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Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 24

Valley Girls

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AIRED: May 11, 2009

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In a flashback to the 80s, we see a 17-year-old Lily who gets kicked out of boarding school and runs away to L.A., she there sees her parents, Rick and Cece, and her sister, Carol. Back in present day, Blair and Nate go to a prom together, but the night doesn't turn out as planned and Chuck has a something to do with it. Serena and Lily don't see eye-to-eye over Serena's recent run-in with the law. And we see No Doubt perform as an 80's band named "Snowed Out".moreless

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7.5

By Canogaparkcindy, Apr 22, 2011

I don't get why some people didn't like this episode. At least Gossip Girl opted for an ounce of originality tonight and didn't run with their usual contrived story lines. We managed to get a lot of back story. I loved how the flashbacks went back and forth and compared to the current situation.

I couldn't find the reasoning in Nate & Blair's breakup. Their separation was as abrupt as how they got together in the first place, so I really couldn't feel anything genuine for the two.

Going back to jail to prove a point? Not the brightest idea, Serena. Overall, satisfying installment of Gossip Girl even if it wasn't the most necessary one especially after last week's episode, I still found this enjoyable, and definitely will stand out from the rest.moreless
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Best episode in the season so far!

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By CheeseOnToast95, Nov 07, 2010

I have to say i loved the 80's flashbacks and Britany Snow did a great job and actually looks like Lilly except for the eye thing. Loved the outfits when Lillys trying on all the clothes ha ha :) I liked the prom when Dan says 'Who voted for her any way?' and Chuck says 'Me, about 150 times' Aww! And it was psycho Derek from One Tree Hill! (In the 80's flashback thing) And the best part i thought was when some girl says something like 'Take the trash back to the valley' And Lilly and Carol turn around at the same time and go 'What did you just say?' Ha ha :D Anywayy, great episode and can't wait for the finale :) Tis all Dudes (Y)moreless
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Waste of an episode!

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By blaircwaldorf, Jul 23, 2010

What a disappointment. Almost the whole episode is spent on flashbacks to Lily's life when she was Serena's age. Totally boring! And the actress who plays young Lily looks nothing like Kelly Rutherford. Her nose is huge, for a start.

I was expecting some new wickedness from Georgina, and lots of Blair and Chuck... all we got was Serena making up with Dan and a few lame prom scenes. This just felt like a total waste of an episode, especially so near the end of the series. I don't even care about Lily now (could she and Rufus please just get married and take a honeymoon for the whole of series 3?), let alone 20 years ago. Boo!moreless
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So did you like this Valley Girls prequel?

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By lexacliche, Jun 26, 2010

Valley Girls, known for a backdoor pilot, is non other than a prequel focusing on Lily van der Woodsen a.k.a (Lily Rhodes).

I am sure interested in what Lily's life was, it somewhat mirrors Serena's life now. How was Brittany Snow as Lily Rhodes? Did you think she looked like Lily. I know they are the same person, but think about it, has Lily van der Woodsen ever really grown up? There is still a hint of Lily Rhodes in there, mixed with a bit of her mother's (Cece) cliche moments.

Serena getting arrested was done very sloppy in 'The Wrath of Con'. I believed the show had met it's final moments and decided to just pull the final Wild Card.

Surprisingly, Valley Girls, picked up much better than I'd anticipated.

Still for some strange reason I thought I would be seeing Georgina in this installment, since they just dropped the Poppy and Gabriel theme like a hot potato! Even though they needed to use this entire episode to promote Valley Girls, it's not right leaving us hanging in the balance there. I am sure Poppy would not hang around until prom was finished.

Another main theme in the Valley Girls theme was Prom.

Prom signified the end of senior year and it seemed to have brought an end to many things as well;

Blair and Nate

Lily and Rufus

...and a begining for Serena and Dan

Lily and her Mom

Looks like Nelly, Hazel, Penelope and Isabel were up to no good ...again. It only took Chuck to clean up the mess they created for Blair.

There latest scheme; giving Blair false hope of becoming Prom Queen at the same time crowning Nelly. Those girls really need to grow up! Blair got the crown non-the-less, with Chuck's help, by helping Blair be happy on the day. Don't' you think it's funny that even though Chuck gave Blair everything she wanted, she still ended up splitting with Nate!

This episode had so many fond moments, that I had to capture it in dialogue!

Vanessa - "So was Lily blown away?"

