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Christopher Hayden is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by David Sutcliffe.

Before the Series Christopher Hayden is the son of Straub (Peter Michael Goetz) and Francine Hayden (Cristine Rose). He is the father of Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel), born out of wedlock to Lorelai Gilmore, and Georgia "G.G." Hayden, daughter of his ex-fiancee Sherri. He was a periodic love interest of Lorelai's before they were married. Not much is known about his childhood and teen years, other than he was a childhood friend of Lorelai and later he was Lorelai's first real boyfriend, and that he was kicked out of several elite private schools. Like Lorelai, Chris disliked how his parents tried to control every aspect of his life and future. Having a similar sense of humor, Christopher joked that when he graduated, he was going to skip college for a year and take Lorelai backpacking across Europe. When Christopher and Lorelai were sixteen and Lorelai had just given birth to Rory, Christopher proposed as Lorelai's and Christopher's parents had agreed. However, Lorelai did not accept his proposal, saying they were too young, and went on to raise their daughter Rory alone. Christopher ended up not going to college, and his parents were very upset about this and blamed Lorelai for ruining their son's future (although Chris himself claims that even if he had gone to Princeton, his father's school and the family school of tradition, he would not have graduated anyway). How involved he was in Rory's early life is not clear, but when he makes his first appearance in the series, Rory recognizes him instantly and is very glad to see him, so it can only be assumed that he was around enough for Rory to develop a liking for him. We do know that she saw him at Lorelai's parent's Christmas parties every year. In flashbacks, the young Christopher is played by Philip Van Dyke.

Lorelai had always kept "the door to Rory" open for Christopher, but he had a track record for not taking advantage of it, due to his many failed business ventures and multiple relocations. Despite his lack of stability, Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop) and Richard Gilmore (Edward Herrmann), Lorelai's parents, have come to like Christopher and repeatedly pushed Lorelai to pursue a relationship with him so their family can finally be together. As Emily put it, "When you get pregnant, you get married. A child needs a mother and a father." Over the seasons he has proven to actually be working at becoming more dependable, by demonstrating his ability to settle down, keep a job and have a family, as well as making it clear that he genuinely feels bad about having not been a better father to Rory (and has gotten to know her better in more recent seasons).

Christopher unexpectantly shows up in Star Hollow for the first time ever, riding his Indian Chief 2000 in Season One. He claims that he is ready after sixteen years, to finally to play a more active role in Rory's life. Rory is overjoyed to see him and manipulates Lorelai in allowing him to stay with them for a few days.

Rory takes her father on a tour of Stars Hollow where he becomes the subject du jour for the local town’s people. Christopher tries to buy Rory an expensive book in an attempt to make up for years of neglect, but his credit card is declined. He begs Rory not to tell Lorelai.

When Emily discovers that Christopher is in town, she attempts to manipulate the situation. First she insists that Christopher join them for Friday night dinner and them she invites Christopher's parents, Straub and Francine Hayden to join the group at the dinner. We learn that Christopher shares the same reluctances to spend time with his parents that Lorelai feels about spending time with Richard and Emily

Upon Lorelai, Rory, and Christopher’s arrival at the Gilmore mansion, Richard and Emily both go out of their way to welcome Christopher in their home. Apparently Christopher has let his family and Lorelai’s family believe that he has finally made a success of his latest business venture. In fact, Richard treats this man that impregnated a sixteen year old Lorelai with more respect than he does his own daughter.

When Stub and Francine arrive, we see an immediate distain from them for both Lorelai and Rory, their own granddaughter whom they haven’t seen since she was around one. It is quite clear that Christopher's father Straub feels nothing but contempt for Lorelai and Rory and makes it clear that he holds Lorelai responsible for all of Christopher's life failures.

Christopher just sits there and makes no effort attempt to protect his daughter from his father’s venom nor does he make an effort to deflect his father's rancor toward Lorelai. The dinner ends with Richard angrily throwing Straub and Francine out for insulting his daughter and his granddaughter.

Lorelai is crushed when her father rejects her attempt to thank him for defending her. Richard informs her that he did it for the sake of the family honor not for her. The pain of this statement sends her fleeing to her old bedroom and to take refuge on its balcony just like she did as a child.

Christopher comes looking for Lorelai and finds her on the balcony. The situation brings back old memories and feelings from their shared painful childhood and they end comforting each other with sex. Afterwards, Lorelai is disgusted by this unexpected tryst with Christopher and recognizes it for what it was -- childish comfort sex but Christopher tries to spin it as meaning something more. Lorelai is angry with herself for her behavior but Christopher takes no responsibility for his actions.

