February 17, 2025 • 58 mins
This week on the Non Judging Breakfast Pod, Leif and Steve are diving headfirst into the juicy drama of the season finale of Gossip Girl, Season 2, Episode 25, aptly titled "The Goodbye Gossip Girl." As the Upper East Siders gear up for graduation, secrets are spilled like overpriced champagne, relationships are put to the ultimate test, and Gossip Girl’s manipulative grip tightens around the group like a designer belt that’s just a tad too snug. Serena's shocking proclamation that high school equals the end of her Gossip Girl saga sends shockwaves through the crew, but let’s be real—can anyone ever truly escape the clutches of GG? With a flurry of explosive Gossip Girl blasts dropping scandalous secrets like confetti, tensions reach a boiling point at Nate's after-grad bash, leading to confrontations that are more intense than a high-stakes game of musical chairs. Join Leif and Steve as they unpack the chaotic culmination of this season, exploring the intricate dynamics of love, betrayal, and the awkwardness of teen angst. Expect insightful commentary, plenty of laughs, and a few surprises that’ll have you gasping louder than a dramatic cliffhanger! So grab your favorite breakfast treat, settle in, and let’s relive the rollercoaster ride of emotions that is Gossip Girl. Trust us, you won't want to miss it!
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Leif (00:00):
Again, it's just master manipulation by gossip
Girls. She's trauma bonding them.
Steve (00:05):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (00:08):
It's like classic abusive pattern.
Steve (00:11):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (00:12):
And then I like the lines as each people walk in.
Like when Dan walks in, he thinks it's him.
And then.
Steve (00:19):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (00:19):
And then Blair comes in.
Steve (00:20):
They're working together.
Leif (00:22):
Oh, yeah. Blair walks in, Dan's like, oh, that makes sense. And then
Jenny pop and he's like, they're a team.
Steve (00:27):
Yeah.
Foreign.
Leif (00:36):
Hey Upper East Siders And all you scandal loving listeners out there,
you just tuned into the non judging breakfast pod where the
coffee is strong, the waffles are fresh, and the
gossip is hotter than ever. My name is Leaf and I'm your
seasoned Gossip Girl veteran.
Steve (00:49):
And I'm Steve, the newbie, the greenhorn,
the, I don't know, Leif. What are you going to call the person at
the end of season two now?
Leif (00:56):
Well, graduation day is here. Do you think you're ready to be
queen?
Steve (01:00):
I mean, as long as Gossip Girl's not following me
to college, I think I could handle it.
Leif (01:05):
All right then.
Steve (01:07):
All right, folks, so here's the deal. Leap has
been a fan of Gossip Girl since it first aired. And I'm
diving in for the first time. And together we're your
dynamic duo, bringing you all the drama, romance,
and sometimes questionable fashion choices of
this iconic 2007 series.
Leif (01:24):
That's right. Each week we'll be taking a deep dive into the
show one episode at a time. We analyze the
hidden parallels and obscure references. Plus we'll
also be touching on all the behind the scenes gossip and some
stories from fandom.
Steve (01:37):
And since we're all about inclusivity here at the non judging
breakfast pod, there is always a seat for you at the non
judging breakfast table. So go ahead and grab your
mimosas, some, coffee or maybe some of
Nate and Chuck's special medicine. And let's get this
started.
Leif (01:52):
Go Birds.
Steve (01:54):
Go Birds. Everyone,
I'm. I. This city is just
amazing right now. Everybody who
is, like Nick Wright who was saying that he doesn't
think that the Eagles will make it to the red zone
just the most. I've never seen
a game like that before.
Leif (02:12):
It was definitely a beat down.
Steve (02:15):
Yeah, that, it was, it was a really. It
was really fun. If you're an Eagles fan.
Leif (02:20):
And no Blake Lively this year.
Steve (02:23):
No, I did notice that she
was not hanging out with T. Swift this year.
Leif (02:29):
We are here to talk about the season finale of
Gossip Girl, Season 2, Episode
25, the Goodbye Gossip Girl
Original Air Date May 18,
2009.
Steve (02:41):
Yeah, let's get into
it.
Leif (02:44):
the title is a reference to the Goodbye
Girl, a 1977 Rom
com starring Richard Dreyfuss, who he
won the Academy Award for best actor
and was at the time the youngest person ever do
that.
Steve (02:59):
I have not seen it, but I have heard of it.
Leif (03:02):
The quick synopsis is. After being dumped by her
live in boyfriend, unemployed dancer Paula
McFadden and her 10 year old daughter Lucy are forced
to live with a struggling Off Broadway actor,
Elliot Garfield, who is subletting their apartment.
Crazy rom com shenanigans.
Steve (03:19):
Yeah.
Leif (03:19):
The episode was written by Josh
Saffron. His fifth episode of this season,
ninth episode overall of Gossip Girl.
Steve (03:28):
Yeah.
A, regular. A regular staple at this
point.
Leif (03:32):
he's basically the showrunner now.
Steve (03:34):
Yeah.
Leif (03:35):
Episode directed by Dorby Buckley, bringing him
up for the big, big guns.
Steve (03:39):
Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, and Norman Buckley, like, he. As
we've discussed, not just Gossip Girl,
but the teen drama genre. The guy owns it when it
comes to directing.
Leif (03:51):
His last two episodes that he did were Age, of
Dissonance, which was the 18th episode this season. Then he
also worked directly with Saffron on New Haven
Can Wait.
Steve (04:00):
Yeah.
And we like New Haven Can Wait, if I remember correctly.
Leif (04:03):
We like both those, I think.
Steve (04:05):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leif (04:06):
Why don't you go ahead, give us the Vulture recap.
Steve (04:09):
All right, the Vulture recap. When early on
in last night's episode, Serena declares
that the end of high school means the end
of me on Gossip Girl, your blood
ran cold. We knew, as anyone
passingly familiar with Chekov's gun
method of storytelling would, that
precisely the opposite would be true. And
(04:31):
that, God and CW willing, our
omniscient narrator would continue to stalk this Upper
east side princess till her
brittle body was Chanel
clad, feet up in the grave. And after
this dramatic season finale in which
resolutions were reached, new side boob
was exposed and arch villainous
(04:54):
Georgina Sparks vowed to make a dramatic
comeback. We can't wait for. For the next season.
Leif (05:00):
Neither can I.
Steve (05:01):
Neither can I. Yeah.
I really had mixed feelings on this episode,
but the end, the
setups at the end, and we'll get to it. But I
really liked how it played out at the end of
this.
Leif (05:16):
Well, let's go ahead and get into it. Act one
begins with a gospel girl monologue.
Like everything on the Upper east side high school graduation
is done with a little differently. Who needs pomp and
circumstance when you have paparazzi?
After a quick montage of students preparing for
graduation, we See Blair and Serena at a restaurant
having breakfast. Serena reveals that Chuck told Serena
(05:39):
that he loves Blair, but didn't tell Chuck that Nate and
Blair broke up. As they leave the restaurant,
paparazzi are outside waiting for Serena.
Steve (05:47):
Nice little beginning moment.
I'm pretty sure Gossip Girl's gonna follow them.
My first watch through of this, she's like,
the end of gossip. End of ice cold is the end of Gossip
Girl. I'm like, m. I've got. Really. The
show is kind of called Gossip Girl.
Not to get meta. Not to get too meta on you,
(06:08):
Serena, but I think you're. I think you've got at least four years
left.
Leif (06:11):
Did you pay attention to what they were eating at all?
Steve (06:14):
No. Or they eating?
Leif (06:16):
Serena had her usual, like, I think croissant or something like
that. But Blair had finished
eating, but she left a strawberry on her
plate.
Steve (06:25):
Oh, wow.
Leif (06:25):
I wonder if she was trying to lure Sarita into
sucking all that to.
Steve (06:29):
Try to try to flirt with her.
Leif (06:32):
And then also, they're leaving. Serena
tries to avoid the paparazzi, and Blair, like, stands back and
poses.
Steve (06:38):
Yeah.
Yeah. I love that.
Leif (06:40):
Next we get Nate and Vanessa have a friendly
conversation. Nate apologizes how their breakup
went down, and Vanessa announces that
she's still going.
Steve (06:49):
To Europe and NYU where Dan
is going, so she'll be around
more.
Leif (06:57):
At least they're in the same school now.
Steve (06:58):
I was going to say at least it'll make sense for her
to be there, and it won't be Dan just dragging her
to parties where no one knows
and or likes her.
Leif (07:09):
Just as Dan walks up, Nate announces that he
is having an after grad party, and Dan and Vanessa
are both invited. Nate leaves, and Dan points out
something in the program to Vanessa.
Steve (07:20):
Yeah, which I knew what it was
from that moment.
It was so in tune with the
rest of this show. It's one of those
little Easter eggs that just
has blended since the pilot
since he can't open
(07:40):
automatic doors. It was such a great
piece to this.
Leif (07:44):
Yeah. Josh, ah Shafren actually does watch the show.
Steve (07:47):
Yeah.
You can tell. And it's that matter of.
It was really a shout out to fans. You know, if you're
watching this show enough, you know what's gonna
come of this.
Leif (07:58):
And then, we have a lot going on in the next scene,
Jenny is walking down the hall with Eric, excited that the
mean girls will be graduating and there will be peace next
year. Said mean girls show up and ask Jenny if she
wants to throw her hat in the ring for queen next
year. However, Belair blows through and
declares she picks the queen.
Steve (08:17):
Yeah.
And you know what? I feel like
these scenes kind of go together. That I'll comment
after the next.
Leif (08:25):
Yeah. Actually, like, Gossip Girl does this has done this in the
past, but never as much as in this episode
where you have people entering and leaving the conversation
within the same scene.
Steve (08:35):
Yeah, yeah.
It did happen more here that there.
Leif (08:37):
Were that first scene with Nate and Vanessa
and Dan, and then now this one. And then also
again later it happens at the party at, least once.
So after Blair leaves, Penelope declares that they don't listen to
Blair anymore and that the girl who brings them the
best untold gossip by midnight gets to
be queen. And it looks like Little J. Has some
(08:57):
competition in the form of new transfer
Emma Boardman, who Blair babysat. And there might be
blood. So more continuity.
Steve (09:05):
Yeah, I appreciated the,
continuity again. And it's funny
how Blair still doesn't realize
that she has completely lost control
of the minions M. And that's why.
Leif (09:18):
She'S lost control, because she's not paying attention.
Steve (09:20):
Yeah. Yeah.
Leif (09:22):
Serena finds Dan waiting in the courtyard. Turns
out he wasn't listed in the program. Someone
walks up to get Dan to approve an insert in which
they misspelled his name. Congratulations,
Don.
Steve (09:34):
And I love that. How they get it right and then
wrong. Daniel Humphrey was left out.
Congratulations, Don. It
was. It's so great.
So great. And it was just.
It's. Again, it is a joke for someone
who has watched this show from episode one
(09:55):
until now. And I always
love those kind of jokes. There's that moment
in Buffy at the prom when they're all
talking about the great things that Buffy has
done. And it kind of reminds me of.
Leif (10:08):
When she gets the Class Protector Award.
Steve (10:10):
The Class Protector Award.
Yeah.
That this kind of Easter egg makes
me feel that same kind of
joy that I had during that episode.
Leif (10:20):
Elsewhere in the courtyard. So they do it again, this scene
where it kind of, like, switches over to Blair approaching
Chuck, and she starts to tell Chuck about the breakup,
but chickens out at the last second.
Steve (10:31):
Yes. And it's
just we really kind of felt like this was sort of
done, and now here she is running back to Chuck again.
Okay, all right. I know that this is what the
show.
Leif (10:44):
I mean. I mean, did we think it was done?
Steve (10:45):
I mean, they should not not done.
Leif (10:47):
I mean, he just told Serena last episode that he loved her,
and he set up the prompt war.
Steve (10:52):
Yeah.
Leif (10:53):
actually, the love you was, like, two episodes ago,
and then set up the prompt for the last episode.
Steve (10:58):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leif (11:00):
In the auditorium, Rufus gets pissy when
he remembers he and Lily reserved their graduation seats
together. Eleanor and Cyrus try to play
matchmaker. Lily clearly wants to get married, but
Rufus is still being stubborn.
Steve (11:13):
I loved Cyrus and Eleanor in this
scene. I love Cyrus the
character. And I think that Wallace
Shawn has
consistently delivered on who
that character is and what his personality
is. And he's just this ball of joy
at all times. And I absolutely love
(11:35):
it when he's on. And I love the awkward
moment that they all shared and how Lily was an
asshole about it and put Rufus on
the spot because he deserved it. And
I love that.
Leif (11:49):
During Queller's convention speech, Blair and
Serena are talking about the future and new beginnings until
everyone's phones go off. Gossip Girl has some
parting comments for the graduating seniors. After the
blast, Serena declares that Gossip Girl is going
down.
