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Hey, Upper East Siders and all you Scandal Loving listeners out there. You've just tuned into the

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hotter than ever. I'm Leif, your seasoned gossip girl veteran. And I'm Steve, your newbie, your

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would label you as a project, you know. The girls who have the potential to be a Blair. Alright, well

then dress me up in an Eleanor Waldorf original and let's get started. Sounds good. Uh, so folks,

here's the deal. Leif has been living and breathing gossip girl since the beginning. I'm

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there is always a seat for you at the non-judging breakfast table, so go ahead and grab your coffee

or a mimosa if it's that kind of morning and let's dive into it. Alright, today we are going to be

talking about season one, episode three, Hoisin Ivy. Steve, do you know what that title is

referencing? I do Leif because, uh, partially because we've had a little conversation about it,

but it is the Drew Barrymore movie from I think the 90s that is, it was one of the few things my dad

wouldn't let me watch. It also has Sarah Gilbert from Roseanne. Oh, no kidding. Yeah, that's,

she's the actual daughter, she's the daughter. Yeah, that's right. Barrymore is the best friend,

he's the juicest of dad. Yeah, and like, and I was in love with Drew Barrymore since I was four years old

watching ET. And like I said, my dad, it was like, no, no, no, do not watch this movie. No, it's

totally inappropriate. Watch Revenge of the Nerds. Go watch Police Academy, that's much more.

I mean, it is pretty inappropriate, but I mean, Right. Yeah, but yeah, those are as well. Yeah,

yeah, those were all, those were giving messages that I were super inappropriate for the, however,

like 10 year old I was when those came out. Yes. So this episode was written by Felicia Henderson.

She is a solid 20 plus year TV writer and did stuff like Moisha, Sister to Sister. Everybody hates

Chris, Empire, the Netflix Punisher show and probably the biggest thing she did was Fridge.

What was the TVD again? Which one? Oh, that's the director. Sorry, I thought I got jumped ahead.

Yes, yes, it was directed by J. Miller Tobin. Also as a 20 year TV veteran director. He's done stuff

like Oz, Hack, The Mountain, which I only mentioned because Penn Badgley was on it. It was a

short lived show on the WB before Gossip Girl. Also did some Terminator, Seracronic Chronicles,

Supernatural, Pretty Little Wires, The Vampire Diaries. Vampire Diaries. And that's the one that

I didn't recognize. Yes. And we're going to go Oz too. That's a bit of a leap. Yeah, I mean, a couple of

HBO shows. The Hack is also, I believe, an HBO show. Oh, yeah, yeah. Was that, was that? I vaguely

remember Hack. And so anyways, we're going to go ahead and jump right in. No cold open again this

week. So we go right into Act One. Jenny and the choir sing acapella as the upper classmen,

whether prepared for Ivy Week at the Constance, Constance Billard and St. Jude. As the students

arrive at school, Chuck gives Dan an angry stare as they cross paths in the courtyard. Nate and Chuck

are chatting. Nate and Chuck are chatting. And Blair, a lot of guys and Smile across the crowd at

each other. Um, yeah, I mean, they're they're building that, that tension back up, you know,

kind of boiled over from the previous week. Also, the song that they're singing is, and now I forgot

it again. Glamorous by Furgy. Yeah, glamorous by Furgy. So like that, I really, it was really cool

to, you know, have the choir do what was at the time, you know, a big hit song. And to hear that

arrangement was really fun. So the choir finishes its song as the students are all gathered in an

assembly hall to announce the assignments for Ivy Week. And also Jenny and the choir, how

interesting. I never, who would have thought that she would want to be a singer? Yeah, I think that

they did that to Plakator probably. Yeah, yeah, I was I was I had that thought on on rewatch of, yeah.

So the choir finishes its song as the students are all gathered in an assembly hall to announce the

assignments for Ivy Week. Chuck and Nate all are sneak off for a puff. Blair and the minions are

wondering where Serene is. And then we flash back to their individual mornings. Um, yeah. And, uh,

yeah, we're not we're not seeing a whole lot yet still. We're just, you know, setting up these

scenes. Once again, establishing that that Chuck and Nate like to imbibe with the devil's lettuce.

Yes, they like a quick puff and we're a long puff sometimes. Anyway, so we flash back and we see in

the Brooklyn loft, Rufus and Jenny are giving Dan a pep talk about getting into his chosen favorite

school, Dartmouth. And like, this is one of the rare moments where you actually see a little bit of

tension between Jenny and Dan that, you know, sibling stuff, they're not fighting, they're not

arguing. They're just teasing. Yeah, they're teasing, but he's like, actually he's irritated

by his little sister. That's just because he's irritated in general that morning. Yeah. He's

already, he's already having a bad morning. Yeah. See him cutting his face, shaving, you got, yeah.

Everything, everything is going wrong. Yeah. Everything's coming up millhouse for Dan today.

Yeah. And, and, but, but it was also, it's, I guess the bigger point I was, I was making was how, how

great that sibling relationship is played, how, how it's portrayed by the two of them. They really

are seamless. They, they know each other's buttons and how to push them. And it's just, it just

really makes you feel, it makes me miss my little sister, you know? And yeah, and I definitely think

that it comes down to the actors. They had great chemistry. I recently listened to Taylor Monson

came on Pat Badgley's podcast, actually. Oh, no. They still have great chemistry together.

That's, that's really, he sees very like protective over real life even. It's like, you

know, she's out like in her twenties and. Yeah. And a punk fan doing her thing. Should my mic be

pointing directly at me instead of straight up in the air? Am I doing that? It sounded. Yeah. It's a

dynamic, but it's not as the directional as the condenser mics. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And so then we

see Nate and his father running in the park and the captain once again lays down the law. Nate's

priority should be focused on Dartmouth, law school and Blair. And is this where, is this where

he beats him? That's later. Is that later? Okay. Well, so yeah, yeah, that's at the end of the

episode. Yeah. Yeah, it's later. But yes, so we get the good, we get the contrast between Dan and Nate.

