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Gossip Girl: Woman on the Verge

 

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8.1 Great
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Air Date

Monday May 12, 2008

Production Code

3T6766

Episode Summary

Serena slips back into her old habits because she is ashamed of her secret. She eventually reveals it and her friends Blair, Nate and Chuck have to put their differences aside, in order to help her. Unfortunately, Serena is too ashamed to share the truth with Dan, therefore he assumes the worse about his girlfriend.

Meanwhile, Rufus is excited when his band is invited to perform at a Rolling Stone-sponsored concert, but Lily is the last person on earth he expects to see at the performance, especially since her wedding rehearsal dinner is the same night

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    7.1 Good

    Serena's secret is revealed. hide show

    Although the acting on the show is sub-par, this was a fairly decent episode of Gossip Girl. Instead of behavior passed off as scandalous, but rather better described as lame and ingenuine, we had a powerful, emotional storyline. While Blake Lively is not the best actress in the world, she was able to get the viewer interested in her story and feeling for her. Leighton Meester was great in her role, coming down to Earth from her "Queen Bee" status to help her friend out. The whole apologizing to the family deal was not needed though, and anything involving Rufus is usually brutal crap. If Gossip Girl would just try more to be a classical teen drama than an exaggerated look at female behavior more people might watch the program.

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    9 Superb

    exactly why i watch the show. great episode :) hide show

    exactly why i watch the show. we learn serena's secret, and we learn that chuck and georgina, well, you know :)in sixth grade! love chuck! And we get some rufus/lily action! Her interview with that guy from rolling stone, that was a turning point for her. she realized how much she loves rufus. yay! And lets not forget about " sarah" a.k.a. georgina. dan and vanessa have no clue who she really is! and her little story about how her boyfriend is out to get her?! how could dan believe that? i mean i thought he was supposed to be smart? all in all, great episode :)

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    9.2 Superb

    The non-judging breakfast club saves the day! hide show

    It was great that Nate, Blair and Chuck set their differences aside to help their best friend. It was a good episode, and we finally find out Serena's secret. A lot of people would say that Serena is a wimp for not telling Dan about her secret. But I think otherwise. She didn't want to cause conflicts with Georgina especially when she's still convinced that she killed Pete. Lily and Rufus were amazing in this episode, especially when Rufus was looking at her while he was singing. CB shippers had their fair share of CB moments. Nate was quite stupid when he told Vanessa that they should look for Dan and Georgina "alone". Speaking of Georgina, she is a manipulative psycho b*tch and I love every bit of it. The way she could twist the truth and lie about why she was pretending to be Sarah. That was genius! Of course Dan fell for it. All in all, great episode.

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    4 Poor

    Can this show get any worse? hide show

    This show has just gone from spoiled rich kids to impossible and just plain annoying. One thing I must point out is Rufus's super fake voice. In the slim possibility that it is real, the mere fact that it sounds fake already destroys every single positive thing that could come out of it being real.

    Dan is switching boats? But why? Georgina is really getting on my nerves, it just goes to show how much free time these rich useless, poison to society type of people are. I just don't get how she benefits from what she does? And her face is so annoying, I just wanna shoot her.

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    8.9 Great

    georgina! shes fantastic.. i lov her evilness.. it's exactly why i watch this! first blair,now her..great! hope she'll be back next season.. hide show

    georgina! shes fantastic.. i lov her evilness.. it's exactly why i watch this! first blair,now her..great! hope she'll be back next season.. i'm busy but find time to watch my 3 fav shows including One three hill & grey's anatomy.. hope gossip girl wont get me bored.. Queen B & G rules.. i like S but she kind of bored me.. xoxo also can they show some mean girls like,nicole & paris, LALOhan,some supermodels... make it worth watching.. coz i watched ugly betty coz lindsay was ther! Blair & chuck look nice i love the way ed do his character..chuck bass! COOL! BLAir in SPOTlight plz.. lily & rufus kinda lame..

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  • Gossip Girl's post at the beginning of the show read like this:

    Trouble in Paradise?
    Is the honeymoon over for our famous lovebirds? They've recently been spotted arguing on several occasions. What's the deal? Did Serena finally woke up and realized she was dating Lonely Boy? Is Dan totally fed up with Serena's recent wild girl actions? We hope they'll bounce back from this rough patch because, surprisingly, Gossip Girl thinks they're a pretty cute couple (even though he's from, ugh, Brooklyn.) []
  • We learn in this episode that Chuck lost his virginity to Georgina in the 6th grade. Which is also mentioned in the Gossip Girl 'Because I'm Worth it' book. []
  • Rufus' band is called Lincoln Hawk. []
  • International Episode Titles:
    Czech Republic: U konci s dechem (At the End of Breath) []
  • This episode was nominated for the 2009 Prism Award in the "Drama Episode" category. []
  • Original International Air Dates:
    Latin America: May 28, 2008 on Warner Channel
    Philippines: June 24, 2008 on ETC
    Poland: July 29, 2008 on TVN7
    The Netherlands: August 12, 2008 on Net 5
    Sweden: October 26, 2008 on Kanal 5
    Norway: December 3, 2008 on TVNorge
    Slovakia: January 25, 2009 on Markiza
    Turkey: January 6, 2009 on CNBC-E
    Denmark: March 2, 2009 on Kanal 4
    Germany: August 8, 2009 on ProSieben
    Czech Republic: January 16, 2010 on Prima []
More Notes
  • Dan: Did you sleep with someone else?
    Serena: Yes.
    Dan: I'm done. []
  • Gossip Girl: If I were you, S., I'd be worried. In the city that never sleeps a lot can happen in one night. Sweet dreams, Serena. XOXO Gossip Girl. []
  • Serena: I'm not afraid of you anymore.
    Georgina: You should be. 'Cause all bets are off.
    Serena: Why? What are you gonna do?
    Georgina: It's not what I'm gonna do, Sweetie. It's who i'm gonna do it with.
    Serena: No. I know Dan. He's too good.
    Georgina: You sure about that? []
More Quotes
  • YouTube: Dan mentions that he can watch Rufus' concert on YouTube later.

    YouTube is a popular video website that allows people from around the world to view or upload videos about practically anything. []
  • Blair: We're the non judging Breakfast Club.

    The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Anthony Hall, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy. []
  • Rolling Stone magazine.

    Rolling Stone, is an American based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published bimonthly. []
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