Few couples on TV demonstrate slow-burn romance quite like Luke Danes and Lorelai Gilmore in ‘Gilmore Girls ... or shielding Rory like a father, Luke had repeatedly demonstrated a commitment ...

No, it’s not snow, it’s the smell of fresh hope in the air for a Gilmore ... father — cough, cough, Christopher (David Sutcliffe) — and a man who steps up to be a father-figure, i.e. Luke.

Lorelai & Christopher's marriage resolved a "what if," clarifying her end-game with Luke. Their incompatibility only emphasized her true fate.

Patterson, who played Luke Danes ... had with a mother, father, sister or something. It's always nice to hear the stories." Patterson said that even 25 years after "Gilmore Girls" aired in 2000 ...