Leif and Steve do a spoiler free after watch of the OG Gossip Girl.

This week the guys break down Season 1, episode 5 titled Dare Devil.

Dan makes elaborate plans to impress Serena on their first official date; Jenny is invited to the infamous Blair Waldorf sleepover and finds herself in a high-stakes game of truth or dare; Lily discovers Eric missing from his treatment center, and seeks help from her ex-boyfriend, Rufus.  – IMDB

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Edited and mixed by Leif Capicola.

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>> Steve: And I remember watching this moment and

being like, holy shit. Is this my first glimpse

at Lincoln Hawk? Because he's holding the

album, and I.

>> Leif: Believe they, uh, intended it to be.

>> Steve: That it felt that way. Yeah, it felt.

>> Leif: Um, this song is

not on Spotify or apple.

Hey, upper east siders, and all you scandal loving listeners out

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>> Steve: And I'm Steve the newbie. The

greenhorn. I don't know. What do you call

the new kid on the block in Gossip girl terms,

Leif?

>> Leif: I think they would label you as a

project. Uh, yeah. The girls have the potential to be a blair.

>> Steve: Well, then dress me in an Eleanor Waldorf

original, and let's get started.

>> Leif: Sounds good.

>> Steve: So here's the deal, folks. Leif has been watching

Gossip girl since it came out. I'm just

watching for the very first time, and together, we're your

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the glamour, and the sometimes

questionable fashion choices of this iconic

2007 series.

>> Leif: That's right. Each week, we're going to break down all the

schemes, secret hookups, and couture

catastrophes, and trust me, there are a few of them.

>> Steve: And, um, since we are all about inclusivity here at the non

judging breakfast pod, there is always room

for you at the non judging breakfast table, whether

you are a old veteran like Leif

or a newbie like me. Go grab your

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into it.

>> Leif: All right. This week, we're going to be breaking down season one,

episode five, daredevil. Did, uh,

you catch the reference?

>> Steve: I'm assuming Daredevil,

uh, the comic book character, probably. A little more

specifically. The movie would have come out

shortly beforehand.

>> Leif: Ben Affleck.

>> Steve: Yeah, the Ben Affleck version.

Who?

>> Leif: Yeah, we won't talk about that. Uh,

the IMD episode description for

reads. Dan makes elaborate plans to impress

Serena on their first date. Jenny is invited to

the infamous Blair Waldorf sleepover and finds herself

in a high stakes game of truth or dare. Lily

discovers Eric missing from the treatment center and seeks

help from her ex boyfriend Rufus.

>> Steve: Yeah, a lot, uh, a lot definitely takes place in this

episode.

>> Leif: Yes, it was, uh, directed by

Jamie Babbitt. Um, done a lot of tv.

Russian doll, Gilmore girls, Malcolm in the

middle, United States, Atara

Niptuck, Silicon Valley, the

Oroville. Lots of stuff.

>> Steve: Yeah, and the orville. I mean, that's also. That's really recent.

The league of their own, if that's the series. Yeah, it was

just, you know, that was so.

>> Leif: Yeah, she's. She's steadily working.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Uh, and then it was written by a. Lan

K. Rosenfeld, who, uh, did 22 episodes

of Gossip Girl.

>> Steve: It's a good run.

>> Leif: Anyways, we'll go ahead and get right into the

episode. Act one begins.

Preparation begins in the Waldorf penthouse for the

annual sleepover.

>> Steve: Um, the first thing that I noticed about this is that

you have Blair, who,

um, we've discussed her

relationship with food before

and how she's often body shamed by

her mom, doesn't eat a lot when we see

her around food, yet she surrounds

herself at these parties with just

decadence and. And

cakes and foods that she's never

gonna. Never gonna touch.

>> Leif: Mm hmm. Um, yep.

Uh, yes. Ah, yes, she is. Uh, definitely.

