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

This week the guys break down Season 1, episode 3 titled Poison Ivy

Blair is thrilled when her mother, Eleanor, chooses her to be the new face of her clothing line; Serena and Dan are reminded once again that they come from two very different worlds; Nate and Chuck indulge in a boys' weekend to blow off steam after Ivy Week.  – IMDB

Produced by Leif Capicola and Steve Marchion. 

Edited and mixed by Leif Capicola.

The Gossip Girl Theme Performed By Steve Marchion.

⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Tiktok⁠ - @NonJudgingBreakfastPod

⁠ X (twitter)⁠ - @NJBPod

Facebook - Non Judging Breakfast Pod ⁠Page ⁠and ⁠Group⁠.

⁠Linktree ⁠

Questions, comments? Email us at nonjudgingbreakfastpod@gmail.com 

>> Steve: I describe that movie, um,

that movie to me. It's when it was

good, it was great, and when

it was bad, Russell Crowe was

singing.

>> Leif: Mhm.

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

out there, you just tuned into the non judging

breakfast pod where the coffee is strong, the

waffles are fresh, and the gossip is hotter than

ever. I'm, um, Leif your seasoned gossip girl

veteran.

>> Steve: And I'm Steve, your newbie, your

greenhorn, your. I don't know, Leif

what's the word for the new kid on the block

in Gossip Girl?

>> Leif: I think they would label you as a project. You

know, girls who have the potential to be a blairite.

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

original and let's get started.

>> Leif: Sounds good.

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

breathing gossip girl since the beginning, and I am

watching for the very first time

together. You're. We're your dynamic duo. And we're going to

be dissecting scene by scene to go

through all of the romance,

the drama, and the sometimes

questionable fashion choices of this

iconic 2007 tv show.

>> Leif: That's right. Each week we'll break down the latest

schemes, secret hookups and couture

catastrophes. And trust me, there are plenty of them.

>> Steve: And, um, because we are all about inclusivity

here, there is always a seat for you at the

non judging breakfast table, whether you are a

newbie like me or an old veteran

like Leif Go ahead and grab your

coffee or pour a mimosa if it's one of

those kind of mornings. And let's get ready to

dish on the gossip.

>> Leif: All right, let's go ahead and jump right in. Today we're

going to be talking about season one, episode

four, bad news Blair.

And, uh, Steve, do you know what that, uh, is

referencing?

>> Steve: Oh, boy, do I. I mean,

I grew up on the bad news bears,

right? Like, that was like

in an iconic Keanu Reeves.

>> Leif: Right?

>> Steve: I'm sorry, folks, we're gonna have to

call this off.

>> Leif: Now. Of course, we are talking about Billy Bob Thornton

movie. Of course, we were talking about the 19, uh,

76 movie, uh, starring Walter

Matthew.

>> Steve: Oh, my gosh. Yeah, that.

Yeah, uh, it was, you know, was one of

those movies of the childhood. And like, because it was

also like every kid playing Little League

felt like they were in some way, shape or form

on the bad news bears. You know, like,

because we all. Because we all thought

we were playing like Mike Schmidt, but we're

really playing like a bunch of kids playing Little

League, you know, um, and

I remember, like,

that movie just really resonating with me as a

kid because of that. And, like. And

granted, there was

absolutely no I batting in my house at the

racism in the movie or the. Or the

other, like, hugely problematic

moments, which also kind

of, you know, it just. That was very

much a part of my upbringing, you know?

>> Leif: This episode was directed by

Patrick Norris. Uh, he's a

veteran tv director. Done, um, a

lot of stuff, but he is specifically, uh, a

king of the teen drama

genre. Uh, you got my so called

life, Dawson's Creek, Party of Five,

the OC, Roswell, Chuck,

the Vampire Diaries, Heart of Dixie,

greek, pretty little liars, and

if you will notice, several, uh, Josh

short shows on there. Pretty much. Pretty much every

Josh short show, uh, he has been on.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: As a director.

>> Steve: They seem. They seem to

work together. Yes.

>> Leif: Uh, he is, ah, one of his. Go to Josh

Roche's. Go to. Guys.

>> Steve: Do we know how many episodes he has done

of the show?

>> Leif: Uh, I can look it up.

Um, see,

Patrick Norris, he

did

gossip girl.

>> Steve: Gossip girl.

>> Leif: He's done, uh, quite a bit. We got parenthood, huh? Even done

episodes of izombie Nashville.

I think that's also a Josh Schwartz show. Carrie

diaries, gossip Girl. He did eight

episodes of Gossip Girl.

>> Steve: Eight episodes of Gossip Girl. Okay. Okay.

>> Leif: I had a little over 100, so.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Anyways, um, this 8%.

Yeah.

Story, um, by, uh, Josh,

um, interesting because this, uh,

he will later become the showrunner for

gallery.

>> Steve: And it's also funny because I feel like.

Is this the first time that we have seen

the story by not credited to the author of

the novels?

>> Leif: Uh, no, this is just the first time I stopped

listing that.

>> Steve: Okay.

>> Leif: That's just what it has on, like, IMDb.

Um, but I realized, like, that's not really that they're just listing

the producers and, like, yeah,

other people.

>> Steve: You're. All right.

>> Leif: Um, this is.

>> Steve: She's listed as a creator, too. Yes.

>> Leif: Cecily Fazgar. Um, but so,

yeah, so Stesli, Joshua, Stephanie

Savage, executive producers.

But, uh, if you watch the opening credits, uh, this episode

shows written by Josh Saffron.

>> Steve: Right.

>> Leif: All right, we'll go ahead and jump right into act

one. Uh, Blair is

dreaming. She is Audrey Hepburn in

breakfast at Tiffany, except she is on the outside

looking in at Serena Moonrifer

plays.

>> Steve: This is my dream.

Not anymore. So

great. Like, it's just so. Yeah, I

love that. That, you

know, clearly, she has this fear. Like, I've, uh,

made some sort of white flag

gesture, and now Serena and I are kind of working

stuff out.

>> Leif: And she's just gonna take everything from me.

>> Steve: Yeah, but now it's just gonna go right back to how it used

to be. Yep.

>> Leif: And we see Blair awaken in the penthouse

to the sound of Serena talking with

Eleanor. Uh, Eleanor is

extremely undermining towards Blair, but

fawning over Serena.

>> Steve: Yeah, like, he. It's weird.

Like, you're being weird about it.

And this is the first time that we've seen new mom.

>> Leif: Yes, this is the first introduction to Margaret

Collins as Eleanor Waldorf.

>> Steve: Okay. Right. And I don't

think that I actually even

noticed before,

because it's been two episodes.

>> Leif: Yeah, she's missing episode two and, uh, three.