While Rufus has expectations for Dan, his expectations is just that Dan works hard to get

what he wants to get. Yeah. As opposed to the captain who wants Nate to work hard to get what the

captain wants. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And Nate who doesn't have to work hard to get what the captain

wants. Yeah. Nate can actively work against his best interest. We see. As we, well, and I'm all,

yeah, as we see. But his dad is still riding and to put in the effort anyway. Right. Well, and the

biggest thing with that is to me is the, not just putting in the effort to succeed, but the Blair

stuff. Like you have to maintain this relationship because I'm working on a business

deal with her mom. So does he work for Burgdorf's? Yes. I don't know if they really explain this yet,

but basically the deal is the captain is an investment banker and Eleanor Waldorf has a

design line that is about to go public. And he wants to be the company, he wants to be the one that takes

her, you know, does the IPO. Yeah. He does. He does in this episode, say to Nate about that, that he

will, that he has business going on with Blair's mom. Right. That is, that is definitely

established. And then, and so we have the parent who is putting money over their kid, like

prostituting their kid. Yeah. Like, like they're, they're, they're their income and their

business deals are more important and their kid following their exact path to do this to their own

kid. Like here's Nate who's being shoved down this, this avenue to like marry this girl who, hey,

16 year old son, marry this girl so I can get this business transaction, traditional concepts of

marriage. You know, like, and, and, and this whole thing is going to, yeah, it's a, it's, it's a

business transaction and I need you as part of my business transaction. Yes. Well, you know, the

Vanderbilt's are old money that goes back to royalty and they, the old traditions die hard.

They are, you know, still trying to use marriage as the original concept, which is, yeah, for a

variety of alliances and yeah, yeah, political and monetary gain. Yeah. Those old families that

old traditions die hard. Yeah. And, and, you know, I think that Nate is just self aware enough to see

that this is, that he's not only expected to do all of these things, but then he's supposed to have

kids to do the same things, you know, like, which he doesn't want that either. You know, he wants, he

wants a different life than what's being laid out for him. But that, but that bit between the, the,

you know, prostituting your child out, it was, was something that I really like, really snagged with

me. Yeah. The upper East side parents are pretty horrible. Yeah. Yeah. And I feel like we're going

to talk about that more at some point. Yeah, probably. I don't know what, anyways, we see Blair

is at the penthouse talking to, to Dorota about following her father to her dream school of Yale.

And as, so we, we initially just see the body moving around. We don't see the face. So we kind of assume

she's talking to her mother, but it, oh, but it actually turns out to be Dorota the maid. Yeah. And

it's the first time that we meet Dorota too. Yeah. Which I, which, you know, I remember having that

thought of like, oh, this is, you know, her, oh, her mom's back because I believe the previous episode

she said that she was out in France. Yeah. All right. Oh, and yeah. And, and yeah, then Dorota

turns around and it's, oh, she's talking to, you know, the maid, the, the maid or nanny or, and my, my

first thought was actually nanny, which it was like, you know, you seem a little old for a nanny,

but okay. But then she has the maid, you know, maid, maid makes a lot more sense though. She has the maid

uniform on? Yep. Okay. She sure does. That's why, that's why it makes more sense. And then Lily and

Serena are in the hotel room and Serena is clearly running behind her dream school is brown. Yeah.

Yeah. Um, which also was her mom's school, she said. I believe so. Yes. Yeah. There, there,

there, because she said something about, she joked about something else, but like, yeah, she

wanted to go. She, she, she is not afraid to follow in her mom's footsteps. Correct. At this point.

And Brown is still at Ivy League school, but it's kind of known as the more relaxed of the Ivy's.

Yeah. Um, and so we got the contrast between the answer. We also get the contrast between Serena

and Blair. Uh, one obviously is that, you know, Blair is super organized and prim and proper.

Well, Serena is just like a whirlwind. Yeah. I went through the house to look at for stuff. Yep. And

then on the other side, you get the, the eating. Um, Blair eats like one little grape and Serena is like

stuffing her face with her size. Yeah. Yeah. Lots of carbs. Yeah. You, you, you were, you're, you're

seeing now the very first episode, her mom made the comment about, you'll never be as young, pretty or

thin as you are now. And now you're seeing that that, that there are food issues. Like she is, she

does have a bad relationship with food. And then, uh, so after that, we see Serena bumps into Dan as

everyone is leaving the assembly. They have an awkward miscommunication where Dan believes

Serena is asking about the relationship being over, but she was really asking about the assembly

as Dan leaves, Blair walks up and sluts him Serena. Yeah. Like rude. Um, but like you're, you're

already winning Blair. You're like just walk on by and leave a be, but that's, that doesn't seem like

Blair's nap style, but also not a good look for Dan. He's a little, little cocky there. A little too

cocky. Yeah. Well, yeah. They will Dan and it's funny because you see Dan's awkward side always

pop out and his awkward and like shy. But then he also has that cocky side to do them where it's like,

and it's so funny because like they're so reversed in how they should be and how he should be using

them. You know, like, you know, he's, he's awkward and shy when he shouldn't, when he doesn't need to

be, and then he's cocky and arrogant when he should be a little more humble. Like, it's like, find a

balance, dude. Yes. Um, I think that could possibly be Penn Badgley coming out some in the

character. Yeah. And yeah. So I pretty early in the gospel girl's reign, it came out like they found

posts that he, like he had made like when he was like 13 on like metal message boards. Oh, and he's like

super cocky. That's all good shit. So like, for the first time in a while, I've been like, I've been

like, I've been like, 40 year old guys and stuff. Oh, that's fantastic. Um, so there we, so we see on

the, out on the field hockey field, tensions between Serena and Blair continue to rise and even

get physical. The peers get Blair gets the upper hand by over emphasizing an injury. The scene is

scored by the song. I got it from my mama by will I am. Yeah. Then when she, when she takes that hit and

she's like looking her dead in the eyes and it is, it's, you know, oh man, it's like, again, like it

makes me miss my little sister. Like it is just that like, oh, oh man, I'm gonna, like, because there's

nothing like a 10 seconds away. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's, yeah, she sits there. She's making eye

contact with you. You know she's fine, but there's nothing you can't be like, you know, oh, she's

making it. Like you monster, you just hit her. God, I've been there. Yeah. And that is going to be our

first break. And we are back for act two. Dan is interviewing to be the Dartmouth usher. Yeah. And

he is interviewing his heart out this good. And but he also, but he also then screws it up because then

he makes an awkward, like, cocky joke that doesn't land. But does he screw it up or was that whole thing

planned? I thought that whole, like the whole, like intentional, like mess up was, was planned.

