July 21, 2025 • 63 mins
Welcome back, Upper Eastsiders! On this episode of The Non-Judging Breakfast Pod, Leif (your Gossip Girl veteran) and Steve (our lovable newbie) are back to dish out all the drama, chaos, and questionable party snacks from Gossip Girl Season 3, Episode 20.
Leif kicks things off with a scheming mood, while Steve tries to figure out his new identity now that we’re knee-deep in season three. From mommy issues and awkward brunches to Blair’s Columbia aspirations and Chuck’s ever-deepening emotional spiral, we’re pulling apart every juicy moment—hummus on a card table included.
Expect wild theories, plenty of sass, and our usual mix of pop culture chaos and heartfelt critique. Whether you're watching Gossip Girl for the first time or reliving it through a haze of nostalgia, we’ve got you covered with commentary that’s fresher than Dorota’s tea and hotter than Jenny’s eyeliner choices.
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Leif (00:01):
Oh, you scheming.
Like when she's walking away, she looks back, she's like, you
should'just you should've kept going. Should have ve said something
else. She should'like just told my daughter to fuck
herself cause I don't keep a fuck by
her.
Yeah, yeah, Would that'been hot.
(00:26):
Hey Upper Eastsiders and all you scandal loving listeners out
there, you just tuned into the non judging breakfast
pod where the coffee is strong, the
waffles are fresh, and the gossip is hotter than
ever. My name is Leif and I'm your season Gossip
Girl veteran.
And I'm Steve, the newbie, the greenhorn,
the what are we calling me now in season three,
Leaf?
(00:47):
I don't know, but 10 freshmen, a keg and hummus on
a car table is not a party. It's a tragedy.
Shame away. You know that's my kink.
Fair enough.
So here's the deal folks. Leaf has been washing Gossip
Girl since it first aired. And I'm diving in for the first
time. And together we're your dynamic
duo, bringing you all the drama, romance,
(01:08):
and sometimes questionable fashion choices of this,
iconic 2007 series.
Bring your magnifying glasses because each week we're
dissecting every juicy detail of the show one
episode at a time. We'll connect the dots, uncover
those sneaky little Easter eggs, and of course serve up some piping
hot behind the scenes tea. And of course
expect some iconic moments from Phantom 2,
(01:30):
because what's a deep drive for that little drama?
And since we are all about inclusivity here at the non
judging breakfast pod, there is always a seat for you at the
non judging breakfast table. So go ahead and grab
your mimosa, a cup of coffee or
maybe some of Chuck's special medicine and let's
go ahead and get this thing going. Although
(01:50):
this week you may not want Chuck special medicine.
So we got another comment on
Spotify from user
Malkfoy. I apize.
I'm saying that wrong, but it
says Jadedn's friend here really
enjoyed the episode and great work by Jaden on defending our
(02:11):
girl Jenny. She deserves a better show. And
fandom started following the pod and we will definitely
tune in for upcoming episodes.
Awesome. Thank you very much for listening.
Yes, definitely. Thank you.
Yeah, I feel like Jenny should just like
move on, start a band
and find her own thing.
No.
Ah. I don't know if you watched the first two episodes of Dexter
(02:33):
Resurrection yet.
I have not because I still haven't
watched the other Dexter
things. Now this new One Is this the one
with Sarah Michelle Geller or was, that the prequel?
That's the prequel.
Okay. So. Yeah, I still haven't seen that.
And that's gonna have a second season. That's hard to. To picked up for a second
season.
There's another Dexter reboot too. Right.
(02:56):
Well, so there was two sequel. this is the
second sequel series. So they add new blood, which is one
season which focus on the son of the
teenager.
Okay.
And at the end of that, the teenager shoots
and apparently kills Dexter.
Oh, shit.
Okay, spoilers, Spoiler
alert. yeah, but of course that's immediately
(03:19):
recognized at the first scene of the
prequel.
Yeah. Oh, of the prequel.
Okay, so. Okay.
Yeah. Cause the prequel'like basically
his flashback, but he's still alive, essentially.
Oh, I see it. Yeah.
So. But anyways, the new series
without any spoilers, I will just say the first
(03:41):
two episodes for at least for the first two episodes,
the Empire Hotel was a major location.
No kidding.
Yes.
That's awome. Does Chuckch still own it?
I don't think so.
That would be great.
I keep kept expecting to just like.
Walk up and'see just like watch him in the
background with like two prostitutes. Just go up
an elevator somewhere. Would have been.
(04:04):
But instead they had this guy who' like a knockoff
version of Michelle from Gilmore Girls.
I don'teah. I don't know Gilmore
Girls.
And so we are here to talk about season three,
episode 20, it's a dad, dad,
dad, dad World Original air date
was May 3, 2010 and the title is based
(04:24):
off of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad
World.
I've never seen it. there's also
the Mighty Mighty Boss. Stones had their album named
after it. It's a plaid, plaid, plaid, plaid world.
Nate was living that this epode.
Yes, he was. You know, I kinda
wonder. It was maybe
10 years earlier when that album
(04:47):
came out. no, a little more than that.
So maybe it was kind of a double tribute.
So you thought last week that might have been a Peter
Sellers movie? It's not.
No.
Nah. directed by Stanley Kramer.
Writers are William Rose and Tania Rose. And the
stars are Spencer Tracy,
(05:08):
Milton Barl and Ethel Merman.
If I remember correctly, though, I think it is
another. Is it another, like sort
of war comedy?
Doesn't sound like I have not seen this one,
but it sounds like it's an early version of the Amazing
Race.
Speaker C (05:26):
o.
Leif (05:27):
Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the
California desert. And after drivers death, dying
words indicate the location of a hidden stash of
loot, and they turned against each other in a mad
dash across the state to get to it.
Yes, there was
another movie remade. I think was a Cannonball
Run, I think was inspired by.
(05:49):
I haven't seen that either.
This movie. yeah. And I could be wrong that it might not be
Cannonball Run, but there is another movie
that was inspired by this, and I
believe that that movie was then remade,
because this movie. When did the Mad Mad World come
out?
I did not rateite down the air, but I'm gonna say probably the
60s.
Okay. Because then I feel like there was some kind of
(06:12):
thing in the late 70s, early 80s, and
then another one in the 90s that kind of had this
vibe as well.
well, that is that movie. But this episode was
written by Amanda Lasher. She has
been a staple in the writers room for most of the show's run.
Some of her highlights include Setyder Anything, the
(06:34):
Freshman, and they shoot Humphriesys, don't
they?
So it looks like we have some
survival in the writer's
room.
Well, she's an executive producer, I think.
Oh. So she has a little more leverage. And
she has good episodes that she's done too.
Yeah, those are all
(06:55):
pretty solid.
She had some not great ones in there that didn't list. Those were
her highlights.
Oay.
But, you know, they can't all be winners on this show,
Right. Episode was directed by
Jeremiah Checnik. This is his first
of three episodes of Gossip Girl.
His previous credits include TV and
(07:16):
movies. started his career with two music videos,
Van Halen's when it's Love and hall,
not'downtown Life. But then he went
on to direct Benny and June
and Christmas Vacation.
Oh.
So kind of a big name. Oh, I
thought.
Who did.
(07:37):
I think that Christmas Vacation was written by Nationalv
antin.
Well. Right. Well, National Lampoon is a
trooe, Right? Ye. Yeah. But I thought. For some
reason, I thought the director was Christopher Columbus, the guy that
did Home Alone, But I could just be courting
IMDb.
It was this guy. Yeah.
That's awesome. Those are two solid
(07:58):
movie credits.
I really like Betty J. Yeah.
And it's gotta be tough to be the guy directing the Van
Halen video following up right now.
That was like, that huge
sensation break, one breakthrough video and
all that stuff.
Yeah. Why don't you go ahead and read us that
vulture recap?
All right. Ordinarily, the
(08:20):
characters on Gossip Girl thrive on deception,
plotting secrets, and withheld tidbits of
information are what keep their Hair full, their skin
luminous and their tits buoyant. What did you think it
was?
The waffles.
But on last night's episode, it was as if everyone
had been plumped up with the truth
serum. Instead, people were coming clean about
(08:41):
their darkest secrets all over the place.
Blair admitted to Nate that she had been lying about
going to Columbia. Chuck admitted to Lily that
he was frightened of losing her. Vanessa
told Dan, you were right. Serena
nervously confessed to her father that she was
acting actually a party girl instead of a
(09:02):
straight edge student, as if he couldn't tell that
from the fact that she was wearing a sequined Ace
bandage. And after
several months, Jenny decided that
she couldn't even wait another hour to tell
Rufus about her drug dealing past,
even if it meant crashing at Doctor'without Borders
gala to do it. Once there, however, she
(09:24):
was stopped short by a girl with a confession of her
own. That was an oxy you sold me. It was
antibiotics, she hissed. I didn't get high.
I got a yeast infection. For the
record, we love that actress for delivering that
line and hopes she gets a Monastak commercial out
of this. Thankfully, by the end of the
(09:44):
episode, things had reverted to normal
and new webs of deceit were being
woven and draped across the Upper east
side. that actress
instead of a Monastak commercial got a
seriesuse she is the Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel of the series. The
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. have you watched that at all?
(10:07):
No.
Fantastic series. Absolutely
love.
That's what I hear. We begin
Act 1 with a gossip Girl monologue.
It's said that we're all strapped to Fortun's
wheel. Nowhere is this truer than the ever changing
landscape of love. As one couple enjoys an
(10:28):
upswing, another is plunged downwards.
But top or bottom, don't get too comfortable,
because one thing you can rely on is that the wheel
will keep on turning.
