Monday September 29, 2008
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Fashion Week is here!!!
Blair is furious with her mother for giving Serena and her new socialite friend, Poppy Lifton, front row seats to the Eleanor Waldorf show. Hurt by both Serena and her mother, Blair decides to sabotage the show.
Meanwhile, Dan starts hanging out with Chuck, but he quickly learns that the dark side has its risks. Lily learns a secret that her new husband, Bart has been keeping from her.
Was I the only person who got that season 1 dejavu feeling??? hide show
This was an enjoyable episode, the Dan vs Chuck plot was carried out too fast though. Serena is a mayor bitc* and Dan is a little slow. I'm glad that Amanda is gone, Nate is a fa* Vanessa is so so so so so so so hot! I'm curious to how the next episode will deal with the whole Blair, Vanessa and the English Royalty bizz. 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101.
This was just brilliant! I love how we got to see a more sensitive side of Chuck, just unfortunate with the whole jumping to conclusions thing with Dan and his notes. I thought they were a very funny match and unlikely pair of mates. I would love to see more of them together and Chuck just taking the p*ss out of Dan really, but deep down they will start to like each other. I'm glad to see a more humane side of Serena again, just hoping she'll go back to nice, normal Serena again. Hurting Blair was a bit harsh, but I guess she's right to some extent, although she said it in a pretty mean way...
We had the oppurtunity to learn more about the characters and unlikely friendships formed, but most of the storyline's weren't very exciting. hide show
I'll start with what I liked. First off, Dan and Chuck bonding time. It is always great to see two characters that don't know or like each other much open up to each other. I also liked the conflict between Jenny, Blair, and Serena. It really showed how hard Blair tries because no one appreciates her. I loved how she started out agianst Jenny but ended up on her side. Serena has always been trying to aviod outshinning Blair and it made sense that she finally decided not to worry about it. The thing I didn't like about it was the whole focus on jobs. I just don't buy that Jenny is an amazing designer right after starting. People want to see people they can relate to, not the most talented, out of the ordinary people. The way Jenny treats her dad also really annoys me. I also just didn't find Dan's writing storyline very interesting. Another problem I had was that the seating chart arguement seemed like it should not have been that big of a deal, but they made it into the main premise of the show.
Greate Episode! Not only Serena, but especially Dan and Jenny are on fire! hide show
Even though the title of this episode is 'The Serena also rises', i think it should be called: 'The Humphreys also rise' cuz Dan and lil' J are greate in this episode. Jenny is the big star at NY's fashion week, at least behind the scenes. Althought Blair tries everything to make her fail, she turns everthing around and make herself look even better.
But the better she's getting in the fashion industry, the worst she's doing at school, she's been skipping school for over two weeks without telling anyone, it is understood that it comes down with a lot of truble when her father Rufus finds out...
The other Highlight, as i said before, is the other Humphrey, Dan. Trying to impress an old and well know writer, he's hanging out with Chuck Bass to find something interesting to write.
Hard to imagine that the two would go along well, but as it turns out, they get along quiet well, at least as long as Chuck doesn't know that Dan is just using him to get something to write...
can't wait for the next episode to come!
Kinda of a filler episode hide show
We see Serena’s rise as she gets out of Blair’s shadow, once and for all. She confronts Blair about all the past glory that Blair has gotten because of Serena’s loyalty. Blair on the other hand, was busy scheming her own plans to ruin Jenny and Serena at the same time (hehe, I love it). However, as the show closes, we see plans backfired against Blair. Not to worry, I’m sure Blair has a backup plan...and it’s not throwing a purse at Serena (hint, hint). We also see Dan and Chuck rekindling their friendship? Not for long anyway. There was no mention of Nate anywhere, or Vanessa, or Catherine...seems like they completely dropped that storyline or something. Oh well, it was an ok episode, but in the end, nothing really happened.
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