>> Steve: Yeah, it's like.

It feels like second

Becky almost. Only less.

You know, only like she got second becky

only on her first episode. Yes, but

you're right. Like, I feel like she really.

She really has the bite

that this character

needs.

>> Leif: Well, so I have actually gone back and read, and the reason

why she was replaced was because she looked.

>> Steve: The other actress looked you young. Yeah. Yeah,

she. She really did. And you already have Rufus,

who.

>> Leif: And Lily is also very young.

>> Steve: Yeah, and Lily's pretty young looking, too,

so. Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: Anyways, we got Chuck. Uh,

and Nate are at, ah, Chuck's suite again, hiding

valuable objects before a party. Chuck, uh,

is the party planner, and everyone is forced to follow his

plans. We are first introduced to

Carter basin, played by

Sebastian Stan.

>> Steve: Yeah. Where do I know this guy from?

I really recognize him. Is he.

>> Leif: Is he from think metal arm?

>> Steve: Uh, what's it called? Arrow

or, uh, bigger.

>> Leif: Much bigger.

>> Steve: Bigger metal arm? Oh,

he's Bucky.

Holy shit. I just spent that

episode. Like, why do I know this guy? Where

do I know him from? Oh, boy.

>> Leif: Fine. We're good.

>> Steve: Where do I know him from? Where. Why do I know this

guy?

>> Leif: Yes, he plays Bucky Barnes and many other

things. This, um, was before he got hit

it really big. Um, uh, he

actually is a recurring character through several

seasons. Um, I won't spoil too

much, but, uh, uh, yeah, uh, uh, he

kind of started to fade from the show

about when he got the role in, uh, that

version of les mis with, uh, Hugh Jackman.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah, I described that

movie. Um, uh, that movie

to me. It's when it was good, it

was great, and when it was

bad, Russell Crowe was singing.

>> Leif: Yeah, that was my interesting

choice.

>> Steve: That movie, that. That play. First

of all, I was a promise, that movie, since I first

heard the soundtrack in when I was a

kid, and I saw that show. That was a

birthday present for me when it came to Philadelphia on

its first tour.

>> Leif: Wow.

>> Steve: Like, my dad took me to see les mis for my

birthday, and it was amazing. And then I went

again when I was in high school, um, a friend

of mine, it was where my love for theater came from,

and, like, my love for acting and being on stage and

love for music. And music. I don't even love

musicals, but I love that musical.

Um, and so. And I remember just

they for years teased that movie, and then we got the

fucking Liam Neeson movie

that was like, really?

This is what you're like? Oh, a happy ending.

Oh, great. This is the lame is. I

knew, like, you would have just been a

fucking story. I would have been okay with it, but God damn,

did they fucking tank that movie. So

then when they finally give me that

musical, they give me fucking

russell crowe, who I'm, uh,

not gonna. I'm not criticizing the guy as an actor,

but I'm gonna criticize him as a singer. When you're singing

some of my favorite fucking songs in

musical theater stars is possibly my

favorite song throughout all

of you know. It's above somewhere over the

rainbow. It's, uh, above fucking. There's a place for us.

It's above fucking. You know,

I never heard them singing till

there was you. Like, I, uh. Like, it isn't probably my all

time fucking.

>> Leif: Yeah, it's definitely some questionable casting.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: So he's sorry.

>> Steve: I'm back.

>> Leif: Serena and Blair are walking down the street, and two

random men leer at Serena, and Blair is

jealous. This leads to a conversation about

how Blair's mother favors Serena.

>> Steve: Yeah. I mean, and it's like,

no, no.

Like, we all just saw what we

saw.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: Like, she. She was

wanting over. She didn't wake

Blair up? Uh.

Um, yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: So Serena sees Dan, and they flirt

until Blair comes out and insults Dan's choice

of sandwich. And then they continue to flirt and

make loose plans to meet up in the

future.

>> Steve: Um. Um, I actually, there's one thing I want to address from the

previous scene, too, that I. That I forgot to mention,

which was Eleanor telling Blair

what to eat. Yeah. Eleanor

very specifically being like, oh, well,

not the. The. Not the yogurt. The fruit has less fat in

it. I lost two pounds while you were gone.

>> Leif: She says. She said, not the, uh.

>> Steve: She's.

>> Leif: She's going for the croissant. Instead of tucking into

that, why don't you try the low fat yogurt?

>> Steve: That's what it is. Yeah. And.

And when she turns to her like that,

like, I felt the dagger go into my heart

when she said that. And then Blair's

response. I lost two pounds

while you were away. Twisted the

knife. It was heart wrenching. It

just. Really just. That was the.

The most sympathy I think I've

felt for Blair since her last interaction

with her mom.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: You know, they're definitely starting to give.

>> Leif: Blair, uh, some more characterization other than just the evil

bitch.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, she's being. She's being

treated.

Yeah, she. You're. You're. Yeah, it

was. And you're getting layers.

>> Leif: You're getting layers.

>> Steve: You're getting layers. And you're seeing those. The relationship

that she has with food again. M. And that it's

coming from her mom having

her own projections onto her.

>> Leif: Which kind of makes you think she probably would have wanted that

pork sandwich. I know I kind of wanted that.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah. Oh, fuck, yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: Like, hot pork and roasted cheese. Uh, melted

cheese.

>> Steve: Yeah. And. Man. M. There. And again,

there's Serena, and her mom doesn't say

anything to Serena, you know, which is

also really kind of like.

>> Leif: And you see Serena feels bad about it, too.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. She.

>> Leif: She immediately puts the. Puts the bread down.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. And.

Yeah. And it's like, you

see that Serena gets it. And Serena is,

uh, possibly the only one who is really

fully aware of the dynamic with their own

mom, that she's very aware of

her relationship with her mom because there isn't one

there. But I think that it gives

her a little more perspective on everyone else's

relationships with their parents,

you know?

>> Leif: Correct. Yeah.

>> Steve: So sorry. I wanted to, like, at that point, because I think

it's really important to Blair's character.

>> Leif: Yes, I agree.

Uh, Nate and Chuck are catching up with

Carter back at the party. Nate is

enamored. Chuck is bored.

>> Steve: Yeah. Um, yeah.

And I. It's funny because, like, I make a note

later on that there's not really a party of the week, but I guess

there's kind of a starting off the party with the party of

the week, and it is this big, like,

brogasm party, it seems.

>> Leif: Well, so the reason why this episode

and these are kind of the less good

episodes is you got two. The stories

are completely separate, so you gotta have

two parties. You got the one is the lost

weekend with Nate and Chuck.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And then you got the other party, which is the photo shoot.

>> Steve: Right.