Steve (12:04):
Yeah, I thought this whole thing was kind
of weird that for one, she
sent out a blast that targeted the non
judging Breakfast Club and Dan, and
nobody stood up because they were all
scared at that point. But the even
weirder thing to me is the.
That's it. She's going down. And it's only
(12:26):
because Gossip Girl has been doing this shit this
whole time and there has never been an effort
to find out who she is. There's only
like one conversation
that they had at one point where there
was speculation when it was the Eric
conversation. So now that it's just, oh,
now we're going to find her and bring her down,
(12:48):
it just seemed.
Leif (12:50):
Well, it's the narcissist. And Serena. Gossip
Girl was a master manipulator in this episode.
She knew exactly how to target each one of these
people.
Steve (13:00):
True. true. I just thought that.
I wish that it would have built to a.
We're gonna get her more
throughout the season. Yeah, I wish that was an
underlying theme rather than
a afterthought at the end of the season.
Leif (13:17):
Yeah, I just wish it wouldn't really come up at all.
Steve (13:19):
But yeah, that. Or that. Or that.
Leif (13:23):
I also know even some of the teachers were getting Gossip
Girl alerts now because some of them were looking at their phones as
well.
Steve (13:29):
Yeah.
Leif (13:30):
And then this was the actual blast.
Not so fast. You're not graduating until I give
you my diplomas. Minor labels
and labels stick. Nate Archibald,
class whore. Dan Humphrey, the ultimate
insider. Chuck Bass, coward.
Blair Waldorf, weakling. And as
(13:51):
for Serena Van der Woodsen, after today,
you're officially irrelevant.
Congratulations, everyone. You deserve
it.
Steve (14:00):
Yeah, and I guess that's where I was sort of
what do you? Why is everyone
responding this way? It was a weird
response from the rest of the kids.
Leif (14:11):
Did you catch. Dan gave a little subtle
smile. I don't know if that was direction or if that was
just Penn Badgley being a goofball, as usual, but he
just gives, like, a little slight smile when
his.
Steve (14:23):
Yeah.
Leif (14:24):
Moving into act two, at an after
grad lunch party, Serena is trying to recruit
the mean girls into her war against Gossip Girl with
little success. Nate sees his grandfather and says he's
going to do some damage control. Chuck and Blair seemed willing
to help when Serena points out that they probably have the
most secrets to protect and.
Steve (14:44):
They walk off in different directions.
Leif (14:47):
Rufus finds Lily alone, tries to apologize,
but is still not ready to move
forward.
Steve (14:53):
Rufus, when she said what it was and
you said to her, you tried to give me money behind my back,
and I said not to. Do you hear
how dumb it sounds when you say it
out loud? Do you hear how
dumb it sounds for a reason to break up with
this person?
(15:15):
And there's almost a moment as he's saying it that
he almost has that in his face. Like, when I say
it out loud, it doesn't sound so convincing.
Leif (15:25):
Nate, in the name of full disclosure, tells the
grandfather about Nate literally being a whore for an
older married woman. The grandfather isn't
thrilled, but promises to protect Nate if
anything comes out. As the scene ends, Chuck is looking
for Blair, and Nate finally tells Chuck about the
breakup.
Steve (15:43):
Grandfather is so fucking creepy here,
where he's like, oh, welcome to
politics. Yeah, welcome to Washington.
All right. Yeah. You're banging. Oh, yeah,
she's married. Oh, yeah. All right, high five.
Oh, she paid you. All right, let me look into this.
Leif (16:00):
Well, after he says that she's married, like,
I think Graph's response was, tell me more.
Steve (16:05):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (16:09):
Dan and Vesta are talking about ditching the party when
Serena comes up to try to recruit them on her quest to take
down Gossip Girl. However, they seem
uninterested. Dan gives a very pragmatic
but insensitive ramble about he and Serena are
probably going to drift apart post high
school.
Steve (16:27):
Dan, shut the fuck up.
Leif (16:28):
Read the room.
Steve (16:29):
M. Read the fucking room like
you're. You're at your high school party with the high
school friends. Shut the fuck up and read the
room.
Leif (16:40):
But at the same time, Serena was being so
needy.
Steve (16:45):
Yeah, that is. That is also true.
yeah, because she was realizing that. That she is
peaked. Yeah, that she
peaked in high school.
Leif (16:56):
Chuck wasn't lying about running some stats because
in the next scene, we have him explaining the breakdown of
Gossip Girl Blast about Constance. Saints Jude's
versus Manhattan's other private high schools. The
NJBC pulls it to puts it together that
Gossip Girl is almost definitely one of the graduates in the
room right now.
Steve (17:16):
Yeah, it was pretty clever, though, of Chuck
to run these
figures. And it's funny because you don't.
Chuck always ask people that does stuff for him, but
when it comes to, like, running a business and
doing digging and finding dirt, he's kind of a
natural at it. I thought it kind of fit. Yeah, I kind
of fit Chuck's demeanor.
Leif (17:39):
Serena sends a tip to Gossip Girl as Chuck calls
for quiet in the room. Jonathan's phone
beeps as he receives the tip Serena just sent.
As the NJBC surrounds Jonathan, the show
goes to a commercial break.
Did you think it was Jonathan?
Steve (17:56):
I thought that was a little convenient, but I thought
it would have been a good thing. But also,
I knew that this was going to go on for four more
seasons and they weren't going to find out who Gossip Girl
was by the end of the episode. Like, I
just kind of figured they wouldn't.
Leif (18:13):
But they could have gone the Pretty Little Liars route and have
multiple Gossip Girls, and that's.
Steve (18:18):
And so I had that thought, too, that, like, oh,
that would be kind of cool that Jonathan is
among the network. But I
didn't really. I was shocked. But then
the explanation also made a lot of sense.
Leif (18:33):
After the commercial, it's revealed that Jonathan is not
actually Gossip Girl. He just hacked her computer.
Jonathan now has access to the entire database of
gossip. After Serena and Jonathan leave,
Jenny finds a juicy piece of gossip that could win her
the contest and allow her to abolish the
monarchy. However, she asks Eric if she should.
If she should, because it would obviously hurt
(18:55):
someone to reveal the info.
Steve (18:57):
okay. Jonathan, you have all of her
emails, you have all of her.
All these downloads and all these
things that people have sent to her. You can't get a name
off that computer. Somewhere. Like, somewhere.
Come on, Jonathan. Do better.
Leif (19:13):
So there was. If you freeze,
frame, you can see quite a few tips that were
on the. On there.
Steve (19:21):
Oh, really?
Leif (19:22):
Yes, Somewhere.
Blair purging her lunch during sophomore year.
Steve (19:28):
Oh.
Leif (19:30):
Chuck having sexual problems.
Steve (19:34):
That happened.
Leif (19:35):
The longest book Nate has ever read. Being Dr.
Seuss.
Steve (19:41):
Scans player peeking on.
Leif (19:44):
Aaron Rose in the shower.
Oh, stepbrother. What are you doing?
Steve (19:50):
Yeah.
Oh, gross.
Leif (19:56):
Nate having three nipples. Nate turning
Howard Archibald in.
Steve (20:01):
Yeah.
Leif (20:01):
Dan not being able to afford Yale. And,
Dorota's an illegal immigrant.
Steve (20:07):
Wow. Leave Dorota
out of it.
Leif (20:11):
And then some of the names of the people who sent
tips in were, people from the production and
set crews.
Steve (20:17):
Oh, that's funny.
Leif (20:19):
Next up, Rufus has the old six
dream out and gives Danny a little sage wisdom,
advising him that he should go to Nate's party and say a, proper
goodbye to high school. I could have sworn Dan
and Nate were in a good place after the last conversation together. I
mean, why is he suddenly mad at Nate again?
Steve (20:37):
Yeah, well, I. Yeah, I didn't necessarily
get mad at Nate as much as just wanting to
stay away from the. From the scene.
because I guess I was going more on the way Dan
was in the previous scene where he was like
to Serena, like, I don't really want to be friends with any of
you anymore ever. So that's kind of where I took
(20:57):
it as. As we were listening to
Lincoln Hawk's new album getting written.
Leif (21:03):
After Dan leaves, Rufus goes to call Lily,
who is just walking up to the door with a six pack
and a bag of Chuck's weed. Even
Rufus knows Chuck has the good shit.
Steve (21:14):
Yeah, yeah, they're gonna. They're gonna burn Chuck's
stash and.
Leif (21:19):
Yeah, a little reminiscing.
Steve (21:21):
Yeah, that.
I mean, that. That seemed like the obvious thing
there, right?
Leif (21:27):
Back on the Upper east side, Blair is preparing for
Nate's party, talking to Eleanor. Eleanor
encourages Blair to go after Chuck.
Steve (21:34):
It was.
That was such a sweet moment. It was such a nice.
Leif (21:38):
I mean, it was. But why. Why is she
pushing him to go after this guy with all these red flags?
Steve (21:43):
Well, because Eleanor doesn't really understand
the things that her kid is really going through.
So, like, it was sweet for her to be an
encouraging mom. I don't think she really
recognizes the weight of what Chuck's
trauma actually is. You know, I think that
it's more go get her girl than anything
(22:04):
else.
Leif (22:04):
Well, I mean, she does know that Blair told him
that she loved him and he walked away. She said.
Right, that scene.
Steve (22:12):
Yeah.
Leif (22:13):
But as she said, it is becoming a trope for them
to have conversations in front of the mirror like this. This
is like the third or fourth time this and kind of see us happen.
Steve (22:23):
It's when they have their bonding moments, and it's when
Eleanor is actually like a
sweet mother and not being over
critical.
Leif (22:32):
Dan and Vanessa arrive at the party. A
very drunk Nelly is about to confess her love to
Dan, but runs off when she spots Serena across the
room.
Steve (22:41):
Nelly's been hot for Dan this
whole time. I love that.
Leif (22:47):
Yeah.
Steve (22:48):
Yeah.
Leif (22:48):
Ah, she. She was, very funny as a drunk
girl.
Steve (22:52):
Yeah.
And I don't know that we've ever really seen much of
Nellie and Dan in the same place at the same
time. So her admiring him from
afar just makes it so much more
believable, especially because he's the guy that
nobody fucking notices. So,
like I. Again, just a little
wonderful thing that I thought was added in here.
Leif (23:14):
no one notices, but at the same time, he is the ultimate
insider.
Steve (23:18):
Yeah.
Leif (23:19):
It's a weird dichotomy at this point.
Steve (23:21):
It is. And when we get to Blair's
takedown.
Leif (23:25):
Jenny, an attempt to be nice, warns Blair. The
gospel girl knows about Blair and Jack on New Year's Eve.
Blair snaps at Jenny. Jenny gets defensive
and tells Blair that Penelope isn't following Blair's orders
anymore. Blair then tells Jenny to keep her mouth shut
and calls her a waste of time before
storming off. Look out. Be not
(23:45):
so little Jay as her fucked around and found out face
on and tells is to get Penelope.
Steve (23:51):
Blair always underestimates
Jenny and she always goes so hard
at Jenny, and it doesn't usually work out for her.
Leif (23:59):
Again, this just goes back to Blair is distracted
from the game. Yeah, he's completely focused on
Shaq. Because as you see later, she does
say, you know, you are my choice, blah, blah, blah, you
know. Yeah, she's just too wrapped up
in Chuck to really pay attention right now.
Steve (24:16):
Yeah.
Leif (24:17):
Blair pulls Chuck into a quiet room.
Blair begins seductively undressing in order
to get Chuck to admit his feelings. However, before
Chuck can say those three little words, Gossip
Girl sends another blast. We see everyone at the
party's reactions as Gossip Girl has this to
say. Serena Van der
Roetsen just couldn't leave. Well, and left
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alone since she had to find out the truth about me.
I'm going to tell you the truth about
everyone. Every gossip bomb I've
got is about to drop. And if you got a problem with that,
take it up with her. Ever wonder why Ms. Carr left
town? Dan Humphrey had sex with her during the school
play. The sparks between Humphrey's sis and Nate
during a hot photo session. Thank God it stopped at
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PG13 or someone could have ended up in jail like her
brother. And as for Blair Waldorf, say
uncle. We hear she kept it in the Bass family on
years. But rumor has it Chuck spent some time
in Brooklyn. Metaphorically speaking, of
course. Serena VanderWithen here's looking
at you.
Steve (25:20):
That. That blast. I mean, it's
Kind of great that it just drops everything. And some stuff
that we didn't know, too. What didn't we know
we didn't know know about
Chuck and Chuck.
Leif (25:33):
Jack and Jack. Yeah, it was
strongly implied, though. yeah, I caught Dap
pretends to be annoyed by. Oh, another blast.
Why are you unsubscribed, Dan? Why are you still subscribed?
Steve (25:44):
Yeah, like you graduated, bruh.
Leif (25:47):
Things are getting volatile as we return from commercial
break. The gossip bombs did their job as
everyone appears to be at each other's throats.
