We open with Blair and Serena at school, talking about what this show does best -- another ridiculously extravagant ball/soiree/shitshow. Yay! This time it's a senior snowflake charity ball, and B is losing her mind over deciding which of her many suitors she should accept an invitation from. Hilariously, she has a list -- that not only includes each guy's physical stats but also his GPA, parents' occupations and his hobbies. I vote that she eliminates Keith Nelson for the "dog grooming" entry on his hobbies list. As she's debating the pros and cons of each to an amusedly exasperated Serena, Chuck strolls up points out the obvious -- none of these guys are for the long-run since Blair's heart already belongs to Chuck. Blair glares at him and lists off the potentials -- all of whom Chuck dismisses by pointing out how they're wrong for Blair, much to her annoyance. Evidently she's not a fan of oral fixations and being out-scored on her SATs. It's an adorable scene, and I'm glad to see these two back to their bantering ways.

Serena escapes halfway through their mating ritual to chase after Dan -- if he throws in a few condescending comments, we'll have her and Dan's old mating ritual. She thanks him for suggesting the perfect Chanukah gift for Aaron (which surprisingly is not flea powder), and reveals that Aaron turned down her invitation to the ball because he's too fucking pseudo-hipster to go. What a douche. You're a society brat as much as Serena is with Cyrus as your father, so go fuck yourself. Sorry, the Aaron rage is escalating over here, folks. Can Serena please date someone who doesn't make me want to recommend him as OJ Simpson's new cellmate? Dan suggests they can hang out together at the ball, since he's going stag too. Serena agrees, and invites him to come to the gallery with her to visit Aaron, who happens to be hanging out with his ex, Lexi. Ten bucks Dan and Lexi hit it off, making Serena wildly jealous and longing for that high horse to coming riding back in her direction.

In the ghetto, Jenny is a one-woman OCD machine as she's madly cleaning and organizing things to keep her mind off her trashtastic failed professional endeavors and Nate. She confuses the latter to Vanessa, she of the letter-stealing awfulness, who tells Little J to move on and forget about Nate. This would be heinous enough, but then Nate calls Vanessa and Vanessa lies to Jenny about having to go to the gallery. HATE. When Vanessa caught Jenny and Nate kissing at the fashion show, Jenny ditched Nate to chase after Vanessa, horrified that she'd hurt a friend like that. Just compare that to how Vanessa is acting now. Aggh. Anyway, Vanessa passes Penelope on her way out the door, and redeems herself a teeny tiny bit by amusingly greeting Penny with "Bye, sad Blair wannabe!" As for Penelope's presence, she wants a custom-made ball gown from Jenny by tomorrow. Looks like someone's found a new market.

"And what do we call this little jacket? Skunk-roadkill chic?"

Downtown, Lily is busy setting up the venue for the ball with Rufus's help. They discuss how Lily hasn't really talked to Bart since the whole Thanksgiving-PI files debacle, and how Rufus is thinking about coming to the dance himself to see the fruit of his labors. I think Lily's more interested in seeing the fruit of his jockstrap, but whatever you want to call it works. Spying Bart alighting from his limo, Rufus's fruit crawls up and he runs away, leaving a somber Bart telling Lily that they need to talk.

At the gallery, Lexi and Aaron are looking over Aaron's Serena-themed exhibit while Lexi runs her mouth with all sorts of bitingly sarcastic commentary, including a few bits Serena and Dan overhear as they enter the room. It's gotta be love at first self-important word for Dan.

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