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S4E04 - "Touch of Eva"
Episode 4 • 29th September 2025 • Non Judging Breakfast Pod • Mithril Chain Network
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Upper East Siders, it’s another hot one! 🍳☕ This week on the Non-Judging Breakfast Pod, Leif and Steve are diving deep into Gossip Girl chaos, tackling the big questions: What does it really mean to be a “good person” in the GG universe? Is giving away millions the only proof of goodness, or is it more complicated than that?

From scandalous watches to questionable generosity, the guys break down character motives, surprising twists, and those over-the-top Gossip Girl storylines that keep us coming back. Plus, expect plenty of banter, rookie-veteran debates, and some laughs about “mad browsing skills” and forgotten internet pasts.


If you love Gossip Girl, messy moral dilemmas, and witty takes on your favorite Upper East Side disasters, this episode is your brunch companion.


🎧 Listen in as we spill the tea hotter than Serena’s latest scandal and sharper than Blair’s one-liners.


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Steve:

That they wanna show.

Steve:

Chuck is a good guy.

Steve:

Well, what do good people do?

Steve:

Fuck, I don't know.

Steve:

Give money to people.

Steve:

Give money away.

Steve:

Just give all their money away.

Steve:

Give $5 million.

Steve:

That sounds like that's what good people would do, right?

Steve:

Oh, she sells the watch so she can give the money away.

Steve:

That's what good people must do.

Steve:

I don't know.

Steve:

I don't know.

Steve:

I don't give my money away.

Leif:

Hey, Upper East Siders at all.

Leif:

You Scandal loving listeners out there.

Leif:

You just tuned it to the Non-Judging Breakfast Pod where the coffee is strong.

Leif:

The waffles are fresh and the gossip is hotter than ever.

Leif:

My name is Leaf and I'm your seasoned Gossip girl

Steve:

veteran.

Steve:

And I'm Steve, the rookie, the newbie, the greenhorn, the, what are we saying now?

Steve:

Leave that we're in season four.

Steve:

I'm not sure,

Leif:

but did you know that not only am I manly and rugged, but

Leif:

I also have mad browsing skills?

Steve:

Well, just as long as you don't dig up my old prostitution website.

Leif:

No promises

Steve:

there.

Steve:

So here's the deal, folks.

Steve:

Leaf has been watching Gossip Girl since it first aired, and

Steve:

I'm diving in for the first time.

Steve:

Together we're your dynamic duo, bringing you all the drama, romance,

Steve:

and sometimes questionable fashion choices of this iconic 2007 series.

Steve:

Bring your magnifying glasses

Leif:

because each week we're dissecting every juicy detail of the show.

Leif:

One episode at a time.

Leif:

We'll connect the dots.

Leif:

I cover those sneaky little Easter eggs and of course, serve up

Leif:

some piping up behind scenes Tea.

Leif:

Expect some iconic fandom moments too, because what's a deep

Leif:

dive without a little drama?

Steve:

And since we are all about inclusivity here at the non-judging

Steve:

breakfast pod, there is always a seat for you at the non-judging breakfast table.

Steve:

So go ahead and grab your mimosa cup of coffee or light up some of whatever

Steve:

Chuck can find and let's get into this.

Leif:

So, yeah, um, last week I had mentioned.

Leif:

That I thought Blake had out, acted late in the, in the scene.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

And I thought this, this was another kind of weak episode for Layton.

Leif:

Yeah,

Steve:

it, yeah.

Steve:

Uh, hold on.

Steve:

It, it wasn't just Layton.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

The acting in this episode was weak.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Start top to top down.

Steve:

Like there were tons of really bad, it just more noticeable with her, I think.

Steve:

Yeah, because she's so good all the time.

Steve:

That end scene when she goes running to Serena, you're better than that.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

It's, yeah,

Leif:

and maybe it's my own bias speaking, but I just think she's just as tired as

Leif:

the Chuck and Blair of it all as I am.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

I honestly, I feel like I'll also say this, I didn't know when on the

Steve:

show I was going to say it, but.

Steve:

We have watched three seasons of this show, and we are into the fourth episode,

Steve:

and there have been shitty episodes.

Steve:

There have been episodes that I thought were ridiculous or thought were goofy

Steve:

and dumb, but never until season four, episode four, have I ever been.

Steve:

Bored.

Steve:

Yeah, this was the most boring episode of Gossip Girl Top, like start to finish.

Steve:

I, it was a snooze fest

Leif:

and of course we are talking about season four, episode four.

Leif:

Touch of Ava.

Leif:

Original air date was October 4th, 2010.

Leif:

And it is based on the movie title, touch of Evil came out in 1958 in which

Leif:

a Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border

Leif:

town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking.

Leif:

As his concerns grow over the tactics of the local detectives

Leif:

whose cooperation he needs,

:

interesting,

Leif:

directed and starring Orson Wells and also Charleston Heston.

Leif:

Hmm.

Leif:

Interesting.

Leif:

Not sure what the connections are, but, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Leif:

Uh, the other than the name?

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Okay.

Leif:

Good, good, good pun.

Leif:

Yeah, I'll give 'em That episode was written by Layla Gerstein previously

Leif:

had done season two, episode 22.

Leif:

Southern gentleman prefer blinds.

Leif:

Season three episodes five, 10, and 15, which were Rufuss getting

Leif:

Married the last days of the Disco Stick and the 16-year-old

Steve:

Virgin mid episodes.

Steve:

Honestly, yeah, all of them are middle of the road or worse.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

I think that of all of them, I think I liked Disco Stick a little more than

Steve:

the others, but really it was just the stickiness of that whole Yeah.

Steve:

Episode.

Steve:

It was an easy episode to write.

Leif:

And it was all written around the fact that they got

Leif:

Lady Gaga to perform, right?

Leif:

Yes, exactly.

Leif:

So they had like surround all upset around her.

Steve:

Yes, exactly.

Steve:

Yes.

Steve:

And, and, and between that and the threesome you had Easy Pickens.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

For plot.

Steve:

Well post threesome.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Well, right.

Steve:

That's what I mean.

Steve:

Fallout.

Steve:

Yes.

Steve:

The, the

Leif:

threesome Fallout.

Leif:

Threesome fallout.

Leif:

And this episode's directed by former brat Packer, Andrew McCarthy.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Back for his second episode.

Leif:

Right?

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

And this first one wasn't that great either.

Leif:

It was the, the lady vanishing.

Steve:

Yeah, the lady, yeah.

Steve:

The, the lady vanished rather.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

With uh.

Steve:

With the Chuck's mom storyline.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

That one was really bad.

Steve:

Also bad acting in it.

Steve:

Chuck's acting was bad, which really tells me that we, we've talked about, let's,

Steve:

let's compare him to the king, right.

Steve:

Norman Buckley has had shit scripts in this show and has

Steve:

evoked impressive performances.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

With shit words.

Steve:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

At times.

