Episode 7, Part 2: Halloween in Manhattan

Love at first bite?


Dan watched Endless Knights (based on the Twilight series), the movie that Olivia starred in, and was upset because of the sex scene between Olivia and her co-star, Patrick Roberts. Apparently, Patrick Roberts was Olivia’s boyfriend at the time and the scene wasn’t just acting. Patrick Roberts is supposed to be like Robert Pattison. Olivia’s publicist doesn’t want her and Dan to be dating; she wants Olivia to still be dating Patrick Roberts so he can have publicity.

Chuck is still mad at Blair for using him in the last episode and he wants to run his business his own way. Chuck asks Serena to be the publicist for the opening of his Speakeasy on Halloween. The only problem is Chuck’s liquor permit hadn’t been approved yet. Chuck gets a call that his liquor permit gets approved and finds out that Blair called Jack Bass, the man who tried to take over Bass Industries, which Chuck’s father left to Chuck in his will.

Chuck and Blair figured that Jack would try to get them in trouble and that the permit probably wasn’t approved yet, so they called the cops and busted their own party. This way they got tons of publicity. The only one who was upset was Serena because she wanted the party to be a success to impress KC, her boss.


In the end, Olivia and Dan go public with their relationship and Serena pretends that she is dating Patrick Roberts. Serena’s boss was happy because of the publicity but told her she would have to really start dating Patrick. Go figure!

Episode 7, Part 1: Trick-or-Treat

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. ~Mason Cooley

Rufus is really into Halloween. He dresses up, even donning a black wig, and wants to pass out candy even though Lily knows that there will be no trick-or-treaters. Lily actually hires a group of children to act like trick-or-treaters. They even come to the door multiple times after changing costumes. Rufus figures out what Lily has done and laughs about it. He said he appreciated that Lily wanted him to enjoy passing out candy to kids like he did in Brooklyn. I think that this is so cute! Lily and Rufus are finally together and acting the way a couple in love should.

Little J has decided to accept her role as Queen at Constance and is now trying to maintain her status. So when her stepbrother and friend, Eric sits above her and the mean girls on the Met steps it is unacceptable. Jenny orders her minions to dump their yogurt all over Eric, forcing Eric to go home and change clothes. I am disappointed in Jenny. Eric has been a loyal friend to her for so long, why would she jeopardize their friendship for some girls she doesn’t like anyways. I know Jenny is being pressured by Blair and by others to be Queen but she needs to realize what matters more is her friendship with Eric. I think Jenny will somehow make it up to Eric for being so mean to him. She has made mistakes in the past, but she always comes around eventually.

Episode 6, Part 2: Love and Hate on the Upper East Side

Why does love always feel like a battlefield?

Serena and Nate are trying to help Carter pay off his debt so he doesn’t have to go work on the Buckley’s oil rig in Texas. This seems so stereotypical. Really, the rich Texans are having Carter work on their oil rig? Anyways, Nate wants Serena to play Bree’s brother in poker because he says he played with Bree’s family before and knows how Bree’s brother plays and what he says when a hand is hot. Apparently Bree’s brother did something unexpected and Serena lost Nate’s money and couldn’t pay off Carter’s debt. Nate also betted a photo of his cousin Tripp Van der Bilt at a batchelor party doing drugs and since Serena lost he gave the photo to Bree’s brother. Later Serena overhears Nate talking to his grandfather about the poker game. Nate told his grandfather that the photo of Tripp was edited and the real one didn’t have a bong in it. Nate planted the photo to discredit the Buckley’s name and make Tripp win the upcoming election. Serena realized that Nate used her to help his family; he didn’t care about Carter at all!

Even though Nate shouldn’t have used Serena, I understand that he is mad at Bree and the Buckley’s for using him to get to Carter. I kind of feel bad for Nate right now because he seems to have such bad luck with relationships. He dated Blair, who slept with his best friend. He always had feelings for Serena, but when he finally told her she was dating Dan. Then, he got between Jenny and Vanessa’s friendship when he tried to date both of them on Season 2, so that didn’t work out. Nate also dated an older, married woman in exchange for money and now the mess with Bree. How can anyone have such relationship problems?