We open with a juxtaposition between
scenes. Nate and Serena are all lovey
dovey in the Empire suite, and Dan and Vanessa are being
(10:49):
cold and affectionless in the loft. Serena has
apparently spent the past week only visiting for late night fuck
sessions and then returning to the penthouse to support her
mother and see her dad. Chuck is
still hooking up with multiple random women per night.
Go ahead and judge him. Shame turns him on.
You have these two parallel relationships that you're
(11:11):
watching in the beginning, and then
you definitely see the affection on one
side, the cold in
affffection on the other side.
Yeah, it's leading to something.
Dan and Vanessa are once again Making stupid
rules for their relationship. This time, it's
(11:32):
what they can and can't talk about. Just rip the band aid
off already and break up.
Yeah, they're doing the rules thing
again. You already did
almost this same thing in your
second episode of this stupid,
boring relationship.
Just rip the band aid off.
Yes.
(11:54):
At the penthouse, Eric gets a text from Elliot, but,
admits to Jenny they have been too busy to even go on a first
date yet. Serena comes up the elevator and gives Ruth
a heartfelt greeting before. Big timing, little
Jay. Lily comes down and asks everyone
to just act normally. The last person arrive
is William, because Serena invited him,
much to Rufus s chagrin.
(12:17):
Yeah, Serena, you're
being an asshole already. The
other thing, Lill's expression when she
talks about Chuck is
heartbreaking. That the way
she says, oh, if he was here, it wouldn'it
would show me that something wasn't all right.
Which is such a Lily thing to say. But you can just see
(12:39):
and face that
she misses Charles.
Yeah. Might be the only person she actually
loves.
Yep.
U.
William makes a big show of giving Lily a checkup.
He then invites everyone to a gala where he is being
honored. Serena is enthusiastic, Eric
(13:02):
is sarcastic, and Lily accepts on behalf of her
and Rufus.
Yeah, why are they
honoring this guy? Doesn't he have an older brother who's more
successful?
Well, he was a record guy.
Yeah, I know, but I'm also making a Baldwin rif.
I'm also trying to make a Baldwin referece.
Well, this is specifically Columbia alumni.
(13:24):
Right? Right.
Yes. Eric and Serena have a
brief exchange where Serena says Eric has to give Dr.
Daddy a chance. Eric rightfully points out that
William left when he was 2, is a complete
stranger, and. No, the fuck he doesn't.
Absolutely, Eric. Absolutely. I
was so on board with Eric.
Yeah, it was sad at the end.
(13:46):
Yes, yes. I was disappointed.
He got manipulated.
Yes. And, like,
Rufus opened the door for it. we'll
get there.
As, ah, everyone sits down for breakfast.
Serena pushes Rufus aside to make room for Dr.
Daddy. Yeah, Saena's just so
bad this episode.
She's terrible. I really
(14:09):
can't stand her in this episode.
And again, it's the golden
retriever. It's the thing that's in front of her. And now,
like, here's this dad that is trying
so, like, he's in front of me, and I'm gonna be, like,
listening to him. But, like, this
other dude has been your fucking dad
when no one in this whole
(14:31):
world would step up to that job
when no one Wanted to. None of your other
stepfathers have ever taken the
interest that Rufus has taken in you
as a daughter.
O absolutely. Yeah. Sheeah. did Rufus
dirty Rufus is also.
A fucking idiot in this episode. But I
(14:51):
feel for him on that. On
that angle.
Blair calls Nate to ask him to reserve her a good
spot for his lacrosse game. She is once again
spiraling about how she doesn't fit in at
nyu.
Yeah, it's cute that she was gonna go
seeate's sports game. Yeah. Right.
Like and obviously with the second
(15:13):
with the ulterior motive of trying to meet
Columbia boys. But it was also. I'm
gonna go see my friend's game. And that was sweet.
Blair bumps into the Columbia girls from a few
episodes ago. They describe having a perfect
off campus setup for the next term. Belaira
Wise about transferring to Columbia.
(15:34):
Yes. I loved the return of the Columbia
girls of the headbands.
I really had fun with this story.
and Blair kind of
reestablishing herself and Blair
kind of getting kicked around a lot
and not letting it
(15:55):
really phase her too much. in a
lot of it that it's more of just like this
bullshit. You right. So I really liked
that. I also loved. Isn't that the food that
paralegals eat when she asks about
falafel?
Yeah,
yeah. they might have to install a dumb later if I was gonna be over a
(16:17):
falafel house.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
But yeah, the first episode, these two were
credited as girl number one and girl number two. Now they have actual names.
They are. The blonde is Jessica
and the Burnett is
Zoe.
All right, so they are named now.
Yes.
I feel like they had a friend that should be with them.
(16:40):
I'm bummed that that very charismatic,
quiet third friend is not.
Yeah. In this episode she should have got the part two.
Yeah. She should have been invited along. But they always do thing in
things in threes as she was saying. I thought about
that about how they said they always do things in
threes. So once you have the two of them
in Blair.
(17:00):
Yeah.
Now you have your three and the one without
lines got cut. And
bumm not to see you there, Danielle.
Yeah. Serena is lying to her
father about her time in boarding school. Trying to make it sound
like all she cared about was academics. Jenny
is not sitting still for that though. And reveals that damn
told her he caught Serena at a bed and breakfast with
(17:23):
a teacher. In retaliation, Serena
announces that she's moving back in and taking her old room
back from Jenny. Rufus is startled to learn that William
is also moving into the building.
This Jenny Serena thing
I found interesting because episode
20, which we're on season two,
episode 20 was Jenny's
(17:45):
birthday party and Serena throwing
the party for Jenny, and then Jenny getting mad and
blowing that party up. So once again, we have
Serena and Jenny at it
at the end of the season like this. M.
And on the one
hand, Serena, you
were nearly. You rode naked on a
(18:07):
horse across a field to get your dad's
attention. He knows who you are.
so why are you lying about your high school
stories? Why are you even opening the
door for Jenny here? And why would you even say, like,
oh, I was in a contest like that? Oh, we were drinking hot
chocolate. Grow up.
But thiss me back to the whole Serena
(18:30):
was adultized way too young. she was
drinking absintt at like 14.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Gossip Girl takes us to the actbreak with
Better watch out, Humphreys. They say love makes
a family, but on the Upper east side, everyone knows
it's real estate. We
(18:52):
move into Act 2. Dan calls
Rufus to apologize for running late. However,
Rufus informs him that Vanessa has applied to an internship that
will take her to Haiti for three months.
Danrettably has to cancel on Rufus.
I kind of love this. And
Vanesse, you fucking idiot. Not saying to
(19:12):
Rufus, by the way, I'm not telling Dan about this. But
then d. Rufus would be like, then don't put
me down. So
Rufus has no
reason not to tell Dan here.
Well, if you remember, Vanessa says she was about to tell him
that morning, but then Dadi came up with silly
rules.
(19:33):
Yes.
So she had planned to tell him about it.
She had planned to tell him about it, but once again,
she planned to tell him about it after she heard back
instead of before she applied to the thing
that she told her that his
dad knew about before him. That's
what's shitty. Like, hey, I'm gonna apply to
(19:54):
this thing. This is what it's going to
mean if I get it. Like,
not, oh, I applied to this thing and I might get it.
They're interviewing me. So once again, Vanessa,
you're an asshole.
And don't get your hopes up that she's leaving the show for an extended per period.
Cause it's gonna be summ a break. And,
I know. No, I said to Robin at the end
(20:15):
of all this, I was like, why'd they have to do this at
the end of the season? Why couldn't they have done this
mid season so we would actually be rid
of Vanessa for three months.
Yeah.
But no. Had I already recognized
that?
William, tries to make nice with Eric, who still isn't having
(20:36):
it. He tries to shock William by announcing
his sexuality and his suicide attempt. And
while I don't trust William at all, he at least says the right
things. He would like to get to know Eric on Eric's
terms.
He does say the right things. But also
Eric, everything he says is
just spot on. Like, do you want toa bring a girl tonight? I'm
(20:57):
gay, so no, I don't.
And then when he's like, well, I. I want to make
up for this. That window closed somewhere
between my 12th 12th
birthday and my suicide attempt.
And it's like that suicide
attempt was two and a
half years ago, almost three years
(21:19):
ago. And you never came to
this kid after that. So, like,
what fucking right do you
have?
Yeah. Didn't even know about it.
Yeah.
That's how out of touch he is with it.
Yeah. Yeah. So I
really, I really felt for Eric.
Yeah.
(21:40):
Serena is tossing all of Jenny's things out of her
closet. Rufus enters an attempt to play peacemaker.
But both girls storm off.
Yes. and again that parallel to a season
ago at the end of it, when
Serena gets blamed and and basically
says, ask your daughter and storms off. And now
you have her saying once again to
(22:02):
Rufus, how many problems does she have
to cause before you realize she's the problem?
And as much of an asshole as Serena
is, she's right at this
point. Which of course also explains
some of her being mad at Rufus.
Because honestly, if Serena's moving in, like, hey, this is my
(22:23):
room. And Ruf is like, we can make up Chuck's room for
you. Fuck you. I'm gonna
have my room. And you can put your daughter in Chuck's
room. And fuck Willie for agreeing in the next
scene too. I don't know. One of the women Chuck tried
to assault in the first episode is gonna need to move into his
room.
Well, I think with Serena, it makes more sense with Seren. Cause it's obviously
(22:44):
gonna be a temporary thing with her.
Yeah. But I don't think she knows that.
And Trust was only living there for a while. Like a couple months.
Yeah, yeah.
It's not like he lived there for years or anything. Yeah.
And he wasn't like bringing tons of people
home at that time.
Yeah, it's more. It makes much
more sense for Sena to go to that room.