Okay.

>> Leif: Because you have Dan, Blair, and Serena all there.

>> Steve: Mhm. I wouldn't really call that a

party.

>> Leif: It's not a party, but it's an

event that they all. It's an event that they show up.

>> Steve: I'll give you that. It's just that, and I

think that. Well, and, um, we can. We'll address it

later.

>> Leif: And photographs are kind of like a party. I mean, there's music

going on. You got food laid out.

>> Steve: My issue with it is that

until now, major

catharsis. Catharsis.

Catharsis happen.

And, you know, all of those, like, major

climatic moments happen when

all of our characters are together.

>> Leif: Well, that's what I'm saying.

>> Steve: This is.

>> Leif: This is the first episode where you get the big split.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And those are not the episodes that I think

are not as good.

>> Steve: Yeah. I. And I'm. And I am with you

on that assumption. Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, anyway, so we get that,

um, a little bit more. So we get that.

We get that Carter, uh, is

when Nate and Chuck were in 8th grade, Carter was

a senior.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: So we kind of all knew that guy in high school. They're

still kind of coming around to parties and.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And so I totally get Chuck here.

>> Steve: Yeah. And at the same time, there are those

people that are like, wow, that guy's so cool because he, like,

totally went out and did his own.

>> Leif: And it is typically the jocks,

too.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: They're like, oh, uh, he was so good at the sport that I play.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: I wish I could be like him.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Which Nate. That's totally neat.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. On brand, this guy seemed. This

guy is living Nate's. Nate's dream.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: You know, I don't want my dad's fucking money. I

just want to go and do my own thing and earn

my own way. And. And

also, poor little Nate.

Adorable, adorable Nate.

You can't do that without your dad.

>> Leif: Oh, sweetie. Oh, sweetie.

>> Steve: Oh. Oh, sweetie. If you were to try to go off

the grid and go backpacking across Europe,

guess how you're flying there.

Your daddy's money. Yes.

You will do that if your daddy tells you you can.

Otherwise, what, are you working

at Starbucks and saving up?

>> Leif: Well, we see what Carter is, uh, up

to later in the episode to try to get his

money.

>> Steve: Right, right.

>> Leif: Um, and then so we get, uh, back at the

penthouse, Eleanor and her employees are

discussing a fascist shoot. While blair

and Serena admire the clothes, they are

looking for a new model, and the plan is to use

blair. Blair seems nervous, but Serena

is pushing really hard for Blair to have this.

>> Steve: Yeah. Great moment for the two of

them where blair. Serena catches

on. Blair's being timid about it. You know,

I, uh. You don't even fully know, if Blair's paying

attention until Serena's like, yes, she'll

do it. And then you realize blair

was playing paying attention

again, the acting of Leighton meester,

where she's.

You really buy that she is

trying to ignore this thing that's about to happen for

her, this thing that she really wants and.

And has never been able to get it because

it always goes to Serena. Yeah, and.

But. And, uh, kudos

to Eleanor for being, like, the best person to

represent. My brand is

my daughter. Yeah. She looks amazing in these

dresses. She is beautiful.

My daughter is beautiful. She looks beautiful in

these dresses. Who better to represent my

brand? Kudos to Eleanor Waldorf

once again. Beautiful way to tie up that character

arc. She is a good mom after all.

I'm glad to see it. We can close the door on that,

that she made the right decision. Thank. Thank

you.

>> Leif: Yes.

Um, so, yeah, we get that. And then, uh,

Blair is in her room discussing the fascist shoe with her

friends, and dan, uh, calls Serena, but Blair

answers the phone once Serena gets on the

phone. Dan and Serena set a date for

tonight.

>> Steve: Yeah, they're. And they're looking forward to getting

together. Blair,

you don't have to be like that. But, like, they

finally do talk. They get their date arranged.

Um, and I'm sure that's going to go off without a hitch,

too.

>> Leif: Uh, of course.

Nothing could possibly go wrong.

>> Steve: Yeah. And.

>> Leif: Yeah, and we get Serena

showing the girls how to do the pop.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah, that's right. Uh, they're all.

Yeah. Yeah. And, um,

I will be bringing this scene back up later

when we talk about the. Our

fashion of the week, our favorite outfit of the

week. Mine was actually in this scene.

Okay.

>> Leif: Uh, also, um,

going back to that last scene, um, we actually

got introduced to a new recurring character, uh,

Laurel, uh, who is kind of like

Eleanor's second in command.

>> Steve: Okay, I didn't really.

Oh, okay. Yeah. The woman who was helping

organize the shooting. So she's. Yeah, she.

>> Leif: Yeah, the dark. The dark skin, the light hair.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Yeah. And the glasses.

>> Steve: Yep. I know. Yeah, exactly. You're talking about.

>> Leif: Um. Um, yeah. Okay, so that. Yeah, she. She is a

recurring character. That's, uh, she'll be back.

Um, and then so we get. Rufus

is talking with a beautiful art dealer at

his gallery. Does, um, Rufus also have a

date for tonight?

>> Steve: Yeah, um. Um,

it sounds like he's at least got an appointment or something

that he wants to look good for. Um,

so that is interesting for

him.

>> Leif: Our first introduction to Bex.

>> Steve: Yeah. Uh,

yeah. Who. That's not her scene

yet, right. That's not him getting ready for it.

>> Leif: No. Uh,

she's looking at the painting, and.

>> Steve: Oh, right.

>> Leif: And she says, hold it for me. I think the

person I'm working for won it.

>> Steve: Yeah, I'll be back. Yeah, that's right. That's

right.

>> Leif: Um, yeah, so we have that scene, and

then we. The lost weekend continues out on the

basketball court. Chuck and Carter nearly get into a

fight. Carter leaves, but sets up plans with Nate

for later.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, uh,

that's where they're setting up the plans to play the

poker game, right? Yes. He's

just kind of telling you.

>> Leif: Yes. He's dropping hints.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And, yeah, we got chuck in his basketball outfit. It was,

uh, interesting, to say the least.

Outfit.

>> Steve: Yeah. Uh, well, I mean,

it's. It's Chuck being Chuck, really?

You know, like.

>> Leif: But yeah. Just to reveal the. Behind the

phantom curtain, it is definitely one of the more iconic Chuck

outfits. It's very talked about and mocked.

>> Steve: That's funny because I actually wasn't paying much attention to it.

>> Leif: It's, like, incredibly bad.

>> Steve: Yeah, that's funny. I'll have to go. I'll have to look at that.

>> Leif: It's, like. It's, like, shorts and, like, it's, like, a jersey

type t shirt but, like, crown, like, different color

crowns on it. Uh, and his hair is doing this

weird, like, weird shit going on with his hair. Uh,

yeah, it's. It's pretty big.