Yeah. Ah, she's bringing out all the food and

looks like a pretty fun party. Dan

and Rufus, uh, discuss his date with Serena in

Rufus's art gallery. Dan questions why Rufus

hasn't told Allison about the sale of her

painting.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um.

>> Steve: Ah, a lot of the father son sort of stuff,

but also, you know, the. You're

seeing the communication issues with Dan and. Or

with Rufus and his wife.

>> Leif: Yeah. Um, he wants to

go. Go and visit her.

>> Steve: Yeah, and tell him. Yeah, he wants to tell her.

>> Leif: Dan suggests that, uh, this might be better with a phone call.

>> Steve: Yeah, and

good advice. Really good advice.

>> Leif: Yeah. It would have been much worse if you actually should.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: I think some fists would have been thrown.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, if a fist

could travel through a phone. But we'll get

there.

>> Leif: In the hall at coston, Serena hits up, uh, jenny for

information on the mysterious date, but Jenny plays

coyote. Serena receives a phone call from

eric, who is coming home from the hospital.

>> Steve: Um, I love the line

of, um, humphrey

men. Casual Friday is every

day. Um, while

she has no idea about what is going on with

this date, she's preparing Serena

for her idea of what a

typical humphrey date would be,

which.

>> Leif: Yes.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And blair invites Serena to her

sleepover, but Serena has plans with dan.

Jenny gets the invite instead. What? Is Blair

scheming?

>> Steve: Yeah. Um. Um, she is

totally. She's totally up to something. Um.

Um, I also love the

who me who her with the

catty and is in the background.

Cottie. Yeah, cottie. And is in the background.

Um, you know, they. I

love when they have their little moments, I always

appreciate them, and that was a neat little one.

>> Leif: Um, lily and eric are back

at the hospital, and lily is forcing eric to stay in the

hospital despite the doctors saying it would be okay to come

home.

>> Steve: Yeah. Lily can't face this. Lily still

can't face.

Eric has these issues. Eric,

she doesn't know how to explain it properly.

Um, and she doesn't know how to

parent eric.

>> Leif: Well, also, I think, as we find out later,

she blames herself

because he's been lonely. Cause

she's not been around, and Serena's been at boarding school.

>> Steve: Yeah, well, yeah, and.

>> Leif: And she's always off with the next guy and

traping around the world.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Drape scene.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Dan arrives to pick up Serena, has

and has to ad lib and change into something a little more

formal when she sees dan in a suit. While serena

is changing, lily arrives. Dan makes a joke that liz

is, elicits half a smile from lily. The

preceding jokes don't land as well.

Um.

>> Steve: Um, yeah, and

for one, um. Um, we

have Serena changing in front of dan

sort of. Again, not not necessarily in front

of, but, like, talking. Talking.

Yeah. Uh, very confident

about. Yeah, about her body

and not. And not feeling that. That

type of that shame, you know?

>> Leif: Um, ah, whereas you can

never imagine Blair doing this in front of Nate.

>> Steve: No, no.

>> Leif: Blair, even though they've been dating for years.

>> Steve: Yeah, exactly. And

struggle to find, you know,

the right moment for their own. For their

own sex, you know?

Um, yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: If you're. If you're 17 and you've been dating that long and it's not

happened, there's a reason.

>> Steve: Yeah, there's other reasons. There's other reasons.

Um, but also that that interaction with Dan and

Lily where you once again, see that

awkward side of Dan where he's,

you know, where he tries to be funny and

he's. He tends to be more confident with

Lilly and tends to be more confident around

people that he doesn't

like, that don't like him, and he's kind of written

off. And since Lily has always had this

adversarial relationship with Dan, Dan

doesn't mind going at Lily.

Um, but then he also kind of has that moment where

he's like, I am taking this person's daughter on a

date, and then he kind of tones it back

and apologizes and gets a little awkward.

Um, but, yeah,

but she also doesn't seem to hate him as

much.

>> Leif: She's warming up a little bit.

>> Steve: Yeah, a little bit.

