Blog 10; Gossip Girl

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Gossip Girl is a teen drama based show about the young lives in the upper East Side of New York. Although some are only freshmen in college, some are working, some are not doing anything, and some are still in high school, all of these teens are much more mature than regular teens their age.

Let’s start with Chuck and Blair. Chuck is a male version of Blair when it comes to manipulation and revenge. They have been in love for a while, but have only been dating since last season’s finale. They were constantly in an ongoing battle of saying the words, “I love you” to each other. They enjoyed playing this game; both of them enjoy playing any game that is a challenge, whether it be with each other or with something else. That is how they both obtain their thrills. However, the game became tiring and draining, and finally Blair said those three words. It was a tough time for Chuck last season because he lost his father, and he was having trouble coping with his loss. Blair wanted Chuck to know that she would be there for him, and for whatever he needed. She said, “I love you” to show him that she was being genuine. When Chuck responded with, “Well that’s too bad,” it was a horrifying day for Blair (as it would be for any girl after putting herself out there). The rest of the season was rocky for the two of them; however, the season finale was a big relief when Chuck finally said, “I love you too!” and they began dating at this point.

Monday night’s episode left viewers shocked by the time the episode was over, given what happened between Chuck and Blair. They are the perfect couple; nothing ever goes wrong between them, until a shocking twist in the last episode, “Inglorious Bassterds.” Chuck was given his father’s hotel to be in control of after his passing. Chuck has never met his mother because he was told she died soon after giving birth to Chuck. However, Chuck recently found out his mother is alive and is looking for him. She meets with him and tells him all of these lies to gain his trust. Chuck soon finds out that his mother is working with Chuck’s uncle, Uncle Jack, and they are both plotting to take the hotel from Chuck. They both succeed in taking the hotel leaving Chuck to figure out a plot to get it back. Blair knows what is going on, and tells Chuck she will do anything to help, no matter what it may be.

During “Inglorious Bassterds,” Uncle Jack gives Chuck a proposal. This proposal was if Chuck “gives” Blair to Jack for a night, Chuck will get his hotel back. The viewers all assume Chuck would never do that because Blair is the best thing to ever happen to him. During the episode, Blair goes shopping for a dress when she runs into Jack. Jack makes his sexual comments and tells her the only way Chuck would get his hotel back is if she slept with him for the night wearing the dress she was looking at. Blair declined in a Blair Waldorf manner, and left the store. When she went back to her house, she found a package came for her. It was the dress she was looking at with a note from Jack saying, “One last chance to save your man.” Blair thinks about it, and decides she would do ANYTHING for Chuck so he could be happy, and for him to succeed. She decides to go through with it, without telling Chuck. Once she goes to see Jack, the only thing he does is kiss her and tells her this whole plan was Chuck’s idea. He is the one who bought the dress, and disguised it so it looked like Jack bought it for Blair. Chuck sacrificed Blair to get the hotel, and it worked. However, Blair learned that Chuck gave her up after she confronted him about it. She was devastated and it looks like Blair and Chuck are over. Why did Jack give Chuck back the hotel? He wanted to see what Chuck would give to him in order to get it back. Jack realized Chuck is heartless, and his sacrifice caused pain for someone who cared about him the most. A preview of next week's episode shows Chuck trying to ask for forgiveness from Blair:
Then there is Nate and Serena. In season one, Serena and Nate lost their virginities to each other. Surprisingly, they were not dating. Actually, Nate was dating Blair at the time. Anyway, that is all over with and Nate and Serena found their way to each other and are now dating. There is one small factor to contend with, however. In last week’s episode, Jenny (who has a past with Nate) was drugged, and Nate had to take care of her and then take her home. Because of this, Jenny started to develop feelings for Nate again. In “Inglorious Bassterds,” it is Nate’s birthday, and Serena put together an “assassin’s” game (which Nate always loves playing). Before Nate shows up to this game, he hangs out with Jenny to make sure she is all right from what happened last week. Jenny purposely lies and makes him late to his own birthday celebration just so she could be with him (pretty selfish). When Nate finally shows up to his celebration, Serena is a little mad that he could not have at least called and said he was running late. Nate explains to her what happened to Jenny, and Serena lets it go. During the game, Jenny and Nate are the last two left in the game. Jenny wins by swiping Nate’s picture and kisses him. Confused, Nate calls her out on it and explains they are “just friends.” Jenny agrees; however, we all know she has some kind of plot in mind to steal Nate from Serena. We just do not know what this plot is yet.

Dan and Vanessa
are the next couple on the list. However, their relationship is pretty boring and uneventful. They were best friends since they were young, and are starting to date now. Vanessa sees a slight problem in this relationship because everything they did when they were best friends, they are doing now. Except, what is the difference? Vanessa thinks the only difference is now they are having sex; it seems like all they are is friends with benefits. Dan does not look at it this way and reassures her it is completely different from being friends. Blah blah blah…they have no real problems in their relationship yet. Hopefully something scandalous will happen. Until then, I’m not phased with their roles on the show.

Of course, there are other characters in the show, including adults. These characters have nothing major going on at this point in Gossip Girl, so there is little to talk about.


“Until then, you know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl.”