his week on the Non-Judging Breakfast Pod, Leif and Steve dive into Gossip Girl Season 5 Episode 2: “Beauty and the Feast.”

Blair’s morning sickness raises suspicions, Chuck is literally fighting to feel something again, and Nate somehow stumbles into another questionable romance. Meanwhile, Ivy’s impersonation scheme keeps getting riskier and Dan may be the only person acting like an actual friend.

The hosts unpack the episode’s biggest moments, debate whether the writing helps or hurts the characters, and explore why Season 5 starts leaning into some truly chaotic plotlines.

Grab your coffee (or a mimosa) and join us at the breakfast table.

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I did run through that. Like, is this a fake

priest? No, because Louis knows him. Like, Louis

had the whole conversation with him and knows who

he is, so it doesn't seem like he's a fake priest.

He's just a priest. That goes outside the.

He's just a dirty priest.

He's just a dirty priest. I think we're just

calling them priests.

Yes, He's just a priest.

He's just a priest.

Hey, Upper East Siders and all you scandal loving

listeners out there, you've just tuned into the

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strong, the waffles are fresh, and the gossip is

hotter than ever. My name is Leif and I'm your

seasoned Gossip Girl veteran.

And I'm Steve, the newbie, the greenhorn, the

rookie, the. I don't know, Leif. What am I now in

season five?

I've considered them all. But no matter what, this

podcast was conceived out of love and I'm going to

record it.

Well, even if no one listens, Leif, you've still

got me. So here's the deal, folks. Leif has been

listening, watching Gossip Girl since it first

aired, and I'm diving in for the first time. And

together, we're your dynamic duo, bringing you all

the drama, romance, and sometimes questionable

fashion choices of this iconic 2007 series.

Bring your magnifying glasses, because each week

we're dissecting every juicy detail of the show

one episode at a time. We'll connect the dots,

uncover those sneaky little Easter eggs, and of

course, serve up some piping hot behind the scenes

tea. And expect some iconic phantom moments too,

because what's a deep dive without a little drama?

And since we are all about inclusivity here on the

non judging breakfast pod, there is always a seat

for you at the non judging breakfast table. So go

ahead and grab your mimosa, a cup of coffee or

roll up something from Chuck's medicine cabinet

and you won't feel a thing.

And before we start today, there's a sad week in

the teen drama world. James Vanderbeek passed away

from colorectic Cancel.

Yeah, it was. It's sad. He's like six months older

than me. Nine months older than me. Uh, which when

I, I remember seeing his birthday and being like,

damn. Like, uh, yeah, so, yeah, really sad. Um,

great, talented kid, um, who grew up into a

really. Yeah. When I came in, you were watching

Don't Trust the Bee, which I think his performance

on that show is just spectacular.

I just, yeah. Scrolling through all the tributes

on Instagram. Um, all the. It just seems like he's

such a good person.

Yeah. Like everybody genuinely loved him. I saw

Sarah Michelle Geller had said something about

growing up in TV together and some. Yeah,

but on some more positive things. Or at least

slightly more positive things.

I'm not sure.

Season five, Episode two of Gossip Girl, Beauty

and the Feast.

Yeah.

Original air date was October 3, 2011 slightly

more positive. And of course, the title is based

on Beauty and the Beast.

Yes. Yeah, of course.

One of my least favorite fairy tales.

Yeah. Yeah. Um, I mean, definitely teaches kids,

you know, hey, hey, little girls. You should find

that man who's really a piece of shit and tame him

and fix him.

Well, it's very much like Chuck and Blair.

It really is.

Forever Team Gaston. Gaston was right,

LeFou, I believe. I've been thinking.

Just because he was an asshole too, doesn't mean

he wasn't right.

I think.

Yeah.

She was kidnapped and held against her will. She

just fell in love, though. Stockholm syndrome. The

children's fairy tale.

This episode was written by Sarah Goodman. I

noticed that M. She had previously written the

Wrath of Khan, how to Succeed in Bassness, the

Hurt Locket, Ex husbands and Wives, Double

Identity, the Witches of Bushwick while you

weren't Sleeping, and Shattered Bass.

Which one's Witches of Bushwick?

That's the one where Jenny and Juliet and Vanessa

all team up and take down Serena. M. The Masked

Ball.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Because, uh, uh, every time she

writes an episode, it's a roller. I have the same

comment that she has some good episodes. She also

has some terrible episodes.

While youe Weren't Sleeping was a very good

episode that was directed by Norman Buckley.

Yeah, but Hurt Locket is one of my least favorite

episodes, I don't feel.

Not necessarily her fault.

What's that?

Not necessarily her fault.

Yeah. Yeah. It's not a good story.

Yeah, it's just a stupid fucking Chuck's mom

bullshit.

It was just a really dumb plotline.

Yeah. The episode was directed once, uh, again by

Mark Pizznarski who, uh, did the premiere episode

as well. So once again to back ep. It's like a two

part premiere just like last season.

Yeah, it makes sense to do. It's pretty much how

they've run it since second season, so.

But I think only he gets the opportunity to direct

both.

Both. Right.

Yeah.

Um. Oh, I thought Saffron and who was it? Goodman.

Did see the back to back. Did.

Well, they're writers. This. He's the direct.

Pizar is the director. Oh.

I. For Some reason I was thinking that the same

person directed last season, the first two also.

Yes. Yeah. Mark Pizar. That's what he said.

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, okay. He, he did, yeah.

Usually like. Yeah, it's usually a two part

premiere, but only he gets to the provision, I

think, uh, of directing both parts.

And he did it in the third and fourth season and

the first season. Oh, okay. All right. That's

right. I forgot he, I forgot that he did the

first, the season, the series,

the pilot and then also the wild brunch.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

And we get some new guest stars this week. We get

Roxanne Mosquita, or Mosquita as Beatrice

Grimaldi. Kind of interesting because before this

she's almost exclusively in French language stuff.

But then after Gossip Girl, it's almost all

Hollywood English language stuff.

Oh, interesting.

Yeah.

Uh, uh, it's, it's also interesting because. And,

and I don't, I don't haven't watched a lot of

French film or French media in general, but I know

I've criticized Louis acting a few times in this.

She acts the same. And I'm wondering if it's like

a cultural thing in, in filmmaking that it is just

like a little bit more. I feel they are both a

little dry and forced in, in their acting. And I

don't know if it's a struggling uh, with the

language versus the, the material and what they're

doing or if it is a stylistic thing and seeing

them paired together like Louis and Beatrice

actually had. It's, it's the first time that I've

really found Louis to have chemistry with someone

was when it was with Beatrice and, and, and it

wasn't, you know, romantic chemistry, but they

really felt like siblings and it was like this

pair works, but he doesn't seem to fit with

everything else. And neither did she. But she was

just didn't interact as much so.

