Serena finally begins talking, first bringing up Georgina. Blair interjects that they all know her, some better than others, seeing as though Chuck lost his virginity to her in sixth grade. Eww, that would make them either 11 or 12... even my friend from Kentucky would be scandalized by that. Serena admits Georgie is now blackmailing her with something that happened the night of the Shepherd wedding, and we flash back to Serena and Nate having sex on the bar. Blair interrupts again to request Serena skip that part, and after Chuck volunteers to fill Blair in on the details later -- he was watching from the balcony remember -- Serena moves ahead with the story.
"What? She invited me over to watch 'Lilo & Stitch' and then rolled on top of me. What was I supposed to do?"
In the flash back, Serena runs outside, wearing Nate's shirt (so what was he wearing?), and hails a cab to go meet up with Georgina at another hotel. We then cut to Lily, who starts playing the video. In it, we see Serena arrive to find Georgina and a random guy, Pete, hanging out. Serena's drunk and depressed over sleeping with Nate, and leaves the room to go puke as Pete pulls out some cocaine. Serena returns, gets on the bed with Pete, and complains about being too hot. He is only too happy to help her remove Nate's shirt, and they begin making out. At this point, a disgusted Lily shuts down the computer, and we return to the Scooby gang, hearing Serena describe the same events.
As they're fooling around, Serena pushes Pete off saying she can't, and suggests doing a few lines of coke first. He agrees, does a line, and goes all Regina Morrow by having some sort of seizure or heart attack (if you know that reference you are my new BFF, btw). Panicked, Serena screams for Georgina to get in there and begins calling 911. Georgina snatches the phone from her hand, insisting they can't call the cops because there are drugs everywhere, and orders Serena to gather her shit and get out of there immediately. As the girls gather their stuff, Serena finds Pete's phone and calls 911 from it, relaying their location and begging for help before she lets Georgina yank her out the door.
How Georgina always leaves her men.
In the present, Serena tearfully explains that Georgina insisted they split up at that point, but Serena couldn't leave and instead waited outside the hotel to assure herself that the guy was fine. Which he wasn't, judging by the body bag the paramedics took out of there. As a result, Serena ran away to boarding school after convincing Lily that it was the best for her. Blair admits it all makes much more sense now, and Nate asks the million dollar question -- what the hell does Georgina want with her blackmailing? Serena admits she doesn't really know, but that Georgina's gotten in good with Dan and Vanessa as "Sarah" and will use the snuff film if Serena blows her cover or doesn't do what Georgina says. Chuck goes all bad ass by insisting they have to find Georgina, and when Serena begs them all not to do anything, they exchange looks over her head as she cries.
Is anyone else really curious what did happen then the previous night with Serena and the three dudes? Where did Blair find them, and what were they doing when she did? I somehow doubt she caught up with them playing euchre or volunteering at an early-morning soup kitchen.
A few hours later, Serena, Blair and Chuck arrive at the Palace for the wedding rehearsal dinner, and Lily swoops down upon her daughter immediately. After hissing out accusations regarding the previous night and Duroda's phone call, Lily mentions that she saw the video. Serena looks like she's going to hurl again -- if so everyone better clear the fuck out of there -- until Lily continues to say she shut down the video after Serena and the guy began making out. Serena's relieved, but Lily's not done yet -- and threatens to send Serena to reformatory school before stomping away. Maybe she wouldn't be so fucked up, Lily, if you weren't the black widow of the Upper East Side. Shaken, Serena then cries in Blair's arms.
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Comments (12)
Regina Morrow! Sweet Valley High! Tragic Drug Death But Important Lesson for the Twins.
1 of 12 | Posted by bulletproofheart | Posted on May 15, 2008 8:09 AM
Your Officially my favorite recapper for throwing in the Sweet Valley High mention! Loved the whole recap, especially the picture captions...and the lily comment "Honey, if you want the alimony, you gotta marry Bart first before you begin the affairs. I thought you were an old pro at this." LOL. Cant wait for next week.
