Gossip Girl: No Amnesia for Chuck, Vanessa Will be Back

Good news and bad news.

The good news, first: Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello has assured us that Gossip Girl will not play the amnesia card with alive-and-squinting Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) when the series returns next season. That Chuck will lose his memory after getting mugged and shot on the season finale was top of mind on Gossip Girl fans’ after CW confirmed that the Chucker will have “a new identity” when he joins now ex Blair (Leighton Meester) and Serena (Blake Lively) in Paris next season.

“Season 4 will open with a radiant Serena and Blair enjoying their grand and romantic summer in Paris. Until Chuck mysteriously arrives in town with a new girlfriend and a new identity,” the synopsis read. EW repeats: “The little Bass-tard will emerge from his near-death experience a very changed man,” but: no amnesia.

As for Nate (Chace Crawford), whose storyline will be heavily anticipated after his much-publicized marijuana ordeal, a new love interest is in the offing for Mr. Archibald. Gossip Girl is currently casting for that character, which can very well say something about the future (or lack of which) of Serenate.

For the bad news, at least for the Vanessa non-fans. Jessica Szohr, whose character left to go shoot a documentary somewhere, said Gossip Girl producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage promised that we’ll get to “learn more” about Vanessa’s character this season.

“She’s going to start getting more real estate so you get to learn more about her character and where she comes from.”

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