Metaphorically speaking, of course. Serena tries
to play peacemaker, but then just draws
everyone's ire onto her. And then Dan
tries to defend Serena, but Blair goes after him as
well.
Steve (26:08):
Yeah, the way that. The way Blair
takes Dan down and is like, no,
you're not the ultimate insider. You're not just
tagging along to all of this shit all the
time. And of course, Nelly also, once
again, chiming in.
Leif (26:25):
Guy and ignored the rest of
us. I mean them.
Steve (26:29):
I mean them.
Leif (26:32):
He dated Serena Van Wilson. You're best friends with Nate
Archibald. You were the lead of the school play. You had, sex with the
teacher. You're on the soccer team.
Steve (26:41):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (26:43):
Blair once again finds Chuck alone in the room
and tries to push past their issues.
Blair tells Chuck that she loves him. However,
once again, Chuck still can't say it back and
walks away from a tearful Blair.
Steve (26:58):
Another. Another great. Another great acting
scene for Blair. You know, she. She
really sells it. She really brings that
across the quivering lip, you
know? It was just. She really sold it.
And Chuck's an idiot, and Chuck fucked it up.
Leif (27:16):
Back at the loft, Rufus and Lily are reminiscing about
old Lincoln Hawk gigs. Rufus gets caught
up in the moment and converts an old concert wristband into
an engagement ring and proposes to Lily on the
spot.
Steve (27:29):
All right, now, Rufus, act high.
I just. I just felt the whole time like
Rufus was just acting so high.
It was like, I. I hate
this. I. I thought Lily was a
convincing eye, but Rufus just.
Okay, okay, Matthew, act high.
Leif (27:52):
Outside the party, Nate tries to comfort Sarita,
who is spiraling about never getting a chance
to gain forgiveness if she doesn't fix things. Tonight,
Sarita sends a text to Gossip Girl threatening to reveal
her identity if she doesn't meet with her.
Sarita was so cringe this whole episode.
Steve (28:09):
Yeah, she just is such a narcissist. Like,
she'll believe that I know who she is.
She'll believe it. And so then she'll show
up and.
Leif (28:19):
We go into Act 3. Back at the party,
Blair finds Jenny in the washroom and is a lot
more apologetic this time. She even gives,
Jenny the gossip that Chuck rejected Blair yet
again. Great moment between these two as Blair
declares that Jenny is her choice to replace her as
queen. And fuck boys.
Steve (28:40):
I always like when they're together. I always like when they
play off each other. Yeah, I think the two of them have good
chemistry. They're the best actors among the
kids. And so I really love
when they have scenes like this together. And I thought they were
good.
Leif (28:55):
Fuck boys and roll. The school
at the Oak Room. Serena and Nate have been waiting for over
an hour when Dan is the first person to show up.
Dan tries to help Serena through her extreme
insecurity issues.
Steve (29:09):
I, I looped you. That is not something.
That is not a reference.
Leif (29:13):
I understood it was an app for like
10 seconds.
Steve (29:18):
Okay. Like, find your friend.
Leif (29:20):
Yeah. Yeah.
Steve (29:22):
Okay.
Leif (29:23):
Stop. Sure they paid for that spot?
Steve (29:25):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leif (29:26):
They bought drinks for everyone at the bar.
Steve (29:28):
Yeah, for all the teenagers
at the bar. New app under
Scandal.
Leif (29:36):
Then we see just about every named teen
character show up and everyone gets a blast.
You wanted to meet Gossip Girl? Well, look
around. You just did. I'm, nothing without
you. And while both high school friendships
fade, it's my hope that what happened today
will bond you forever. Now all my secrets are
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out. You have a clean slate until college.
Congratulations. I'm coming with you.
Steve (30:03):
That was. It was so dumb. This
whole subline was
dumb. And it's so dumb
again.
Leif (30:12):
It's just master manipulation by Gossip Girl.
She's trauma binding them.
Steve (30:16):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (30:19):
It's like classic abusive pattern.
Steve (30:22):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (30:23):
And then I like the lines as each people walk in.
Like when Dan walks in, he thinks it's him.
And then.
Steve (30:30):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (30:30):
And then Blair comes in.
Steve (30:31):
They're working together.
Leif (30:33):
Oh, yeah. Blair walks in. Dan's like, oh, that makes sense. And then
Jenny and he's like, they're a team.
Steve (30:38):
Yeah.
Oh, that makes sense. Yeah,
that one I love.
Leif (30:46):
Blair apologizes to Serena.
Serena tells Blair it's unnecessary. Chuck
is the only one not here. Yes, that's because he's
standing outside like a creepy stalker.
Such a weird shot.
Steve (31:00):
Looking in, looking in on everyone,
and then slinking away. Oh, Chuck.
Leif (31:08):
And, we move into the epilogue.
Just like last season. We get a flash
forward with a one week later title
card. Lily is admiring an actual diamond
ring to replace the makeshift ring from Rufus
Proposal. Eric and Jenny are unpacking a waffle
iron. Eric is excited to Try it out. But Jenny has to
meet Blair.
Steve (31:29):
I loved Eric's enthusiasm
for the waffle maker.
Leif (31:33):
I mean, the acting was horrible, but. Yeah, right,
right.
Steve (31:37):
But it's been so well
established again with the Easter eggs, first of all, that we all
know that Rufus makes great waffles. And now
he's moved in and gets this super fancy waffle
maker to make his waffles. It's also
been well established that Eric
craves a home cooked meal because his
mom can't make one
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and never has. And there have been other times
that you've seen Eric make the comments
about how his mom can't
cook.
Leif (32:09):
And I think it's not just the home cooked meal he wants.
What's the home cooked meal represents? Which is a
family.
Steve (32:15):
Yes. Yeah.
Leif (32:17):
He is perpetually lonely.
Steve (32:18):
Yes.
Yeah.
And the waffle maker
and, and really represents that for the
Humphries and bringing that to
the. The joined family. I,
I. Yeah.
Leif (32:33):
I think this is a great thing for Eric. I mean, he's got a dad now. He's got
a sister, he's got new brother, is going to be off of
college, but you know, be around it sometimes.
Steve (32:41):
Yeah. Yeah.
Where is NYU in relation to the Upper
east side?
Leif (32:48):
Nyu, is like lower west side.
Okay, remember we talked about this the other
week? We were talking about where the apartment was, how. the apartment.
The naked guy was actually not in between them at
all.
Steve (33:00):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Leif (33:02):
Serena is packing while talking with Blair.
Gossip Girl has been tracking Chuck across Europe.
Blair gives Serena a framed photo of Serena's
mugshot. And Serena is spending the summer in Europe
while Blair is going to stay close to home.
Steve (33:16):
we also hear that Chuck has been gallivanting
around Europe.
Leif (33:21):
Yeah.
Steve (33:22):
Oh, did you? I didn't. I missed that.
But yeah, we.
We do hear that Blair has been tracking it and the Gossip Girl
has been updating.
Leif (33:30):
Dan and Vanessa are at a cafe. Dan
admits to missing Blair, Nelly, and even
Chuck Bass. Nate shows up and convinces
Vanessa to let him come with her to Europe after all.
During this, what appears to be a random guy tries
to help Vanessa with her lie about taking someone else to
Europe. After Nate and Vanessa leave, the guy
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and Dan bond over Nate having things come easy to him.
Steve (33:53):
M. Yep.
This strange guy here.
Leif (33:56):
Did you recognize him right away or No?
Steve (33:58):
I did. I think I called it.
Robin didn't. I think I was like,
that's the brother. And she was like, the brother. And
then the next scene. I could be wrong about that,
but I'm sure I'll find out soon. the other
thing, Dan, is she hot?
Nate is here talking about how he's getting hit
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on by this deputy mayor. And
Dan's response is, is she
hot?
Leif (34:25):
And Nate says, kinda.
Steve (34:27):
Kinda?
Yeah.
Nate's like, yeah.
Leif (34:31):
I mean, come on. That. That's how high school guys
talk.
Steve (34:35):
It is. It really is.
Leif (34:38):
Blair and Jenny arrive at the restaurant and interrupt the
meanie girls coronation of Emma Boardman.
Blair takes the diamond studded headband and crowns
Jenny instead.
Steve (34:49):
When Blair is shooing
the girls off and she uses
Cyrus's catchphrase, I actually have not
enough.
yeah, that.
Leif (35:00):
That really, she has incorporated that into her
lexicon.
Steve (35:03):
That. I love that. And again, it's
just really good continuity and
really good writing.
Leif (35:12):
Back at the cafe, Nate, Dan and Vanessa
are getting ready to see a movie. In the corner, we see
Rando Scott with Rufus, Rolling Stone cover, and
an article about Lillian. Rufus.
Georgina calls Dan and lets him know that she's got his
money back. And when Georgina finds out that Dan is
going to nyu, she tells him she will see him next
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year.
Steve (35:32):
Yeah, so the totally not
dead brother is
going, to NYU with you, Dan. But his parents think he's in
Oregon or Maine, but I would think
Oregon. I think he'd leave. Well, I guess
Maine's closer to where he was.
Leif (35:50):
At the NYU bursar office, Georgina is paying
her tuition and requests Blair as a
roommate.
Oh, boy.
Steve (35:59):
It's fun.
Leif (36:00):
oh, boy.
Steve (36:00):
I'm. I was. I'm sold on
season two Georgina Sparks.
So I am excited for season three Georgina
Sparks. So I'm here for
this.
Leif (36:13):
Serena is about to get in her limo to go to
the airport when Carter shows up. Carter says he found
Serena's father in Fiji.
Serena, already on her way to the airport,
hops into the limo and tells Carter to get
in.
Steve (36:27):
First mention of Serena's dad that I
can really think of.
especially the fact that she's looking for
him. We've known that he's not in the picture.
This is the first time we've known that there's a
mystery behind where he is.
Leif (36:44):
So they did. I did freeze
frame on the letter to, get.
It's the eye on them. Agency
PI Case detail report, Vander Woodson.
Although it looks like a CDC announcement
kind of activity, report
says just like it's two days worth activities.
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pretty boring stuff. He leaves his hotel in a white
Mustang, goes to an office for a while,
into a restaurant. And then day
two, he goes to his
hotel. Or, goes from the hotel
to his Office again. And then
he meets with a woman at a restaurant. Although there
was a typo. Actually, it's a typo. Actually, it
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says they seem to be meeting with a
woman.
Whoever was the PI didn't spell,
check.
Steve (37:36):
Didn't proofread.
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (37:39):
And then on the street, Chuck
is waiting for Blair. He was flying all
over Europe to get Blair her favorite things.
Chuck finally says those three words, eight
letters. And Blair and Chuck begin to make
out as we get the final sign off in the season.
Xo xo Gossip
(37:59):
Girl.
Steve (38:01):
Yeah, I, I, I thought that was super
sweet. I love the, the, the
him finally saying it.
Leif (38:08):
Yeah.
Steve (38:09):
Came around.
Leif (38:10):
Goes back to the first episode of the season.
Steve (38:12):
Yep.
And it all just kind of worked around.
And I liked how it ended. I,
I, I, I think the epilogue was my
favorite part of, this episode.
Leif (38:24):
So I think I've mentioned in the past how in New
York City, if you're going to be filming, if you're going to be closing down a
street to film, you have to put up notices.
Well, and ahead of time.
Steve (38:34):
Yeah.
Leif (38:35):
So at this point in the show's filming, anytime
they're filming on the street, there's hundreds of kids
on around the set.
Steve (38:43):
Right.
Leif (38:44):
They filled this scene two ways. They
filmed one with Nate and Blair and one with Chuck and
Blair.
Steve (38:51):
Oh, dirty.
dirty. I can
appreciate that. I appreciate
that.
Leif (39:00):
Because, like, Gossip Girl walks. So Game of
Thrones could run as far as, like, on set.
Spoilers.
Steve (39:06):
Yeah.
Leif (39:07):
There's people always, like, taking pictures,
stealing little side. You know, if anyone threw out their
sides, they were getting stolen.
Steve (39:16):
Yeah. Yeah.
It was really the dawn of that age, too. I mean, we've
talked about, like, the message boards for the show
and the real interaction between
the Internet and tv.
This is early in people figuring out how to mesh
those things together and to build
fandom through those things.
Leif (39:38):
But that is our episode and our
season. Any predictions for next
year?
Steve (39:47):
I predict that
Serena is not going to stay at Brown very
long. I don't know how far Brown is
from Rhode Island White. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought.
I thought it was a different state. So, yeah, I was, I'm assuming
Serena will be coming back from Brown and going to
NYU pretty soon.
Leif (40:05):
They're not going to split the show.
Steve (40:07):
I don't think that would be wise because they already kind of
have to if they're going to keep Jenny in the show. Right. They
already kind of have to if they're going to keep Rufus, Lily, Eric,
and Jenny in the show to split it A third
way. I don't. I don't see that happening. I
also see Nate ending up at nyu
and then they're all there. I.