>> Steve: Yep.

>> Leif: It's mocked pretty bad on the Internet.

Um, so then we see that was that

scene we, um, get

to at the photo shoot. Blair is not

impressing the photographer. Serena

tries to encourage Blair to loosen up.

>> Steve: Yeah. Um, yeah. And

you immediately see where this is going. They're

like. And, like. And you see Serena

is definitely walking up with the

intent of my friend is

drowning. I hear them talking about

it, and. And, you know,

Blair having that wall up

initially and being like,

get out of here. Like. Like, oh, I knew you're gonna do this, and

you're gonna try somebody. She's. No, I just wanted to help you out. And then

when Blair is. Looks over and sees them talking about her and turns

back and is like, help me.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: And she does. And. And they do

have fun together. Yeah, they do have

chemistry, and it is a great

shoot with the two of them. Um,

but you kind of see that Serena

is just loving the camera, and the

camera is loving her, and they all. And there's

this consensus between the

photographer that. What's the

assistant's name?

>> Leif: Laurel.

>> Steve: Laurel um, and the.

The two of them both have the agreement that she

looks fucking amazing in the

dress, but the camera, she's not doing anything for the

camera, and. And

she's not, you know, she. When. Yeah, she is very

flat and what? In her affect and in her

demeanor and very nervous and very prim, which,

again, you got to throw it deleting meester that,

like, to just be able

to portray that

in, you know,

when, you know, she doesn't have. When she, you

know, it's hard to do

something that

you're really good at it. Sometimes. It's really hard to do

it badly. In fact, the people. The

best, it's, like, some of the best among the

people, uh, are the ones who can do it badly, if that

makes sense.

>> Leif: All right, so, um.

Um,

Serena calls Dan to cancel the date as

he is already waiting in line at the movie theater,

he leave or say, ah. As he's already

waiting in line, he leaves with a frustrated

sigh.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. And

she bails on him. And she bails on him for a

photo shoot. And the thing is, like, she is

being a good friend here.

Um, in fact, we actually didn't even. I don't think we

addressed the time that they bumped into

each other earlier, and.

And he was like, why are you guys hanging out? Like,

why are you doing this? And. And that was

the other time that I was like, blair, you don't have to be like this.

Like. Like, why does she come up? And it is

immediately.

>> Leif: And Stan was not privy to this,

the under the bridge scene.

>> Steve: Right. But at the same time, Dan

has done dick to

Blair. Dan has done nothing

but, like, punch chuck in the face for

sexually assaulting his sister. Like, that is the

most that he has done to harm anybody

else. So Blair coming up and just being a,

uh, fucking asshole to

ten just for, like, existing on the

sidewalk is, like, why?

>> Leif: I think he just kind. I mean, they've already gone to

school for three years, so I think he just

kind of, as she's, like, the queen of the school. Like,

he kind of knows that that's just Blair.

>> Steve: Yeah. Uh, but it's also, at the same time, it's

like, it is just Blair, but,

like, he's a nobody to

her. So, like, why are you. Why. Like,

my beef was. My beef was never with you,

Blair. Like, why are you, like, you

were upset with her and took it out on me. Why are you still

taking it out with me if you guys are getting

along? Oh, that.

>> Leif: It's not. He's not taking out. It's not that she's

just classist.

>> Steve: Well, yeah. And, and that is very evident

there, too.

>> Leif: And that is the end of the first act. So, uh, we're going to go

ahead and take a break.

All right. We are back for act two.

It is nighttime in the city, and the art dealer

arrives at the Rufus's gallery. The art

dealer, Becks, asks Rufus out to

celebrate. But Rufus isn't ready yet, despite living in

different zip codes from his estranged wife.

>> Steve: Ex wife. I

know, I know, but, like, come on, dude,

dude, dude, dude.

It's an awful long commute. She

says, dude, that's not over

yet.

>> Leif: Give our man Rufus of credit.

>> Steve: I just, I just have this, like, um,

you know, I'm projecting because, like, my first

marriage ended by tearing the band aid off one hair at a time for

a year. And it's like, dude,

Beck's is, like, right there.

>> Leif: She's here. She's right. Right here, right now.

>> Steve: Like her. She likes you. Like, get some coffee, bra.

>> Leif: Yeah, but, ah, I mean,

yeah, he's.

>> Steve: Clearly more interested, but

fair enough.

>> Leif: But Rufus a good guy and

he is still married. Technically. Yeah.

He's not ready to cross that boundary.

>> Steve: Yeah. And

I'm not privy to any of the conversations that the two of them

had. I just figure that when you're living in different zip

codes and not really talking to

each other, um,

that, like, I don't know, maybe I just feel like

it's implied that you're allowed to date other

people, but I guess I would have that conversation. Should

I be in that?

>> Leif: Uh, uh. Wasn't it like, said that it was like, uh, ah, an artist

for. She, like, she was doing art stuff or something. She was kind of, like

getting away just to do art or something.

>> Steve: Yeah, but like, but it sounds like she's getting

away to a place where she doesn't need to necessarily

come back. That's my impression.

Is that, like, she's.

>> Leif: Yeah, but, but still, they have, they

haven't, they haven't talked about yet, though.

>> Steve: Yeah. And the thing is that by the end of this episode, they

do that, like, the which, not to

jump ahead, but Dan's point of

view is really a lot. Also a lot of how

I'm feeling towards Rufus's situation.

>> Leif: Oh, yeah. And while I agree that

that's probably the situation,

at the same time, Rufus.

>> Steve: Is a good guy doing the right thing.

>> Leif: He's a good guy.

>> Steve: I get that. I just, I just.

And I feel for him. M. You know, I feel for him.

>> Leif: Um.

Um, so Nate and Chuck

are arguing outside a pub. Chuck

seems to like. Like he loves the life set up for him,

but Nate still wants out. Nate leaves the

party and to potentially meet up with Carter for an

underground poker game.

>> Steve: Yeah, and. And, like,

Chuck makes some points to Nate, but, like,

you know, uh, kind of what I was saying earlier, you

can't just go off and do your

own thing. Like, when you do that, you kind of

close big doors, and you're just going to be on your

own at that point. Yeah. Like, if you go to

that other college, you're doing it on fucking student

loans and. And dorm

food, and you're not living the life that you

think you're living until you end up going to Dartmouth.

>> Leif: Well, uh, he points out that Carter's just here. He's not, you know,

mooching off his parents. He's just mooching off us now.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, he's. Yeah.

And he's still mooching off of somebody. Yes.

Yeah. And. And

it's funny. When Chuck bass is the voice

of reason and when Chuck Bass is the one

whose scumbag radar is going off,

I want to listen. Yeah.