You think so? I mean, planted as a bad joke as like, to like, the whole, because the whole thing seems

to reverse. Well, yeah, it seemed like it, but I think that he felt like it would land. I don't think

that, and I felt like it was rehearsed, but nobody audited it. Nobody, nobody checked up. Oh, it

definitely didn't land. Yeah. But I think it was definitely, it wasn't like he screwed up. I think

he planned. Well, I'm. Yeah. Why? Yeah. I think he did. I think he followed his plan. But yeah, that's

exactly what I mean. And so then we see, we cut to Nate interviewing for the same position and

trying to give it up. Yeah, tries to screw it up. Tries, tries his best to. I'm not, this isn't my

first choice. Someone else should have this. Yeah. Yeah, I really don't want this. Please don't

give it to me. There and like, please give it to someone who wants it more is really what he says, I

believe. And we see Chuck interviewing for the Yale position, doing Chuck Bass things. Yeah,

that he should be because, because he's Chuck Bass. Yeah, that, that was a soundboard moment I

was setting you up for. So we cut to Dan and Nate reading the announcements. And Nate gets the

position that Dan wanted as Darba Lesher. Dan is very frustrated in the normal chip on his

shoulder, blue on his collar manner, but still managed to give Nate a tip about the IV rep he will be

ushering. I, I love, I love the way that Dan and Nate's relationship is developing that, that

from the onset, like they're both into Serena and Nate knows that he cannot talk to Serena and he

knows that they're both into the same person, but Nate is just like, like, you get the impression

that Nate's a good dude because like he, he doesn't, he has reason not to like Dan and Dan has

reason not to like Nate. And, and, you know, here you have them clash and because Nate just got the

thing that he didn't want. There was a thing that was all Dan wanted. And, and Nate got it because of

everything that Dan says to him. You get anything you want. Like you, you, of course, you're going to

get this. You, you can have anything you want. You know, no matter how hard I work, I'll never get

that. So like he's, he doesn't say anything that isn't true. He's just Dan's an asshole about it.

And Nate just doesn't fire back, doesn't take the offensive. And, you know, just keeps playing

defense a little bit. And Dan, and it's enough for Dan to realize this guy isn't, isn't my enemy. His

money is my enemy. His, you know, the, the, the reps are my enemy. And maybe my bad joke is my enemy. And

so he pauses and then gives him advice. Yeah. You know, and like you, and I love that the two of these

guys that, especially in a high school world have reason to not like each other. Don't find a way to

work through it. Yeah. They're, they're both on the ground. Yeah. They're both very grown about

their, about their own relationship. And they're very, they're, they're, they're very self-aware

in, in where the other person is coming from. Yes. We see Dan initially react with emotion, but he

quickly rains it in at least somewhat, you know, because he, yeah, he notices it. And, you know,

Nate is trying to do anything to him. Yeah. Yeah. So we do see Dan storming through the courtyard and is

stopped by a very bubbly Serena. Serena tries to have a cute moment with Dan, but Dan is having none

of it because he is just too frustrated by their different worlds right now. However, as Dan walks

away, we see him frustrated at himself that he can't get out of his own way with his dream girl. In

my mind, these are, they're clearly still feelings for both sides here. Yeah. Yeah. These

two are still interested in each other. They, and as a, Despite the end of last week. Yeah. Despite,

yeah. Despite the, it's still, it's still his dream girl. Yeah. You know, and he's still, you

know, he still can't get her out of her, out of, out of his head. And so they, they're, they're still

kind of, you know, missing each other in the dark, but they also, like you, like you had said, they

can't get out of their own way, neither of. And I love this from a character because we see, once

again, we see Dan react with emotion, but then he realizes what he did was wrong. Yeah. Yeah. Dan

catches himself and, and, and Dan, Dan doesn't want to be, a bad guy. And, and, and yeah, it really

is great character development for Dan, especially in these back to back scenes of him kind

of popping off, realizing he, realizing he's mad at the wrong person and kind of reflecting on that.

Next up, we get both sides of a phone conversation between Blair and Chuck. Blair is in the penthouse

having her leg iced by minions as Chuck rise in his limo. They make plans to find out Serena's secret.

Like, all right, is and, and Katie right now, like you saw that she's faking it. Why are you still

playing along with it? So this is something I noticed on rewatch. In the initial scene, she

grabs her left leg, but then they're icing the right side. Yeah. I might think the other way

around, but it's definitely different legs in each scene. Oh, that is even, that is so good. That

is so good. And like, why are you like, you know that you're in on it? Like, you know that she's faking

it. But then she's, but you know, Blair's the type that wants to be able to be like, Oh, they had to ice

my leg for hours. You're in on it. There we see Dan arise back at the loft and walks past Jenny and

