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Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 6 Easy J : Welcome back to scandal central, gossips. Forget about Emma Stone and her scarlet letter, this week’s ‘Gossip Girl’ was all about Easy J and her anticipated (dreaded?) return to the Upper East Side: so much drama, so little time.
We can’t say that we’ve been losing sleep over the lack of Little J and her poor taste in eyeshadow this season, but we also can’t deny that Jenny Humphrey can always be counted on for more fireworks than a 4th of July parade. Our prodigal daughter only returned for a one-day audience with Tim Gunn, and yet she managed to bring Blair and Chuck’s war of the worlds crashing down with a single GG blast. Now that’s what we call making it work.
For once it wasn’t Chuck Bass at the center of Blair’s Audrey Hepburn-styled nightmares (although he contributed more than his fair share of assistance), but even as a blind woman, our heroine could still see Little J’s betrayal coming a mile away. Perhaps B has the gift of prophecy? I just want her to skip ahead to the end of the story and reassure us that she and Chuck will live schemingly ever after.
Despite Chuck’s Machiavellian manipulation of both Jenny and Blair this week, we were surprised to see our residentBasshole calling a ceasefire on the cold war with his lady love. Chuck’s reputation has never really been his to lose, but perhaps Jenny’s ominous prediction that they would self-destruct before either of them won the upper hand actually hit a nerve.
Speaking of ominous — a part of me wishes that I had a movie soundtrack to score my life. How interesting would the world be with a full orchestral accompaniment every time you entered a room? I think there may be a potential spin-off in all of Blair’s classic movie dreams; the change in tone always spices an episode up.
Unfortunately, Juliet’s enigmatic storyline is all out of spice for me — it wouldn’t be ‘Gossip Girl’ without a central mystery for the season, but after four years, I’d love for just one person to not be playing out a convoluted vendetta that won’t be unraveled until the final two episodes of the year. And now we find out that Serena’s hottie hook-up turned business professor is in on the scheme too — is there anyone in Manhattan who doesn’t want to destroy our blonde bombshell?
And speaking of Colin (the delicious Sam Page — who is clearly being typecast as the troublemaking stud, post-’Desperate Housewives’) how many times have we seen the extra-curricular affair storyline played out this year? Between ‘GG,’ ‘Life Unexpected’ and ‘Pretty Little Liars,’ I’m all hot-for-teachered out. Someone call Mr. Schue for another “Young Girl/Don’t Stand So Close To Me” mash-up.
We also have to give an honorable mention to Lily this week; after some fairly questionable parenting skills in the past, we’ve got to admit that we loved her reverse psychology gambit — I went from outraged to impressed in 0.3 seconds following her spiel about beauty over brains.
Runner up for best line goes to the silver-tongued Chuck, who not only name-dropped Lady Macbeth and ‘Carrie’ in the same sentence, but also parried Dan’s “murder-suicide” quip with the dry rejoinder of, “so dramatic; you should be a writer.” Touché, Baby Bass.
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After the last cute-but-filler episode of ‘Gossip Girl’, it was nice to see our favorite Upper East Siders going full throttle and giving us some long-awaited closure this week; we were treated to a make-up, a break-up and a wake-up, and all three were long overdue.
Forget ornithology, in NYC, we’re firmly focused on skank-watching, and thanks to Little J, our binoculars have been getting a major work-out over the past few episodes. This week saw Jenny stepping up her game in a way that would make Channing Tatum jealous, even going so far as to enlist the help of a certain Basstard in her attempt to pry Nate out of Serena’s distracted arms.
I know the first season was a whole three years ago, but surely I’m not the only one who remembers Chuck and Jenny’s first rooftop encounter? I can’t help but find it deeply skeevy any time our billionaire playboy gets all lecherous with Jenny from the block, especially considering he was about thirty seconds from date-raping her in the very first episode — take heed, writers, first impressions aren’t so easy to shake.
Regardless of the ickiness of Chuck and Jenny’s unholy alliance, it was clear that Chuck is every bit as well-versed in the Serena van der Woodsen playbook as the rest of us; if there’s a wrong conclusion to jump to, chances are that S has already set the long-jump record. She played right into Jenny’s hands with her overreaction to spotting Nate’s shirt in Jenny’s bag, and even flipped out at him after witnessing him valiantly deflecting Jenny’s advances. Very bad form, S.