And ah, I feel like that's kind of intentional.

Yeah, yeah, I think so too. I, I just felt like

they really lined up and I wonder. I do. I just

kind of had that thought of. I wonder if it's a

cultural thing or a process thing where French

actors have a different process or, or a, uh,

different expectation on what's going to be

delivered on screen.

We also get introduced to Marc Bernard playing

Father Cavalier.

Yes.

The hot dirty priest.

The dirty priest. Robin. Robin. Both times we

watched I thought they were not allowed to do

that. They're not.

But yeah. So he's had an interesting career. His

second role ever was a Show called Ocean Avenue,

where he did 183 out of 235 episodes all in one

year.

Wow. From 2002 to 2003, 183 episodes in one year.

Yeah, that has to be released, like, every other

day. Like, literally, you're releasing an episode

every other day.

Uh, it was a cop show, apparently, but it was a

daytime, so.

Oh, well, yeah, if it's a daytime soap, that makes

sense.

And then he did 66 episodes of a show called Watch

over me. And then after that, just, like, small

one off, and I've heard of Watch over me and one

or two episode recurring things. So that, uh, is

our guest stars. Why don't you give us that

vulture recap?

Sure thing. Uh, last night, it was as if a plague

had swept the Upper east side, one whose symptoms

were uniquely tailored to their hosts. Nearly

everyone on Gossip Girl was suffering. Blair was

the pregnantest pregnant person ever. For full of

bile and puke and inconvenient emotions. She wants

badly to be a princess, but, uh, the determination

of the creature inside of her to make trouble is

an almost certain indication of who its father is.

And it's not mild manner Louis, even if he is

surprisingly virile. Meanwhile, Chuck was

experiencing acute female hysteria. Dan was

lovelorn as ever, and Nate had an itch that only a

cougar could scratch. And then there was Serena,

who, as always, was suffering from chronic

stupidity.

Oh, my.

Serena in this episode is just one after another

of being like, who would do that? But then, like

m. Serena,

it really

is established that she really would do all of

what she does.

In this, we open Act 1 with a gossip Girl

monologue. Rise and shine, Upper east siders. It's

time for your annual checkup. Lucky for you,

doctors take their confidentiality seriously

around here. We open at Doroda's ultrasound

appointment. Blair is also in attendance and

surprisingly concerned about things. When the

doctor steps away, Dorota quickly realizes Blair

is also pregnant. But Blair says it has to stay

secret for now.

Yeah, we kind of saw this coming from last week,

and, yeah, man, this is a shark that didn't need

jumping. No, it really did.

And they're hitting, like, every single

stereotype.

Yeah. Yeah, it is. Yep. Every trip, every one of

them. And, like, so much more ridiculous than real

life.

And.

And, I mean, I know it's a TV show, but it's also,

like, come on, come on.

At the Empire, Nate is having some mechanical

issues, and Chuck is still feeling nothing. Nate

says the issue is mental rather than physical. He

is still Hung up on the mysterious woman from la.

He says his mom is helping him get an insurance

internship.

I like Chuck in this. I liked Chuck in this

episode. In general, despite the dumbness of the

Chuck storyline, the non Chuck storylines that

he's a part of were funny. This interaction with

Nate when he's like. When he's like, you know,

it's your. You've got that mom thing. She called,

by the way. Did she leave a number or any way to

get in touch? Last I checked, it was Ann

Archibald, and it's the same number she always

has. Uh, also, when he's like, maybe some

pharmaceutical help. Oh, no, no. I wish the weed.

I wish it was the weed. That's not what I mean. To

which Robin also responded, nate, take the pill

because you don't want to get a reputation

at the loft. Rufus is sad Dan isn't helping him

with breakfast. But Dan is too busy trying to

figure out which publisher has. His attempts to

hack the bank where Vanessa's check came from

aren't going great, so he calls Serena for advice.

She suggests asking Chuck for help as he has

relevant experience.

It's a good suggestion. You know? It is. It is.

Chuck is the guy that'll handle this kind of shady

stuff.

He would sleep with another woman at a bank. Yeah.

Just to get. Dan did. Yes. And I like a Dan. Chuck

team up, too, so I wasn't mad about that. It's

funny for. For. I think this episode was terrible

for, like, uh, a lot in a large part, but there's

a lot of stuff that I liked that they attempted.

You know, the dialogue is really good.

Yeah. The dialog is really good. The plot is just.

What are we doing here?

Max and Ivy are prepping for their respective

days. Max asks, uh, how his cooking is, and Ivy

wants to know which clogs make her look more like

a trustafarian. Max mentions a potential

opportunity in Portland if they were to move

again.

I like Max. I think Max is a good guy. I think

he's a sweet guy. I think he's really taking care

of Ivy.

He should just go to Portland.

But he should just go to Portland.

Yeah. Um, Stay away from these toxic people.

Yeah. Yeah. Max, you. She's doing you a favor by

the end of this. But. But he was. He the. In two

episodes, he's probably one of the most upstanding

men we've seen on Gossip Girl.

Just right away, they will chew you you up and

turn you into a shell. The man.

Yep. Yep. If you stay with them, you will be

accosting. Diplomat drug dealers. And. And yeah.

Does I be. Ever tell you to call her someone else?

Does Ivy ever tell you to call her Serena? It's

not as creepy now. We're not cool.

So that.

Yeah.

Louis explains the feast of assumption to Blair.

She is worried that she won't like his sister

Beatrice, who just then gets off the elevator and

greets the happy couple. Beatrice's perfume

triggers Blair's morning sickness.

Yep. Because everything is going to trigger

Blair's morning sickness. And, um, to a degree,

yes. This is something that happens. Right. I was

with somebody. I was the father to three

pregnancies, and my ex wife threw up one time in

three pregnancies. So, of course, everyone reacts

differently. She felt sick every morning when she

woke up every day for all nine for the first

trimester of all three pregnancies. Like that.

That was true. But, uh, and again, like, it is a

different experience for everybody, but just to

try to drive this home. And also, I think it was.

I think a lot of this was to repurpose the bulimia

from season one and kind of remind us we have

little reminders here and there about it. And I

felt like they really wanted to do a reminder

slash public service announcement because they.

They do this sometimes where, like, the STD thing

with Juliet, like, well, you should get tested,

and men don't show as often as. You know, they do

these PSA sort of episodes. I feel like they

really missed the mark on this one in a lot of the

execution.

Yeah. Because they kind of just made the bloomy a

joke.

Yes. Yeah. And other things that I'll get to

later. But, yes, it became a punchline, uh,

instead of a serious disease. Except for the one

time they mentioned that it's a serious disease.

