Nate: Stop liking her.
Chuck: I don't.
Nate: Yes, you do. You're lying to yourself. Tell her you like her or get outta here.
Nate, Nate, Nate. Why do you set yourself up for failure?
Jenny continues to distract Lily by telling her the plot of Twilight. Finally someone on this show resembles an actual teenager. Lily gets a phone call from Dan who cannot keep a secret to save his life. He asks why his dad is getting calls about dividends then spills the beans that Serena and the kids are in the Mystery Van on the way to the Russian Tea Room.
She calls Serena and commands her to stop. Serena ignores her. While Lily is trying to take care of this mess, poor freakin' Rufus is setting up his proposal dinner and then finds the paperwork for all the money Gabriel stole, along with a note about how he'll get payments every month. I'm so embarrassed for this poor sap. He's too good-looking for this.
Meanwhile, Georgina scored a lunch date with Poppy. It feels like a bad first date. Georgina is making Sex and the City references 'cause that's all she's got. Back at the bar ('cause Poppy won't be suspicious if she sees one of the gang there) Blair has a tearful conversation with Chuck about love.
Blair: I need to answer Nate about moving in with him, but first I gotta weigh my options.
Chuck: [sinister stare]
Blair: I know you have a soul. If that soul has feelings for me, tell me! You, me and Nate can all work something out. We'll be like the new version of Three's Company.
Chuck: [serious squinty stare]
Blair: If you don't like me and/or don't have a soul, let me go.
Chuck: [sad stare with clenched jaw]
He finally tells her it's just a game and he lost so she should go. As she leaves, Serena questions Chuck's reasons for doing that. He says (in typical TV teen fashion) because he loves her, but can't make her happy. Wuss.
Is Georgina supposed to be a terrible actor? I can't tell if that's part of the joke or not. She tells Poppy she wants to help the children get WiFi and Poppy says yes. Just fork over some cash today. Is Michelle Trachtenberg's hair real? Or are those extensions? That's the other question I keep asking myself. She hands over a bunch of cash to Poppy, while the police wait outside. Turns out they're not there to arrest Poppy. Instead they arrest Serena.
Blair assumes Georgina set this all up and is actually lying about being a Jesus freak. But Georgina is just as surprised as everyone else. AND it turns out the money she gave Poppy was money for the bible camp. Poppy made off with money meant for buying bibles. Pfff. Nice work, Scooby Doo. Why would the camp just give G an envelope full of money? And why don't people just donate the bibles?
Lily has to explain the money situation to Rufus after he finds the secret file. He is embarrassed to no end that his rich girlfriend was gonna sneak money to him every month. It gets worse when we find out Lily is the one who had Serena arrested. That bracelet she gave her earlier? She reported it stolen so that Serena would get arrested and not get herself more involved with the Poppy scandal.
Rufus: What the hell is wrong with you?
Lily: It's a typically normal response to have your own child falsely arrested.
Rufus: What the?
Lily: I'm not a monster.
Rufus: You're worse. You sounds like your MOM.
Nice little mom jab right before Mother's Day. Rufus. We can almost hear the wheels turn in his head as Rufus decides proposing to this freak show is a horrible idea. This isn't the only relationship going in a new direction. Nate and Blair decide not to live together. And Georgina is now bad again, I think? I can't tell. She says something about telling Jesus she's a bitch and then puts on dark sunglasses and follows Poppy in a taxi.
Until next time...
Xo (I'm only giving this episode one Xo)
Natalie D
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Comments (1)
Definitely extensions. I was thinking that the whole episode as well. They look ridiculous.
Is it just me, or is Gossip Girl getting worse and worse? But this is your best recap yet.
1 of 1 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on May 13, 2009 3:03 PM