(40:27):
I don't see Chuck going to nyu. I just see him.
Leif (40:30):
Why would Nate go to nyu, though?
Steve (40:32):
He pissed off grandfather by leaving his,
Leif (40:37):
He already left the school that grandfather went to, wanted him
to go to. He's going to Columbia, not Yale, which is in New
York.
Steve (40:44):
Yeah.
Leif (40:45):
And they never actually show school in the show, so it doesn't
really matter what school as long as he's in New York.
Steve (40:51):
Yeah, Yeah, I just kind of figured they'd bring them all
together.
Leif (40:56):
Are we gonna get any changes to the cast?
Anyone upgrade or downgraded?
Steve (41:01):
I'm wondering if this
is. If Georgina becomes a
regular cast member. I mean, she's set up
to appear in episode one, and
so is it going to be, we're going to have her for a bit and then get
rid of her like they've done in the
past, or is she going to be
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a member of the cast now? I know that
Jenny exits early at some point and I'm pretty
sure that happens next season,
so that also makes room for
adjustments there. I could see
Eric kind of getting a downgrade because
there's not.
Leif (41:39):
As he's not main cast, technically.
Steve (41:42):
That's true. That's true. And I don't know, could
Nate get a downgrade now that Blair and
Chuck are going to be
together? That, can only last so
long before it.
Leif (41:54):
But it does seem like human Vanessa might be starting up
again, which.
Steve (41:59):
Yeah.
Which would all be at nyu.
So. Yeah, I don't really see anyone getting too much of a
downgrade that's a regular cast member. But
I am curious about. Well, also the
addition of, Scott that I'm wondering
if he's going to be. He's obviously
going to have a storyline in
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the new season. Is he going to be a cast
member? And that means.
Are they all gonna fuck? Oh, my God. He has to
know who Serena is before that they're
actually related.
Leif (42:33):
And we have to fight a love interest for Dan,
presumably. Unless he's gonna just get back with
Serena again.
Steve (42:40):
I mean, it's gotta happen at some point.
I'm sure. I. I don't see them being done
done. But yeah, I. Well,
Georgina. I know Dan knows that
Georgina's crazy and
that Dan doesn't like Georgina, but Dan can
also be dumb when it comes to
women, so there's a possibility there.
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And I'll also say this going back to
Ms. Carr. The Ms. Carr episode.
Dan is going to NYU. Blair is going to
NYU. Dan and Blair have chemistry.
There's a chemistry there when they want to turn it on.
So are they going to be alone together at NYU at some
point? Point, yeah.
Leif (43:21):
You got Dan, Blair and Vanessa is going to be at NYU
too.
Steve (43:24):
Yeah.
Leif (43:26):
Chuck's going to presumably be doing business
stuff.
Steve (43:30):
Yeah.
Chuck should be running his guy.
Leif (43:32):
How exciting.
Steve (43:34):
Yeah.
Leif (43:34):
Any other predictions before we get into segments?
Steve (43:37):
I don't think so. I think those are my big. Oh,
Rufus and Lily. I think that they're going to get married. I think that
they're going to have stupid dumb fights for the rest of this show,
but I think they're going to get married and live happily ever
after. That's my kind of hope
prediction.
Leif (43:52):
Well, let's hope so. Let's
go ahead and get into this week in fandom. we jumped
into the Wayback Machine to check out the Television without pity
forums from 2009.
Hello there, Peabody here. And this is
the Wayback Machine for traveling through time.
Steve (44:09):
And this is my boy, Sherman. Speak,
Sherman. Hello.
Leif (44:13):
Good boy. Overall, the
reaction. Great episode.
Most. Most people liked it.
Steve (44:20):
I get it. I like the episode overall.
Leif (44:23):
They like the Chuck and Blair resolution, but
still felt it took too long.
Steve (44:29):
Yeah, they did a little, they did the cat and mouse with
it.
Leif (44:32):
They're happy they're together, but yeah,
it just. It doesn't hit as hard because it took too
long.
Steve (44:39):
Yeah.
Including in this episode.
Including.
Leif (44:44):
Most people are sad about have to wait for season
three. Oh, those sweet summer children. If only they
knew about waiting two years between eight episode
seasons.
Steve (44:53):
Yeah. Yeah.
Oh, man, it is getting worse.
Leif (44:59):
Disappointed we didn't get to see Georgina's
takedown of Poppy.
Steve (45:04):
Yes, I agree with that.
I felt like that was probably
a. We didn't have time to write
it in. I. I wonder how
much of the previous
episode had other
things originally written into it that were then
cut to fit the pilot into it. That I wonder if
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the original. I wonder if the original draft
was the pilot episode of the spin
off and then someone had a draft of the
actual episode but then shit had to
get cut out of that so they just one lined
it at the end of the season.
Leif (45:43):
The fans also pointed out that
USC stood in for Brown and the OC because the
Brown was also featured in the oc so they're wondering
what school they're going to use to shoot it for in gossip.
Steve (45:56):
that's funny.
Leif (45:57):
But that is it for this week in fandom. Let's
go ahead and get it to episode graze.
What do you got?
Steve (46:07):
I went a B plus. I thought that
the I'm gonna take her down storyline was
dumb, and I kind of felt like
Serena was just kind of
narcissistic and dumb in this episode. I
still felt like it was a good episode.
I really felt like the end of it really drugged me into
it. So, yeah, be blessed.
Leif (46:28):
Yeah, I definitely agree. It was a good
episode. And the only thing that I didn't really like was,
yeah, Gossip Girl shouldn't be a character.
It should just be an Omnis Edition narrator.
And yeah, doesn't need to get
involved in the plot. We don't really care who it is. But I
still gave the episode an A. Yeah. Because, it, had a lot
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of great continuity. The writing was really good. He
had some good resolutions, and he
saw the season long arcs play out.
Steve (46:57):
Yeah, the writing. The writing on this
show. Well, on this episode was.
Was better than the episode at times. The
dialogue and Easter eggs were better than parts of the plot.
Leif (47:09):
Heading over to Stockwatch, who you got going
up?
Steve (47:12):
I had a lot of people going up. I was feeling very
generous and some good things happened to some people here.
So first of all, I had Rufus and Lily. They got engaged
and they got over their shit, so good
job. I had Jenny and Eric.
I mean, Jenny, clearly, her stock went way up. She came out on
top. She's the queen. Eric, because he has a
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family. I had Dan and Vanessa.
Dan is done with high school and graduated and off
to nyu, and he seems content with it. And
so does Vanessa, who also is running off to Europe with
Nate. So that seems pretty cool. I have
Chuck and Blair going up for finally getting their
shit together and saying there, I love you. And then
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I have Georgina Sparks going up for showing up
and throwing a monkey wrench and shit for next season.
Leif (47:58):
Anyone else that, is, oh, I'm.
Steve (48:01):
Going to give up to Jonathan for hacking Gossip Girl.
And that is it for going up for me.
Leif (48:06):
I had. Cyrus actually had. I had all three of the
couples, basically. So you got Cyrus, Eleanor
for giving good advice. Ru and L for
getting together. Chuck and Blair for getting together.
Steve (48:18):
I should add Cyrus and Eleanor. I. I forgot about
them. And Cyrus is amazing.
Leif (48:23):
I also had Jenny going up because she got queen.
I had Gossip Girl actually going up because
she manipulated to shoot out everyone out
of everybody. And then Jonathan also, he. Because
he hacked Gossip Girl. And I gave Deli a,
up because she was just funny.
Steve (48:40):
That's fair.
Leif (48:41):
Georgina because she also took down Poppy, which
neither the NJBC or Lily could pull
off.
Steve (48:47):
Yeah. Yeah.
And she.
Leif (48:49):
And she's primed to take down Blair.
Steve (48:52):
Yeah.
Leif (48:52):
Who do you got going down?
Steve (48:54):
I have actually. I have Nelly going
down because she was
dethroned. And she
was.
Leif (49:02):
Nelly wasn't.
Steve (49:03):
Not. Not dethroned, but she was turned
down by Dan. You know, she. She spilled her heart out to
Dan, who didn't care. But the other reason I had Nellie
going down was that it was her
secrets that got Jenny to be
queen.
Leif (49:18):
It wasn't really her secrets, though. It was the secrets that she
had gotten from Penelope and is. Remember, that
was from the, Right, right, the pop up fashion show.
Steve (49:27):
Yeah.
But it was because Nelly Yuki
gave Jenny the ammo that took down. Took them
down. Right. It was. Meleuki had the ammo.
Right. Yeah, it did Jenny. Right. And so.
Leif (49:40):
And everyone knew that she had it.
Steve (49:42):
Yeah.
Leif (49:42):
But she just didn't want to be queen at that time.
Steve (49:45):
Yeah.
Leif (49:45):
so. Yeah, I don't really think those are Nellie's. I
know they labeled as Nelly's secrets, but it wasn't really her
secrets.
Steve (49:52):
Yeah. I had grandfather going down for
being creepy. I had the minions
going down for losing
everything to Jenny. I believe that's
it for my going downs.
Leif (50:06):
So for me, I had Serena
because she was just cringe this whole
episode. Scott. Because, whoa,
guy, you're going to be wearing some Rufus
skin on your wall soon.
Steve (50:20):
I left him neutral just because we didn't have
a whole lot, but damn.
Yeah, there is that.
Leif (50:28):
And I did have the minions, but especially Edmund
Boardman. She took the biggest hit.
Steve (50:33):
Yeah. Yes.
Leif (50:34):
I had Dan, Vanessa, Nate, and Eric.
All neutral.
Steve (50:39):
Okay, I get that.
Leif (50:41):
That doesn't really had any plots. They didn't really.
Yeah, Eric got, a family, but that's just something we kind
of observed. Wasn't really part of the story other than
offwire.
Steve (50:50):
And I also want to add Serena to
my down list because she sucked.
And. And I. And I meant to have her on that list
and forgot to put her on it. But here's the best
outfits from the last episode
we see.
Leif (51:07):
Who do you have for best outfit?
Steve (51:10):
I had Blair's dress for the party.
and I love that even when.
Leif (51:14):
The one she takes off.
Steve (51:16):
Yeah, yeah.
The one with the jacket. When she comes in, she has the jacket
on. Takes that off. But then the dress. Yeah. That she
wears. She has it on in front of her mom, too.
When you really see it.
Leif (51:27):
For me, I had Chuck's suit from the first
party with. He had like the, it was like a brownish suit with like the
the peach, shirt and the orange.
Steve (51:34):
Tie that was on my list. That and
the, my other one that was on my list was
Carter's suit at the end, the
gray with the gray pinstripe shirt. I thought that was
really slick.
Leif (51:47):
I also like Jenny's dress from the first party.
Yeah, she always has great style. she had like a
zipper dress. Zipper was in the front.
Steve (51:55):
Yeah, it was really cool.
Leif (51:57):
Well, that is it for segments. Do you have
anything you want to plug this week?
Steve (52:02):
Got a gig in February on the
26th at a
bar in Philadelphia. And I can't think
of the name off the top of my head, but follow
me on Instagram and
follow me on TikTok at
Steve Marshon. At Steve
Marshon. M A R C H I O
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n and I will be posting stuff there
to announce where I'm playing.
Leif (52:29):
for me, nothing really to plug, but I will mention that
a few days after this episode drops, the
new Late Meester show will be coming out
on the cw. Good Cop, Bad
Cop.
Steve (52:41):
Oh cool.
Leif (52:42):
So check that out.
Steve (52:43):
I'm going to want to, I'm going to want to watch that.
Leif (52:46):
you can follow me on social media if you want
to go on Instagram, I'm m hotcapicola
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Leif (53:52):
And we're going to take a little break in between seasons so we can
catch up on recordings. So we'll be back in about two
weeks. we'll be back to talk about season three, episode
one, Reversals of
Fortune.
Steve (54:03):
I'm Excited?
Leif (54:05):
The max episode description reads, serena
returns from Europe with many secrets to hide.
Steve (54:11):
I, I'm excited. I know what she's
looking for. I know that she's
also probably doing sex stuff
because that often happens when Serena goes on European
trips. So, yeah, I'm excited.
Leif (54:24):
And the paparazzi are following her.
Steve (54:26):
And the pronzi are following her.
Yes.
I'm not interested in Serena's sex stuff. I'm just saying that
I'm interested in the scandal. I don't really
want to know what she's doing. She kind of creeps me out.
Leif (54:38):
Well, as vulture mentioned, we did get some new side
boob.
Steve (54:41):
Yes.
Yeah.
Leif (54:45):
Well, until next time. You know you love us.