While I think Nate was entirely justified in his frustration over Serena’s secrecy (even though he’s such a doormat, it’s no wonder she walks all over him) it was satisfying to see her finally open up, and for the ever-faithful Nate to still be willing to hear her out even after she’d given him the run-around for days. Sure beats the old Serena/Dan dynamic of seeing who could push the other away the hardest.
And can I get a hallelujah that Nate decided to grow a backbone just in time to turn the hose on Little Jenny Homewrecker’s burning love? Interesting that we weren’t treated to a shot of her reaction to his dismissal — I’m guessing that we’re saving that nuclear fallout for next week.
But as one door opens, another closes, which hopefully means an end for the terminally snoozeworthy Dan and Vanessa romance. At first it seemed like Dan had finally figured out a way not to let his insecurity royally FUBAR his relationship this time around, but then he went blabbing about his bruised ego to Willa, somehow expecting that his gossip wouldn’t get right back to Vanessa; has he even seen this show?
I’m crossing my fingers that this means Lonely Boy will go back to being lonely instead of just dull, and maybe one of these days he’ll figure out that he needs to stop dating overachieving type-A women who are always going to surpass him, at least until he learns to embrace his mediocrity.
As for the aforementioned wake-up? I’m pretty sure that this episode treated us to the most mature and mentally stable Blair Waldorf in the history of the show, and I couldn’t have loved her more.
After enduring yet another one of Chuck’s grandiose mind games, Blair finally decided that it was time to give up her timeshare in Denial and head for a brighter climate –obviously there’s no point trying to ignore the impact that Chuck has had on her, but that doesn’t mean she’s a ruined woman. Once again, it’s nice to see her growing up and letting go, even if baby Bass is having issues with doing the same.
And what’s this I spy with my little eye, another long-lost relative who may not be exactly what he seems? Just another Monday on the Upper East Side, then. I just hope that Dr. van der Woodsen won’t be writing Serena a prescription for a whole heap of new daddy issues by the season’s end, the tabloids can’t take the excitement.
Until next week, ‘Gossip’ groupies.
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Oh, what tangled webs those Upper East Siders weave; we can always count on ‘Gossip Girl’ to squeeze a scandal out of any special occasion, which, this week, happened to be Dorota’s shotgun wedding.
Turns out that Mommy and Daddy Dorota are the traditional types, and their plans for an impromptu visit to the Big Apple seem to necessitate some immediate (and lavish) nuptials to distract ma and pa from the fact that their little girl has been hiding her pregnancy, like any self-respecting career girl.
Dorota’s sudden need for a wedding fits in well with Chuck’s sudden need for a grand gesture to make, since he’s trying to extend an olive branch to Blair after his ‘Indecent Proposal’-esque scheming last week.
Blair, thankfully, isn’t too receptive to Chuck’s extravagant overtures, and is still understandably hurt and humiliated that Chuck tried to use her own meddling tendencies to manipulate her into bed with creepy Uncle Jack. Baby Bass obviously never got the memo that kinky bedroom mind-games are not for sharing with megalomanical family members, no matter how many Empires are at stake.
Also up to no good, as usual, is Little J. She’s had her sights set on poor, hapless Nate for some time now, and while we’d all hoped that that grating storyline had run its course last season, it seems she’s back on the prowl and determined to sabotage his burgeoning relationship with Serena at any cost.
Whether it’s stealing a kiss during Nate’s birthday Assassin game last week or intercepting Serena’s calls, Jenny’s crush has definitely mutated from doe-eyed longing back to full-on man-eater mode. I just don’t get how such a scheming diva keeps managing to snag the hottest pieces of boyflesh in NYC, especially when the girl is one application of vamp lipstick away from actually becoming one of the undead. OK, fine, I’m totally jealous. Chace Crawford and Kevin Zegers? Taylor Momsen has the best job on television right now.
Elsewhere, Lily and Rufus and their unending saga of marital issues are still being boring and repetitive.
