Matt is getting out of control, and Sean, Julia and Christian are trying to find a solution. Quentin and Christian help two students whose faces are glued to the behind…

A woman wants surgery to make her look like her when she was younger, to jog her Alzheimer-stricken husband’s memory. Christian and Sean work on another Carver victim, who does…

Rhea Reynolds is found dead (apparently murdered by the carver). Christian is the prime suspect. A man with a very hollow face (caused by the HIV medication that he’s taking)…

Sean and Christian visit a mortuary where an employee created a woman from body parts of other women. They operate on a German woman. Sean is at a gathering of…

Seeking fulfillment in his life, Sean becomes a surgeon for the Witness Protection Programme. A man suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) threatens Christian’s life in order to force…

Cochran’s ominous prognosis puts the camp on alert. Smallpox survivor Andy Cramed returns as a minister. Swearengen asks an unlikely pair to pull a scam on Commissioner Jarry. Martha Bullock…

Jarry worries that Bullock and George Hearst will side with Montana on the annexation issue and a showdown looms between Wu and Lee. Andy Cramed holds his first religious service,…

Mining magnate George Hearst arrives while the camp is preparing for a celebration. Yankton officials react to a Swearengen power play. Violence erupts among the town’s Chinese population.

Alma and Bullock discuss the camp’s financial future. Swearengen shares news about an important visitor. Wolcott seeks to make a deal with Utter involving Wild Bill Hickok’s last letter. Tolliver…

Wolcott reports his gold-claim acquisitions to his employer, George Hearst, and Nuttall shows off his new bicycle. Meanwhile, Miss Isringhausen reaches an agreement with Swearengen, who also meets with Bullock…

Wolcott draws Utter’s ire during the questioning of a suspect. Merrick is overzealous in re-establishing his newspaper. Fields and Hostetler have little luck with a wild horse. Swearengen alters his…

Calamity Jane returns to camp; Swearengen nurses his wounds while Dan and Johnny await Bullock’s next move; Joanie and Maddie prepare their new place of business; Alma is asked to…

Swearengen’s deteriorating health worries his employees. Alma ponders a real-estate move after surveying her operation. A mining-company agent makes his presence known. Maddie lets Joanie in on a secret about…

Alma fires Miss Isringhausen as her ward’s tutor. Bullock struggles with domestic life. Cochran suggests a risky surgical procedure for an ailing Swearengen. Dority deals with a former associate’s robbery…

Doc Cochran advises Dan and Johnny how to help Swearengen’s recovery. Thriving business at a new brothel leads to a startling discovery by Tolliver. Merrick gets a scoop from Yankton…

Merrick gives a schoolteacher a tour of the camp. An influx of Chinese labor enters the workforce. Swearengen is finally able to honor appointments. Alma suggests the idea of a…

Bullock and Swearengen settle their most recent score with a bloody brawl, and Joanie welcomes her new business partner—with or without Cy’s blessing. Also: a stagecoach brings important passengers; and…

After months of separation, Sookie tries to reconcile Rory and Lorelai by asking them to be the godmothers of her two children. However, they both end up fighting when Lorelai…

Lorelai needs Richard’s help with her insurance after a small fire at the Dragonfly Inn and uses the occasion to talk to him about the fact that he didn’t manage…

After trying to figure out what Rory’s future plans are by talking to Logan, Richard finally admits that he made a mistake by letting Rory drop out of Yale and…

Lorelai refuses to listen to Richard’s plan to bribe Rory into resuming school, saying that Rory has to want to go back on her own. Both Rory and Lorelai are…

Rory is pleasantly surprised when her old flame Jess appears at her grandparents’ house and reveals an amazing development in his life. Rory agrees to go to dinner with Jess,…

The Prodigal Daughter Returns is the name of an episode for the American comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls.

After a long absence, Christopher reappears in Lorelai and Rory’s lives. Luke struggles with what the new person in his life will mean to him and his relationship with Lorelai….

Sookie creates a S’mores wedding cake, so what more does Lorelai need to set a date? Logan comes home, Lane and the band come home and Paul Anka eats three…

Luke answers Lorelai’s question and as news of Luke’s reply leaks to the denizens of Stars Hollow, the untraditional proposal stirs up more talk than the answer itself. Richard and…

Feeling a little lonely, Lorelai adopts a dog. Luke agrees to repair Lorelai’s house, rather than buy the Twykham house. This soon turns into trouble as TJ does some unwanted…

When Richard and Emily return from their second honeymoon, Rory attends Friday-night dinner without Lorelai, who refuses to speak to her mother or see her, and plans a girls’ night…

Now that Luke and Lorelai are back together, Lorelai can come into the diner, and she adds herself to Luke’s speed dial. They make a date for Sunday to celebrate…

Old man Twickum dies, declaring through his will that the house be made into a museum for two months, then disposed of by the Head of the Historical Society, aka…

Rory finally realizes that she’s not a casual dater and tells Logan that she wants to be friends. He surprises her by suggesting they become a couple instead; while she’s…

Rory starts her internship; Due to low attendance and much to Luke’s delight, Taylor decides to close down the museum and sell the house; Richard and Emily invite Logan to…

The magazine comes out and Luke and Lorelai get a little too enthusiastic when celebrating; Sookie goes into labor; Rory is given a surprising review by Mitchum Huntzberger and goes…

Lorelai picks Rory up from the police station and takes her home. Rory explains that the boat theft was not Logan’s idea and Lorelai should not blame him. Logan finds…

Wanting to make peace with Rory, Christopher shows up at Yale, but she brushes off his attempt at compromise. When Lorelai learns that Christopher’s father dies, she spends the evening…

Rory offers to help Logan write an article for the Yale Daily, but she is disappointed when he doesn’t invite her to be his date at a book signing party…

Emily and Richard renew their vows in front of 100’s of their closest friends with Lorelai as Emily’s Maid of Honor, and Rory as Richard’s Best Man. Luke gets in…

Lorelai does her best to get Luke to not give up on them after the awful events at the wedding. Luke tells her he needs some time and Lorelai can’t…

Still smarting from her split with Luke, Lorelai is further stung when she notices that Luke has moved his boat. Meanwhile, Luke volunteers to build the sets for a school…

Lex is given an envelope with damaging information that will destroy Jonathan’s life and must decide whether he will use it as it will also bring harm to Clark and…