Somewhere in Brooklyn, Dan has met up with Noah Shapiro to talk about his Charlie Trout story and pick up his recommendation letter. Seeing as though Noah thinks it's okay to wear his bathrobe to a bar in the middle of the day, I now understand a bit better how he could think Dan is talented. Well Noah's brought a friend from New York Magazine with him to this meeting, and the friend wants Dan to write an expose on the Bass family. Dan says no at first, but ultimately is convinced to do it after the friend points out that publishing an expose is like the equivalent of 30 condescending lectures from his high horse. Dan agrees that's an opportunity he can't let slide.
Serena is on one of Aaron's map-reading exercises, which seems to me to just be a gimmick to work Serena's Verizon phone into the plot. Yawn. She ends up in Times Square, where Aaron somehow gets her image up on one of the screens. He then joins her, asks her to pose for his stupid art and then makes out with her while I marvel over how dirty this kid is. Especially the patchy facial hair. Gross. On top of that, he delivers his lines with the same amount of energy and passion that Chace Crawford does. But at least Chace is pretty. This dude? Not so much. This cast needs to stop smoking up before coming on set.
The next morning, Blair catches Serena at her locker and begins whining about how Eleanor might as well be dating Danny DeVito while Serena very poorly pretends to be interested. I get that Blair can be self-centered and Serena's in the honeymoon stage of her relationship with Aaron, but stop being a shitty friend, S. Sure enough, Serena gets a text from Aaron and immediately ditches Blair in mid-sentence to go be his muse. Pissed, Blair warns Serena that being the muse never works out, and demands that Serena come back and help her take the gnome down. Amused, Serena insists she's leaving and somewhat patronizingly tells Blair to grow the fuck up instead. Glad she's picked up that trait from Dan. Surprisingly, Blair declares that Serena is right and she will try to tolerate Cyrus.
"B, I gotta go change. I haven't worn this much clothing in ages and I'm starting to sweat."
Dan has somehow gotten Bart to agree to a private meeting by pretending he's interested in learning about business. The only business Dan should be worried about is how to collect food stamps, because he's going to be living off of them if he tries to earn a living as a writer. Deciding to push his luck a bit, Dan asks if he can shadow Bart a few days a week to learn even more. Bart hesitates and says no, and Dan slyly mentions that Rufus is pretty retarded and not nearly as successful as Bart. Ego boosted, Bart changes his mind and decides Dan can shadow him -- and can start by accompanying him to a hockey game. As Dan worries that Bart may have gotten the wrong idea about why he's suddenly interested in spending time with him, Chuck walks in and overhears their conversation. Realizing that his father has time for hockey, but just not with him, Chuck gives Dan his best scowls while resisting the urge to throw himself at Bart's feet and wail "whyyyyyy?!?"
Across town, Mini Coop is hanging out in a diner looking exactly how I feel today -- hungover as hell. Remind me to kick whichever one of my friends thought it was a good idea to order 2 bottles of wine then 5 pitchers of beer for the three of us in her baby maker tomorrow. Okay, it was probably my idea but someone needs to pay for this. Anyway, Mini Coop's in the same sorry state when Jenny finds her, ranting that she's been waiting for Mini Coop for seven hours, and Mini Coop never found the business manager she promised. After plugging some Vitamin Water, Mini Coop tells Jenny to calm the fuck down, and then races off to vomit. This is not helping me. Pissed, Jenny goes through Mini Coop's bag, finds the contact info for the business manager she met the day before, and places a call.
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Comments (11)
Hi Lolo, it's my first time to comment. I've always been a lurker here but what compelled me to comment was that I understand where you're coming from (regarding the slightly late posts). I always look forward to your recaps 'cause it's funny and sometimes you say the things I've been thinking of while watching the episode. Kudos!
Anyway, even though it was not Blair's actual birthday as remarked by Eleanor, it still is lame. And I don't think they will give us another Blair birthday party since there's no mention of it in the synopsis of future episodes.
And yeah, there were some casting sides leakage at Spoiler TV and it pretty confirmed that *****edited out spoiler*** Ho-hum...
Hey guys please don't post spoilers in the comments section!! Only in the forums. Thanks!
1 of 11 | Posted by xybil | Posted on November 17, 2008 5:20 AM
The Jenny storyline/transformation is beyond painful. I was happy when her clothes got burned.
Thanks for pointing out how unlikely it that
1. a major business tycoon would allow a random high schooler to "shadow" him several times a week (wouldn't offering him some kind of office gopher position make more sense?)
2. the implausibility of that worker contacting Dan about the fire and Dan's claims that he heard about it through the office gossip network...have you even started yet?! And last I checked the people in the know wouldn't be gossiping with/around a 17 year old kid!
