After her fight with Lorelai, Rory takes off and catches a taxi to her grandparents’ house in Hartford. This will set up a pattern whereby any time Rory fights with her mother, disagrees with her, or doesn’t trust her to handle a situation correctly, she will turn to her grandparents for help and even sanctuary. This will one day cause a serious rift between mother and daughter.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 