(23:04):
Yeah.
I mean, assuming it's gonna be temporary, which it, you know, should
be. Cause she's you know, and going to
you not going to college, but still.
Yeah, it is like I wantna be home while my mom is.
She's like fucking homeless,
isn't she?
and she lives at Blairs.
Right. But that's not really her home either.
Like, and she's like crashing with
(23:27):
Nate. Ah, Nate's at the Empire, right?
Yeah.
So she's crashing with Nate at the.
Empire, who's technically just crashing with Chuck.
Who's just crashing with Chuck.
Does Nate have his own place
or he's just crashing with Chop? Right.
Well, he rented that room at end the apart at the
end of season two. I don't know if he kept it cause like the
(23:50):
whole all impetus was right for him and Blair to move
in together.
Yeah'be right in between two places
now. It's like a commute.
But oh wait, I'm just gonna move into a Chuck
instead.
At the NYU cafe, Dan confronts
Vanessa about the internship in Haiti.
Vanessa admits that she got the job and it's a
(24:11):
huge opportunity. She says she wishes they were still
just friends so they can talk about this stuff.
Dan asked her point blank if she wants to go back to
that. When Vanessa hesitates before saying,
I don't know, Dan continues the parade of storm
offs from the previous scene.
I would have stormed off absolutely if I
would'sat down
(24:33):
after storming in after getting that
information and then having that reaction.
No, yeah, I'd storm off.
That was obnoxious.
Just break out.
Just break up.
Rufus and Lily are talking about the ever
expanding household and Lily apologizes for the awkwardness
(24:54):
with William. Rufus asks if it's possible
that William still has feelings for her and she says no
way. They end with a nice m smooch.
However, Rufus'face is covered in
doubt. As the scene ends, he calls
Holland for a favor.
You're an idiot, Rufus.
The best thing you could have done for your marriage,
(25:16):
honestly is let that guy move in underneath so
that you would always, always be around.
Like the best thing you could have
done is not call Holland
in that moment.
I don't know. I think that was definitely the right move.
I would, I, I.
The only problem is that he's just not good enough to pull it off.
(25:38):
Well, that's the thing, is that he's notnna pull it
off and or he is
and you know,
because it's successful. But then is it
successful? We don't really know how that's all going toa play
out because of the end. It's just
Rufus more than
anything going To Holland. You're an
(26:00):
idiot. You sat on that board. So, like, you
know other people on that board, you don't have to
go to the person that you may or may not have banged.
Blair is still walking with her new Columbia friends,
Jessica and Zoe. When Blair declines to get
involved in the Jenny and Serena's feud, Jessica
and Zoe shame her into jumping into the game.
(26:21):
And when she does, they even provide some ammo for the
takedown.
Blair Waldorf got third person.
That was. That was something.
Yeah. that might come back to bite them in
the ass.
Yes, it might. I really loved the old
school. The season
one and two Blair of this
(26:42):
episode. It really took me back.
I did like her comment in the scene though. I've had some
recent bad luck getting involved in real estate disputes.
Yes.
Oof. Oos.
And Gossip Girl takes us to the next break with
(27:03):
we hear Blair Walderss headed for a comeback.
But if she wants to keep her fans happy, she better
keeps serving up the hits.
Hm.
We move it to act three. Jenny
comes after Serena in the kitchen accusing her
directly. And then through Blair of spelling the tea.
The two argue about whose lies to their
(27:23):
respective fathers are more harmful. Jenny wins
this round when she points out that while she may be lying about some of
her actions, Rufus knows who she is. But William
is only going to know a fake version of Serena.
But Jenny also like going there
and throwing shit at
Serena and being like,
how dare you let Blair do this.
(27:45):
Jenny, you're the one that's sold drugs. Somebody had
dirt on you and somebody let it out and I had nothing to do with
it. So maybe don't sell drug.
Vanessa comes to the loft to apologize.
Dan says he is firee with Vanessa going to Haiti,
but thata decides to say however she
is going to tell the woman from FCNN in person over
(28:06):
drinks tonight.
She's so dumb. How dumb would
you be to turn this thing down?
Yeah, you're gonna be away from your boyfriend for three
months. How could you turn down an
internship with a
major company that's sending you away to do
this thing based on some stupid play you
(28:27):
wrote and based on your garden
documentary and they wanna like give you an internship and you're.
Like, well, this is probably based on her story about ah,
trip.
Oh, right. yeah.
I'm guessing it's probably that same woman.
Yes. Yeah, that makes sense.
But also the scene ends with like a close up
on Dan's face. It just has a look of like, damn, I almost got
(28:49):
rid of her.
Speaker C (28:52):
It was just close.
Leif (28:54):
Blair is now walking by herself and is
contemplating replying to Amalia about NYU
housing when Nate shows up. He calls her out for
never showing up at his game. Nate calls Blair al for
reverting to her old ways, but she's pretending to be a
Columbia student outing Jenny on Gossip Girl.
And then Jessica overhears the conversation and pulls out her
sidekick as the scene ends.
(29:16):
So this was
2010, and it would have
aired, what, like, April, right? April.
May 2010.
It was May 3rd.
May 3rd. So, my first thought was, like, there was
snow on the ground. 2010 was the year that
there was a huge blizzard that.
(29:37):
I know I was out of school for, like, a week
when it happened, and I think that was, like, a
March, maybe even April Blissz.
Yeah. So I probably would have filed the late February,
early March.
Yeah. And so that. I'm
assuming that's, like, remnants of that
blizzard that took place. Oh, also, I
(29:57):
love Nate being a therapist again.
It also. It does seem like this is a day later.
Yes, but it was. There was, like, no snow, and it
was, like, nice out the day before, and now today, it's
like it had snowed a
lot. Like, it was the day after a.
You. and I growing up, and. Well, I grew up in snow, and you
grew up somewhat here, and then no snow at
(30:20):
all, but you've been around snow enough to know
that that was not fresh snow.
Yeah.
But, yeah, I really love Nate being the
therapist again, and I really hope that he's studying
psychology at Columbia.
Following Nate's prompting, Blair goes to the Empire
to convince Chuck to see Lily. Chuck just
mocks Blair. We see her get a gossspel girl
(30:43):
blast and then leave. As she is getting on the
elevator, she calls Amalia and she says she is ready
to sign the lease on their NYU apartment.
I love how unfazed Blair
is in this whole scene when she walks in and
it's like, no, we're broken up. You do this. I know
who you are, but stays
on point. And even Chuck trying to rattle her and
(31:05):
Chuck with the, If you. Maybe if you went to an Ivy, you'd have a
better take my. On my
psychology and
her being rattled on the way out, but
just also just being like, nope, this is my life
now. Nope, I'm an NYU student. That's
who I am, and I'm gonna go own it. I really like
impressed with Blair there.
(31:26):
I agree. so I also, The whole.
This whole concept of the NYU apartment I find
funny because some in some corner of the
Rudy's room. They acknowledge that it does take
time to get around the city, but everyone else is
fast traveling all the time,
so why can't you just leave at Al.
Yeah, exactly.
(31:47):
And then Gossip Girl has this to say.
Spotted. Be claiming to be a co ed at
Columbia when everyone knows she's a zero at
NYU or B. First she lost
Chuck and now her dignity. You make your
bed, you lie in it. Be too bad yours is
in the East Village.
(32:09):
Yeah, it's allgh B.
We go into Act 4. Serena calls
Rufus out for blocking Dr. Daddy from moving into the
building. Rufus admits to it, which Lily
overhears. Lily still thinks William is only
moving in to get close to the kids and that Rufus is just being
jealous. Serena strongly suggests that Rufus
(32:30):
no longer come to the gala. Rufus, he
tried to fly too close to the sun, skeming
against the big boys.
And that was kind of, I guess, maybe my whole
he shouldn't have done that. Is because of the fallout.
And it's because Lily doesn't take shit like
that. You know, going behind her back after she says,
no, it's fine. Let him move in. And then going behind her back
(32:52):
to do that. That's gonna piss off Lilyy.
Well, I mean, it is that. It isn't. Cause they can
also turn her on.
She.
She liked Embark and stuff like that.
Yeah, she did. Yeah, she did. Yeah. Maybe
she's like, up your game, Rus.
Yeahus. She isn't really that mad at him when she sees
him later, is she? It's Serena that's like, don't come to this
(33:12):
thing. Yeah, yeah. Lily right now is like, mmm, m.
Oh, you scheming.
Like when she's walk away, she looks back, she like, you should have
just. You should have kept going. Should have said something else.
Should'like just told my daughter to fuck herself.
Cause I don't give a fuck by her.
Yeah. Yeah. Would that have been hot?
(33:34):
I do. Like, this is about Serena.
Serena will go toe to toe
with any adult on the show.
Yeah.
She will speak her mind whether she's right,
whether she's wrong, whether she's making an
ass out of herself. And knows it or
not. She will go toe
to toe with any adult on this show and
(33:57):
will not back down. And does
it in a very adult way. A lot of the
time. The way she addressed Rufus, she
talked to him like he was an adult.
Yeah.
And you know, it's the product of her basically raising
herself and raising her little brother and
being around other adults who
saw her as the caretaker
(34:19):
so there is that side of Serena that I
do respect.
Oh, yeah. I mean, when Whenta opens the throttle, she
is a force to be reckoned with.
Absolutely.
Blair enters the gala only to be immediately called
out by Jessica and Zoe for pretending to be a Columbia
student. I guess Blair now knows where the Gossip
Girl blast came from.
(34:41):
I love that Blair is in this
place of acceptance. She has this sort
of Zen over her. I feel like she's
hurt and she's beaten, but she's
not. She's not flailing and she's not
drowning. She's just accepting. And I really like
that about her.