The episode also sees the welcome return of Wallace Shawn as Cyrus Rose, who decides an entirely appropriate wedding gift for Dorota and Vanye is an apartment in Brooklyn. Suffice it to say that Eleanor Waldorf does not approve of buying apartments for “the help.”
Eleanor’s slow realization that Dorota is far more than just an employee to the Waldorf family leads to some of the episode’s most touching moments; Blair, who has been struggling to present a brave face for Dorota’s wedding by pretending all is well with Chuck, breaks down and tells her faithful henchwoman (and friend) just how royally FUBAR she and her billionaire boytoy really are.
“When I saw how happy you and Vanye are, I realized how unhappy I am,” Blair tearfully admits, stealing a moment before the wedding ceremony. “I don’t need you to be a happy couple, Miss Blair, I just need you to be happy,” Dorota tells her, and the two share a heartfelt hug. Excuse me for a second, I think I have something in my eye…
Eleanor happens to walk in on this heartwarming exchange, after thoroughly reaming Cyrus out for being overly generous with Dorota’s gift (“An apartment, are you crazy? I was thinking of a Vera Wang cake knife!”), and later admits to her hubby that she was afraid to admit just how integral a part of the family Dorota has become, because she was afraid to think that anyone else could’ve raised Blair better than she did — newsflash, Eleanor, you were never in line to win mother of the year.
The happy couple’s wedding and Dorota’s advice have finally seemed to knock some sense into Blair, and despite Chuck’s continuing attempts to brush off what happened with Jack, she’s unable to let things go this time around. “I would do anything for you, Chuck, but what if that’s wrong?” she asks him. “I never thought it was possible to love someone too much, but maybe it is. I don’t like who I’ve become with you.”
Ouch. Now, I’m all about the epic tragi-comedy that is Chuck and Blair’s romance, and usually I can let Chuck’s schemes slide, but this time around I’m on Blair’s side; it seems like Chuck is under the impression that just because he finally grew a pair and admitted he loved Blair out loud, the L word now magically entitles him to get away with murder.
We get that it was tough for the poor, emotionally battered soldier to open up, but there’s a limit to how many free passes a declaration of emotion can get you. I’m relieved to see Blair finally calling her man out — it seems like they could both use the time apart to grow up and get a little less twisted, if they actually intend to last. I just hope their latest break-up won’t have Chuck going right back to the boozing and womanizing, but I’m not holding my breath.
This week’s episode was all about the comebacks — everyone’s favorite troublemaker, Carter Baizen is also back on the scene to cause general strife and jealousy between Nate and Serena, the latter of which has been sneaking around with Carter once again, still trying to locate the elusive Dr. van der Woodsen. Serena is determined not to take no for an answer this time around, and grabs a flight right in the middle of the wedding to confront her father and force him to see her — unfortunately, daddy dearest isn’t the one who opens the door: SHOCKER, it’s Lily.
Looks like next week we’ll finally get to confront some of Serena’s uber daddy issues; she’d just better hope that while she’s away, Little J won’t play with her boy. Until next time, ‘GG’ fans.
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Mark your calendars, everyone, because all the teen/tweens of the show were in the same building at the same time! That even includes Eric, who finally returned to the show.
But that wasn’t the important event of the episode. Actually, Nate’s birthday party and Vanessa and Dan’s relationship problems were only filler when compared to what happened between Satan Jack, Chuck and Blair. “Oh. My God.” is all I can say about the twists and turns of this storyline!
I knew Chuck was going to do something terrible in this episode. Before seeing ‘Inglorious Bassterds,’ I thought that maybe Chuck would enlists Blair’s help in getting the hotel back and that maybe it would involve an ‘Indecent Proposal’-type of trick. Never did I think Chuck would stoop as low as he did.
I can somewhat understand where Chuck is coming from. As he told Blair, she did tell him that she would stand by her man through the dark times. To Chuck, this was such a dark time, and he was sure Blair would see it that way, too. Blair does love Chuck, as she proved this week by agreeing to sleep with Jack in order to get the hotel/empire back. However, him going behind Blair’s back and playing tricks to have her go to Jack without asking her upfront was a low blow.