Rufus and Rufus slams his door. Dan and Rufus are fresh Dan and Rufus are frustrated that Nate won

the usher spot over Dan. And as soon as the scene ends, Jenny reveals she is already used to losing

out on the Upper East Siders. Yeah, that one for one, like it's crazy to hear that from Jenny

because so far from in the first two episodes, her stocks going up, right? Like from the beginning,

the first episode where she's playing both sides and and making nice. And in the second episode

where she has the whole like, you know, I don't have a problem with Serena, but if someone did, I don't

have a problem with that either. So like, you see her stock going up. You see her. Oh, we only see her

winning among the Upper East Siders. So for her to feel defeated, it's like, you just kind of see that

difference in their lives, you know? Yeah. And especially for a young girl like Jenny who is into

fashion and the only dresses she has are the ones she makes at the scene. Yeah. Yeah. And the one and

one Eleanor Waldorf original. Um, I also did write down Dan's little joke that he made. Uh, he says,

last year, I believe, speaking about Nate, last year, I believe he had an original thought. It died

of loneliness. Yeah. I love that line. And, and like, and, and he's, again, you see that he's

bitter toward Nate, but it's also for, you know, for, for kind of a justified reason. You know, he is

insulting Nate. And but, but Nate is, you know, he, he isn't the scholarly type, you know? He is a guy

that gets by and that's been established that, you know, he's following the path that he's just been

put on. So Chuck stalks Serena in his limo and sees her enter the Astros Center. Chuck calls out and

forms, calls and informs Blair. Nate is seeing, trying to follow Dan's advice in reading the

petting zoo. I'm kind of surprised they didn't have him holding the book upside down. He looks so

confused. Yeah. So just this anguished look on his face, trying to get through the book. He is

definitely the show's official himbo at this point. Yeah. Yeah. Couple of things. We do notice

that even though Nate's, so Nate's there sitting with Blair, but Blair says on like, they, you know,

try to pretend like she's talking to her mother, not to Chuck. So she's, she's hiding that fact that

from Nate. Yeah. And then also a little bit of gossip girl trivia. Now's a decent time to mention

it. The Astros Center. It's a recurring location in the show's run all six seasons. It appears

pretty much. And it is named after Dawn Ostrov, who was the president of the UPN and later the CW and was

definitely a big involved in, you know, setting up gossip girl, which is one of the flagship shows of

the first year in the CW. Yeah. Oh yeah. That's right. Um, and then so later on in the show, I could

believe in the sixth season. We're CW. Just, just, just wanted to say just poor CW that it's like, we

did it. We've got our network together in 2007, right before all networks. Yes. Uh, but, uh, yes.

And then in season six, uh, it's mentioned that the Astros Center is renamed the Petowitz Institute

because the, at that point, Mark Petowitz had taken over as network president. Yeah. Yeah. It

was neat tributes. So that is the end of the second act. Uh, we go and go right into the act three, uh,

back at the Waldorf penthouse, uh, Blair and Chuck speculate why Serena is at the Astros Center. Um,

so yeah, they, I mean, they assume it's probably she's there for drugs or anything like that. It's,

yeah. And, and considering that she disappeared and when she disappeared, it, it's really funny.

They've basically showed that she disappeared without a trace when, when she went away prior to

season one, you know? Um, well, I think it was no issues at boarding school, but yeah, yeah. Yeah.

She just didn't communicate with anyone. Right. Right. I felt like the impression I got was without

telling anybody she up one night left went to boarding school. But, um, yeah, it was right after

the shepherd wedding, but there are many times where people reference her not drinking anymore.

And even though we see her drinking, but like there are a few like, Oh, I thought you weren't doing that

anymore. And like, yeah, yes. Uh, it's definitely implied that pre the show, she was definitely a

party girl. Yeah. The G, the, yeah, that she used to drink a lot. Um, and that, and, and so it's one of

those things where it, it's never been said aloud by her, but by other people, they have said, they

have talked about her drinking before the show, you know, and so that they, it does lead to the

logical conclusion of going there for, for treatment. So at the Ostrov center, the

Vanderwitzers are having a family therapy session. The same issue keeps coming up with Lily

wants you to hide Eric's problems. And Serena and Eric want to be honest. The therapist agrees that

an event out is a good compromise for Eric. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, you know, since you were feeling like

all of this depression and anxiety, maybe the first time you leave this super safe and secure

setting, it should be at a giant party full of super intense people who are really on the brink of

losing. Well, not just that. You can't handle going to your own home, but you can, you can go to a

party. Yeah. Yeah. You can, it's, it's certainly, you shouldn't go home, but yeah, go to a party.

That's fine. Yeah. Yeah. And, and, and I just, I keep thinking about the party that, that he's

going to is like all of these people who are, you know, trying to impress these, these

representatives from the different colleges and how, you know, how, intense of an atmosphere that

is, you know, it isn't a casual brunch at Chuck's hotel. It's, it's, it's like people trying to like

make the path that's going to be the rest of their life. Like that's stressful. That's like, not the

party you take someone to the first time out either. At the school, we see Rufus just being a

really good dad trying to find an out of the box solution to get his son to the IB rep party. And the,

and conveniently the person who can make this happen is our very own Lily Vanderwitzen. That

scene is fantastic. When, when it's, um, where, oh, I've, she's in a good mood. She's in a good mood.

Well, she hasn't seen me yet. He was right. Cause as soon as she walks up to the C seven, she's like, Oh

yeah. And, and he's doing here. It also, I love that this establishes that everyone's afraid of Lily,

but Rufus, like Rufus doesn't give a shit, but like everyone else in, in Lily's orbit, she is, Lily is

powerful and, and Lily knows how to get what she wants. And that's been established all along. And

now you see that like the other people in her orbit are just as, yeah, they're, they're, they're just

as afraid of her. She runs, she runs the show. Yeah. Scenes. Yeah. She is the Blair of the adults. Yeah.

Very much. Back at the loft, Rufus reveals that he got Dan into the party on the program as part and,

and on the program as part of the newly formed refreshments committee. Yeah. And, and how did

you get that committee? How did you get the newly formed refreshments committee formed dad? Well,

I'm part of the newly formed entertainment committee. Oh boy. What was it? Who did you hire to

do the entertainment then head of the entertainment committee? All the only person I

get such shortness was myself. Oh, Jesus Christ. This day can't get any worse. Like, and it's so

funny how, you know, any kid hearing this conversation. Oh, so you got me into the party.

Awesome. Oh, so I can work. Oh, and you can get a gig. Great. Great. Although when I hear this, I'm

getting excited because now we're three episodes in and I still have yet to see Lincoln Hawk. So here

when I find that he's going to be performing, I'm excited for Lincoln Hawk. Well, so since you

mentioned that the answer reaction isn't even the normal kid reaction of embarrassment of a kid. He

just feels that, you know, was he called post punk math rock or something? Is it a paraphrase for this

event? Oh my God, I love it. But yeah, post punk math rock. And yeah, and it's like, but still, like I'm

so excited to see. And he does. He does respond that he's going to tone it down somehow, doesn't he? Or.

