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Chuck and Blair Steal the Show

prettyinpink1519 — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:44:26 EDT

I cannot wait for September. Apparently they're filming on loc. in the Hamptons this summer? I'm so there.

prettyinpink1519

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GicNyc — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:54:38 EDT

I love that Gossip Girl ended their first season with recycled helicopter footage from the opening of the Thomas Crown Affair, and was like, alright, that's a wrap.

GicNyc

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GothamPity — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:45:38 EDT

@TwinkleThunder: Exactly. That is exactly what REAL teens in NYC do (I sure as hell did back in the day), so a shift away from the "Dawson's-esque" moral mold for TV teens, who speak like they're thirty but won't dare pick up a martini, is very refreshing.

GothamPity

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Mafalda para Presidente — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:06:52 EDT

@TwinkleThunder: Correction: "not care", not "don't care."

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Mafalda para Presidente — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:06:15 EDT

@HeatherFinkDeux: That's what I like about this show (and also what makes this "teen" show not-so-teen). That their attitude seems to be "Let's be bad and naughty and don't care." I like that.

Mafalda para Presidente

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curlyjoe — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:53 EDT

A 10-hour helicopter flight form "NYC" to "Italy"? What, on nuclear fuel?

curlyjoe

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HeatherFinkDeux — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:21:51 EDT

I thought that Chuck being himself at the end and boning Hearst was the greatest moment in the show. It was smart and fun, and much ballsier than its unnecessarily sappy predecessors.

That's one of the best things about Gossip Girl- it's one of the first teen shows without an in your face need for morality. I don't think we are going to have any Spano-esque "I'm so excited"s from this cast. They are actually capable of being bad and not being the bad guy.

HeatherFinkDeux

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mydeadgayson — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:45:01 EDT

@HeatherNumber1: yes, yes, and YES. season two has turned out to be a bit of a downer though, no?

mydeadgayson

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SusanKeats — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:39:25 EDT

first, i will go ahead and agree with the others that "man-bangs" was a good line, one that almost redeemed Dan from being the most boring and self-righteous character (although Jenny's def in the running since being grounded).

I would like Chuck and Blair to continue fighting/doing it. As much as Chuck in love is kind of sweet, why would I want anything except the scarf jabs, door slamming, etc?

SusanKeats

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:01:01 EDT

@hotdogfingers: i screamed when i saw his face plastered against a bus while visiting my sister in buffalo. a crime against humanity. as if buffalo needs another reason to be america's most depressed city

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strega — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:53 EDT

@louise:

There was a throw-away line from Serena "she convinced her mother to send her to boarding school."

Has the show ever mentioned Serena's father? Who is he?

Maybe Bart will have that stroke when Lily has Rufus 2.0 or Serena will convince Dan to man-up and raise the child as their own.

Anyone else rooting for a Serena/Chuck down and dirty throw down?

strega

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mockingbird — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:45:10 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: Schwartzy does just churn through story, doesn't he? I get that they wanted to end at the same point they had planned pre-strike, but I don't see why that was the point they chose. They'd got a 2nd season order by the time they wrote it, so they could go out with some stories wrapped up and some left to debate over the summer. Instead they rush through some great storylines that could have gone on longer without boring any viewers, wrap everything up, and leave us with only "How much of a cad will Chuck be?" to discuss. And really, thinking about what Chuck can get up to is something I prefer to do alone, not at the office water cooler.

mockingbird

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mockingbird — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:36:07 EDT

@Hythloday: I was hoping, while I was screaming at Little J that she has the fat envelope so of course she got it.

"I'm the crazy bitch around here" is my new mantra. Screw Mad Pride and blogging about the crazy when you can embrace and enjoy it while intimidating the annoying. All while wearing a snappy spring coat.

mockingbird

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Mafalda para Presidente — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:30:20 EDT

@dijonesque: I know. I wanted to throw some sh1t at him when he was telling Serena how he couldn't forgive her so easily. DUDE! You were about to hook up with this other girl to get back at her! You have no leg to stand on.

Mafalda para Presidente

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chgo921 — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:21:07 EDT

While there were some great lines in this ep, for me the line of the night was when B asked Vanessa where Nate was. Looking down at Nate's plate, B says to V: "Guess he doesn't like fish . . . or his date." Given all the gay talk about Chase Crawford, I thought it was a great line.

chgo921

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dijonesque — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:20:37 EDT

dan is gutless and i will never love him again.
also, does anyone else feel like the end of the season basically = the beginning of the season?

dijonesque

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Hythloday — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:16:15 EDT

So no one else was chanting "Tim Gunn!" at the screen when Jenny got that big envelope?

Hythloday

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apostrophina — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:02:59 EDT

Did Georgina's parents remind anyone else of George and Laura Bush?

apostrophina

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denna — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:02:29 EDT

@Richard: I'm pretty sure that song is The Ice Is Getting Thinner by Death Cab for Cutie. I was surprised to hear it in the show since the album was just released last week.

denna

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HeatherNumber1 — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:01:04 EDT

Check out the UK show Skins and your 10-year-old sister will be the only one left watching Gossip Girl.

HeatherNumber1

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Mafalda para Presidente — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:51:11 EDT

I have been sucked into the awesomeness that is this show (do not argue with that statement, mmkay?).

Blair definitely had the best lines last night:

"Don't worry, I can be bitch enough for both of us."

"I'm the crazy bitch around here."

I have to confess I was a little disappointed at the end when Chuck chickened out of the relationship, though. I was kind of hoping...

Mafalda para Presidente

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:48:54 EDT

@encoreerocne: Also, a supposed "reunion" of Luscious Jackson "fell through," which is why Rufus' band was getting the opening gig.
Which is bullshit, 'cause everyone knows if Luscious Jackson ever got back together, they'd open for the Beastie Boys.

DorothyMantooth

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encoreerocne — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:43:21 EDT

@MsQuinn: YES! one can only hope.

encoreerocne

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Richard — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:39:13 EDT

@musicandorchids: Oh my God, it was both. Plagiarism!

Richard

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musicandorchids — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:35:42 EDT

@Richard: god i am a tool, but it was indeed bob's that was "i doubt it". sorry.

"The advertisements often feature catchphrases, including "I doubt it!"

(courtesy of wikipedia)

and oh how i love leighton meester's perfect little doll face.

musicandorchids

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Whatchuwant? — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:31:40 EDT

I haven't been this dissappointed since I found out I was pregnant with Nick Denton's baby.

Whatchuwant?

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MsQuinn — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:29:45 EDT

@encoreerocne: Rufus' band, "Lincoln Hawk" -- which I'm pretty sure was the name of Stallone's character in "Over the Top" -- goes on tour to open for The Breeders. For the love of god, please let him come back with a heroin habit and a pregnant Kim Deal.

MsQuinn

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Yulie-Oh — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:28:29 EDT

I have to admit, I did scream when Dan broke it off with Serena, though I quickly (5min?) got myself back together after I realized that a D + V pairing will be so much sweeter

Yulie-Oh

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ClockOnTheStove — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:12:04 EDT

CHUCK AND BLAIR 4EVA!!!!!!1! What is their nickname going to be? Bluck? Chair? Walbass? Bluck Walbass???????

ClockOnTheStove

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encoreerocne — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:05:27 EDT

so what was that reference in the beginning to the breeders and luscious jackson?

encoreerocne

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hotdogfingers — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:44:17 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective:

most. obnoxious. commercials. ever. not to mention the photo of him sprawled across every bus in the city. HUGE, BUFFALO, HUUUUUUUUUGE!!!

hotdogfingers

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Miss D — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:11:56 EDT

More House of Mirth fun:

Lily Bart (self-sabotaging beauty) = Lily/Serena
Lawrence Selden = Dan/Rufus
Laudanum = cocaine
Millinery = stupid headbands
Grand Central Terminal = Grand Central Terminal

Miss D

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megankills — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:53:46 EDT

I just want to nom his wardrobe.

I love hit, I hate him, I love him. It's a vicious cycle.

megankills

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Richard — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:52:12 EDT

Let me put the Bob's/Dean's controversy to rest. Dean's Home Furniture had the "I doubt it" line. Bob's commercials were sill too, though.

Richard

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Conbon — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:51:42 EDT

@louise: That whole timeline makes no sense, but I forget why.

Also, Georgina Bloomberg is an accomplished equestrian person. Just saying.

Conbon

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:50:50 EDT

if you want to talk about obnoxious local commercials, look not further than used car salesman bob fucillo of buffalo, ny. his "it's gonna be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE" was the bane of my existence for the four years i dared venture north of bronx county

bess marvin, girl detective

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Macloserboy — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:40:09 EDT

The line of the night, "So what happened with 'Man-Bangs'?" Totally worth all the rest.

Macloserboy

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musicandorchids — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:39:45 EDT

bob's is from ct, although he did branch out to ma...and no, he's very far from bankrupt. unfortunately for those of us who get creeped out by singing feet and/or furniture.

musicandorchids

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louise — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:39:12 EDT

Strega --ooh, I hadn't even thought that through; I'd figured Bart will die/go into a coma, leaving Lily with a Bart Jr.2 to raise with Rufus. Um, yours makes much more sense.

