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New York: Who's Your Poppy? Gossip Girl Goes Ponzi Scheme

JetSetCD — 2009-05-05T10:31:47-05:00

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Previously: Georgina is back! Apparently her new role on Gossip Girl is to fulfill a certain quota of Jesus mentions per episode, because the majority of her lines in both last week's and this week's episodes involve her naming Mr. Christ as her leader down the road of goodness. In the mean time, Serena is trying to recoup the investor's money lost to boyfriend ~~Madoff~~ Gabriel by pretending she's pregnant to get him to come around again. Also, Blair is on the fence about whether to throw herself at Chuck again or fall in with Nate for good by making the leap to live together.

Currently: In a cab on the Queensboro Bridge, heading back into the city with Georgina, Chuck both literally and figuratively re-enters the muck of Manhattan. In yet another symbolic twist, Serena is gifted her grandmother's bracelet by her mom, tying her closer into the van der Woodsen family and setting up neat plot twists to come.

New York: 'What The Hell Is Butter?'

egw — 2009-04-28T10:26:39-05:00

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Previously: Serena met a nice boy who remembered her from her wild days and liked her anyway; Blair and Nate broke up but got back together again, since neither of them could really figure out what to do otherwise.

Finally, the geocentric episode of Gossip Girl we've all been waiting for! Our favorite Upper East Siders didn't go to NoHo restaurant and nightclub Butter this week but it became the proof that Serena's new golden boy Gabriel was more than a little bit tarnished.

Here's how it went down: Gabriel seemed like the perfect guy but he was always mysteriously disappearing! Blair and Chuck teamed up to do some recon and found out something funny: Gabriel claimed to have met Serena and Georgina at Butter last year, but Butter was closed that night because Blair hired the bartender to perform at a party to sabotage Nelly Yuki (see "He Broke Up With Me At A Flo Rida Concert!"). Serena didn't accept this proof until she tricked Gabriel during pillow talk by showing he didn't know Georgina at all.

New York: The Gossip Girl Tour Bus Should Just Stick to Season One Hangouts

egw — 2009-04-21T12:31:31-05:00

We know that the upcoming Gossip Girl Tour is limited for several reasons (specifically: 5) but as Season 2 continues with its frantic storylines, we advise On Location Tours to just stick to the good-ole hangouts of Season 1.

Previously: 800 years ago, Chuck tried to hook up with Jenny; Blair found herself scant on college options; Serena ran off to Spain with Poppy and Blair reunited with Nate.

We'll just cut to the chase and point out that this episode ends with an orgy of apologies. Given what happened to Bart Bass, we can only assume everyone on the show is now going to die, to which we say: Don't you dare, Show. That is not a good way to write around the fact that many of your main characters are about to graduate from high school.

Onto the drama.

New York: Uh Oh. Is It War?

egw — 2009-01-20T10:33:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/5957/blairrampage.jpg"> <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Gossip-Girl-Map"><img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/4912/gossip_girl_map_th.jpg" align="right"></a> Previously: Chuck finds a morality clause in his way to inheriting Bass Industries; Dan and Serena struggled with the concept that they might have a half-sibling, but even if they don't, their parents are totally doin' it. And a long time ago, Blair and Serena both wanted to go to Yale. A little late, but we'll take it: Anyone at or above the age of "Gossip Girl"'s protagonist probably knows that early-decision news is a December event, not a mid-January reckoning. But this week's action-packed episode closed out one arc while neatly setting up conflicts that could consume the rest of the season. Well done, writers. Yale is finally getting back to the students of Constance Billiard and the suspense is killing them. Blair is woken up by her dad, stepdad/model Roman and Dorota wearing Yale togs and bearing a bulldog (Yale mascot!) to celebrate the pending acceptance, even though she doesn't hear until she gets to school. The verdict: Waitlisted... a crushing blow for Queen B, who manages to find out that someone else at Constance has "her" slot in the freshman class. That someone is Serena, who is overjoyed that Dan got in but no longer sure that she would like to attend or trigger a massive rift between herself and her BFF. When Serena discovers Yale wants to issue a press release about her acceptance, she decides to decline, making Blair overjoyed and Dan fretting about the potential distance between Providence and New Haven. (Note: It's about 2 hours on the train. Get over it!) Then again, Blair claims not to have applied to any other colleges. Great role model! <img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/5957/lily_chuck_jackblock.jpg"> Meanwhile, Chuck's attempts to get Uncle Jack to break the morality clause for himself -- including having him tailed by trannies and attempting to order anthrax on his company credit card -- all come to naught until he pairs up with Lily, who has a better idea: Jack has taken control of Bass Industries based on his status as Chuck's guardian. But unbeknownst to him, or Chuck, the late great Bart Bass made a move to adopt Serena and Eric, and in turn to have Chuck adopted by Lily. Since the dead guy had already drawn up the papers, all his son has to do is sign to make Lily the interim head of Bass Industries. Everyone eventually converges on the opera, which is "Tristan un Isolde" -- a <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/production.aspx?id=10095&detect=yes">recent offering of the Metropolitan Opera</a>, although this section of the episode was clearly not filmed in the Met's home. Nate pretends to be surprised when Vanessa has bought him nosebleed seats, even though he was going to treat her to the family box -- apparently he's been dropping mad cash on her since the Archibald funds were un-frozen. (Not enough drama in this arc!) Rufus tries to impress the crowds with info Eric fed him about opera, but to no avail. And exultant, Blair decides to trick the

