Dear Gasmii,
Welcome to the fourth episode of NYC Prep. The kids are dead, but amazingly, they still walk among the living without even being noticed. Ever since the whole Goth thing, kids with pale skin and dark clothes are just so-last week, no one even notices they don't have a pulse or souls.

Sebastian is clothes shopping with his friend Gabe who is also 17. Just a couple of guys, shopping for the latest in teen asshole clothes. Sebastian tells him that he invited Taylor to "Tank" to hear some private school kids bands. Tank is a venue for kids and it looks a lot like an old theater. Gabe and Sebastian and Taylor are going to listen to music, bringing a public school girl into their private realm is apparently a big deal. And little did I know, Gabe can spot a public school girl at 20 paces.

Gabe needs information about this public school girl Taylor and asks Sebastian "Can you tell immediately that she's from a Public School?" Gabe explains that "public school girls are into emotions and long term boyfriends. Private school girls are Jewish and don't really care."

Sebastain (or Sebastard) says that Taylor is a cool girl and that he likes her. He is trying to get Gabe to give her a chance. But Sebastian doesn't know, that Taylor has been seeing Cole and texting him. When Camilla and Taylor meet up with Sebastian and Gabe at Tank, she is very quiet and is acting like she really doesn't want to be with him at all.
During the show, Sebastian starts dancing and he is not a good dancer. He was trying to get Taylor's attention, but he failed miserably. At first Taylor thought he was just acting goofy and spastic to get her attention, but then she realized that's the way he dances. I guess it's hard to dance while keeping one hand free for frequent hair flipping.


Way to go Sebastian, you've got the moves.
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Camilla says the vibe between Taylor and Sebastian was weird. She says that it was "like a train wreck. You know something bad is going to happen." Taylor continues to ignore Sebastian's spastic dancing and hair flips while Camilla is enjoying the music and watching Taylor ignore Sebastian. Gabe just kind of stares at all three of them.
The fact that she is a public school girl plays to Taylor's advantage regarding boys. The preppies want to date a public school girl because they are curious. It's like dating an escaped convict or a drug addict just to annoy your parents. Those rich kids will do anything to get attention from their parents. And it usually doesn't work.
Sebastian and Taylor walk home after an evening of watching mediocre bands play while Sebastian spasms out and flips his hair. Taylor tells him that Cole came to her gymnastics competition. Sebastian gets the message and tells Taylor he is getting a cab. When Sebastian tries to kiss her, she turns her head so all he gets is her cheek. Ohhhh poor little Sebastard, REJECTED!!

When Sebastian thinks about what happened, he is dumbfounded. He says that he guesses that he just got rejected. Yup, you did Sebastard.
Over across town, Kelli is still as thin as a reed and pale as a ghost, which is great because that's just the look for the young and living dead in NYC. Her Mom and Dad are in NYC for their one night a week dinner with their 16 year old daughter who lives with her 18 year old brother.

