Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - Remains Of The J

Gossip Girl
Remains of the J

Original Air Date: March 29, 2009

Victoria - Associate Staff Writer
victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

Remains of the J? I know the GG people are picking movie and TV names to spoof with each episode but something else would have been more fitting. Maybe Rocky Horror Romance Show – because they ruined all my character ‘Ships in one fell swoop. Boo!
By hacking into Nate’s email Chuck gets Vanessa to swing by and see Blair and Nate hanging out first thing in the a.m. He tells her they’ve been doing it all week. What Nate hasn’t been doing is calling V all week. When he finally does, he breaks it off with her and claims that it has nothing to do with anyone else. V doesn’t believe him and goes to chuck to devise a revenge plan. Yeah... that’ll turn out well.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - The Grandfather

Gossip Girl
The Grandfather

Original Air Date: March 23, 2009

Associate Staff Writer
Victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

Nate introduces Vanessa and Dan to his cousin Trip who is trying to get him to do something family reunion. Trip hints that Grandfather really wants to see him. Dan and Ness convince Nate to give his family another chance. So he does, and brings Dan and Vanessa with him. Cuz awkward family moments are more fun when shared with your buddies! Turns out Gramps didn’t even know Nate as going to be there – the cousin lied! He’s happy to see his grandson despite the surprise.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - The Age Of Dissonance

Gossip Girl
The Age of Dissonance

Original Air Date: Mar 14, 2009

Victoria - Associate Staff Writer
victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

The senior class is anything but innocent however in this week’s episode they’re playing that. Everyone is participating in Age of Innocence. Well, everyone but Chuck Bass who has a Dr.’s note for stage fright. Only on the Upper Eastside...

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Brittany Snow To Lead Gossip Girl Spinoff!

From E!

If you've been following the saga of the Gossip Girl spinoff, you may have heard that American Dreams star Brittany Snow was in the running to play the future Lily van der Woodsen (née Rhodes and played by Kelly Rutherford on the existing show, of course).

Well, we caught up with confirmed spinoff castmember Krysten Ritter last night at the premiere party for her current show, Breaking Bad, and she revealed that Snow is a go to play her sister!

Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - Carnal Knowledge

Gossip Girl
Carnal Knowledge

Original Air Date: Feb 2, 2009

Victoria - TwoCents Reviewer
victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

OMFG people! This one gets good!

Dan-teacher-Serena drama. Blair-teacher-Gossip Girl drama. Nelly-Blair-Principal drama. Chuck-random-drunken-night drama. We’ve got it all on this week’s Gossip Girl!

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - You’ve Got Yale

Gossip Girl
You’ve Got Yale

Original Air Date: 19 Jan 2009

Victoria - TwoCents Reviewer
victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

Chuck is on a mission to dethrone his uncle. Blair is on a mission to destroy a teacher. Nate and Vanessa keep playing out their rags to riches love story. Dan and Serena try to out whine each other and Lily and Rufus make out in public. So much gossip, slow little opera...

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - In The Realm of the Basses

Gossip Girl
In The Realm of the Basses

Original Air Date: 5 Jan 2009

Victoria - TwoCents Reviewer
victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

Chuck Bass is MIA. Jenny is just a school girl again. Serena is salsa-ing but not with the artist and Blair is busy climbing social ladders and longing for Chuck.

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Gossip Girl
Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou

Original Airdate: 8 Dec 2008

Victoria - TwoCents Reviewer
victoria@thetwocentscorp.com

Bart Bass bit the big one. Yeah, we pretty much saw that coming last week.

Chuck isn’t dealing with it well at all. That too, isn’t a surprise. The fact that Dan has been Serena’s “rock” since the accident is a surprise – especially because she is still dating Aaron. Shouldn’t he be her rock?!

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - "The Magnificent Archibald’s"

Gossip Girl
The Magnificent Archibald’s

Original Airdate: 17 Nov 2008

Alicia – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

TURKEY! TURKEY! TURKEY! Want to know how many times I can say turkey before you hate me? A lot. So, I’ll just tell you this episode is all about the turkey. That’s right, it’s Thanksgiving on Gossip Girl. I’m expecting lots of Blair sized temper tantrums with sides of mash potatoes and for dessert: Hot pie!

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - "Bonfire of the Vanity"

Gossip Girl
Bonfire of the Vanity

Original Airdate: Nov 10th, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

It appears little Miss Diva-In-Training Jenny has moved in with Agnes’ family. Rufus doesn’t seem phased by this whatsoever. Dan heads out of the apartment to meet his Professor who wants to write him a review for Yale. Back in rich land, Blair is planning her 18th birthday with her crew. She lets us know that her mother has a new boyfriend. Mom boyfriends! Score! Serena half listens to the group as she runs off to meet Aaron.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - There Might Be Blood

Gossip Girl
“There Might Be Blood”

Original Airdate: Nov. 3rd, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

Jenny or should we call her Jenny “I’ll Strip For Free” Humphrey? Jenny has practically bought all the clothing materials and thread in New York. She works on dresses as Agnes straightens up and tells her how great leaving Eleanor’s pad was. They explain their way out the last episode and Jenny’s making out session with Nate. Still NO on NANNY, by the way!