I'd hoped they'd bring Lily's horrible mother back for the wedding, but the storyline was already so crowded she wouldn't have been any use.

Have they ever actually explained where Serena had been in 2007?

louise

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MyMuffinTop — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:30:52 EDT

There were only two good scenes last night:

1. Blair putting Georgina in her place. Amazing

2. Chuck hitting on the decorator/Ms. Hearst. "I'm Chuck Bass."

Other than that the show was completely useless.

MyMuffinTop

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SeaBassTian — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:30:12 EDT

Who is this mysterious lady who serves cookies on private planes? The brats of the ruling class get all the breaks!

SeaBassTian

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:28:59 EDT

@Richard: not sure of the lyrics but it's the song used as we first see the wedding preparations.

another good song by MGMT is "kids"

bess marvin, girl detective

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Richard — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:23:46 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: Oh, never mind. I'm an idiot.

Richard

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pameltoe mccord van kempen — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:23:43 EDT

@scrappydont: I think this Dean fellow might have been before my time. All I know is that Bob co-opted it for his horrible commercials. Whenever I hear that phrase, my mind goes blank while I idly mouth the words and reach for a knife.

pameltoe mccord van kempen

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scrappydont — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:15:44 EDT

not Bob's, the original mad MA furniture man Dean, who I believe went bankrupt, no?

scrappydont

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caseyliz — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:14:14 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: Agreed!

Also, Bob's Discount Furniture reference FTW!!! Thank you Richard, you just made my day.

caseyliz

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Richard — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:13:35 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: Was that the "ice was thinning below you and me" or whatever song? If so, I really liked it.

Richard

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lemmeout — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:12:30 EDT

omg Dean's Furniture.

lemmeout

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DrDoGood — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:11:31 EDT

Oooh, I totally think Lily and Rufus made an arrangement. And if they didn't, well, they no longer have to pretend to not love each other to save their badly acting spawn from pseudo-incest shame. Fun fun fun!

DrDoGood

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pameltoe mccord van kempen — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:08:35 EDT

"I Doooubt it." Bob's discount! I could kill that man.

pameltoe mccord van kempen

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:06:53 EDT

love the use of "time to pretend" by MGMT at the scene of the wedding.

bess marvin, girl detective

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strega — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:06:25 EDT

I panicked when I thought Chuck would actually become a one-woman man, then he came to his senses.

I. Love. Blair.

I am so stealing the line "I can be a bitch enough for both of us."

Do I see an unplanned late-in-life preganancy? Rufus and Lily?

strega

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jenalicious — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:03:43 EDT

@Adminitraitor: the best part is that nobody outside of this little nyc gossip world actually knows who she is... socialites dont exist in the midwest. its only for our amusement.

jenalicious

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Ms. Pants — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:59:52 EDT

Chuck Bass, please report to my room immediately!

Ms. Pants

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imchuckbass — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:49:37 EDT

Charming review! I like how ol' Manbangs punched his pop twice in one season. What a loving son...

imchuckbass

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:49:14 EDT

@WackoJacko: i didn't mean that snootily, i'm sorry if it came across the way.

this show would make my brain explode if it was on HBO. and they could do so much better. look at the storylines they burned through. if i were the showrunner (a detective can dream!) i wouldn't even introduce georgi until the season finale. i'd end every show with serena getting a gift from the mysterious "g". i would focus a little mroe on the family (what the fuck happened to nate's mother?!) and i would lengthen jenny's rise to the top and then her eventual fall in season 2. but alas with the strike and because this is a josh schwartz show (which must be repeated), we get this. but kudos to him because "all about my brother" is one of the best stand alone episodes.

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AuntPeniston — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:47:06 EDT

@Severine: Absolutely! Lily & Bart, etc...

Of course, I see Wharton references everywhere.

AuntPeniston

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WackoJacko — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:45:46 EDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: On the contrary, I don't think the show "sucks" enough. I want more close-ups and money shots, metaphorically speaking; I don't care if it's on the CW. I wish it were on HBO with full frontal everything. I just don't understand why it's not more nihilistic, that's all; and the clothes by extension. Sue me.

WackoJacko

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Severine — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:44:02 EDT

Gossip Girl abounds with Edith Wharton references--it's really her world, and the GG writers are cleverly updating it. I cannot wait for season 2!

Severine

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zequ — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:40:50 EDT

Is it my imagination, or did Lily and Rufus make some kind of arrangement that allowed the wedding to continue but is gonna let them hook up? That's what it looked like to me.

zequ

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CorporateTool — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:36:48 EDT

I kind of love the Lily + Bart = Lily Bart (House of Mirth) symbolism.

Or am I reading way too much into that?

CorporateTool

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:32:08 EDT

@JudgeFudge: ha!