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Comments (6)
Great recap Annie. This is more fun the show - for sure.
The problem with PC is he thinks he's a wit. He's not Voltaire, he's not John Wilmot and he if ever met Lord Byron, Byron would beat him down with his club foot. No wonder PC regrets doing this show. He thought he was giving flippant provocative remarks that would be remembered for their brilliance. Instead he hurls brickbats that expose how asinine he is. I'd crawl under the gutter, too.
The Taylor and Sebastian debacle cracked me up. I ain't saying Taylor was right but who was Sebastian to complain? Don't hate the playa hate the game, playa. He would and probably did do the same thing. But she did it better and he hated that. Remember this is the guy who had a fit cause a girl could speak French back to him. I know Kelli thinks she's in like Flint. Watch Taylor, Kelli. She's a year younger than you and she can already go to a party with 2 guys she's been with and act cool as a cucumber. I couldn't do that at fifteen. In ten years I figure Taylor will have at least 2 broken engagements and 20 broken hearts left behind.
Camille needs to relax or she will never get a date again. Guys gossip more than girls and if she stomps on the wrong ego, the dude will go back to his buds and trounce her reputation. Then she won't know what hit her and wonder why she's no man's land. And her girlfriends won't help her cause sadly women do not stick up for other women when men are involved. I'm sure there are exceptions but they're few and far between.
She needs to learn the art of extricating herself gracefully from boors and make them think it's their idea not to date again. She needs to smile when they say inane things and bring up a topic of convestation. If that doesn't work she then smiles and says, "I need to get going and I'd hate to keep you. Thanks for a lovely dinner/lunch/drink." Pay her part, shake his hand and leave. He'll get it or he won't. Either way the dull dude can't really say she was a snarky wench.
Anywho that's just my 2 cents.
Fight the power
Viane Slice
1 of 6 | Posted by Viane Slice | Posted on July 19, 2009 6:28 PM
It’s interesting how desperately these children want to appear as doppelgangers of Gossip Girl. PC clearly wants to be Chuck Bass and Jessie seemingly wants to crown herself as Blair or Serena. And, obviously, the producers want to frame Taylor as Vanessa. However, the reason they will never come across as cool as these characters, despite their obnoxiousness, their drinking, and their pettiness, is because the characters were written by adults and are acted out by adults.
I like that Taylor turned Sebastian down. However, I wish she had done it because he’s a turd, and not because she is. How many times are these kids going to emphasize they go to ‘private school,’ as a status symbol, because it’s a little crass now. (OK, it was always crass, but I’m a bit tired of their self-consciousness). Also, what’s up with the guyliner on PC in the p. 5 photo? * sigh * I’m just tired, as if these kids act 20 years older now, you can already see where their life paths will lead -
2 of 6 | Posted by anicho01 | Posted on July 19, 2009 8:30 PM
Thanks for the great recap. This is the only epi I've seen. It's likely to be the last. PC, Sebastard and Jessie are obnoxious tw@ts! PC occurs to me as the kind of kid who'd be involved in a Natalie Hollaway type of incident and skate away scott free. He'll probably end up being a senator someday. Ay yi yi!
Nothing personal Annie, but is it Camille or Camilla? I'm confused.
3 of 6 | Posted by 2muchBravo | Posted on July 19, 2009 9:40 PM
Dear 2MuchBravo,
Thanks for your comments. I agree with you about PC, he'll get away with murder thanks to his grandfather's enormous wealth. Although according to the NY Post last week, PC's appearance on this show is not making his Grandfather (moneybags) very happy.
As for Camille and Camilla, I can't decide what to call her. The back and forth is on purpose because I really get kind of a split personality from her. The driven hard working "I'm going to Harvard Camille" and the "I want to cause awkwardness at my party Camilla". See my conumdrum?
Thanks for reading and I don't blame you for not watching. Like a train wreck, I find it hard to watch too.
Love and luck,
TVannie
4 of 6 | Posted by AnneM | Posted on July 20, 2009 5:26 AM
Jessie gets mad because PC didn't call her, just stood her up. I love how she doesn't see that she's just as rude and inconsiderate as he is. I'm thinking Camille might be able to take her. We'll see. SOMEone needs to tell her she's a snaggle-toothed, lisping, cock-eyed bitch. For such a SHALLOW group of people can someone please tell me HOW Jessie has the power she does? In good old sink-or-swim public school she would have been eating her lunch all alone sitting under the stairs. There's *nothing* attractive about her - her face, her voice, her personality.
And PC? At that party someone should have asked if his butt was still a virgin, because we're pretty sure the answer is no!
5 of 6 | Posted by Baffled | Posted on July 20, 2009 10:58 PM
I know this is totally lame, but I kind of love PC. I know he's a jerk most of the time but ugh, I like him. That's bad...isn't it?
6 of 6 | Posted by kelsey | Posted on July 23, 2009 2:36 AM