Yes. Rufus unplugged. Yeah, Rufus unplugged. I love it. I am dying for some Lincoln Hawk and I know I

could spoil this for myself and I have not. I am so excited to finally eventually get to hear it.

We'll get there. So the Vanderwoodsons arrive at the party and Lily is clearly nervous. Eric seems,

but Eric seems to get spirits. Yeah, yeah, they're Eric's glad to be out. He's excited to be at this

party. So, you know, good for him. But yeah, Blair's a little Blair is a or I'm sorry, Serena's a

little intense. At the party we are greeted by the aforementioned Rufus Unplugged, and Dan is

serving drinks and can't help but stare at Serena as she enters with Lillian Eric. Serena

interrupts Blair's conversation with the Yellow Rift that rode crew with Blair's father. It is

revealed that Chuck and Blair have invited Dr. Astroff to the party. Um, so for one I want to point

out that once again we see Blair, who is eager to go to Yale, has, wants to go to Yale, has made that very

clear, her dad went to Yale, and she's a legacy at Yale. Again we have the kid making their own

decisions that are following in their parents' footsteps. So like, you know, it's not that it's

wrong for the kids to follow in their footsteps, but it's when the parents, like, you missed a

footsteps. And you know, I find that really interesting that both Blair and Serena want to go

to the schools that their parents went to. You know, they want those paths. And they, and they

still very much you can tell look up to their moms, even though they have, especially you see Lillian

and Serena's struggles with Lillian wanting Serena to be back into the public eye. Well, I

really like their conversation as their attorney, like, because Serena says, I'm going to

be, do you have you seen the Yale ref? And Lillian's like, see, you want to go to Brown and Blair wanted

to go to Yale. And Serena's like, yeah. And Lillian just makes this like, she's like this, now like,

she like goes, yeah. And she's just like, no, it's like, oh, okay. Yep. I know what's going on here.

Yeah. Yeah. And it's funny because like you see Lillian have the, have that recognition which

shows that it's nothing new. That like the Serena wants what Blair has and Serena's going to get what

Blair, you know, what Blair has. It's not new. It's a pattern now. Yeah. You know, and, and we've,

we've only heard it talked about. We've never actually, other than episode one where she sleeps

with Nate. Any other time we haven't seen this side of Blair, Serena yet, we've only seen Blair on the

offensive. This is the first time we've ever seen Serena take the offensive. And she's, and she

steps into the role really well. And really, and, and it is like a little bit of a, a twist for how you

see Serena that like, wow, she does. She can play this game. She does know Blair's game, you know. We

also get the first mention on the show of Blair's La Perlas from Chuck, which at the time I had really no

idea what it was. I was, I was, I was just figuring out by context. Right. But it is, it is in fact a

brand at the time. You know, I kind of thought like Victoria's secrets, the B and all of lingerie.

Right. But really, that's like the Tommy Hill figure to the Chanel's. Yeah. And, and, and what's

funny is I actually went home and brought this up with Robin, the conversation about it. And I

couldn't remember the name La Perlas. And I was like, oh yeah. But, and I described it exactly that

way. That like, you know, you have Victoria's Secret that's like the supposed to be the fancy

stuff, but then that's really like, but this is like the Chanel to Tommy. She goes, oh, do you mean

La Perlas? I'm like, yeah, she's like, she knows her shit. But so yes, then we have Nate has an

awkward conversation with the Dartmouth rep rep about his book, The Petting Zoo. Yeah. Or Nate. Oh,

you, you only hear he's trying. Bless your heart. Yeah. Bless your heart. Oh, he's, he's, he's, he,

and then it's like on so many levels with Nate, like I tried to read your book and I didn't get it. I don't

really want to read your, I didn't want to read your book. I read your book and I didn't get it. I don't

want to go to your school. I really don't want to be having this conversation. I told the guy that I

interviewed that I don't want to be here doing this. Please let me go home. Please let me go home.

Please let me go home. It's like everything you see in his face and like the poor kid just like has zero

desire to have anything that is going on right now. So then we get a Bart Bass greets Eric and Lily. Bart

thinks Eric is just back from Miami. It appears that Lily's cover story is working. As Eric is

leaving, we see Cady explains some advanced physics projects she has been working on. Yeah, I

love this. I said after watching episode one that when you see a recurring background that you

should be paying attention to what's in the background as much as what's in the foreground.

And they try very hard from the start to establish. Cady and is or Cady and is as as background as set

dressing almost. And I remember thinking like I want to pay attention there. I feel like there's

something there. And this was my payoff. You know that that it's like, yeah, I knew it. I knew that

there's more to these two that there and and it also kind of. Okay. Why are these two hanging around

Blair? When when they clearly have, you know, their own goals and their own interests. Well, of

course, that everyone is kind of able to get something from someone in this universe. Yeah,

the kingdom. Yeah, it's a hierarchy. Yeah. The girls are the net steps. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I left it

right hand of Blair. We see Eric and Jenny having a touching moment. Yeah. Um, there they this is when

when Eric tells her, right? That why not quite. Oh, they're they. Oh, she's the they start talking.

She's talking and then you know, and she she matches like manatees. Really? Yeah. Yeah. She

picks up. But everyone else is like buys the law with this story because they really just don't

care. Well, yeah, they and and and they in that universe, the lie is simpler than the truth. You

know, yep, he was in Florida. Oh, manatees. Sure. Check's out. Check's out. I don't have to ask any

more questions about this. Kids clearly fine. But yeah, Jenny immediately clots it and you know,

they have a little touching moment. Yeah. Um, and then so back at the refreshment table, Dan is

disgusted that Serena is using this party to get back at Blair instead of, you know, actually

trying to go to college. Nate politely ignoring Serena. Dan tries to give Nate more advice that

goes over his head. But Nate generally generously asked Dan to bring the rep his drink. Yeah. And and

starting starting with this Serena and Dan thing, it like Serena being in this world, she's going to

get into Brown. She's going to Brown. That's where she wants to go. There's there's no question about

that. And here's Dan, who has to work for everything, who has to literally work at this

party just for the chance to maybe get to talk to people at the school he wants to go to. That like the

where this opportunity that he knows was now that he, you know, was given to the guy who gets

everything and knows she's going to get whatever she wants anyway. And so she doesn't, you know, it

again, he's justified in being frustrated with his position. And again, this is the first time

we're seeing this behavior. And it's like, wow, this is really validating most of what they said

about you in the first place. So you have just firmly planning yourself in this world to me. You

know, definitely not a good luck. Yeah. But but then when we turn to the Nate and Dan stuff and

again, Nate doesn't have to do this. Nate, Nate can go and pretend to talk to this guy for the rest of the

night and do what his dad wants. And Nate doesn't want to do that. And Nate could also just walk away.