>> Leif: You gotta wonder what, uh, what Carter's done in the past.

>> Steve: Yeah. And. And I don't even

necessarily. I

didn't even make that leap more than

I just saw Chuck

as just seeing. Seeing

this play out before that. It's not the first time that

he's seen someone like Carter, that he's seen someone who's

done something like this, you know, who

threw it all away, and

you know, what ended up washed up and

living off of their friends. Yeah.

>> Leif: So, uh, Dan comes.

>> Steve: Excuse me.

>> Leif: Dan comes back to the loft and talks to Rufus about

Serena missing the date and how her friends

and world just seemed completely alien to him.

Rufus compares Serena to a girl he used to

date? I wonder who that could

be.

>> Steve: Yeah. And when. First of

all, I do love the line. I swam, um,

for a while. For a while until I

drowned. And if that

isn't, like, every

relationship in one way or another, you know,

like. And, you know, I'm.

I'm in a really amazing relationship

with my wife,

but I think that I feel like

that imagery is very hard, is very

easy to understand, especially with certain relationships. There

are those people that, like, you just want to try

to keep up with them, and no matter what you're doing

to try to keep up with them, you're never

going to. And eventually, you're

just going to have to, you

know, you're going to have to just let it go?

>> Leif: Yeah.

And so we see Eleanor

tucks Blair into bed. Blair feels approval

from her mother, maybe for the first time in her

life.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Fantastic

to have her mother's love. It is so

nice that they were able to make these decisions

together. And, uh, it is

so great to see that

they have developed this great

resolution. Good job. Close the door.

>> Leif: And I actually back to the previous scene. Um,

I like the way, uh, Dan describes Blair.

Um, everything he hates about the upper east

side distilled into 195

pound, doe eyed, bon mot

tossing, label whoring package of

girly evil.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: I mean, Dan's definitely a writer.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's very, very, very

vivid, very imaginative, very good with

words.

>> Leif: Uh, so, yeah.

Uh, so skipping past the scene we just talked about,

uh, Serena calls Dan and invites Dan to

the fashion shoot.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Are you looking for my sister?

>> Steve: Yeah. Like, why. Why are you inviting

me to this thing? And, like.

Like,

no. In no way, shape or form is

that gonna sound like what is a fun

day to me.

>> Leif: Yeah, but he agreed in the end.

Yeah, she, uh.

>> Steve: Cuz he can't sing. Yes.

>> Leif: She cuts and she cuts them off. She basically hangs in the pun

for.

>> Steve: You to say, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll buy you anything you

want from craft services. Isn't crash services usually

free? I'll see you. Ready. Click.

>> Leif: Um, and then.

So after that, we got at the back of the penthouse,

Eleanor is discussing the photo shoot with the

photographer. They decide to replace Blair

with Serena. Blair's worst fears are coming

true.

>> Steve: Um, and if I remember correctly, is that where they just

present her with the option? They didn't

actually. Eleanor

didn't broadcast her decision. They just

tell her that,

and she.

>> Leif: Kind of, like, she nods at the end, like, the final shots of her.

>> Steve: Like, acquiescing, but,

like. So once again, we have the parent

choosing money over their kid, too.

>> Leif: Again. So, uh, and, um, I feel

conflicted about this because in this spot, I think

this is the right choice. She's listening to the

experts. What she shouldn't have done

is put Blair in this position to begin with.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. And, well.

Well, I even get that because it was short notice.

And her rationale between. Behind having

Blair in there, but the other choice

that you had was the two of them together were working through

it and doing something and had some chemistry. She could have been

involved. You know, there were

other options and, like, to

then. Well. And how the rest plays out, you

know?

>> Leif: Well, uh, I don't know how much this plays

in, but if you remember it was Serena that really

pushed for Blair to, like, they were, like, kind of, like, thinking

about it, and Serena's like, yes, do it, do it, do it.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah. Serena was always behind

Blair doing, but she.

>> Leif: No, like, she. But she's the one that, like, really pushed it to

happen. Like, uh, Eleanor was, like, on the fence, like, considering

it, and Serena is the one that pushed her.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, that is true. That is true.

>> Leif: And so that is the end of act

two. And so we go into act three.

Uh, Blair awakens for the photoshoot.

Clearly excited, Eleanor informs

Blair she has been replaced, but she blames

the photographer and fails to mention Serena

has replaced her. After Eleanor

leaves, Blair leaves a voicemail for

Serena to meet her at the shoot and crash it.

>> Steve: Uh, uh. Oh. Uh, yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: That's not gonna end well.

>> Steve: No, not at all. And it is, like, you're not

being honest with your kid, and, like,

obviously your kid is gonna be mad about

this, and obviously, your kid's gonna

find out what you

did, like, their pictures that you're using to

advertise your company. You think she's not

gonna see what happened,

you know, and so, yeah, really shitty for Blair

to wake up to, but, yeah, so

she's gonna crash this.

Crash this, uh, photo shoot.

>> Leif: Mhm. Um,

and then so Lily returns the painting to

Rufus's gallery. Apparently, Lily and Allison

have beef, and Lily is the client of

Beck's.

>> Steve: Yeah. Fantastic. It's so good

that, you know, and, like, the whole argument

is great. Like, how would she feel about this being

on my wall? And, like, you know,

the. The ex girlfriend

always has that certain

place. You know, there is

that, like, you know, we know

that Rufus and Lily have their history, and then

there. And now we're seeing that. That crosses into

Rufus's. Exactly. Or as his

wife.

>> Leif: So, like, what if

Donald, uh, Trump liked our podcast? How would you feel

about that?

You don't have to answer that.

>> Steve: I'd be like, why?

What vibe are you getting from me?

What reflecting do I need to do on

me.

>> Leif: I could see him being a big fan of the show.

>> Steve: Yeah. Um, yeah.

Lyran

women. Yeah, I

could really see him being invented.

That makes me. That creeps me

out.

>> Leif: So small spoiler, uh,

Ivanka truck. But does make a, uh, cameo in season

four.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah.

>> Leif: Well, I mean, but this is, like, before. This is,

like, free at Venice. Yeah, this is like. Yeah, this is when

they, like, they're. They're famous, but they're. They're not in the

politics yet. They're still. They're still New York Democrats.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: Hanging out with the Clintons.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: Um. Um, so, yeah, anyways,

sidetrack.

Um, so Chuck is back at his suite

and discovers. Discovered he has been

robbed.

>> Steve: Yep. The baseball. And was it a glove,

too? Baseball.

>> Leif: Uh, and it was just a really fancy watch.

>> Steve: A watch stolen out of

it.