2 of 12 | Posted by bmo1126 | Posted on May 15, 2008 9:35 AM
your recap has inspired me to dig up my old svh books...anyone else see a little Lila Fowler in Blair sometimes?
lolo, you're the best.
3 of 12 | Posted by liketotally | Posted on May 15, 2008 10:08 AM
Did you know you can watch episodes of good ole SVH on ABCfamily.com... :)
I can't wait to see how they wrap it all up and leave us wanting more next week...
4 of 12 | Posted by msmooshka | Posted on May 15, 2008 11:07 AM
Yeah that story line was dangerously close to guaranteeing no more than another season and a half of the show. It was a weak wrap-up, but a lot better than the alternative I guess.
Nice recap!
5 of 12 | Posted by ez rider | Posted on May 15, 2008 4:17 PM
loved the recap LoLo, especially the buffy reference. i LOVE that show!
6 of 12 | Posted by preppyboy | Posted on May 15, 2008 5:23 PM
I agree that the storyline was wrapped up a little to neatly. However, I did read that they would have explored it for at least one more episode, until the writers' strike. After that, it had to be dealt with swiftly. I'm looking forward to the season finale, though.
7 of 12 | Posted by bentley1101 | Posted on May 15, 2008 8:16 PM
Damn writer's strike. :(
Liketotally: Yes! I've been comparing Blair to Lila Fowler in my head for the longest! I even imagined Lila looked like Blair (both pretty, pouty, spoiled rich girls), but Lila barely had a good side. She would turn on Jessica so fast it would make Blair's head spin.
Lolo, you're awesome!
8 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 21, 2008 8:24 PM
One more SVH thing: It's kinda cool how they're making Serena's character a mixture of the Liz/Jess twins. She's got an inner Jessica that keeps getting her in trouble, while she's trying convert into a Liz...in order for Todd to like her 4eva and eva. :)
Ok, can you tell I'm an 80's kid?
P.S.
MsMooshka, the TV show is nowhere near as good as the books.
9 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 21, 2008 8:27 PM
You guys are amazing! I really wondered when I threw in the SVH reference if anyone would get it and practically ALL of you did! I am in such great company!
So when I googled Regina Morrow to make sure I was spelling it correctly, guess what I saw? First, they are reprinting the entire SVH series -- updated to 2008. Meaning now Liz and Jess are texting rather than passing notes, doing their homework online, etc. I guess the plots are supposed to be basically the same besides these little tweaks, but there's already backlash on 1 completely unnecessary change -- instead of having perfect size 6 figures, the twins now have perfect size 4 figures. Guess the publishers were worried readers would think the twins were fat asses at size 6. How messed up is that?
Second, Francine Pascal is currently working on a brand-new Sweet Valley series, tentatively called Sweet Valley Confidential -- where the twins will be in their mid-late 20s! I'm not gonna lie, I'll so be buying those the day they come out... haha. Who's with me?!
Thanks for the great comments as always, everyone! The season finale recap should be up within an hour or two, tops.
LoLo
10 of 12 | Posted by LoLo | Posted on May 21, 2008 8:52 PM
Hey Lolo!
That's great about updating the SVH series. A big fat booo to the "perfect size 4 figures" change, though. That extra 5 lbs. is gonna make all the difference in the world in how attractive the twins are, huh? And they wonder why teens have body image issues. Ugh.
My mom owns a bookstore, and I'll be sure to advise her to stock the "children's section" with the new SVH mid-20's series. Hopefully, I won't have to knock over any kids to get the latest books. :)
11 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 23, 2008 8:57 AM
Great recap! I just got into Gossip Girl, like 2 episodes ago (hurray for reruns!) and your recaps have allowed to really catch up, so thanks. My favourite quote: "Disturbed by both the awkward staring and shitiness of his music, Lily runs away and Rufus finishes the song and abruptly leaves the stage to go after her."
I thought that moment that she ordered him to get out of the way was really wooden. "Get out of my way." "No." "Get out of my way." "No." (But imagine all that being said in Keanu Reeves' voice.)
12 of 12 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on June 21, 2008 2:28 PM