>> Leif: And Dan and Serena step out onto the

sidewalk. Serena sees a vespa and assumes it

stands. You know what they say when you

assume.

>> Steve: Yeah, she is. So she climbs on it.

She is so excited to have such

a Brooklyn date. We're gonna do something like

ride around on a Vespa. Dope. Oh,

man, I'm so glad because, you know, I'm used to just, like, getting into

someone's car and going to a fancy restaurant.

>> Leif: Ah. Uh, Jenny

nervously arrives at the sleepover.

>> Steve: Yeah. Um, Taylor

Mumpson's acting in that moment is

just absolutely

impeccable. I

totally took me to my own daughter. When

you get my daughter in that moment when she's embarrassed

and she's caught off guard,

that look on her face

and also the way that she gets there and has

that recognition, realizes she's out of her

league and has to step it up and just

kind of meets that, like.

Yeah.

>> Leif: So, uh, good.

>> Steve: Everything. Everything in her face in

that scene is just

perfect.

>> Leif: Yeah, definitely.

And that is the act break. As we moved into act

two, we are at a french

restaurant. Dan is bobbing.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Ah.

>> Steve: He is tanking this entire

date. He's. He, you know, he's looking

at the menu and. Oh, yeah, I'm not going to order the

thing I actually want because the appetizer is

the thing I can afford. Yeah.

>> Leif: Uh, yeah. Uh, as the waiter walks away, he changed. He's like, I'll just have the

appetizers.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuz. Cuz sereno. Yeah.

Serena walked away, and he's like, hey, how much

was that? Yeah. All right, I'll just get. Yeah, I'll

get the appetizer. And.

Yeah, it was. He just.

It's, you know, I've been. I've been

on that date. I have been that guy on that. No,

no, I wanted the salad. I have

never wanted the salad.

>> Leif: At the sleepover. The other Humphrey is killing

it. But can lil j keep up with this high stakes

game? The drinks are coming out.

>> Steve: Yeah, and. And I don't like

vodka.

>> Leif: It's, uh, gin, honey.

>> Steve: Yeah. The way a Martini's supposed to

be. Blair, I hear

you. I feel you shouldn't be

drinking. You're 17 years old.

But met you are. Right.

Um, but also, I love, you know, here's Jenny,

you know. No, I don't. Instead of. No, I don't

drink. No, I don't like that

drink. That's not what it

is. And it's, you know, she.

Yeah, but she goes with it.

>> Leif: Yeah. Which, you know, most kids

probably would.

>> Steve: Yeah. And I never

get the impression that Jenny is really

drunk throughout it. So

she definitely has the impression of

someone who either can already

hold their liquor anyway, which I don't think so,

because I really got the impression she didn't drink.

So more likely, she's really good at

being subtle at how much she's drinking,

which. That's an art, too.

>> Leif: Yeah.

And Rufus tries calling Allison and

hangs up when a man answers the phone.

Rufus is devastating.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Not a good lookout.

>> Leif: Oh, she just got out of the shower.

>> Steve: I'm. I'm friend.

Oh.

>> Leif: Uh,

uh, poor

Rufus.

>> Steve: Poor Rufus.

>> Leif: Uh.

We return to the worst date ever, and it is revealed

Serena secretly paid for dinner. The pair

finally communicate, and things are looking up.

>> Steve: Yeah. And I loved this moment

because we are kind of caught in a

cliche of the bombing the date and bombing the

date by going to the place thats too expensive and

out of your league. And the way that

Serena comes back, and she's like,

I already paid for it. And he's like, I can pay for

this. I know you can, but you shouldn't

have to spend your money here. Like, uh,

the whole idea of, like, this. I can have this anytime.

Take me where you want to take me. Take me on

your date. And that just really

felt. It felt like a

much better resolution than we often

get in teen

dramas.

>> Leif: Well, yeah, they learn that

communication helps the relationship.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And let's. Let's.

>> Steve: Let's.

>> Leif: Hopefully, they, uh. Uh, they can keep that lesson.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: All.