Hey, dad, I'm not feeling well. I got to go and walk away. But instead he goes, hey, take these drinks

over to him. So yeah, he does. But I liked it this time. Actually, Dan was the first one to initiate,

initiate like the guy of the peaceful because like he's first he's asking about him and like what's he

like. But he's trying to give more advice. Yeah. Yeah. But then it's like, it's like, it's just

like, uh, you do it. Yeah. Well, yeah, exactly. And once again, you see like the two of them just

knowing that like their their problems and their differences are easily easy things to set aside.

There's without animosity. And we can both get what we want. And it was just, it was just really, it

was a really great moment for the two of them. Definitely like the bromance brewing there.

Yeah. Yeah. Then we see Nate is confronted by his father as he leaves the party. Nate outright tells

his father that he doesn't want to go to Dartmouth and storms off. Yeah. Yeah. Good for Nate. Good for

you. It's about time, you know, you, you said the words out loud. You told him this isn't what you

want. Good for you, Nate. Definitely no going back now. Yeah. That go to Dartmouth. No. Man, you, you

really, you really, you sabotage that interview. You're walking out of this early. You're telling

your dad straight up. You don't want to go man Nate. Great story arc. Can't wait to see where you go

next. Clearly that door is shut. All right. Back in a quiet room, Eric is revealing to Jenny that he

tried to commit suicide. Jenny promises not to tell anyone as they return to the park. Yep. Lips

are sealed aren't they, Jenny? That door shut. Good story arc. I can't wait to see what you do next.

Um, so are we going to see a, uh, Eric and Jenny romance? I would like to think so. They're,

they're fucking adorable. You know, they're just too cute teenagers and like, yeah, they, they,

they would be adorable and they're so sweet with each other and they just, yeah, I would, I would

hope so. So we're going to get some sibling double dates. I would love that. Although I also could see

that not happening because I could also see them not wanting to double date. What do we throw with

Lillian Rufus into this? Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Let's just have, you know, once that happens, then

all of them, the other four, just all looking at each other like, well, this was good. Okay. This is

gone too far. All right. Um, Blair is at the podium and brings Dr. Ostrov up on stage and tells

everyone that Serena has been seeking treatment at the Ostrov center for drugs and alcohol. Yeah.

Oh my God, Blair, where you, you lined her up in your sites, you took your shot and man, like you, you

didn't get, you didn't get the kill you thought you got, but man, you made her look, you made her look

bad here. That's fired. Yeah. Shots fired. But like, but man, if you're going to make a shot like

that, you got to go for the kill and I don't think, I don't think this is thin and the panty out the way

she hoped. Yeah. Well, first of all, Serena's reaction to it. Right. Where? Well, so that's what

we get to right here. So, Eric, I tries to reveal the truth, but much to Lily Shagrin, Serena takes the

fall to protect her brother by going up on stage. Jenny immediately breaks her promise and reveals

to Dan. Yeah. The Eric was actually the one in the center. Like the next seat. I promise this seat,

your secret, say with me, I absolutely will not tell anybody. Nope. No, no secrets. Nothing,

nothing you're talking about. It was Eric. Immediately. No, no, no, it wasn't her. It was her

brother, Eric, you know, the one that attempted suicide. Over there. That guy. And then we see in an

empty room, Lily confronts Serena about the reveal. Yeah. Um, and it's like, what did you want

me to do? Like, like I was going to visit my brother that you hit away. Well, the first thing Lily says

is, why is Blair talking about a drug problem that you don't have? You don't have a drug problem,

right? Right. Yeah. Yeah. To question her there. Because they don't have a relationship. Yeah.

They don't talk. They don't, they don't know each other. She doesn't know, even though her daughter

has a drug problem, that's how little they thought. Yeah, she doesn't, she doesn't know her

kids. And that's, and they. So we are back from little technical difficulties there. Serena

re-enters the party and on the verge of tears, begs Blair for a truce, which is simple, snipply,

denied. Yeah. And, and like, you see that Serena started dipping her toe back into this rivalry

back into this, you know, thing that they had and immediately wants to get back out of it. Does not

want to be in it at all and is ready to just run, you know, and Blair's not having it and Blair be

blaring. Yeah. Um, yes, definitely. Uh, and then we have Serena. Dan catches up with Serena and

finally apologizes for what you said before. They seem seem to leave things in a good place with plans

to meet up and not talk, not talk. And I, I know I didn't really think of that as not talk. I, I feel my

impression of it was more the two of them can't get out of each other, get out of their own way. And they

always say the wrong thing to each other. However, there is the implication of not talking. Naughty

business. Naughty business. Yes. Um, yeah. Okay. And then back at the party, Eric privately reveals

to Blair that he is the one who's the patient at the Astro Center. Yeah. And man, is that look on

