Blair begins yelling at S about her mother's show, and Serena insists she's merely doing Eleanor a favor. Infuriated, Blair says it's bullshit Serena's worried about disappointing Eleanor but doesn't give a crap about disappointing Blair. Now obviously Blair is being selfish and immature here, but I can understand where she's coming from. Maybe that makes me selfish and immature... Serena loses her patience and her cool demeanor, and snaps that she and Poppy just won't go at all, and leave Eleanor with an empty front row. Blair irrationally says that's fine by her, because then she won't have to watch the next episode of The Serena Show. God, that may be even worse than the new season of 90210. Disgusted, Serena tells Blair she was going to invite B to hang out with her and Poppy -- news which Blair does not take well as it sounds like an afterthought or pity invite. Finally pushed too far, Serena changes her mind and announces she will go to Eleanor's show, and enjoy every minute of watching the models reenact the disembarkation of the Mayflower.
"Um...I may have just had an accident. Don't go anywhere! I'm not done yelling at you!"
Dan's meeting with his drunken mentor again, who still thinks his writing is crap. Agreed. Annoyed, Dan says he followed the mentor's advice and went out with a guy he can't stand. "Yes, this Charlie Trout character." LMAO I almost just fell off my couch. If I ever had a shred of doubt that Dan wasn't an abso-fucking-lutely terrible writer, consider it gone. The mentor advises Dan to go hang out with Charlie Trout (still giggling) again and find out his secret, then write about it. Okay, is this fiction or an expose? If this is how Dan's going to get all of his story ideas, I hope he decides to write a piece about mass murderers next.
Lily's meeting with her art consultant again -- who reveals that Bart was the purchaser of the nude photograph. Lily is shocked, seeing as though she'd never mentioned the Mapplethorpe to Bart or anyone else. Embarrassed about the bush, I suppose. Nonetheless, she's pleased Bart knows her so well and married her despite her lack of grooming habits back in the day.
It's almost time for Eleanor's show, as we see one girl going through her gift bag and staring at the included bottle of Vitamin Water with a WTF expression on her face. Hey, without Vanessa in this episode and the lovely stocked VM fridge her cafe, they needed to get that plug in somehow. Serena and Poppy arrive to find Poppy's still seated in the front row -- but Serena's been moved to the back. Blair's work, no doubt. Serena flags down an assistant to correct the mistake as Blair and Jenny run over to fight over where Serena should be sitting. Jenny maturely tells Blair this isn't about them, but the fighting continues until Eleanor herself intervenes, scolds Blair, and moves Serena back to the front.
Anal beads as a necklace is a brave choice, Little J.
Chuck's out drinking by himself, calling his father to ask if Bart wants to have a drink when his plane arrives later that night. Bart coldly asks what kind of trouble is he in, then declines the invitation because he's tired and jetlagged. On top of that, Bart gets another call and Chuck loses the call waiting face-off. Hurt, Chuck hangs up and we see Dan behind him, having overheard the conversation. Dan takes a seat at the table and gently goads Chuck into hanging out with him again. Not the best choice, Chuck. You were already sad, and hanging out with Humphrey will make you suicidal.
Dan doesn't waste any time being the worst investigative journalist ever, asking Chuck what it's like to be him and whether he was a happy kid. When that doesn't get a response, Dan snidely asks when Chuck started drinking in bars alone, and Chuck says it's when he realized hot, desperate women did. Dan then tries to ask Chuck about Bart, and Chuck describes Bart as an older, meaner version of himself before excusing himself to go hit on the hot, desperate woman at the bar. Well not so hot in this case, but whatevs. Chuck sidles over to the chick, who seems into him until he says he'll pay cash up front. Problem is, she's not a prostitute. Smooth moves, Bass. And I thought Mr. Chuckie still wasn't coming out to play?
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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