>> Steve: Ah.

>> Leif: Right. And then back at the

sleepover, the drinks continue to flow. When Jenny gets

an so's text from Eric on, Blair

dares Jenny to break Eric out of the hospital.

>> Steve: Yes. And,

man, this is so great, too. When. When

Jenny. Because you see that Jenny, you

know, wants to do this, she

knows that it's. That it's trouble, but she

wants to do it. You know, she wants

to rescue Eric, and.

Yeah.

>> Leif: And that is the end of act two. And we go to

act three. Jenny arrives at Eric's

room as Blair is faking being wasted to distract the

floor nurses. Somehow, the scheme works, and they

get Eric out. First of all,

great acting by Layton, but second, all

the security is horrible at this place.

>> Steve: Yeah, I'm just going to say, in general,

the practices of the Ostrov

center, the security, the.

Yeah, you can go to that party.

>> Leif: But you can't go.

>> Steve: There's. There's a bit of questionable

methodology going on there. Um, but

also, Leighton, when it's

like, uh, what's the line

where she says, I'm on this. I'm on this.

I'm on all the Pams.

>> Leif: Yeah. Mouths of Pam.

All the pams. Really?

>> Steve: All the pams. Really?

>> Leif: That was great. Um, and

then Lily receives a call that Eric

has escaped with a young, beautiful blonde

girl. Lily, of course, assumes

Serena.

>> Steve: Yeah. Because as we've. As we

know, Serena and jenny,

practically identical twins.

>> Leif: It's easy to mix them up.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. They're just, what,

like, five inch height difference.

>> Leif: Yeah. All,

uh, right.

And then at the pool, the date is

finally looking up as Dan is apparently good enough to

win money at pool.

>> Steve: Yeah. Um. Um, again,

we're. We're back in. In a cliche

date, but I also I'm not

upset with it because I feel like we actually see Dan

being Dan and

being more natural and Serena

getting to. Actually get to know him

and, you know. Yeah, actually, and

actually be outside of her comfort

zone, which.

Where I, uh, not that I don't really feel Serena has a

comfort zone. You know, I feel like she's

comfortable anywhere, wherever she goes. She's just got

that confidence. Um, but,

you know, it is out of her routine,

out of her norm.

>> Leif: Yeah. And then Rufus

receives a phone call from lily, who is looking for

Daniel, who is with Serena, who may or may not be

with Eric, and he's.

>> Steve: So fuck off about it, too. And

it's like, you know, hey, my kid's a good

kid. Like, even though your kid

did break out Eric, it's just the

wrong year.

>> Leif: Kid broke Eric out.

>> Steve: Like, your kid is guilty, but not the kid

either of you think it is. Um, but,

yeah, Rufus just being like, hey, their

kids on a date, and it's not

them, so fuck off, essentially,

and. And hangs up on

Lily. Um, granted, Rufus

is having a day.

>> Leif: Yeah. Again,

you know, it's always like, right. You know, she always. Lily

always comes in right after he's been dealing with Alison stuff.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah. But. But also,

kudos to Dan for talking him out of driving.

>> Leif: Yeah.

Um, and then he immediately reconsiders and, you know,

tries to call Dan.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, he. And that's. And that tells you a lot

about Rufus, too. Like, fuck off, lady.

This isn't, you know, my kid isn't your problem,

but also, okay, you do have a problem. I'm gonna see if I can help

you.

>> Leif: And the sleepover. Plus, Eric has moved to a

club. The dares escalate.

Does Blair have a new protege?

>> Steve: Yeah. I mean, they. They start.

They, uh, the whole

steal. She steals his phone, go make out.

>> Leif: With that guy, and then she steals.

>> Steve: And then she steals his phone and has Jenny

call her girlfriend.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: Fantastic. And again, Jenny's

just every step of the way like Jen, you

know, uh, Jenny

real every step of the way is realizing that the game

is just a harder game than she. Then she

realized, you know, she every step of the

way she, you know, just has to make

that turn where she basically puts

out her shoots and ladders piece and then realizes that

she's playing risk and then is like, okay.

