We open with Georgina repeatedly calling Serena, leaving increasingly irritated voicemails for Serena to call her back. As Gossip Girl wisely informs us, in the era of cell phones, when someone doesn't call you back, it's usually because they just don't want to. Looks like someone played that snuff film trump card too soon. I mean, really G. I always wait until at least the first restraining order.

In the ghetto, Rufus is preparing to give a concert that night while Dan makes another one of his uber-annoying anti-society rants, this time about popular music and Starbucks. When you're the lapdog of a girl who lives and breathes Bergdorf Goodman and the Chanel spring/summer collection, you lose your ability to pretend to be all edgy and independent, Dan. When Dan passes on the opportunity to give Rufus shit about the concert appearing on VH1 classics and not normal VH1 (although looking at the programming on VH1 today, I think I'd actually want to be on the old-farts version... at least then I wouldn't have to worry about my concert following a dating show where a midget competes for the heart of a transvestite), Rufus knows something is wrong. Dan confesses that he and Serena are still on the outs, due to her telling him half-truths and acting shady. Rufus gently points out that Dan can be a judgmental asshat, and Dan agrees that he'll try to tone it down and get Serena to come clean with him.

"Because honestly, son, someone with that large a gap between their front teeth shouldn't be judging anyone."

This episode's picking back up the Nate-Vanessa story line, and we learn Nate's stalking her all over Brooklyn. While flattered, she wants to go out on an actual date and stop feeling like the rich white boy's exotic, lower-class mistress. Nate gets an emergency phone call and has to quit his stalking early for the day, but agrees to go on a date with her that night -- by helping her set up for Rufus's concert. Quelle romantique!

In Manhattan at the Palace, Lily and Bart are reviewing final wedding arrangements, including something about an interview Lily has with Rolling Stone. Dan arrives, looking for Serena, but she's MIA, not like Lily can really be bothered with that right now. Chuck is there, though, and sidles up to Dan to throw a few incestuous innuendoes his way while Dan notes Serena's bed hasn't been slept in. Just then Chuck gets a phone call from someone -- presumably Blair -- worried because they can't find Serena. With Dan blatantly eavesdropping, Chuck purposely says enough so Dan knows the call is about Serena, then hilariously shuts a door in Dan's face to continue the conversation.

The show channels Grey's Anatomy as Chuck jumps into an elevator Nate's already in, just as the doors are closing. A few painful moments later, they arrive at Blair's, only to be told that the Queen B herself isn't there yet. As Chuck wonders aloud if this is Blair's perverse idea of a double date (which would be totally awesome, btw), Georgina's still wandering around town leaving yet another voicemail for Serena -- and is now so annoyed she's decided to just show up at the Palace, perhaps to out a cousin or something. She and Nate should so hook up, they definitely have that stalking thing in common.

McSchemey and McDreary.

As Georgie turns the corner outside the Palace, she spies Dan standing in the courtyard like a lost puppy. Realizing that it'd be bizarre for "Sarah" to be visiting Serena, she turns and tries to escape, but Dan sees her anyway and calls out. She quickly spins a lie about a friend for Portland staying there, and Dan begins whining about how Serena hasn't come home and is acting batshit crazy lately. Inspiration strikes, and she encourages Dan to call Serena immediately, because surely she'll pick up his call and explain where she is -- and therefore prove to Georgie that Serena is indeed screening her calls. But before he can, he gets a call from the lady of the hour herself. Only it's not Serena -- it's a bartender who found her phone after she left with three dudes and skipped out on her tab. Classy, VDW... but also somewhat impressive. Not even Paris would try to take on three at once.

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