7.14 Farewell, My Pet

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Richard is in the hospital recovering from his bypass surgery and will be discharged soon. Rory decides that she will return to Yale. Lorelai also decides to return to the Dragonfly Inn. On her return she discovers that Michel's beloved dog Chin-Chin has died. Lorelai is then forced into planning a funeral to make Michel feel better. As Sookie and Lorelai try to plan the funeral Michel decides that they are not working hard enough. As Michel is yelling at them Christopher appears after not being there for Lorelai while her father was undergoing surgery. They have a short talk but nothing is resolved and they agree to talk later.

Back at Yale, Rory meets the attractive TA that is taking over her grandfather's job while he is recovering. Rory, both when she meets him and when she runs into him in the book store, is flustered and inarticulate. This crush worries Rory, especially in light of Paris's earlier comments in the dorm of how she has "broken" Logan. Rory explains it all to Logan and he comforts her, tell her that it is normal and she hasn't broken him.

Back in Stars Hollow, Christopher and Lorelai speak again at their home. A reoccurring fear of Christopher's is brought up again, that Lorelai is not over Luke Danes who she was once engaged to. Again nothing is accomplished and they agree to talk later.

Lorelai still has the funeral to deal with, and back at the inn she talks with Sookie about her relationship with Christopher and her relationship with Luke. Lorelai wants to cut Luke out of her life, but Sookie wants to know if without the Luke breakup, would Christopher be the one? Lorelai is unable to answer her.

Later that night Christopher and Lorelai talk once more in the living room, and after a short time Lorelai cries over how she wants to be married to Christopher, but she just doesn't feel the same way about him that he feels about her. Though they do not yet get a divorce, their marriage is over.