Totally misreading Lorelai’s state of mind, the next morning Christopher proposes to her because he believes they are already a family. Lorelai freaks out at the suggestion and rejects the idea without reservation. Lorelai tries to demonstrate to a clueless Christopher that he has no concept of commitment or responsibility much less the meaning of family. She confides that she knows that his credit card was rejected when he attempted to buy Rory a book and inquires how his business is actually doing.

Christopher first rants about how he told Rory not to “rat him out” when Lorelai jumps in to share that she heard it from numerous people in the town before she forced Rory to confirm the story. Then Lorelai yells at Christopher for coercing her daughter into lying. When Christopher weakly responds that she is his daughter also, Lorelai corrects him that Rory is more like his playmate.

Christopher finally admits that his business is in trouble and the reality that he let everyone praise him for his business acumen while she was being ripped apart by his father sets in. Christopher meekly defend his lies about his business to everyone as “Didn’t want to upset anybody”. Their argument then deteriorates into a childish fight demonstrating the level of maturity that these two have around each other.

Finally Christopher reluctantly leaves but before he heads out of town, he makes one last juvenile effort to win Lorelai which she still rejects. Then he drives away on his motorcycle back to California.

One is left to wonder if Lorelai loaned him some money for gas and motels since he didn’t even have the resources to buy a dictionary.

{{TV quote| Lorelai: I've known you since I was six, Chris. You're the guy that crashed his Porsche two hours after his parents gave it to him for his 16th birthday. Christopher: And you were the girl in the Pinky Tuscadero t-shirt sitting right next to me. Lorelai: Horrified. Christopher: Think again. Lorelai: Alright, having a blast then horrified.| show = Gilmore Girls|season = 1|episode = 15|episodename = Christopher Returns-->

Season Two Christopher reappears during Season 2 when he is invited to escort Rory at her coming out party, and brings her a copy of the book he tried to buy before as a gift. While in town, he proves that he is more capable of settling down than before, having gotten a steady job as a consultant for a computer company in Boston. Lorelai and Chris share some romantic moments dancing and talking. However, Lorelai feels misled when Chris reveals he has to get home to his girlfriend, Sherry (Mädchen Amick). Christopher attempts to bond further with Rory by attending her debate at Chilton and brings Sherry. Sherry goes shopping with Rory, which upsets Lorelai; Emily is very angry at this, saying that it should be Lorelai with Christopher to finally complete their family. Christopher is upset when, during this visit, Lorelai tells him that she has unconsciously sabotaged her relationships with men because she was holding out for Christopher. He is angry and yells at her for blaming him for her relationship failures. Christopher comes back when Rory breaks her arm and is the support Lorelai needs. Lorelai sleeps with Christopher in the Season Two finale. Since Chris and Sherry have broken up, and Lorelai has broken up with Max, the two agree to try to be a couple. Their happiness is cut short when Christopher gets a call from Sherry, saying that she is pregnant. He feels that he cannot walk away from his new child like he walked away from Rory and has to be there for Sherry. Lorelai is crushed.

Season Three Lorelai and Rory are mad at Christopher and estrange themselves from him. He comes back and demands Lorelai to not keep Rory from him, but Rory yells that it was her own decision to keep her father at a distance because she is so mad at him for crushing her mother and failing them both. He also appears to be upset about his own predicament with Sherry and makes it clear that he would rather be with Lorelai if Sherry was not expecting. Since he was not really a father with Rory, he wanted to be one with his new daughter. Rory begins to secretly converse with her father when a few months pass and she is invited to Sherry's baby shower. But, Lorelai ends up going too because Sherry strong arm's her when she dropped Rory off at their Boston apartment. In addition, Georgia, nicknamed Gigi, is born prematurely. Lorelai and Rory both end up coming to keep Sherry company when Christopher is late, as it is Rory's half sister, despite Emily objecting on the grounds that Sherry "stole" Christopher away from Lorelai. Christopher misses Rory's high school graduation because of work, but requests Lorelai take lots of pictures for him.Since G.G. was born early Sherry didn't get a c-section like she'd planned but had to deliver normally.