And, ah, alters her game, you know?

>> Leif: Yeah. Back on the date, Dan is

going doing the classic teach the girl how

to shoot pool move. They are about to

kiss when Dan's phone vibrates.

>> Steve: Um, yeah, the interrupting the kiss

right before it happens. Um,

although something's vibrating and

I hope it's your phone. That's

cute. Yeah. Um, also,

uh, the jenny scene that I

wanted to mention the whole, um, um, this

is. But, um, um, no, she doesn't

say blair. What does she say? She she

does. She calls the girlfriend. Jenny calls the

girlfriend and says she's.

>> Leif: About to say Blair, but Claire.

>> Steve: Claire. Yeah, that's it. My name

is Clair.

Subtle.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: Smooth.

>> Leif: Because he's blatant, dude. Definitely. Blair had a look

on her face too as she started saying yeah. Reacted right

away.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, and then back of the loft, Lily

storms in on Rufus. Lily

offers for Rufus to cook for her something

to eat while they wait for the kids to call.

>> Steve: I love, I love Lily in this

scene. First of all, it's kind of

hot the way she's like, you can still cook,

right? Like, you

know. Oh, no, I don't want that, that

swill you're drinking. But yeah, sure,

you can make me something that non premium.

Yeah. M

so good.

>> Leif: Uh, yes. Back at the club, the

dares are starting to cause repercussions.

Dan and Serena arrives and things get turned up to eleven

as the group gets thrown out of the club.

Yeah, that guy's girlfriend showed up

pretty quick.

>> Steve: Yeah. And Dan

is. Dan is

always ready to knock someone out if they talk to Jenny the

wrong way. Like, Dan is always ready to

throw hands for Jenny at, uh, uh, like, any given

time.

>> Leif: Although I was not a big fan of his comment about the

dress.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah. The napkin. Yeah,

yeah, he does.

>> Leif: The only thing causing a problem is the cocktail napkin you're

wearing.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Which

why the idea that an outfit

can be the problem is really, it's.

Come on, Dan, it's 2007.

>> Leif: Yeah. Not a good look.

And then, uh, back to the loaf

lily and Rufus bought over their parenting while

cooking. And, you know,

we see Willie reveal why Eric

was at the Ostra center and, you know, kind

of reveals. Like, she blames herself.

>> Steve: Yeah. And there's that moment where

drinking, drugs. No, he's a good kid.

Um, that, like,

the insinuation of, like, you're a bad

kid if you're drinking or doing drugs, which

I also get, like, the getting into trouble

thing versus the harming yourself

thing. And. But

both things are typically.

Are typically born from. From trauma

and other sort and other things,

you know, which I'm sure the Ostrov center

does a great job of treating.

>> Leif: I mean, it seems like these kids

are pretty used to drugs,

alcohol pretty early and not even from a trauma

perspective just because it's there.

>> Steve: Well. Well, yeah. Well, sure.

But also, all of these kids have

trauma. Like, all of them, like,

yeah, they all do. I, uh, mean,

uh, Serena, known as the party girl.

Like, we have no idea what happened with her dad.

We have no idea yet what happened with

Chuck's mom. But we know that there's something

going on with Chuck's mom, too, that she's not in the

picture, which, you know,

family separation is traumatic. And all

of these families are separated.

>> Leif: Yeah, indeed. And then

outside the club, Serena, Blair and Eric have a

conversation. Um, yeah, they

were, you know.

Yeah, Serena's trying to protect Eric, but,

uh, Eric says, you know, he's

okay. You know, he wants to get out and be with people other

than mom.

>> Steve: And you, even if it is Blair.

I.

>> Leif: No offense. No offense.

>> Steve: None taken. I loved that.

>> Leif: Taken.

