Rory and Lorelai Avoid Christopher at All Costs | Gilmore Girls

[@CalliopexMaria]

"She needs her father!" >> showed up for the first time at stars hollows when rory was 16

[@kissame104]

FACTSSS.

[@NWCountryGirl17]

Hey Chris, she has a REAL FATHER.... his name is Luke Danes

[@lunaloutfy]

The way I was so proud of all three Gilmore girls over here!! I love it when they’re on the same team. Their best working together moment imo :)

[@tristenmoore1275]

That's right. Emily telling Christopher to leave was the cherry on top.

[@katiehart1125]

I love that Emily gave them space and stepped in when Lorelei really needed her

[@justineves3588]

I am very very proud of all of them too he had it come because he was not there for them and makes promises he doesn't keep 😊❤

[@buttercupbarr187]

Me too

[@brittanyreid4855]

@@tristenmoore1275Emily doesn’t like Chris

[@NeverlandSystemKitten]

Emily standing up for Lorelai here was fantastic.

[@hpgirlglaser]

The tone of emily "I didn't do this" always gets me lol

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

For once, she was telling the truth. She's always been trying to make Christopher and Lorelai get together. But for once, this happened without her knowledge and is mega surprised.

[@Elizabeth-tq7qw]

She seems a little afraid, and that’s amazing for Emily talking to Lorelai.

[@NeverlandSystemKitten]

She was so surprised, and it shows well in her tone.

[@carrieb1414]

Christopher was never marriage material. He never grew up. He was insecure the whole time. He had a choice to be in his daughter’s life more often and a large portion he chose to be absent. I’m glad they wrote it where he and Lorelai didn’t stay together. The whole Sherry or however they spelled it in the show, debacle was his fault. This clip even shows he’s immature and didn’t grow up and learn to be a better father and husband.

[@Circa1628]

he is, as long as nothing gets too difficult and he doesn't have to make hard decisions.

[@SnEin]

He is. Lorelai just wasn't really over Luke when she married Christopher, we all knew that. She tried to be married, but how can you be married when your heart's not really 100% in it? Christopher felt it and it would not be fair for both of them to stay married.

[@carrieb1414]

@@SnEin lol he never was. He never grew up. Even after her and Luke broke up. He swooped in without being logical or an adult and his insecurities showed the whole time. Especially when she wrote the character reference for Luke to get partial custody of his daughter. Christopher made more out of it than what it was.

[@friendship9904]

​@@SnEinRory has Luke as a father even Lorriane and Luke broke up. Rory still has Luke as the father. Remember Lori is like a tennis ball Chris on one side and Luke on the other and don't forget Chris didn't invite Rory to the wedding but Luke put the wedding on hold until Lorraine and Rory make peace

[@carlathompson2011]

I got the impression Lorelei sort of squeezed him out Rory life ..granted he should challenge Lorelei and demand to be in Rory life. He is not completely at fault here

[@Okkkkkkk-ol5kz]

Lauren Graham is acting for her LIFE god she is fucking brilliant

[@kristinanance7100]

She should have won an Emmy for this scene. Whew.

[@Mildredpotka]

Pull yourself together.

[@dakota7314]

​@@kristinanance7100it's not THAT good 😂

[@2o7xx]

Pretty damn good

[@kylewilkins6149]

I will hand it to Emily: the ONE time she should step in and take over, she did.

[@juliamiller5120]

“She did not get there by herself.” How damn insulting to Rory. Lorelei and Rory might be freakishly close but Rory has her own mind and opinions.

[@beemel5734]

As someone with a similarly close relationship with my own mother, I got this all the time. My mother had to fight to prove to people that I am just as opinionated as she is.

[@unicorntamer2207]

"I always understand! I don't want to understand!" That feels real.

[@sedakid3]

Christopher was genuinely the worst here. He made his choices and then gets mad at every one else for them? And if Rory needed a father so much, where was he for the first 17 years of her life? Deadbeat. We stan Emily tho!

[@Circa1628]

yeah. as charming and attractive as he is, you're right -- he's a deadbeat dad. -- Ppl have this idea of a deadbeat dad, and while Christopher wishes he wasn't and had good intentions--you can't ignore he only involved himself with Rory, with Lorelei when it was easiest for him. Never consistent, never as a true parent

[@lauriecarson6483]

He is worse all the time.

