It truly is a typical teenie-show and it is as shallow as it can be, but it is positivly shallow. You still can't switch your brain off.
Out of the sky glamourgirl Serena van der Woodsen returns from boarding school. Not a minute passes and whole Manhattan knows she's back. Thanks to Gossip Girl(V.O. by Kristen Bell) for doing her job and informing everyone including Serena's BFF Blair Waldorf, the new queen of the private school, who has a hard time forgiving Serena that she left without saying a word about her sudden departure. Also Blair's boyfriend Nate Arhibald and the school's playboy Chuck Bass (played terrific by Ed Westwick) are surprised that she returned. Not everyone is happy that Serena returned, but Gossip Girl surely is, because a lot of new gossip is coming up.
And there is a whole Family who never had to do anything with the characters mentionned above - the Humphrey's. Consisting of father Rufus, daughter Jenny and son Dan, who later is going to become Serena's boyfriend for the whole season. It turns out that Dan's dad had a relationship with Serena's mother and that they are still in love with each other.
After a great start, the first season of gossip girl loses a lot of its good humor and its well-elaborated plot and gets very onesided. Dan and Serena, then nothing, then the other characters. Not as exciting as it could be!!! The idea, the show and the screenwriting have a lot more potential than the first season shows and the season finale is the most disappointing episode in the whole season. Still this show is worth watching it.
Still I will continue watching. What there is to see from season two up to now looks a lot better, a lot more dirty and provoking and a lot more original! This Show was not at its best YET...