Episode 6, Part 1: Oh, the Destructive Nature of Ambition

It’s all about getting what you want, or at least trying…

For parents weekend at NYU, there is a party with a toast by one member of the freshman class. Olivia Burke is supposed to be the speaker, while Vanessa is the back-up. However, Blair Waldorf can’t let an opportunity to be in the spotlight pass her by. While Blair is trying to worm her way into the spotlight, Vanessa finds out that Olivia is the intended speaker. So even though Olivia was going to go to the dinner with Dan’s parents, Vanessa convinces Dan to cook something for Olivia at home so she won’t go to the dinner. A lot of the reason Vanessa did this was because she had already told her parents she was speaking and her mom was coming to see her. It is unlike Vanessa to want to be in the spotlight and impress others, but I think she deserves time in the spotlight. I was slightly disappointed when Vanessa didn’t get to speak because she seemed to be the one who truly deserved it. Blair is always trying to be the best and ruin others’ lives, so she definitely didn’t deserve it and Olivia is an actress so she already gets tons of attention. I wanted Vanessa’s mother to watch Vanessa’s speech and be proud of her. Instead, Vanessa didn’t get to speak and her mother told her “Look what this school is turning you into.” I know hard it is to do something when your parents don’t support you, even if you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do. If you aren’t supported you tend to question if what you are doing is truly right. Dan seems to be one of the only people that support Vanessa but since she lied to him, he might not be able to trust her as much anymore.

How did Blair try to force her way in to be in the spotlight? She used the one she loves the most, Chuck. She actually made Chuck try to seduce Ellis, the man in charge of who gives the toast. Chuck was actually kissed by him! Chuck doesn’t seem to care until he finds out Blair used him to try and be the speaker at the dinner. Things have gone way too far and Blair just needs to give her ambition a rest for a while! She is hurting everyone she ever cared about.

Episode 5, Part 2: Revenge is Sweet

It is better to forgive and forget they say, but sometimes revenge is oh so sweet...

Nate finds out that Bree Buckley has only been using him to get to Carter. Apparently, Carter owed a huge amount of money in gambling debts and used Brie to get his debt paid off. How did he do this? Well, Brie fell in love with him and he proposed to her so the Buckley’s paid off his debt. But, before the wedding occurred Carter backed out. Brie had already gotten a dress, flowers, etc. So now Nate is mad at Bree, Bree is mad at Carter, and Serena is mad at Carter. Carter is definitely the one to blame most in this situation because Bree only used Nate because Carter did such a horrible thing to her. As a woman, I can’t imagine planning a wedding with the man I love only to be dumped right before the wedding. As bad as it seems, I think many people in Brie’s situation would do anything they could for revenge. I also hope that the relationship between Serena and Carter ends because Serena has really gotten to see what kind of man Carter is. Why would she stay with someone who treats others so cruelly? With Bree out of the picture and Carter possibly out of the picture, will Serena and Nate get together?

In the end of the episode, Carter is seen in between Bree’s two huge, football-playing cousins in the back of a limousine. I wonder where they are taking him. It looks like Brie may get her revenge after all.


Blair also gets revenge on Georgina at the end of the episode. Blair’s servant, Dorota, has a man claiming to be a prince, take Georgina away to Belarus. Go Dorota! I guess Blair thinks this will get Georgina out of her way for awhile. However, this seems totally unrealistic to me. Why would Georgina go away to Belarus with a man she has never seen before in her life? But, Georgina is crazy and maybe she would really do something like that.

