As it turns out, he is absolutely correct, as Rory and Jess have a magnetic connection to each other. However, Jackson realized he did not want the job, and resigned. Rachel is a photographer who travels the world for months at a time, and in the past she has returned to Luke and abruptly left him numerous times, causing him much heartbreak. : Kirk: I’ve been working for eleven years, Luke.

She appears in every season of the series. Many of Lane's family show up at her wedding; however, her father is never identified. However, she bails him out of jail and repair their friendship. Dave is originally introduced in the episode "Application Anxiety" where he is responding to Lane's "drummer seeks rock band" ad.[15]. Confused by his emotional distance, Rory leaves their encounter in tears, causing Dean to pick a fight with Jess. He tells Luke he's "long over" his romantic feelings for Rory, but is later shown gazing at her, causing him, and viewers, to wonder if that is actually the truth.

He is introduced as the new guy in town in the "Pilot". Before he leaves, Tristan says he would've kissed Rory but Dean was right there. His mother died when he was young, leaving his father to raise Luke and his sister, Liz. 13, Kirk tells Jackson Belleville that he was one of thirteen children (and, it is implied, his mother's least favorite). On the night before his wedding to Lindsay, Dean expresses to Luke that he feels Rory is the only girl he can marry, later forgetting the statement. After some awkwardness, they become close. He later provides support for Luke when he's conflicted about Lorelai. When the family showed up for the baptism, his mother informed him that he, himself, had never been baptized, and pressured him into going through with the ceremony at the same time as his children. In season six, Jess returns to give Rory a copy of a short novel he has written called The Subsect.

But Jess's problems with authority and Luke's inexperience at parenting cause communication problems and arguments between them. In season three, Taylor Doose, the town selectman and frequent antagonist to Luke, rents the store beside the diner. At Emily and Richard's vow-renewal, Luke, Christopher, and Lorelai discover Rory in a compromising position with Logan Huntzberger and Christopher and Luke argue about their respective importance and involvement in Rory's life; Christopher proclaims that Rory is his daughter, and Luke declares that he has cared more for Rory during her life while Christopher was absent.

Though the two later become friends, their relationship remains characterized by a rivalry that continues into their university studies.

The counting would be because Michel was only 'allowed' 12 blueberries per day, as his strict diet would prescribe him.

She has a very specific taste in movies, music, and TV. Dean is eventually driven to jealousy by Jess' presence, and this leads to the end of his relationship with Rory.

Weil dyed her hair from brown to blonde for the part of Paris to highlight the contrast between Paris and Rory. Emily becomes very upset and even considers buying an airplane as a form of retail therapy, comparing Rory's sudden departure to Lorelai's years earlier.