When Gran suddenly dies, Richard becomes distraught. While Emily and Lorelai are at Gran's house, sorting through catalogs and bank statements, Emily finds a letter from Gran telling Richard not go through with their wedding and to leave her at the altar. Later, Lorelai has her own small breakdown while buying new underwear for Gran to be buried in.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 16 of Gilmore Girls resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Gilmore Girls Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Ballrooms and Biscotti
• s04e02 - The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
• s04e03 - The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles
• s04e04 - Chicken or Beef?
• s04e05 - The Fundamental Things Apply
• s04e06 - An Affair to Remember
• s04e07 - The Festival of Living Art
• s04e08 - Die, Jerk
• s04e09 - Ted Koppel's Big Night Out
• s04e10 - The Nanny and the Professor
• s04e11 - In the Clamor and the Clangor
• s04e12 - A Family Matter
• s04e13 - Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
• s04e14 - The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais
• s04e15 - Scene in a Mall
• s04e16 - The Reigning Lorelai
• s04e17 - Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist
• s04e18 - Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!
• s04e19 - Afterboom
• s04e20 - Luke Can See Her Face
• s04e21 - Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
• s04e22 - Raincoats and Recipes

Gilmore Girls Show Summary

Set in a storybook Connecticut town populated with an eclectic mix of everyday folks and lovable lunatics, Gilmore Girls is a humorous multigenerational series about friendship, family and the ties that bind.Thirtysomething Lorelai Gilmore has made her share of mistakes in life, but she has been doing her best to see that her college-bound daughter - and best friend in the world - Rory, doesn't follow in her footsteps. That may be easier said than done, considering that the two share the same interests, the same intellect, the same coffee addiction and the same eyes. Rory is more serious than Lorelai, but there are tendencies, especially in the love department, that clearly indicate she is her mother's daughter. From the beginning, this unique mother-daughter team has been growing up together. Lorelai was just Rory's age when she became pregnant and made the tough decision to raise her baby alone.Gilmore Girls was the first series to make it to air supported by the Family Friendly Forum's script development fund. An initiative between some of the nation's top advertisers and The WB, the program is intended to offer a greater array of compelling family programming on network television. The strong and loving mother-daughter relationship portrayed in Gilmore Girls reflects the growing reality of this new type of American family.