It’s Really Complicated

Gossip Girl: Gobble gobble, Upper East Siders. That’s right. It’s Thanksgiving again. And I hope you all brought your appetites. Because today’s the one day a year you’re supposed to count your blessings. And not your calories. I don’t care whether you’re sick to your stomach or simply on a liquid diet. This turkey day […]

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Save the Last Chance

Gossip Girl: Desperate times call for desperate measures. And even the most disciplined people can resort to destruction. Chuck: Funny. I didn’t ask for a turndown service. But did you find what you’re looking for? Gossip Girl: While others try to rebuild bridges using more intimate tactics. Serena: If we want to be a couple […]

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Monstrous Ball

Gossip Girl: New day, new debs. All dressed up to enter high society. But one fashion faux pas and the dressing down will last a lifetime. Blair: Why are you still chewing? Tell me what you think. Dan: I think, ah, it’s old school. Not in the good way. In the, in the literal way. Like […]

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Portrait of a Lady Alexander

Gossip Girl: Extra extra, read all about it. The latest Upper East Sider to take central stage in the social spotlight. But you know what they say, If you can’t take the heat, then move to Hell’s Kitchen. Nate: “Nate Archibald has the opposite of the Midas touch. Instead of everything he touches turning to […]

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High Infidelity

Gossip Girl: Up and at ’em, Upper East Siders. It’s important to start your day right. There’s nothing worse than waking up on the wrong side of the bed. Dan: I thought we agreed you’d stop watching me sleep. Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg): I lied. I’m letting you stay here for free. There has to be […]

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Gone Maybe Gone

4 Months Ago Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg): Could it be any hotter? It’s a good thing you’re not fair-skinned, otherwise your summer under the Tuscan sun would end up under a scalpel removing a melanoma. Dan: I know it was my idea, but why did I bring you to Italy? I should be at the […]

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The Return of the Ring

Gossip Girl: Good morning, Upper East Siders. How do you look today? You know image is everything. But under those perfect clothes and perfect smiles, everyone has their not-so-perfect secrets. Chuck: I take it you’ve decided to have Lola move in for the summer. Nate: She sleeps here every night, I want to see her […]

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The Fugitives

Chuck: So the car accident was real? Bart (Robert John Burke): I was lucky to survive it. But it wasn’t an accident. I’d been threatened. Chuck: By who? Bart: A very powerful competitor of mine. I had information on some transactions of his that could have put him away for a very long time. But […]

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Raiders of the Lost Art

Gossip Girl: They say in life there are two sides to every story. But on the Upper East, we always have three. There’s his, hers—but the most important is always mine. Dorota: Miss Serena, all you do all day is type type type. You take laptop with you everywhere. It not healthy. Serena: Well after […]

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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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It’s a Wonderful Lie

Gossip Girl: Winter in New York: A Gossip Girl Checklist to Surviving the Cold. Cashmere stole for ice skating at Wollman Rink. Jacques Torres hot chocolate for window shopping the holiday displays. And the perfect date to the senior snowflake charity ball. Penelope (Amanda Setton): Oh. Hello Weird Documentary Girl. Vanessa (Jessica Szohr): Bye Sad […]

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The Magnificent Archibalds

Gossip Girl: For the rest of the country, Thanksgiving is when families come together to give thanks. But on the Upper East Side, the holiday thankfully returns to its roots: lying, manipulation and betrayal. And from what we hear, just like the Indians, someone else is being pushed out of their home. Blair: Even though […]

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Bonfire of the Vanity

Dan: I’m amazed at how calm you’re acting. Your fifteen year old daughter just moved in with her crazy model friend. Rufus: And with the model’s mother. Whom I met today for lunch. And granted Agnes’ mother is a little more Courtney Love than June Cleaver, but she’s a committed parent. She’s gone through similar […]

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Chuck in Real Life

Gossip Girl: There’s nothing quite like Autumn in New York. But it’s not only the leaves that change. Something in the air brings out the true colors in everyone. Bart (Robert John Burke): Did you get the little suit that I laid out for you, Serena? Serena: That was for me? I thought the housekeepers […]

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Much “I Do” About Nothing

Serena: Hey Dan. I’ve been trying to reach you all night. I know it’s early… or late if you haven’t slept like me. But um, I’m pretty sure after this message I will have officially filled your voicemail so I… I’m coming over. Lily: Oh my. god. Rufus: Oh my god. Lily: What? Rufus: I […]

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The Blair Bitch Project

Gossip Girl: Wakey wakey, Upper East Siders. Spring Break is done and I’m starved for a dish. Were you sunning in Crete or sinning in Croatia? Give me the deets. And has anyone spotted our ex-Queen B? Where does the dethroned royalty vacation these days? Dorota Kishlovsky (Zuzanna Szadkowski): Club Bed is over. First day […]

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Roman Holiday

Gossip Girl: Hey Upper East Siders, it’s Christmas in New York. And along with the season comes the Constance Billard/St. Jude’s bazaar. Where the only thing “bazaar” are the donated items for sale. Dan: How about an antique butter churn? Serena: Oh my gosh. That would go so well with my loom. Dan: I’m gonna […]

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Victor/Victrola

Blair: You want your dad to invest in a strip joint. How Midtown. Chuck: A burlesque club. A respectable place where people can be transported to another time. Where they can feel free to let loose. No judgment. Pure escape. What happens at Victrola stays at Victrola. Jenny: Dad, have you seen a bracelet? You […]

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Poison Ivy

Gossip Girl: There’s plenty of upside to being the spawn of the fabulously wealthy. But the downside? Super successful parents expect nothing less from their offspring. And when it comes to college, that means the Ivys. It’s more than just getting into college, it’s setting a course for the rest of your life. And for […]

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