****Please welcome your newest recapper, Natalie D with Gossip Girl!
This week on Gossip Girl, Jenny prefers salty chili over sweet 16, Nate and Vanessa swap partners, and Blair is still a bitch.
Back in Brooklyn, Dan goes on and on about a story he wrote for the paper. Some kid even wrote him a fan letter about it. Rufus tells the kids they're going over to Lily's for breakfast because she wants to talk to them. I can't figure out how everyone has all this time to change breakfast plans before school, plus they're already dressed to the nines. I'm pretty sure when I was in high school I slept till the last minute and wore the same sweatshirt every day. Maybe mornings last longer on the East Coast. Vanessa stops by to tell Dan that Nate hasn't called in a week. Hey wait, she got a text. He wants her to meet him at his place in half an hour. All is well!
Serena runs into Poppy on the street. They have that awkward how-have-you-been conversation which makes me dread my 10-year high school reunion this July. Poppy's like, "My boyfriend's hot and I live in Spain sometimes. What have you been up to?" Serena feels like a loser because nothing much has changed since the last time she saw Poppy. It doesn't help that Poppy reinforces these beliefs.
Serena/Lily: Surprise, Jenny! We're throwing you the perfect sweet 16 party this weekend.
Jenny: No, thanks.
Lily: Okay, if that's what you really want. We'll just cancel everything and eat chili and play board games.
Finally everyone leaves for school. After the kids leave, Rufus opens Dan's Yale packet. Financial Aid Status--DENIED! Sucks to be you, Ruf.
Welcome to Yale!
Chuck drives off without offering Vanessa a ride. When he gets to school he confronts Blair about the Nate situation. She is also wearing a bow tie. A Chippendale's bow tie, I believe.
Blair: Me and Nate are just friends. I bring him breakfast every morning because mornings are endless in our world.
Chuck: Just friends. Yeah, right.
Blair: I fought for you hard and for a long time (She actually says that. Insert your dirty joke here).
Chuck: He's still with Vanessa. You suck.
Back in paradise, Rufus discusses Dan's financial aid dilemma with Lily. How will he pay for Yale?
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Comments (10)
LOL! Welcome to the recap business. I enjoyed the pictures with the recap...
1 of 10 | Posted by bluervo | Posted on April 13, 2009 7:07 PM
FYI, Scott is Lily and Rufus' son... the one they went looking for in Boston several weeks back.
2 of 10 | Posted by fluffy | Posted on April 14, 2009 8:21 AM
I literally LOL at the Back to the Future reference - nicely done!
3 of 10 | Posted by Joyful1 | Posted on April 14, 2009 10:05 AM
welcome! funny recap, nice work!
I know Fluffy just explained about Scott... but I think the important part about him, is that his adopted parents told Lily & Rufus that he was dead when they went to look for him.
4 of 10 | Posted by Lady_Ace | Posted on April 15, 2009 6:09 AM
Love the recap! What I wonder is why someone doesn't think it is odd that Dan got a fan letter.
5 of 10 | Posted by hoxharding | Posted on April 15, 2009 12:38 PM
Also-PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALERT!
The new Verizon Hub
commercial was aired during this episode.
At the end of the episode,Serena sends a text to her Mother. It was read on the Verizon HUB!
The ads shown thus far never give an example of a teenage daughter texting her Mother about flying to Spain without asking.
6 of 10 | Posted by hoxharding | Posted on April 15, 2009 1:11 PM
WTF was with the "other person's boyfriend" comment regarding Blair. She and Nate did nothing wrong the entire episode. And to be fair NB was along way before NV and Vanessa was the one that essentially ended things with Nate by walking out on him. Blair may have liked Nate but she never made a move on him until NV were over (which, lets be realistic NV were dead in 216 after there was zero things in common and no drama with them). Nate was the only one that could get through to Blair and she needed someone like that since Serena was going through a quarter life crisis and chuck was just emotionally abusing her. Meanwhile CV were totally callous, petty, and pathetic. NB never would have even happened if chuck hadnt tried to make Blair fee,l guilty for no reason at school. He has no claim over her yet he still feels the need to emotional burden and pity whore, what a prick! I agree that CV is gag worthy though . I cant stand either character and find them to be obnoxious and poorly acted, so watching them together is twice as gross. The pro is that they stay the fuck away from the ppl I like on this show...
Overall, nice recap, but I just wondered if you were being serious about Blair bc she would be the last person to steal someones boyfriend on this show.
7 of 10 | Posted by lbonnerz | Posted on April 19, 2009 4:51 PM
you're hilarious :):)
8 of 10 | Posted by isharma | Posted on April 20, 2009 3:40 PM
Eh. I could have done much better.
What happened to the old recapper? I really loved his/her stuff. Also there were episodes before this one that weren't even covered. There was TONS of hilarious material in those as well. For shame.
Oh well, get better screen caps and more sarcasm and we'll see.
9 of 10 | Posted by kissmymanolos | Posted on April 24, 2009 10:13 AM
Freaking hysterical! Very humorous writing! I love the paddington blair, chippendales ties... and really, what is with all the ties and endless mornings?? Too funny. Thanks for the entertaining commentary!
10 of 10 | Posted by thesunchick | Posted on April 26, 2009 6:58 PM