>> Steve: Because the other thing that we really see

here, we talked about this

in the previous episode

where, um,

blair out Serena for the

ostrov center. And then Eric tells her, no, it was

me. And Blair is like, oh, shit, this isn't the

person I wanted to hurt. And now you actually, once

again, see that? Like, these two grew

up together, too. And this is your. Your

best friend's siblings are. Are

your siblings in so many ways.

>> Leif: You know, uh, Dan

is worried about Jenny, but ultimately allows her to go back

to the party. And Dan walked Serena and Eric

back to their hotel. Much

better brother sister moment there.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. And actually,

I really love Jenny in this moment.

Once again, I know who they are.

>> Leif: Ah.

>> Steve: But more importantly, I know who I am.

So, yeah, I know what's going on.

I'm playing this game, too. Yeah,

I thought that was just an absolute

killer moment for Jenny to really

also kind of tell Dan, like, I am.

I'm grown up.

>> Leif: I, uh, have agency.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yes. Yeah, I can do this.

>> Leif: Jenny has one last dare outside

Eleanor's store. It's a. It's a trick. And Jenny

is trapped in the store as alarms sound.

>> Steve: And it's so funny because, like, you see this

happen.

>> Leif: Oh, uh, yeah.

>> Steve: You see it every step of the way. Oh, yeah. Just go in there

and take that coat.

>> Leif: Why are you coming in?

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. It's

also obvious that it's, you know, you're going

in there and I'm going to lock you in and call the cops,

so. Which, which,

it's. If you're

in Blair's circle already,

all of those people that already have

the abundance of wealth that if

they were caught in

a situation, uh, like this could

literally buy their way out of

any and all trouble associated with it. And now

you have Jenny, who may

not have that kind of cash

available to her. So it

is higher stakes for Jenny than

a lot of other people in this circle.

Blair's circle. Yeah.

>> Leif: And that is the end of act three. We get

onto the epilogue.

Back at the loft, Rufus and Lily

reminisce about their past. Lily answers the

phone, and Allison is on the other end.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, um.

>> Steve: Womp, womp. And instantly, we

get the

tone of the relationship

between Lily and Alice.

>> Leif: Yeah. And it sounds like,

uh, they're close enough that Alison

recognized Lily's voice.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

Right away.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: And, uh, they.

And you have to figure that there was

some crossover in those

early rockstar years.

You know, they. They clearly know each other

well enough to recognize voices.

>> Leif: And then, um, back at the store,

uh, Jenny smooth talks her way past the cops.

She gets away without issue and even

gets to keep the jacket.

>> Steve: And, man, five years later, she

couldn't have gotten away with this. You know, by

the. By the end of the show's run, she

couldn't have gotten away with this. But, like,

no, in 2007, no

one's picking up and googling what

Blair Waldorf looks like. Uh, you

know, her face isn't all over the papers and

everything.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: I don't know. This is my mom's store. Why would I have the keys?

Yeah, I don't have id. I'm 17.

I'm 16 years old. I don't have an id

yet.

>> Leif: Yeah, definitely would. Not passing. That's today's

time.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: And so we move on. Serena and Dan are

talking about their younger siblings. Something

like that plays as we see Dan and Serena kiss for

the first time on the streets of

NYC.

>> Steve: Yep. Great kiss. Great

moment. Like, great. You know, we've been waiting

for this. It's been building up for five

episodes now. And.

Yeah, it's great.

>> Leif: Mhm.

>> Steve: Yeah. Great resolution to their story

arc that this episode.

>> Leif: Yeah. And then Jenny

shows up at the sleepover and wins the

nights.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: When.

>> Steve: When she leaves the sleepover,

she goes back, she leaves the

sleepover and she turns to Blair and she's like, first

of all, she's like, I'm keeping the jacket.

I'll see you on the stairs. Lunch. On

the lunch of the Met steps. I'll see you

there. Yeah. So, like, uh, because Blair,

game recognizes game and Blair's

like, you know, no one leaves. Like, oh, you're bailing.

No, I'm walking out.

