Gossip Girl: Let's Get the Party Started
The Good
Dan never truly fit into the high school mode, but this new chapter in our favorite writer’s life looks promising and filled with vivacious females. In only the first few hours as a college freshman he's already got a fan accosting him in a coffee shop and snags an invite into a writer's group. (And is it just us, or is Dan sporting a buff physique these days? We can almost make out actual pecs underneath his sweatshirt.) Vanessa also seems to make a smooth transition from home-schooled bohemian to artsy collegiate -- with a little help from Georgina. We knew someone would eventually appreciate Vanessa's homemade documentary, but never expected a dorm room full of avid viewers. Although, we’d probably choose greasy pizza and the boob tube over Blair's stuffy sushi party too. Instead of using college as an excuse to turn over a new leaf, Georgina is once again up to her old tricks. Seems Jesus is not her homeboy after all. Only Blair sees through her façade.
The Bad
It's apparent that college is just not going to suit Blair. Limos, headbands and live-in maids don't exactly win friends. Things get off to a rocky start when Georgina appears as Blair's roommate. Let the catfight begin! Why Queen B would ever consider participating in dorm life in the first place is beyond us. Despite efforts to extend her reign at NYU, Blair falls flat. It's not like she can relate to these classmates in the traditional way: “Battlestar Galactica” vs. Barneys New York -- enough said.
Serena decides she'll forgo college even before she sets foot on the Brown campus. What is a wayward, trust-funded socialite to do? Get a job? Highly unlikely. She crashes at Chuck's until she screws up his business deal to open an elicit club masking as a restaurant and in turn Chuck squeals to Rufus about Serena’s whereabouts. See, they do behave like true siblings! Lily (if she wasn’t on maternity leave) would be so disappointed.
Romeo and Juliet...er, Nate and Bree spent the first day of class in bed pretending their connection is merely physical and not based on a deep mutual affection. Let's hope these star-crossed lovers never stumble across a friar or an apothecary.
The Ugly
Georgina throws a rooftop party just to exclude Blair. Dan takes pity on her and lets her tag along as his date. Vanessa brings Scott because the party needed an extra element of creepy to make it really pop. Blair secretly invites Georgina's former Jesus-freak friends to the bash in order to embarrass her nemesis and convince everyone to transfer the fun to a swanky bar of Blair's choosing. Dan becomes the center of attention when he calls Blair out on her scheme and defends Georgina’s honor (which is comical since the evil witch is void of all worth defending). Serena uses Carter to stick it to Chuck in yet another business transaction, but still manages to snog him into forgiving her. Dan wakes up from a drunken stupor the morning after the party and kisses Georgina in that we-totally-made-out-last-night-and-we’re-not-sorry-about-it-this-morning kind of way.
Whew! Stop, take a breath and think about all the back-stabbing and gross spit-swapping that just took place. What did you think? Does Georgina make your skin crawl? Will Blair ever find a like-minded spirit roaming the halls of her NYU dorm?
Comments
well, i LOVE blair...but honey, you got to at least act like a college person to be the queen! her red dress was hideous too...and i usually love her fashioN! serena annoyed the crap out of me and nate and bree just bored me to death...LOVED Chuck growing up and being just beautiful...and i kinda like this georgina..she's still bitchy w/out being psycho! also, scott is gay and creepy (i think)
Posted by: KT | September 24, 2009 8:47 PM
Agree with Sophie :)
Ugh Serena's so annoying!
I missed it, wheres Lily?
Poor Blair.. I would fully go to her sushi party!
Posted by: alexandra | September 23, 2009 3:17 AM
Um. U left out the best part!! Final chair scene=amazing!
Posted by: Sophie k | September 22, 2009 2:15 PM