I'm hoping Bart doesn't die. I was so happy for Chuck. The previews for tonight show Nate's father returning...maybe he'll be the one to meet some unhappy end? He did screw A LOT of people before he went into hiding.
Just want to add I always enjoy your recaps, even if they are a little late! It's understandable real life might get in the way.
2 of 11 | Posted by msu11y28 | Posted on November 17, 2008 8:14 AM
Love the GG recaps!! Another great one -
I have a need to extra-emphasize the Jenny situation. I know that Rufus and Mrs. Humps aren't exactly parents of the year - but Jenny is a walking contradiction. On one hand she wants to be taken seriously as an up and coming designer that is mature beyond her 15 years, but in the next minute she is a crying, disrespectful, little brat - and I'm glad that Rufus is playing bad cop!
I do agree about Aaron too, cannot stand that friggin kid (I gotta say, he kinda looks like a woman going through gender re-assignment surgery...like early stages..) but I do disagree slightly with his "We aren't committed so you can't be uspet" speech. Honestly, I understand that "officially" yes, that is true. And I've been in that situation before - BUT - when I was in that situation, the guy wasn't making uber-romantic gestures like dropping off a homemade wedding ring, sending me maps to places all around the city, or putting my damn face on a giant Times Square screen!
So Serena - I make fun of you sometimes (okay, a lot), but you are insanely hot and (mostly) a sweetheart - kick this overly-confident he/she out of your life - you don't know me, but I PROMISE you can do better :)
3 of 11 | Posted by carmelicious | Posted on November 17, 2008 11:23 AM
LoLo - all is forgiven! This episode was BORING and artist dude if FUGLY. Don't kill Bart - he is hot. Kill Vanessa.
Also - rumor has it that Little J has a heroin problem in real life. Explains the hospitilizations and extreme skinniness
4 of 11 | Posted by chachi | Posted on November 17, 2008 12:39 PM
I must be the only one who likes Aaron...oh well, I guess I can be okay with that. I probably only like him because he was the little Ashton Kutcher in the Butterfly Effect (thank you imdb), but whatever.
And I want more Chuck and Blair and I would take more Nate and Jenny if that meant Vanessa wasn't around to be with him.
And that just got me thinking, Vanessa should be the one to die, that would make me a lot happier than if Bart did.
5 of 11 | Posted by kelsey | Posted on November 18, 2008 12:17 AM
As much as I loved Mini-Coop on the O.C., and as much I as I am trying really, really hard to like her in GG, I just can't. Maybe it's the dancing in a bra in front of pedophiliac photographers or the way she doesn't really move her lips when she speaks. That being said, she's a crazy bitch for burning Jenny's clothes.
6 of 11 | Posted by heygirl | Posted on November 18, 2008 12:17 PM
blair looked STUNNING at her bday...omfg.
also, please kill vanessa and NOT bart, please please. with some more please on top. and a dash of please.
ugh.
7 of 11 | Posted by matzboy | Posted on November 18, 2008 12:40 PM
Great recap!!! And no need to apologize for the lateness! At least you're still writing your recaps- the 90210 recapper has been MIA for 2 episodes now and about to be 3 after tonight!
8 of 11 | Posted by jakesmom | Posted on November 18, 2008 12:53 PM
xybil - I am proud to have broken your commenting cherry!
heygirl - I somewhat agree about Mini Coop. She's gone too far down the Georgina path for me. It's almost the same character. That being said, Willa is a better actress than half the core cast, and I'd love to see her stick around in some capacity.
Regarding the Bart/Vanessa debate, I'd definitely be on team Kill Vanessa. I hope I'm wrong on predicting Bart's untimely demise, but Josh Schwartz doesn't have patience for old dudes and likes to kill them off at the peak of emotional impact. See also: Caleb Nichol.
And everyone - thanks so much for being so amazingly understanding about me posting late. You're the best!
9 of 11 | Posted by LoLo | Posted on November 19, 2008 1:08 PM
Okay guys, bad news. I totally have to break my promise of getting this thing done early this week... I had to go in for training this morning at 7:30 a.m. which is seriously akin to torture for someone like me. Needless to say, I couldn't stay up last night to finish the recap, and I'm exhausted tonight. So look for it either Saturday or Sunday afternoon.
Sorry sorry sorry!
10 of 11 | Posted by LoLo | Posted on November 20, 2008 6:35 PM
S'okay, LoLo.
This is one instance in which I wish they would stay true to the books: Eleanor and Cyrus get married. They have a daughter who they give Blair the honor of naming. Despite the fact that she saddles her with "Yale," she really is very devoted to her.
11 of 11 | Posted by DaffyMaiden | Posted on November 22, 2008 9:23 PM