Steve (54:48):
XOXO Every time you walk away,
run away you take a piece of me you with you
there Every time you walk
away or run away you take a piece of m me
with you there Every
time you walk away or run away you take a piece of
me with you there
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oh, it seems I'm walking right to
your door
my heart's still resting looking for
something more
are you ever gonna see everything you mean to
me I'm trying really hard to believe
every time you walk away or run away you take a
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piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
never feels right when I'm out here on
my own
(55:53):
I left last night and it feels like
way too long
are you ever gonna see everything you mean
to me I'm trying really hard to believe
every time you walk away run away you take a
piece of meat with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
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piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
come back to me m
smile and you'll make my life
complete
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every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
ah Every time you walk away
or run away you take a piece of me with
you there Every time
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you walk away or run away you take a piece of
me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
Every time you walk away and run away you take a
piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
(57:20):
piece of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away, you take a
piece of me with you there.
Again, it's just master manipulation by gossip
Girls. She's trauma bonding them.
Steve (00:05):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (00:08):
It's like classic abusive pattern.
Steve (00:11):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (00:12):
And then I like the lines as each people walk in.
Like when Dan walks in, he thinks it's him.
And then.
Steve (00:19):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (00:19):
And then Blair comes in.
Steve (00:20):
They're working together.
Leif (00:22):
Oh, yeah. Blair walks in, Dan's like, oh, that makes sense. And then
Jenny pop and he's like, they're a team.
Steve (00:27):
Yeah.
Foreign.
Leif (00:36):
Hey Upper East Siders And all you scandal loving listeners out there,
you just tuned into the non judging breakfast pod where the
coffee is strong, the waffles are fresh, and the
gossip is hotter than ever. My name is Leaf and I'm your
seasoned Gossip Girl veteran.
Steve (00:49):
And I'm Steve, the newbie, the greenhorn,
the, I don't know, Leif. What are you going to call the person at
the end of season two now?
Leif (00:56):
Well, graduation day is here. Do you think you're ready to be
queen?
Steve (01:00):
I mean, as long as Gossip Girl's not following me
to college, I think I could handle it.
Leif (01:05):
All right then.
Steve (01:07):
All right, folks, so here's the deal. Leap has
been a fan of Gossip Girl since it first aired. And I'm
diving in for the first time. And together we're your
dynamic duo, bringing you all the drama, romance,
and sometimes questionable fashion choices of
this iconic 2007 series.
Leif (01:24):
That's right. Each week we'll be taking a deep dive into the
show one episode at a time. We analyze the
hidden parallels and obscure references. Plus we'll
also be touching on all the behind the scenes gossip and some
stories from fandom.
Steve (01:37):
And since we're all about inclusivity here at the non judging
breakfast pod, there is always a seat for you at the non
judging breakfast table. So go ahead and grab your
mimosas, some, coffee or maybe some of
Nate and Chuck's special medicine. And let's get this
started.
Leif (01:52):
Go Birds.
Steve (01:54):
Go Birds. Everyone,
I'm. I. This city is just
amazing right now. Everybody who
is, like Nick Wright who was saying that he doesn't
think that the Eagles will make it to the red zone
just the most. I've never seen
a game like that before.
Leif (02:12):
It was definitely a beat down.
Steve (02:15):
Yeah, that, it was, it was a really. It
was really fun. If you're an Eagles fan.
Leif (02:20):
And no Blake Lively this year.
Steve (02:23):
No, I did notice that she
was not hanging out with T. Swift this year.
Leif (02:29):
We are here to talk about the season finale of
Gossip Girl, Season 2, Episode
25, the Goodbye Gossip Girl
Original Air Date May 18,
2009.
Steve (02:41):
Yeah, let's get into
it.
Leif (02:44):
the title is a reference to the Goodbye
Girl, a 1977 Rom
com starring Richard Dreyfuss, who he
won the Academy Award for best actor
and was at the time the youngest person ever do
that.
Steve (02:59):
I have not seen it, but I have heard of it.
Leif (03:02):
The quick synopsis is. After being dumped by her
live in boyfriend, unemployed dancer Paula
McFadden and her 10 year old daughter Lucy are forced
to live with a struggling Off Broadway actor,
Elliot Garfield, who is subletting their apartment.
Crazy rom com shenanigans.
Steve (03:19):
Yeah.
Leif (03:19):
The episode was written by Josh
Saffron. His fifth episode of this season,
ninth episode overall of Gossip Girl.
Steve (03:28):
Yeah.
A, regular. A regular staple at this
point.
Leif (03:32):
he's basically the showrunner now.
Steve (03:34):
Yeah.
Leif (03:35):
Episode directed by Dorby Buckley, bringing him
up for the big, big guns.
Steve (03:39):
Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, and Norman Buckley, like, he. As
we've discussed, not just Gossip Girl,
but the teen drama genre. The guy owns it when it
comes to directing.
Leif (03:51):
His last two episodes that he did were Age, of
Dissonance, which was the 18th episode this season. Then he
also worked directly with Saffron on New Haven
Can Wait.
Steve (04:00):
Yeah.
And we like New Haven Can Wait, if I remember correctly.
Leif (04:03):
We like both those, I think.
Steve (04:05):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leif (04:06):
Why don't you go ahead, give us the Vulture recap.
Steve (04:09):
All right, the Vulture recap. When early on
in last night's episode, Serena declares
that the end of high school means the end
of me on Gossip Girl, your blood
ran cold. We knew, as anyone
passingly familiar with Chekov's gun
method of storytelling would, that
precisely the opposite would be true. And
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that, God and CW willing, our
omniscient narrator would continue to stalk this Upper
east side princess till her
brittle body was Chanel
clad, feet up in the grave. And after
this dramatic season finale in which
resolutions were reached, new side boob
was exposed and arch villainous
(04:54):
Georgina Sparks vowed to make a dramatic
comeback. We can't wait for. For the next season.
Leif (05:00):
Neither can I.
Steve (05:01):
Neither can I. Yeah.
I really had mixed feelings on this episode,
but the end, the
setups at the end, and we'll get to it. But I
really liked how it played out at the end of
this.
Leif (05:16):
Well, let's go ahead and get into it. Act one
begins with a gospel girl monologue.
Like everything on the Upper east side high school graduation
is done with a little differently. Who needs pomp and
circumstance when you have paparazzi?
After a quick montage of students preparing for
graduation, we See Blair and Serena at a restaurant
having breakfast. Serena reveals that Chuck told Serena
(05:39):
that he loves Blair, but didn't tell Chuck that Nate and
Blair broke up. As they leave the restaurant,
paparazzi are outside waiting for Serena.
Steve (05:47):
Nice little beginning moment.
I'm pretty sure Gossip Girl's gonna follow them.
My first watch through of this, she's like,
the end of gossip. End of ice cold is the end of Gossip
Girl. I'm like, m. I've got. Really. The
show is kind of called Gossip Girl.
Not to get meta. Not to get too meta on you,
(06:08):
Serena, but I think you're. I think you've got at least four years
left.
Leif (06:11):
Did you pay attention to what they were eating at all?
Steve (06:14):
No. Or they eating?
Leif (06:16):
Serena had her usual, like, I think croissant or something like
that. But Blair had finished
eating, but she left a strawberry on her
plate.
Steve (06:25):
Oh, wow.
Leif (06:25):
I wonder if she was trying to lure Sarita into
sucking all that to.
Steve (06:29):
Try to try to flirt with her.
Leif (06:32):
And then also, they're leaving. Serena
tries to avoid the paparazzi, and Blair, like, stands back and
poses.
Steve (06:38):
Yeah.
Yeah. I love that.
Leif (06:40):
Next we get Nate and Vanessa have a friendly
conversation. Nate apologizes how their breakup
went down, and Vanessa announces that
she's still going.
Steve (06:49):
To Europe and NYU where Dan
is going, so she'll be around
more.
Leif (06:57):
At least they're in the same school now.
Steve (06:58):
I was going to say at least it'll make sense for her
to be there, and it won't be Dan just dragging her
to parties where no one knows
and or likes her.
Leif (07:09):
Just as Dan walks up, Nate announces that he
is having an after grad party, and Dan and Vanessa
are both invited. Nate leaves, and Dan points out
something in the program to Vanessa.
Steve (07:20):
Yeah, which I knew what it was
from that moment.
It was so in tune with the
rest of this show. It's one of those
little Easter eggs that just
has blended since the pilot
since he can't open
(07:40):
automatic doors. It was such a great
piece to this.
Leif (07:44):
Yeah. Josh, ah Shafren actually does watch the show.
Steve (07:47):
Yeah.
You can tell. And it's that matter of.
It was really a shout out to fans. You know, if you're
watching this show enough, you know what's gonna
come of this.
Leif (07:58):
And then, we have a lot going on in the next scene,
Jenny is walking down the hall with Eric, excited that the
mean girls will be graduating and there will be peace next
year. Said mean girls show up and ask Jenny if she
wants to throw her hat in the ring for queen next
year. However, Belair blows through and
declares she picks the queen.
Steve (08:17):
Yeah.
And you know what? I feel like
these scenes kind of go together. That I'll comment
after the next.
Leif (08:25):
Yeah. Actually, like, Gossip Girl does this has done this in the
past, but never as much as in this episode
where you have people entering and leaving the conversation
within the same scene.
Steve (08:35):
Yeah, yeah.
It did happen more here that there.
Leif (08:37):
Were that first scene with Nate and Vanessa
and Dan, and then now this one. And then also
again later it happens at the party at, least once.
So after Blair leaves, Penelope declares that they don't listen to
Blair anymore and that the girl who brings them the
best untold gossip by midnight gets to
be queen. And it looks like Little J. Has some
(08:57):
competition in the form of new transfer
Emma Boardman, who Blair babysat. And there might be
blood. So more continuity.
Steve (09:05):
Yeah, I appreciated the,
continuity again. And it's funny
how Blair still doesn't realize
that she has completely lost control
of the minions M. And that's why.
Leif (09:18):
She'S lost control, because she's not paying attention.
Steve (09:20):
Yeah. Yeah.
Leif (09:22):
Serena finds Dan waiting in the courtyard. Turns
out he wasn't listed in the program. Someone
walks up to get Dan to approve an insert in which
they misspelled his name. Congratulations,
Don.
Steve (09:34):
And I love that. How they get it right and then
wrong. Daniel Humphrey was left out.
Congratulations, Don. It
was. It's so great.
So great. And it was just.
It's. Again, it is a joke for someone
who has watched this show from episode one
(09:55):
until now. And I always
love those kind of jokes. There's that moment
in Buffy at the prom when they're all
talking about the great things that Buffy has
done. And it kind of reminds me of.
Leif (10:08):
When she gets the Class Protector Award.
Steve (10:10):
The Class Protector Award.
Yeah.
That this kind of Easter egg makes
me feel that same kind of
joy that I had during that episode.
Leif (10:20):
Elsewhere in the courtyard. So they do it again, this scene
where it kind of, like, switches over to Blair approaching
Chuck, and she starts to tell Chuck about the breakup,
but chickens out at the last second.
Steve (10:31):
Yes. And it's
just we really kind of felt like this was sort of
done, and now here she is running back to Chuck again.
Okay, all right. I know that this is what the
show.
Leif (10:44):
I mean. I mean, did we think it was done?
Steve (10:45):
I mean, they should not not done.
Leif (10:47):
I mean, he just told Serena last episode that he loved her,
and he set up the prompt war.
Steve (10:52):
Yeah.
Leif (10:53):
actually, the love you was, like, two episodes ago,
and then set up the prompt for the last episode.
Steve (10:58):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leif (11:00):
In the auditorium, Rufus gets pissy when
he remembers he and Lily reserved their graduation seats
together. Eleanor and Cyrus try to play
matchmaker. Lily clearly wants to get married, but
Rufus is still being stubborn.
Steve (11:13):
I loved Cyrus and Eleanor in this
scene. I love Cyrus the
character. And I think that Wallace
Shawn has
consistently delivered on who
that character is and what his personality
is. And he's just this ball of joy
at all times. And I absolutely love
(11:35):
it when he's on. And I love the awkward
moment that they all shared and how Lily was an
asshole about it and put Rufus on
the spot because he deserved it. And
I love that.
Leif (11:49):
During Queller's convention speech, Blair and
Serena are talking about the future and new beginnings until
everyone's phones go off. Gossip Girl has some
parting comments for the graduating seniors. After the
blast, Serena declares that Gossip Girl is going
down.
Steve (12:04):
Yeah, I thought this whole thing was kind
of weird that for one, she
sent out a blast that targeted the non
judging Breakfast Club and Dan, and
nobody stood up because they were all
scared at that point. But the even
weirder thing to me is the.
That's it. She's going down. And it's only
(12:26):
because Gossip Girl has been doing this shit this
whole time and there has never been an effort
to find out who she is. There's only
like one conversation
that they had at one point where there
was speculation when it was the Eric
conversation. So now that it's just, oh,
now we're going to find her and bring her down,
(12:48):
it just seemed.
Leif (12:50):
Well, it's the narcissist. And Serena. Gossip
Girl was a master manipulator in this episode.
She knew exactly how to target each one of these
people.
Steve (13:00):
True. true. I just thought that.
I wish that it would have built to a.