Dan, thank you very much.

Yes. Well, Beatrice says it too. Beatrice does

say, um, to Louis, it's a. It's a horrible

disease. Yeah. But she's doing it out of judgment

of Blair and her character and trying to get. And

trying to throw. Yeah, trying. Yeah. She has

ulterior motives.

Ivy and Serena are at a restaurant, and Ivy

explains that Carol doesn't know that she's in la.

Ivy can't completely hide the shock at the fact

that Serena announces she's staying in la.

Ivy being, like, on top of her lies. I'm going to

give it to her that Ivy's pretty smart. You know,

she pulled off that first scheme and flawlessly,

you know, flawless victory when she came. When she

came back to Florida and Carol gave her the money.

Now when she's caught and she's able to just quick

fire off these like, uh, all these reasons why

everything is happening. Don't. Why she. Why you

shouldn't call my mom. Why she cut me off again.

She's just on top of it. I know that's not yet,

but she's just on top of it all the time. And I

like that for her character that they actually.

They are.

It's very reminiscent of an early Jetty.

Yes. I was just going to say they are trying to

bring someone in with Jenny's level of scheming

and.

Reactionary scheming.

Yes, reactionary scheming. That you could never

get Jenny for more than 30 seconds. You know, when

they locked her in the. The Waldorf store, you

remember, and she was. And she snuck her way out

of that. And it's that level of wit.

Back in New York, Blair is being polite and trying

to choke down some food and feigns happiness. When

Beatric announces she is extending her stay to get

to know Blair better. A nauseous Blair excuses

herself.

Okay, so here's the other thing about the morning

sickness throughout this episode. And again, this

is me personally. I know I'm not like other people

all the time, but if I feel like I'm going to be

sick, I've got like seconds to get somewhere. But

it's not like, oh man, I think I'm going to throw

up in the next 20 minutes. I better meander my way

to a bathroom which.

Well, Steve, you're not nearly the control freak

that Blair Waldo does.

You will stay in my stomach until I say so.

You have no trouble using mind authoring

substances.

That is also true. That relieve nausea.

You're much more of a Nate than a Blair.

Yeah, that's sadly true. Elizabeth Hurley. Um,

what you doing?

So Gossip Girl's little end act quip kind of goes

over the last two scenes and this is what she

says. They say misery loves company, but sometimes

it's the company that makes you miserable. But

nothing's worse than company that overstays their

welcome. Good luck, Bea. Have fun being the

hostess with the mostest. We move into Act 2. As

she walks out of the restaurant with Ivy, Serena

is explaining that she is taking a semester off

from Columbia to see how the job goes. Her only

problem is living with Cece isn't conducive to a

normal work schedule and suggests her and Ivy get

a place together.

Yeah, fun Rhodes women live together when they're

in California. It's tradition.

Throwback to Lillian.

Yeah, yeah, I Like that. I love the little

references to Cece that her bridge game got

violent at 2:00am

uh. Oh, boy. Too much gin.

Can you imagine the gin at that function? They

just probably have a tanker. A bar. It's just a

wall of just gallon bottles.

They probably have something much nicer than

tanker.

Yeah, I know, but I wouldn't want it. I love me

some tanker Ray. That's my drink is a Tanqueray on

the rocks. I got that from my dad. It's one of the

things that I still appreciate that I got from my

dad.

Dan is using the Gossip Girl spotted map to stalk

Chuck and finds him paying two large men to fight

him. When Dan threatens to call the cops, the guys

take off. Dan spots Chuck's bruises and becomes

concerned, but Chuck just walks away.

So we see Chuck on the video walking through this.

Is that.

That's later.

Oh, okay. Okay, you're right. Um, my bad. This is

just him. Yeah.

Ah. He just uses the spotted map, finds him in the

alley during the day.

Yeah. And gets there and the two. Are the two guys

shoving him at this point.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And when they hear cots, they're like, we didn't

sign up for this. And they run off.

Yeah. They leave. And Chuck is annoyed. And Dan

makes all of the assumptions as to. You're just

trying to get Blair's attention again, which

validates all of. All of Dan's assumptions are

completely valid.

Yeah.

I mean, if anyone has chronicled all of these

behaviors for the past four years, it's Dan. And

we know he has.

In a book at the Empire, Nate is making pot

brownies and still trying to track down the woman

from la. Chuck returns home followed by a still

concerned Dan. He finds Nate and explains the

situation with Chuck and thinks it's some kind of

scheme to get Blair's attention. Nate tells Chuck

he is going to call a doctor to check him out.

Chuck agrees without a fuss while grabbing a pot

brownie.

What a waste of pot the way that you just burnt

those brownies, too. Like, how do you burn store

box brownies, Nate? Come on. Come on, Nate. Of

course I don't.

They didn't look burnt when he took them out.

Yeah, and then they were fine when he actually

took them out. I, uh. Yeah, my daughter recently

came to me and was like, can we order some brownie

mix? And I was like, we don't do mix in this

house. I make amazing brownies if anyone's

curious, weed or otherwise. But usually, uh, my

edibles aren't brownies. I usually make Meals. I

usually infuse other stuff, like to make, uh, like

Mac and cheese.

Blair and Beatrice are bonding while walking

around the park. Beatrice explains about how many

guardrails are going to be around her life as the

concert to the ruling prince. She also explains

that her own brief time in the spotlight only

showed her that she didn't want it. Blair once

again excuses herself at the smell of a food cart.

Yeah. Um, and I guess this is the. Yeah, this is

when Beatrice first starts finding her angle. I'd

say when she sees her run off.

Yeah.

And starts thinking at this point that she has a

drug problem.

Ivy and Serena are looking at the perfect

apartment. But Ivy keeps making excuses why they

shouldn't take it. Serena strong harms her into

not only taking the apartment, but using one of

her stolen checks for the down payment.

That it was all. It was so Serena of her, you

know, to just. What does this mean? You don't want

to live with me? With her pouty face that she puts

on and it's like, no, she will just strong arm her

way into anything she wants. And, and why not? I

mean, it's how she's lived her life. Yeah. And,

and, and also, like, I'm, um, not mad at her about

it because Serena is not self aware enough to know

what she's doing. She's just trying to live with

her cousin in this beautiful fucking house on the

beach in la. Yeah, that's probably the rent. There

is probably a million dollars to start. You know,

not cheap.

No, not cheap. And you also know that Serena

probably is the one paying like, uh, you know, oh,

Charlie, you can just live here. You know, I'm

just gonna get a two bedroom. I don't expect you

to chip in much. I'm fine. But although, except

for the deposit here.

