Gilmore Girls star Keiko Agena believes Lane Kim is still 'lovelorn' over Dave Rygalski
Published on December 01, 2025 EDT Sorry, Zack.

Blame the damn marriage jug!

Where is Lane Kim from Gilmore Girls now? Keiko Agena, who played the Hep Alien drummer and best friend of Alexis Bledel's Rory Gilmore, has some ideas. In recent conversation with E! News, the actress said she believes Lane is still married to husband Zack Van Gerbig (Todd Lowe) — but perhaps she's also reconnected with first boyfriend Dave Rygalski (Adam Brody).

And there might still be some feelings there, too. "As rock 'n roll as she said she was, I think she would be pretty above board, but I think there is some lovelorn heartsickness over that relationship," Agena said. "Maybe some daydreams. I don't know that she would ever act on anything, but a friendship for sure."

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The beloved dramedy from Amy Sherman-Palladino followed the lives of a close-knit mother and daughter duo (Lauren Graham and Bledel) in the fictional small town of Stars Hollow, Conn. It ran for seven seasons between 2000 and 2007 and also starred Kelly Bishop, the late Edward Herrmann, Melissa McCarthy, and Scott Patterson.

Brody joined the series during season 3 as Lane's love interest and fellow musician in the band Hep Alien, which also included future-husband Zack and Brian Fuller (John Cabrera). Brody left ahead of season 4 to join the cast of The O.C., which was aptly alluded to in the series via his character leaving Stars Hollow to attend college in California. While Lane and Dave agree to a long-distance relationship (sans Brody on screen), it ends due to miscommunication over a marriage jug.

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Lane later begins a relationship with Zack and the two wed in a memorable season 6 episode that featured both a traditional Korean Buddhist ceremony at the Kim residence and a western service in the local church. They welcome two sons and are revealed to still be married in the 2016 revival A Year in the Life.

Agena recently looked back on the experience of starring on the show during an appearance on the Dear Felicity podcast, revealing that as a young actor at the time, she was in "such a survival-mode situation."

“I didn’t think of it that way at the time," she said. "So now it’s just a mix of just having gratitude for having gone through that experience and having that experience. I have to let go of the pressure that I put on myself to be the best version of who it is that I think that you love. Because I love her, too."

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