Gilmore Girls season 2
The second season of Gilmore Girls, an American comedy drama television series, began airing on October 9, 2001, on The WB. The season concluded on May 21, 2002, after 22 episodes. The series was moved from Thursday to Tuesday at 8:00 pm, where it aired for the entire season.
On January 15, 2002, The WB announced that the show was renewed for a third season.
Overview
The season opens with Lorelai trying to decide whether or not to accept Max's proposal. At the end of the first episode, she finally does. However, at the end of the third episode, she calls off the wedding just a couple days before. On a road trip with Rory, Lorelai confesses that she didn't really love Max. Christopher returns with a new girlfriend, Sherry, with whom he seems ready to settle down. Both Lorelai and Emily are disappointed that he was not ready to settle down with Lorelai, but they remain in friendly contact.Rory spends the season in a relationship with Dean, while Tristin, the main rival for her affections from the first season, is sent away to military school. Luke's nephew, Jess, comes to stay with him after getting into trouble at home in New York City and his interest in Rory is plain. This interest causes many ongoing arguments between Rory and Dean, with Dean heavily disliking Jess from the beginning. Despite this, Rory and Jess start a friendship. Soon after, Jess and Rory are involved in a car accident that destroys the car Dean refurbished for Rory and leaves Rory with a fractured wrist. Despite Rory's protests, the whole town blames Jess for fracturing Rory's wrist. Due to the guilt from the car accident, Jess returns to New York. The incident causes a rift between Lorelai and Luke.
Richard feels he is being pushed out at work so he resigns. He struggles with retirement and eventually opens his own insurance consultancy business. Lane joins the cheerleaders, attempts a romance with Henry and decides she wants to become a drummer. Paris becomes editor of the school newspaper giving her yet another reason to order Rory about, but slowly they realize they have become friends. Jackson proposes to Sookie and the two get engaged, while Michel has a visit from his mother. Lorelai finishes her associate degree in business and has a graduation ceremony, which Rory missed because she snuck on a bus to go to New York and see Jess, whom she hadn't seen since the accident.
In the season finale, Paris and Rory are elected as class president and vice-president, meaning they will have to spend the summer in Washington. The night before Sookie and Jackson's wedding, Lorelai sleeps with Christopher, but their attempt at being a family quickly falters hours later when he hears Sherry is pregnant and goes back to her. Right before the wedding, Jess returns to town and Rory kisses him even though she is still dating Dean. The season closes with a stricken Lorelai and Rory walking down the aisle as Sookie's bridesmaids, both confused as to where their romantic lives will now be headed.
Cast
Main cast
- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore, Rory's mother.
- Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore, Lorelai's daughter.
- Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James, Lorelai's best friend and co-worker.
- Keiko Agena as Lane Kim, Rory's best friend.
- Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard, Lorelai and Sookie's co-worker.
- Scott Patterson as Luke Danes, the owner of the local diner.
- Liza Weil as Paris Geller, Rory's classmate and frenemy.
- Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester, Rory's boyfriend.
- Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Mariano, Luke's nephew and Dean's rival.
- Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore, Lorelai's mother and Rory's grandmother.
- Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore, Lorelai's father and Rory's grandfather.
Guest
- Chad Michael Murray as Tristin Dugray, Rory's classmate and admirer.
- Scout Taylor Compton as Clara Forester, Dean's younger sister.
Recurring cast
- Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason, a resident of Stars Hollow that works many jobs.
- Liz Torres as Miss Patty, the owner of the local dance studio.
- Michael Winters as Taylor Doose, the owner of the local grocery store.
- Jackson Douglas as Jackson Belleville, Sookie's fiance.
- Teal Redmann as Louise Grant, Paris's best friend.
- Shelly Cole as Madeline Lynn, Paris's best friend.
- David Sutcliffe as Christopher Hayden, Rory's father and Lorelai's ex-boyfriend.
- Sally Struthers as Babette Dell, Rory and Lorelai's nextdoor neighbor.
- Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kim, Lane's religious mother.
- Brian Tarantina as Bootsy, a resident of Stars Hollow.
- Scott Cohen as Max Medina, Lorelai's ex-fiance.
- Grant Lee Phillips as Grant, the town troubadour.
- Mike Gandolfi as Andrew, the owner of the local bookstore.
- Ted Rooney as Morey Dell, Babette's husband and Lorelai and Rory's next door neighbor.
- Adam Wylie as Brad Langford, Rory's classmate.
- Rose Abdoo as Gypsy, the owner of the local auto shop.
- Dakin Matthews as Headmaster Hanlin Charleston, the principal of Chilton.
- Biff Yeager as Tom, a resident of Stars Hollow.
- Mädchen Amick as Sherry Tinsdale, Christopher's girlfriend.
- Emily Bergl as Francie Jarvis, Rory's classmate.