We're gonna get her more
throughout the season. Yeah, I wish that was an
underlying theme rather than
a afterthought at the end of the season.
Leif (13:17):
Yeah, I just wish it wouldn't really come up at all.
Steve (13:19):
But yeah, that. Or that. Or that.
Leif (13:23):
I also know even some of the teachers were getting Gossip
Girl alerts now because some of them were looking at their phones as
well.
Steve (13:29):
Yeah.
Leif (13:30):
And then this was the actual blast.
Not so fast. You're not graduating until I give
you my diplomas. Minor labels
and labels stick. Nate Archibald,
class whore. Dan Humphrey, the ultimate
insider. Chuck Bass, coward.
Blair Waldorf, weakling. And as
(13:51):
for Serena Van der Woodsen, after today,
you're officially irrelevant.
Congratulations, everyone. You deserve
it.
Steve (14:00):
Yeah, and I guess that's where I was sort of
what do you? Why is everyone
responding this way? It was a weird
response from the rest of the kids.
Leif (14:11):
Did you catch. Dan gave a little subtle
smile. I don't know if that was direction or if that was
just Penn Badgley being a goofball, as usual, but he
just gives, like, a little slight smile when
his.
Steve (14:23):
Yeah.
Leif (14:24):
Moving into act two, at an after
grad lunch party, Serena is trying to recruit
the mean girls into her war against Gossip Girl with
little success. Nate sees his grandfather and says he's
going to do some damage control. Chuck and Blair seemed willing
to help when Serena points out that they probably have the
most secrets to protect and.
Steve (14:44):
They walk off in different directions.
Leif (14:47):
Rufus finds Lily alone, tries to apologize,
but is still not ready to move
forward.
Steve (14:53):
Rufus, when she said what it was and
you said to her, you tried to give me money behind my back,
and I said not to. Do you hear
how dumb it sounds when you say it
out loud? Do you hear how
dumb it sounds for a reason to break up with
this person?
(15:15):
And there's almost a moment as he's saying it that
he almost has that in his face. Like, when I say
it out loud, it doesn't sound so convincing.
Leif (15:25):
Nate, in the name of full disclosure, tells the
grandfather about Nate literally being a whore for an
older married woman. The grandfather isn't
thrilled, but promises to protect Nate if
anything comes out. As the scene ends, Chuck is looking
for Blair, and Nate finally tells Chuck about the
breakup.
Steve (15:43):
Grandfather is so fucking creepy here,
where he's like, oh, welcome to
politics. Yeah, welcome to Washington.
All right. Yeah. You're banging. Oh, yeah,
she's married. Oh, yeah. All right, high five.
Oh, she paid you. All right, let me look into this.
Leif (16:00):
Well, after he says that she's married, like,
I think Graph's response was, tell me more.
Steve (16:05):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (16:09):
Dan and Vesta are talking about ditching the party when
Serena comes up to try to recruit them on her quest to take
down Gossip Girl. However, they seem
uninterested. Dan gives a very pragmatic
but insensitive ramble about he and Serena are
probably going to drift apart post high
school.
Steve (16:27):
Dan, shut the fuck up.
Leif (16:28):
Read the room.
Steve (16:29):
M. Read the fucking room like
you're. You're at your high school party with the high
school friends. Shut the fuck up and read the
room.
Leif (16:40):
But at the same time, Serena was being so
needy.
Steve (16:45):
Yeah, that is. That is also true.
yeah, because she was realizing that. That she is
peaked. Yeah, that she
peaked in high school.
Leif (16:56):
Chuck wasn't lying about running some stats because
in the next scene, we have him explaining the breakdown of
Gossip Girl Blast about Constance. Saints Jude's
versus Manhattan's other private high schools. The
NJBC pulls it to puts it together that
Gossip Girl is almost definitely one of the graduates in the
room right now.
Steve (17:16):
Yeah, it was pretty clever, though, of Chuck
to run these
figures. And it's funny because you don't.
Chuck always ask people that does stuff for him, but
when it comes to, like, running a business and
doing digging and finding dirt, he's kind of a
natural at it. I thought it kind of fit. Yeah, I kind
of fit Chuck's demeanor.
Leif (17:39):
Serena sends a tip to Gossip Girl as Chuck calls
for quiet in the room. Jonathan's phone
beeps as he receives the tip Serena just sent.
As the NJBC surrounds Jonathan, the show
goes to a commercial break.
Did you think it was Jonathan?
Steve (17:56):
I thought that was a little convenient, but I thought
it would have been a good thing. But also,
I knew that this was going to go on for four more
seasons and they weren't going to find out who Gossip Girl
was by the end of the episode. Like, I
just kind of figured they wouldn't.
Leif (18:13):
But they could have gone the Pretty Little Liars route and have
multiple Gossip Girls, and that's.
Steve (18:18):
And so I had that thought, too, that, like, oh,
that would be kind of cool that Jonathan is
among the network. But I
didn't really. I was shocked. But then
the explanation also made a lot of sense.
Leif (18:33):
After the commercial, it's revealed that Jonathan is not
actually Gossip Girl. He just hacked her computer.
Jonathan now has access to the entire database of
gossip. After Serena and Jonathan leave,
Jenny finds a juicy piece of gossip that could win her
the contest and allow her to abolish the
monarchy. However, she asks Eric if she should.
If she should, because it would obviously hurt
(18:55):
someone to reveal the info.
Steve (18:57):
okay. Jonathan, you have all of her
emails, you have all of her.
All these downloads and all these
things that people have sent to her. You can't get a name
off that computer. Somewhere. Like, somewhere.
Come on, Jonathan. Do better.
Leif (19:13):
So there was. If you freeze,
frame, you can see quite a few tips that were
on the. On there.
Steve (19:21):
Oh, really?
Leif (19:22):
Yes, Somewhere.
Blair purging her lunch during sophomore year.
Steve (19:28):
Oh.
Leif (19:30):
Chuck having sexual problems.
Steve (19:34):
That happened.
Leif (19:35):
The longest book Nate has ever read. Being Dr.
Seuss.
Steve (19:41):
Scans player peeking on.
Leif (19:44):
Aaron Rose in the shower.
Oh, stepbrother. What are you doing?
Steve (19:50):
Yeah.
Oh, gross.
Leif (19:56):
Nate having three nipples. Nate turning
Howard Archibald in.
Steve (20:01):
Yeah.
Leif (20:01):
Dan not being able to afford Yale. And,
Dorota's an illegal immigrant.
Steve (20:07):
Wow. Leave Dorota
out of it.
Leif (20:11):
And then some of the names of the people who sent
tips in were, people from the production and
set crews.
Steve (20:17):
Oh, that's funny.
Leif (20:19):
Next up, Rufus has the old six
dream out and gives Danny a little sage wisdom,
advising him that he should go to Nate's party and say a, proper
goodbye to high school. I could have sworn Dan
and Nate were in a good place after the last conversation together. I
mean, why is he suddenly mad at Nate again?
Steve (20:37):
Yeah, well, I. Yeah, I didn't necessarily
get mad at Nate as much as just wanting to
stay away from the. From the scene.
because I guess I was going more on the way Dan
was in the previous scene where he was like
to Serena, like, I don't really want to be friends with any of
you anymore ever. So that's kind of where I took
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it as. As we were listening to
Lincoln Hawk's new album getting written.
Leif (21:03):
After Dan leaves, Rufus goes to call Lily,
who is just walking up to the door with a six pack
and a bag of Chuck's weed. Even
Rufus knows Chuck has the good shit.
Steve (21:14):
Yeah, yeah, they're gonna. They're gonna burn Chuck's
stash and.
Leif (21:19):
Yeah, a little reminiscing.
Steve (21:21):
Yeah, that.
I mean, that. That seemed like the obvious thing
there, right?
Leif (21:27):
Back on the Upper east side, Blair is preparing for
Nate's party, talking to Eleanor. Eleanor
encourages Blair to go after Chuck.
Steve (21:34):
It was.
That was such a sweet moment. It was such a nice.
Leif (21:38):
I mean, it was. But why. Why is she
pushing him to go after this guy with all these red flags?
Steve (21:43):
Well, because Eleanor doesn't really understand
the things that her kid is really going through.
So, like, it was sweet for her to be an
encouraging mom. I don't think she really
recognizes the weight of what Chuck's
trauma actually is. You know, I think that
it's more go get her girl than anything
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else.
Leif (22:04):
Well, I mean, she does know that Blair told him
that she loved him and he walked away. She said.
Right, that scene.
Steve (22:12):
Yeah.
Leif (22:13):
But as she said, it is becoming a trope for them
to have conversations in front of the mirror like this. This
is like the third or fourth time this and kind of see us happen.
Steve (22:23):
It's when they have their bonding moments, and it's when
Eleanor is actually like a
sweet mother and not being over
critical.
Leif (22:32):
Dan and Vanessa arrive at the party. A
very drunk Nelly is about to confess her love to
Dan, but runs off when she spots Serena across the
room.
Steve (22:41):
Nelly's been hot for Dan this
whole time. I love that.
Leif (22:47):
Yeah.
Steve (22:48):
Yeah.
Leif (22:48):
Ah, she. She was, very funny as a drunk
girl.
Steve (22:52):
Yeah.
And I don't know that we've ever really seen much of
Nellie and Dan in the same place at the same
time. So her admiring him from
afar just makes it so much more
believable, especially because he's the guy that
nobody fucking notices. So,
like I. Again, just a little
wonderful thing that I thought was added in here.
Leif (23:14):
no one notices, but at the same time, he is the ultimate
insider.
Steve (23:18):
Yeah.
Leif (23:19):
It's a weird dichotomy at this point.
Steve (23:21):
It is. And when we get to Blair's
takedown.
Leif (23:25):
Jenny, an attempt to be nice, warns Blair. The
gospel girl knows about Blair and Jack on New Year's Eve.
Blair snaps at Jenny. Jenny gets defensive
and tells Blair that Penelope isn't following Blair's orders
anymore. Blair then tells Jenny to keep her mouth shut
and calls her a waste of time before
storming off. Look out. Be not
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so little Jay as her fucked around and found out face
on and tells is to get Penelope.
Steve (23:51):
Blair always underestimates
Jenny and she always goes so hard
at Jenny, and it doesn't usually work out for her.
Leif (23:59):
Again, this just goes back to Blair is distracted
from the game. Yeah, he's completely focused on
Shaq. Because as you see later, she does
say, you know, you are my choice, blah, blah, blah, you
know. Yeah, she's just too wrapped up
in Chuck to really pay attention right now.
Steve (24:16):
Yeah.
Leif (24:17):
Blair pulls Chuck into a quiet room.
Blair begins seductively undressing in order
to get Chuck to admit his feelings. However, before
Chuck can say those three little words, Gossip
Girl sends another blast. We see everyone at the
party's reactions as Gossip Girl has this to
say. Serena Van der
Roetsen just couldn't leave. Well, and left
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alone since she had to find out the truth about me.
I'm going to tell you the truth about
everyone. Every gossip bomb I've
got is about to drop. And if you got a problem with that,
take it up with her. Ever wonder why Ms. Carr left
town? Dan Humphrey had sex with her during the school
play. The sparks between Humphrey's sis and Nate
during a hot photo session. Thank God it stopped at
(25:01):
PG13 or someone could have ended up in jail like her
brother. And as for Blair Waldorf, say
uncle. We hear she kept it in the Bass family on
years. But rumor has it Chuck spent some time
in Brooklyn. Metaphorically speaking, of
course. Serena VanderWithen here's looking
at you.
Steve (25:20):
That. That blast. I mean, it's
Kind of great that it just drops everything. And some stuff
that we didn't know, too. What didn't we know
we didn't know know about
Chuck and Chuck.
Leif (25:33):
Jack and Jack. Yeah, it was
strongly implied, though. yeah, I caught Dap
pretends to be annoyed by. Oh, another blast.
Why are you unsubscribed, Dan? Why are you still subscribed?
Steve (25:44):
Yeah, like you graduated, bruh.
Leif (25:47):
Things are getting volatile as we return from commercial
break. The gossip bombs did their job as
everyone appears to be at each other's throats.
Metaphorically speaking, of course. Serena tries
to play peacemaker, but then just draws
everyone's ire onto her. And then Dan
tries to defend Serena, but Blair goes after him as
well.
Steve (26:08):
Yeah, the way that. The way Blair
takes Dan down and is like, no,
you're not the ultimate insider. You're not just
tagging along to all of this shit all the
time. And of course, Nelly also, once
again, chiming in.
Leif (26:25):
Guy and ignored the rest of
us. I mean them.
Steve (26:29):
I mean them.
Leif (26:32):
He dated Serena Van Wilson. You're best friends with Nate
Archibald. You were the lead of the school play. You had, sex with the
teacher. You're on the soccer team.
Steve (26:41):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (26:43):
Blair once again finds Chuck alone in the room
and tries to push past their issues.
