medina, Lorelai's ex-fiance.
  • Todd Lowe as Zack Van Gerbig, Lane's bandmate.
  • John Cabrera as Brian Fuller, Lane's bandmate.
  • Dakin Matthews as Headmaster Hanlin Charleston, the principal of Chilton.
  • Tricia O'Kelley as Nicole Leahy, Luke's girlfriend.
  • Biff Yeager as Tom, a resident of Stars Hollow.
  • Emily Bergl as Francie Jarvis, Rory's classmate and nemesis.
  • Arielle Kebbel as Lindsay Lister, Dean's girlfriend.
  • Rose Abdoo as Gypsy, the owner of the local auto shop.
  • Mädchen Amick as Sherry Tinsdale, Christopher's fiance.
  • Alan Blumenfeld as Rabbi David Barans, a rabbi at the local synagogue.
  • Mike Gandolfi as Andrew, the owner of the local bookstore.
  • Jim Jansen as Reverend Archie Skinner, a priest at the local church.
  • Grant Lee Phillips as Grant, the town troubadour.
  • Ted Rooney as Morey Dell, Babette's husband and Rory and Lorelai's nextdoor neighbor.
  • Aris Alvarado as Caesar, an employee at Luke's diner.
  • Adam Wylie as Brad Langford, Rory's classmate and good friend.

Guest

  • Marion Ross as Lorelai 'Trix' Gilmore the First, Richard's mother, Lorelai's grandmother, and Rory's great-grandmother.
  • David Sutcliffe as Christopher Hayden, Rory's father and Lorelai's ex-boyfriend.
  • Scout Taylor Compton as Clara Forester, Dean's younger sister.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		US viewers
(millions)
441"Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days"Amy Sherman-PalladinoAmy Sherman-PalladinoSeptember 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)1750016.20[2]
452"Haunted Leg"Chris LongAmy Sherman-PalladinoOctober 1, 2002 (2002-10-01)1750026.75[3]
463"Application Anxiety"Gail MancusoDaniel PalladinoOctober 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)1750035.95[4]
474"One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes"Steve RobmanDaniel PalladinoOctober 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)1750045.79[5]
485"Eight O'Clock at the Oasis"Joe Ann FogleJustin TannerOctober 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)1750056.58[6]
496"Take the Deviled Eggs..."Jamie BabbitDaniel PalladinoNovember 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)1750066.95[7]
507"They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?"Kenny OrtegaAmy Sherman-PalladinoNovember 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)1750076.82[8]
518"Let the Games Begin"Steve RobmanAmy Sherman-Palladino & Sheila R. LawrenceNovember 19, 2002 (2002-11-19)1750087.09[9]
529"A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving"Kenny OrtegaDaniel PalladinoNovember 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)1750096.30[10]
5310"That'll Do, Pig"Jamie BabbitSheila R. LawrenceJanuary 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)1750105.75[11]
5411"I Solemnly Swear"Carla McCloskeyJohn StephensJanuary 21, 2003 (2003-01-21)1750115.19[12]
5512"Lorelai Out of Water"Jamie BabbitJanet LeahyJanuary 28, 2003 (2003-01-28)1750125.19[13]
5613"Dear Emily and Richard"Gail MancusoAmy Sherman-PalladinoFebruary 4, 2003 (2003-02-04)1750136.20[14]
5714"Swan Song"Chris LongDaniel PalladinoFebruary 11, 2003 (2003-02-11)1750145.19[15]
5815"Face-Off"Kenny OrtegaJohn StephensFebruary 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)1750155.75[16]
5916"The Big One"Jamie BabbitAmy Sherman-PalladinoFebruary 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)1750166.21[17]
6017"A Tale of Poes and Fire"Chris LongDaniel PalladinoApril 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)1750174.23[18]
6118"Happy Birthday, Baby"Gail MancusoAmy Sherman-PalladinoApril 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)1750185.10[19]
6219"Keg! Max!"Chris LongDaniel PalladinoApril 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)1750194.83[20]
6320"Say Goodnight, Gracie"Jamie BabbitJanet Leahy & Amy Sherman-PalladinoMay 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)1750205.17[21]
6421"Here Comes the Son"Amy Sherman-PalladinoAmy Sherman-PalladinoMay 13, 2003 (2003-05-13)1750215.04[22]
6522"Those Are Strings, Pinocchio"Jamie BabbitDaniel PalladinoMay 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)1750225.49[23]

Filming

Scenes at Yale University in episode 8 were actually filmed on the campus of Pomona College.[24]

DVD release

'The Complete Third Season[25]
Set details Special features
  • 22 episodes
  • 6-disc set
  • 1.33:1 aspect ratio
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish and French
  • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Additional scenes
    • "Swan Song"
    • "Say Goodnight, Gracie"
    • "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio"
  • All Grown Up: a Documentary with the Cast about their Childhood Experiences
  • Who Wants to Fall in Love: a Montage of the Best "Love Moments" from Season 3
  • Our Favorite '80s: the Cast and Crew Show off their Favorite '80s Dance Moves
  • "Guide to Gilmorisms" booklet
Release dates
North America United Kingdom Continental Europe Norway Australia
May 3, 2005 July 17, 2006 April 12, 2006 June 28, 2006 July 5, 2006

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