Serena, Lily and Dr. Daddy arrive at the
(35:02):
gala. William quickly peels off to talk to some
colleagues. Lily sees a dumbruck Chuck ding
across the room and also excuses herself from
Serena.
That arrival, that whole
scene. I'm gonna let you do the
next part cause I feel like these things tie
together.
Chuck apologizes to Lily for not showing up
(35:24):
until now, but promises to be there for every step of the
way. Chuck comments on how great she looks and
Lily admits that she feels great. They share a
warm embrace.
This whole scene where
it starts with Chuck walking in,
scanning the room, seeing Lily
in a way that would often be sought.
(35:46):
Almost romantic, right? Which we
know that it's not a romantic thing. It just shows
how eager Chuck is
to show Lily that he's there for
her.
And then they make eye contact.
Lily breaks away. And then we go to the non judging
breakfast club.
(36:06):
Blair, Serena and Nate group up. Serena kisses
Nate and thanks him for getting Chuck to show up.
First Nate and then Blair denied being the ones to
convince Chuck and Nate.
Had nothing to do with it. And Blair, Blair's
response is like he ever listens to me.
And Serena knows that Chuck wouldn't
be here that if there wasn't something else. So
(36:28):
yes, Blair, it was absolutely because of what you
did. But I just loved how they
all came, how they all
were there for that moment. M.
And how they let Chuck be
the hero of that moment too. And
then the apology happens. And
that conversation where Chuck
(36:51):
has a mom again and it
was just so sweet. And
I mean I got emotional watching.
Yeah, yeah. The second part was great. The first
part where he sees her across the room. He just looks zockked out when
he was staring across the room.
But then.
Yet I do like to see where they actually talk and they apologize and they have
the warm breez.
Yes. And you know, he puts
(37:14):
his lips on her shoulder
and it's such a
motherly sort of
Way like this mother son.
Almost like, you know, that caretaker.
Yeah, I just thought that was great.
Dan finds Jenny hiding out at the loft. And
(37:34):
while he would love her company, he askeds if the Gossip
Girl blast was true. Jetty admits that she
was dealing, but not anymore. Dan
suggests she should have a little faith in Rufus and
admit the truth. Jenny agrees and goes to find a
dress for the gala.
Hey, Dan. you're being a good big brother here. You are.
What reason does Jenny
(37:56):
have to have faith?
Well, from the D's point of view.
Right. No, no, no, seriously. If you just come
clean like, he's pretty cool.
He's a cool guy.
He's really cool. If you want toa be a writer and you're a
dude.
Or if you're Serena.
Or if you're Serena.
He listens to her.
(38:17):
But this scene made realize there has been
a serious lack of Dan and Jenny this season.
Yes, you're absolutely right.
There hasn't been that big brother.
Those interactions, the little sister big brother
stuff. In fact, even when it
kind of come up, Nate has played the
(38:37):
role more than Dan. But that was
for other reasons.
Serena finds Dr. Daddy annmits the true
story from boarding school and the fact that she has been involved in
many scandals. Dr. Daddy just
rolls with the punches and continue to say all the right
things. Serena is afraid that after Lily is
better, you will just leave again. When Dr.
(38:58):
Daddy promises they will be a happy family again,
Serena throws rivers under the bus with a smile on her
face.
That's what killed me. That. Yeah, you're
mad at Rufus right now. Rufus
has been your dad since he married
Lily, since he got together with Lily. Except
for the times when he's like, you should stay away from Van Derwood and
(39:19):
Whitman. But for the most part,
he has been a much better father to you than any
father you've ever had.
Well, yeah. Telling us stay the away to f banersood
woman is preempting him know, stay away from his
stepsister.
Yeah, I mean, that's still good advice. Yeah.
(39:40):
So this is what gosp squirrel has to say as we go to the break.
Aw. Ah.
Serena finally has the perfect relationship with
her daddy. But will her dream come true?
Be Rubus worst nightmare.
We go into Act 5. Blair
randomly bumps into someone from Columbia's admissions office at
(40:01):
the bar. He remembers her application specifically
and congratulates her for getting into Columbia. But
wait, didn't Blair say she missed the transfer
deadline?
That's what I heard. Although
I did call a few
episodes ago. That we were gonna get Blair transferring to
Columbia.
After the admissions guy leaves, Nate comes up to
(40:24):
Blair and reveals Chuck had joked about applying to
Columbia on Blair's behalf because she was too
prideful to ad make NYU was a mistake. It's
nice to see Blair happy.
Yeah. She's so
giddy. And you never
see that. So. Yeah,
I loved seeing Blair be little
(40:45):
girl giddy. Yeah.
Eric finds Rufus making a lonely sandwich
wearing his tuxedo. Eric convinces him that he
should be with Lily tonight, not William. At that moment,
the elevator dings and Elliot steps into the
benous. Apparently, William invited Elliot because he
knew Eric didn't have plans. Rufus
continues to be an awesome stepdad and tells Eric that
(41:07):
it's okay to be mad at his father, but it's also okay
to let him try to make amends.
Yeah, Again, like, Rufus has no
reason to do this other than just being
a good dad. Yeah, he's
being.
He cares about these kids.
Yeah. He cares about these kids so much that he's
like, look, you have every right to be mad at
(41:27):
him. He said to Serena last week, don't let my shit
be your shit and be open to
him. And he's doing the same thing with Eric.
Now.
Holland attempts to intercept Rufus, who has just arrived at
the gala. However, Rufus just dodges her and
goes right to Lily. Rufus apologizes and
says he just wants to be with her and doesn't care who
(41:49):
lives where. William sees them smooching from across
the room.
Holland came in hot, too. She got,
like, face, like, front to front with Rufus,
like, yo, what's up? It's
lady. His wife is right over there.
Yeah, yeah. Chuck
and Jenny run into each other and both comment on how
(42:11):
good and healthy Willie looks. Their
conversation is interrupted as William has called up on the stage
to accept his award. William throws out his
prepared speech and instead uses the podium to say that
walking away from his family was the biggest mistake of his
life. He then promises he will do everything in his
power to make it right and says those three words,
eight letters. Lil is shocked, Rufus
(42:34):
is staring daggers, and Serena is on cloud
nine.
The Jenny and Chuck pairing
here was a little
foretelling, I feel, but
also, I loved that that Chuck
was instantly sus of Dr.
Daddy. That was this, right? Ye. Yeah. Where he
walks up and they're like, she looks really
(42:57):
good. Like, really healthy.
What do you think? It's for telling of a couple of
things.
Well, I mean, so it looks like there's
a match up here because later on,
they reconnect about
this. And so
I feel like putting them into this situation could
very easily lead to a Jenny Chuck
(43:18):
hookup too. If they're investigating something
together. Those kind of things often those lines and
Gossip Girl often get blurred.
Well, this is what Gossip Girl has to say about the situation.
My o. I. Did Dr. Vanderoodson just
make a public pass at Rufus wife?
Looks like this Dr. Without Borders needs a few
(43:41):
boundaries.
Dr. Daddy was totally telegraphing his
moves.
Yeah. We move into the
epilogue. Rufus is drinking a whiskey
at the bar and Lily comes up and admits that he was right
about William but that it doesn't matter because she loves
Rufus. But Rufus once again askeds for another
doctor. Lilyy asked Rufus to sleep at the lotft for
(44:03):
the night. Fucking
Lily.
Fucking Lily. Matt, act
mad.
Well, that was the previous scene where he stares into the camebra as the scene
ends.
Well, I was thinking of when he's standing at the bar when they
bring it back from break and he's at the bar and he's like
the grunting waiting for Lily to come up.
(44:25):
And again I said this last week.
The greatest doctors in the world are
in New York. Why would you not get
a second opinion?
Not a new doctor. Just have another
doctor run the same tests, that's
all.
That would make too much sense.
Yep, not enough drama for the
(44:46):
adults.
Some rando calls Jenny out for selling her what was
supposed to be oxy but ended up being antibiotics
that gave her a yeast infection. Of course,
an already pissed off Rufus over years and takes out
all his frustrations on Jenny.
Ms. Maisel puts Jenny on blast
(45:07):
and then Jenny is Dad, it's
not you. Like it's not what you think.
And he's just not having it. Oh,
Jenny. The again.
Season 2 episode 20
also ended with Jenny in big trouble with Rufus.
Dan shows up the dorm and convinces Vanessa to take
(45:28):
the internship. He also has a very romantic gift
of fancy stationery for handwritten letters.
Dan tells her to include a little bit of the dirty stuff.
My note on this actually says why during the
hiatus
we're finally getting rid of Vanessa and it's
during the break.
(45:50):
Damn.
Damn it you writers.
Holland finds Serena in the courtatom and says she has
some info about Rufus that Lily should know.
Holland, why are you going to
Serena about whatever the fuck this
is, you asshole.
Yeah, involving the kid. Not a cool mo.
Yeah, you're going to the kid. You're
(46:12):
grimy. She's grimy. She's always been
grimy.
Yep. Serena runs off
to Dr. Daddy. And tells him to fight for mommy.
Yep, the golden retriever just got some information
and woof woof.
Jenny is on her bed not googling for
cancer. As she scrolls through the results, something
(46:33):
seems to catch her eye.
No, she's.
We're not Googling, Bill.
Send her over some money, then we'll say your stup search engine
name.
Give us another check.
Yeah.
So Blair tracks down Jessica and Zoe and
informs him that she is in fact transferring to Columbia next
(46:55):
termm and that they got some bad information. But
if they cross her again, they'll get to see
Blair Waldorf takedown firsthand.
Yeah, Blair coming right at her new minions
and just kind of without saying
it. Well, I guess she does say it. I don't live with the
help. Just, boom.