Blair has been loyal to Chuck and was there through his hardships. Why did Chuck think it wouldn’t have worked if he asked? He has seen Blair pull off quite the master plans in the past, and she would have surely been able to pull that one off, too. Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! I’m disappointed. Then again, this adds a lot of drama to the show. Chuck was clearly blinded by his need for power and to prove his father wrong. Otherwise, he would have seen the error of his ways and that tricking the woman you love into sleeping with your uncle cannot have a fairytale ending.
I’m a “Chair” or a “Bluck,” however, as Chuck+Blair shippers are called, so this turn of events is not a fun one for me. I’ve read over and over again that the show’s Powers That Be have a plan for the couple and that TV couples need to have problems to be interesting and to keep viewers coming back. But did they need to have Chuck do such a bad thing to Blair? Having him ask her to sleep with Jack could have rocked the couple, too! Imagine if Blair had slept with Jack after Chuck asked her. Would Chuck be able to see Blair the same way? Would Blair be able to forgive herself for sleeping with Jack even if it was to help Chuck? See? It could have put the couple on the rocks for a few weeks.
In other ‘Gossip Girl’ news, Dan and Vanessa are as boring as ever. However, it may get interesting for at least one episode if Vanessa gets in the Tisch Program and Dan doesn’t. Elsewhere, Jenny tries to get her hands back on Nate. He doesn’t seem interested, but that may not stop her until it’s too late. Eric meets someone new. Still no news about Lily. The best news of the episode: Dorota gets engaged!!!
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It seems like a season ago when we last saw our favorite Upper Eastsiders, no? The last new episode aired on December 7, which was three months ago! That’s as long as we have to wait between a season finale and a season premiere!!! Our patience will be rewarded with ten consecutive weeks of fresh episodes!
‘The Debarted’ may have aired a lifetime ago, and if you missed the recap at the beginning of the episode, you may not remember much of what happened. Well, maybe except that jaw-dropping moment near the end where Chuck finds an unidentified woman at Bart’s grave. Is she his mother?
Before I give my two cents about the episode, let’s tackle the title, shall we? ‘Gossip Girl’ titles are always plays on movies. This time is no different. But what a coincidence that the episode titled ‘The Hurt Locket’ airs the day after ‘The Hurt Locker’ won the Oscar for best movie! Talk about coincidence, eh?
Chuck, Blair and the Mysterious Woman
Let’s deal with the question of the week, shall we? Is Elizabeth Chuck’s mother or not? Well, from the locket we saw at the end of the episode, she could very well be. For sure, she has something to hide and it has to do with the Bass family. She could very well be Chuck’s mother; as Chuck pointed out, Bart had a lot of secrets and this could be one of them.
Then again, Elizabeth could be one of Bart’s girlfriends. She got pregnant around the same time Chuck’s mother got pregnant, and when both delivered around the same time, Bart had to hide his child with Elizabeth so not to have the affair and baby come out in the press, etc. Meaning that Chuck could have a half brother hiding somewhere. What’s your theory on Elizabeth? Is she the mother or not? And if not, who is she? Share your theories in comments below.
What I loved about Chuck’s storyline this week is the fact that Blair stood by her man even if it meant not being able to climb up the social ladder. Throwing away her chance to meet with the French man is a huge statement from Blair. It definitely shows that she loves Chuck and is willing to do a lot for him.
Serena and Nate
I’m glad Serena and Nate are back together, especially since it will mean less whining and stupidities from Serena. They need to stop listening to advice from Dan and Blair, though!
Jenny and Damien
It’s clear that Jenny will get, once again, in deep trouble. The fact that Damien quickly ditched Jenny for Serena makes me believe that when trouble arrives, Damien will find a way to put all the blame on Damien. How could the son of an ambassador deal drugs? Plus, won’t he have some sort of diplomatic immunity? Poor Jenny, if she only knew the demon that is Damien! Sadly, she’ll surely discover it too late.
Rufus and Lily
I’m NOT liking where this is going. Writers, if you are reading this, step away from Rufus and Lily and let them be in love and in peace! Worse is that it looks like Rufus may cheat on Lily! That is so unlike Rufus, and it’s not a pretty sight! Argh!
