Monday September 1, 2008
3T7601
Summer in the Hamptons!!!
Serena and Nate fake their relationship as covers for Nate's affair with a married woman named Catherine Mason and Serena's mourning for her relationship with Dan. Blair returns with a new boyfriend James making Chuck jealous. Dan spent the summer assisting but leaves to see how things stand with Serena. Jenny interns for Eleanor's company and manages to sneak in to an exclusive white party with help from Eric who then introduces her socialite Tinsley Mortimer.
Solid premiere from Gossip Girl but we definitely were missing a lot of the classic interactions this show had last season. Most of the episode was bogged down by constant talking about everyone's love life, but it still was an entertaining hour, with some salvageable moments.
The first takeaway scene was Blair's hilarious reaction to her date's true identity. "Whaaa...?" I am rooting for Serena & Dan, but I just hope the writers decide if they want to keep these two together or not, especially, this early in the season.
The Nate/Serena interactions were tired, as were his interactions with Catherine. I never found his character interesting at all, so this story line also kind of annoyed me. The Jenny & Eric interactions surprised me, Jenny is at least tolerable now, not like she was last season.
Overall a good enough premiere of this most-talked about series, but I could definitely imagine some people upset over this premiere for some of the reasons listed above, but it still was Gossip Girl, after all.
I loved this episode. hide show
Serena and Nate fake their relationship as covers for Nate's affair with a married woman named Catherine Mason and Serena's mourning for her relationship with Dan. Blair returns with a new boyfriend James making Chuck jealous. Dan spent the summer assisting but leaves to see how things stand with Serena. Jenny interns for Eleanor's company and manages to sneak in to an exclusive white party with help from Eric who then introduces her socialite Tinsley Mortimer.
I tthought this episode was fastand fun, Blair making Chuck jealous was good but I enjoyed the part where Jenny got into the party. Nate was funny when he had to run out of the house becuase of Catherine's husband was home. This was a good episode.
Summer is coming to an end but things are only just heating up. hide show
Nate and his cougar Catherine makes for amusing scenes, Serena and Dan continue the tango "will-we? will-won't we?" which is getting tedious... Chuck and Blair banter, he can't commit and then in an hilarious twist it turns out Blair's fake boyfriend is an English Lord (suddenly making him a million times more attractive to B) and (aspiring fashion designer) Jenny and Eric repair their relationship. All this happens in the Hamptons with our favourite GGs dressed in sexy summer dresses.
Something about GG isn't as good as last season, but it still has it's moments. My only complaint is the O.C.-esque beach scene with Serena and Dan. That kind of thing made the O.C. get axed. So please, more sex and scandal.
Chuck and Blair were great in this episode! 8.7/10 hide show
I loved the conflict between Blair and Chuck. It was entertaining to see her put so much effort into making it look like her and James were madly in love every time Chuck was around. I also loved Chuck's reaction and how jelous he was but he couldn't just tell Blair how he really felt. The storyline with Dan and Serena was pretty good. It was cute how Serena couldn't stop thinking of him and wasn't able to get a rebound guy because of it. It was really interesting when Dan suprised her at the party and walked in to see her kissing Nate. Nate's relationship with Catherine didn't seem to have too much of a point in this episode but it was a decent storyline. Jenny's storyline didn't really do it for me, I never really like it when they focus on the job. I guess it's good that she's becoming a better person but it's kind of boring.
The Bottom Line: "Great"
GG is back! Yay, how I've waited for this moment... I liked the episode well enough but the cutting between scenes felt a little choppy. I think they're just busy setting up plots for the rest of the season, so I don't mind it for this episode. I realised with this episode how much NYC adds to the texture and atmosphere of the show. It's like another character in many ways -- I think that's why the episode felt a little off to me.
'They say karma's a beep but so is Blair Waldorf' -- KB can snark like no other.
'I know that face. That face is not your friend' -- Again hilarious, I really love Eric, and I adore that Chuck is teaching him in the ways of scheming evolness. I also loved Nates: 'Get me drunk'. My favourite part of the episode was Chuck and Blair, all their scenes are completely amazing and emotional. Ed and Leighton were excellent, they really are the best actors on the show by a HUGE mile. Even though Chuck deserved what he got for standing her up, my heart still broke for him when he told her why. I like his hair too. I think Chuck is willing to destroy any man that even speaks to Blair; his feelings for her are based upon obsession as well as love. So really, it's not a big surprise that he was completely jealous of someone she's pretending to like -- Lord Marcus. Plus, I KNEW Chuck would have Ben from the finale fired. So him confirming that made me laugh.
As far as Blair goes, I thought it was interesting that she doesn't want to be like Chuck. I guess part of her allowing herself to fall for him will be accepting herself as she really is in the process. Isn't Lord Marcus's accent atrocious? Good grief, I hope no one believes we actually speak like that.
I wasn't sure what to think of the Nate and Catherine debacle -- it's great that Nate is getting some action, and it's also great that he's topless! :P But I'll reserve judgement upon this storyline until later in the season.
Serena and Dan, Dan and Serena. Where to start. I like them sometimes, but I also hate them sometimes and scream for someone to please stop the madness!! I liked them this episode, it was kind of funny that they basically bonded over their mutual sluttiness. But it annoyed me that Dan was being judgemental about Serena kissing Nate when he's been manwhoring himself around town all summer... luckily he got his comuppence when those girls threw a drink over him! Yay, take that casanova.
Overall, an above average episode. Looking forward to next week. xoxo.
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