(47:15):
You are now minions, my minion.
Yes. Chuck receives a thank you text from
Blair before taking a call from Jenny, who voices her
suspicion about William's prescription for Lily.
I like that text. I like the place
that. That it leaves Blair
and Chuck. I like this
(47:35):
episode where it leaves the two of them at
a place of we, we can still be
friends, we can coexist, and we're
not romantically involved, but we're gonna
be in each other's lives and we were important
to each other. Oh, and then the call from
Jenny where Jenny's been through
(47:55):
Lilyy's medicine cabinet. Yeah.
So stuff that's being is labeled as
oxycontin from William as actually antt
antibiotics.
So. Which if you
feed someone antibiotics for a long
time, it wreaks havoc on the body.
Yeah, and can look like other diseases.
(48:16):
and we already kind of knewl was up with the prescriptions from last week.
Yes. Yes.
Eric is telling Lily all about Elliot. When Serena
and Dr. Daddy show up. Eric says it's okay for him
to stay, and then even Billy agrees.
Serena answers a call from Rufus and declines to give the
phone to Lily.
Lily is an asshole here, but it's the
(48:37):
lilliest thing to do. To be like, yeah, come on in.
What Lily should have done is said, don't you have a new place
downstairs?
Well, he doesn't.
Well, yeah, that's true, but why don't you guys go out
somewhere? But it's the Lily thing to do.
Ma at Rufus and Vitamin and
Serena. Fuck you. Fuck you,
Serena.
(48:58):
Eric thanks Dr. Daddy for setting up his date with
Elliot. Serena returns and lies about who
called.
The four look like a happy family laughing on
the couch.
Fuck you, Serena.
Yeah. The Gossip Girl ends the
episode with.
(49:18):
Listen carefully. Yes, Ah, Holland has a tale to
tell. Apparently, her upstairs neighbor has
been coming downstairs. They
say that the family are the people who will always take
you in, but if instead they shut the
door or even worse, let someone
else take your placees. What do you say,
Serena? Who's your daddy?
(49:40):
Xo. Xo Gossip
girl.
That is our episode. What's
coming next?
All right, well, let's start with. Let's start
small. Vanessa's gonna be gone. Dan
is gonna be.
I'm. I've been waiting for this Dan
(50:03):
Blair thing to happen, and I'm concerned that
it's going to be also on the hiatus
and that we're not going to get very much of it. I'm worried it's going to happen
at the end and come back from hiatus, and it's going toa
be over. That feels very on
brand. But anyway, I'm hoping that this
is the avenue there.
I believe Jenny and Chuck
(50:26):
are going to uncover Dr.
Daddy's devious deeds,
and that's gonna blow up
the Rufus thing. I think Serena will
eventually realize that Rufus has been
a better dad to her than anybody else.
And eventually, I feel like by the end
(50:46):
of the season anyway,
William will show who he is. That is
very much in line with the last two seasons
that we have this villain show up at the
end who kind of reveals who they
are. So by the end,
it's true. By the season finale, we're trying
to work past the scandal.
(51:09):
So I'm hoping that Jenny and Chuck
bring all of that out.
So I asked this last week, and you didn't really have a
good guess. Any m. New
information on, who Dr. Daddy was talking to
on the phone at the end of the last episode?
My one guess is that it could
(51:29):
be. Damn. Is that
his name there?
Is Damian on the show?
Speaker C (51:35):
Was that the.
Leif (51:36):
Wait. Who's the drug dealing.
Who's Jenny's drug dealing?
Damien.
Damien. Yeah. So I think damn. Is a
possibility. Or more likely his dad.
Who else would be in
pharmaceuticals? Cause the other obvious one is
Chuck, but Chuck wouldn't. I really don't
think Chuck would be doing that to Lilyy. I don't think. Well,
(51:57):
I don't know who knew. Chuck is. Yeah. Other than
those two, I can't really think of who else.
Who does William have connections with?
Who does William have connections with? Cece.
William has. So let's see.
Cece. None of the other
parents that I could think of that are
alive, like Bart, but
(52:19):
Bart's dead.
Captain. The captain was
into some drugs he's in jail, though. He is in
jail. Unless he's out.
Unless. I don't know.
I feel like that would've been a story.
I feel like it would'been. Who else
is a pharmacist?
Pharmaceuticals.
(52:40):
Or a doctor.
Or a doctor. Who else is a
doctor? I feel like I'm missing
something huge here. Vanessa's mom
isn't a doctor.
Not that we're aware of.
Not that we're aware of another
doctor. Okay. I'll
have to think on it.
We'll have to find out next week.
(53:01):
Yeah.
So let's get into some segments
this week in fandom. Ah, we jumped in the wayback
machine to travel to the fan forums from
2010. Hello
there, Peabody here. And this is the
wayback machine. We for re traveling through time. And this is
my boy, Sherman. Speak, Sherman.
(53:21):
Hello.
Good boy. Not much to say
this week. most people kind of felt like it was another filler
episode setting up the end of the season.
They liked the Chuck and Blair stuff.
They really like the Chuck and Lily stuff. And
at this point, they're not even really hating on Jenny. They just find
her boring.
That's fair. yeah.
(53:45):
Not much going on this week, but that's kind of the overall
sentiment.
Yeah, it does have that
middle of the road sort of feel to it.
That kind of filler
feel that we're setting up stuff
and we're not really tying anything
new together. But
(54:06):
I enjoyed it.
Well, moving into episode grades,
Middle of the road is dead on. Because I gave it a
C. Yeah, I gave it.
I'm giving it a C
again. Middle of the road. It wasn't
(54:26):
bad. It had good stuff
to it. But.
Yeah, I mean, I liked the Chuck and Millie scene,
and a couple of larair scenes were okay, but
that's about it.
I like that Vanessa'going away, but
we're.
Gonna miss it, though.
I know. I don't like that.
(54:47):
All right, moving into stockwatch. Going up.
I had Blairuse
she's into Columbia, and she
kind of got some new menus. It looks like
I had William going up. Cause he seems to be
winning everyone over. Eric going
up. Caus he had a nice little date with Elliot. And
(55:08):
he had some righteous indignation at the beginning of the
episode. I had Dan going up cause
he was a, great boyfriend on this episode. You
he's very understanding and told her
to take the internshipuse. It's a great opportunity.
We'll make it.
We'll figure it out. Yeah, I had Vanessa going up
because she got a Great opportunity, even
(55:29):
though she almost blew it. I also had Chuck going
up cause he finally showed up for Lily.
Yeah, I had a much the
same. I had Dr. Daddy going
up. I had Chuck growing
up. I had Blair going
up for getting into Columbia. I had Nate going
up for being a good therapist friend.
(55:51):
I had Eric and Elliot going up for having a nice
date. And for Elliot always being able to show up for Eric when Eric
needs him. I wasn't
originallynna do this, but I'm gonna give Dan and Vanessa
both up, for the exact same reasons that you
said. And Dan should go
up because he's gonna get rid of Vanessa for three
(56:11):
months. I don't get rid of her for three
months, but Dan does. And I'm happy for
him.
Yeah, I had Nate neutral just cause he
spilled the tea once again. Y and
he didn't really do much.
Yeah.
but going down, I had Rufususe
he lost. Yeah,
(56:33):
Serena cause she's an asshole. Lily cause
she's also an asshole. Jenny cause she
got bullied by Serena and
Hollandus. She's awful.
Yeah. yes. So, yeah,
Rufus for me as well. Serena as
well. Lily as well for
(56:53):
being played. Little Jay for
getting outed. And now she's going toa be
in big trouble with Rufus. I also
had the Columbia girls, Zoe and
Jessica going down because they
tried to get one up on Blair and now they're minions.
But here's the best outfits from the last
(57:14):
episode we'seen.
Moving over to best outfits.
For me, it was Jenny's mint strapless
gown with the half train by Marchesa.
Oh yeah, that was nice. I personally liked
the sequins a bandage that
Seren was wearing. I actually really like that dress that she
(57:37):
was wearing. So I'm giving it to
Serena and.
That is it for segments. Do you have anything
you wantna plug this week?
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now.
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3 Episode 21 Ex
Husbands and Wives the
episode Description when things get
tense between Rufus and Will, Serena chooses to
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stand behind her father while Rufus is made to feel like
an outsider in his own family. Oh
Serena, well, until next
time. You know you love us.
Speaker C (01:00:00):
XOXO Every time you walk
away, run away you take a piece of me with
you there Every time
you walk away run away you take a piece of
me with you there
Every time you walk away and run away you take a
piece of me with you there
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oh it seems I'm walking right.
Leif (01:00:23):
To your door.
Speaker C (01:00:26):
My heart's still resting looking for
something more
Are you ever gonna see everything you mean to
me I'm trying really hard to believe
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away I runaw away you take a piece
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of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
Never feels right when im'm out here on my
own
I left last night and it feels like
way too long
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Are you ever gonna see everything you mean to
me I'm trying really hard to believe
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
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piece of m me with you there
Come back to me
smile and you'll make my
life complete
Every time you walk away, run away you take a piece
of me with you there?
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Every time you walk away around away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away? You take a
piece of me with you there?
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there?
Every time you walk away run away you take a
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piece of me with you there?
Every time you walk away run away you take a
piece of me with you there?
Every time you walk away a run away you take a piece
of m me with you there
Every time you walk away run away you take a
piece of me with you there.
Oh, you scheming.
Like when she's walking away, she looks back, she's like, you
should'just you should've kept going. Should have ve said something
else. She should'like just told my daughter to fuck
herself cause I don't keep a fuck by
her.
Yeah, yeah, Would that'been hot.