Well, from Suzerina's perspective, she, Charlie,

slash Ivy has tons of money. Exactly the same

amount of money she has.

Yeah. Yeah. Even more because she hasn't been

spending it.

Yeah.

Uh, since she turned 18.

After the doctor finishes checking up Chuck, he

explains to Nate that Chuck needs to stop taking

drugs and rest as his injuries are quite serious.

Yeah, you should see his medicine cabinet. I'm

just kidding. I was just kidding.

I love how he was like, like cracking jokes and

like, oh, wait, this is okay. This is serious. Uh,

no. Nate.

Beatrice and Blair return to the Waldorf apartment

and Blair once again excuses herself. Dorota tries

to usher Beatrice back into the elevator, but the

princess stops and accuses Blair of having a drug

problem. When Dorota Suggests it's just a

sensitive stomach. Beatrice immediately jumps to

bulimia. Dorota panics when she realizes she she

has said too much and runs off to make a tuna

melt. And Beatrice calls Louis and leaves a quick

message.

I love how it is the most, like, vomit inducing

food that she's like, no, no. I will prove to you

that she's fine. I'll make a tuna melt. That she

also knows Blair wouldn't eat right now. In with

everything that's going on forever or ever.

We move into Act 3. Nate finds Diana leaving his

mom's house and is excited, thinking she was there

looking for him, but soon disappointed to learn

she was there trying to get interview. An

interview with Anne for her newspaper. Nate still

fails to get her name.

Yeah, she's just at my house now. It's convenient,

Nate. It's really convenient.

Yeah, but that's just how easy Nate's life is,

though.

Yeah, it really is. It really is.

He has no reason to be suspicious because his life

normally is that easy.

Yeah. Oh, you did fly across the country to find

me. Awesome. I knew I was that awesome because

he's got Stab in it. Oh, Nate.

Oh, sweet, sweet Nate.

Walking the streets, Beatrice is telling Louis

about Blair's bulimia. But he says that Blair

already told him all about her old problem.

Beatrice insists the problem has resurfaced.

Um, it's funny, both Dorota and Louis mentioned it

being high school and. Okay, yeah, I guess we

started with them in junior year, so I guess it

was probably like freshman sophomore year, because

I really got the impression that it was well under

control, that it was that sort of a year before

Thanksgiving was when it was bad. Right. Like,

there's indications that the Thanksgiving she was

in recovery.

Like, she basically started a recovery, uh, right

before Thanksgiving of a year before the show

started.

Exactly. Yeah. That's what I was getting at. That

was what was sort of indicated all along. So I

guess that would have been ninth grade or tenth

grade. Yeah. So. Okay, well, and. And probably

ninth and tenth grade, if you think about it.

Like, it would probably start in ninth grade if

it's getting. If, uh, she's going into treatment.

The beginning of 10th grade.

We don't really know how long it lasted.

It could have been years. That's what, um, the.

That's kind of what I was trying to say is that

this probably went on longer than just high

school.

I think they say teenage, not high school. I know

that's what Dorota says.

I. I think they both. I Think that Louie says high

school. I think Dorota says teenage. I think Louie

says high school.

Ivy calls the realtor, wanting to cancel the check

she wrote for the apartment, only to learn that it

has already been denied and given back to Serena.

Um, dope. Should have called that quicker. Yeah,

but also, they walked out of there and were like,

okay, I need you to call this check in for me.

They don't even have mobile deposit yet. How'd

they get the check cashed that fast?

Lair and derota are doing some pregnancy botting,

and for once, a character is aware enough not to

spill the beans with potential lurkers around

every corner. Good thing, too, because Louie pops

in to check on Blair with Beatrice in tow. They

let her know that they moved the Feast of

Assumption to New York so Blair could experience

it. Blair is not too excited about the thought of

all that rich food.

Yeah, we just moved this whole feast across the

ocean today for you to be there instead. They were

supposed to go back to Monaco for this?

Yes. Uh, I mean, I'm not so worried about moving

the feast, because really, that's just cooking

food in a different spot. And also, it's a

Catholic tradition, so they probably were doing it

anyways.

They probably were doing it anyway. But now, what

about the people that you had invited? All the

people that are attending the one that you're

supposed to be at?

They probably still have that too.

Right? I'm just saying.

The part I'm more concerned about is. We know they

already play fast and loose with travel around New

York City, but now they're also. They're like.

They're like, uh. They're coming from Monaco to

New York and then back. Monaco in one day.

Yeah, exactly. That They're. That they just flew

in this morning. But also, if they just decide now

that they're moving it to tonight. Yeah, that

priest has to fly from Monaco and be here by the

next scene or at least three scenes from now.

Dan returns to the Empire to ask for Chuck's help,

but quickly realizes that Chuck might need his

help more. Dan fails to stop Chuck from leaving or

from the burn Chuck gave him on his way out the

door. I'm talking about full carnal knowledge.

Yeah. Uh, yeah.

It hurts, doesn't it?

I wish I could feel it. That was so good. I

laughed so hard at that. And, uh, again, I'm gonna

say this was one of Ed's better episodes. I felt.

Well, parts of it.

Yeah.

Some of it was really bad. Like the fighting

scenes where he's whispering. Acting was really

bad.

I kind of liked it for what it was. That. Like

that he's trying to pretend like he's not feeling

any of this. And Batman whispering his way through

everything because the plot was so dumb. I liked

how he did it, uh, but especially that look on his

face. Wish I could feel it as the elevator door

closed was just.

Ah. Once again, Gossip Girl's quip is split over

the final two scenes of the act. And she has this

to say. Lets hope Bea's first feast of assumption

doesn't end in damnation. A kiss is just a kiss.

Poor lonely boy. Even on the outer burrows of

love. We move into Act 4. Ivy returns to the

restaurant where, as Max points out, she was fired

from. She tells him she wants to go to Portland

with him and convinces him to pay, pack their bags

and leave tonight.

Ivy, it's a good instinct. It's a good instinct to

just pack up and get out of here and just

disappear again. And let Serena just think that

you hate her.

Yeah, just.

Just let her. You're better off if Serena thinks

you just hate her and don't want anything to do

with her.

Mhm.

Especially if Cece gets that shit unlocked for

you.

At the feast, Blair is fighting her nausea in

front of Beatrice and Louie. Blair is introduced

to Father Cavalier, the priest that will marry

them. Blair sees Dan across the church like a sign

from God and excuses herself to go talk to him.

Louis and Beatrice continue to argue over Blair's

condition.

Her line when she sees Dan and says, thank you

very much, I will never question the paternity of

your son again. That line, like, we know that

Blair doesn't come across as very religious. We

know that she, you know, she's also expressed many

liberal views on the show. And to have her come

out and, uh, say that she's always questioned the

paternity of Mary's son, I think is hilarious.