Blair's face. Yeah. Riceless. Hurst. Her, she just goes, her skin goes white. Yeah. And, and like

who does Delia, Leighton Meester, Leighton Meester? Cause like, man, does she nail that? Man,

does she nail the just being in this position of power and having the pedestal just ripped out from

under her. And, and because Blair is out for Serena's blood and had no intention and no idea

that she was actually, that there were other casualties in this war and that she took that shot

and actually hit Eric. And she, Eric's a little brother to her, you know, they've established

this relationship and like she, you can tell that man, she did not want to hurt Eric. And she's

genuinely shook. Yeah. Um, and we get more of this as the series goes along. But yeah, it's pretty

clear that they all grew up together. Eric is like a little brother to everyone pretty much in the

group. Yeah. Yeah. And, and, and I, I guess this is me. This is the first time we've seen them

interact, but they, you get that familiarity between them. Yes. You know, you get that sense of,

you know, that there's that history with Serena and anyone who has friends with little siblings,

you know, that, you know, I, my, my best friend, I just saw his sisters for the first time in probably

over a decade, but like they're still little sisters to me, you know, and one of them's my age,

but like they're, they're still little sisters to me, you know. And I think the, not only in late in the

semester, but also Connor Palo who plays Eric, uh, both, both it. Yeah. Cause they, they gave you that

relationship without affing it, give you any expedition. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. And you totally

knew what was going on between them. Yeah. Yeah. You, you needed no background. You needed nothing

else. You just instantly, they just communicated decade. They communicated their lifetime of

knowing each other in a few glances and in a few comments and a brief conversation. It was really,

really impressive work on both actors. Yes. I agree. And that would be the end of act three. And so

we get into the epilogue, uh, back at the loft. Dan, thanks for Rufus for getting him into the party. So

Dan finally, uh, yeah, he's learning. He realized. Yeah. Yeah. He knows his dad helped him

out. Yeah. Yeah. He's, he's, and he, and he recognizes it and he's grateful. Um, yeah, it was a

great, which again, like I was, I've been saying character development, character does bad

thing, character learns, character does good thing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Um, the, this

show is phenomenal in how they address character development. He's also, you know, taking that

English teacher piece aside, uh, from the, the different foundations of character

development. And one of the biggest things is, you know, you have like what the character says and

what the character does, but one of those really important things is what the people say about the

character, both to them and when they're not around, you know, and, and here you have Dan, who,

you know, is, who, who is saying about his appreciation for his dad and recognizing that

and, and showing that, that despite his frustrations initially, his dad really knew what

he was doing. So really not only develops the character of Dan as the kid who is willing to take

his shots and learn lessons and, and learn along the way, but also that Rufus is a slick guy that he's

smooth, that he knows how to get things done and he knows how to, how to work with people to trade for

the things that he wants for his kids. So it's really great character development on both

sides. And so Nate is once again, waking up at Chuck's suite. They're both kind of hungover

again. Yeah. And, and Chuck is, I believe, probably in bed with a or some women. Yes. That

typically is 10. Oh, not any woman. No, he does. I think this time he is she in the bed with him or is it

just implied that he gets, there's a note for he, he does because he switched with the Princeton rep.

Yeah. Because he, yeah, he got into New Jersey. Yeah. Yeah. He got into New Jersey. He got into

Princeton. Yeah. He got into Princeton. Again, disgusting with Chuck Bass. Yeah. He, and, and

then, you know, we've seen Chuck Bass, the sexual predator in creep. And now you see Chuck Bass, who

also is able to woo women too. You know, he does have game, which it's also one of those things like you

don't have to be the fucking disgusting creep you are, you know, but he, yeah, he, yeah. Well, no, no,

buts. I mean, he doesn't have to be the fucking disgusting creep he is. He, that just goes into the

whole psychology and then we won't go too deep into that. Cause it's just a gross subject, but, yeah.

And it, but yeah, it's, it's, it's a power dynamic. Yeah. He, he, yeah. He likes power and he wants to

have power over these women. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Um, but yeah, it is implied that he sleeps with the

Princeton rat. Yeah. But then we see him at the parties, which presumably is older than high

school age. Yeah. Yeah. Well, he makes, there's, we see everything. He makes a, he makes a cougar

reference. He says they call him the tigers, you know, he makes a reference to the tigers, which I

took as a cougar reference. I think it's more about wild sex. Yeah. Well, I, yeah, that, yeah. But

yeah, definitely older than, than he is. Yeah. Well, I mean, yeah, she has to do works for the

universities and the other, the other reps were established author and, and guy that, you know,

old enough to be Blair's dad, you know, was on the crew team with her dad. So yeah. And it was, so you

get the idea that that Princeton rep was not only older, but probably. We did, we did get a quick

glance at her. I would say probably like mid thirties, early thirties. Yeah. That was my, that

was what I was thinking in mid thirties. Uh, anyways. Um, as Nate, so we, the reason why they

wake up is cause Nate gets a call from his dad cause he has to go off for the morning run with the

captain. And when he shows up, it is revealed the captain invited the Dartmouth rep to the run and he

made up a lie about why Nate let the party say he had food poisoning. Yeah. And then we see the, yeah.

And, and we see the captain had was, was told flat out like this isn't what I want. This isn't what I'm

going to do. This isn't what I'm doing. And he was like, well, hey son, sorry about that food

poisoning that you really got over in like what, it's 12 hours. Let's go for a run. Hey. Um, was, was

the race earlier in the episode, the one where Nate beats the captain and the captain's like, well,

you know, if you wouldn't have cut me off. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Yeah. That was what I was, what I was

trying to bring up earlier, but I couldn't remember if that was the race. So like just fucking

captain, like he's, he's the worst. Yes. Nate has some pretty terrible parents. Um, I've, I've

never seen Nate's mom. I, so far, I haven't, we haven't met her yet. Yeah. I have only seen one

parent of each of the main cast members. I've heard reference to Blair's dad. I've heard reference

to, I feel like I've heard Serena's dad referenced, but maybe not, maybe they haven't

even brought that up. Um, Dan's mom has been referenced. Chuck's mom is referenced in the

first episode about Chuck saying, get some of my mom's pills. Um, but yeah, we, we've not see, we've

only seen one parent from each, from each character. That makes sense. Jenny visits Eric,

who is back at the Ostrich Center. It is revealed that Lily does not visit very often. Surprise,

surprise. Yeah. I mean, like going back to the fact that Lily doesn't know her kids, Lily's kids are

there for her to show. And then, and they're not there for, to interrupt her life at all. And, and,

and I don't feel like we see her, haunting her kids out for money the way we do the captain. But I feel

like we do see her, um, doing it for, for image and for, her kids are just an accessory. Exactly.