I hope Jenny crashes and burns soon so that Rufus and Lily can work together and rekindle their love while trying to save Jenny from Damien’s bad dealings.
Dan
Who cares about Dan anymore? Boring! I’m starting to think he should be written off. You?
The state dinner
A lot of shows try to have characters and guest stars speak other languages and, sadly, the scenes are botched because of bad pronunciation and wording. I still have nightmares of that ‘Alias’ episode where a French bad guy asks for “la pistole” when it should have been “le pistolet.”
Well, the French-Canadian that I am is pleased to say that the French spoken in this week’s episode was pretty good, except for Violet, who didn’t have the proper accent. The guy who introduced the Ambassador and his daughter was spot on, and Canadian Kevin Zegers, who plays Damien, spoke perfect French with a French-Canadian accent. Bravo ‘Gossip Girl’ for hiring the proper people to speak the language and having them say the right words. I’m wiling to give a pass on Violet’s accent on the fact that she may have studied abroad and lost her French accent. Language rant over. Thanks for reading!
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Dan, Olivia, Vanessa and Blair
The threesome has blown it for Dan.
He had both a girlfriend and a best friend. Now he’s got … well, he doesn’t have a girlfriend. Or the best friend he yearns for.
Dan is thinking he’s all that and even plans with Vanessa to see Morrissey live like they always do.
This irks Olivia, who offered to help Dan with his application to the playwriting program at Tisch, but is thwarted by Dan’s plans with V.
She ends up growing claws a little bit later, possibly due to exposure to Blair, and ruins the plans by volunteering herself and Dan for the fairy tale-themed cabaret night that Blair’s desperate to be involved in.
She lies and says she signed them up for it a month ago.
Dan goes to Vanessa with his idea about a “Snow White” musical featuring the songs of Tisch alumna Lady Gaga, blowing Olivia’s story.
He gets Vanessa to direct, managing to enrage both Blair and Olivia in one shot. Rehearsal’s awful, the ladies are tense, and Olivia storms off.
Olivia figures out that the real problem with the three of them is Dan, who hasn’t been able to face the fact that he has feelings for Vanessa.
She leaves the show halfway through, forcing Vanessa to take over her role and kiss Dan, according to the script.
Stop kidding yourself, she tells him, and later decides to take the movie.
Vanessa, meanwhile, approaches the two of them wanting to talk, and assures Olivia she has no feelings for Dan. Which leaves him in a rough spot.
Blair, meanwhile, tries to get Lady Gaga to perform to win over the NYU crowd, and in the end, she comes through, with Gaga singing her hit “Bad Romance.” Appropriate.
Serena and Nate
Serena shows up at work and is trying to do the right thing and stay away from Tripp until he moves to Washington, even though circumstance seems to keep throwing them together.
She turns to Nate for help, and like a trooper he keeps her company and keeps her busy to keep her away from Tripp until he leaves.
They go for a walk in the park. They get gelato. They get drunk.
Nate, who earlier lamented his lack of a girlfriend or a girl friend, confesses that he’s loved Serena. He moves in to kiss her.
But wouldn’t you know it, in walks Tripp, upset because he found out Maureen was responsible for the Hudson River hoax. He doesn’t want to be alone.
Nate tries to warn Serena off, stating the obvious, which is that Tripp is married. If you go with him now you’re going to cross the line, he tells her.
But the line just got a little blurry, says Serena. She leaves with Tripp and we see them kiss.
Jenny
Jenny’s bored, and Lily’s trying to set her up with a date with an eligible young man for the horticultural society ball.
She ends up spending the day with Damien, the son of a high-rolling diplomat hotel guest that Chuck’s trying to get in good with.
He’s cute, he’s originally from Brussels, and in the park the girls from another snooty prep school are watching jealously.
Then he starts playing with the sailboats in the pond, which Jenny finds nerdy until she learns it’s a means for him to deal drugs.
Jenny is enamored and goes with Damien to a club where he is about to make a drug deal, and even taking part as the one to actually hand over the money and the Ecstasy.
