Gossip Girl: The Wild Brunch

Published: September 27, 2007 at 07:27 PM GMT
Last Updated: October 16, 2007 at 07:27 PM GMT

By Karen Woodward

Serena and Blaire argue; Jenny gets closer to the inner circle

It's the morning after Blaire's big party, and where is everyone? Well anyone who's anyone is preparing for Chuck's dad's fundraiser brunch...

That doesn't include Dan and Jenny who are dissecting the night before, and Dan's disastrous choice to wave to Serena instead of walk her to her door. You idiot! Maybe he should go over and see her. Meanwhile, Serena is chatting with her brother about Dan. "He's smart and funny!" - but she's more worried about Blaire. She'll go over and talk to her. Nate and Chuck wake up hung over, and cursing Dan Humphrey for entering their exclusive world.

Dan arrives at the Palace Hotel, but he just misses Serena who's on her way to Blaire's. He'll wait. But uh-oh, guess who else is there? Nate! He's looking for Serena too. Lily (Serena's mom) gushes over him - "I always thought Serena had a crush on you!" - and tells him to wait. Then she spots Dan and is not pleased. Dan is charmingly awkward, and at least he's trying to be polite, but Lily is positively cold. Why does she hate Dan so much? Is it just because he's from the wrong side of town?

It's not much warmer over at Blaire's. Serena stops by but Blaire says, "I must have blanked on the part where I invited you over." Meeooww! She tells Serena that Nate told her that they slept together. She calls her a whore, and says, "You're done here." Oooooooh. What's Serena going to do now? Those annoying Gossip Girl voice-overs (Kristen Bell, you were so much better at VO-ing Veronica Mars) suggest that perhaps revenge will play a role.

Later, Jenny shows up at Blaire's because she wants to know if Chuck said anything about her, and because let's face it, Jenny wants to be popular. She gushes while Blaire tries on dresses for the brunch and Blaire in turn finds out that the guy with Serena the night before is Jenny's brother. No dummy, she plays her cards right and offers Jenny one of her dresses. Jenny, there are strings attached! Don't do it! But Jenny is naïve and accepts it. Blaire advises her, "If you want to be part of this world, people will talk. You need to decide if this is worth it." Of course, we know it isn't, but if Jenny knew that, we wouldn't have a show.

Meanwhile Lily meets Rufus (Dan and Jenny's dad) for coffee to discuss the burgeoning relationship between Serena and Dan. Rufus is fine with that, but he really thinks this is an excuse for Lily to see him, because apparently these two have a past. They certainly have chemistry. He asks if she's seeing anyone, maybe a married man, since "that's what you like." Wait, what? With Rufus? When he was married? I love the adult storylines on this show just as much as the teens.

Serena and Dan meet up on the street. Blake Lively desperately needs a haircut. Dan apologizes for the wave, and they decide to get something to eat. These two have no chemistry whatsoever. Lily shows up, is less than pleased to see Serena with Dan again, and forces Serena to go to Chuck's brunch. Serena drags Dan with her. This is guaranteed to be interesting.

Chuck's brunch. Why is Blaire dressed like a virginal Alice in Wonderland? What's with the headband with bow? She's outraged that Serena is at the brunch. Nate and Serena share a look and arrange to go to Chuck's suite so they can talk. You know this isn't going to be good. Sure enough, Chuck gives Blaire his key so she and Nate can have sex there. Did he know Nate and Serena were meeting there? And here's an interesting turn of events: Nate's dad says to him, "Blaire seems happy. Looks like you're taking care of business like we discussed." Huh?

Confrontation in Chuck's suite! Serena and Blaire argue. Blaire calls her a whore. Meanwhile, Dan spots Lily talking with Bart (Chuck's dad). Maybe Rufus was on to something with the married man thing. The teens move back to the dining room where Blaire and Chuck make sure that Dan knows that his "perfect girl" Serena slept with Nate. Dan is definitely not impressed. Good for you Dan.

Serena follows him out. "I'm sorry I'm not who you thought I was but I'm trying to change." (Come on, yeah, it's bad that she slept with her best friend's boyfriend, but it's not like she killed anyone.) Nevertheless, Dan walks away. He turns back to look at her, but then turns around again just as she turns to look at him. Clearly it wasn't meant to be, and Gossip Girl blogs that Dan's 15 minutes are up. Of course, we know they can't be.

'Til next week!

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