Blair tells Chuck that she loves him. However,
once again, Chuck still can't say it back and
walks away from a tearful Blair.
Steve (26:58):
Another. Another great. Another great acting
scene for Blair. You know, she. She
really sells it. She really brings that
across the quivering lip, you
know? It was just. She really sold it.
And Chuck's an idiot, and Chuck fucked it up.
Leif (27:16):
Back at the loft, Rufus and Lily are reminiscing about
old Lincoln Hawk gigs. Rufus gets caught
up in the moment and converts an old concert wristband into
an engagement ring and proposes to Lily on the
spot.
Steve (27:29):
All right, now, Rufus, act high.
I just. I just felt the whole time like
Rufus was just acting so high.
It was like, I. I hate
this. I. I thought Lily was a
convincing eye, but Rufus just.
Okay, okay, Matthew, act high.
Leif (27:52):
Outside the party, Nate tries to comfort Sarita,
who is spiraling about never getting a chance
to gain forgiveness if she doesn't fix things. Tonight,
Sarita sends a text to Gossip Girl threatening to reveal
her identity if she doesn't meet with her.
Sarita was so cringe this whole episode.
Steve (28:09):
Yeah, she just is such a narcissist. Like,
she'll believe that I know who she is.
She'll believe it. And so then she'll show
up and.
Leif (28:19):
We go into Act 3. Back at the party,
Blair finds Jenny in the washroom and is a lot
more apologetic this time. She even gives,
Jenny the gossip that Chuck rejected Blair yet
again. Great moment between these two as Blair
declares that Jenny is her choice to replace her as
queen. And fuck boys.
Steve (28:40):
I always like when they're together. I always like when they
play off each other. Yeah, I think the two of them have good
chemistry. They're the best actors among the
kids. And so I really love
when they have scenes like this together. And I thought they were
good.
Leif (28:55):
Fuck boys and roll. The school
at the Oak Room. Serena and Nate have been waiting for over
an hour when Dan is the first person to show up.
Dan tries to help Serena through her extreme
insecurity issues.
Steve (29:09):
I, I looped you. That is not something.
That is not a reference.
Leif (29:13):
I understood it was an app for like
10 seconds.
Steve (29:18):
Okay. Like, find your friend.
Leif (29:20):
Yeah. Yeah.
Steve (29:22):
Okay.
Leif (29:23):
Stop. Sure they paid for that spot?
Steve (29:25):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leif (29:26):
They bought drinks for everyone at the bar.
Steve (29:28):
Yeah, for all the teenagers
at the bar. New app under
Scandal.
Leif (29:36):
Then we see just about every named teen
character show up and everyone gets a blast.
You wanted to meet Gossip Girl? Well, look
around. You just did. I'm, nothing without
you. And while both high school friendships
fade, it's my hope that what happened today
will bond you forever. Now all my secrets are
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out. You have a clean slate until college.
Congratulations. I'm coming with you.
Steve (30:03):
That was. It was so dumb. This
whole subline was
dumb. And it's so dumb
again.
Leif (30:12):
It's just master manipulation by Gossip Girl.
She's trauma binding them.
Steve (30:16):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (30:19):
It's like classic abusive pattern.
Steve (30:22):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (30:23):
And then I like the lines as each people walk in.
Like when Dan walks in, he thinks it's him.
And then.
Steve (30:30):
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (30:30):
And then Blair comes in.
Steve (30:31):
They're working together.
Leif (30:33):
Oh, yeah. Blair walks in. Dan's like, oh, that makes sense. And then
Jenny and he's like, they're a team.
Steve (30:38):
Yeah.
Oh, that makes sense. Yeah,
that one I love.
Leif (30:46):
Blair apologizes to Serena.
Serena tells Blair it's unnecessary. Chuck
is the only one not here. Yes, that's because he's
standing outside like a creepy stalker.
Such a weird shot.
Steve (31:00):
Looking in, looking in on everyone,
and then slinking away. Oh, Chuck.
Leif (31:08):
And, we move into the epilogue.
Just like last season. We get a flash
forward with a one week later title
card. Lily is admiring an actual diamond
ring to replace the makeshift ring from Rufus
Proposal. Eric and Jenny are unpacking a waffle
iron. Eric is excited to Try it out. But Jenny has to
meet Blair.
Steve (31:29):
I loved Eric's enthusiasm
for the waffle maker.
Leif (31:33):
I mean, the acting was horrible, but. Yeah, right,
right.
Steve (31:37):
But it's been so well
established again with the Easter eggs, first of all, that we all
know that Rufus makes great waffles. And now
he's moved in and gets this super fancy waffle
maker to make his waffles. It's also
been well established that Eric
craves a home cooked meal because his
mom can't make one
(31:59):
and never has. And there have been other times
that you've seen Eric make the comments
about how his mom can't
cook.
Leif (32:09):
And I think it's not just the home cooked meal he wants.
What's the home cooked meal represents? Which is a
family.
Steve (32:15):
Yes. Yeah.
Leif (32:17):
He is perpetually lonely.
Steve (32:18):
Yes.
Yeah.
And the waffle maker
and, and really represents that for the
Humphries and bringing that to
the. The joined family. I,
I. Yeah.
Leif (32:33):
I think this is a great thing for Eric. I mean, he's got a dad now. He's got
a sister, he's got new brother, is going to be off of
college, but you know, be around it sometimes.
Steve (32:41):
Yeah. Yeah.
Where is NYU in relation to the Upper
east side?
Leif (32:48):
Nyu, is like lower west side.
Okay, remember we talked about this the other
week? We were talking about where the apartment was, how. the apartment.
The naked guy was actually not in between them at
all.
Steve (33:00):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Leif (33:02):
Serena is packing while talking with Blair.
Gossip Girl has been tracking Chuck across Europe.
Blair gives Serena a framed photo of Serena's
mugshot. And Serena is spending the summer in Europe
while Blair is going to stay close to home.
Steve (33:16):
we also hear that Chuck has been gallivanting
around Europe.
Leif (33:21):
Yeah.
Steve (33:22):
Oh, did you? I didn't. I missed that.
But yeah, we.
We do hear that Blair has been tracking it and the Gossip Girl
has been updating.
Leif (33:30):
Dan and Vanessa are at a cafe. Dan
admits to missing Blair, Nelly, and even
Chuck Bass. Nate shows up and convinces
Vanessa to let him come with her to Europe after all.
During this, what appears to be a random guy tries
to help Vanessa with her lie about taking someone else to
Europe. After Nate and Vanessa leave, the guy
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and Dan bond over Nate having things come easy to him.
Steve (33:53):
M. Yep.
This strange guy here.
Leif (33:56):
Did you recognize him right away or No?
Steve (33:58):
I did. I think I called it.
Robin didn't. I think I was like,
that's the brother. And she was like, the brother. And
then the next scene. I could be wrong about that,
but I'm sure I'll find out soon. the other
thing, Dan, is she hot?
Nate is here talking about how he's getting hit
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on by this deputy mayor. And
Dan's response is, is she
hot?
Leif (34:25):
And Nate says, kinda.
Steve (34:27):
Kinda?
Yeah.
Nate's like, yeah.
Leif (34:31):
I mean, come on. That. That's how high school guys
talk.
Steve (34:35):
It is. It really is.
Leif (34:38):
Blair and Jenny arrive at the restaurant and interrupt the
meanie girls coronation of Emma Boardman.
Blair takes the diamond studded headband and crowns
Jenny instead.
Steve (34:49):
When Blair is shooing
the girls off and she uses
Cyrus's catchphrase, I actually have not
enough.
yeah, that.
Leif (35:00):
That really, she has incorporated that into her
lexicon.
Steve (35:03):
That. I love that. And again, it's
just really good continuity and
really good writing.
Leif (35:12):
Back at the cafe, Nate, Dan and Vanessa
are getting ready to see a movie. In the corner, we see
Rando Scott with Rufus, Rolling Stone cover, and
an article about Lillian. Rufus.
Georgina calls Dan and lets him know that she's got his
money back. And when Georgina finds out that Dan is
going to nyu, she tells him she will see him next
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year.
Steve (35:32):
Yeah, so the totally not
dead brother is
going, to NYU with you, Dan. But his parents think he's in
Oregon or Maine, but I would think
Oregon. I think he'd leave. Well, I guess
Maine's closer to where he was.
Leif (35:50):
At the NYU bursar office, Georgina is paying
her tuition and requests Blair as a
roommate.
Oh, boy.
Steve (35:59):
It's fun.
Leif (36:00):
oh, boy.
Steve (36:00):
I'm. I was. I'm sold on
season two Georgina Sparks.
So I am excited for season three Georgina
Sparks. So I'm here for
this.
Leif (36:13):
Serena is about to get in her limo to go to
the airport when Carter shows up. Carter says he found
Serena's father in Fiji.
Serena, already on her way to the airport,
hops into the limo and tells Carter to get
in.
Steve (36:27):
First mention of Serena's dad that I
can really think of.
especially the fact that she's looking for
him. We've known that he's not in the picture.
This is the first time we've known that there's a
mystery behind where he is.
Leif (36:44):
So they did. I did freeze
frame on the letter to, get.
It's the eye on them. Agency
PI Case detail report, Vander Woodson.
Although it looks like a CDC announcement
kind of activity, report
says just like it's two days worth activities.
(37:05):
pretty boring stuff. He leaves his hotel in a white
Mustang, goes to an office for a while,
into a restaurant. And then day
two, he goes to his
hotel. Or, goes from the hotel
to his Office again. And then
he meets with a woman at a restaurant. Although there
was a typo. Actually, it's a typo. Actually, it
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says they seem to be meeting with a
woman.
Whoever was the PI didn't spell,
check.
Steve (37:36):
Didn't proofread.
Yeah, yeah.
Leif (37:39):
And then on the street, Chuck
is waiting for Blair. He was flying all
over Europe to get Blair her favorite things.
Chuck finally says those three words, eight
letters. And Blair and Chuck begin to make
out as we get the final sign off in the season.
Xo xo Gossip
(37:59):
Girl.
Steve (38:01):
Yeah, I, I, I thought that was super
sweet. I love the, the, the
him finally saying it.
Leif (38:08):
Yeah.
Steve (38:09):
Came around.
Leif (38:10):
Goes back to the first episode of the season.
Steve (38:12):
Yep.
And it all just kind of worked around.
And I liked how it ended. I,
I, I, I think the epilogue was my
favorite part of, this episode.
Leif (38:24):
So I think I've mentioned in the past how in New
York City, if you're going to be filming, if you're going to be closing down a
street to film, you have to put up notices.
Well, and ahead of time.
Steve (38:34):
Yeah.
Leif (38:35):
So at this point in the show's filming, anytime
they're filming on the street, there's hundreds of kids
on around the set.
Steve (38:43):
Right.
Leif (38:44):
They filled this scene two ways. They
filmed one with Nate and Blair and one with Chuck and
Blair.
Steve (38:51):
Oh, dirty.
dirty. I can
appreciate that. I appreciate
that.
Leif (39:00):
Because, like, Gossip Girl walks. So Game of
Thrones could run as far as, like, on set.
Spoilers.
Steve (39:06):
Yeah.
Leif (39:07):
There's people always, like, taking pictures,
stealing little side. You know, if anyone threw out their
sides, they were getting stolen.
Steve (39:16):
Yeah. Yeah.
It was really the dawn of that age, too. I mean, we've
talked about, like, the message boards for the show
and the real interaction between
the Internet and tv.
This is early in people figuring out how to mesh
those things together and to build
fandom through those things.
Leif (39:38):
But that is our episode and our
season. Any predictions for next
year?
Steve (39:47):
I predict that
Serena is not going to stay at Brown very
long. I don't know how far Brown is
from Rhode Island White. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought.
I thought it was a different state. So, yeah, I was, I'm assuming
Serena will be coming back from Brown and going to
NYU pretty soon.
Leif (40:05):
They're not going to split the show.
Steve (40:07):
I don't think that would be wise because they already kind of
have to if they're going to keep Jenny in the show. Right. They
already kind of have to if they're going to keep Rufus, Lily, Eric,
and Jenny in the show to split it A third
way. I don't. I don't see that happening. I
also see Nate ending up at nyu
and then they're all there. I.
(40:27):
I don't see Chuck going to nyu. I just see him.
Leif (40:30):
Why would Nate go to nyu, though?
Steve (40:32):
He pissed off grandfather by leaving his,
Leif (40:37):
He already left the school that grandfather went to, wanted him
to go to. He's going to Columbia, not Yale, which is in New
York.
Steve (40:44):
Yeah.
Leif (40:45):
And they never actually show school in the show, so it doesn't
really matter what school as long as he's in New York.
Steve (40:51):
Yeah, Yeah, I just kind of figured they'd bring them all
together.
Leif (40:56):
Are we gonna get any changes to the cast?
Anyone upgrade or downgraded?