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bess marvin, girl detective — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:31:50 EDT

@WackoJacko: and i suppose the captain crunch inspired outfits of your namesake are any better?

watching the show right now, but i heard it was lame. looks like josh schwartz is getting to the suck early this time.

bess marvin, girl detective

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JudgeFudge — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:31:46 EDT

Maybe for their summer vacations together, Dan and Vanessa can take acting lessons at Brooklyn College.

JudgeFudge

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zequ — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:31:15 EDT

@GothamPity:

That bitch line may have been the best of the season, if only because the "I'm Chuck Bass" refrain is dangerously close to becoming overused prematurely.

zequ

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WackoJacko — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:30:56 EDT

@WackoJacko: PS. Take a page out of Models Inc., Josh Schwartz! Have Georgina drug Serena and sell her into sex trafficking in a far flung country!!!!! And then have Dan rescue her on a Vespa!!!

WackoJacko

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cockfightbarmitzvah — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:28:22 EDT

OMG!!! The season finale!! I'm so excited I won't have to hear people talk about this glorified mashup between Beverly Hills 90210 and an Urban Outfitters store anymore!!!

cockfightbarmitzvah

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WackoJacko — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:27:59 EDT

Okay, the season is over and I still don't understand why all the clothes on the show are SO ugly. And I mean SO. And the haircuts (oh my God "I am Chuck Bass"--off to the salon with you!!!). And the people are mostly not good actors so it makes a lot of scenes uncomfortable to watch. I feel like it would be more fun to watch some of the scenes if the characters were all these wealthy upper east siders with Cerebal Palsy--there would at least be more colors and shadings and emotions. I actually like Jenny because she's an old school soap staple: the have-not trying to have, so I look forward to her working for Eleanor and the stuff that's bound to erupt between her and Blair. And that's kind of compelling, right? So even though I think GG is too boring and moral (more sex! more drugs! more betrayal! more, more, more!!!!!), I will soldier on through another season.

WackoJacko

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GothamPity — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:27:28 EDT

@Adminitraitor: But really, rather than watching Crawford do what could be best described as "quasi-acting", give us more Blair/ Chuck deliciousness... Sex with scarves, Blair's complete out-bitching of Georgina ("Haven't you heard? I'm the crazy bitch around here.") Far more devilishly entertaining.

GothamPity

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Adminitraitor — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:21:06 EDT

@Koreanish: The pinch-faced blonde at the end of the show was the Hearst heiress? I guess money doesn't make the fug go away.

Adminitraitor

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belltolls — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:20:25 EDT

Dan and his father are not so much a counterpoint in this show as a counterwieght. Dull. Dishwater. They need to develop serious heroin addictions during the offseason or become mad bombers or something. Everyone else is fun and sparkly and goofy as hell. Thanks for providing some cultural subtext cover so I am not ashamed of catching this show.

belltolls

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Koreanish — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:15:01 EDT

I think Ms. Hearst thought she could just "be herself".

Koreanish

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Adminitraitor — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:12:25 EDT

@Sara Benincasa: It's weird, right? Crawford's easily the most recognizable/famous cast member (thanks largely to Perez Hilton), and yet he's so rarely in it he might as well be an extra, or at best the actor noted in the credits as "third guy on the right."

Adminitraitor

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Koreanish — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:10:33 EDT

"Feelings," he said. "I've...heard of those."

Koreanish

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Richard — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:10:28 EDT

@AuntPeniston: Thanks!

Richard

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iamrulalenska — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:09:21 EDT

I do want the jacket Nate was wearing at the end. Lydia Hearst- DO NOT WANT.

iamrulalenska

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AuntPeniston — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:08:52 EDT

Parsons, not Pratt. Just sayin'.

AuntPeniston

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Sara Benincasa — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:06:32 EDT

Ed Westwick, I salute ye. If the show were called "The Chuck Bass Hour" and starred Ed Westwick dressed all in black in a white room, I'd watch the hell out of it. Magic. And Meester fucking rocked it as per usual.

Did anyone else notice that they actually let Chace Crawford, like, ACT in this one? And he sort of pulled it off!

Sara Benincasa

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EleanorRigby — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:59:39 EDT

Dan calling Nate "Manbangs" complete with a hand swoop across his forehead was almost as good as Georgina selling her horse for coke (and supposedly being on the equestrian circuit) and Chuck keeping his scarf on during sex ("That was one time!"). Oh and the Lohan reference. Spot on, GG writers, spot on.

EleanorRigby

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frobisher — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:57:48 EDT

I know someone out there is plotting an LOLcat-ized version of "I'm Chuck Bass." I implore you: please, don't.

frobisher