Nicole Mansour

After Rory writes a scathing review of the Yale ballet, she becomes the target of the vindictive lead ballerina (Katherine Brunk).

Malcolm alerts the ACLU when he encounters censorship while working on the high-school literary magazine; Hal tries to flirt with the woman in his office responsible for cutbacks.

Lorelai admits that she does not want Luke to leave Stars Hollow to move in with Nicole; Rory finds rumors of her obsession with William humiliating; Lane's double life is discovered.

Lorelai helps her daughter move into the dormitory at Yale, where Rory meets a strange new roommate and encounters an old adversary.