‘Gossip Girl:’ Break-in boo-boo
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OK, Chuck was the one who broke into the school swimming pool.
Nope, sorry, it was Blair. Right, Nate?
Oops, Nate confessed to the new headmistress to protect Blair, but it was actually Serena who had the key to the school (one that was so large it must have dated back to the 1800s; they haven’t changed the locks since then?) As she later confesses to Dan, it was a remnant of her Slutzilla days: She “dated” the swim team captain when she was a freshman.
So it was a merry-go-round of who’s-going-to-take-the-blame last night on “Gossip Girl,” when the gang sneaks into the school swimming pool for a martini- and Ecstasy-filled night of fun.
Of course, it all goes wrong when random classmate Andrew Collins bangs his noggin on a pole and nearly drowns.
That leads to an investigation by the new cranky head honcho—and one of the most ridiculous, sloppy storylines that the show’s employed so far.
I can suspend my disbelief and pretend that to Upper East Siders, living in Williamsburg (like Dan does) means that you’re poor.
But give me a break: These kids broke into a school, a student is severely hurt and there’s photographic evidence of illegal drug and alcohol use on the premise—yet the punishment for most of them is a 10,000 word essay?!?
The only one who really gets into trouble is the one who literally opened the door to the school? You have GOT to be kidding me.
Plus, to have viewers think that this headmistress would actually be able to “interrogate” the students to find the culprit is completely absurd. Like these kids’ parents wouldn’t have attorneys at that school in a nanosecond.
But we’re supposed to think that most of these parents are so self-involved that they don’t care if their children get expelled.
Believe me, even if the self-involvement part is true (example: Lily and Rufus), the one thing these parents do care about is getting their kids into an Ivy League college. Didn’t the Ivy League episode of “GG” teach us that? I’m guessing a little thing like an expulsion would put the kibosh on a kid’s college acceptance, no matter how much money their family donated.
And don’t get me started on the whole dumb Vanessa, I’m-making-a-film-to-get-grant-money-to-pay-my-rent plot. First of all, don’t most grants stipulate that you have to use the money for the actual artistic project, not just because the foundation likes you and doesn’t want you to be homeless.
I mean, why is this girl even a character on the show? I know she’s important in the “GG” books, but so far, she’s been a waste of air time.
That’s all I’ve got for now, except to say that Blake Lively (Serena) and Leighton Meester (Blair) need to band together and have a chat with the show’s costume designers.
For the most part, I like Serena’s wardrobe, but putting her in that Betty Grable pin-up swimsuit did nothing for her thighs.
And they’ve been dressing Blair lately like a J. Crew model with a Betty Boop fetish. What the hell was that black-and-white dress and tights combination she had on at her coffee shop confrontation with Vanessa? She looked like she’d wandered out of a bad Halloween party where she went dressed as a non-sexy French maid.
From the previews, next week’s episode looks to be a doozy, with Blair being possibly pregnant and not knowing whether Chuck or Nate is the father. Girlfriend, you’d think all that money could buy you some birth control.
That’ll be the last installment of “GG” until the writers’ strike is over, though.
And from the looks of things last night, it might not be a bad thing for the writers to take a breather and figure out how to get “GG” back on the right diamond-encrusted path.
(Photos courtesy of the CW)ÂÂ
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