[@lauriecarson6483]

​@Circa1628 he is not that charming or good looking

[@NoGoodNames20]

It is implied many times throughout the show that while her mom has primary custody Rory does keep in contact with Chris as often as possible and she will go see him when she can

[@tford4588]

@@NoGoodNames20 Chris could and should have made more of an effort to be in Rory’s life. He chose not to be there.

[@rookking153]

Emily loves her daughter so much that all she had to do was hear Lorelai in emotional pain, and she kicked Christopher out fast! Love Emily. And I don't like eating half an hour early either!

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

Her caring about Lorelai's pain is come and go. Why do you think Lorelai ran away in the first place?

[@kissame104]

@@TimberlakeTigerGirl THIS. So well said. I often wonder why Emily can't tell when she is the one causing her daughter emotional pain.

[@Kitty_Scamander]

“But I didn’t want that!” That’s just such a self absorbed and narcissistic thing to say, he knocked up Sherry, bailed on Lorelai and hurt Rory, and he says ✨I DidNT waNT ThAt!✨

[@alyzu4755]

"She did not get there by herself". No, she got there by never seeing her father for years. And then only intermittently. (BTW, both of Christopher's kids were accidents. Has the guy never heard of condoms?)

[@M.A.Y.Y]

And he had the audacity to blame ot on lorelai as if the amalgamation of all his actions didn't push her to that point. 🙄

[@alyzu4755]

@@M.A.Y.Y Exactly!!!!!

[@mh-jg4tv]

And Rory was born 1984. Was there no AIDS in the USA? We wonder...

[@justcogitating]

Every pregnancy in the show was an accident -- Lorelai, Sherry, Suki, Lane. Gilmore Girls is set in an alternate dimension where birth control doesn't exist.

[@OryanMcLean]

It's a scripted TV show. Chill

[@woohooboy]

Is it any wonder why Rory was never able to find a stable, loving relationship as an adult when she saw how contentious and fractured her parents relationship was.......

[@M.A.Y.Y]

💯 this!!!!!

[@justjoannak]

Literally

[@rachelwhiddon5343]

I think it had more to do with the fact that Christopher didn’t really be a father for Rory! He was always absent from her life and she was not a priority. Which sadly explains how Rory ends up as a mistress to Logan in her 30s Christopher never took responsibility for not being in her life. He wasn’t there when she graduated high school. He seemed more interested in wanting a relationship with lorelai then caring about his daughter!

[@kimslaton8178]

@@rachelwhiddon5343That last part!

[@Not-b4e]

Well she should have looked upto Luke and Lorelai

[@ryonjane]

the acting is SO GOOD in this scene!!!

[@anabelleporio5123]

When Emily Gilmore says leave, you leave!

[@Rennimagus]

Chris and Lorelei brought out the worst in each other because Chris never matured past high school. Lorelai was drawn to him because he represented what she lost when she became pregnant and had to grow up too quickly. But it never worked out because he was spoiled and entitled and Ultimately represented everything that Lorelai rebelled against all her life. He shared more of his true colors in this scene than any other scene in the entire series. It was a crummy situation, but he was less mature than his own 16-year-old daughter and how he handled it. Instead of accepting the situation with grace, He decided to stamp his foot and whine that it wasn’t the way he wanted things to be as if that would change anything. He was just waiting for Lorelai or someone else to make it better for him. He was in and out of his daughter’s life when it suited him. Not when it suited Rory. I always hated this guy- I never understood why people shipped them together.

[@dietdrpepper15]

This ALLLLLLL of THIS.

[@loveIetter]

i haaate how lorelai acts around christopher, it’s like any rationality she has flies out of the window

[@dalewall3726]

Cause they were 2 of a kind, Chris and Lorelai came from the same background, they had chemistry , whereas her and Luke didn't as a couple. Lorelai was just as selfish as Christopher. Yes she supposedly raised Rory on her own. She was living at with her parents when she got pregnant. Chris was up to marry her, work for her dad, live with her at her parents, but she said no. Then after having the baby, assume her parents paid for her hospital bill, bought the baby diapers, clothes, food, stroller, other baby stuff, cause Lorelai didn't have a job. She lived with them for over a year ,then just up and runs away to Stars Hollow ,gets her a job at the Inn. Lorelai was to blame just as much as her parents were for their problems. Yes, Christopher was a jerk for not being in Rory's life, Lorelai used people to get her way. So yeah in the end her and Christopher should have been together. They both were immature adults.