Then Chuck busts up the party, getting J out of there and throwing Damien and his diplomat father out of the hotel. Being with Damien may have been exciting, he warns her, but you don’t want to go there.
After he deposits her safely at home, Jenny texts Damien, saying she had fun and they should do it again. Scandalous!
This episode of Gossip Girl was all about backstabbing, schemes, lies and deceit.
We know, they all are. But this one even more than usual!
SERENA, NATE AND CARTER
Serena and Nate team up to get Carter off the hook with Buckleys, who are making him fly to Galveston, Tex., to work on a Buckley oil field.
Nate gets Serena into a high stakes poker game with the brother of the jilted Buckley, and puts down the initial $25,000 to get things going.
The hope is that she wins enough to buy Carter out of his forced labor.
When Serena starts blowing it, Nate throws a picture of his cousin Tripp, about to take a hit from a bong, in the pot as a winner-take-all bet.
Tripp is running for public office, and the Buckleys being their old rivals on the Republican side, giving up an amazing piece of Vanderbilt gossip was the ultimate bold more by Nate.
But he figures Carter’s freedom is worth the gamble.
He’s also got something up his own sleeve. As Serena plays, we see Nate on the phone with the real photo – and there is no bong.
Nate lied to Serena because he thought the real photo, which is actually just beer-filled, but has no bong, would actually make the Buckleys look bad, and make Tripp look good, if they did leak the bong one first.
But S isn’t happy and takes the real picture back to the Buckleys, which actually gets Carter off the hook from his trip to the Lone Star State.
Serena is let down anyway, though.
Carter, instead of being thrilled he’s off the hook, tells Serena he’d rather prove himself than have her feel sorry for him.
Then he gets in his limo and leaves Serena.
CHUCK, BLAIR, DAN, VANESSA AND OLIVIA
It was a pair of unlikely rivals who ended up going head to head over an unlikely prize – Blair vs. Vanessa over who gets to do a toast at an NYU parents weekend event.
On a normal day, it wouldn’t be a fair fight, but Vanessa stoops to levels we didn’t know she could reach in order to take B down. Gotta admire V’s gusto at least, right?
The short list for the speech has two people on it. Vanessa is one and Blair thinks she’s the other. But it turns out Dan’s girlfriend Olivia (Hilary Duff) is the school’s speaker of choice.
Olivia only agrees to do the big speech after Vanessa convinces Dan, who is positively smitten with her, to invite her to the event to meet his parents for the first time.
Vanessa realizes her gesture backfired and instead of pleading with Olivia honestly to let her do the speech (Vanessa had invited her mom, who we’ve never before seen, and this was kind of a big deal) she goes all Blair Waldorf on us.
V lies to Dan, telling him Olivia is nervous about meeting his parents and that he and Olivia should stay home and cook instead. Dan listens and Vanessa gets her speech back.
But is Vanessa just being played as part of Blair’s plot to get the speech?
It looks that way. Vanessa gets forced into taking the whole mess even further when Olivia asks why Dan changed his mind.
She tells Olivia that Dan’s parents don’t like movie stars.
Once Blair’s knocked Olivia out of the picture via Vanessa’s deceit, she calls in Chuck to finish off the plan and secure the speech for herself.
She convinces him to play some a scene out with Josh, the NYU guy in charge of deciding who speaks and gives the coveted freshman toast.
Chuck thinks it was part of their role-playing game and complies.
But it turns out a kiss with Chuck Bass was on a scavenger hunt list and Blair sold it to the speech guy and lied to Chuck to make it happen.
Oh yeah. Chuck kissed a guy, and when he learns he has been played, he did not like it. Not one bit. More on that in one moment.
Meanwhile, Vanessa is so steamed by Blair’s plot to get the speech, she confronts her. Blair tells Vanessa she is just plain better than her.
Vanessa grabs a microphone and confronts Blair again just as she’s about to speak. Blair spews about how she’s totally better than Vanessa and how she even lied to Chuck to make this speech happen.
The entire party hears the speech over the loudspeaker. Chuck leaves and Blair is devastated. Even Lily tells her she messed up big time.
Vanessa fesses up to Dan and Olivia, but not in time to save Olivia from making a fool of herself in front of Dan’s parents by playing up the Hollywood diva thing to make a point.