Episode 5, Part 1: When to Let Go

At last, the truth comes out…

Lily and Rufus are finally getting married! Rufus and Lily have been in a bit of a disagreement about Serena’s decision not to go to Brown. Rufus and Lily talk and wonder why they don’t just take a leap of faith and get married soon. Rufus tells Lily to stop looking for an excuse to not get married and they set the date for the following day. As the wedding is about to begin, Lily tells Rufus that she isn’t ready to get married and they start arguing. Just at that moment, Scott and Georgina appear. Georgina tells Lily and Rufus that Scott is their son, but Scott had already run away when he saw his parents arguing. Rufus and Lily catch Scott and tell him they really love each other and Lily just was having a hard time letting go of her fear of loving someone fully. It was good to see Lily finally admitting her fear and telling Rufus that she was afraid of having her heart broken by him. I was also glad that someone (even if it was Georgina) finally told Lily and Rufus that Scott was their son. It seemed almost like fate that the couple found out who their son was on their wedding day. They seemed to have come full circle and it was like they were falling in love like they did 20 years previously. Later that night, the couple did get married with a few family members and friends by a preacher hired through a “sketchy service on the internet,” as she said. I think that this even made the wedding more special because it showed that all Lily and Rufus needed were each other. Lily was no longer worried about impressing others and throwing a massive wedding just because she is Lily Bass.

Episode 4, Part 2: Who Will Rule the School?

Dan and his sister, Jenny, both seem to be facing challenges with others…

After Blair proclaimed that Jenny was the new Queen at Constance since Blair graduated, Jenny realizes she doesn’t want the old hierarchy system. Jenny makes a speech on the Met steps saying that there will be no hierarchy and everyone is equal. Some of the girls tell Blair that Jenny “is ruining everything” and Blair goes into a fury. Personally, I don’t understand why Blair cares if there is a Queen Bee at Constance now that she is gone. Why does it even matter to her who the popular students are? Chuck and Jenny get Blair to back off, but in the end of the episode Jenny is shown order other girls around. Maybe “Little J” has accepted her role as Queen, which kind of disappoints me because Jenny has been one of the more independent characters on Gossip Girl.

Dan meets a girl at a hot dog stand (kind of random) when she lends him the change he needed. The girl is actually a movie star, Olivia Burke (played by Hilary Duff). She tells Dan her name is Kate because she wants to have a “normal college experience” and doesn’t want him to know that she is famous. Dan sees Olivia again and he tells her that she is “refreshingly normal,” and that he hated it when his last girlfriend was always in the spotlight. Olivia thinks that their relationship is over. This seems like a random thing for Dan to say because he never seemed to mind when Serena was the center of attention. It seemed that the writers of Gossip Girl just wanted to add some drama when making Dan and Olivia get together.

Episode 4, Part 1: College Doubts

"Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation" - Vietnamese Proverb

In my opinion, this episode was fairly boring. It seemed as though not as much happened as usual in a Gossip Girl episode. Both Serena and Blair are having doubts about college, but basically for opposite reasons. Serena says she wants to “find herself” before she goes to college. Blair, on the other hand, obviously knows who she is, but wants others to know who she is.

Blair, who still wants to be Queen Bee, actually talks about wanting to rule over other students at NYU. This is almost comical how ridiculous it is! One of the things about a big university is that no one knows who you are. Just like here at Chapel Hill, for better or for worse, you realize that it is so different from high school. In high school, you had a certain reputation or were categorized based on who you hung out with. But, in college since no one knows who you were in high school you can be whoever you want to be. The popular people in high school may be no one in college, while the geekiest kid may be a huge partier. I already have friends from high school who have done things here at UNC that I never would have expected.

Serena tells her mom and Rufus that she wants to wait a year to enroll in Brown because she needs to find out who she really is. She tries to get a job working in publicity for Tyra Banks, whose name is Ursula, in this episode. This was so weird to me and Tyra looked kind of scary in this episode. Anyways, Serena gets fired for doing the right thing and Lily is still pushing her to go to Brown. I think a lot of this has to do with Serena trying to find her dad. She doesn’t feel complete until she knows her dad loves her. It is understandable how Serena feels but she can’t let her family’s past affect the decisions she makes in the future. In the end of this episode Serena packs her bags and says she is leaving, but not for Brown. I wonder if she will try to find her father again.