[@tford4588]

@@dalewall3726 Saying Lorelai is as immature as Christopher is crazyyyyy

[@akinyiomer4589]

​​@@dalewall3726 This is an absolutely insane analysis of the situation. Cards on the table - only one of those adults took full parental responsibility for Rory and it was NOT Christopher. Lorelai was a damn _single mom._ The show and its fans understand really well why she felt she had to run away from home, and it was because of a toxic and repressive home environment and her controlling parents who straight up, would come under emotional abuse by today's standards. And she made a full, successful life for herself despite the odds! In reality most scared teens run away from home and they're on the streets within months. Yeah Chris maybe had it tough in his household but where was he? In and out of Rory's life when it suited him. Was never grateful to Lorelai for always being gracious in never bad-mouthing him as a father and never denying access to Rory. She made many comments over the seasons she begged him to be more in Rory's life, despite being heartbroken and abandoned by him. Chris was a deadbeat dad, an absentee father. He unfortunately never showed any self-awareness of how his own selfish behaviour impacted others - not Lorelai, not Sherry & their future kid, not Rory. It doesn't matter that he had chemistry with Lorelai. He was shitty husband material _because_ he did not take either his parental responsibilities or his relationship w/ Lorelai seriously.

[@venus4gilmore]

I love Emily here so much

[@meko3089]

Yes how she said christopher!!!

[@dietdrpepper15]

"I want to talk.." "About what?" "...I don't know..." this dude is so self absorbed. I think Lorelai didn't see it for along time because SHE is pretty self absorbed.

[@silviabeatricevaretto9449]

Are you saying that both of them are self-centered?

[@dietdrpepper15]

@@silviabeatricevaretto9449 yup. Lorelai is just a lot more fun with hers.

[@kissame104]

So self absorbed she built her entire life around her daughter. 👌

[@dietdrpepper15]

@@kissame104 built her daughter's life around her more like. They are pretty immeshed, it's kinda unhealthy.

[@kissame104]

@@dietdrpepper15 No, I’m certain Rory was her motivation for the life she built. And I can agree somewhat but they weren’t as enmeshed as a lot of people like to say they were - especially once Rory went off to college. Lorelai pushed Rory to do things outside of her constantly.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Christopher was totally wrong in this situation im glad Emily had lorelai back for once

[@lauriecarson6483]

I don't blame them at all. He breaks promises left and right.

[@buttercupbarr187]

Yes it is

[@buttercupbarr187]

Yes he does

[@favoritevids8869]

My favorite Emily moment. Hands down. No matter how much they fight, when it counts Lorelei is still her daughter and she is on her side.

[@Thetrilingualreader]

The classic u turned my kid against me as if she isnt top of her class on track to harvard at 16 and can see stuff for herself

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

Youd be surprised at how often mothers manipulate their children to be hostile to their fathers. I know that personally because I knew a guy who took his own life because of his ex wifes lies. His children wanted nothing to do with him because their mother lied to them saying he was a pedo when he wasnt.

[@Thetrilingualreader]

@TimberlakeTigerGirl yes but this isnt the case and absent fathers say it all the time

[@galinabrack6057]

Yeah. My father blames my mom for him abusing her, my brothers, my cats, and me. And blames me for all of us not wanting to be in contact with him anymore. Some are just unwilling to realize the issues.

[@Thetrilingualreader]

@galinabrack6057 classic narcissistic emotionally unavailable dad. My dad did this too. He accused my mother of turning us against him as if we didnt see the lying, the stealing, the yelling

[@fhom1375]

The way he blames lorelai for everything shows how immature he is 😒

[@MrSasyB]

I'm amazed that this is even acting. Lauren here was so real and raw.

[@egb50000]

“This isn’t right! She needs her father!” Wow, Christopher, just wow… you just realized this now?!?!

[@alishashay17]

If Rory need a father , where was you at Chris. Luke has been there for Rory graduations, parties & more

[@beesmitty9540]

4:12 is my favourite GG scene "...then honey, we are where we are"

[@CelestialSylph143]

I think this is the moment when Lorelai finally stops falling in love with him. I think if he stayed after Sookies wedding it could've worked because really i think she really was waiting for him. She was ready to make it work then and he said he was too. I think in her heart she doesnt really start looking to really move on until after this which is why things happened as they did in season 7

[@alonam8191]

Christopher was even worse than her parents! What a narcissist. Poor Rorry.