Steve:

And I've always said that.

Steve:

When you're, when I'm watching the director of the, of every

Steve:

episode, what I'm really looking at is what is the performance that

Steve:

this person got out of the actors?

Steve:

And he didn't get anything out of any of these actors.

Steve:

I think that the most he got out of any of them was Ava and.

Steve:

I didn't think she was terrible, but I also think that she was really,

Steve:

really trying hard to stay on a show.

Steve:

Well, you know,

Leif:

I don't think she was, I, I should have pulled up the, some articles.

Leif:

'cause I've seen the remember her like, dissing the show pretty hard.

Leif:

Really?

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Clement Posey.

Steve:

That is, that's funny.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

I, I didn't think she was terrible in it, but I thought that she's a pro.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

I thought that the acting in general was just weak.

Leif:

Not the only Harry Potter alumnus in this episode.

Steve:

Hold on.

Steve:

Who did I miss?

Steve:

Who did I miss?

Steve:

That was Ivan.

Steve:

Oh, was Ivan.

Steve:

Oh, he's young.

Steve:

Voldemort in the second movie.

Steve:

Oh, no kidding.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Wow.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Now I recognize him.

Leif:

Uh, why don't you give us that vulture recap.

Steve:

Do you remember when Chuck gave his heart to his mother?

Steve:

Blair said in last night's episode of Gossip Girl.

Steve:

That was the beginning of the end for all of us.

Steve:

In fact, it was not the beginning though.

Steve:

The four seasons and three years, God help our souls that we have known him.

Steve:

The heart of the brooding air to the bass fortune has been passed from hand

Steve:

to hand, like a white elephant gift at Christmas, starting with Blair, to whom

Steve:

he had, he first gave it in high school when she danced on stage at Victrola.

Steve:

Chuck eventually snatched it back, briefly bestowing it on

Steve:

a mysterious nanny called l.

Steve:

Who caused it some damage when she turned out to be fake.

Steve:

Soon after the heart was broken by the death of his father and given

Steve:

back to Blair who mended it, then it was given to his mother who

Steve:

stomped on it with high heeled shoes.

Steve:

Whereupon gave it back to Blair again, who shredded it by breaking up with him.

Steve:

After sleeping with Jenny, whereupon the remaining pulsating

Steve:

pieces ended up with Ava.

Steve:

That's a lot of wear and tear.

Steve:

No wonder there's hardly anything left.

Steve:

Hopefully the kids watching at home will get the point.

Steve:

Hearts are delicate, slippery, and difficult to hold onto.

Steve:

If you're not careful, you could end up scrambling on the floor

Steve:

trying to sop up the remaining viscera and sobbing over your loss.

Steve:

Or worse, you might end up like Chuck at the end of the episode.

Steve:

Cooley functional yet entirely devoid of emotion.

Leif:

Well, Vulture's still bringing it at least.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Vulture knows what, what brings the money?

Leif:

We begin the episode, act one.

Leif:

We open with a montage of philanthropic deeds that Chuck and ever are

Leif:

performing and gossip girl monologues.

Leif:

Overnight, our brooding billionaire has become a generous gentleman.

Leif:

But what's responsible for this metamorphosis?

Leif:

Or should I say, who has a French fairy touched chuck with their magic wand?

Leif:

Or does simply being with an angel make you want to grow wings too?

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Chuck is a, a changed man.

Steve:

Yes, it's good for him.

Steve:

I hope it lasts.

Steve:

Could you imagine another three seasons of just good Chuck, like

Steve:

everything else going on and just good.

Steve:

Chuck for three more seasons.

Steve:

You know what I could imagine dead Chuck should have done

Steve:

it should have killed him.

Leif:

Post doubt.

Leif:

Josh Schwarz, he got stage fright after the ooc.

Leif:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

Killing off.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Gotta kill your darlings.

Steve:

That was when I, where I always respected Joss Whedon, was that

Steve:

he was not afraid to kill someone.

Steve:

Someone important.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

You know, I mean it's usually probably 'cause he had a

Steve:

problem with the actor, but

Steve:

yeah.

Steve:

I mean you did there is there is that

Steve:

how?

Steve:

How dare you have a family of your own charisma.

Leif:

Roa and Serena are trying to get Blair to stop obsessing

Leif:

over Ava and Chuck Blair.

Leif:

Like Steve is convinced a Ava has an agenda.

Leif:

Serena agrees to stay away from Nate and Dan.

Leif:

If Blair could stay away from Chuck and Eva,

Steve:

and I mean, I guess she had an agenda.

Steve:

It just was not as devious as I, she had a passed, she didn't write, she

Steve:

had a passed not well, the agenda of keeping her past quiet, I guess.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

But other than that.

Steve:

That,

Leif:

that's not the reason why she didn't take him to a hospital.

Leif:

She just didn't take her to, 'cause no one came.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

'cause nobody came.

Steve:

I, I actually love that.

Steve:

Like yeah, we were shot in the, we got shot in Kensington.

Steve:

Like no one's coming.

Steve:

They've got, they've got, they've got emergencies to deal with.

Steve:

I've got this.

Steve:

Uh, yeah.

Leif:

At the loft.

Leif:

Vanessa thinks Dan has been moping.

Leif:

So she called Rufuss and Lily for a breakfast intervention.

Steve:

And Vanessa, I see what you're doing, but you're meddling.

Steve:

Just let him have his process, let him process, let him

Steve:

have his space, let you know.

Leif:

Gotta gotta crowd him.

Leif:

So he goes and runs to his ex-girlfriend.

Steve:

Yeah, and it's funny because it, it really is.

Steve:

Sort of the blessing and curse of being Vanessa, of she really does

Steve:

care and she really does have probably better than some of the others.

Steve:

A better toolbox of coping skills from like the community

Steve:

living and the commune living.

Steve:

And she's much more open to things like therapy and grieving.

Steve:

So she's probably is one of the better people.

Steve:

To have on your side, but she's also Vanessa that will shove it down your

Steve:

throat that she knows you have to get into your grieving and you have to

Steve:

get move on, and you have to do this, which is really fucking annoying.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

At the Empire, Chuck and Eva, tell Nate and about their newest charity event.

Leif:

The boys and girls split into separate conversations.

Leif:

Juliet compliments Ava on turning Chuck into a better man, but

Leif:

Ava insists it's all Chuck.

Leif:

Nate says It's nice seeing Chuck being nice, but he says it's all Ava.

Steve:

This is where I kind of really fell in love with Ava too.

Steve:

I've liked her character.

Steve:

I've had no real issue, but when she's like Old Chuck, new Chuck.

Steve:

Uh, whatever.

Steve:

She, she has the whole thing.

Steve:

It's like, same chuck.

Leif:

Yeah.

Steve:

And like he's all one person.

Steve:

It's all one story.

Steve:

It's all one journey.

Steve:

And that, that was beautiful.

Steve:

Maybe one of the best written lines.

