The wedding rehearsal trots along as Blair watches from the sidelines. Grandpa Vanderbilt sits down next to her (a little too closely if you ask me) and asks her what she knows about Nate going to Columbia. She tells him she knows little, just that he's proud to have gotten in.
Gramps: Tell him to go to Yale.
Blair: Um, it's not really up to me.
Gramps: Did you get into that Fancy Pants Committee for Socialites?
Blair: No, they rejected me.
Gramps: I'll get you in. Now convince Nate to go to Yale.
Blair: Okay, but I want to be a bridesmaid too.
Gramps: Done.
He escorts her to the front of the church where the wedding rehearsal is going on. I'm so bummed it ends right there because I would have loved to watch that scene awkwardly unfold. Grandpa V probably dumps off Blair and says something like, "You forgot one." I imagine the wedding coordinator freaking out because the numbers don't match. You do NOT want to upset a wedding coordinator. Those bitches are feisty.
Eleanor and Cyrus run around their kitchen, preparing the feast for the evening and wondering why Dorota was given the night off. Cyrus' phone rings and Serena is on the other line asking for a lawyer. Now it's getting good. So something went down in Spain that is now pushing her to get a lawyer. Framed for drug smuggling? Burned her mouth on a cup of hot Spanish coffee? What could it be?
Something bad happened.
Rufus and Lily arrive home after a long afternoon of shoe shopping. Lily yacks about shoes while Rufus yacks about art and money and Dan's tuition. The usual. Then Serena enters the room. This is the first time Lily has seen her since she left for Spain. Rufus leaves the two alone to duke it out, although there's not much to say.
Serena: I know you're mad, Mom. I'm lost.
Lily: I'm furious and you're being the old Serena and I hate the old Serena and you're grounded.
Lily storms off and Serena does what she always does in a crisis. She calls Blair and they both talk about their lives without listening to the other one. Blair gushes about her acceptance into the Vanderbilt Bridesmaid Clan as she gets fitted for her dress. "I'm the chosen one!" she declares. "I've reached the Vanderbilt promised land." Not quite as good my other two favorite lines in the episode, but it at least deserves runner-up status. Serena says she has to run errands and gets in the elevator. Ta ta for now! Wait, isn't she grounded?
Meanwhile, Dan did score a catering job. He talks and talks and talks the ear off of the other caterer girl because he's nervous about the job and even more nervous that he lied to his dad about getting a job. She couldn't care less. Dan looks up at the building and it hits him. It's the Waldorf building. Blair's mom walks up to him and sure enough, he'll be waiting tables at their Seder. He begs for them to send him home. There is no way he can serve food to Blair.
Eleanor: She wont' be here. Plus I don't care and you have to work for me so suck it. My husband's mom is gonna be here and she hates me and this has to be perfect, which means I need two waiters so please don't go. I'm begging you. I'll double your pay.
He agrees to stay. Yale, here I come!
Blair brings up the subject of college and Nate says he's going to Columbia. End of story. I don't want to owe my family anything and after tonight we won't deal with them every again. Blair is shit out of luck.
Eleanor is freaking out while looking for Cyrus because his mother is there, but he's talking to Serena about legal issues. Turns out she accidentally got married in Spain and needs an annulment. Whoops. I hate when that happens. Cyrus leaves, but who's been listening the whole time? Dan the waiter!
She spills the whole mess to Dan. Poppy and Gabriel got into a fight a few days into the trip so she left, but Serena stayed behind with Gabriel "to keep him company."
Dan: Uh-huh.
Serena: No seriously. I think I'm married, but maybe not. I don't know.
Dan: How is that possible?
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Comments (3)
I was hoping the inevitable experimental girl on girl storyline was going to heat up when Blair was laying between Serena's legs. No dice. Do the hairstylists hate Serena/Blake because her hair was looking pretty awful?
1 of 3 | Posted by newcastlefan | Posted on April 27, 2009 5:49 AM
The nightmare was a knock-off of "My Fair Lady". It even had the same crappy cockney accents. All of Blaire's dreams/nightmares are set like Audrey Hepburn movies. Anyway great recap!
2 of 3 | Posted by kittkatt357 | Posted on April 27, 2009 12:02 PM
Oh and I hate Serena can the next storyline be about Georgina Killing here and having extensive plastic surgery to take over her life? I noticed on the previews that Georgie was back.
3 of 3 | Posted by kitkatt357 | Posted on April 27, 2009 12:04 PM