[@thebakalord]

I wish we had a camera on Emily, seeing how her daughter is in both physical and emotional pain because of Christopher and then cant stand it and comes to help her baby. And Lauren Graham’s indescribable acting in this scene most definitely was a force to be reckoned with in this scene.

[@princesadelaos]

the way he doesnt even acknowledge his DAUGHTER

[@WinchesterBabe67]

Chris is the best…. SAID NOBODY EVER!!!

[@laurafabianmarrero]

😂😂 Exactly

[@egb50000]

Much more burn than the sun ☀️ 😂

[@dayschange2]

Such a good scene! I love how they set up the ditzy maid-and had a lot of fun with the concept in the dinner-just so they could then have a swift end to Emily’s hero moment after she chases Christopher off. It just flows do well!

[@dietdrpepper15]

I'm sorry should we point out that he goes DIRECTLY for Lorelai...even though he wanted to make things right with RORY?!!! What a toolbag. He is so dismissive of the only connection he has to Lorelai, Rory, cause he only wants to be close to her Rory to get in Lorelai's good graces. He should be there for Rory, he should walk in and want to speak with her! Since thats 'why he's there'(it's not). He is such a terrible father!

[@joewhitehead3]

Christopher was lucky Richard wasn’t there

[@ashh641]

Rory is so beautiful and perfect here. I’ll never experience beauty like this

[@lauriecarson6483]

She still is beautiful she isn't ugly.

[@Jmctmw]

Rory is extra prettyyy in this episodeee

[@racheltheduck8780]

THATS WHAT IM SAYINGG I LOVE HER HAIR STYLE

[@ggluv23]

Don’t disrespect the cubs in Emily and Richards home. Love her for this!

[@miriam8376]

Possibly my favorite Emily moment. Despite Lorelai instinctively (and reasonably, come on) assuming it’s her, as soon as she hears Lorelai say it’s killing her to talk to Christopher, the lady of the house kicked his butt right out, as cold and classy as only Emily Gilmore can be.

[@loupitalini-jv7ns]

Great scene. Powerful, and impressive acting from all of them. I really feel Lorelais pain here 😢

[@stefaniepoetting1255]

I guess this was the only time emily defendsLorely against her own wishes.

[@darinelbarrios1877]

I love how Loralai expresses herself at the end, if feels so real

[@eldev4432]

..."something is burning" lol

[@greenwitch4944]

And the actress who played the maid rocking the british humour 😭

[@aanyamehta1178]

why she didn't win an emmy for this is beyond me

[@daphneglasurus7886]

I can’t believe how I missed how manipulative Christopher was when I first watched this

[@not-a-ghost2206]

I don't think he is bright enough to be manipulative 😂 he is just egoistic

[@emilylickman3845]

I love Gilmore girls, and especially love, Lauren Graham. She’s funny. I also think sometimes Lorelei is a mother hen to Rory. Especially when it comes to talking to Christopher like the way that she did.

[@lauriecarson6483]

Well I hope so that is her daughter.🤔🤔🤔

[@OryanMcLean]

Humans, this is a scripted tv show. Ur emotional because they are amazing actors and actresses

[@alyzu4755]

@@OryanMcLean Yup! That's what good acting/music/ art does. It elicits our emotions. ❤️

[@dionysuskapeleia]

So,he makes all the wrong choices,he never thinks the consequences of his actions and then blames anyone else about his misery. Also,his misery is a result of his huge ego. He wants to have it all. Worst kind of person.

[@trevonpernell0814]

3:07 Easy with the roundhouse, Rory! 4:19 Then honey...

[@Josh-dz3ep]

“Somethings burning” 😅

[@mariabella19]

Rory face is exactly like her father's with her mother's personality and eyes.