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Hey Upper Eastsiders and all you scandal loving listeners out
there, you just tuned into the non judging breakfast
pod where the coffee is strong, the
waffles are fresh, and the gossip is hotter than
ever. My name is Leif and I'm your season Gossip
Girl veteran.
And I'm Steve, the newbie, the greenhorn,
the what are we calling me now in season three,
Leaf?
(00:47):
I don't know, but 10 freshmen, a keg and hummus on
a car table is not a party. It's a tragedy.
Shame away. You know that's my kink.
Fair enough.
So here's the deal folks. Leaf has been washing Gossip
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duo, bringing you all the drama, romance,
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and sometimes questionable fashion choices of this,
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Bring your magnifying glasses because each week we're
dissecting every juicy detail of the show one
episode at a time. We'll connect the dots, uncover
those sneaky little Easter eggs, and of course serve up some piping
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expect some iconic moments from Phantom 2,
(01:30):
because what's a deep drive for that little drama?
And since we are all about inclusivity here at the non
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non judging breakfast table. So go ahead and grab
your mimosa, a cup of coffee or
maybe some of Chuck's special medicine and let's
go ahead and get this thing going. Although
(01:50):
this week you may not want Chuck special medicine.
So we got another comment on
Spotify from user
Malkfoy. I apize.
I'm saying that wrong, but it
says Jadedn's friend here really
enjoyed the episode and great work by Jaden on defending our
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girl Jenny. She deserves a better show. And
fandom started following the pod and we will definitely
tune in for upcoming episodes.
Awesome. Thank you very much for listening.
Yes, definitely. Thank you.
Yeah, I feel like Jenny should just like
move on, start a band
and find her own thing.
No.
Ah. I don't know if you watched the first two episodes of Dexter
(02:33):
Resurrection yet.
I have not because I still haven't
watched the other Dexter
things. Now this new One Is this the one
with Sarah Michelle Geller or was, that the prequel?
That's the prequel.
Okay. So. Yeah, I still haven't seen that.
And that's gonna have a second season. That's hard to. To picked up for a second
season.
There's another Dexter reboot too. Right.
(02:56):
Well, so there was two sequel. this is the
second sequel series. So they add new blood, which is one
season which focus on the son of the
teenager.
Okay.
And at the end of that, the teenager shoots
and apparently kills Dexter.
Oh, shit.
Okay, spoilers, Spoiler
alert. yeah, but of course that's immediately
(03:19):
recognized at the first scene of the
prequel.
Yeah. Oh, of the prequel.
Okay, so. Okay.
Yeah. Cause the prequel'like basically
his flashback, but he's still alive, essentially.
Oh, I see it. Yeah.
So. But anyways, the new series
without any spoilers, I will just say the first
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two episodes for at least for the first two episodes,
the Empire Hotel was a major location.
No kidding.
Yes.
That's awome. Does Chuckch still own it?
I don't think so.
That would be great.
I keep kept expecting to just like.
Walk up and'see just like watch him in the
background with like two prostitutes. Just go up
an elevator somewhere. Would have been.
(04:04):
But instead they had this guy who' like a knockoff
version of Michelle from Gilmore Girls.
I don'teah. I don't know Gilmore
Girls.
And so we are here to talk about season three,
episode 20, it's a dad, dad,
dad, dad World Original air date
was May 3, 2010 and the title is based
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off of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad
World.
I've never seen it. there's also
the Mighty Mighty Boss. Stones had their album named
after it. It's a plaid, plaid, plaid, plaid world.
Nate was living that this epode.
Yes, he was. You know, I kinda
wonder. It was maybe
10 years earlier when that album
(04:47):
came out. no, a little more than that.
So maybe it was kind of a double tribute.
So you thought last week that might have been a Peter
Sellers movie? It's not.
No.
Nah. directed by Stanley Kramer.
Writers are William Rose and Tania Rose. And the
stars are Spencer Tracy,
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Milton Barl and Ethel Merman.
If I remember correctly, though, I think it is
another. Is it another, like sort
of war comedy?
Doesn't sound like I have not seen this one,
but it sounds like it's an early version of the Amazing
Race.
Speaker C (05:26):
o.
Leif (05:27):
Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the
California desert. And after drivers death, dying
words indicate the location of a hidden stash of
loot, and they turned against each other in a mad
dash across the state to get to it.
Yes, there was
another movie remade. I think was a Cannonball
Run, I think was inspired by.
(05:49):
I haven't seen that either.
This movie. yeah. And I could be wrong that it might not be
Cannonball Run, but there is another movie
that was inspired by this, and I
believe that that movie was then remade,
because this movie. When did the Mad Mad World come
out?
I did not rateite down the air, but I'm gonna say probably the
60s.
Okay. Because then I feel like there was some kind of
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thing in the late 70s, early 80s, and
then another one in the 90s that kind of had this
vibe as well.
well, that is that movie. But this episode was
written by Amanda Lasher. She has
been a staple in the writers room for most of the show's run.
Some of her highlights include Setyder Anything, the
(06:34):
Freshman, and they shoot Humphriesys, don't
they?
So it looks like we have some
survival in the writer's
room.
Well, she's an executive producer, I think.
Oh. So she has a little more leverage. And
she has good episodes that she's done too.
Yeah, those are all
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pretty solid.
She had some not great ones in there that didn't list. Those were
her highlights.
Oay.
But, you know, they can't all be winners on this show,
Right. Episode was directed by
Jeremiah Checnik. This is his first
of three episodes of Gossip Girl.
His previous credits include TV and
(07:16):
movies. started his career with two music videos,
Van Halen's when it's Love and hall,
not'downtown Life. But then he went
on to direct Benny and June
and Christmas Vacation.
Oh.
So kind of a big name. Oh, I
thought.
Who did.
(07:37):
I think that Christmas Vacation was written by Nationalv
antin.
Well. Right. Well, National Lampoon is a
trooe, Right? Ye. Yeah. But I thought. For some
reason, I thought the director was Christopher Columbus, the guy that
did Home Alone, But I could just be courting
IMDb.
It was this guy. Yeah.
That's awesome. Those are two solid
(07:58):
movie credits.
I really like Betty J. Yeah.
And it's gotta be tough to be the guy directing the Van
Halen video following up right now.
That was like, that huge
sensation break, one breakthrough video and
all that stuff.
Yeah. Why don't you go ahead and read us that
vulture recap?
All right. Ordinarily, the
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characters on Gossip Girl thrive on deception,
plotting secrets, and withheld tidbits of
information are what keep their Hair full, their skin
luminous and their tits buoyant. What did you think it
was?
The waffles.
But on last night's episode, it was as if everyone
had been plumped up with the truth
serum. Instead, people were coming clean about
(08:41):
their darkest secrets all over the place.
Blair admitted to Nate that she had been lying about
going to Columbia. Chuck admitted to Lily that
he was frightened of losing her. Vanessa
told Dan, you were right. Serena
nervously confessed to her father that she was
acting actually a party girl instead of a
(09:02):
straight edge student, as if he couldn't tell that
from the fact that she was wearing a sequined Ace
bandage. And after
several months, Jenny decided that
she couldn't even wait another hour to tell
Rufus about her drug dealing past,
even if it meant crashing at Doctor'without Borders
gala to do it. Once there, however, she
(09:24):
was stopped short by a girl with a confession of her
own. That was an oxy you sold me. It was
antibiotics, she hissed. I didn't get high.
I got a yeast infection. For the
record, we love that actress for delivering that
line and hopes she gets a Monastak commercial out
of this. Thankfully, by the end of the
(09:44):
episode, things had reverted to normal
and new webs of deceit were being
woven and draped across the Upper east
side. that actress
instead of a Monastak commercial got a
seriesuse she is the Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel of the series. The
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. have you watched that at all?
(10:07):
No.
Fantastic series. Absolutely
love.
That's what I hear. We begin
Act 1 with a gossip Girl monologue.
It's said that we're all strapped to Fortun's
wheel. Nowhere is this truer than the ever changing
landscape of love. As one couple enjoys an
(10:28):
upswing, another is plunged downwards.
But top or bottom, don't get too comfortable,
because one thing you can rely on is that the wheel
will keep on turning.
We open with a juxtaposition between
scenes. Nate and Serena are all lovey
dovey in the Empire suite, and Dan and Vanessa are being
(10:49):
cold and affectionless in the loft. Serena has
apparently spent the past week only visiting for late night fuck
sessions and then returning to the penthouse to support her
mother and see her dad. Chuck is
still hooking up with multiple random women per night.
Go ahead and judge him. Shame turns him on.
You have these two parallel relationships that you're
(11:11):
watching in the beginning, and then
you definitely see the affection on one
side, the cold in
affffection on the other side.
Yeah, it's leading to something.
Dan and Vanessa are once again Making stupid
rules for their relationship. This time, it's
(11:32):
what they can and can't talk about. Just rip the band aid
off already and break up.
Yeah, they're doing the rules thing
again. You already did
almost this same thing in your
second episode of this stupid,
boring relationship.
Just rip the band aid off.
Yes.
(11:54):
At the penthouse, Eric gets a text from Elliot, but,
admits to Jenny they have been too busy to even go on a first
date yet. Serena comes up the elevator and gives Ruth
a heartfelt greeting before. Big timing, little
Jay. Lily comes down and asks everyone
to just act normally. The last person arrive
is William, because Serena invited him,
much to Rufus s chagrin.
(12:17):
Yeah, Serena, you're
being an asshole already. The
other thing, Lill's expression when she
talks about Chuck is
heartbreaking. That the way
she says, oh, if he was here, it wouldn'it
would show me that something wasn't all right.
Which is such a Lily thing to say. But you can just see
(12:39):
and face that
she misses Charles.