I'll see you again later.

>> Leif: And I'm keeping a jacket.

>> Steve: Yeah, and I'm keeping your jacket.

>> Leif: That, Jack could probably cost a couple thousand dollars.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jenny

fucking owned that. Yeah.

Um, everything in about Jenny in this

episode just plays the game

like a fucking, uh,

genius.

>> Leif: She is definitely a project.

>> Steve: The Bobby Fischer

of the upper east side

royalty.

>> Leif: Scheming.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, and so that is the end of the episode.

So we'll go ahead and get into some segments.

Um, so the song that plays, um, in the

montage, uh, where Dan and

Sridha kiss, and we get the whole

montage on most sites, it's

just labeled as something like that by

Tim.

>> Steve: Yeah. And I remember

watching this moment and being like, holy shit. Is this

my first glimpse at Lincoln Hawk?

Because he's holding the album.

>> Leif: And I believe they, uh, intended it to be

that it felt that way.

>> Steve: Yeah, it felt.

>> Leif: Um, this song is

not on Spotify or Apple.

Um, it's only on YouTube. And it's under the

title song and wager

as, uh, the artist's name.

>> Steve: Yeah. S w. Right. Or is it

so n g s.

>> Leif: O n g s o n g o. Ah.

And then he. Which

they. He has one album on Spotify,

but not this song.

Um, apparently the guy's name is Tim

Bader. He's from Philadelphia.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: He's eagles fan.

>> Steve: Nice, nice. Go birds. Next

year, I guess.

>> Leif: Yeah. Um.

>> Steve: And.

>> Leif: But, yeah, so that. That's that song. Um, and

then a m little more trivia from the episode

when Blair comments, Jenny's outfit is too Hannah

Montana. It may be a reference to the fact that Taylor

Mumpson was almost chosen to play the character of Hannah

Montana until Miley Cyrus got the role.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. I really like that

bit of trivia, that whole scene, too. To this.

To this. To this. It was cute.

>> Leif: And then this is the only episode where Eleanor

Storm is seen or even mentioned.

>> Steve: Yeah, and it seemed like a tiny

little hole in the wall store, too, you

know? Like, you only see that

little boutique.

>> Leif: Almost, which makes

sense.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: I mean, she hasn't even gone public yet. Yeah, she's in small

fashion line.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Yeah, we'll see where she ends up later.

>> Steve: Yeah. Well, I mean, she has all that stuff. That's gonna work out great

with the captain, I'm sure.

>> Leif: Oh, yeah.

Um, so let's go into episode grades. I, uh,

went first last time, so you can go first this time.

>> Steve: Um, I really loved this episode.

I felt like everything was kind of

turned on its head. Like, everything that

was, uh,

they took a lot of cliches and kind of worked it out better.

Like, this is how things could work out better.

Um, overall, I thought the episode was an a.

Um, Jenny really shot

this episode up for me. Like, just every scene with

her made it just great for me.

Um, I knocked it down even

a little bit because of the complete whack

of Nate and chuck in this

episode. Like, they. They were definitely

missed. Uh, you know, I'm a

big Nate.

>> Leif: Stan, so,

um, I'm gonna go a little bit lower than

that. Um, I. Yeah, I was

not as thrilled with the trophiness as you were. I

thought they had trophiness and then replaced it

with even more tropes.

Um, so from the first half the episode, the only

part I really liked was Dan and Serena finally

communicating, but I did, like,

all the Blair, the sleepover stuff with Jet. Blair

and Jenny.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, they worked great together as actors.

Uh, so I'm going to give the episode, and like I said, no,

no. Chuck and Nate. So that was kind of. That

was missing. So I'm going to give it a b

minus.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: All right, on to Stockwatch. Uh, who do you have

going up?

