‘Gossip Girl’ recap: ‘Pret-a-Poor-J’
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- October
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Oh, little J., little J., will it all be A-OK?
Quitting Eleanor, leaving school.
Snogging Nate? Are you a fool?
Whew. OK, that’s all out of my system now. And truth be told, if I had a choice between curfews and algebra and rubbing elbows with fashionistas and smooching major hotties at midnight, I might follow right in little J.’s shoe-booted footsteps.
But I probably wouldn’t let a teenage flake of a model—or anyone who wears rubber leggings, for that matter—be my business advisor.
Perhaps Jenny’s eyeshadow overdose affected her brain? Because she stupidly ends up following the advice of Agnes (played by Willa Holland, formerly Marissa’s little sis on “The O.C.”). The little pipsqueak was the one who convinced Jenny to launch her own fashion line, after Eleanor basically stole two of her dresses to show some otherwise disinterested department store buyers.
But Jenny, Jenny, Jenny. Your instincts were spot on.
You’re 15. You have no money. No investors. No contacts. No one knows who you are. A few online photos and a mention in Nylon magazine isn’t going to get you very far. Ask Isaac Mizrahi. He was the darling of the fashion world, and the dude still went bankrupt. That was before he hooked up with Target, of course. So hey, maybe things will all work out!
Anyway, you can’t blame a girl for trying. And you can’t blame a girl for taking advantage of the situation when your brother’s smokin’ hot friend comes to rescue you from a shady photographer’s clutches.
Nate, you little slut. First Blair, then Serena, then Blair, then Catherine and now Jenny? Let’s see how long this one lasts.
Anyway, Agnes wasn’t the only new character making things interesting: Serena and the others met Aaron Rose (John Patrick Amedori), an artist whose latest work at Rufus’s gallery is a big success. He’s also someone who has a knack for using cashmere sweaters as scarves.
He and Serena hit it off, but S. turns down his dinner offer because she doesn’t want to rock the flimsy boat of friendship she and Dan have established.
But once Dan gives his blessing, Serena goes to Aaron—only to see him scooting off on a Vespa with another girl. (By the way, I couldn’t tell, but was that girl Vanessa?)
Aw, too bad! Just when Serena realized that Aaron was her ex-husband! (Don’t ask, the story involves summer camp at Lake Geneva, a mock wedding and something about a sick caterpillar.)
That wasn’t all that was going on at the gallery, though. Oddly, Blair chose that low-rent location to try to declare her love for Chuck—on Dan’s advice.
It was cute to see Blair actually suffer Dan’s presence, once she realized he was actually giving her some decent insight into Chuck’s deviant mind. Although it didn’t stop her from declaring that Dan and Serena made her even more “nausous” as friends.
And the show made a smart choice by forcing Blair and Chuck into an actual conversation, rather than having them go yet another round of snarky double entendres. (Although I did love that bar scene between the two. I’m not sure whether Chuck was more annoyed by Blair’s obvious seduction techniques or the fact that she ruined his pants.)
Poor B. And poor C.! Who’d have thought you’d feel bad for this gruesome twosome? Because as crude and callous as Chuck is, he pretty much nailed their relationship: Could anyone actually envision this pair on a normal date, holding hands at the movies?
(That’s actually a good point: None of the GG kids actually do normal things, like seeing a movie. What, rich people can’t enjoy “The Dark Knight” like everyone else? They don’t even really go shopping that often: I guess when you’ve got that much money, the couture fairy just shows up to restock your closet.)
So it looks like this evil couple in love will have to remain apart for now—and take out their frustration on others, of course.
Any guesses as to who’ll be their next victims?
(Photos courtesy of the CW)
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