Yeah. Might be the only person she actually
loves.
Yep.
U.
William makes a big show of giving Lily a checkup.
He then invites everyone to a gala where he is being
honored. Serena is enthusiastic, Eric
(13:02):
is sarcastic, and Lily accepts on behalf of her
and Rufus.
Yeah, why are they
honoring this guy? Doesn't he have an older brother who's more
successful?
Well, he was a record guy.
Yeah, I know, but I'm also making a Baldwin rif.
I'm also trying to make a Baldwin referece.
Well, this is specifically Columbia alumni.
(13:24):
Right? Right.
Yes. Eric and Serena have a
brief exchange where Serena says Eric has to give Dr.
Daddy a chance. Eric rightfully points out that
William left when he was 2, is a complete
stranger, and. No, the fuck he doesn't.
Absolutely, Eric. Absolutely. I
was so on board with Eric.
Yeah, it was sad at the end.
(13:46):
Yes, yes. I was disappointed.
He got manipulated.
Yes. And, like,
Rufus opened the door for it. we'll
get there.
As, ah, everyone sits down for breakfast.
Serena pushes Rufus aside to make room for Dr.
Daddy. Yeah, Saena's just so
bad this episode.
She's terrible. I really
(14:09):
can't stand her in this episode.
And again, it's the golden
retriever. It's the thing that's in front of her. And now,
like, here's this dad that is trying
so, like, he's in front of me, and I'm gonna be, like,
listening to him. But, like, this
other dude has been your fucking dad
when no one in this whole
(14:31):
world would step up to that job
when no one Wanted to. None of your other
stepfathers have ever taken the
interest that Rufus has taken in you
as a daughter.
O absolutely. Yeah. Sheeah. did Rufus
dirty Rufus is also.
A fucking idiot in this episode. But I
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feel for him on that. On
that angle.
Blair calls Nate to ask him to reserve her a good
spot for his lacrosse game. She is once again
spiraling about how she doesn't fit in at
nyu.
Yeah, it's cute that she was gonna go
seeate's sports game. Yeah. Right.
Like and obviously with the second
(15:13):
with the ulterior motive of trying to meet
Columbia boys. But it was also. I'm
gonna go see my friend's game. And that was sweet.
Blair bumps into the Columbia girls from a few
episodes ago. They describe having a perfect
off campus setup for the next term. Belaira
Wise about transferring to Columbia.
(15:34):
Yes. I loved the return of the Columbia
girls of the headbands.
I really had fun with this story.
and Blair kind of
reestablishing herself and Blair
kind of getting kicked around a lot
and not letting it
(15:55):
really phase her too much. in a
lot of it that it's more of just like this
bullshit. You right. So I really liked
that. I also loved. Isn't that the food that
paralegals eat when she asks about
falafel?
Yeah,
yeah. they might have to install a dumb later if I was gonna be over a
(16:17):
falafel house.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
But yeah, the first episode, these two were
credited as girl number one and girl number two. Now they have actual names.
They are. The blonde is Jessica
and the Burnett is
Zoe.
All right, so they are named now.
Yes.
I feel like they had a friend that should be with them.
(16:40):
I'm bummed that that very charismatic,
quiet third friend is not.
Yeah. In this episode she should have got the part two.
Yeah. She should have been invited along. But they always do thing in
things in threes as she was saying. I thought about
that about how they said they always do things in
threes. So once you have the two of them
in Blair.
(17:00):
Yeah.
Now you have your three and the one without
lines got cut. And
bumm not to see you there, Danielle.
Yeah. Serena is lying to her
father about her time in boarding school. Trying to make it sound
like all she cared about was academics. Jenny
is not sitting still for that though. And reveals that damn
told her he caught Serena at a bed and breakfast with
(17:23):
a teacher. In retaliation, Serena
announces that she's moving back in and taking her old room
back from Jenny. Rufus is startled to learn that William
is also moving into the building.
This Jenny Serena thing
I found interesting because episode
20, which we're on season two,
episode 20 was Jenny's
(17:45):
birthday party and Serena throwing
the party for Jenny, and then Jenny getting mad and
blowing that party up. So once again, we have
Serena and Jenny at it
at the end of the season like this. M.
And on the one
hand, Serena, you
were nearly. You rode naked on a
(18:07):
horse across a field to get your dad's
attention. He knows who you are.
so why are you lying about your high school
stories? Why are you even opening the
door for Jenny here? And why would you even say, like,
oh, I was in a contest like that? Oh, we were drinking hot
chocolate. Grow up.
But thiss me back to the whole Serena
(18:30):
was adultized way too young. she was
drinking absintt at like 14.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Gossip Girl takes us to the actbreak with
Better watch out, Humphreys. They say love makes
a family, but on the Upper east side, everyone knows
it's real estate. We
(18:52):
move into Act 2. Dan calls
Rufus to apologize for running late. However,
Rufus informs him that Vanessa has applied to an internship that
will take her to Haiti for three months.
Danrettably has to cancel on Rufus.
I kind of love this. And
Vanesse, you fucking idiot. Not saying to
(19:12):
Rufus, by the way, I'm not telling Dan about this. But
then d. Rufus would be like, then don't put
me down. So
Rufus has no
reason not to tell Dan here.
Well, if you remember, Vanessa says she was about to tell him
that morning, but then Dadi came up with silly
rules.
(19:33):
Yes.
So she had planned to tell him about it.
She had planned to tell him about it, but once again,
she planned to tell him about it after she heard back
instead of before she applied to the thing
that she told her that his
dad knew about before him. That's
what's shitty. Like, hey, I'm gonna apply to
(19:54):
this thing. This is what it's going to
mean if I get it. Like,
not, oh, I applied to this thing and I might get it.
They're interviewing me. So once again, Vanessa,
you're an asshole.
And don't get your hopes up that she's leaving the show for an extended per period.
Cause it's gonna be summ a break. And,
I know. No, I said to Robin at the end
(20:15):
of all this, I was like, why'd they have to do this at
the end of the season? Why couldn't they have done this
mid season so we would actually be rid
of Vanessa for three months.
Yeah.
But no. Had I already recognized
that?
William, tries to make nice with Eric, who still isn't having
(20:36):
it. He tries to shock William by announcing
his sexuality and his suicide attempt. And
while I don't trust William at all, he at least says the right
things. He would like to get to know Eric on Eric's
terms.
He does say the right things. But also
Eric, everything he says is
just spot on. Like, do you want toa bring a girl tonight? I'm
(20:57):
gay, so no, I don't.
And then when he's like, well, I. I want to make
up for this. That window closed somewhere
between my 12th 12th
birthday and my suicide attempt.
And it's like that suicide
attempt was two and a
half years ago, almost three years
(21:19):
ago. And you never came to
this kid after that. So, like,
what fucking right do you
have?
Yeah. Didn't even know about it.
Yeah.
That's how out of touch he is with it.
Yeah. Yeah. So I
really, I really felt for Eric.
Yeah.
(21:40):
Serena is tossing all of Jenny's things out of her
closet. Rufus enters an attempt to play peacemaker.
But both girls storm off.
Yes. and again that parallel to a season
ago at the end of it, when
Serena gets blamed and and basically
says, ask your daughter and storms off. And now
you have her saying once again to
(22:02):
Rufus, how many problems does she have
to cause before you realize she's the problem?
And as much of an asshole as Serena
is, she's right at this
point. Which of course also explains
some of her being mad at Rufus.
Because honestly, if Serena's moving in, like, hey, this is my
(22:23):
room. And Ruf is like, we can make up Chuck's room for
you. Fuck you. I'm gonna
have my room. And you can put your daughter in Chuck's
room. And fuck Willie for agreeing in the next
scene too. I don't know. One of the women Chuck tried
to assault in the first episode is gonna need to move into his
room.
Well, I think with Serena, it makes more sense with Seren. Cause it's obviously
(22:44):
gonna be a temporary thing with her.
Yeah. But I don't think she knows that.
And Trust was only living there for a while. Like a couple months.
Yeah, yeah.
It's not like he lived there for years or anything. Yeah.
And he wasn't like bringing tons of people
home at that time.
Yeah, it's more. It makes much
more sense for Sena to go to that room.
(23:04):
Yeah.
I mean, assuming it's gonna be temporary, which it, you know, should
be. Cause she's you know, and going to
you not going to college, but still.
Yeah, it is like I wantna be home while my mom is.
She's like fucking homeless,
isn't she?
and she lives at Blairs.
Right. But that's not really her home either.
Like, and she's like crashing with
(23:27):
Nate. Ah, Nate's at the Empire, right?
Yeah.
So she's crashing with Nate at the.
Empire, who's technically just crashing with Chuck.
Who's just crashing with Chuck.
Does Nate have his own place
or he's just crashing with Chop? Right.
Well, he rented that room at end the apart at the
end of season two. I don't know if he kept it cause like the
(23:50):
whole all impetus was right for him and Blair to move
in together.
Yeah'be right in between two places
now. It's like a commute.
But oh wait, I'm just gonna move into a Chuck
instead.
At the NYU cafe, Dan confronts
Vanessa about the internship in Haiti.
Vanessa admits that she got the job and it's a
(24:11):
huge opportunity. She says she wishes they were still
just friends so they can talk about this stuff.
Dan asked her point blank if she wants to go back to
that. When Vanessa hesitates before saying,
I don't know, Dan continues the parade of storm
offs from the previous scene.
I would have stormed off absolutely if I
would'sat down
(24:33):
after storming in after getting that
information and then having that reaction.
No, yeah, I'd storm off.
That was obnoxious.
Just break out.
Just break up.