Steve:

Of this really terrible episode.

Steve:

I, I really like that.

Steve:

Yeah, I did find that if it's not too hypocritical, we should have champagne.

Steve:

It's pretty hypocritical.

Steve:

You're celebrating him giving away money that he hasn't given

Steve:

away, and it's like, I don't know if it's so much hypocritical or.

Steve:

Any excuse to drink.

Steve:

You all have problems in the middle of the day.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

In the middle of the day.

Steve:

It's noon somewhere.

Steve:

As my father would say,

Steve:

true story,

Leif:

rufuss, Lily and Vanessa all think Dan isn't dealing with his

Leif:

feelings After losing Milo, dad insists he is just fine and is relieved.

Leif:

The baby is gone to prove his point.

Leif:

He leaves to go see Nate.

:

I,

Steve:

I loved, I, I, I can't remember if it was here or the other one.

Steve:

I think it was here, where he goes, what is this?

Steve:

Some kind of feelings intervention.

Steve:

And Lily's like, no, it's not.

Steve:

And Vanessa's like, but you do need to deal with it.

Steve:

And Rufuss is like, yeah, it is, it is a feelings intervention.

Steve:

I thought, again, it was a, one of the nicer things, I did find it a

Steve:

little awkward in the earlier scene when Lily came in and gave him a kiss.

Steve:

When they were first invited in and she kissed Dan, which she doesn't do

Steve:

ordinarily or hasn't done other times.

Steve:

Well, for, for whatever reason.

Leif:

She's not really the one greeting him when he shows up at the penthouse.

Leif:

The last few times he showed up to pass.

Leif:

It's like Nate's there or it's like she's just, she's off doing

Leif:

something else when he shows up.

Steve:

I, I guess I just kind of feel it out of character for Lily.

Steve:

Because I don't see her greet people like that.

Steve:

In general, I didn't think it captured their irregular relationship.

Steve:

Uh, and again, I, I, I really, when we talk about the directing and the

Steve:

acting, I feel like McCarthy wasn't connected with these characters.

Steve:

I feel like he wasn't connected to the characters the way the characters

Steve:

are or the way the actors were.

Steve:

I feel like he,

Leif:

I know it didn't really feel outta place to me, but

Steve:

Fair

Leif:

Serena catches a glimpse of gossip girls showing Blair at

Leif:

Cartier and immediately calls her.

Leif:

They both accuse the other of breaking their agreement, but Blair

Leif:

goes silent when she spots Ava in the shop just then Dan shows up

Leif:

and invites Serena out on a walk.

Steve:

Dan, what are you doing?

Steve:

Because you just said you're going to Nate's and now you're at Serena's.

Steve:

Why?

Steve:

Why are you going there, Dan?

Steve:

Also Blair, leave her alone.

Steve:

Just leave her the fuck alone.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Blair is spiraling.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

At Cartier Blair spies on Ava and sees her selling the watch

Leif:

that Chuck gave her right here.

Leif:

It does look shady.

Leif:

Gossip draws this to say.

Leif:

Spotted one angel selling her halo.

Leif:

Careful Ava.

Leif:

Returning that watch may cost you the time of your life.

Leif:

Yep.

Leif:

And we move into act two.

Leif:

Blair shows up to the, um, empire Suite and tells Chuck that she and Eva should

Leif:

be friends just then Eva shows up and the three of them sit down for tea.

Leif:

Blair immediately starts making passive aggressive digs before finally

Leif:

accusing Eva of selling the watch.

Leif:

Eva missed to selling it so she could help.

Leif:

Chuck's valet Ivan to save his mother's house.

Leif:

Blair is disgusted by the couple's obvious affection.

Steve:

I thought this was really dumb and Oh, very sweet of

Steve:

her to like save Ivan's house.

Steve:

The only, and she had a good explanation for it, but I, I think I hated it

Steve:

mostly just because it's like this valet who is brand new to the show

Steve:

who we've never seen, who now is like Chuck's valet who has been so sweet

Steve:

to Ava and it just felt shoehorned,

Leif:

uh, ed slash Chuck's reaction when Blair

Steve:

shows up.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

And, and when everything is on the table, one of the worst moments for

Steve:

me acting wise was when Chuck goes, so, just one more thing, Ava, will

Steve:

you please pick a charity for the, and it's like, oh my God, this is so lame.

Leif:

Dan and Serena are walking and talking.

Leif:

Serena asks about Milo, but when Dan doesn't want to talk about him,

Leif:

Serena is fine with letting it drop.

Leif:

Their conversation is interrupted by a call from Blair.

Leif:

She wants Serena and Dan to help her take down Ava.

Steve:

So now Dan and Serena have a reason to be working together.

Steve:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

And it also occurs to me, we know, we've always talked about smart people,

Steve:

smart writers, writing smart people, right, smart characters, and they'll.

Steve:

And what happens when people try to write smart characters

Steve:

that are smarter than them?

Steve:

But I'm also noticing that there, it's the same with writing for

Steve:

good people that they wanna show.

Steve:

Chuck is a good guy.

Steve:

Well, what do good people do?

Steve:

Fuck, I don't know.

Steve:

Give money to people.

Steve:

Give money away.

Steve:

Just give all their money away.

Steve:

Give $5 million.

Steve:

That sounds like that's what good people would do, right?

Steve:

Oh, she sells the watch so she can give the money away.

Steve:

Hey.

Steve:

That's what good people must do.

Steve:

I don't know.

Steve:

I don't know.

Steve:

I don't give my money away.

Leif:

Blair is still trying to fake being friends with Ava in

Leif:

an obvious attempt to gain intel.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Is what they at the dog show or whatever.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Well, and And all the charity.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

They're trying to pick a charity.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Blair, just let it go.

Steve:

Let it go.

Leif:

Chuck finds Nate a cyber stalking Juliet, who he now

Leif:

believes is seeing someone else new.

Leif:

Chuck advises Nate to just talk to her.

Leif:

Nate also points out that Blair was spotted with Ava at a park.

Leif:

Chuck says he's confident in Ava's ability to deal with

Leif:

Blair, but mysteriously leaves.

Leif:

She's fine.

Leif:

I gotta go check on her.

Leif:

We get multiple scenes of Blair pumping Ava for info in the park.

Leif:

Then texting Serena and Dan to research each tidbit back to the Waldorf apartment

Leif:

in the midst of browsing for dirt on Ava.

Leif:

Dan admits that things with Vanessa are hard and that

Leif:

he's probably not over Serena.

Steve:

They have a nice little moment together and he kind.

Steve:

It comes to the realization of, you know, I know why I'm here and it's because

Steve:

I'm still trying to bang you, Serena, because I almost banged you, but then

Steve:

there's a baby and I couldn't bang you.

Steve:

Uh, yeah.

Steve:

Would've flown to Paris to bang you, but baby.

Steve:

Baby gone.

Steve:

Baby gone.

