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The True Meaning of "Gossip Girl"

November 29, 2007 at 3:45 PM | 2 Comments

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The word of the day for episode nine, "Blair Waldorf Must Pie," is FLASHBACK! We followed two Thanksgivings simultaneously this week, and what a whirlwind of delicious backstory it was. To keep it all straight, we've divided the episode by time frame to summarize what we now know about Humphrey, Waldorf, Van der Woodson et al.

Last year's stuffing: Flavored with the seeds of discontent! The Waldorfs hosted that Thanksgiving and Momma Waldorf invited a male model, whom we don't see, but we know Papa Waldorf eventually ran away with him, despite his wife saying, "Not this one, Harold." A soused Serena ran out in front of a cab, was rescued by Dan (on his way to the family feast, including Mom!) and taken by Blair to the Waldorf celebration, where she had a fully-clothed water fight with Nate and Serena shouted, "I'm the king of the world!" Nate's dad wouldn't sit down to dinner because he was wrapping up the deal that is the source of his current legal troubles, also known as "that deal with the Dutch company." Also, Blair is just recovering from bulimia.

This year's stuffing: Bittersweet, like cranberries! Blair finds out her mom told her dad not to come for Thanksgiving, even though it was his favorite holiday, and she has an eating-related relapse involving dessert. Beforehand, she uninvited the van der Woodsons from dinner after Serena criticized her for sleeping with Chuck, so Serena, Eric and Lily go to the scary world of Brooklyn for dinner with the Humphrey clan. Unfortunately for Lily, Alison Humphrey is back and ready for blood when her former romantic rival crosses the threshold. All of the kids find out that Rufus and Lily once slept together, and they promptly excuse themselves. Alison asks Rufus to choose between the women, and he chooses her over Lily. Meanwhile, Nate's Thanksgiving is also ruined when his dad finishes off his pie with whiskey and Vicodin and lands in the hospital. So that's one hospital visit, one forthcoming divorce and one very shaky marriage? At least everyone got a decent meal!

We're not awarding a Prep of the Ep this week because this episode was so dark for a Very Special Thanksgiving, we actually thought, "Wow, these families are really messed up." Maybe it was a wise decision to slot this episode into the week after Thanksgiving. Oh no, are we getting sappy? That is so not de rigeur.

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