
Grounded for 7 months (which is until the Christmas holidays)
No TV
No stereo
No phone
No reading of books or magazines
Has to do all the housework, including laundry and dishes
Gets a beating
No oxygen, no breathing
Lorelai gets complete control of the TV remote and the stereo as long as she wants
Lorelai gets to choose every single meal
Lorelai gets a special present every month
Has to replace the Go-Go’s album she left on the bus
Sent to bed without any supper
A bad night’s sleep
Rory has spent her time on the bus writing up a list of strict punishments for herself for going to New York and missing Lorelai’s graduation. When she gets home and sees Lorelai, she adds even more punishments, until they become so ridiculous that in the end, Rory appears to escape having any punishment at all – except one extremely horrible bus trip, and the knowledge that she has badly hurt and disappointed her mother (not to mention betraying her boyfriend Dean, not that she seems too concerned about that at present). I can perfectly believe that Rory had a very bad sleep that night.