Dan - "Well not really"

Jenny - "Yeah he never actually ah..."

Dan - "...proposed! Minor detail, made a proposal"

Jenny - "Kind of the key ingredient to the recipe"

Dan - "So he came, he went into his room and we haven't seen him since"

Jenny - "Ehemm Hey Dad!"

-> This was another scene with Vanessa. We hardly see Jessica Szohr anymore she has had pretty little scenes since the 'Chuck' incident. Now that Nate's free again do you think they'll be hooking them up again?

View http://lexabuti.blogspot.com/ for more...

Brittany Snow does look like Kelly Rutherford, except the difference in eye color. Brittany's eyes are blue and Kelly's are grayish-brownish. Although I read in an Article that your eye-color does change as you grow older...

Gossip Girl may not have the same spunk like Season one, and this episode might not make up for some past episodes they just passed us of with, but by the length of this review I'm sure you must already know that I liked this one. Definitely a different take on the overall series.

I just hope that they would conclude the Georgina mode quickly and I hope it would end better than her last encounter in Season one.

So, are you excited for The Goodbye Gossip Girl?

...and how much did you enjoy that performance from No Doubt!

Special Credit goes to:

No Doubt

Krysten Ritter as Carol Rhodes

Brittany Snow as Lily van der Woodsen

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Four and a half out of Five Stars

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If you think we're bad - you should have seen our parents!

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By MiraMars, Apr 18, 2010

So, this episode is sort of a spin-off to another series about Lily Bass when she was young, which means it contains loads of flashbacks to the 80s. I did not really mind all the flashbacks and learning more about how Lily's life was before, but it was not that interesting. I mean, the people I really care about in the show are all there in the present time parts. But it was okay, I guess, and I get that they need a spin-off. T'was fun to finally get to see Eric and Serena's dad too, and it is sort of interesting to see how he was such an arse! I really wonder how he and Lily winded up together. Anyway; to the more important part of the episode, present time! Even though Cece wanted to bail Serena out of jail, Serena decided to stay there until Lily would let her make her own decisions. At the same time, Blair is getting ready for one of her biggest nights; prom night! This is something she has planned since she was twelve years old. She even has a scrapbook about it! But, mysteriously, things don't seem to go exactly the way Nate and Blair planned. Her corsage disappears, her dress gets ruined, their limo gets cancelled and her hotel suite too. Nate suspects Chuck for sabotaging, but Chuck denies it. Dan bails Serena out of jail just in time for prom, and Lily is too late to come and get her. Blair receives a beautiful dress, just like the one in the scrapbook, and she wears this dress for prom. However, someone really is trying to sabotage her; the mean girls are planning to scheeme Blair out of becoming prom queen. Chuck overhears them plotting, and he makes sure that Blair gets prom queen. Turns out he was not sabotaging her dream prom; he was making it come true! Chuck is so adorable. However, even though prom was perfect, Blair realizes that she does not love Nate anymore, and they break up. It will be exciting to see what happens next!moreless
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Blake Lively	Serena van der Woodsen
Leighton Meester	Blair Waldorf
Chace Crawford	Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald
Kelly Rutherford	Lilian "Lilly" van der Woodsen
Kristen Bell	Gossip Girl (Voice)
Jessica Szohr	Vanessa Abrams

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Cynthia Watros	Younger Cece Rhodes	Guest Star
Matt Barr	Keith van der Woodsen	Guest Star
Shiloh Fernandez	Owen Campos	Guest Star
Connor Paolo	Eric van der Woodsen	Recurring Role
Nicole Fiscella	Isabel Coates	Recurring Role
Yin Chang	Nelly Yuki	Recurring Role