>> Leif: He locked it in the drawer.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: But somehow someone still thought stole it.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And it was this Babe Ruth, uh, called shot

ball.

>> Steve: Yeah.

As a baseball fan, that's got to.

>> Leif: Be worth quite a bit.

>> Steve: Yeah. Like, that's.

Like, that's. That's

a beautiful piece of memorabilia, as you know, just

for the love of baseball and everything. Yeah.

Although I. I love. I love

Daniel Tosh's take on Babe Ruth, that Babe

Ruth was breaking records before black people could play the sport.

So where's his asterisk trip?

>> Leif: I don't think he's the first one to make that joke,

actually.

>> Steve: Oh, no. He's the person that I heard say.

Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, so

Nate is playing poker with carter. Carter, uh,

really wants Nate to continue playing for some.

Some reason. I wonder why.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's really pressuring

him to stay in the game where Nate was like, this is fun. I

had a good time, and then. And I think

Nate.

>> Leif: The adventures, just about the star man.

>> Steve: Yeah. And I think Nate is

realizing that

something's not right.

>> Leif: Well, I don't think it's clicking yet. I don't think it's. That's. That's not

the scene.

>> Steve: Well, he's on. I mean, he's uncomfortable. You know, he's clearly

uncomfortable.

>> Leif: I mean, he's ready to go home. He's like, okay, I

want some. Um, it's that the smart play is to leave

while you're up.

>> Steve: Yeah. Nate is really bad with

peer pressure. Yeah. Nate doesn't know how to

handle, you know? I mean, he

only spoke up to his dad for the first time recently,

so Nate doesn't know how to handle.

>> Leif: He's malleable.

>> Steve: Yeah. He. And he doesn't know how to say.

>> Leif: No to his friends, and I think Carter knew that.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: And targeted Nate from the very beginning.

>> Steve: Yeah, absolutely.

>> Leif: And, uh, then we see Blair shows up at the photo

show and is devastated to see she

was replaced by Serena. They have a huge argument,

and Dan accidentally overhears the confrontation.

More moon river place.

>> Steve: Mhm. And,

like, how do you say, like, yeah, your

mom tricked me into replacing you.

Like. Like, how

fucking disgusting. Like, she lies to her daughter

and lies to her daughter's friend.

In a way that it's like, how do you. Where.

To what end? What to what end? Are you

lying? When do you not realize. How do you not

realize that it's going to take one

conversation, you know?

>> Leif: So. But

is Serena oblivious, or is she

willfully dumb?

>> Steve: I mean, the whole thing about the test, the test

shoots, you know, they wanted to do some test

shoots while we waited for you. It's

a good. It's a good reason to be up there. Uh, but I

also think that

Serena loves the

attention, despite wanting

to get away from the attention. You know what I mean?

Like, she. She doesn't like what the

attention has brought her, but also

can't not have the attention.

>> Leif: Yeah, but, you know, in all fairness,

Serena does immediately confront Eleanor,

and, uh, she asked, you know, why she

didn't tell her the truth and then quits.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Quits right then in there and walks. Walks

off. Yeah.

>> Leif: And we. Course, we get. We get another scene

of, uh, Dan not being

recognized.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: By Eleanor.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. But they. They

hadn't met before, though, had they?

>> Leif: No, they hadn't met, but, yeah, but, yeah.

>> Steve: Just another funny, though. Who are you? Yeah, who are

you?

>> Leif: What are you doing?

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. I

don't know.

>> Leif: Uh, yeah, because, like, there's, like, a bunch of people at the shoes.

Like, it'd be plausible that she wouldn't recognize every

person there.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: But specifically him.

>> Steve: Right. This guy stands

out as being out of place. Yes.

Like, so many people could easily sneak onto a photo

shoot probably if they were dressed right, you

know? But this guy does not belong.

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

act three. So we're going to go ahead and get into the

epilogue.

Um, back in the dressing room, Dan and

Serena have a conversation.

Dan, as usual, is quick to judge, but

the scene ends with Dan staring dumbly at the wall

after Serena explains what really happened before

peacing out.

>> Steve: Yeah. Dan.

Dan, let's. Dan, let's have a conversation.

Cause, dan, you gotta. You gotta be on your. Chill

a little bit. Cause. Cause, like, you

jump to conclusions way too quickly,

let people give you a conversation, and then make your

judgment. But, dude, just chill

a little bit. A little bit. Thank you,

Dan.

>> Leif: But, uh. Uh, and so I

gotta give props to Serena here. Uh,

she is very confident in her body that

she's at. You know, 16 year old is able

to just, like, change, like, right next to someone she has, like, a crush

on.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

>> Leif: Props to her for confidence.

>> Steve: Yeah, she. Yeah. Well, and, you know, it's almost all

you know, it's that theater kid kind of,

you, uh, know, modeling theater kid.

>> Leif: Yeah, I guess.

>> Steve: And, like, you know, I remember

being in. In high school when we didn't

necessarily, we had, you know,

boys and girls areas to change, but there

were many quick changes, many things like that, that it would

just be, you know, clothes flying

everywhere to get that change done. And there

was always this rule of, like, we're not here

to, you know, check

each other out. Like, this is business. We are getting change. We are

walking out there. You never saw business. So,

like, I can understand that confidence because she's

probably been around that a lot of, like, yep,

I change. I change when I need to change because

this is how I've, you know, this is just part of

being in this kind of realm. Mm

hmm. But it does take a. But that

realm takes confidence. Yeah. Yeah.

>> Leif: Uh, Dan goes and sits next to Blair, and they

have a heartfelt moment. They bond over their

shared parental abandonment issues.

>> Steve: Yeah. This is a fantastic scene.

Um, it's the first time that we

actually hear Dan

talk about his relationship with his

mom and his anger towards her

and how he

doesn't like her very much right now,

doesn't like her behavior right now

and feels abandoned by her

and mistreated by her. And

it's not the same thing that Blair is

going through, but it is a similar thing

that our moms aren't giving us what we

need. And it's a great moment between the two of

them where, you know, Blair

was so humbled in the previous episode

that in this episode, once again,

she just, you know, she.

She's able to have that kind of emotional connection

with someone she doesn't like. You know, when you walk in, it's

like, oh, great, you know?

>> Leif: But they. They both let their guard down, that scene, I think.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. They. And then. And it's a really great

moment, both of them.

>> Leif: I agree, as definitely, uh, the scene of the

episode for me.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Uh, and then, um.

>> Steve: Um, I also. This whole time,

you know, Blair, we've talked about how Blair

is always dressing for power, and this

whole scene, I felt like she was muted. Her

outfit was muted. Her.