Yeah, I think that's the first step in

deconstruction.

Blair ignores what Dan is trying to tell her about

Chuck and grabs his hand and tells him to walk

with her.

Yep, and holds his hand as they're walking too,

which I thought was interesting. Dan, who's also

at this, uh, in a jeans and a T shirt, like, walks

in wearing what I would wear to a friend's house.

Yes, well, as we find out later, they were about

to welcome the homeless in as well.

Yes. Yes, that is true.

Nate found Diana's card and finally knows her

name. He has lured her back to the Archibald

townhouse. He attempts to trade an interview with

his mother for sex with Diana, who takes him up on

the offer. Right. In broad daylight.

Like. Right. Like you're just in a vestibule.

Yes.

And. And, like. And Nate's shirts off. Like, it's

not even, like, quickie pants, you know, waist

down, outside sex. It's, like, full on. Taking

shirts off and banging outside because of his

stamina. And so.

Yeah. Like a long session, presumably.

Yeah, yeah. Because it's an hour.

Yeah, yeah. They're gonna go out for, like, so

they probably got fully naked.

Yeah. Uh, yeah, right there. For an hour. And when

he's like. And also.

But his tout houses, family tower houses are right

there. Yeah, Just go inside, Nate.

Come on. Yeah. Or go, I don't know, anywhere you

want to. You live at a hotel m. Where you, you

know, you. You have options, Nate. And you chose

the vestibule. And also just Nate. How handsy he

got with her when she showed up. And he's like,

got his hands on her waist, like, bruh. Like, this

is not your girlfriend. Uh, Nate usually isn't. I

don't want to. It's not that he was aggressive in

terms of, like, um, angry aggression, but he was

aggressive in his.

Very forward.

Yeah, very forward and very handsy.

But because it's Nate, it works.

Yeah, he's got those dreamy blue eyes he m. Was

charming in. You know, there's that.

Ivy finds Serena waiting for her outside her

apartment. Serena says she's on tour, and of

course, Ivy assumes the worst.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit. I'm busted. I'm busted. How do

I get out of this? But Serena is too stupid, as.

As we soon find out.

Yes.

But first, Blair barges into the ladies room with

her security detail, AKA Dan, and kicks everyone

out. Blaire says he has her forgiveness if he

guards the door. Dan drops the you slept with

Chuck bomb, but Blair once again tells him to

guard the door. As she heads for the stall, Dan

hears Blair being sick and then goes and tells

Beatrice before telling her to leave. Dan, too, is

worried Blair's bulimia has resurfaced. However,

Blaire eventually yields and admits she is

pregnant just in time for Beatrice to come back in

and overhear.

Yeah, it's funny that Dan also tells the one

person not to tell. Oh, she's throwing up right

now. Princess is puking. And also the amount of

conversation that Blair is able to have before

throwing up. Uh, and another point that I meant to

bring up right before she got sick, the catalyst

for her getting sick was Beatrice feeding her the

babajon. The Babajon. When we talked about bulimia

being a punchline in this, Beatrice moved a feast

to put Blair in front of all of this food to shove

something in her face to see if she would throw it

up. So to out this person and their medical

issues, I'm going to force food into their face.

It was awful. Like, it's just not how to treat

people.

Steve, would you play the Game of Thrones?

Win or you die. You win or you die. At, uh.

Touche. Touche, Littlefinger. Touche. That was.

Cersei said that.

Oh, was it?

Yeah.

I thought it was Littlefinger.

This is what Gossip Girl has to say. While one

mother's life leads her to heaven, another is

going straight to hell in a Moses basket. We move

into Act 5. Outside the bathroom, Blair chases

down Beatrice and tells her that she is going to

tell Louis as soon as she knew the pregnancy was

okay. Louie only overhears part of the

conversation, but surprises. Beatrice surprisingly

covers for Blair. Dan sees a blast about Chuck

walking around a bad neighborhood and says he has

to go, but promises not to say anything about

Blair being preggers.

So first, Beatrice covering for Blair with letting

the homeless people in to eat, which I loved how

she was covering for Blair, which immediately you

kind of get the sense she's covering for Blair for

her own good, that she doesn't think being

pregnant is the scandal that bulimia would be. I

kind of clocked that right when that happened. The

other part of this was, oh, and also Blair's

reaction to feeding them, um, oh, and serve them.

Not to eat with them, but to serve them with, uh,

gloves on. With gloves on. So this is where the

close up of Chuck walking through the city to go

to this bad neighborhood. You're looking at it on

a phone, right? Am I to believe that that

perfectly framed shot was taken by someone's cell

phone and then blasted the Gossip Girl like it

was. It wasn't even a portrait image.

Right.

Even. Even then, cell phone footage either would

have been a, uh, closer to a square, or it would

have been a more portrait image. And this is just

Chuck perfectly framed with a close up, no less,

walking through the city. I thought that was

really just one of those funny things about the

show

where it's like, we had iPhones already at this

point.

We had iPhones. Uh, well, that's my point is that

the iPhones and stuff, for Chuck not to notice

somebody shooting that, they probably would have

had to be across the street, right? Yeah.

I mean, well, I just took it that Chuck Just

doesn't care because he's used to people taking

pictures of them.

Sure. That, too. I just felt like it was the. The

way that the camera angle moved and then stayed

still when he walked past. It just felt so shot,

which I know it is, but I guess my feeling is use

an iPhone to shoot that. Use the technology you're

trying to show. You have to make me feel a little

more immersed. And maybe nobody watching in 2011

cared. I just feel like looking back, it feels.

Come on, put the effort in, guys.

Serena naturally assumes Carol has cut Ivy off

from the trust fund again, and not that she is an

actress paid by her aunt to impersonate her

cousin. She tells Ivy that she'll make sure CeCe

unlocks her trust fund in a way that won't let

Carol know about it.

Something in this episode made me sad. It was the

realization that CeCe would do that for Ivy,

because CeCe doesn't know her grandchild, because

CeCe thought that Ivy, along with everybody else,

Cici, was there. So Cece also is duped into

thinking that Ivy is Charlie. And that made me sad

that. That she kept her kid that far away from her

mom that she couldn't recognize her. And I felt

for cece in that.

That leads me into my question I have for you.

What happened to the real Charlie and will we ever

meet her?

So I also thought about that. Right. I've assumed

the real Charlie is in Florida, not knowing that

her mom has her trust fund. And I do think we'll

meet her at some point. I feel like we have to for

the reveal. Right. There's the chance that she, I

don't know, died or something, and that Caroline

didn't want to let anyone know and just took the

money. But Charlie wasn't even expected to be in

that. In the city during the time that Caroline

visited. So the whole thing, I, uh, really felt

that Caroline just kept Charlie that far from the

family. There's also the chance maybe. Maybe she

lied about having a kid just so that she could one

day get the trust fund for that kid. I think

that's a little bit more of a stretch, but.

