Ex-Husbands and Wives

Gossip Girl: New day, new designer. Whether it’s love or war you’re outfitting for, thank god for friends and fashion. Serena: That one looks good. Blair: Chuck and I played Wuthering Heights in it. I mean, who starts a courtship in the day anyway? Serena: Humans who venture out in light and aren’t named Bass. […]

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It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World

Gossip Girl: It’s said that we’re all strapped to Fortune’s wheel. Nowhere is this truer than the ever-changing landscape of love. As one couple enjoys an upswing, another is plunged downwards. But top or bottom, don’t get too comfortable. Because the one thing you can rely on is that the wheel will keep on turning. […]

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Dr. Estrangeloved

Gossip Girl: On the Upper East Side, new days don’t always bring new beginnings. But they almost always bring new surprises. Serena: You ready? Lily: To explain to Rufus the real reason I’ve been lying to him? No. But I know I have to. Serena: Well it’s Rufus. He’ll understand. Lily: Yeah, let’s hope. You […]

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The Unblairable Lightness of Being

Gossip Girl: Up and at ’em, Upper East Siders. It’s time to awake from our slumber and learn the hard truth. That some nightmares don’t end once we open our eyes. Serena: Want to tell us what’s going on? Chuck: I thought our relationship could withstand anything. Apparently I was wrong. Serena: Well you still […]

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Inglourious Bassterds

Gossip Girl: Every war has its weapons. But on the Upper East Side the rules of battle are simple: there are no rules. Jack Bass (Desmond Harrington): You really have surrounded yourself with beautiful things. So easy to auction off. Gotta love eBay. Chuck: As much as I hate to interrupt your fun, this has […]

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The Empire Strikes Jack

Gossip Girl: They say the clothes make the man. But who makes the clothes? On the Upper East Side, it’s Eleanor Waldorf. And we hear her new line is to die for. Jenny: Dad, the last time I worked for Eleanor it didn’t exactly end well, remember? Rufus: But I also remember that my daughter […]

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The Sixteen Year Old Virgin

Gossip Girl: From the day he brings his newborn girl home, a father lives in fear that someday she’ll get hurt. That someday she’ll hate him. And worst of all, that someday she’ll grow up. Blair: Settlements are for the guilty. Celebrities that run people over. The Catholic Church. It’s not fair. Lily: How are […]

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The Debarted

Gossip Girl: They say there are no accidents. Sometimes reality comes crashing into us. Other times it dawns on us slowly, despite our best efforts to ignore it. Blair: This whole Scrooge act? You should be at home today. Or laying flowers on your father’s grave. I know today is the anniversary of his death. […]

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The Treasure of Serena Madre

Gossip Girl: Thanksgiving began when Pilgrims and Indians came together to share the bountiful harvest. Eric: Our Thanksgivings tend to end with french fries at a diner and someone having been in a mental institution. Gossip Girl: On the Upper East Side, that tradition is upheld with a bountiful harvest of secrets, lies and scandals. […]

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The Last Days of Disco Stick

Gossip Girl: As a famed literary liar once told Oprah, memory is subjective. Memories can be embellished. Or denied. But as James Frey knows all too well, the truth always comes out. Blair: Ugh. I don’t converse with liars or Lewinskis. Nate: A threesome? Dan: Oh yeah. Just me, Olivia, Vanessa, two girls, four boobs, […]

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They Shoot Humphreys, Don’t They?

Gossip Girl: Have you been so busy that you’ve forgotten what time of year it is? Let me give you a hint: couture, quadrilles and cutthroat competition. That’s right. It’s time for cotillion. Gossip Girl: Just like the mob, New York prep schools have their own five families. You may be the John Gotti of […]

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The Grandfather: Part II

Gossip Girl: In Manhattan some parties are VIP only. Others are strictly private. But some parties are political. And those lines are drawn by the most established of the establishment. And once those lines are drawn they can never be crossed. Trip (Aaron Tveit): Even if the night ends in defeat at least we’ll have […]

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How to Succeed in Bassness

Gossip Girl: All Hallow’s Eve. The one day of the year it’s socially acceptable to play dress-up. The only question is, who do you want to be? There are costumes to make men feel like boys again. Or turn little girls into queens. Blair: I was thinking an 80s theme. Although shoulder pads can be […]

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Enough About Eve

Dan: We just started dating. Isn’t it a little soon for “Meet the Parents”? Vanessa (Jessica Szohr): Not for Olivia. She seems really easygoing and into you. Jenny: Yeah. Seriously Dan. Play the parent card. People like you more when they meet your family. Nate: Didn’t you spend a summer in Monte Carlo when she […]

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Rufus Getting Married

Gossip Girl: Some say love is a river, some says love’s a silly song. Some say love is all around us. It lifts us up where we belong. Some say love is hearing laughter in the rain. But on the Upper East Side, we all know love is pain. Blair: The bloodsucker is back. I […]

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The Lost Boy

Gossip Girl: Morning in New York. Time to wake up from bad dreams, roll out of the beds we’ve made, and start making plans for a brighter future. Blair: I know what this is. And don’t think you can run me out of my own room with a half-naked Dan Humphrey. Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg): Fine. […]

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The Freshmen

Gossip Girl: Every fall, confident high school seniors transform into nervous college freshmen. They leave their parents’ homes for the hallowed halls of education. And like any new venture, starting college holds the promise of limitless opportunity. The opportunity to conquer new territory. Or to try and be a little less lonely. But just because […]

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