She was wearing, like, that blue. It was very

similar to what her mom was wearing. The pattern on. On. It

was similar to what her mom was wearing in black, but it

was very muted and very.

>> Leif: Um, the whole scene was actually very muted. The color

was very. Is definitely washed out. Like the color.

>> Steve: Yeah, very much. Yeah. It's like a white hallway,

and it was. It was like. It was red,

white, and black. You know, it was the

way.

>> Leif: The way you can really tell is Penn Badgley's

lips look like purple.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, because.

>> Leif: Yeah, it's definitely tinted.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, clearly.

>> Leif: Uh, so back at the poker game,

uh, Nate is clearly in over his head. Uh,

smooth brain. Nate finally realizes that Carter set

him up. Just when it seems Nate is about to

lose more than his wallet, Chuck steps in

to save the day.

>> Steve: Yeah. And so for the

first time, Chuck, who. Whose

stock has been plummeting for three straight episodes,

three and a half straight episodes, because he was a.

He was a dick throughout most of this one. In the

first half of it, even when he was right, he was

right in a. About being a

dick, you know, like, he still

sucks throughout the entire thing, but then he comes

in, and, uh,

I. You know, we. We have to point out that he did this for

a bro. You know, we didn't see him

defend. Defend. Uh,

Blair, we don't know, you know, it. He

would. I don't know that he would stick his neck out for women,

but he stuck his neck out for his friend, and

he also was like, hey, you have my ball. You

have my watch. You keep it. I don't call the cops.

We're walking out of here. And, like,

he gave, like, again, that piece

of baseball memorabilia to just be like, you have it.

Keep it. Doesn't matter to me. Like, I'll

buy it back when. I'll buy it back when you put it on auction,

you know? Like, I'll get that ball back if I want it

badly enough. I'm Chuck bass.

And you actually see Chuck bass using his chuck

bassian powers for the forces of

friendship and not for evil

destruction in his own penis.

>> Leif: Yes.

Um, and so we get

back at the photo shoots. They are scrambling to

find Serena's replacement when Blair confronts her mother

about choosing Serena.

>> Steve: Yeah. And,

you know, she. You know, she does come clean here, but

it's like.

>> Leif: And then she tries. They try. Did you catch. They try to give it

back to her. They tried to,

because they're scrambling to find.

>> Steve: Yeah, because Serena just quit. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And then she's

like, no, fuck off.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: What's good for her.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, it's.

It's sort of like that Nate moment from the week before that

she, like, stands up to her mom, like, no, I'm not doing

this. And, in fact, no one's

doing this because we're going to steal all the clothes and

do our own photo shoot around the city, which is also

great.

>> Leif: But at first, we actually see Dan, uh, finds

Serena and brings her a piece offering from craft services.

Uh, good throwback to earlier.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: Um, they make plans for another date, and Blair

shows some lukewarm approval for Dan. Uh,

quaked upgrade from earlier in the episode, though.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah. She was a little bit nicer about

it. Yeah. Um, and,

you know, I'm sure that a lot of that is that carryover from the

earlier conversation that they had.

>> Leif: He can date Serena, but, you know, gotta, you

know, picture clothes up a little bit first.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah. What's

really funny is that, uh, when they stole the clothes and

ran around doing their own.

>> Leif: Yes. That's the next scene. Yeah,

yeah. Uh, so the next scene, which is the final scene of

the episode, is Blair and Serena steal Eleanor's

clothing and go off and have their own fashion shoot on

the streets of NYC.

>> Steve: Yeah. And the thing is, if they give those pictures to their mom,

like, in that. In that point in time, like, that kind of

shit, like, oh, seven, that

was Facebook was just starting

out putting that shit on, you know, social

media, putting those pictures out, that's

branding. Yeah. You know? Mhm. You know,

here's high fashion that you can wear every day. Look

at my daughter out having fun with her beautiful

friend.

>> Leif: You know, the only issue is

I felt like the dresses didn't really were not

fitted to them.

>> Steve: Yeah, yeah, yeah. They.

I.

>> Leif: Maybe. Maybe that's just my lack of fashion knowledge, but it seemed like they

were ill fitting to me.

>> Steve: Yeah, I don't think. Personally,

I. I don't think Eleanor Waldorf

is a really great designer. I don't know shit about

fashion. I don't know. I really don't. But,

like, I think Jenny is

their designer.

>> Leif: I'm like, what have we seen from Jennie

so far?

>> Steve: Haven't we? Uh, didn't we? Oh, I guess. No, I guess she bought that

dress.

>> Leif: Well, she didn't buy it. She said she's got a. She was looking at a dress in the

store, and she's got a copy at the fridge.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah. Because it looks better in black for the kissing the lips

party. Yeah. So, yeah, her dress for the kisses and lips party

would have been.

>> Leif: Yes. I mean, she was just copying someone.

>> Steve: Else'S design, but, yeah, but still.

>> Leif: Yeah, definitely. Impressive.

>> Steve: A better eye.

>> Leif: Yeah.

>> Steve: A better eye than Elinor Waldorf.

>> Leif: Yes. Uh, but that is the end of

our episode. Uh, so let's take a quick

break and then get into some segments.

>> Steve: Yeah.

>> Leif: All right, we are back for some

segments. Um, we're gonna do some

episode grades. Ah, I think you went

last, last week, so I will go first this

time. Um, I

am gonna go ahead and give this one

a b plus.

Um, just. We had the split

storylines, so that kind

of takes away. Um,

but you got. But you do have some good scenes, so,

you know, you got the great scene with Dan and Blair.

Um, so I'm definitely eager to see more of them.

I think they're two of the best actors on the show,

so I want to see more scenes with them.

Whether it's antagonistic or friendly,

I think it can be good. Um, so I think that

scene in itself brings it up a bit.

Uh, we get Blair's, uh, moment where she finally tells her

mom to fuck off. So that's good.

But, yeah, again, it's just dragged down by the fact

that Nate and Chuck are just completely separate

from everyone else, and Jenny is not used at

all. Really?

>> Steve: Yeah. Jenny and Eric aren't in this episode. Yeah. Right. Like,

they're. They're not even mentioned.

They're not in it. We don't see them.

Um, and you feel that

I actually. I feel like I'm giving this episode

a generous b minus,

and because it was kind of a

c for me on my word first watch through.

But those moments with Dan and Blair

and that Mo and the Chuck bass

coming through, those things

kind of boosted it. Some of the other, like,

cinematic decision making and, like,

the directing and the acting kind of boosted it a little

bit storyline wise. It

fell flat for me. The.

The. We're going to have a competition on it at a

photo shoot, and we're going to have a big bro weekend.

Just. And it really didn't

leave a good place for Dan in the episode.

