In the very first episode of Gilmore Girls, Lorelai does something she clearly wishes she never had to do: ask her parents for money. Richard seems to know what she's come to say, however, and keeps repeating the same phrase: "You need money." When Lorelai finally admits that he's right, he says "I'll get the checkbook." Emily chimes in with her "one condition" (that Rory and Lorelai come for dinner on Friday nights), and Lorelai remarks that she was "so close" to getting away scot-free.
In the final episode of the revival, Lorelai and Emily have nearly the exact same conversation, this time about using the money Richard left to Luke to expand the Dragonfly instead of Luke's Diner. It's a near-perfect callback to that original conversation, even down to Emily's "one condition," which entails Luke and Lorelai visiting Emily in Nantucket.