>> Steve: Um, well,

Jenny skyrockets in this episode. Her

stock goes up and up. Um,

Dan and Serena, their stock goes up. They finally

did the thing. They finally had their good date. They finally

get their kiss. Stock goes up. Um,

Lillian, rufus. I had their stock going

up. They both kind of, uh,

they both had

parenting wins a little bit. You know, Lily

kind of, you know, opening up

and being a little bit more of a person for the first

time, uh, that

their stock. And then Eric also getting

out. M Eric stock went up, too.

>> Leif: Yeah, I also. Yeah, Jenny,

obviously, she clearly won the episode.

Dan, uh, Serena, even though I didn't necessarily enjoy all their

scenes, they seem to have fun, so I'll give

them stock up.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, Lily and Rufus, for their communication

and opening up together and reconnecting

finally. Um, even though Rufus,

you know, got the bad news about his

wife maybe starting to move on

finally. And then, yes,

Eric as well, because he got to have fun and hang out

with some people that weren't his, uh, family.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Um, then

going down for me, the ostrof center,

their faculty, their staff, their security.

The ostrof center's stock went down for

me.

>> Leif: Yeah. Uh, not great on the security front. Uh,

for me, Allison, uh, gets an off screen,

uh, stock down for just being a cheating

wife.

>> Steve: And to me, like, to me, I would

concur outside of. She isn't

really a character to me yet, you know,

because she's just all off screen.

>> Leif: So I think going forward, we can

use anyone who's at least

mentioned anyone.

>> Steve: Mentioned in the episode, they have to.

>> Leif: At least be mentioned.

>> Steve: Okay. Okay, good. Good.

That's good to go on. That's good to go on.

>> Leif: And then who do you have, uh, for best outfit?

>> Steve: Dan's brown suit. Dan's suit. When.

When he shows up. And then Brown's not

my thing, and it's not typically Mike Huller, but, man,

he just pits him, um, owns that.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: Yeah. He just.

>> Leif: It was very well tailored to.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: Not trial, you forget.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: That well tailored.

>> Steve: Yeah. I mean, yeah. I think we're

also supposed to believe that it wasn't

tailored and. But it was super well tailored.

>> Leif: Yeah. And,

ah, for me, it was a, uh, Jenny's yellow, uh,

jasmine de milo dress with the black and gold

swirl print coat from Millie.

I thought she owned it and she just killed it

all upset.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was it.

Yet I actually didn't love

it. Didn't love the dress because of the

bow on it. Wasn't there a big bow

on the front of it?

>> Leif: Sort of like something wasn't a bow, just like I, like, kind

of a drape.

>> Steve: Yeah, I thought that part of it was. I just thought.

>> Leif: I think it worked for a character.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, it does. Um,

yeah. But also a shout out to her

earlier outfit that. Where she. When she showed up,

um, and she had that, like, pink sweater,

the. The crocheted, like,

or knit sweater. That

made me really realize the sweater game in general on

this show is just on point.

>> Leif: Uh, if you live in New York City, you gotta have good sweaters.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: And good coats in general.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: Okay. Ah, you got anything to

plug?

>> Steve: Um, I should be

at trying to think when this comes out,

but if it's not too late. February 8, I'll be at

McGillan's for their open mic.

Um, ah, that's in senator City.

>> Leif: We should come out tomorrow.

>> Steve: Okay. Oh, yeah. It is time for this to come out, isn't

it? Wow. Um,

yes. So February 8, come out to McGillens in Center

City and come see me play. I'll be the featured

act for the open mic. And if you play music, come play music for the

open mic. Um, and then you can

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music, you can find my stuff.

>> Leif: Uh, and, um, yeah,

um, uh, I haven't really watched anything

new recently, so, uh, I'll just, uh, plug my

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>> Leif: Alright, uh, so that's all for this week.

Next episode is season one, episode six,

the Handmaiden's Tale. The HBO Max

description is, and Dan is torn between

two girls when his childhood friend Vanessa returns

home.

>> Steve: Oh, boy.

>> Leif: So we get to meet Vanessa,

a new character. Well, until next time,

you know you love us. Xoxo.

>> Steve: Take care.