Yeah, it didn't leave much room for him. We

get a little bit of character development from.

From Rufus and Lily. We don't

see the captain at all. We don't see

Chuck's dad. I don't think. Um,

we know. Yeah. Uh, so

the only real parent dynamic, because

we don't even see Lily interact with Serena,

which, for the first time really starts

to reinforce that they don't have a relationship

because every other episode they've interacted, and

Serena has tried to say that we don't, but

now here we finally have them in their own

worlds, independent of each

other. Um, but, yeah, I

just. There were a lot of. There are

a lot. There was a lot of plot

line stuff that fell flat for me.

Um, that. So I'm

giving it a b minus.

>> Leif: All right. Uh, so moving on to stock

watch. I, um.

So for stock up, I have,

um, unfortunately, Chuck,

um, he, uh, came through in the end for his bro.

Um, I think Serena and blair,

just for the end scene, they get stack up.

Um, but that's. I think it for me on

stock up. How about you? Anyone?

>> Steve: Um, so. So I felt like Dan and

Blair's stock went up with. With that. With that moment

in the end. Um, I feel like

Serena's was kind of breaking even. No. No real

movement. I also put Chuck in a

breaking even category this week

because. Or doing the right thing. He was still

being chuck. Um, so

I didn't actually have him going up, just breaking even.

But Dan and blair are both.

>> Leif: Dan. Blair up.

>> Steve: Dan and Blair both went up.

>> Leif: Okay.

>> Steve: I think everybody else kind of broke.

>> Leif: Even in that episode, so I

hate to say it. Chuck, my least favorite

character, goes up, and Dan, my

favorite character, goes down.

>> Steve: Oh, you have Dan going down? Yeah.

>> Leif: I mean, yeah, he has the good. The great scene with Blair,

but he was a dick to

Serena.

>> Steve: He really was. She did stand

him up, though.

>> Leif: Um, I mean, she. She did, but she

called him. I mean, things happen. I mean, the

stuff happens.

Um, I mean, it sucks,

but, I mean, that's. That's not what he was

addict to her about. I mean,

okay, if he wants to, you know, kind of be a dick and

blow her off after she stands him up, fine. But

he was a dick for something. He didn't really understand there

was his.

>> Steve: Place to be, and he didn't even.

>> Leif: Have the full story either.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, he didn't have the full story, and he didn't have any.

Any position

there. Like, uh, this isn't your. This isn't even your

fight.

>> Leif: And Nate stock goes down for.

>> Steve: Just.

>> Leif: For being a fucking idiot.

>> Steve: Oh, yeah. I forgot. Yeah, Nate

stock went down, and I think that's the first time for

me that Nate stock went down. But his.

His pure is inability.

And Nate's stock literally went down

because he loses ten. He loses

$200,000 because his trust

fund is drained. Uh, because, you

know, guess who you need.

>> Leif: So since you brought

that up, what do you think's going on there?

>> Steve: Well, I mean, for one, I think it's.

I think that the story he's going to say

is you're going to fall in

line or you don't get anything. But

knowing that he's a finance guy, that is

nerve. A nervous finance guy.

I feel like that money is being

invested in something that

is a surefire guarantee

that is really going to. Really going to. That's going

to be the one that gets their family,

like, on top.

>> Leif: Okay.

>> Steve: At least I think that's what the captain thinks he's doing.

>> Leif: All right, just to recap, so you have stock up,

Dan and Blair and anyone else?

>> Steve: No, just Dan and Blair.

>> Leif: Stock and down. Nate.

>> Steve: Nate. And if we're looking at parents,

Eleanor. I mean, Eleanor is.

Yeah.

>> Leif: Actually, I'm going to add her to mine. Uh, she's definitely down.

>> Steve: Yeah, she's. She's

awful. Yeah, the two of them are both

down.

>> Leif: All right, um, so we're going into best

outfit, and I'm actually going to

go outside the box on this one. I

went with Laurel. Oh,

her outfit at the fashion shoes, she had, like, a

black dress, uh, with tight, uh,

at the waist with a black belt with, like, a big, nice big

brass. Ah, not a brass buckle, but black. It was, like, all

black. She had all black outfit and

including black glasses. Black rimmed

glasses. And her hair was, like, tied

back with a black, uh, like, headband or not a headband,

but it's like a tie.

>> Steve: Yeah, like that. Um. Um,

for me, it was Katie's

outfit when they were in that

scene where, um, they were

all hanging out and she was teaching the pop and all

that. She was wearing, like, this gray. I don't even

know if it was pajamas or if it just looked like.

It looked like the border between, like, pajamas and,

like, regular clothes.

But it was just really caught my attention, especially because it

was, again, being used as.

As background, almost as. As set

dressing in the way that she was portrayed in

the scene.

>> Leif: And I'm not picturing it, but I'll definitely take

a look when I go back and snap it for, uh, Instagram. I

screenshot it.

>> Steve: Yeah. Yeah, I really loved it.

>> Leif: All right, um, so that is it for the

segments. Uh, we're going to go ahead and just get into some

plugs. Um, if you,

uh, want to come follow me on Twitch, I

review pa, uh, medical marijuana and

play video games and chat with friends. So just

come out and say hello. That's Monday,

Wednesday, and Friday from 08:00

p.m. to 11:00 p.m. eastern standard

time. You can find me at Twitch, uh,

tv hotcappacola. You can

also follow me on Instagram.

>> Steve: And, um, you can come out to McGillins

on February 8, and I will

be the featured act at their open mic.

And, um, you can also. That is McGillins in

Center City. Uh, and also you can follow

me at Steve Dot Marshan

on Instagram. That is m a r c h I o

n or Steve the weed wizard on TikTok.

Uh, and you can also find my music on

Spotify, iTunes, Amazon,

YouTube, and pretty much any other streaming

service.

>> Leif: You can also, if you want to follow the podcast, you can

follow us on Instagram and TikTok at

nonjudging breakfast pod and on the

social media formerly known as Twitter.

We also have a Facebook community group, just

search for non judging breakfast pod and

take a seat at the breakfast table with us.

>> Steve: Yeah. And if you have any questions for us, you can email us

at, uh, nonjudging

breakfastpod@gmail.com.

the first time I actually got that right. Uh, and

we will try to answer your questions here on the

podcast. Uh, also, if you like the show, we would

really appreciate it. If you like

follow, leave us a comment, leave us a review,

and, uh, on Spotify

or Apple or wherever you stream your podcast

that could really help us with our discoverability.

>> Leif: And then join us in two weeks when we, uh, break

down the season one, episode five

titled Daredevil.

>> Steve: You're gonna catch that one.

>> Leif: Until next time, you know you love us.

Xoxo.