New York: It's So Hard Finding Obedient Minions

egw — 2009-01-13T09:16:01-05:00

Previously: Uncle Jack shows up, ostensibly to help out Chuck at this difficult time. Rufus and Lily grapple with the knowledge that they have a son, a secret Dan is forced to keep from Serena, and Blair tries to get into High Society.

In between last week's recap and this week's, we discovered our mom was watching "Gossip Girl" on DVD, in which teenagers do everything we weren't allowed to do in high school. Mom's taste runs more to "Grey's Anatomy" and "Pushing Daisies" than "90210" or "The OC," but we applaud her for trying new and potentially unsettling things. "I mean honestly," she asked, "are there 16- or 17-year-olds who drink constantly?" And she wasn't even referring to Chuck!

If we were going through what our favorite Upper East Siders went through this week, we'd probably be drinking way more. At the reading of Bart's will, Chuck discovers he will own the majority of Bass Industries--while his uncle gets Australia. Er, the Australian division.

New York: Where In The World Is Chuck Bass?

egw — 2009-01-06T09:15:44-05:00

Previously: Bart Bass kicked it, making Chuck angry, Blair ready to say "I love you," Serena conflicted (but still jetting off to ~~Brazil~~ Argentina (thanks, eagle-eyed tipster!) with Aaron) and Lily and Rufus alone again after the revelation that they had a kid (!).

It's a new year! But the whole crowd is falling back into its old ways. Blair is getting manic about social conquest--this week, being accepted into the exclusive Colony Club. After breaking up with Aaron on the plane to Rio, Serena and Dan are back together. Jenny is back at Constance Billiard, hopefully with a backbone this time, and Chuck Bass evidently spent the hiatus smoking hash with Thai hookers.

New York: I'll Hold Back Your Hair

egw — 2008-12-09T09:15:27-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="/files/5957/bart_bass_newspaper.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Gossip-Girl-Map"><img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/4912/gossip_girl_map_th.jpg" align="right"></a> Previously: Bart was rushing to reclaim his wifey at the ball, where Blair and Chuck were concluding again that they can't be together and Serena and Dan were reminiscing about their first night together. Lily had just decided to leave him when... We all mourn in our own ways. While Bart Bass, who had "more towers than Trump, more bucks than Bloomberg," merited both the front page of the New York Journal and the news box on Gossip Girl, he apparently didn't rate a tearful hospital scene. Instead, we dip into the Upper East Side apartments where the grieving is being done, in whatever forms it takes. Lily's mom CeCe is drinking gin with breakfast, Blair is actually eating something (bagels and lox with Cyrus, specifically) and Lily is running a zillion errands, including sneaking off into the park to meet Rufus. "I'm waiting for you this time," Rufus says. "Six months, six years, I'll be here." And a super-wasted Chuck meets with the private investigator who, if he was in the accident with Bart, escaped with nary a scratch. He's angry at Lily, because "Bitch is the reason my father is dead," but the PI still has one secret left to sell about Lily and the hospital--and before he died, Bart left her a voicemail confirming that he knew. At the funeral, Dan and Aaron decide to compete over who's better for Serena. Jenny shows up to support Eric (his ex-boyfriend shows later), and Nate shows up to literally support Chuck, who is drunk and throws Dan out and yells at Lily, "Don't touch me, whore." We don't see the actual funeral, but at the wake, Cyrus decides he can't wait any longer to marry Eleanor (and Jenny happens to be around in time to offer to make a suit for a ceremony the night after). Aaron buys Serena a ticket to Buenos Aires for Christmas but she's not sure she wants to go. (Look, no one turns down a free trip to Argentina. We'd even go with Creepy Aaron.) And Lily slaps Chuck after he says Bart's blood is on her hands. Before the wedding, Dan finally gets up the nerve to ask Serena not to go to Argentina with her boyfriend, but it's too late--and Serena already knows that Lily's in love with Rufus and feels they deserve to be together. And in this ceremony, there are no surprises... except the presence of this bridesmaid: <img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/5957/eleanor_cyrus_wedding.jpg"> DOROTA!!!! Is there anything she can't do? <img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/5957/grief_chuck.jpg"> After brushing off Blair's plea that she loves him, Chuck won the bidding war for Lily's secret after CeCe refused to bid. Lily comes to confront Chuck about it and beg him not to damage her last chance at happiness. At long last, he decides to burn the report. Thank goodness there are copies somewhere. And... finally! He goes to Blair, not because he's drunk or because someone else has her, but because he