Gossip Girl

Monday, April 28th @ 8 PM

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Gossip Girl - Season 1 - Episode 15 - "Desperately Seeking Serena"

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Serena's Upper East Side world is turned upside down when her former partner in all things bad, Georgina Sparks (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg), returns to Manhattan to stir up trouble and Serena's past. When Dan (Penn Badgley) notices that Serena seems preoccupied he jumps to the conclusion that it must have something to do with Serena's new roomie and soon-to-be step-brother, Chuck (Ed Westwick). Nate (Chace Crawford) finds romance with the last person he was expecting to connect with, Vanessa (Jessica Szohr). Jenny (Taylor Momsen) meets a new guy, Asher Hornsby (guest star Jesse Swenson), who just might be her ticket to permanent popularity. Finally, Blair (Leighton Meester) hatches a secret plan to sabotage her biggest rival, Nelly Yuki (guest star Yin Chang). Matthew Settle also stars. The episode was directed by Michael Fields and written by Felicia D. Henderson. (CWTV.com)

Marmot: Was this a good episode? I couldn't tell. I liked it more last week.

Manatee: From my perspective as a hard core GG fan, I think it was just okay really. I did not like what was going on with Serena. I felt like her unusual attachment to Chuck sort of came from no where this episode. She's always hated him, and steered clear, so to see her do a 180 in the course of 47 minutes was a little unsettling. Granted, we do have the pay off of some sort of surprise with her and the new character, Georgie. I think it is leading up to a Dan and S breakup. I also thought the romance between Nate and Vanessa (who is new to you) was forced and rushed. But if Dan and S breakup, the dynamic between Dan and Vanessa will be interesting if she is dating Nate. Follow me?

Marmot: No, not at all. Why would John Mayer care if Josh Harnett Lite is dating the curly-haired girl?

Manatee: Ah, because she was his first love and came back onto the scene when he was already dating S. Curly Haired girl is just his friend from Brooklyn, knows him since they were young, etc and is poor.

Marmot: Oh gotcha. So yes, I think Curly Blonde is going to break up with John Mayer, since she obviously has no interest in trying to involve him in her life. But I don't really understand why she would call Panic! at the Disco before she would call John Mayer. I know that they're going to be step-siblings soon, but Panic/Chuck is kinda creepy and keeps mentioning how he wants to sleep with her. I don't understand her logic here - I need help, who do I call? The creepy step-brother in the Dick Tracy trench coat or Grammy Award Winning John Mayer Boyfriend? Creepy Chuck, of course. It doesn't really make sense.

Manatee: I agree. It doesn't make sense. It happened in the course of one episode. I'm hoping though, that the payoff will be some big surprise next week with Georgie - like a rape or murder ....

Marmot: That would be pretty amazing. But for a show that presents downloading a song as an villainous deed, it's most likely going to stay out of felony range.

Manatee: Yeah, that was kind of weird. I thought that side story was stupid. Who cares if the Asian chick does poorly on the SATs, if memory serves me, you can retake them a few times and combine your highest scores.

Marmot: That's another thing that I didn't understand. What was the plan with the Asian girl? Was she supposed to tank to make the rest of them look better? They acted as if these colleges only take one student per school. And were they trying to get a 2000 score? I thought a perfect score was 1600?

Manatee: Yeah, B mentioned that Yale would only take 1 girl from their school, and I was confused on the 2000 too. But it's been awhile since I was in High School. Maybe the scoring changed? I still think it was a dumb side story because it's not going to go anywhere. They will never mention that girl again. It was a very dumb side story. I know that they are in HS, and all these trivial things happen to them, like Flo Rida songs, but I could have done without that saga. Plus it also brought Blair back to the front of that group. Jenny's next move? Some kid named Asher? Really?

Marmot: I can't get over the costumes. During the scene where John Mayer goes to Chuck's hotel to find his girlfriend, I half-expected Chuck to walk out from his bedroom wearing a purple tuxedo and matching top hat, a la Willy Wonka. Which would have yielded hilarious results.

Manatee: I know what you mean about the costumes, they are a little over the top since the strike. I do like them though, just because they are different and basically unrealistic and fun. And it leads to a good marketing scam: http://cwtv.com/thecw/ggstyle