Steve:

Baby gone.

Steve:

Me bang.

Steve:

Now

Leif:

Nate is still reading about Juliet's activities on Gossip Girl.

Leif:

When Juliet sneaks up on him, Nate just comes out and asks, Juliet is

Leif:

dating anyone, and Juliet denies and says she was visiting a friend.

Leif:

They are interrupted by Vanessa.

Leif:

Looking for Dan.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Who busted?

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yep.

Steve:

And the worst liar.

Steve:

I love that Nate calls himself out on it too.

Leif:

Blair returns to her apartment and is furious that Ava is apparently perfect.

Leif:

However, Dan Serena turned that Frow upside down with they informer

Leif:

that Ava was a prostitute in Prague.

Leif:

Bump bump.

Leif:

A lot of shaming of sex work in this episode.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Except sweat shaming in general actually.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Except by Chuck.

Steve:

Except by Chuck who, who was like, all right.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

You're not my first speaking.

Steve:

I wish.

Steve:

Here's what Gossip

Leif:

Girl had to say about it.

Leif:

Looks like Eva's past might be Blair's perfect present, but what's

Leif:

more dangerous for Chuck Ava's secret or what be may do with it.

Leif:

Act three begins Blair, thanks Dan for his help before escorting him

Leif:

out the door, Blair then turns to Serena to recruit her to help in

Leif:

embarrassing Chuck and Ava at the gala.

Leif:

Serena instead suggests pulling Chuck aside and telling him in private.

Leif:

It also seems like Serena has decided to choose Dan over Nate.

Leif:

She also seems to think that things are pretty much over with Dan and Vanessa.

Leif:

One can only hope.

Steve:

Yes, hope every time.

Steve:

And yes, the golden retriever has a shiny new thing in front of her.

Steve:

And that must be the one that she loves.

Steve:

Yes.

Steve:

For let's just for at least the next 10 minutes.

Steve:

Yeah, let's just hope Nate doesn't cross her

Leif:

orbit.

Leif:

At some point, Dan returns to find Rufuss packing up some random guitar cables

Leif:

to give Vanessa to the closet space.

Leif:

Dan admits that he lied to Vanessa and went to go see Serena.

Leif:

Rufuss tells Dan that he needs to be honest with her, however their

Leif:

conversation is interrupted when Dan has to take a call from Nate.

Steve:

I love how it's like there's this kind of feeling of like, no, Dan.

Steve:

You should listen.

Steve:

You're the one I parent.

Steve:

You're the one I can parent, so let me give you advice

Leif:

and

Steve:

do Good.

Steve:

Good.

Steve:

Yeah, he was, yeah, rufuss was a good dad 'cause it was

Leif:

dad.

Leif:

Nate tells Dan he covered for him with Vanessa, but like

Leif:

Rufuss also preaches honesty.

Leif:

Nate also guilts Dan into spilling the T on Ava.

Leif:

Dan can't keep secrets.

Steve:

We know this like when, when Blair's like, don't tell anyone.

Steve:

It's like you just told the worst person.

Steve:

You just told the future journalist not to tell anybody the info he just

Steve:

had and immediately goes to Nate.

Steve:

And again, I love that in this conversation.

Steve:

How Nate's like, why would you tell her me?

Steve:

I am a terrible liar?

Steve:

Like I covered for you, but you know better.

Leif:

Juliet missed Vanessa, that they lied about seeing Dan the two quickly

Leif:

figure out that Dan went to the one person who will let him forget his problems.

Leif:

Serena Juliet suggests for Vanessa to confront Serena rather than Dan.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

But of course that's because she hates Serena.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

And is constantly just out for, yeah.

Steve:

Yeah, don't work it out with the person you're with.

Steve:

Go get into an argument with the person at a big party.

Steve:

Yeah, at a big party with the person that he is trying to hook up with.

Steve:

Who also is his sister, who is also his sister, because clearly it's her fault

Steve:

that he is possibly gonna cheat on you.

Leif:

Nate immediately tells Chuck the big secret about Ava.

Leif:

Chuck hesitates only a second before telling it.

Leif:

Relieved Nate that of course he knew about Ava.

Leif:

Our truck's face, as Nate walks away, tells a different story.

Leif:

This

Steve:

was another terrible like Chuck looking around at

Steve:

the looking, looking around.

Steve:

Yeah, of course I know.

Steve:

And looks, ar looks around the pool table.

Steve:

Uh.

Steve:

Act surprised Ed, but

Leif:

hide

Steve:

it.

Steve:

But hide it.

Steve:

Act like you're surprising, you're, you're hiding your surprise.

Steve:

He hid it as well as his accent.

Leif:

Rufuss is getting ready to leave the loft and Dan says he is

Leif:

going to catch up on his reading.

Leif:

Since Vanessa texted that she is staying out with friends tonight.

Leif:

However, as soon as Rufuss leaves, Dan gets a call from Serena and

Leif:

accepts her invite to the gala.

Steve:

Go on out with Serena then Dan.

Steve:

Sounds like a great idea.

Steve:

It doesn't sound like a bad idea.

Steve:

Why not?

Steve:

They're siblings, it's fine.

Steve:

Yeah, they're siblings.

Leif:

They're just going out to a gala together.

Leif:

We go to the Act break Sons Gossip Girl and Chuck Wordlessly

Leif:

confronting Ava about her past.

Steve:

She takes one look at him and just says, you know?

Steve:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

And he closes the door.

Steve:

I thought this was a, I, I liked that.

Steve:

I thought it was a good way to cut that.

Steve:

Cut the act.

:

Mm-hmm.

Leif:

Nate, Juliet and Vanessa show up together, but quickly separate as

Leif:

the girls go off to look for Serena.

Leif:

Juliet asked Nate to check her coat, but she left her cell phone in the

Leif:

pocket and Nate sees a text from Ben telling Juliette he needs to see her.

Leif:

Bum bum, boom.

Leif:

Looks like she's got someone uh, on the side there, Nate.

Leif:

Yep.

Leif:

That's what it looks like.

Leif:

That's what it sure looks like.

Leif:

Lily finds Serena and Blair at the event and explains that she still

Leif:

has Chuck's passport and other effects from the Paris police.

Leif:

Serena says she should just give the envelope to Chuck's

Leif:

valet and then points him out.

Leif:

Blair gets vindictive and jealous when he, she sees the

Leif:

paparazzi fawn over Chuck and Eva.

Steve:

How long does it take that valet to get to Chuck's

Steve:

room from when he was handed?

Steve:

The stuff like how long does it take for that elevator to show up?

Steve:

24 seconds.

Steve:

And aren't they all like right at his house?

Steve:

Oh right.

Steve:

24 seconds.

Steve:

It takes 24 seconds for the elevator.

Steve:

And aren't they outside of Chuck's penthouse right now?

Steve:

Like how long did it take you?

Steve:

You deserve to be fired, but not for why you're fired.

