Ah, brunch: nowhere can the words "fight," "whore," "cheating," or "sex in my suite" be found in any definition of it, but the second episode of Gossip Girl had me wondering why the only heat my brunches experience are hot sauce and a bloody mary (or two).
To recap, blogger G.G. brings us to the morning after the Kiss My Lips party — she’s so stoked about the turnout of events that she hasn’t even slept — when everybody, hungover, must confront the previous night’s hoedown. Dan frets about his date with Serena, which ended with a puny wave and a bump on his head. Jenny finds new meaning in life as she’s lured into Blair’s world, charmed by cocktail dresses and instant-mix popularity. Blair plots revenge against Serena as she pads around her Upper East Side townhouse in a corset and a sheer white robe, channeling Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions. (Um, who actually wears things like that?) And yep, the token minority friends continue to puppeteer after Blair, only breaking the monotony to furiously text.
Meanwhile, Serena might as well be walking around singing, "It’sSerena, bitch." The way she struts around town trying to regain dignityis as painful and amusing as it was watching Britney gyrating wearily onstage at the VMAs.Much to her mother’s dismay, Serena’s latched onto commoner Dan, butonly, it seems, because no one else around her will give the girl abreak. Homegirl’s desperate: she approaches former BFF Blair again,only to be called a whore; sneaks away with Nate into a bedroom suitefor an explanation, which backfires; and is finally rejected by Dan,who loses interest after realizing that Serena is a sexual human being."I don’t know, I thought you were different" — what, you expected herto be Mother Teresa? Oh, Brooklyn, hold thy holier-than-thou judgment —you’d sleep with Serena in a heartbeat, so why so cold?
And let’s not forget the Fight! Fight! Fights! There were nearly twoof them, to compete with last week’s two attempted rapes. Rounding outthe usual suspects was of course our best man Chuck. The problem withChuck is that actor Ed Westwick (pictured) so deliciously plays the badboy that it’s hard not to giggle. There’s something comical in the wayChuck’s just so ferally bad, so devoid of a soul and morals,that makes Westwick look like he’s having the time of his life. Call mesick, but I actually find myself cheering the hyena on, because atleast he’s not conflicted by moral imperatives like the other, phonygang around him who pretend that inside their pedigreed ribcages beatsa heart.
Alright PW-ers, what’s the news your side of town? Which socialiteare you rooting for — and disliking — the most? Is Jenny gonna go overto the dark side? Did the living statues at the Palace freak you outtoo? Did anyone else notice that Serena’s phone that sheunceremoniously dumps in the trash was an LG Chocolate this time, nother Sidekick? Speaking of which, what’s up with Verizon’s strangleholdon the show? And when are the writers going to give Kristen Bell betterlines? Hearing her quote Guns ‘N Roses’ "they came with an appetite… fordestruction" and sing "a three-way or D-day?" made me throw up a littlein my mouth, but that could be just me.
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I hate to admit it, but I’m getting addicted to this show. And I’m totally getting a love/hate thing for Chuck – he makes the show interesting, despite his creepiness (or maybe because of it…?)
i LOVE this show, but i effing hate it when people throw their phones away for effect in tv/movies. i don’t care how rich you are – nobody has all those numbers written down anywhere else. yes, that’s the point, it’s cutting off contact with everyone she’s ever known. and yes, eff blair, chuck, and pretty boy. but what about, like, your gyno or you grandmom or your friend from summer camp or your hairstylist or your favorite takeout place? you are going to lose ALL those numbers to make some empty gesture that no one but you will even be aware of???
otherwise, loving it. chuck = malkovich + spader, which is supercool!
this show makes OC looks like shakespeare!!! it’s so lame and the characters are so boring. the actor playing chuck is distractingly weird looking – like the son on nip/tuck…
jenny is the only one that looks the right age and she’s physically so different from the character in the book. dan looks the same age as his trying-so-hard-to-be-hip dad… blair is summer roberts ‘light’ – so inferior!!! same for serena..nice hair but that’s about it…i’m forcing myself to watch the show but it’s hard to stay tuned!
im rooting for a dan and serena reunion!!! theyre the new marissa and ben but more bada$$
You are so right beachmom. The show is lame. But did anybody notice a more than passing resemblance between Ed Westwick and gay porn director Michael Lucas. Can you say foreshadowing? I sense a little overcompensation from UES’ resident serial date rapist. And I know I’m not the only one out there who’s at least read the wikipedia for the GG book series.
i love wednesday nights, aka guilty pleasure night. very excited to continue watching gossip girl and dirty sexy money.
i love wednesday nights, aka guilty pleasure night. very excited to continue watching gossip girl and dirty sexy money.
i love wednesday nights, aka guilty pleasure night. very excited to continue watching gossip girl and dirty sexy money.
