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It's So Hard Finding Obedient Minions

January 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM | by | Comments (4)

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.

But there's a morality clause Chuck doesn't know about, so Jack conspires to get Chuck out on the town with some lovely ladies and "accidentally" presents him to the Bass board the morning after. In doing so, Chuck breaks a date with Blair, who is working overtime so he doesn't find out she slept with Uncle Jack last week.

Meanwhile, Lily and Rufus are in Boston to try and meet with their son's adoptive family, and Dan labors mightily to make sure Serena doesn't find out--something Blair's former minions just won't have. They know he has a secret, so they go through his locker and accost him when he's shopping with Vanessa for candy at Dylan's Candy Bar on the east side (recommended!), but when the formerly disgraced Nelly Yuki steals his phone, they find out--and GG broadcasts--the real reason Dan's being so shady. Still, Serena and Dan decide to stay together because of "Clueless." Remember how Cher and Josh got together in the end even though he was her ex-stepbrother? Just like them, S. and D. don't share any DNA that we know of.

Oh yeah, and the kid? The adoptive father tells Lily and Rufus he drowned in a boating accident, then--in a last-minute reversal even we didn't see coming--reveals that that was his other kid, and Young Master Van Der Hump is still out there somewhere. (They didn't want to tell the visiting team for fear they would be sued out of a son. What?!) Now casting: Lonelyboy II?

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Line of the night

Chuck Bass, pretending to be Bart Bass, being disappointed with his son as usual: "Why do you wear so much purple?" Ha! Also, um, Cher and Josh didn't share any DNA either. Hence, step-siblings. And ex-step-siblings to boot, as opposed to soon-to-be-step-siblings like S/D. I've never understood why everyone finds that so icky. It's a good day in the step-sib world if they can even view each other as human, no?

Deva, you are right

Guess I need to watch Clueless again. Darn!

missed that

Agh, i missed that line about wearing too much purple. But I did catch that "eclairs reserved" sign. It troubles me that some poor assistant on the GG set had to design and print that. I hope it ends up on ebay; it got just as much face time in this episode as Nate

Ha!

@JetSetCD That got an out-loud guffaw out of me. Poor Nate. Stuck off-camera with Vanessa for all eternity. @egw Happy to provide an excuse for a Clueless refresher! Classic! (Speaking of which, I think we should bring "Betty" and "Baldwin" back. As in, Nate is a total Baldwin. Who's with me?!)

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