Seasons Four & Five Christopher is not around in season 4. In season 5, Lorelai comes to the rescue when Christopher calls, needing help with his daughter, GiGi. He reveals that Sherry has left him for a job in France, so he must care for GiGi alone. When Rory finds out that Chris has contacted Lorelai, she tells him to stay away, saying that every time he comes back, he messes things up. Lorelai is in a happy relationship with Luke Danes and she does not want Christopher messing that up for her. This later leads to a fight between the two when Lorelai, unaware of the argument, invites Christopher to a family get together at the Dragonfly Inn; angry with Rory's holier than thou cold shoulder treatment of him, Christopher spitefully tells his oldest daughter that he does not need her permission to talk to Lorelai if he wants to, given their history together. Following this, Christopher visits Rory at Yale one morning and she brushes him off, even though he says he wants to make things right and that his father is ill. In the next episode, his father dies, and both Lorelai and Rory realize that he is lonely and that he needs contact with both of them. At Richard and Emily's vow renewal, after being manipulated by Emily before hand, a drunken Chris lashes out at Luke, saying that Lorelai belongs with him and not Luke. Christopher causes drama between Luke and Lorelai as Rory had feared. Luke did not know that she was still in contact with him and becomes very hostile. Lorelai and Luke split temporarily because of this.

Season Six Christopher calls Lorelai and leaves a message. When Sookie and Lorelai listen to the message Luke overhears and becomes very angry thinking that he was deceived again by Lorelai. It turns out that Christopher has inherited quite a sum from his recently deceased paternal grandfather and asks the Gilmore girls if there is anything he can do as something of an apology for all his years of neglect. He had not spoken to Rory either for about a year and knew nothing of her temporary estrangement from Lorelai, living in the Gilmore's pool house and taking time off Yale. Since Rory had gotten into a fight with her grandmother, she asks if he could pay for her Yale tuition. Lorelai and Christopher meet again at Rory's discussion group and debate with other fellow editors. At that time, Christopher explained that he was having problems finding a nanny for G.G. and he needed a babysitter for the next afternoon. Lorelai offers to babysit his daughter G.G., and Lorelai is horrified when she turns out to be disobedient and spoiled. She confronts Chris, who is defensive, but realizes and admits that his daughter is out of control and admits that he hadn't been properly disciplining her because he feels bad doing so in light of G.G. not having her mother. Later in this episode, it is revealed that he was successful in putting his foot down and gotten G.G. under control. Chris goes with Lorelai to Lane's wedding, when Mrs. Kim demands that she bring a date when Luke is out of town. The two drink, but Lorelai gets very drunk and makes an embarrassing speech about not getting married to Luke. Chris sees her home and watches over her until she gets a phone call from Luke, which he respectfully takes as his cue to leave. Christopher is invited to the Gilmore mansion where Emily proceeds to attempt to set him up. However, in the dramatic Season Six finale, Lorelai and Luke's relationship hits some turbulence and then explodes. In the last scene, a distraught Lorelai goes to Christopher for comfort and in the season-ending cliffhanger, is seen waking up in Christopher's bed.

Season Seven After Lorelai's honesty about her night with Christopher, Luke is infuriated and leaves, and later goes to Christopher's apartment, knocks on the door and punches him in the face as soon as it opens. A short while later, after failing to get her on the phone, Chris crosses paths with Lorelai after he has dinner with Rory and tells Lorelai that he still loves her and has never stopped loving her, and that he'll never really be able to love anyone but her; Lorelai is then seen calling him late at night. Christopher and Lorelai begin dating, although Rory previously criticized her mother for turning to her father so soon after breaking her engagement with Luke. When Sherry sends a letter saying she has changed her ways and would like G.G. to visit her in France, Christopher tells Lorelai he plans to send G.G. to Paris with her nanny. Lorelai is alarmed that Christopher would not accompany his daughter, and they get into an argument, which is resolved when Christopher admits he should take Lorelai's advice and travel to Paris himself. He invites Lorelai to accompany him. In Paris they have a very romantic time and Christopher impulsively proposes to Lorelai, and they get married in Paris. When they come home they tell Rory about the elopement. Rory acts excited in front of Chris, but when he leaves the room tells Lorelai how upset she is, because she was not there. Chris gets upset that Lorelai does not include him in her everyday life in Stars Hollow. Lorelai admits she is afraid her friends won't accept him. though after a so called "man-date" between Chris and Jackson Melville, Christopher becomes one of the accepted people of the town. Christopher and Lorelai's relationship becomes strained again when Lorelai says she wants to have children, but not right now. One night on his way home, Chris gets into a fist fight with Luke, from which neither one emerges the victor.Chris has new problems with Lorelai because of the marriage because of the recommendation letter for Luke's custody case, and Richard's heart attack makes another problem, because Luke is there to help Lorelai, while Chris is off sulking from a fight with Lorelai. In the end, Lorelai decides that he is not the man for her after all and in a tearful confession, she says "You're the man I want to want... You have no idea how much...". Christopher made another appearance at Rory's college graduation, where he and Lorelei seemed to be on good terms.