Well, Serena does mention at one point that they

spent time together on a yacht when they were

younger.

You're right. You're right. They have met as kids,

too. So, yeah, Mike, I do fully believe that

she'll show up. If she's alive.

Dan finds Chuck in a darkened alley, once again

being, uh, roughed up by the guys from earlier.

Dan catches a rabbit punch when he tries to Step

in, but eventually convinces Chuck to call them

off. After they leave, Chuck explains that he

feels nothing no matter what he does.

The punch on Dan was hilarious. The way that Dan

walks in is like, bam. He's like, yo, I'm not a

part of this. Like, with his bloody lip. Like,

dude. Uh. And it's not that Dan's afraid to throw

a punch, right? Like, we've seen Dan for Chuck.

We've seen him defend Chuck's honor before. So it

was really funny that he just walks up and takes

this punch, is like, dude. And they're like, oh,

my B. He said no one should interrupt us this

time. That's your safe word. Stop it.

I'm not trying to kill myself. Nate and Diana are

wrapping up their date, and I guess Nate's story

of how he convinced his mom to do an article

impressed her enough to offer him a job. Nate is a

little hesitant to go against his family again,

but how can he say no when she pulls him in for

the kiss?

So I was thinking last week that it was the family

bringing her in. Right? I had said that I. That it

seemed like a grandfather Ian thing to do to send

a honeypot to bring Nate back to the family, but

now she is. The family has this thing that they

want him to do, and she's taking him away from

that. So now his grandfather trying to pull him

away from Ann. Or is there some other thing? Or. I

mean, the other side of it is. Is it Howie? Is

Howie the one trying to get Nate away from the,

uh, Vanderbilts? So is Howie trying to get Nate

away from the Vanderbilts? Is now more of where

I'm leaning on it.

Howie have that kind of power?

Howie has that kind of charisma. Right? Howie has.

I know we don't see it, but I believe we're

supposed to believe it. He's this smooth talker

who is easily led and easily used, but he does

have that gift of gab we've seen. Uh, it's usually

because it's going to get him in trouble, but he

has, you know, shown that a little bit. So I'm

wondering if it is a Howie thing and not a

grandfather thing, because I can't think of who

else would be trying to other than unless they

tried to bring back the. What's the family that

they were feuding with?

Buckley's.

The Buckleys. So unless they're trying to bring

the Buckleys back into this, which I kind of felt

like that was done with Carter, I don't know.

Maybe they're Trying to bring the Buckleys back

into it. But I was thrown by this, by him going to

work for her. Not m surprised, just thrown from my

prediction.

Can we also take a moment to chuckle at the fact

that she is using a newspaper as the cornerstone

for her new media empire in 2011? Not exactly

forward thinking.

Yeah. And from here, I'm going to do all of these

other things for frame of reference. When I moved

back to Pennsylvania from California, I was

offered a job at. I was offered two jobs. One

selling used. Selling cars at a, uh, dealership in

Jersey, and the other selling newspaper ads in

Bucks county for the Courier Times. And that is

the job I went with because it was more in line

with my training as an English teacher. I was

like, okay, if I work for this newspaper company,

maybe I can find another avenue while I'm in

there. And let me tell you, in 2006, trying to

sell newspaper ads was already near impossible.

And the only success that I really had was I was.

It was a midterm year. There were midterm

elections happening, and I was only allowed to

sell advertisements to Republican candidates. And

my, uh, sales partner was only allowed to sell to

Democratic candidates. And those were the only

people that I was selling a lot of ads to. I would

sell, like, here and there. Like, I occasionally

get one run, or I had a list of people who were

regular clients that I could pop into and. And get

them, and they would just do their regular monthly

sales. But the large pull was just from

politicians that knew that the only people reading

the newspaper were the old folks who were gonna

vote.

Fair enough.

Yeah. I was with that job for, like, three or four

months because it just. You could smell the death

of the print media in the air. And I believe they

might still be around in some fashion still

printing papers, but, man, did it feel ridiculous.

Those boomers haven't died off yet.

Nope. Nope. I. Nope.

They're hanging on for dear life.

Nope. Just talked to mom yesterday. Love you, mom.

Please keep hanging on for dear life, Mom. And my

dad isn't going to die. I just think one day he is

going to crumble into dust and blow into the wind.

We go into the final break with this Gossip Girl

quip. Watch out, Nate. Looks like sex play may not

be the only game you're a pawn in. We move into

the epilogue. Back at the Empire. Dan has found a

WebMD diagnosis for Chuck's condition. Dan says

treatment involves making the patient try to feel

something again, but suggests trying for something

a little happier than pain. Dan then explains the

situation in his book. Chuck agrees to help, and

we get a Charlie Trout reference.

I really loved this scene, especially because of

that bit, the first part about the diagnosing.

And, hey, trying to feel something good. It was

nice.

It was a good.

Because it's.

I could tickle you, Steve.

Okay, just imagine if Chuck was like, okay, let's

try it. I liked that Dan was forthcoming about the

book. Hey, I wrote a book. It's about all of us,

and it's not good if it gets out to anyone. And

Chuck immediately is like, the return of Charlie

Trout. And he's like, yeah, pretty much. I like

the honesty, and I like that it's not. It's not a

matter of, you can't know I did this thing. It's.

You don't want this thing to get out. And it does

show that Dan is seeing these people as friends

now that he has a, uh, more of a friendly

relationship with them, including Chuck.

Uh-huh.

And it really felt like Dan is not ashamed of his

work. He's not apologetic about it. He just knows

that it could hurt people that are close to him.

Yeah. Max returns to the apartment, excited to hit

the road for Portland, but Ivy says she can't go

with him. She gets a text from Serena and breaks

up with him.

Yeah, man, you dodged a bullet here, Max. Go to

Portland, be a chef, and live your dream. You've

got the angle here. You are dodging a bullet. And

again, Max, congratulations on being one of the

nicest men to guest star on Gossip Girl. It's like

you and Cyrus.

This is not the last time we see Max.

Um, I'm really glad about that. I'm actually

really happy about that, and I hope he does stay a

good guy, but I, uh,

should have left the fort. Should have went to

Portland. Max.

Should have went to Portland. Mac.

In a limo, we see Beatrice is in cahoots with

Father Cavalier and explains why she didn't reveal

Blair's pregnancy. The two begin making out. Bon.

Uh, yeah, Robin, both times we watch this. Priests

aren't allowed to do that, are they?