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[photo: Giovanni Rufino / The CW]

Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - Pret A Poor J

Gossip Girl
“Prêt-A-Poor-J”

Original Airdate: Oct 27th, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

Blair. Whoa girl. Chuck really isn’t interested in you anymore. Remember? Blair wakes up after having a risqué dream about her and Chuck in the backseat of a limo. In Brooklyn, Jenny and her new terrible rocker-chick haircut are having a mini meltdown over some fabric a group of Italians won’t send her. Jenny won’t slow down. She’s late. She has to pee. She’s forgotten her homework, until a half naked Nate stops her coming out of the bathroom.

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[photo: Giovanni Rufino/CW]

Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - Chuck in Real Life

Gossip Girl
“Chuck in Real Life”

Original Airdate: Oct 20th, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

Serena enters to a quiet breakfast table. Bart has returned home and Serena seems far from happy. Apparently to make good on his absentee nature he’s brought gifts for all. While Chuck received cash in his off shore account Eric was presented with a watch. Serena gets a suit from Bart that Lily wants her to wear to the house warming party. Bart has also laid on some ground rules. Every Friday the family must eat dinner together and a curfew of 1 am is in order.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - New Haven Can Wait

Gossip Girl
“New Haven Can Wait”

Original Airdate: Oct 13th, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

Blair donned in 1800s old garb stutters her way through old-fashioned dialogue. Serena enters talking perfectly of course. Phew. A dream. An odd dream at that. Blair wakes up annoyed about her life…because it has Serena in it. We learn that Blair is taking a trip to Yale and is going to charm the Dean at his big welcome party he hosts at his house.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - The Serena Also Rises

Gossip Girl
“The Serena Also Rises”

Original Airdate: Sept 29th, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
Alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

A party. Yes, what else would start Gossip Girl? It’s fashion week, where we see lots of pretty people at parties and lots of pretty models walking down lots of pretty runways. We are at Eleanor Waldorf’s studio where she’s getting her models ready for her own show. Blair has been given the lucrative task of seating “who’s who” at her mother’s show. Blair loves all this power. Jenny and Dan talk about how invisible each other are at school now. Boo-hoo. Get over yourselves; life is much harder than this Gossip Girl backstabbing world. Dan asks Jenny why she isn’t in her French class and she lies and says her sub is always late. But, as you remember little J has been ditching school and heading over to help Eleanor Waldorf.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - The Ex-Files

Gossip Girl
“The Ex-Files”

Original Air Date: Sept 22, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
alicia@thetwocentscorp.com

Oh. The. Memories. Bad ones too! It’s the first day of senior year for the Gossip Girl crew. Lily is back. Finally. The rich take the longest vacations ever. I wish I were rich. Anyway, Lily talks about her honeymoon as Serena gushes. Chuck enters trying to be a bit up a kiss-up to his new step-mommy. Serena seems to be stalling. She doesn’t want to go to school to face to crowds. As you remember, she and Dan broke up the episode prior. Chuck is freakin’ awesome. He tries to make Serena feel better about her break-up, by calling her a Queen who deserves better.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - The Dark Night

Gossip Girl
“The Dark Night”

Original Air Date: September 15, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
alicia@thetwocents.com

Whoooosh. Did you just hear that? That’s summer closing. Welcome back, I mean if you survived the insanity that was last week get ready for today. Blair thinks it would be all kinds of romantical and hot if she and Marcus recreated the library scene from Atonement (*crickets chirping* haven’t seen the movie). But, Marcus being the Lord that he is wants to treat her like a lady rather than like Keira Knightly apparently.

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Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - Never Been Marcused

Gossip Girl
“Never Been Marcused”

Original Air Date: September, 8, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
aliciagray@thetwocentscorp.com

Summers over. Didn’t it just start? We ended episode one of the second season with Dan and Serena on the beach and guess what? We start with episode two with Dan and Serena on the beach. But, this time its different. How is it different you ask? At night they were clothed and in the morning they were not so much clothed. Um, isn’t that illegal? Serena wakes up confused about the night before not knowing where they stand. Serena exits the beach leaving Dan alone.

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Gossip Girl Weekly Tease

Gossip Girl Tease
“Never Been Marcused”

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
aliciagray@thetwocentscorp.com

Lord Marcus might have some ‘splaining to do. Our Lord Hottie has quite a few dirty little secrets. Lords can’t ALL be perfect can they? And when we meet the MOM (Mother of Marcus) heads will spin. On the other side of life, Nate and Serena seemingly get closer, while Chuck and Lord Hottie strike an unusual bond. Blair in the meantime makes a revelation.

I’m not one for Marcus sadly, but I think I like where they’re taking this character. What do we all think of our new Lord? Jot it down here! I'll be back with the full recap & review soon!

[photo: Eric Liebowitz/The CW]

Gossip Girl - Recap & Review - "Some Kind of Wonderful"

Gossip Girl
“Summer Kind of Wonderful”

Original Air Date: September 1, 2008

Alicia Gray – TwoCents Reviewer
aliciagray@thetwocentscorp.com

Whoa. It wouldn’t be the first two seconds of the first episode of season two without sex right off the bat. Nate and someone, um, “older” are getting to know each other in a car. Chuck (the love of all our lives – the reason I watch this show) hangs ten by the beach with not one, or two, but three brunettes. Yes, our lovely Chuck is back. Chuck thanks his lucky stars for just being him when he receives a text from Gossip Girl on Blair. He’s intrigued by what he sees, but he blows off the text for his girls. Serena enters the beach disgusted as she passes her new stepbrother.

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