Steve:

You deserve to be fired for giving it to Blair.

Steve:

Yeah, exactly.

Steve:

We'll get there.

Leif:

Blair finds Chuck, who assumes she plans to publicly humiliate him.

Leif:

However, when she realizes Chuck already knows about Ava, she switches tactics

Leif:

and calls him a fool for once again falling fray money, grubbing arlet.

Steve:

I really did like Chuck here.

Steve:

I really did like that.

Steve:

It was like, wait, you're just gonna do it the most public way possible.

Steve:

You just really wanna embarrass me, like get his, his, her

Steve:

pimp up there on platforms.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Get, get his pimp up there, get her pimp up there on platforms and

Steve:

just the way Blair's like, fuck,

Steve:

like yeah, Dan fucked her here.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

But you know what?

Steve:

She deserved it.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

She completely deserved everything that she got in this episode.

Leif:

Mm-hmm.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

And well, I see she's getting in the next episode.

Leif:

Dan finds Serena and compliments her dress in a more than friendly sort of way.

Leif:

The two both say they need to talk just as Vanessa walks up and drops a bum out.

Leif:

That

Steve:

was well played.

Steve:

Yeah, having her right there when the two of them meet up.

Steve:

Wom Wom.

Leif:

Juliet finds Nate sitting alone in a booth with a drink in hand.

Leif:

Nate tells her about the text and assumes that Ben is her boyfriend

Leif:

and then accuses her of hating Serena because she is exactly like her.

Leif:

Nate storms off.

Steve:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

Got her.

Steve:

And he's not wrong on his assessment of her in how she treats Nate, and she

Steve:

does have this obsession with Serena.

Steve:

Why so?

Steve:

I

Leif:

think they just assumes it's 'cause everyone has this obsessional Serena.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Which is kind of true.

Steve:

Which is kind of true.

Steve:

I mean, gossip Girl was started because of her.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Vanessa is rightfully upset that Dan lied to her.

Leif:

However, Dan explains that he just turned to Serena because she allowed him

Leif:

to have a fun day opposed to Vanessa.

Leif:

That forces him to examine his feelings at all times.

Leif:

Vanessa walks away saying that while Serena had to choose between Nate and him.

Leif:

Vanessa only ever wanted him.

Steve:

Yes.

Steve:

You could have settled for me all along at any time.

Steve:

The way she said that, it just really is like, you know, some people

Steve:

don't have to choose, which it's like at first it's like, ooh, damn.

Steve:

But then it's also like, oh wait, you just want him to settle.

Steve:

For

Leif:

which both Serena and Dan are are the same.

Leif:

'cause they're both avenue.

Leif:

Choose between two people.

Leif:

Yes.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Serena and Blair link up and talk about their issues.

Leif:

When Serena asks Blair if she wants Chuck back, Blair states

Leif:

that she'll never forgive.

Leif:

She just wanted to save him.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Which, not

Leif:

buying it.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

I hated that.

Steve:

And it was, I hated it.

Steve:

The, because that was true.

Steve:

Why, why?

Steve:

Through the plant?

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

You, you are obsessing over him and you don't do that unless

Steve:

you're in love with somebody.

Leif:

Either you do want him back or you just really want a lot of revenge.

Steve:

So yeah, and really you want him single.

Steve:

I could see Blair maybe not consciously thinking, I want him back.

Steve:

I want him to feel the same way I did, but I want him to feel

Steve:

terrible and I want him single.

Steve:

But in the back of that, it's also because I don't want anyone to have him but me.

Leif:

Blair overhears Chuck and Eva talking and immediately

Leif:

realizes that Chuck just found out today about Eva's pass.

Leif:

Chuck then gets up to announce the Eva Kapo Foundation.

Leif:

When Blair then hears Chuck say that Eva fell in love with him without knowing

Leif:

who he was, she gets an idea and steals Chuck's password from passport from Ivan.

Steve:

That's why you should be fired, Ivan.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Because you let her take it from me.

Steve:

Take it right from you.

Steve:

You saw her pull it outta that envelope.

Steve:

But also Blair, like at this point you used facts.

Steve:

Up until now, now you are trying to plant something because

Steve:

you are trying to be shitty.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Like you're no longer under this.

Steve:

I'm trying to protect you.

Steve:

You're trying to make this person go away.

Steve:

Act

Leif:

five begins.

Leif:

Blair pulls Chuck aside and tells her that she just found his passport in Ava's bag

Leif:

and that he has been her Mark all along.

Steve:

Yep.

Steve:

Shitty Blair.

Steve:

Super shitty

Leif:

and obviously upset.

Leif:

Nate finds Serena.

Leif:

She says that even though she came with Dan, she is always there.

Leif:

If Nate needs something to talk to.

Leif:

Of course Dan just hears the last part and sees Serena holding Nate's hand.

Steve:

It just occurred to me about the, this whole scene where it starts

Steve:

at the philanthropy where, where Chuck once again is like, I know good people

Steve:

give away money, but I don't know how that works, so I've gotta give this

Steve:

to Ava 'cause she's the good person that can give away money because I

Steve:

don't know how this works either.

Leif:

Blair and Chuck find the passport in a suitcase where Blair said it

Leif:

would be, Chuck then confronts Ava.

Leif:

Ava doesn't deny it and merely says she'll pack her things.

Steve:

Yep.

Steve:

Ava's done.

Leif:

Yeah.

Steve:

Like you see there, Ava, and, and it's funny 'cause you

Steve:

know, we know that she didn't do it.

Steve:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

But you also see her acquiesce and she gives reasons later.

Steve:

But one of the biggest things with Ava, I feel like in this moment

Steve:

she knows it's never going to stop.

:

Yeah.

Steve:

That okay.

Steve:

This one will get smoothed over with, this is the third bump today.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

That she tried to do.

Steve:

And if that's just three in a day, what is it gonna be like by the end of the week?

Steve:

Like this will not stop.

Steve:

She says the thing about like, oh, I see you're at Attract You two, pull each other

Steve:

and you around her and all that shit.

Steve:

But more than anything, Ava, you're going to be fucking harassed and bullied by

Steve:

this person as long as you're in his life.

Steve:

And I think she recognized that and was like, I don't need this shit.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Only what you brought with you fucking dick.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

What an asshole.

Steve:

What's he gonna do with the clothes he bought her?

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Give them some other prostitutes.

Steve:

Yeah, exactly.

Steve:

Dress people in 'em.

Steve:

Dress up blondes in them.

Leif:

Blair tries to comfort Chuck, but it looks like Chuck is spiraling again.

Leif:

Fuck off.

Leif:

Blair.

Leif:

Like you really fucked up.

Leif:

Dan is upset at Serena for stringing both him and Nate along.

Leif:

Yeah,

Steve:

I, I mean, fair like Serena, but he's doing the same thing to Vanessa.

Steve:

He is, but it's, it, it's just that whole like.

