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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. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Jessica Queller

Director:: Patrick Norris

Stars:: Kelly Rutherford (Lillian "Lily" van der Woodsen); Matthew Settle (Rufus Humphrey); Penn Badgley (Daniel "Dan" Humphrey); Ed Westwick (Charles "Chuck" Bass); Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf); Taylor Momsen (Jennifer "Jenny" Humphrey); Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen)

Recurring Role:: Robert John Burke (Bart Bass); Michelle Hurd (Laurel); Zuzanna Szadkowski (Dorota); Nicole Fiscella (Isabel Coates); Amanda Setton (Penelope); Margaret Colin (Eleanor Waldorf)

Guest Star:: Michael Kors (Himself); Yin Chang (Nelly Yuki); Christina Cuomo (Herself); Nastia Liukin (n/a); Tamara Feldman (Poppy Lifton); Tinsley Mortimer (Herself)

Goof- Right before Eleanor Walfdorf goes out onto the runway to "take her bow", she hands her ID tag to an assistant, but in the next shot as she makes her public appearance, you can clearly see that her ID tag is clipped to her waistline, which then goes missing in the subsequent shot. edit »
Goof: When Jenny is at the fashion show, she gets a call from her dad. On the phone closeup, the signal indicator show that no network is available and the title reads "pictures & videos". It's a video recording of a fake call.
Furthermore on the closeup there is only one hand holding the phone but in the previous and next shot Jenny is holding it with both hands. edit »

Music in this episode:
"NYC-Gone, Gone" by Conor Oberst
"Made Concrete" by The Republic Tigers
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga
"This Ship Was Built To Last" by The Duke Spirit
"Fille Atomique" by Nous Non Plus. Serena walks the runway
"Raise The Dead" by Phantom Planet
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Chace Crawford (Nate), Connor Paolo (Erik) and Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) do not appear in this episode. edit »
Chuck to Dan: "Are you gay?"

In the Gossip Girl book series the character of Dan Humphrey actually does go through a period of questioning his sexuality and briefly experiments with dating a man. edit »

Chuck: (to Serena) You're a born queen... this is your year to rule. edit »
Blair: What do you want?
Serena: I tried to reach you all night. Why haven't you returned any of my calls?
(Blair speaks sarcastically)
Blair: What is there to say? You've only taken over the girls at school and abandoned our oldest tradition to go to my mother's show with a complete stranger.
Serena: First of all, I didn't take over the girls at school-
Blair: Are you really gonna pretend like you don't notice what's been going on?
Serena: What? These girls are like hummingbirds, they move from flower to flower. They'll be on to someone else next week and then back to you. It's not a big deal
Blair: And I suppose it's not a big deal that you're sitting front row at my mother's show either.
Serena: She asked me to do it as a favor.
(Blair stars yelling at Serena)
Blair: Oh, and how could you possibly disappoint my mother?!? Though you have no qualms about screwing over your best friend.
Serena: Fine. I won't go.
Blair: Good.
Serena: And then Poppy won't go and her friends won't go and you can explain to your mother why she has an empty first row. Would that make you happy?
Blair: At least I won't have to watch the next episode of the Serena show.
Serena: You know, I was come here to invite you to hang out with us.
(Blair uses an angry and sarcastic voice)
Blair: Oh, how generous, Serena. I should feel so blessed that you would include me in your little group.
(Serena confronts Blair)
Serena: You know what, Blair? I am gonna go to that show and I'm gonna sit front row and I'm gonna enjoy every minute of it.
(Serena turns her back to Blair and leaves.) edit »
Dan:I need to get out of my comfort zone. I need to experience new things.
Chuck: Are you gay?
Dan: Now that would be out of my comfort zone, but no. edit »

Episode title: The Serena Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises is an Ernest Hemingway novel which was adapted into a film in 1957. It is also the title of an unrelated 2007 film by Chinese director Jiang Wen. edit »

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___ByakuyA___
member since: Oct 14, 2008
The Serena Also Rises
The Bottom Line: "They did this one already"
Was I the only person who got that season 1 dejavu feeling??? ...Continue »
10/13/08 09:08pm | report abuse
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Ploki_Ikolp
member since: Apr 20, 2006
The Serena Also Rises
The Bottom Line: "Character development"
chuck is my idol... ...Continue »
10/05/08 01:18pm | report abuse
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OTHfan323
member since: Mar 11, 2007
The Serena Also Rises
The Bottom Line: "Character development"
We had the oppurtunity to learn more about the characters and unlikely friendships formed, but most of the storyline's weren't very exciting. ...Continue »
10/04/08 09:01pm | report abuse
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kneubel
member since: May 21, 2006
The Serena Also Rises
The Bottom Line: "Character development"
Greate Episode! Not only Serena, but especially Dan and Jenny are on fire! ...Continue »
10/03/08 02:29am | report abuse
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Chippy7
member since: Jul 26, 2006
The Serena Also Rises
The Bottom Line: "Nothing happened"
Kinda of a filler episode ...Continue »
10/02/08 10:06am | report abuse