The problem with any teen soap is the third year. The kids are always sophomores in the debut season and this means that in order to keep the gang together some awkward plot device needs to occur in order to ensure that everyone either goes to the same college or at least winds up in the general vicinity of that college. Remember how 90210’s poor Andrea Zuckerman wound up going to the same college as Steve Sanders despite the fact that one studied every night and the other was constantly serving an in school suspension?
Well, so far at least everyone in the Gossip Girl cast wants to go follow Rory Gilmore and go to Yale. No that’s not quite true; in reality, Dan and Blair really want to go to Yale, but the “new” Serena is mad enough at Blair to pretend, Chuck wants to do some research on secret societies, and Nate had nothing better to do that weekend.
S and B: It’s your Dynasty Moment
Did someone say catfight? Shouldn’t there have been a swimming pool? After Blair’s evil genius machinations battled Serena’s natural charm to an ugly draw, out came the talons and no one’s tresses or nylons were safe. Couldn’t this have lasted longer than 30 seconds? I was personally willing to devote an entire hour to this match-up. Serena’s long limbs versus Blair’s Mike Tyson-worthy short vicious in fighting. This has been 16 months in the making. We certainly deserved some blood and ripped blouses. Sadly, all we got was another draw and a tearful Family Ties kitchen worthy reaffirming of their embattled friendship.
Final analysis: Jenny was right. Serena is nothing but vapid eye candy, it’s Blair’s tortured Lincoln-style work ethic and Trump-sized ambition that keeps us tuning in week after week.
Nate is Dan: Dan is Nate – Chuck is J. Edgar Hoover
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