Steve (41:01):
I'm wondering if this
is. If Georgina becomes a
regular cast member. I mean, she's set up
to appear in episode one, and
so is it going to be, we're going to have her for a bit and then get
rid of her like they've done in the
past, or is she going to be
(41:21):
a member of the cast now? I know that
Jenny exits early at some point and I'm pretty
sure that happens next season,
so that also makes room for
adjustments there. I could see
Eric kind of getting a downgrade because
there's not.
Leif (41:39):
As he's not main cast, technically.
Steve (41:42):
That's true. That's true. And I don't know, could
Nate get a downgrade now that Blair and
Chuck are going to be
together? That, can only last so
long before it.
Leif (41:54):
But it does seem like human Vanessa might be starting up
again, which.
Steve (41:59):
Yeah.
Which would all be at nyu.
So. Yeah, I don't really see anyone getting too much of a
downgrade that's a regular cast member. But
I am curious about. Well, also the
addition of, Scott that I'm wondering
if he's going to be. He's obviously
going to have a storyline in
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the new season. Is he going to be a cast
member? And that means.
Are they all gonna fuck? Oh, my God. He has to
know who Serena is before that they're
actually related.
Leif (42:33):
And we have to fight a love interest for Dan,
presumably. Unless he's gonna just get back with
Serena again.
Steve (42:40):
I mean, it's gotta happen at some point.
I'm sure. I. I don't see them being done
done. But yeah, I. Well,
Georgina. I know Dan knows that
Georgina's crazy and
that Dan doesn't like Georgina, but Dan can
also be dumb when it comes to
women, so there's a possibility there.
(43:02):
And I'll also say this going back to
Ms. Carr. The Ms. Carr episode.
Dan is going to NYU. Blair is going to
NYU. Dan and Blair have chemistry.
There's a chemistry there when they want to turn it on.
So are they going to be alone together at NYU at some
point? Point, yeah.
Leif (43:21):
You got Dan, Blair and Vanessa is going to be at NYU
too.
Steve (43:24):
Yeah.
Leif (43:26):
Chuck's going to presumably be doing business
stuff.
Steve (43:30):
Yeah.
Chuck should be running his guy.
Leif (43:32):
How exciting.
Steve (43:34):
Yeah.
Leif (43:34):
Any other predictions before we get into segments?
Steve (43:37):
I don't think so. I think those are my big. Oh,
Rufus and Lily. I think that they're going to get married. I think that
they're going to have stupid dumb fights for the rest of this show,
but I think they're going to get married and live happily ever
after. That's my kind of hope
prediction.
Leif (43:52):
Well, let's hope so. Let's
go ahead and get into this week in fandom. we jumped
into the Wayback Machine to check out the Television without pity
forums from 2009.
Hello there, Peabody here. And this is
the Wayback Machine for traveling through time.
Steve (44:09):
And this is my boy, Sherman. Speak,
Sherman. Hello.
Leif (44:13):
Good boy. Overall, the
reaction. Great episode.
Most. Most people liked it.
Steve (44:20):
I get it. I like the episode overall.
Leif (44:23):
They like the Chuck and Blair resolution, but
still felt it took too long.
Steve (44:29):
Yeah, they did a little, they did the cat and mouse with
it.
Leif (44:32):
They're happy they're together, but yeah,
it just. It doesn't hit as hard because it took too
long.
Steve (44:39):
Yeah.
Including in this episode.
Including.
Leif (44:44):
Most people are sad about have to wait for season
three. Oh, those sweet summer children. If only they
knew about waiting two years between eight episode
seasons.
Steve (44:53):
Yeah. Yeah.
Oh, man, it is getting worse.
Leif (44:59):
Disappointed we didn't get to see Georgina's
takedown of Poppy.
Steve (45:04):
Yes, I agree with that.
I felt like that was probably
a. We didn't have time to write
it in. I. I wonder how
much of the previous
episode had other
things originally written into it that were then
cut to fit the pilot into it. That I wonder if
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the original. I wonder if the original draft
was the pilot episode of the spin
off and then someone had a draft of the
actual episode but then shit had to
get cut out of that so they just one lined
it at the end of the season.
Leif (45:43):
The fans also pointed out that
USC stood in for Brown and the OC because the
Brown was also featured in the oc so they're wondering
what school they're going to use to shoot it for in gossip.
Steve (45:56):
that's funny.
Leif (45:57):
But that is it for this week in fandom. Let's
go ahead and get it to episode graze.
What do you got?
Steve (46:07):
I went a B plus. I thought that
the I'm gonna take her down storyline was
dumb, and I kind of felt like
Serena was just kind of
narcissistic and dumb in this episode. I
still felt like it was a good episode.
I really felt like the end of it really drugged me into
it. So, yeah, be blessed.
Leif (46:28):
Yeah, I definitely agree. It was a good
episode. And the only thing that I didn't really like was,
yeah, Gossip Girl shouldn't be a character.
It should just be an Omnis Edition narrator.
And yeah, doesn't need to get
involved in the plot. We don't really care who it is. But I
still gave the episode an A. Yeah. Because, it, had a lot
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of great continuity. The writing was really good. He
had some good resolutions, and he
saw the season long arcs play out.
Steve (46:57):
Yeah, the writing. The writing on this
show. Well, on this episode was.
Was better than the episode at times. The
dialogue and Easter eggs were better than parts of the plot.
Leif (47:09):
Heading over to Stockwatch, who you got going
up?
Steve (47:12):
I had a lot of people going up. I was feeling very
generous and some good things happened to some people here.
So first of all, I had Rufus and Lily. They got engaged
and they got over their shit, so good
job. I had Jenny and Eric.
I mean, Jenny, clearly, her stock went way up. She came out on
top. She's the queen. Eric, because he has a
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family. I had Dan and Vanessa.
Dan is done with high school and graduated and off
to nyu, and he seems content with it. And
so does Vanessa, who also is running off to Europe with
Nate. So that seems pretty cool. I have
Chuck and Blair going up for finally getting their
shit together and saying there, I love you. And then
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I have Georgina Sparks going up for showing up
and throwing a monkey wrench and shit for next season.
Leif (47:58):
Anyone else that, is, oh, I'm.
Steve (48:01):
Going to give up to Jonathan for hacking Gossip Girl.
And that is it for going up for me.
Leif (48:06):
I had. Cyrus actually had. I had all three of the
couples, basically. So you got Cyrus, Eleanor
for giving good advice. Ru and L for
getting together. Chuck and Blair for getting together.
Steve (48:18):
I should add Cyrus and Eleanor. I. I forgot about
them. And Cyrus is amazing.
Leif (48:23):
I also had Jenny going up because she got queen.
I had Gossip Girl actually going up because
she manipulated to shoot out everyone out
of everybody. And then Jonathan also, he. Because
he hacked Gossip Girl. And I gave Deli a,
up because she was just funny.
Steve (48:40):
That's fair.
Leif (48:41):
Georgina because she also took down Poppy, which
neither the NJBC or Lily could pull
off.
Steve (48:47):
Yeah. Yeah.
And she.
Leif (48:49):
And she's primed to take down Blair.
Steve (48:52):
Yeah.
Leif (48:52):
Who do you got going down?
Steve (48:54):
I have actually. I have Nelly going
down because she was
dethroned. And she
was.
Leif (49:02):
Nelly wasn't.
Steve (49:03):
Not. Not dethroned, but she was turned
down by Dan. You know, she. She spilled her heart out to
Dan, who didn't care. But the other reason I had Nellie
going down was that it was her
secrets that got Jenny to be
queen.
Leif (49:18):
It wasn't really her secrets, though. It was the secrets that she
had gotten from Penelope and is. Remember, that
was from the, Right, right, the pop up fashion show.
Steve (49:27):
Yeah.
But it was because Nelly Yuki
gave Jenny the ammo that took down. Took them
down. Right. It was. Meleuki had the ammo.
Right. Yeah, it did Jenny. Right. And so.
Leif (49:40):
And everyone knew that she had it.
Steve (49:42):
Yeah.
Leif (49:42):
But she just didn't want to be queen at that time.
Steve (49:45):
Yeah.
Leif (49:45):
so. Yeah, I don't really think those are Nellie's. I
know they labeled as Nelly's secrets, but it wasn't really her
secrets.
Steve (49:52):
Yeah. I had grandfather going down for
being creepy. I had the minions
going down for losing
everything to Jenny. I believe that's
it for my going downs.
Leif (50:06):
So for me, I had Serena
because she was just cringe this whole
episode. Scott. Because, whoa,
guy, you're going to be wearing some Rufus
skin on your wall soon.
Steve (50:20):
I left him neutral just because we didn't have
a whole lot, but damn.
Yeah, there is that.
Leif (50:28):
And I did have the minions, but especially Edmund
Boardman. She took the biggest hit.
Steve (50:33):
Yeah. Yes.
Leif (50:34):
I had Dan, Vanessa, Nate, and Eric.
All neutral.
Steve (50:39):
Okay, I get that.
Leif (50:41):
That doesn't really had any plots. They didn't really.
Yeah, Eric got, a family, but that's just something we kind
of observed. Wasn't really part of the story other than
offwire.
Steve (50:50):
And I also want to add Serena to
my down list because she sucked.
And. And I. And I meant to have her on that list
and forgot to put her on it. But here's the best
outfits from the last episode
we see.
Leif (51:07):
Who do you have for best outfit?
Steve (51:10):
I had Blair's dress for the party.
and I love that even when.
Leif (51:14):
The one she takes off.
Steve (51:16):
Yeah, yeah.
The one with the jacket. When she comes in, she has the jacket
on. Takes that off. But then the dress. Yeah. That she
wears. She has it on in front of her mom, too.
When you really see it.
Leif (51:27):
For me, I had Chuck's suit from the first
party with. He had like the, it was like a brownish suit with like the
the peach, shirt and the orange.
Steve (51:34):
Tie that was on my list. That and
the, my other one that was on my list was
Carter's suit at the end, the
gray with the gray pinstripe shirt. I thought that was
really slick.
Leif (51:47):
I also like Jenny's dress from the first party.
Yeah, she always has great style. she had like a
zipper dress. Zipper was in the front.
Steve (51:55):
Yeah, it was really cool.
Leif (51:57):
Well, that is it for segments. Do you have
anything you want to plug this week?
Steve (52:02):
Got a gig in February on the
26th at a
bar in Philadelphia. And I can't think
of the name off the top of my head, but follow
me on Instagram and
follow me on TikTok at
Steve Marshon. At Steve
Marshon. M A R C H I O
(52:24):
n and I will be posting stuff there
to announce where I'm playing.
Leif (52:29):
for me, nothing really to plug, but I will mention that
a few days after this episode drops, the
new Late Meester show will be coming out
on the cw. Good Cop, Bad
Cop.
Steve (52:41):
Oh cool.
Leif (52:42):
So check that out.
Steve (52:43):
I'm going to want to, I'm going to want to watch that.
Leif (52:46):
you can follow me on social media if you want
to go on Instagram, I'm m hotcapicola
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Leif (53:52):
And we're going to take a little break in between seasons so we can
catch up on recordings. So we'll be back in about two
weeks. we'll be back to talk about season three, episode
one, Reversals of
Fortune.
Steve (54:03):
I'm Excited?
Leif (54:05):
The max episode description reads, serena
returns from Europe with many secrets to hide.
Steve (54:11):
I, I'm excited. I know what she's
looking for. I know that she's
also probably doing sex stuff
because that often happens when Serena goes on European
trips. So, yeah, I'm excited.
Leif (54:24):
And the paparazzi are following her.
Steve (54:26):
And the pronzi are following her.
Yes.
I'm not interested in Serena's sex stuff. I'm just saying that
I'm interested in the scandal. I don't really
want to know what she's doing. She kind of creeps me out.
Leif (54:38):
Well, as vulture mentioned, we did get some new side
boob.
Steve (54:41):
Yes.
Yeah.
Leif (54:45):
Well, until next time. You know you love us.
Steve (54:48):
XOXO Every time you walk away,
run away you take a piece of me you with you
there Every time you walk
away or run away you take a piece of m me
with you there Every
time you walk away or run away you take a piece of
me with you there
(55:08):
oh, it seems I'm walking right to
your door
my heart's still resting looking for
something more
are you ever gonna see everything you mean to
me I'm trying really hard to believe
every time you walk away or run away you take a
(55:30):
piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
never feels right when I'm out here on
my own
(55:53):
I left last night and it feels like
way too long
are you ever gonna see everything you mean
to me I'm trying really hard to believe
every time you walk away run away you take a
piece of meat with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
(56:15):
piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
come back to me m
smile and you'll make my life
complete
(56:38):
every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
ah Every time you walk away
or run away you take a piece of me with
you there Every time
(56:58):
you walk away or run away you take a piece of
me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
Every time you walk away and run away you take a
piece of me with you there
every time you walk away or run away you take a
(57:20):
piece of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away, you take a
piece of me with you there.
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