Steve:

The new shiny thing walked in front of Serena again, and so it's every time.

Leif:

The weird thing though is in this instance, I felt like she was

Leif:

just being friendly with Nate while she was definitely flirting with Dan.

Steve:

Yes.

Steve:

Although I also feel like we were supposed to feel, I, I think that

Steve:

could also have been bad acting, and I think that we were supposed to get more

Steve:

chemistry from that scene than we got.

Leif:

No, I think it, it was just supposed to be.

Leif:

Dan overreacting.

Leif:

'cause it could be teenage boy.

Leif:

He's, you know, girl he likes holding hands with

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

His best friend.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Nate though he seemed more bothered about losing, uh, Dan than losing Serena.

Leif:

Mm-hmm.

Leif:

Lily, thanks Chuck for the lovely party and lets him know that she had Ivan drop

Leif:

off his passport and other things earlier.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

So Lily outs the scheme.

Steve:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

Doesn't kiss him when they greet each other though.

Steve:

Although he was like sitting at a bar with his back door, would've been all quarter.

Steve:

Uh, this is what gospel

Leif:

has to say though.

Leif:

Uh oh.

Leif:

Chuck looks like bee stands for Betrayal.

Leif:

Can you catch your angel before she flies away?

Leif:

Now we move into the epilogue and Chuck finds Ava packing, but

Leif:

his apologies fall on deaf ears.

Leif:

Ava has spent like two weeks here and can't deal with the toxicity.

Leif:

She's going back to Europe, but she hopes Chuck won't revert back to his old ways.

Steve:

I wouldn't count on that.

Steve:

I would not count on that.

Steve:

I think we're about to get bad Chuck back.

Steve:

I mean, he is pretty pissed, but like honestly, Ava's whole thing of, you

Steve:

know, that poll that you have with her.

Steve:

But again, I could just imagine her being like, fuck this.

Steve:

Peace.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

And go back to Europe free healthcare.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

You have for prostitutes free education and free healthcare.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Why do you think I can be a prostitute?

Steve:

Oh, the funny

Leif:

thing is she says she went from France to frog for work.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

But you make way more as a waitress in, in France than you do as a in Prague.

Leif:

Oh sure.

Leif:

Oh, of course.

Leif:

Yeah, so that that was kind of weird.

Leif:

Yeah, that's I guess why she had to become a prostitute to

Steve:

supplement the waitress income.

Steve:

He

Leif:

can't make it all as a waitress and Prague.

Leif:

Juliet finds Nate and admits that Ben is her brother and that he is troubled and

Leif:

takes it a lot of her time and energy.

Leif:

Nate clearly smokes a joint after talking with Serena because he

Leif:

immediately takes Julia back.

Leif:

Yeah.

Steve:

Like, okay.

Steve:

Oh, sounds good.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

That, that, okay.

Steve:

Explanation, satisfied.

Steve:

Don't need anything else from you.

Leif:

Dan finds Vanessa packed up with all her stuff, squatting in the living room.

Leif:

Dan says he doesn't want her to go and admits that losing Milo broke his heart

Steve:

and he says he loves her.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

And she's like, I've got nowhere to go.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

But that's what openly admits being a homosexual.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Like yeah.

Leif:

Kind of

Steve:

homeless.

Steve:

If I'm gonna be a doormat for Dan.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

I need, I need to vibe.

Steve:

I'm gonna be your girlfriend again so I can stay here.

Leif:

Blair is surprised to find Serena alone in her room.

Leif:

Serena admits that she may never truly be able to choose between Nate and Dan.

Leif:

She decides she needs to find someone that embodies both qua the qualities

Leif:

of that she loves from both of them.

Leif:

DEA pokes her head in and to tell Blair that Chuck is here to see her.

Steve:

Great.

Steve:

That means that Serena's gonna be finding another love interest, and so far every.

Steve:

Outside love.

Steve:

Interest of Serena's has been awful.

Steve:

Awful.

Leif:

Well, the four of us seem, think, think it's gonna be Carter.

Leif:

I don't think it's gonna be Carter,

Steve:

but someone who embodies both Nate and Dan.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Which I, I wouldn't mind Carter, uh, uh, Carter a a Carter, you know, but

Steve:

I, I'm more expecting somebody new.

Steve:

Oh, I'm expecting Ben.

Steve:

I'm expecting whoever this Ben guy is.

Steve:

Well, he is the guy in prison for now.

Steve:

I thought maybe he could get out.

Steve:

Maybe she'd fall in love with someone in prison that, that tell me that

Steve:

doesn't scan hard for Serena, that she wants to fix some puppy dog in prison.

Leif:

If she's stuck between choosing between Dan and Nate and Nate's

Leif:

stuck between Serena and Vanessa.

Steve:

So who's Dan's stuck between Serena and Vanessa?

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

And Nate's stuck between Juliet and Serena.

Leif:

Yeah.

Steve:

Or Juliet and Dan

Leif:

or Juliet and Dan.

Leif:

But if Dan is going, you know, he's trying tried shoes.

Leif:

Who?

Leif:

Who's between Serena and Vanessa?

Steve:

Well, there's Scott, but I don't think we're seeing Scott again.

Steve:

That'd be really fucked.

Leif:

That definitely.

Leif:

That'd be extra biological incest.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

No, 'cause But they've never met Serena and Scott?

Leif:

No.

Leif:

Who?

Leif:

No.

Leif:

Who's Dan gonna go for?

Leif:

Between Serena and a person that's embodies both Serena and Vanessa?

Steve:

Oh yes.

Steve:

Yep.

Steve:

That leaves one person who embodies the two of them, who I'm pretty sure

Steve:

is going to end the next episode.

Steve:

Broken Blair.

Leif:

Chuck needs to know why Blair set Ava up when Blair reaffirms

Leif:

that she doesn't love him anymore.

Leif:

Chuck assumes she did it just to hurt him.

Leif:

He then declares wall bomb ball.

Steve:

No.

Steve:

What does he say?

Steve:

No limits.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Well, it sounds like seriously, it sounds like a fucking summer slam event.

Steve:

We can use, we can use trash cans, we can use boards with nails in

Steve:

them, except he's whispering.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Couldn't possibly be summer slam.

Leif:

He's whispering.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

The world's quiet is the, the world's quiet as promo of a match.

Leif:

We see Juliet and Nate having a good time.

Leif:

It looks like Nate is finally going to see her apartment or is he?

Leif:

The door Bank calls Juliet over and hands her a key in exchange for cash.

Leif:

That ain't her apartment, Nate?

Leif:

No.

Leif:

Did this guy like go up there and take down like all the photos or these

Leif:

people does not have any photos, right?

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Or sociopaths, or is Nate just not that observer?

Leif:

I mean, let's, and Julia

Steve:

just knows that Yeah, there's like's just like little cutout pictures

Steve:

of her that she like walks by and sticks on people as they're in there.

:

Oh.