No.

No, they are not. Oh. Is he really a priest?

Probably. He's not allowed to do that, though.

At least she's of consenting age.

At least.

Yeah.

At least she is of a consenting age. And. And it

is funny because, like, I did run through that.

Like, is this a fake priest? No, because Louis

knows him. Like, Louie had the whole conversation

with him and knows who he is, so it doesn't seem

like he's a fake priest. He's just a priest that

goes outside the.

He's just a dirty priest.

He's just a dirty priest. I think we're just

calling them priests.

Yes, He's just a priest.

He's just a priest.

Ivy finds Serena waiting next to a limo

downstairs. Also, it turns out Serena took the job

without asking the location, which just happens to

be in New York. How convenient.

How convenient.

Ivy can't help but accept when Serena invites her

to go along for the ride. Walking that fine line,

Ivy. Walking that line.

Yeah. Uh, yeah, Ivy. This is where you dip this. I

mean, because you could just. Right here.

Hey, look, I like la.

I like la. This is where I want to be. This is

where I want to stay. But instead you're like,

well, Serena's pressuring me to go to New York

with her, so I might as well go live that life

again. And, uh. Uh, yeah, you should have stayed

in la, Charlie. Or just going to Portland.

Portland.

Yeah. Now that. Now that you have the trust fund.

Yeah, yeah, now you got the. Now that it's easy.

Unlock the trust fund, get. Write yourself one big

check and disappear. Because, of course, you can't

just live off the trust fund indefinitely, because

eventually Carol will see it and be like, hey, why

are you giving money to this stranger that I

hired? So maybe she wouldn't. I don't know.

Blair once again shows up at the loft as it's

clear that Dan has become her safe harbor. Blair

is in denial about the possibility of Chuck being

the father, but Dan urges her to at least consider

the possibility. When Blair is worried about

losing everything, Dan does give the cliche, you

still have me. She lays her head on his shoulder,

giving him ample opportunity to sniff her hair.

I had to catch myself because when he said. When

he said it, I was like, aw, wait, no, you were

just bashing Nate about this two episodes ago.

It's just that I want them together that much.

That much more.

Uh, uh.

Because, you know, she has to lose everything

here, and that's going to leave her with Dan. The

train is rolling, and so Dan's. You still have me.

And I don't feel like that was. It wasn't Blair

losing her family. It was Blair losing her love

and this dream of being a princess, that. That's

what she's worried about. And it's. I do feel like

it's not quite the same as, like, my mom's dead

and my dad is going to jail or my mom is dead and

my dad is not a good guy, and I can't be Involved

with him. I. I do feel like. Like it would have

been more inappropriate for Nate to say it, but

like I said, I had to check myself because I did

get the awe for that. And then was like, oh, I

criticized Nate for that also. There is this part

of me, and maybe I'm just being ridiculous on it,

that there was a moment that I thought that it

could have been Dan's baby. Here's why. The piece

that he got Louis not to publish, there's the

whole the end of it thing that he and Rufus talked

about. And Rufus was like, well, if that really.

That's just creative license, right? And Dan was

like, well, the writer never tells. Now there's

indication that that was just a kiss. Dan said I

was the last one to kiss her. There are a few

times they talked about a kiss, but that

interaction with Rufus. And there was another one

in that episode that made me question if Dan and

Blair slept together before Chuck. Ah, at the end

of the summer or at the. Or I mean, at the

beginning of the summer before everything really

took off with her and Louie. So. But Dan never

questions, is it mine? Which is what made me

think, okay, I'm off base here. Because if

anything, Dan would be the one to be like, it, uh,

could also be me, but he never does that.

And also, I think Blair is not treating him as a

sexual person at all. She's treating him like a

friend.

She is. Well, that's how she's treating him.

I'm just talking about sensitive breasts and all

that.

Yeah, no, yeah, completely. Almost a Serena stand

in.

Yeah.

Only one that she will just cuddle with, you know,

so.

Well, she's cuddled with Serena before, too.

She has. She has. You're right. Yeah.

And this is what Gossip Girl says as the episode

ends. How well do any of us really know each

other? Uh, even families have their secrets. They

say blood is thicker than water, but it's also a

lot harder to clean up when it spills. Maybe it's

not the blood bonds that make us a family. Perhaps

it's the people who know our secrets and love us

anyway so we can finally be ourselves. XOXO Gossip

Girl. That is our episode. What is coming next?

Um.

Um, well, there's gonna be a pregnancy reveal to,

uh, Louie and Chuck. So I think that this might be

what makes Chuck feel something again. That, you

know, he has hope that he has a baby on the way.

So I think that's gonna also create a whole

whirlwind. There's gonna be a time when Blair

Finds out who the father is. So that's coming. I

do feel like Blair is about to lose Chuck and

Louie, and it's going to send her back to Dan. I

think that they really. They've been playing up to

that all along, and now the foreshadowing in this

episode just really shoehorned that. I think Ivy

is full cast now. And so how do you catch her and

maintain her in here in the Upper east side

without the money? So she either has to not get

caught for a long time or completely revamp

herself. So I'm, um, feeling like she's just not

going to be able to get caught. And that's going

to bring Caroline in. The real Charlie.

Carol.

Carol. The real Carol and Charlie back into the

fold at some point. Yeah. They're going to stay

with Cece until they go back. So it seems like at

least one more episode in California maybe, which

is different than they usually do. Usually it's

two episodes, and then they're back, like, so. I

thought that was interesting. Yeah, I don't really

have. I don't feel like there was much to go on in

this episode either, though. But I think that. I

think that we're coming to the end of Louis. I

feel like. Yeah. Episode 11 is usually the Dan

Serena. Right.

Ten.

Ten is usually Dan Serena. And the 11 is usually

Thanksgiving. No, I guess that's different every

time.

Yeah. 11's not anything in particular.

Okay. Okay. It's the 10th. Other than the fact

that I know that that's when Vulture gave up. Yes.

So, uh, it's funny because I'm trying to think of,

like, what is coming.

It's often the first episode back from the winter

break.

Oh. Following Christmas. Okay.

Because there's usually, like, a month off from TV

episodes.

Yeah. Right.

Any other predictions?

I think that's it for today.

Moving into the segments. Hello there. Peabody

here. And this is the Wayback Machine for

traveling through time.

And this is my boy, German. Speak German.

Hello. Goodbye. This week in fandom, we jumped

into the Wayback Machine to travel to the

Television without pity forums from 2011. Their

overall impression of the episode. Mid Average.

Okay.

Yeah. Yeah. Kind of dumb, I felt.

Yes. Welcome to season five.

Oh.

Dan and Blair have to get together by the end of

the season.

