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This weeks episode just keeps getting better and better.
Now that S has no one but her brother "E" to talk to, she begins spending more and more time with him. Too bad that the biggest week of the groups life is right now ... Ivy Week.
That's right, this is the whole reason that these kids are even AT this school, including the not very well of D & J. Their parents sacrificed everything to get them into a school that could get them into the ivy league of their choice.
But, we all know that money means everything.
N's father wants him to follow in his footsteps and go to Dartmouth, however N doesn't feel like it's his first choice. D SERIOUSLY wants to get into Dartmouth, C originally wanted Yale until he saw the super hot Princeton rep, and B also wants Yale ... mainly because of her lovely father.
Where does S want to go? Brown ... and Brown alone. She's tired of all of this crap and wants to move away to a state where no one knows her ... too bad she's still got two more years of hell, AKA B.
The girls are at each others throats ... both of them fighting with their claws out, although B's claws are much sharper. She's looking for a way to get back at S and gets C to follow her. And where does S spend her after noons? With her brother in the rehab center of course. C & B hatch a plan ... and poor little S has no idea.
At the ivy league mixer, each member of this drama fest tries their best to get the attention of school of their choice. S has brought her brother, E, along as her date, since she doesn't really have any one else! J, D's sister, I think has a big crush on E ... and while they are at the party he confides in J what really happened to him. Unfortunately, B doesn't hear all of this.
She stands in front of the crowd to announce the facility that her group will do their charity work with this year and low and behold if it isn't the rehab center. Getting her story wrong however, she fingers S as the addict and forces her on stage in front of all of the Ivy League reps and other hopefuls.
S gives a touching speech about forgiveness that B snubs, naturally. The good news? It seems like D & S might be on speaking terms again after J tells D that it's S's brother E in rehab and not S.
E corners B and tells her what is REALLY going on, and it immediately makes B upset. Utoh, did she get over her head? I guess we'll have to find out next time ... on Gossip Girl.
I'm so behind, but I think that I might have gotten in a little over my head. Who decides to make something that is as fun as watching television into some kind of a job?
Whatever, that's beside the point ... let me say that whomever isn't watching Gossip Girl is seriously missing out! I'm loving me some of this drama!!
In last wednesday's episode (Somewhere back in September .. not yesterday) we find S & D in a pretty decent little relationship, S needs to find someone that she can talk to during her time of strife and D has been in love with S since he was in diapers.
Unfortunately, C is very hurt by his encounter with D's fist after the kiss on the lips party with J, N is supposed to never speak to S again (on B's orders), and B is seriously after some of S's blood once she found out that S & N slept together.
What better way to get the drama going? Head out to the annual brunch that C's family puts together for all of the local "legacies".
Before all of this goes down however, S goes to try and make it right with B (not knowing that B found out about her slutty past). B let's her know that it's on for sure ... and NO one sleeps with B's boyfriend and gets away with it.
At the brunch N corners S and makes her meet him upstairs in C's suite, while C gives B the keys to his suite so that she can finally lose her big "V" with N. Naturally, they all meet in his suite with disaster in the cards. B runs down stairs and blurts out all of S & N's dirty laundry, and poor D takes a serious heart hit. I'm unsure if he is disappointed, or if he thought that S was little miss Perfect.
Either way, score one for B and S is back down to ZERO friends.
Well, besides her brother ... who is still in that facility for people with addiction and suicidal behavior ... you guessed it ... that's what S came back ... and no one knows ... not even D.
Cry count: 0Okay ... so this show was not on my "Fall line-up", but I didn't know any thing about this coming on until about four days ago. I ended up reading the series (or some of it) Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar, it held my attention for a bit, I really like the actress Blake Lively who plays the lead good girl/bad girl(??) Serena Van de Woodsen, and it's written or directed or produced or something by the guy that did the O.C. (which I loved pre Marisa death)
It seems like the premise of the show is like any high school meets rich people show. Private school students ... doing way more stuff than I ever did in high school ... and getting away with everything. Just another one of those "oh poor me ... I'm rich but I still have problems" type affairs. However, it held my attention for the hour long broadcast ... and I plan on coming back for more next Wednesday. ((This means that my Wednesday schedule is going to be even MORE packed))
Serena (Or S as we will refer to her in true Gossip Girl form) is back from boarding school, much to the surprise of her old friends ... and everyone else in the town. S left in a hurry, telling no one where she was going or why (including her best friend Blair) and came back in the same fashion. She was the typical bad girl ... underage drinking, affairs with her friend B's boyfriend, and other dirt that hasn't quite been dug up yet. Surprise Surprise ... she comes back completely different, trying not to get wasted drunk, trying to re-patch the damage that her leaving caused her friends, and even making new (cuter) friends in the process.
One big mistake ... she never told B that she slept with her boyfriend (Nathan, or N).
B is shocked, and not very excited about seeing S come back into their lives ... she had always had a huge suspicion that S & N had a thing for each other and after N denies her sex attempt and spills the beans ... it's a war path.
As for the cute new friends ... there's Jenny & Dan (J & D) who seem to be something like the out casts that get a second chance. J did the invitations for B's party, therefore got invited ... and D just happened to be in the right place at the right time and ended up with a date with the coveted S. (The girl that he has crushed on since probably kindergarten)
There wouldn't be a show by the creator's of the O.C. without a sex scandal ... and besides N cheating on B with S ... N's friend Chuck (C) is the ultimate snake ... and tries to get with J during the Kiss on the Lips Party. Bad move, C.
J & D have a very close relationship for brothers and sisters that are that close in age ... and D comes to her rescue just as soon as his phone dings from the emergency text. Cutting the date short, S & D rush off to the party to save J from the evil C. Finding J & C on the roof, with C ignoring the poor J's protests ... D punches the guy in the face and S, D, & J head off in a cab.
But not before the ominous plot by C & B ... with a saddened N looking on.
I sure hope that they don't end up having two characters with the same first letter ... or this might get even more confusing!!
Like I mentioned, this seems like it's going to be a good show. The cast seems good, the story line is decently solid, and the plot line is just sinful enough to keep my attention.
Check it out if you haven't already ... and if you have ... well, you know what to do.
This weeks episode just keeps getting better and better.
