Hammers and Veils

"Hammers and Veils" is the second episode of the second season of the television series Gilmore Girls. It originally aired on October 9, 2001. Rory does volunteer work with Rebuilding Together, an organization that fixes up houses. While there, she talks to Paris, who tells her Rory about all of the volunteer work she has been doing to ensure that she gets into Harvard. Rory panics that she doesn't have enough extracurricular activities, and sh... more

"Hammers and Veils" is the second episode of the second season of the television series Gilmore Girls. It originally aired on October 9, 2001. Rory does volunteer work with Rebuilding Together, an organization that fixes up houses. While there, she talks to Paris, who tells her Rory about all of the volunteer work she has been doing to ensure that she gets into Harvard. Rory panics that she doesn't have enough extracurricular activities, and she gets into a fight with Dean when she tells him that she doesn't have time to hang out with him. Lorelai is reluctant to tell her parents about her engagement. When she does tell her mother, Emily responds coldly, which hurts Lorelai's feelings. After a date with Max, Lorelai goes with him to her parents' house, where she and her mother get into a loud argument, and Lorelai realizes that she inadvertently hurt her mother's feelings by not telling her about the engagement sooner. Lorelai and Max's engagement party is a huge affair. Lane... less