Gossip Girl: The Blair Bitch Project

Episode score 7.6 Good

The Blair Bitch Project

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  • Season: 1
  • Episode: 14
  • First Aired: 4/21/2008
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EPISODE OVERVIEW

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Having been recently dethroned as Queen Bee, Blair returns to school with the support of her BFF, Serena to find she is still on the outs with her old friends. Dan visits his mother over Spring Break, and when he returns Jenny is on the verge of becoming a full-fledged member of the A-List crowd. Jenny must go to dangerous and even illegal lengths to fit in. Serena struggles to adjust to living with Chuck, and receives disturbing packages from an unknown sender. Read full recap »

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CAST AND CREW

Writers:
K.J. Steinberg
Director:
J. Miller Tobin
Stars:
Taylor Momsen (Jenny Humphrey)
Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf)
Matthew Settle (Rufus Humphrey)
Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl (Voice) (Uncredited))
Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey)
Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald)
Kelly Rutherford (Lillian "Lily" van der Woodsen)
Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen)
Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass)
Recurring Role:
Dreama Walker (Hazel)
Amanda Setton (Penelope)
Zuzanna Szadkowski (Dorota)
Nicole Fiscella (Isabel Coates)
Connor Paolo (Erik van der Woodsen)
Robert John Burke (Bart Bass)
Guest Star:
Ryan Woodle (Delivery Man)
Audrie Neenan (Betty)
Karla Mosley (Waitress)
Emma Demar (Elise Wells)
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TRIVIA

  • Goof: In Blair's dream in the beginning of this episode Nate says: "You don't have a cat, Jenny." But in the Pilot you can see that the Humphreys have a cat. edit »
  • The saleswoman says to Jenny, "It's not my fault that you don't know what a Valentino is worth now." However, the blue/purple handbag Jenny is carrying at the beginning of the episode is a Valentino. edit »
  • The tag for this episode is "B. Missing in Action". This is in the opening theme. edit »
  • In this episode, Jenny turns 15. edit »
  • We learn that Jenny has been selling personal or stolen items for money. edit »
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NOTES

  • International Air Dates:
    Latin America: May 7, 2008 on Warner Channel.
    Philippines: June 3, 2008 on ETC
    Australia: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 on Fox 8
    Denmark: May 25, 2008 on Kanal 4
    Poland: July 8, 2008 on TVN7
    The Netherlands: July 29, 2008 on Net 5
    Sweden: October 5, 2008 on Kanal 5
    Norway: November 12, 2008 on TVNorge edit »
  • Music in this Episode:
    -"Moon River" by Henry Mancini
    -"Eucalyptus" by Deadly Syndrome
    -"Feeling Better" by The Teenagers
    -"Back Seat Taxi" by Silver Money
    -"Drive Me Crazy" by Miss Eighty 6
    -"On The Run" by Classic
    -"Rippin' up the Disco" by Kylie Minogue
    -"Sour Cherry" by The Kills edit »
  • Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) is added to the opening credits, but she does not appear in this episode. edit »
  • This is the first of 5 episodes filmed after "A Thin Line Between Chuck And Nate" due to the writers' strike. edit »
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QUOTES

  • Rufus: Hey, whenever you are done with that "I'd do things differently" look, two things. One, I can't seem to nail Jenny down on what she wants to do for actual birthday.
    Dan: I'll get it out of her.
    Rufus: Good and two, what the hell are you still doing here?
    Dan: (looks at the clock) Mm! Thank you! edit »
  • (When the girls find out Jenny stole Hazel's mom's dress)
    Blair: Excuse me, this seems private, so I'm gonna head out now. I have a table at Butter, reservation's under 'Waldorf' in case there's an after-party. edit »
  • Serena: Can you just get it over with Chuck? Say whatever pervy thing you're going say and leave. edit »
  • (Blair stops walking)
    Serena: B., what are you doing?
    Blair: Giving home schooling some serious consideration. edit »
  • (At Jenny's party)
    Penelope: What's Blair doing here?
    Elise: I don't know, but this party's kind of weird.
    Hazel: Weird? It's time for it's induction into the hall of lame. edit »
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ALLUSIONS

  • Gossip Girl: Wake up little Jenny! The biatch is back.

    Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl) starred in the series, Veronica Mars. The series finale of Veronica Mars was titled, "The Biatch is Back." The title of that, though, came from the Rolling Stones' song "The B**** is Back"

    The song is from Elton John. edit »
  • Year 1812:

    This episode contains some references to the American revolution, which started in the year 1812. 1812 is also the number of Chuck Bass's hotel room.

    Edited:The American Revolution started in 1775. The War of 1812 was a British-Canada vs America war which occurred after the US became a country. edit »
  • Gossip Girl: Wake up little Jenny! The biatch is back.

    Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl) starred in the series, Veronica Mars. The series finale of Veronica Mars was titled, "The Biatch is Back." edit »
  • Blair's Dream Sequence

    The episode's opening sequence where Blair was dressed in a coat looking for a cat in the rain is a recreation of the final scene of the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard.Which is also known to be Blair's favourite movie. edit »
  • Klaus and Sunny von Bulow:

    Chuck refers to his future step-mother, Lily van der Woodsen, as "Lily von Bulow." This is an allusion to the infamous real-life story of Klaus von Bulow, a British socialite accused of the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny von Bulow in 1980. The real-life story was later adapted into the novel, Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow case edit »

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