Friends, Gossip Girls, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Bart Bass, not to praise him
Yes, apparently bad, old Bart Bass is dead. It wasn’t confirmed on air, but someone was slated to die, he had an accident, and Josh Schwartz killed off the exact same character when he was running The OC.
How exactly it is possible to have a life threatening accident while riding in the back seat of a limousine, while driving slowly in city traffic? You’ve got me; I guess we’ll have to wait until next week to find out.
Does anyone really care how this affects Lily? She is clearly slated to get back on the Rufus train. To Bart’s credit the lie she caught him in wasn’t really a lie, but he did manage to blame his treachery on his son, which should lead to years of Chuck Bass angst and millions of dirty deeds. Let’s put it this way, I’m guessing that the Bart Bass realty empire is slated to be making a huge investment in the porn industry.
Chuck and Blair finally back together
It’s the Senior Snowflake Charity Ball! An event, which just happens to be in a 1000 way tie for Blair’s ultimate, favorite socialite event of the year!
Despite the fact that two star-crossed lovers picking each other’s date has been done at least as far back as when Sam and Diane did it disastrously on Cheers, it was good to see these guys back together steaming up the screen. Props to Chuck for finding perhaps the first sparkling black tuxedo that I’ve ever seen not worn by Wayne Newton.
The third best character on the show
Can we take a moment to laud the awesomeness that is Blair’s nanny Derota? She’s clearly the best parent on the show, it isn’t even close. In a show that is built on shock value, I was overcome with panic at the thought that Blair would ever for a second offer Derota’s services up for a month to Chuck in a stupid bet. That said, it would have been fun to see Blair’s accompanying nervous breakdown if Chuck had actually taken over the reins of Blair’s lifeline. I’m a slave 4 U indeed!
Article comments
1 - advo
I always love to read your take on the episode. And we thinking unsurprisingly very alike ;) I agree on the boringness aka. D/S. I agree on C/B sparking up the screen - and come on, the clones were a nice touch - had they only been allowed to speak of course. I'm imagining all sorts of cattiness from Blair 2.0 and bundles of sleezy comments from Chuck 2.0. Didn't happen, of course. I'll have to disagree on Lily/Rufus romance. It pretty much disgusts me to see Lily run to Rufus at every chance, be it Thanksgiving or the day before your marriage. If she didn't love Bart, she shouldn't have married him. But she did, so she better lie in the bed she made!
2 - brad laidman
thanks for the comment i appreciate them