Leif:

Chuck returns to his suite where when Ivan mentions Ava, Chuck gets right

Leif:

up in his grill and tells him he's fired.

Steve:

You don't deserve that, but you do deserve it.

Steve:

Yeah, but you don't know, but that's not why you deserve it.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

The episode ends with a distressed Blair silently climbing into

Leif:

bed with Serena for comfort.

Steve:

Although, to be fair, Lily said, I gave your stuff to Ivan, and Blair

Steve:

ended up with it so clearly, Ivan.

Leif:

Yeah, he deserved to be fired.

Leif:

Yeah.

Steve:

So, so like, so I was thinking that Chuck didn't know, I was thinking

Steve:

that Chuck fired him because of the whole, like Ava paying off the house thing and

Steve:

he's just bitter and shitty right now.

Steve:

But no, he would've known that Blair.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Got it from him.

Steve:

So, yeah.

Steve:

Fuck him.

Steve:

He's fired.

Steve:

Fuck you, Ivan.

Steve:

Another shitty assistant.

Steve:

Another, another shitty assistant.

Leif:

A Gossip girl closes the episode with this.

Leif:

In the prestigious buildings of Manhattan's Elite, sometimes the

Leif:

door we open belongs to someone else, and sometimes we let someone

Leif:

in only to be left out in the cold.

Leif:

Yet sometimes despite what we make want, the door just has too many locks.

Leif:

Xo, xo, gossip Girl episode.

Steve:

What's coming next?

Steve:

I mean, we know war is coming so we know and, and I can't imagine Chuck loses this.

Steve:

So I feel like the next thing is Blair's gonna get broken.

Steve:

Serena's gonna find some terrible older boyfriend, and Dan is going to get

Steve:

easily distracted from Vanessa by either whatever's going on with Serena or I

Steve:

think Blair could still be an option.

Steve:

I'm hanging out waiting for the Blair and Dan thing.

Steve:

But I don't think that this is go, I don't think them living together is

Steve:

going to be smooth sailing for very long.

Steve:

They've not had an episode where shit isn't fucked up somehow.

Steve:

Anything else?

Steve:

Oh, we did not see any old characters return this episode like

Steve:

I was in, like I thought we were.

Steve:

But um, I do think that we're waiting on more to come about with.

Steve:

Juliette and Ben and Ben's in prison.

Steve:

The only other character we know is in prison also has ties to Nate.

Steve:

So I feel like we might be moving somewhere there that

Steve:

we're, that the captain might be making a comeback at some point.

Leif:

Howie.

Leif:

Howie, let's get into segments.

Leif:

This week in fandom, we traveled in the way back machine to

Leif:

the fan forums from 2010.

:

Hello there.

:

Peabody here, and this is the way back machine.

:

We're traveling through time and this is my boy Sherman speak Chairman.

:

Hello, good boy.

Steve:

Overall, not a great episode.

Steve:

Not a great episode.

Steve:

I agree with you.

Steve:

2010, yeah, honestly, probably my least favorite episode.

Leif:

They were very excited about Torina.

Steve:

Yeah,

Leif:

sure.

Leif:

Blair is really coming across as pathetic with this storyline.

Leif:

Very much.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

And close to a 50 50 split over being bored of Chuck and Blair

Leif:

and still being all in bored.

Leif:

Yeah, definitely bored.

Steve:

Yep.

Leif:

Glad they're getting a lot of Chuck and Nate this season.

Leif:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah, we, we've, I'll also say despite the episode being

Steve:

boring, this, this is not as boring as a lot of Nate stories go.

Steve:

Especially like Nate relationships tend to be really boring

Steve:

and this one isn't as bad.

Steve:

Well,

Steve:

' Leif: cause tied to Serena.

Steve:

True.

Steve:

True.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Like I said before, a lot of people seem to think Carter is coming back.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Wom and

Steve:

Dan is in a downward spiral.

Steve:

I mean, I feel like he hit rock bottom a couple times, but rock bottom is Vanessa.

Leif:

Yeah, but he's, he's, he is, but he is like, yeah, he is definitely

Leif:

falling into the Upper East side.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Oh, for sure.

Leif:

He's all in on scheming

Steve:

now and Yes.

:

Yeah,

Steve:

he is like, it's fun.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

If I get to hang out with you and destroy people's lives, it's a good time.

Steve:

Yep.

Leif:

Well.

Leif:

We've been shitting on it all episode, so let's get it to some grades.

Leif:

Was that pretty?

Leif:

Mm-hmm.

Steve:

But it was not horrible, but not pretty.

Steve:

Even some, even there were scenes where the makeup was terrible.

Steve:

There were a few scenes that I looked at it and I was like, the, the makeup

Steve:

doesn't even look good in this episode.

Steve:

Sorry, go ahead.

Steve:

So

Leif:

not, I don't think it was a horrible

Steve:

episode.

Steve:

It was an average episode, so I gave it a C. I'm going a d plus, and it is all

Steve:

because I've never been bored before.

Steve:

I've you, you know, a lot of our other rubric pieces that fall in,

Steve:

you know, like, I guess they call it all ended up at the party at the end.

Steve:

But even that, it was, they weren't really together at the party.

Steve:

Everything was happening in doses and separated and just, I felt like the acting

Steve:

was so lackluster in this whole episode.

Steve:

So yeah, I went d plus

Leif:

and at the, other than like.

Leif:

Layton.

Leif:

I think everyone else was fine.

Leif:

I thought except for Layton.

Leif:

Really?

Leif:

I thought Chuck and, well, I mean, ed Chuck's always

Steve:

not Jake.

Steve:

Chuck's never great.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

But I, yeah, I thought, I thought Serena was just kind of okay.

Steve:

I thought Dan had some moments where I just felt like he was flat.

Steve:

Like I just didn't feel like they hold the performance the way I,

Leif:

I like the dance and Serena scenes.

Steve:

Yes.

Steve:

I thought, I thought those sparked.

Steve:

I I didn't feel the same way about the Dan and Vanessa scenes, like at all.

Steve:

I guess it's hard to act enthused and, and, and I shouldn't even

Steve:

say that 'cause it's not like Jessica, um, schol, Zo Zo Schor.

Steve:

Um, you know, beautiful.

Steve:

She's definitely a beautiful woman, and I'm sure that her personality is not

Steve:

Vanessa, so, you know, by, by any means.

Steve:

But in the morality of the Gossip Girl universe, she's Vanessa.

Leif:

So how she is worse is episode

Steve:

that, yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Because she has the, I think the thing that makes Vanessa worse

Steve:

is when she's self-righteous.

Steve:

Indignant and has every right to be like, when, when the facts

Steve:

are actually kinda on her side.

Steve:

I feel like she's worse.

Leif:

I, I thought she was worse.

Leif:

'cause she was a doormat.

Steve:

Well that too, like she just kinda lays over worse.

Steve:

She

Leif:

like, she stood up

Steve:

for

Leif:

herself.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Anyway, Stockwatch going up.

Leif:

I had Serena 'cause she was a good friend all episode and she just seemed

Leif:

like she was pretty good this episode.

Leif:

Mm-hmm.

Leif:

I had Ava going up 'cause she got the fuck outta here.

Leif:

Mm-hmm.

Leif:

Dan was kind of a dick, but that haircut was flick and fly, so I gave him up.

Leif:

And he had a fun day.

Leif:

I gave Rufus up 'cause he was being a good parent.

Leif:

I gave Lily up 'cause she was just, it seemed like she was

Leif:

having a good time all all episode.

Leif:

She was partying.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Yeah.

Leif:

Happy kissing people.

Steve:

Kissing kids.

Leif:

And I had Juliette.

Leif:

'cause even though she almost got busted, she somehow continues through scheme.

Leif:

Yep.

Leif:

Her scheme is still

Steve:

going.

Steve:

Who do you got coming up?

Steve:

Um, I believe mostly the same.

Steve:

I was on the fence about Dan, but I'm gonna give it to him.

Steve:

So, uh, Dan, Serena, I'm going to give Ava for, for getting out.

Steve:

Like you had said, I am going to give, rufuss was a good dad,

Steve:

Lily had a great time and I think that pretty much sums it up.

Steve:

For

Leif:

me going down, I had Chuck 'cause he lost Ava Blair 'cause she was horrible.

Leif:

Again.

Leif:

All episode Ivan.

Leif:

'cause he got fired.

Leif:

Vanessa 'cause she was a doormat.

Leif:

And Nate.

Leif:

'cause he used to be duped.

Steve:

Um, yes.

Steve:

Oh, you know what?

Steve:

I forgot to put Juliet going up for the, for her scheme, but yes,

Steve:

I, yeah, I had Nate going down 'cause he is still getting duped.

Steve:

I had Vanessa going down for just kind of, well, I mean for everything.

Steve:

Being homeless at the end of the episode and needing to be with Dan in order

Steve:

to have a home, despite the fact that Dan clearly is only half into you.

Steve:

I. She's a warm body.

Steve:

She's She is.

Steve:

And, and, and he has a warm home.

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Yes.

Steve:

And he has four walls.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Blair and Chuck both going down.

Steve:

For the shenanigans, and I'm gonna say Ivan as well, although Ivan, when I do

Steve:

my tally is going to be lumped into the assistants who now have their own category

Steve:

in all of our stockwatch spreadsheets.

Steve:

It is just all assistance go up or down.

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But here's the best outfits from the last episode we've seen.

Leif:

Onto best outfit.

Leif:

Fashion was not great this episode, no, so I gave it to Dan with that classic black

Leif:

on black and the the sweet new haircut.

Steve:

No, honestly, I sat there when he came on, I was like, well, at least

Steve:

Dan looks sharp, like the whole episode.

Steve:

I kind of liked Serena's dress, but I didn't like the patches that were missing.

Steve:

Yeah, that was weird.

Steve:

I kind of liked Blair's dress, but I hated the bow on the front.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

And so it was, and, but it was like, but Dan looks fucking fly.

Steve:

I liked Ava's mini skirt at the beginning episode, but I

Steve:

didn't like the top she had on.

Steve:

Yeah, I, and I kind of liked her dress.

Steve:

That she wore Party.

Steve:

Party.

Steve:

Interesting.

Steve:

I also thought Juliet's dress looked nice, but nothing came

Steve:

on screen and popped Yeah.

Steve:

The way Dan did.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

And it, I mean, the sexy hair mm-hmm.

Steve:

Went a long Yeah.

Steve:

Way for that as well.

Steve:

So Indeed.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

All right.

Steve:

Anything you would like to plug this week?

Steve:

Um, I am on a huge Billy Joel kick right now.

Steve:

I'm a. I've, I have always been since I was a kid, huge Billy

Steve:

Joel fan, and he just released the do his do uh, docuseries.

Steve:

It's only a two-parter called.

Steve:

Um, and so it goes, so if you're as big a Billy Joel fan as me, uh, or as Leaf,

Steve:

I guess you should definitely check out.

Steve:

And so it goes just a great story being told.

Steve:

So, and, and I've just been deep diving all of his albums.

Steve:

Absolutely loving it

Leif:

for me.

Leif:

I'll say check out the new King of the Hill season back after 15 years.

Leif:

It's pretty funny.

Leif:

I'm about four episodes in, and if you wanna follow me on social

Leif:

media, you can find me on Instagram and on Blue Sky at Hot capa Cola.

Leif:

That's H-O-T-C-A-P-I-C-O-L-A.

Leif:

You can follow the podcast on Instagram.

Leif:

TikTok and Threads at Non-Judging Breakfast Pod, and you can find links to

Leif:

our subreddit, our Discord server, and our Patreon on non-judging breakfast pod.com.

Steve:

And if you'd like to get in touch with us, we would love

Steve:

to hear what you have to say.

Steve:

So please send us an email at Non-Judging Breakfast

Steve:

pod@gmail.com and we would love to.

Steve:

Read what you have to say and maybe even share it with other

Steve:

listeners here on the podcast.

Steve:

Also, if you can, while you're listening, go ahead and hit that like

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or subscribe or follow button and leave us a comment that really helps our

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visibility in Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Steve:

Finally, while you're at it.

Steve:

Why don't you tell your friends what you're listening to?

Steve:

Go ahead and tell some coworkers.

Steve:

Make us that water cooler talk every Monday afternoon at the end of the day

Steve:

since you were listening to us at work.

Steve:

Why were you listening to us at work?

Steve:

We're on your ride.

Steve:

Ride to work or your ride into work.

Steve:

Yes, or your way home?

Leif:

Talk about us Tuesday and we'll be back next week to talk

Leif:

about season four, episode five.

Leif:

Goodbye, Columbia.

Leif:

Yeah, the episode description reads an anonymous, anonymous gossip girl

Leif:

blast starts a very damaging rumor about one of Columbia's new students.

Steve:

Yeah, I mean, he got you into Columbia.

Steve:

He brought you into this world.

Steve:

Can he take you out?

Steve:

That's my first assumption is that we're talking about Blair.

Steve:

Chuck is throwing some.

Steve:

That's definitely

Leif:

a fair guess.

Steve:

Yeah.

Steve:

Chuck's shot, shots being fired.

Steve:

So what do you think the rumor could be that she sold herself for a hotel?

Steve:

I mean, I think that could be one.

Steve:

I mean I guess it's not so scandalous anymore that she banged two dudes and one

Steve:

day with, 'cause that was forever ago.

Steve:

Uh, maybe something to do with the royal that she was dating could

Steve:

be something more Tory with him.

Steve:

Mm. I guess we will find out.

Leif:

Yeah.

Leif:

Until next time, you know you love us.

Leif:

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smile and you'll make my life.

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