<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers ( millions ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 88 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller '' </Td> <Td> Amy Sherman - Palladino </Td> <Td> Amy Sherman - Palladino </Td> <Td> September 21 , 2004 ( 2004 - 09 - 21 ) </Td> <Td> 2T5301 </Td> <Td> 6.20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Things are still testy between Lorelai and Rory , and Rory 's refusal to discuss the Dean situation causes Lorelai anguish . Emily announces that she and Richard have separated . Sookie is ecstatic when Kirk tells her that Luke and Lorelai kissed . Rory 's attempt to meet Dean and discuss what happened leads to a lot of action , but no talk . Dean provokes an argument with Lindsay after leaving Rory 's house . Emily decides to go to Europe and invites Rory to accompany her . Lorelai and Luke are very tentative with each other the day after until they are able to reassure each other that they 're on the right path . Luke heads off to Maine for a week to help Liz and T.J. with their Ren Faire booth . Rory decides that she needs a break from both Dean and her mother , and decides to take her grandmother up on her invitation to go to Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 89 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` A Messenger , Nothing More '' </Td> <Td> Daniel Palladino </Td> <Td> Daniel Palladino </Td> <Td> September 28 , 2004 ( 2004 - 09 - 28 ) </Td> <Td> 2T5302 </Td> <Td> 5.99 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> T.J. is milking his injuries for all he 's worth , but Luke decides that it 's time to go home after seven weeks on the Ren Faire circuit . Rory calls to apologize and to ask her mother to deliver a letter to Dean . Sookie accurately diagnoses Lorelai with a bad case of management burnout , and the two friends decide to decompress with a girls - day - out . Emily and Rory come home exhausted from fending off the attentions of randy European men . Michel is wildly unenthusiastic when he 's pressed into babysitting for guests whose children take an inexplicable shine to him . After Lindsay finds Rory 's letter , she throws Dean and all his possessions out of the house , and her mother has an angry confrontation with Lorelai in the town square . Lane realizes that she 's falling for Zack . Rory is saddened when Dean expresses regret for the shift in their relationship and the harm it caused to his wife and their families . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 90 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Written in the Stars '' </Td> <Td> Kenny Ortega </Td> <Td> Amy Sherman - Palladino </Td> <Td> October 5 , 2004 ( 2004 - 10 - 05 ) </Td> <Td> 2T5303 </Td> <Td> 6.10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Luke and Lorelai go on their official first date at a restaurant owned by old friends of Luke 's parents . Luke reminds Lorelai of how they met , shows her a horoscope she gave him for good luck that he 's kept in his wallet , and assures her that he intends to go the distance with her . Lorelai spends the night at Luke 's place . In the morning , she goes down to the diner to get coffee , and the breakfast crowd sees her wearing only Luke 's shirt . There 's surprisingly little gossip about Luke and Lorelai until the next town meeting , where Taylor uses charts to show how disastrous a breakup between them would be for Stars Hollow . Meanwhile , Rory meets a rich Yale student named Logan and chews him out for being rude to her friend Marty . Paris holds a wake for Asher that all the guests assume is a keg party with a weird theme . Emily freaks out when she discovers that Richard has a social life she does n't know about so she invades Rory 's dorm during the wake . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 91 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Tippecanoe and Taylor , Too '' </Td> <Td> Lee Shallat - Chemel </Td> <Td> Bill Prady </Td> <Td> October 12 , 2004 ( 2004 - 10 - 12 ) </Td> <Td> 2T5304 </Td> <Td> 5.81 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Lorelai confesses that part of the charm of breakfast by Luke is breakfast at Luke 's . Rory is less than thrilled
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Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller