Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Had More References Than You Realized

Though it's hard to see anything through tears during that flashback to Richard's funeral, there's one detail that sticks out — a Chuck Berry album among the things gathered on the table beside Richard's casket. It's implied that these are some of the things most important to Richard, and no wonder: Rory gives him that album for his birthday in season three. When Lorelai asks how Rory found such a perfect gift, Rory replies that she simply called and asked him. It's another callback to the close relationship between Rory and Richard. And now we're crying again.