Continuity mistake: When Rory comes home from her grandparents and talks to Lorelai about Max sleeping on the couch, into the kitchen and the red-white step stool chair is beside Rory's bedroom door, but when she and Lorelai walk into the kitchen it's gone, then it reappears after Lane leaves. (00:39:45)
Visible crew/equipment: After Rory asks Lane if Rich still wears the Star Trek shirt, when it cuts to Sookie in the kitchen, we can see two T-marks taped to the floor behind her. (00:08:40)
Visible crew/equipment: In the last shot, when Rory starts telling Lorelai all about the market kiss with Dean, some lighting equipment becomes visible at the right side of the screen, as the camera pulls back. (00:43:20)
Rory's Birthday Parties - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: When Emily raves about Sookie's hors d'oeuvres, the shadow of the boom mic is bobbing around at the top of the screen. (00:35:10)
Rory's Birthday Parties - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: When Lorelai gets home while Rory is on the phone, just as Lorelai jokes about Justin and Britney, filming equipment is visible at the left side of the screen. (00:06:35)
Kill Me Now - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Lorelai and Emily have a private chat about Rory playing golf with Richard, Lorelai tells her, "You win," and as Emily walks out of the room, the lighting equipment is visible at the left side of the screen. (00:06:00)
The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lorelai drives Rory to Chilton, the license plate at the front of her Jeep goes from being attached to the center of the bumper, to the side of the bumper, then back to the center of the bumper. Additionally, the Jeep's rearview mirror has vanished when they're parked at Chilton. (00:03:25)
Visible crew/equipment: At the Kim house, when Lane and Rory reach the kitchen doorway, just as Mrs. Kim tells Lane that she has "muffins with no dairy, no sugar, no wheat," the boom pole dips into view at the top right corner of the screen. (00:11:35)
Other mistake: While Luke and Lorelai are talking about Rachel in the storage room, after Lorelai places some jars on the shelf, the jars on the shelf behind Lorelai turn, change position or vanish, between shots.
Visible crew/equipment: Right before Max and Lorelai go up the stairs, a crew member's arm is seen on the right side as they step out of the shot. (00:34:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When Lorelai and Rory are in the kitchen talking about the to-do list, the camera is visible in the reflection on the microwave. You can see the cameraman's hand rotating the control to move the camera as Lorelai sits down. (00:07:20)
Continuity mistake: Lorelai walks into the kitchen and tells Sookie "she did it" and only has a brown bag in her hand. In the next shot she has a brown bag in one hand and the Chilton letter in the other.
Visible crew/equipment: When Taylor is complaining to Luke, Rory and Lorelai about faded paint, a bright green mic dips above Luke's head. (00:04:35)
Visible crew/equipment: Near the end of the episode when Rory comes home and is standing on the porch talking to Lorelai at the door, right before Rory says "Hi" you can see a crew member in the background, standing in the bushes on the other side of Lorelai's jeep and then moving out of sight (toward the left side of the screen). (00:39:20)
Visible crew/equipment: A mic drops into shot just as Jackson accepts Sookie asking him on a date. (00:38:45)
Rory's Birthday Parties - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: As Lorelei climbs into bed with Rory at 4:03 there is what appears to an open book being lowered out of the shot by a presumed crew member.
Continuity mistake: Dean takes out his salad box when they sit and watch the Donna Reed show, but he doesn't open it. In the next shot it is open, and in the next shot again, a salad leaf is at his fork, without touching it.
The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: While Rory is at the administration office Miss James gives her the Chilton map, schedule, etc. Then just as Miss James tells Rory that Mr. Winters, the guidance counselor, handles everything except bulimia and pregnancy, Miss James is wearing eyeglasses in the shot facing Rory, but in the previous and following shots she is not. (00:15:50)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rory is dropped off in the morning, he walks up the front porch, Lorelai greets her at the door. Behind Rory across the driveway in the bushes is a man. The many slowly hides back into the bushes. (00:39:19)
Forgiveness and Stuff - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: When Miss Patty finds Rory and Dean asleep, they are asleep face to face. In a subsequent shot they are lying on their sides, Dean behind her.
Chosen answer: Lorelai and Christopher get married impulsively in Paris but they get divorced shortly after returning home. I don't know the exact number of days or weeks but they definitely weren't married for more than a couple of months.