The Bottom Line: "Superb"
This was a great episode, it's been the best of the bunch for me so far this season. I've been really impressed with Gossip Girl this season... who'd have thunk it that GG would end up being such a great show with interesting characters? I know I didn't! I adore Blair with all my heart but I couldn't muster up much sympathy for her this episode she was acting very odd and a little hysterical -- I did feel bad for her at the end of the episode. She was literally running around the fraking crazy biotch, she needed someone (Eric!) to go 'whoah Blair, dude. STFU! Things could be worse. There are people dying in Africa, and Serena is a dumbo she'll fall off her throne soon enough.' Not that B would have listened.
I have to say for once I did kind of side with Serena on this; she should be able to be herself without having to walk on eggshells around Blair. However, her speech at the end of the episode declaring what will ultimately be her own death sentence was incredibly insensitive and mean. Then changed my mind and was like 'die b!tch!'
Jenny's plot 'was so saccharine I was getting toothache', I cringed during that scene where Eleanor toasted her, *eyeroll*, who by the way is the worst mother ever! She has a special place for her reserved in hell along with George Bush. Poor Blair. This is exactly why she needs Chuck, he loves her psychotic jealous biotchyness as well as her beautoful vulnerable heart. It was interesting that the show mirrored Chucks storyline with his father with Blair being rejected by her mother. I'll post this here which I posted in the forums regarding CB. I rarely to never "ship" (I hate that word) couples, the only other couple I squeed this much over were Logan and Veronica. I only loved them because they were so unexpected (I never like obvious pairings *yawn*), dark and had sizzling chemistry -- an interesting television couple is like love. It's supposed to hit you unexpectedly and take you breath away or in CB's case make your stomach flutter. With Chuck and Blair I was completely blown away with their inherent beauty, there's something incredibly arcane yet modern about Chuck and Blair's dance; part of the reason people love them is because their dynamic harkens back to the days of old when Chuck would have been the archetypal rich rogue and Blair the upper class maiden who attracts his attention some fateful night. They are reminiscent of the doomed Heathcliff and Catherine of Wuthering Heights; the selfish and flighty Catherine who fell in love with her step brother and Heathcliff the obsessive sociopath who loved her back even in death. Chuck is also Rhett Butler the womanising cad, and Blair the scheming and spoilt Scarlett o' Hara who cannot break away from her fantasy of Ashley until its too late to realise she actually loves Rhett. As Karl Jung hypothesised, archetypal ideas remain deeply embedded within the collective unconscious of the human race and certain archetypes affect us on an inherent level more than others -- it is my view that Chuck and Blair have become so popular because they possess prevalent archetypal qualities present throughout all literature throughout history. These classic literary models are so prevalent because they speak to us emotionally, hence their wide spread nature and the reason they are continued to be used and redone.
Speaking of my beloved Chuck his scene with Dan in the prison talking about his mum made me teary-eyed. The lighting in this episode was excellent; especially the dichotomy of light in the Chuck and Dan's scenes. For instance, when Chuck was tempting Dan a la the serpent, Eve and the apple, Chuck was sitting half in shadow illustrating 'the dark side' while Dan was sitting in a more lit position.
I suspect Chuck gave Dan an E? If so I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the inevitable 'I love you Chuck!' from Dan whilst off his face. I may actually like Dan more now although it could well be the Chuck effect... I'll probably go back to hating him again next week when he doesn't have scenes with him. Thus restoring the universe to its natural balance. And Charlie Trout? Clever fraking name you pompous idjit! Dan is a bad writer.
Word. I don't know if it's just my parents, but if I pulled half of Jennys crap over these two seasons I would have come home to changed locks long ago. She's so utterly disrespectful it makes me sick, I hope she falls flat on her face. I'm willing for her to hit rock bottom and then actually learn from her experince this time, then I can like her again once she's crying and apologising to her dad. Part of the reason I love Blair is for the precise reason Little J was expounding to her -- she works for everything she has and gets no credit, she works hard for her mothers attention. Little J needs to fail and actually work hard for some respect, not to climb social ladders not to be a designer but for her fathers respect. None of this rude lame teenagery behaviour anymore. It's grating on my nerves. Jenny get your s*** together.
Re Chuck and Blair (again, yes I'm obsessed). So his antics last episode were entirely for Blair's benefit, in that he wanted her back with a healthy does of reality. He did it all because he's completely obsessed with her, yet his feelings are deeper than that. I think he does love her but he's only beginning to discover what this will mean for himself and what changes to his character this (perhaps highly destructive) emotion will bring. Closing thoughts: What's next for Chuckles? Will he break away from his fathers hold or perhaps sink even lower into a depressed reverie? Will Blair kick Serenas well rounded arse? Will Jenny ever STFU?? Hopefully we'll found out in two weeks! xoxo.
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I was very impressed when I saw that! But I don't recall me giving my permission to be filmed and put on youtube...
