The One Where Rachelle Defends Dean Don't Come For Her: Gilmore Girls S1 E16 (Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers)

Well, folks, we've made it. We have arrived. Here we are. The dreaded episode. The episode that will forever go down in infamy as the episode where Dean's character takes a dramatic nosedive. The episode that turned the hearts of millions of Gilmore Girls fans -- nay, the world -- against the once-beloved bag boy. Chris is gone, Max hasn't called, and Lorelai is in a funk. The entirety of Stars Hollow is in a romantic tizzy, preparing for the Founders Day Firelight Festival, and everyone except for Lorelai and Luke are feeling the love. (Well, and Rory.) Luke is blindsided by his ex-girlfriend Rachel's sudden return to Stars Hollow, and Dean plans the most epic three-month-a-versary date for himself and Rory, only to find that it may be their last shared plate of spaghetti and meatballs. And Rachelle is here to say that maybe we should reserve just a smidge of sympathy for the universally despised Dean, but don't @ her. (Just kidding, we love hearing from y'all. Just keep it kind and civil.)

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