[@Lizmarie2086]

This is in my top Emily moments for sure

[@princesa246]

I love how Emily defends her daughter lorelai

[@nadinehobday6320]

Why was Emily such a boss in this scene

[@HaileysWorld2004]

Chris should respect boundaries

[@Joanna-125]

The 1 time Emily actually did what Lor wished

[@jenniferattia7000]

I usually kinda hate Rory cause she is entitled but I agreed with her here

[@paolapoklepovic7584]

the actingggg ahhh

[@MaluCLBS]

All greatness of Lauren’s acting aside, I love that right after Lorelai tells Emily she should wear a mask, she responds “something’s burning”, and goes away, like she’s a superhero that sensed a fire and flies away to put it off 😂

[@mddell58]

So, I'm on second season. There's three 'actors' I could definitely do without, & never see again. 1. Michel Gerard. 2. Sean Gunn. 3. Max Perlich.

[@mowl]

Great scene

[@cmrwrite]

Great episode

[@jackcuellar357]

He was a deadbeat dad, bad husband, blaming everyone else for his failings.

[@kristindraper6480]

i still that lorelai and luke deserves to be more well loved with each other instead of christopher because he's not been as fare to them i will have to give up to the winner is luke the reason i'm saying this way it makes me concienrd for all three of them and its scaring me to know

[@massiecure8422]

being a maid in the gilmore house sounds like a fun trade off to listen to this every week

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

Like your own personal soap opera!

[@nloubriel2336]

*1:36*

[@cmrwrite]

I will never understand why Emily still thought Lorelai and Chris should have been together after this…why couldn’t have we been spared all the drama…oh well. Still like the show I guess. I could relate to Rory in the chilton years bc my only close friends did not go to my school and neither did my first boyfriend. I am so glad Paris did really well. I always thought an interesting thing would be if Rory wrote a fictional book about how she wished her life would have been. And Lorelai was actually her older sister and not her mother. Crazy I know but before I started watching the show I thought that was what it was about

[@nakamotens]

3:15 is *so* frustrating because my absentee father was exactly the same. in his eyes, i never had any opinions of my own, they were all influenced by my mother. absent parents just can’t seem to grasp the fact that their teen children realised they were deadbeats and don’t want to contact them of their own free will, not that they’re being “kept” from them like they want to think. imo christopher, while being cute and witty or whatever, was one of my least favourite gg characters due to his sheer immaturity in this scene. but kudos to the writers for getting the realistic aspect of a childish father so right.

[@pmbramucci1056]

If only it happened for 7+ seasons.

[@jamiegollwitzer8528]

christopher lorelai stop it

[@cosplaynerd2094]

Christopher isn’t a good father let alone marriage material for Lorelai

[@elliehappy-c2d]

Keeping Rory???!!! Bro didn't even say hi on the way in and showed up at Stars Hollow when Rory was 16.... HUHHHH???!!!

[@AngryMoor]

Christopher was a selfish person. Always will be.

[@frenzelventura]

And here… right here; Rory started chasing men who pushes her away and push away the ones who dont.

[@josefineee]

What episode is it?

[@angelaholmes8888]

Season 3 episode 2

[@violet18december]

God, it was like talking to a toddler

[@buttercupbarr187]

Love Gilmore Girls she was better with Luke and Luke was a better Father

[@Herbsandspices100]

I think Christopher did the right thing choosing to marry and keep the baby. Rory was practically grown and he missed everything. But he wouldn’t with this one. He will always be Rory’s father.

[@dramaqueen16ism]

Emily shouldve kicked Chris out the second he started yelling at Lorelia.

[@JBAP0708]

Christopher was always a baby imo

[@devworlddaily]

He is so PATHETIC She shut him out for GOOD reason He ignored her when her father was in HOSPITAL Chris has always annoyed me and it tolk me a while but I realised logan is JUST LIKE CHRISTOPHER

[@BaileyLong-hz4nh]

I don’t like Rory because I don’t want anyone want off on Christopher because he is my favorite

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

Christopher is so hot, and I wouldn't waste my time getting back together with him. Too much yelling and confusion.

[@simonesmith2049]

Like😂🎉❤

[@mddell58]

I'm on season three now. I've definitely noticed how very 'over the top, this show is. Kinda' like fake. The airport scene, season 3, episode 1 is the perfect example!

[@janiyahbyther7176]

i love chris and tbh i was rooting for him and lorelai so badly. like i loved luke but the chemistry from chris and lorelai was so hot and the idealistic of that perfect family. but i don’t fault him for going to go be a father just like i don’t fault rory and her mother for being upset. life happened. things got twisted. in the end, it all worked itself out (kinda)

[@harrycallahan9069]

Cant believe what Lorelai saw in this absolute grub