While Richard (Edward Herrmann) recovers from his heart attack, his economics class Yale is handled by TA Tucker Culbertson (Cameron Bender)--who is quite smitten by Rory. Elsewhere, in a concerted effort to get her mind off her marital woes, Lorelei (Lauren Graham) throws herself into her preparations for the funeral of Michel's dog Chin Chin. This, however, does nothing to forestall the ultimate showdown between Lorelei and Christopher (David Sutcliffe)--in which the name "Luke" is invoked more than once! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi