Lily has now invited Poppy over for dinner with her and Serena, perhaps hoping that her wild nude-picture stories will convince Poppy she's a cool chick to be friends with. We learn that Serena is actually against the new seating arrangements at Eleanor's show, well aware that Blair will lose her mind if their backstage tradition is broken. Lily dismisses that with a wave of her hand, and fully embraces Poppy's idea of B, S, and Poppy just meeting up at the Marc Jacobs after-party. Kissing ass is not going to make a girl a third your age want to be your friend, Lils. Before Lily can suggest they all braid each others' hair, she gets a phone call from the art consultant -- turns out someone else has already purchased the naked Lily picture. My first instinct is Rufus, but there's no way he could afford it. Remember, he's POOR.
"No, not that one! Yeah, well, it was the 80s, bitch. You probably were all bushy too."
Speaking of Rufus, Blair has arrived in the ghetto with a bowl of chicken noodle soup and an uber-fake smile on her face. Rufus is rightfully suspicious, and Blair launches right into her scheme -- she heard Jenny's been absent for 10 days because she's so sick, and she wanted to bring her some soup to make her feel better. Aww. Rufus says he knows Blair doesn't have Jenny's best interests at heart, and Blair drops the charade, plainly stating that facts are facts and Little J has ditched now for 2 weeks straight after her "mom" called her in sick. Pulling out her phone, B offers Rufus the headmistress' home number so he can check for himself.
Dan and Chuck's night is coming to a close, as they ride in the limo and Dan babbles his drunken face off. Hopefully, this will not be a repeat of the limo scene from Victor/Victrola. Evidently their night involved lots of twins and sex clubs behind White Castles. Chuck sure knows how to be classy. After complaining that his feet are hot (weirdest drunken complaint ever), Dan follows Chuck's snide suggestion that he remove his shoes. Chuck quickly palms Dan's wallet and grabs the shoes, before ordering the driver to pull over and throwing Dan out onto the street in the middle of nowhere. LOL, since it's Dan, I love it.
Rufus has arrived at Eleanor Waldorf's to confront Jenny and her bad case of mono. He orders that she come with him right now, quietly but forcefully telling her that he pays tens of thousands of dollars in tuition to that school, and she's a liar he cannot trust. Maybe you should have realized that last season when Jenny was sneaking out to forbidden parties and stealing from people, Dad. Watching from the doorway, Blair smirks triumphantly as Jenny is forced to leave.
"Look, Dad, you don't understand. This really takes a long time. They don't exactly make patterns for 1600s-era fashions."
The next morning, Jenny is trying to ignore the hideous roses embroidered on Rufus' shirt as she explains she was keeping up with her homework and just needed to get through Fashion Week. He remains unsympathetic and informs her she has an appointment that afternoon with the headmistress, to try to convince her she shouldn't be expelled. Pissed that she has to go to school on a Saturday -- or at all in her case -- Jenny storms off to get ready.
Serena has arrived at Blair's, and asks why Blair hasn't returned any of her phone calls. Blair angrily says she didn't have anything to say, since Serena's taken over the minions and abandoned their backstage tradition. Now while Serena may take a lot of crap from Dan, she doesn't seem to put up with it from Blair, as she smiles a fake, condescending smile and tells Blair that she's wrong, and that the minions are retarded hummingbirds who will surely flock back to Blair shortly. If they don't crash into a few glass doors on the way.
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Comments (11)
The only thing that could have made this episode worse is if that slut Cabbage Patch had made a cameo.
Oh, and I'm not even going to ask why you've seen dirty Hermione and Ginny fanfic.
1 of 11 | Posted by heygirl | Posted on October 6, 2008 1:13 AM
Congrats! The Cubs won as many playoff games as the Cardinals this year >:)
I love ur recaps despite ur love of the Cubbies. Is it just me, or did this episode seem like the start of a totally different season than the last few (i.e. no cougar, nate, vanessa, brit guy, dan/serena drama etc)??
I personally think the Lily secret was a Rufus/Lily sexy photoshoot thingy (gag)...since nothing in this show ends up neaarly as good as the antipation for the reveal.
And yeah, Serena needs lessons from Miss Jay.
2 of 11 | Posted by kellyhp12 | Posted on October 6, 2008 2:08 AM
This was not a great episode.
Blair was annoying and Serena all of a sudden being a socialite party girl was a little too random for me. I would've liked that plot line to actually happen on the show instead of just being mentioned as an afterthought.
And the whole Chuck has no friends thing kind of came out of nowhere for me, too.
I was so glad to have a Vanessa-free episode, though. It was refreshing to make it through an entire episode with no one dressed like a Garbage Pail Kid.
3 of 11 | Posted by cherin | Posted on October 6, 2008 5:54 AM
great recap. blair and jenny NEED to take serena down asap.
sorry about the cubs. i'm a die hard mets fan. i feel your pain. trust me.
4 of 11 | Posted by baymenxpac | Posted on October 6, 2008 7:31 AM
Loved the recap but you penis worship chuck too much dude. The best thing about both blair and chuck is that they are bad ass and do whatever the fuck they want, but deep down thy both are much better people than the "heroes" like Serena or The Brooklynites. If Chuck is awesome for being shady then you can't say Blair is an immature brat for pretty much doing similar actions. Its called a double standard, which is why no matter how much i love chuck, i love Blair more, its so refreshing to see a female character that doesnt just go with the flow.
And word about a possible Blair/Jenny friendship, leighton and taylor are five times prettier than that buttterface Blake, not to mention better actors.
A shirtless Dan/Nate fight would pretty much be the greatest thing ever for those characters, chuck maybe interesting but hes fug as hell
5 of 11 | Posted by lbonnerz | Posted on October 6, 2008 1:26 PM
Dude, loved your recap but you penis worship chuck WAY too much. Hes ace but you cant condone his shady actions and rip on Blair's,its a double standard. The best thing about both of them is that they are bad ass with a heart of gold and probably better ppl deep down than the actual "heroes" of the show.
Thats why I will always love blair more than chuck, most TV shows have a bad boy like chuck in them but it is so refreshing to see a character like blair who doesnt take shit lying down and takes action unlike most boring females. What makes that coupling so compelling is that you can equally appreciate both sides of it.
BJ need to take Serena down ASAP, as immature blair was the entire episode, she owned up to it in the end unlike that twat serena. Not to mention that Taylor and Leighton are 1000 times more attractive than that butterface Blake....not to mention they can actually act as well.
PS, I'm bummed about the cubs too! But yay for ppl from Chicago!
6 of 11 | Posted by lbonnerz | Posted on October 6, 2008 1:31 PM
lbonnerz, I agree... Serena/Blake falls into my category of "people who are unattractive but people think they're hot because they're skinny and have blonde hair"
7 of 11 | Posted by cherin | Posted on October 6, 2008 1:41 PM
To be fair, Blake Lively looks a lot better after her nose job.
Anyway, I really really liked this episode. Though probably just because of the lack of Nate and surplus of Blair and Chuck.
Btw thanks for that screencap of Dan's paper: truly hilarious.
8 of 11 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on October 6, 2008 7:28 PM
Alex, Blake does look a little better with a nose job but shes still pretty average to me, ppl just get distracted with her enormous and probably fake breasts and her long hair. Her make up in GG is always atrocious too, in the scene where she told Blair she killed someone all I could do was look at her clown face and think "Buzz, your girlfriend, WOOF!"
I used to really like Blake but she seems totally fake now, Ive also hear alot of rumors about her being the onset diva and not leighton. Apparently, she refuses to be photographed unless she has a full face of make up on...wonder what shes hiding
9 of 11 | Posted by Lbonnerz | Posted on October 7, 2008 12:09 PM
Hi Lolo!
I really miss your "I Want to Work for Diddy" blog!!! Are there ever going to be any more recaps of it?
10 of 11 | Posted by fierytopaz | Posted on October 7, 2008 12:51 PM
heygirl -- that's a really good question for my friend that forwarded it to me (the Harry/Snape stuff's even worse).
kellyhp12 -- you are a cruel woman. But at least you're not a Sox fan. :)
I agree with a lot of you that this episode felt out of sync by dropping ongoing storylines completely and making sudden announcements, like Serena's friendship with Poppy.
lbonnerz -- haha I probably do let Chuck get away with too much. I'll try to check myself in the future. As for my criticism of Blair this ep, I just expect better of her. I rarely expect better of Chuck.
And I agree that while she's objectively attractive, Blake Lively's hotness rating can definitely be attributed to a great figure and long blonde hair. Leighton Meester, on the other hand, it truly beautiful. So is Jessica Szohr, when I get past wanting to punch her in the face and actually look at her. Taylor Momsen's a bit awkward-looking, but she's only 15 and still growing into her features.
And fierytopaz -- I did have to stop recapping Diddy due to real-life craziness this fall and already having another recap assignment. Flipit and I tried to find a replacement, but everyone was just as busy. However, since last night was the finale and GG was a rerun this week, I am planning on doing a recap of the last episode. Sorry I can't do more, but I appreciate you asking!!!
11 of 11 | Posted by LoLo | Posted on October 7, 2008 1:32 PM