- "Emily – I am going to Europe, and I'm going to have a marvelous time. I'm going to get up at 10:00, and I'm going to have two glasses of wine at lunch every single day
Richard – Only prostitutes have two glasses of wine at lunch!
Emily – Well, then buy me a boa and drive me to Reno because I am open for business!" - —Emily and Richard fighting[src]
Richard and Emily are a romance on Gilmore Girls, portrayed by Edward Herrmann and Kelly Bishop.
Summary[]
Emily and Richard meet while at college – Emily at Smith College, Richard at Yale. Richard is already engaged to Pennilyn Lott[1], but calls off the engagement to marry Emily.[2] They have a daughter, Lorelai, in 1968, who is their only child. The two are synced like clockwork most of the time, and when not, are formidable opponents[3], whose actions have monumental consequences. They are a team, but struggle with their handling of Lorelai leaving them, which at one point leads to their separation.[4] They do get back together and survive both Richard's hospitalisation and the seed of mistrust planted by Richard's yearly lunches with his ex-fiancée.[5]