Yes. By mid. Come on. By mid season. Stop it. Stop

it. By mid season, Nate or himself.

To an older woman again.

Uh-huh.

Really?

At least this time it's more voluntary.

What? Started out voluntary the first time, too.

I guess it always does, doesn't it, Nate? You

dumb, dumb bastard.

Intrigued by Beatrice as a character.

Sure.

Kind of chaotic and fun.

Yeah, I'm into it.

Dan is a better friend to these people than they

deserve. Why does not Nate not care about Chuck at

all?

Yes, yes. All facts.

I, uh, mean, they're, like, literally together,

and he doesn't even notice this. Like.

Yeah, yeah. He is just totally, like, uh,

oblivious. Yeah. I mean, because he's so obsessed

with his own thing. And it's also just Chuck being

Chuck to a degree, you know? Oh, Chuck's not

feeling stuff. Cool.

Chuck's associates path.

Yep. Oh, Chuck's sociopath. Yeah.

Shocker. They've been very happy with Serita, and

they're worried that her returning to New York

City will just be her returning to the norm.

Yeah. Yeah. Because even though I thought she was

kind of an asshole in this episode, I don't think

that she was intentionally an asshole. I think

that it's just, yeah, we're gonna live together.

That's what we do. Come on. And why wouldn't we?

Yeah. Just kind of bullies her way into things.

But I don't think she does it intentionally.

And I agree she does it intentionally, but not

maliciously.

Not maliciously, but. And I agree that, uh. And I

don't think that. I think that to Serena, it's

like, oh, this is a logical step for us to do. And

not bullying the way it actually is. You know, I

don't think that she sees it as bullying, but it

is. But I also concur that she had, uh, such a

glow up at the end of season four. I'm a little

nervous about her going back for season five.

And finally, Chuck and Dan. Please, sir. Uh, can I

have some more?

Yes. Yeah. They're great together. They really

are.

They Duck, duck, duck.

We're shipping duck now.

That is it for this week in Phantom. Though,

Moving into episode grades, it is my week to go

first. Like we've been saying, very average

episode. Only kind of highlight is that final

scene with Dan and Blair. Ah. Uh. And the Chuck

and Dan stuff as well. So I ended up with a C

plus.

Yeah, I gave it a solid C for the same reasons.

The Chuck and Dan stuff was good. The ending and

that last scene with Dan and Blair is good.

There's a couple other pieces peppered in that I

was like, okay, but for the most part, solid C.

Moving over to Stockwatch. Going up. I had Dan

because he was a good friend to everyone. Blair

and Chuck, uh, Nate because he got laid again. And

he looks like he's Got a job.

Yeah. Doesn't know he's getting played.

I had Louie going up because he was not putting up

with his sister's nonsense and he was defending

his fiance. So good for him.

Mhm.

I had Diana going up because she also got laid and

it looks like her scheme is going to plan. She's

roping that Nate in with her honey potato. I had

Dorota going up because she had, uh, someone a

pregnancy bond with, and she's walking a very fine

line. But right now she just got that trust fund.

So I got Ivy going up. Who do you got going up?

Uh, I also had Dan. Same thing. Good friend.

Especially good friend to Blair and Chuck. I also

had Nate going up for being clueless as he's

getting played. He's getting the sex and job. I

can't be mad at that. I also had pain. Uh, what's

her name?

Diana.

Diana Payne. Going up. Uh, again, she's running a

scheme. I don't know what it is, but it's working.

So good job with that. I had. I, um, think that

might be. I didn't give Louie an up. I get where

you're coming from, but I also. I didn't give it

to him. I am going to give it. Give the up to

Beatrice though, because I do feel like her

scheme. Well. Nah, never mind. Oh, but I'll give

it to the priest because, you know, he pulled one

over on everyone and got to be a bad priest for

me.

Going down. I had Chuck because he feels nothing.

I had Vanessa going down because she was mentioned

and sucks. I had Beatrice going down because her

scheme kind of failed and she didn't get anywhere.

And then I also had the disappointed woman leaving

Nate's room. Going down. Uh, she didn't get

nothing out of that. Who do you have going?

At least Nate could have gone down. So I am going

to send Chuck down again like you said, for not

feeling anything and just being kind of in a bad

plot. Stuck in a bad plot line right now. I. I did

not. I'm not going to give Beatrix a down. I feel

like she ended on a, uh, on a neutral for me

because, yes, the scheme didn't quite work out,

but I feel like she is still trying to find her

scheme. That. That was just sort of grasping at

straws, but she's looking for something deeper, so

I don't. I was. I'm just going to leave her

neutral on that. Oh, the realtor, who, instead of

calling Charlie when the check bounced, called

Serena to let her know the check bounced. So I'm

going to end up on my spreadsheet putting her into

the assistance column. But the realtor kind of

fucked Ivy on that. So I'm going to send her down

and I think that's it for me. But here's the best

outfits from the last episode we've seen.

Moving over to best outfits for me, I had

Beatrice's striped purple dress from Ms.

Sunny. Yep. Yeah, there wasn't a lot to choose

from this episode and it was kind of between that

and Blair, but I really felt like she had head to

toe, had a better look.

That is it for segments. Do you have anything you

would like to plug?

I will say I just started reading, uh, the

audiobook of dungeon crawler Carl. Not sure if

you've heard of it. It is a comedy book about the

post apocalyptic. Basically Earth is turned into a

giant dungeon and this random guy is trying to

make his way through it. The audiobook is read by

Jeff Hayes, I think his name is. And his cadence

and tone sounds like Patrick Warburton and H. John

Benjamin had a baby and a baby voice and that's

the voice that is narrating this and it is

perfect. It is just so well done and really

captures the, the humorous tones and stuff like

that. So I, I definitely, I'm not done it. So

maybe the ending sucks, but 16 chapters in. This

is a really good read. Also you can find my

Instagram and Tik tok Steve Marshan M A R C H I O

N Follow me there. For all the fun stuff I post

I am going to give an anti plug I've heard for

years you have to read Grant Morrison's new X Men

run and I'm about 10 issues in and it's. It's

okay.

Is that the one from like the, the late 90s?

No, uh, it's like 2014.

Oh, okay. Oh, all right. That's a much newer but

it's new. X Men is the title.

Yeah. Not a fan.

Yeah.

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Season 5, Episode 3, the Jewel of Denial. I like

that the episode description reads, nate must

decide whether to cross moral lines. At Diana's

request, Dan has figured out who is publishing his

book. Serena and Charlie return to the Upper east

side from California.

All right, I I'm intrigued by some of that denial.

Not just a river in Egypt.

Yep.

But until next time, you know you love us.

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are you ever gonna see everything you mean to me?

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