Olivia gets called up to speak after all and Vanessa is left out in the cold, embarrassed that her mother showed up to hear her speak and she completely blew it with this nonsense.
Vanessa and Blair actually bond and commiserate at the end. Guess that’s a silver lining.
Nate (Chace Crawford) and Bree (JoAnna Garcia) are holed up in her family’s New York apartment. Getting. It. On. He asks if the sneaking around is the only thing adding an element of hotness to their relationship.
She proposes that they spend 24 hours straight there and be themselves, to see if they are really attracted to each other or just the idea of their secret relationship.
Turns out the more they find out about each other the more clear that their feelings are legit – he even kept his boarding pass from their London flight. What a softie.
The last time we see them, though, we learn that Bree told her parents about Nate, even though she knows they wouldn’t approve, because she didn’t want to lie about someone so important to her. They really want to see where this thing goes.
SERENA AND CHUCK
As Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) prepares to go to Brown, she gets cold feet and decides she doesn’t want to … at least yet.
They have a big-time falling out, though, when she lets it slip during one of his business meetings that he wants to turn a New York property into a club. He planned to do that clandestinely, but she let it slip.
He calls her a train wreck and she storms out. Chuck then tells Rufus that Serena flaked on Brown, which Rufus is not pleased about, and makes a snotty Serena determined to get back at Chuck, with the help of Carter Baizen (Sebastian Stan).
She tells Carter she isn’t going to Brown and wants to meet up. Unbeknownst to him, they go to a bar where she knows Chuck is having a business meeting.
Sidling up to him, they sabotage this meeting as well by regaling Chuck’s business associates with sordid stories from his past. It’s not a pretty picture.
Leaving, Chuck says he only told Rufus about Brown because he was concerned about her.
Carter realizes he’s being used by Serena to get what she wants, and blows her off.
Back at the Humphreys’ Brooklyn loft, a melancholy Serena apologizes to Rufus for not listening to him earlier when he tried to urge her to go to Brown. She’s deferred her admission by a year now, however.
In a sweet gesture, Rufus says he was once in her shoes, deferring college to pursue music. As a true father figure wants to be more than just her mom’s new husband and offers to help her break the news to Lily.
Serena tells Blair that she’s staying in New York and then calls Carter to apologize. She says she trusts him and wants him for him, not just as her “bad habit.” They make out on the street.
THE NYU CROWD
Blair (Leighton Meester) is determined to maintain her Queen B status in college as she embarks on her first day at New York University. Well, it takes about five minutes before we realize that’s not to be.
Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) turns up as Blair’s roommate and all hell breaks loose. For Blair, at least. For everyone else, Georgina is quite popular.
G is even in with Vanessa (Jessica Szohr), who’s dating Scott now, incidentally. V wants to give G a second chance as a friend, despite her shady past.
B decides the best way to win over her fellow freshmen is to throw a fancy sushi party with Dorota’s help.
Dan, Vanessa, Georgina, Scott and everyone else has already scarfted four pizzas and watched V’s documentary down the hall, however. G tells B she’s now an outcast.
At this point B realizes that she doesn’t fit in and does the unthinkable – asks Dan to be her date to the rooftop party that night, to be hosted by Georgina.
It’s a classic college party with cheap beer in plastic cups, music blasting, people dancing awkwardly, Scott being all kinds of weird for no reason, etc.
Blair seems perfectly content being Dan’s date and trying to assimilate with her new classmates, but she’s secretly up to something. Something mean.
No, really, she got all of the people from Georgina’s Christian camp to crash the party. B then hijacks the mic from the DJ and outs G as a Jesus freak.
Just when it appears Blair has ruined G’s party and convinced the crowd to follow her to fancy clubs instead, Dan swoops in and has Georgina’s back.
Dan takes the microphone and addresses the crowd, informing them of what B did to embarrass G. He convinces everyone to stay and drink cheap beer with him. He’s the hero as the party continues, while Blair walks away alone!
Fortunately for B, she still has her man. She goes home to Chuck’s room and snuggles up to him in a really sweet moment. D, V, and G may rule NYU, but at least Chair’s love remains unscathed.