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- About Lily VDW in 1983 :the totally obvious difference of her having blue eyes (young Lily - Brittany Snow)and present Lily (Kelly Rutherford)having brown eyes.
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- Title comes from the 1983 movie "Valley Girl".
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- Dan: I think I need a dress for prom.
  Jenny: Okay. But you're going to have to wear your own shoes.
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- Serena: Oh, I can't believe Blair won!
  Dan: Yeah, who even voted for her?
  Chuck: Me. About 150 times. I wasn't putting the Nelly Yuki ballots in, I was taking them out.
  Serena: But what about what she said you did you her limo and hotel and her corsage!?
  Chuck: Her new dress looks better without it.
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- Lily: I should forgive Serena for defying me.
  Rufus: Or first maybe you need to forgive Cece.
  Lily: My mother doesn't need forgiveness, she needs electro-shock therapy.
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- Gossip Girl: Shoulder pads may come and go, but a Bff is forever, because even when you're not sure where you're headed, it helps to know you're not going there alone.
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- Gossip Girl: Who knew the mother Chucker could also play fairy-godmother? ...but if C just made B's dreams come true why does it feel like our queen is standing with the wrong King?
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- (Dorota hands Blair her morning coffee)
  Blair: What's this for?
  Dorota: Strength! You would need! I have good news and bad news! Which do you want?
  Blair: Good news first always.
  Dorota: There's replacement!
  Blair: What are you talking about?
  Dorota: Makes more sense if you pick bad news first. Your dress for prom the dry cleaners, they ruined it!
  (Blair reaches for the dress)
  Dorota: Dis' body bag, corpse not pretty!
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- Blair: Why are you still in jail!
  Serena: It's by choice!
  Blair: Oh God! You're not going to come out of there with a mullet and a girlfriend are you?
  Serena: My mother didn't think that I was old enough to make my own decisions, so I decided to stay in jail and I'm not leaving until she decides to let me live my own life!
  Blair: So it's a War of attrition!
  Serena: So to speak.
  Blair: Except she gets to wage the war from the comfort of her penthouse while you remain behind bars!
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- Blair: Serena's been in jail for over four hours, she's already served more time than Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan combined!
  Chuck: She's a socialite mistakenly accused of stealing a bracelet, I doubt they're working her over with the phone book.
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- Chuck: (to Serena) You didn't think you were the only one who knew about the scrapbook, did you?
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- Blair: Turns out fairytales end when they do for a reason. I really wanted to go to prom with my high school boyfriend, and now that I have -
  Serena: It feels like your high school boyfriend.
  (Blair nods)
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- Blair: (to Chuck) This is my moment. I own prom!
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- Gossip Girl: Life can still surprise us, and we can still surprise ourselves. XOXO, Gossip Girl
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Holky z valley (Girls from Valley)
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- Brittany Snow (young Lily) and Matt Barr (Keith) worked together in the season 3 episode "California Dreamin" of American Dreams. Brittany Snow and Penn Badgley co-starred in the movie John Tucker Must Die.
  
  Penn Badgley (Dan) and Krysten Ritter (Carol) also worked together in the episodes "Tell Me No Secrets" and "The Art Of Science And Manipulation" of The Bedford Diaries. Krysten Ritter (Carol) and Amanda Setton (Penelope) also worked together in the 2008 movie What Happens In Vegas. Krysten Ritter (Carol) and Cynthia Watros (young CeCe) also worked together in the 2007 TV movie The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud. Krysten Ritter (Carol) and Ryan Hansen (Shep) also worked together in several season 2 episodes of Veronica Mars.
  
  Andrew McCarthy (Rick) and Kelly Rutherford (Lily) worked together in several episodes of E-Ring. Yin Chang (Nelly), Andrew McCarthy (Rick) and Cynthia Watros (young CeCe) also worked together in the season 7 episode "Offense" of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
  
  Leighton Meester (Blair) and Ryan Hansen (Shep) also worked together in the season 1 episode "A Trip To The Dentist" of Veronica Mars.
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- This episode was used as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off, which would show a teenage version of Lily (Brittany Snow) and her life in Los Angeles during the '80s, with her sister Carol (Krysten Ritter) and their father Rick (Andrew McCarthy).
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- International Airdates:
  Latin America: May 27, 2009 on Warner Channel
  Greece: June 27, 2009 on Star
  Turkey: February 16, 2010 on CNBC-e
  Poland: March 14, 2010 on TVN7
  Czech Republic: May 1, 2010 on Prima COOL
  Slovakia: July 11, 2010 on Doma
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- Music in this episode:
  "Destination Unknown" by Missing Persons
  "I Want A New Drug" by Huey Lewis And The News
  "Mirror In The Bathroom" by English Beat
  "I Melt With You" by Modern English
  "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol and Generation X
  "Stand And Deliver" by No Doubt
  "Stand And Deliver (jazz version)"
  "52 Girls" by The B-52's
  "Blue Monday" by New Order
  "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats
  "Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode
  "I Hate The Rich" by The Dils
  "Prom Theme" by Fountains Of Wayne
  "Doot Doot" by Freur
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