They're reflection on her, but she doesn't really care. As long as they don't embarrass her. Yeah.

She doesn't really care what they do. Right. Yeah. And now she's embarrassed by both of them. And so

now she, you know, but, and, and, and since she, Eric embarrassed her by doing something that

she's kept a complete and total secret, you know, he's hidden away. And then we come to the final

scene of the episode on a bench under a bridge. Serena's reading while avoiding a steady

rainfall. Blair walks up and reads a letter she wrote to Serena, but never sent. White flags are

raised and the episode ends. Yeah. I mean, the end of this episode is just fucking moving. It is

powerful. The acting between the, between Serena and Blair, they just lay it all out. Yeah. I

definitely get a little misty every time I watch it. Yeah. Yeah. It just, you, you see, and there is

that thing in the back of my head of, is this another game from Blair? You know, is it Blair playing

another game? But even if it is, you can see that she really is laying her heart out and really laying

into where she was at that time. But Blair also, you know, she has, she is playing a game. Those are all

true things that happened. Exactly. Exactly. And, and, you know, Blair, I think the biggest

thing with her is that she's recovering from realizing that her shot misfired and hit there.

And, and it's like, okay, no one else was supposed to be hurt by this. I'm willing to, I'm willing to

listen, willing to try. And, and they do, you know, like they, they, they have this great moment. And

like you said, it's powerful and it's emotional. And they, they really, uh, both of them, the, the,

the, just that connection that you feel between them, it's really, it is a great end. And it's great

that now they're friends and I can only imagine that, that door is closed, fantastic and great

story arcs, ladies, and can't wait to see what you do together. Yep. Best friends for the rest of the

years. Best friends for another, for another, you know, yeah, six and a half, four or five and a half

seasons. Wonder what conflicts you'll get into with other people. Definitely not each other. Um,

and then, uh, that is the end of the episode. So let's go ahead and get into some segments. Um,

Steve, what do you grade this episode? This episode is an A for me. Start to finish. It is

starting off, you know, with the choir in the beginning and just seen by scene, it is just really

well, really well shot, really well played, really well acted and really well written. The,

the character development is just so much, so many stories. They, they really do almost feel, you

know, they're not coming to a close because you know that this show is only getting started. But so

many things that feel resolved that have that carpet ripped out from under you kind of feel, it

just really, you fantastic storytelling in this episode. I agree. Um, I'm going to give it an A plus.

Uh, to me, this is about as perfect as episode of gospel gets. Uh, like you said, you know, all the

way through, you got all the storylines intersecting, which I like. Um, got pretty much

everyone interacts. You get the big reveal with Eric and Blair. You get the, the great scene at the

end. Um, like you said, all the shots, the shot at the end was, is great. And like the very final

scene, you get like three separate pullbacks. And it just, yeah, the acting, the directing, it all

hit in this episode. Yeah. Cinematography things like they just, they check every box in this

episode. And it is, yeah. And yeah, it's, it's damn near perfect. And we are going to go to our stock

watch. Um, who do you got going up this week? So going up this week, Nate for, even though like he

kind of got screwed in the end. He, he had told his dad what he wanted. He made a new relationship with

Dan and in this world, you know, connecting and networking, those things boost your stock. And

then I, and both Dan stock went up with this, you know, Dan, who looked like he was going to take a dip

at one point, ends up really, really, uh, shooting up in the stock market. And he got that character

development. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I also have Eric and Rufus both going up. Probably Jenny and Eric, but I

feel like Jenny was more of vehicle for Eric to have that development, you know, why I can't give it to

Jenny is because she revealed that, that's, oh yeah. I mean, she clearly can't keep a secret. So

like she was a sympathetic year, but yeah, she, yes. My, my, my ups were Nate, Dan, Rufus and Eric.

Yeah. That's, that's who I have as well. Yeah. Um, what about going down? Well, Chuck is, you know,

still plummeting, um, looking for a rock bottom. Uh, and Blair and Serena, their, their stock both

took a hit. Both, both of theirs went down. Yeah. Um, I had Chuck and Blair and Serena also, um, Chuck

obviously being creepy stalking Serena and just being gross as usual. Um, Blair, uh, cause she, she

tried to take a shot at Serena, but you know, friendly fire to Eric's the one taking, taking it.

And then Serena just for being heady and, you know, going after something she didn't even want just

to, you know, get back at her best friend. Yeah. Yeah. You, you, you went back into the fight and

then realized you're not, you're out of shape, you know, you, you went to get into the ring and you

haven't trained in far too long. And then, um, I also had the captain for being a total fucking

douchebag as usual. And, um, also Lily for, uh, yeah, just being a bad mom. Yeah. Yeah. I, I, I

actually completely agree with those as well. That we should actually track our stock and like,

we'll have that in our season recap. Okay. We're going to break down all the analytics. Yeah.

Awesome. All right, Steve. Uh, who do you have for a best outfit this week? So my favorite outfit this

week was actually Blair at the end. And like, I had a whole conversation with Robin. Robin can't stand

that I'm talking about fashion right now, by the way. She's like, I can't listen to you talk about

this. But, um, I was, I was like Blair dresses for power at almost any given point. I mean, she's

wearing something that really, you know, stands out and, and just firmly plants her in a position of

power, I find. And that last outfit where it's, where she's raising the white flag, but she's

still like, like you get that sense of like, it's so in, like, I feel like everything she wears is so

intentional, you know, at all times. And I really found that, that outfit at the end was great. So I

picked the same scene, but the different girl. I had to go with Serena this time. The hat, the way she

matched the makeup with the outfit. Like a whole monochrome look going on. Imagine it. It was so

Paris Serena. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sitting in the rain, reading a book. Yeah. I mean, again, when we

were talking about that last scene and just the perfection of that moment, it was, it was right

down to the costume design. Right down to the makeup, right down to like every detail of that

scene was so perfectly in place. All right. Um, yeah, I think you want to plug. Absolutely. So by

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