I’m with you Rae Rae. Top Model, Gossip Girl and Dirty Sexy Money back to back make for a great guilty pleasure night!
I love this show no matter whats its flaws or maybe i love it because of its flaws? could it be TV true love? Penn Badgley is my new favorite It Boy. I also loved the quote gossip girl says after the fight — “This is what you call a ‘fustercluck’ or as we on the Upper East Side call it ‘Sunday afternoon’.” classic.
is it wrong that I am almost 26 and I LOVE this show?
Well, I’m 28 and I love this show. Such great trash! That’s a compliment. Oh and Working Girl, my sister-in-law threw her cell phone into Lake Michigan for affect. So it happens.
I am loving this show. Chuck reminds me so much of James Spader in Pretty in Pink – but darker!
Verizon Stranglehold? Verizon doesn’t offer the sidekick (as mush as I wish they did). That’s T-Mobile.
The O.C. it’s not…which is hillarious, because I never used to admit I watched the show. I agree with beachmom, Chuck is distractingly weird looking. Why would the upper east side girls bother with him when there are plenty of better looking rich boys? Dan is a Seth Cohen take off to the point of downright COPIED facial expressions, only not as cute or endearing. I’ll watch for five episodes, but I can already see this isn’t going to be love like I had in Newport Beach. Also, is it weird for anyone else that Cindy Lou Who is 14?
This show sucks.
C’mon guys 26-28 & ques. why u watch. I’m 34 & was addicted to OC. But last nite they even featured Rooney (RIP-Bait Shop)I’m somewhat digging the show but we need a total breakdown from either B or S like Marissa in TJ. Hamptons calling
I didn’t think Dan’s rejection was because ‘S’ had a sexual past, I think it was because she had a sexual past with her best friend’s boyfriend.
ok… i need to know… How many of us watching are real nyers????
I mean, its obvious the writters havnt really been in nyc, b/c nyers are retards from the valley.
And the acting is TERRIBLE, i feel sooooo bad everytime i hear VM alum Kristen Bell talk (which if you notice they have her voice “overing” a mile a minute to include some acting cred)….
that said, it is addictive – but i never watched an episode of the OC so i’m unable to compare it to that dead horse. I’ll prolly stick it out, if only for the fact i’m too lazy to change the channel after ANTM!!!
Correction… and this is ironic seeing as how I’m stating nyers aren’t retarded but… i did in fact mean to type aren’t, not are
I’m a real new yorker and my sister and I were talking about how no new yorkers we know really are like that. But then, as I was stating that I realized I did go to a private college with a whole bunch of filthy rich kids from the upper east side and a few of them are like that. A number of them were there just to find that investment banker/hedge fund manager in the making, get the MRS degree, and move back to the east side. And truth be told, some of them had as much bs drama as it is on GG. That being said, I’ll watch the show because it’s outrageous and just a guilty pleasure. They do need to make it more realistic though in other aspects.
i’m a real new yorker, and i know that no williamsburg residing artiste has two tweenie kids.just saying.
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Yes he’s a creep but at least he’s honest about it unlike the other twits on this wretched, wretched thing.
for the comments about “real NY” and the writers not getting it right – this is based off of the series, so it’s not the TV writers fault. (If you were blaming the author of the books, then my bad, but that’s another deal entirely.) Also, of course this show is no OC – Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have to deal with already existing framework (the novels) instead of letting their imaginations just fly, but I think this show is great in its own way. Plus, Dan kind of reminds me of Seth Cohen and Ryan Atwood put together (he makes ironic quips, he’s unknown amongst those he’s grown up with, he punches people, and he’s trying to get with the beautiful girl he has nothing in common with). As an avid OC fan, this is pretty much reason enough for me to watch!
guns & roses kicks ass!
I just love Chuck. He is so without morals that it does make him so funny, because he sees no wrong in what he does. I just love the guy.
I looooove this show.
Chuck is so fun to hate
I’m rooting for Jenny. I really hope this girl has the sense to stay away from Blair. She probably doesn’t. Oh well.
What is that picture?
Why are Tegan and Sara in bed with Daniel Radcliffe’s older, creepier brother?
I love this show and it deserves a full tv watch!
I find Chuck hilarious. His dedication to getting Nate laid–whether it’s by the servants or by Blair–is amazing. Where you could find a better friend? I hope Jenny turns on them and destroys them from the inside out, and Serena’s little brother can help her. Then they could rule the school. Lol As for Serena’s phone, could she not just erase the photos? Who throws phones away…with the Sim card still attached? The worst thing they have Kristen Bell saying is “You know you love me. x o x o.” SHUT UP!