The next morning, Vanessa calls Dan to see what’s up. He says he’s pretty wrecked and will call her back. We see that he is waking up on the roof … with G in his lap! OMFG … or is it OMJC?
Blair finds Cyrus preparing for their Passover Seder dinner that night, and reminds him she won’t be coming, as she has an important wedding rehearsal for Nate’s cousin Tripp to attend. Cyrus offers to get her an interview at NYU, but she scoffs at that, and heads off to see Nate and his wealthy relatives, who she believes are her ticket to social-climbing stardom. Meanwhile, Chuck welcomes Serena back from Spain, by telling her about all the sex he’s been having. Serena says nothing happened in Spain but quiet lounging with Poppy and Gabriel, but Chuck asks how come he saw Poppy at a bar in NYC last week then. What’s she hiding now?
On the steps of the church, Nate tells Blair that he got into Columbia, all on his own no less. He is torn because Yale may be the better school, but his grandfather helped him get in there, and he’s determined not to owe anyone any favors. Something is bothering Nate. Maureen, Tripp’s fiancee, tells Blair that the prestigious Whitney junior committee thinks she’s too new on the scene to socialize. Ouch. Jenny is at home working on a plant science project with her new friend (and crush) named Wes. Rufus laments not having that much money, and Dan worries that he will never be able to afford Yale without financial aid. Jenny says that Wes’s mother owns a catering company, and that maybe he can work there for some extra money. That will give her a reason to ask him to dinner, for being cool and getting Dan a job. She makes the call. Dan agrees to do it, but out of pride, he doesn’t want his dad to know.
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Blair is in a costume with a basket of fruits. She then is in a weird accent asking Nate if he wants a flower, the girl next to him turns around and its Blair. The blair in costume says that she wants to go to Yale the Blair with Nae says to wake up. Turns out that it was a dream.
Blair is showing Cyrus some pictures of Blair and Nate, Eleanor comes in saying that the dinner “Seder” is very important, Blair informs them that she is late for the dress rehearsal of Nate’s cousin Tripp’s wedding. Cyrus says that he might be able to call in some favours to get her into N.Y.U.Blair informs that she’s going to be a socialite.
Serena comes back from Spain, Chuck comes in and asks how Spain was. Serena says that all she did was eat and swim. A girl comes in and Chuck says that she was last night’s entertainment. Chuck says that he saw Poppy at some bar and wonders how she could be two places at once.
Nate and Blair are kissing together on the front door step. Nate informs Blair that he got accepted to Columbia, but Maureen informs Blair that she’s not on the committee cause she’s too new.
Jenny is working on a plant project with a guy friend, Wes. Dan asks if it’s “professional” she says of course. Rufus comes talking on the phone about the tuition and then leaves to go to Lily’s. Jenny offers Dan a catering job cause her friend Wes owns a catering company. She then calls and says then I can invite him to Dinner for being so cool.
Grandfather is talking to Blair, he is persuading Blair to persuade Nate to choose Yale. Grandfather says that he would call to make sure Blair gets on the committee, Blair also demands that she must be a bridesmaid in return for persuading Nate (she doesn’t say it for persuading but she implies it)
Dorota is off cause she fell in love. Cyrus gets a phone call from Serena she says she needs a lawyer.
Rufus and Lily come back with a lot of shopping bags. Serena comes in and Lily asks for a moment. Lily says that she’s furious: trashing the apartment and running away, Lily says that she thinks the old Serena is back and she’s grounded.
Serena calls Blair, Blair says that she won’t be home and Serena kind of is glad.
Dan is in the van and gets out and it happens to be Eleanor Waldorf. Dan says that he’s going to feel awkward and wants to leave and Eleanor offers to pay double.
Nate is dressing up and Nate says that he doesn’t want to owe his Grandfather anything and then Nate leaves.
Cyrus and Serena walk in and Serena says that “I can’t just tell my mom I got married in Spain.” Dan walks in and says “What?” Serena is explaining to Dan that she doesn’t know if she even is married to Gabriel. Dan says its insulting cause they were together for a year and this guy comes in for less than a month and they get married.
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