Rufus and Lily are talking about the ever
expanding household and Lily apologizes for the awkwardness
(24:54):
with William. Rufus asks if it's possible
that William still has feelings for her and she says no
way. They end with a nice m smooch.
However, Rufus'face is covered in
doubt. As the scene ends, he calls
Holland for a favor.
You're an idiot, Rufus.
The best thing you could have done for your marriage,
(25:16):
honestly is let that guy move in underneath so
that you would always, always be around.
Like the best thing you could have
done is not call Holland
in that moment.
I don't know. I think that was definitely the right move.
I would, I, I.
The only problem is that he's just not good enough to pull it off.
(25:38):
Well, that's the thing, is that he's notnna pull it
off and or he is
and you know,
because it's successful. But then is it
successful? We don't really know how that's all going toa play
out because of the end. It's just
Rufus more than
anything going To Holland. You're an
(26:00):
idiot. You sat on that board. So, like, you
know other people on that board, you don't have to
go to the person that you may or may not have banged.
Blair is still walking with her new Columbia friends,
Jessica and Zoe. When Blair declines to get
involved in the Jenny and Serena's feud, Jessica
and Zoe shame her into jumping into the game.
(26:21):
And when she does, they even provide some ammo for the
takedown.
Blair Waldorf got third person.
That was. That was something.
Yeah. that might come back to bite them in
the ass.
Yes, it might. I really loved the old
school. The season
one and two Blair of this
(26:42):
episode. It really took me back.
I did like her comment in the scene though. I've had some
recent bad luck getting involved in real estate disputes.
Yes.
Oof. Oos.
And Gossip Girl takes us to the next break with
(27:03):
we hear Blair Walderss headed for a comeback.
But if she wants to keep her fans happy, she better
keeps serving up the hits.
Hm.
We move it to act three. Jenny
comes after Serena in the kitchen accusing her
directly. And then through Blair of spelling the tea.
The two argue about whose lies to their
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respective fathers are more harmful. Jenny wins
this round when she points out that while she may be lying about some of
her actions, Rufus knows who she is. But William
is only going to know a fake version of Serena.
But Jenny also like going there
and throwing shit at
Serena and being like,
how dare you let Blair do this.
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Jenny, you're the one that's sold drugs. Somebody had
dirt on you and somebody let it out and I had nothing to do with
it. So maybe don't sell drug.
Vanessa comes to the loft to apologize.
Dan says he is firee with Vanessa going to Haiti,
but thata decides to say however she
is going to tell the woman from FCNN in person over
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drinks tonight.
She's so dumb. How dumb would
you be to turn this thing down?
Yeah, you're gonna be away from your boyfriend for three
months. How could you turn down an
internship with a
major company that's sending you away to do
this thing based on some stupid play you
(28:27):
wrote and based on your garden
documentary and they wanna like give you an internship and you're.
Like, well, this is probably based on her story about ah,
trip.
Oh, right. yeah.
I'm guessing it's probably that same woman.
Yes. Yeah, that makes sense.
But also the scene ends with like a close up
on Dan's face. It just has a look of like, damn, I almost got
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rid of her.
Speaker C (28:52):
It was just close.
Leif (28:54):
Blair is now walking by herself and is
contemplating replying to Amalia about NYU
housing when Nate shows up. He calls her out for
never showing up at his game. Nate calls Blair al for
reverting to her old ways, but she's pretending to be a
Columbia student outing Jenny on Gossip Girl.
And then Jessica overhears the conversation and pulls out her
sidekick as the scene ends.
(29:16):
So this was
2010, and it would have
aired, what, like, April, right? April.
May 2010.
It was May 3rd.
May 3rd. So, my first thought was, like, there was
snow on the ground. 2010 was the year that
there was a huge blizzard that.
(29:37):
I know I was out of school for, like, a week
when it happened, and I think that was, like, a
March, maybe even April Blissz.
Yeah. So I probably would have filed the late February,
early March.
Yeah. And so that. I'm
assuming that's, like, remnants of that
blizzard that took place. Oh, also, I
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love Nate being a therapist again.
It also. It does seem like this is a day later.
Yes, but it was. There was, like, no snow, and it
was, like, nice out the day before, and now today, it's
like it had snowed a
lot. Like, it was the day after a.
You. and I growing up, and. Well, I grew up in snow, and you
grew up somewhat here, and then no snow at
(30:20):
all, but you've been around snow enough to know
that that was not fresh snow.
Yeah.
But, yeah, I really love Nate being the
therapist again, and I really hope that he's studying
psychology at Columbia.
Following Nate's prompting, Blair goes to the Empire
to convince Chuck to see Lily. Chuck just
mocks Blair. We see her get a gossspel girl
(30:43):
blast and then leave. As she is getting on the
elevator, she calls Amalia and she says she is ready
to sign the lease on their NYU apartment.
I love how unfazed Blair
is in this whole scene when she walks in and
it's like, no, we're broken up. You do this. I know
who you are, but stays
on point. And even Chuck trying to rattle her and
(31:05):
Chuck with the, If you. Maybe if you went to an Ivy, you'd have a
better take my. On my
psychology and
her being rattled on the way out, but
just also just being like, nope, this is my life
now. Nope, I'm an NYU student. That's
who I am, and I'm gonna go own it. I really like
impressed with Blair there.
(31:26):
I agree. so I also, The whole.
This whole concept of the NYU apartment I find
funny because some in some corner of the
Rudy's room. They acknowledge that it does take
time to get around the city, but everyone else is
fast traveling all the time,
so why can't you just leave at Al.
Yeah, exactly.
(31:47):
And then Gossip Girl has this to say.
Spotted. Be claiming to be a co ed at
Columbia when everyone knows she's a zero at
NYU or B. First she lost
Chuck and now her dignity. You make your
bed, you lie in it. Be too bad yours is
in the East Village.
(32:09):
Yeah, it's allgh B.
We go into Act 4. Serena calls
Rufus out for blocking Dr. Daddy from moving into the
building. Rufus admits to it, which Lily
overhears. Lily still thinks William is only
moving in to get close to the kids and that Rufus is just being
jealous. Serena strongly suggests that Rufus
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no longer come to the gala. Rufus, he
tried to fly too close to the sun, skeming
against the big boys.
And that was kind of, I guess, maybe my whole
he shouldn't have done that. Is because of the fallout.
And it's because Lily doesn't take shit like
that. You know, going behind her back after she says,
no, it's fine. Let him move in. And then going behind her back
(32:52):
to do that. That's gonna piss off Lilyy.
Well, I mean, it is that. It isn't. Cause they can
also turn her on.
She.
She liked Embark and stuff like that.
Yeah, she did. Yeah, she did. Yeah. Maybe
she's like, up your game, Rus.
Yeahus. She isn't really that mad at him when she sees
him later, is she? It's Serena that's like, don't come to this
(33:12):
thing. Yeah, yeah. Lily right now is like, mmm, m.
Oh, you scheming.
Like when she's walk away, she looks back, she like, you should have
just. You should have kept going. Should have said something else.
Should'like just told my daughter to fuck herself.
Cause I don't give a fuck by her.
Yeah. Yeah. Would that have been hot?
(33:34):
I do. Like, this is about Serena.
Serena will go toe to toe
with any adult on the show.
Yeah.
She will speak her mind whether she's right,
whether she's wrong, whether she's making an
ass out of herself. And knows it or
not. She will go toe
to toe with any adult on this show and
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will not back down. And does
it in a very adult way. A lot of the
time. The way she addressed Rufus, she
talked to him like he was an adult.
Yeah.
And you know, it's the product of her basically raising
herself and raising her little brother and
being around other adults who
saw her as the caretaker
(34:19):
so there is that side of Serena that I
do respect.
Oh, yeah. I mean, when Whenta opens the throttle, she
is a force to be reckoned with.
Absolutely.
Blair enters the gala only to be immediately called
out by Jessica and Zoe for pretending to be a Columbia
student. I guess Blair now knows where the Gossip
Girl blast came from.
(34:41):
I love that Blair is in this
place of acceptance. She has this sort
of Zen over her. I feel like she's
hurt and she's beaten, but she's
not. She's not flailing and she's not
drowning. She's just accepting. And I really like
that about her.
Serena, Lily and Dr. Daddy arrive at the
(35:02):
gala. William quickly peels off to talk to some
colleagues. Lily sees a dumbruck Chuck ding
across the room and also excuses herself from
Serena.
That arrival, that whole
scene. I'm gonna let you do the
next part cause I feel like these things tie
together.
Chuck apologizes to Lily for not showing up
(35:24):
until now, but promises to be there for every step of the
way. Chuck comments on how great she looks and
Lily admits that she feels great. They share a
warm embrace.
This whole scene where
it starts with Chuck walking in,
scanning the room, seeing Lily
in a way that would often be sought.
(35:46):
Almost romantic, right? Which we
know that it's not a romantic thing. It just shows
how eager Chuck is
to show Lily that he's there for
her.
And then they make eye contact.
Lily breaks away. And then we go to the non judging
breakfast club.
(36:06):
Blair, Serena and Nate group up. Serena kisses
Nate and thanks him for getting Chuck to show up.
First Nate and then Blair denied being the ones to
convince Chuck and Nate.
Had nothing to do with it. And Blair, Blair's
response is like he ever listens to me.
And Serena knows that Chuck wouldn't
be here that if there wasn't something else. So
(36:28):
yes, Blair, it was absolutely because of what you
did. But I just loved how they
all came, how they all
were there for that moment. M.
And how they let Chuck be
the hero of that moment too. And
then the apology happens. And
that conversation where Chuck
(36:51):
has a mom again and it
was just so sweet. And
I mean I got emotional watching.
Yeah, yeah. The second part was great. The first
part where he sees her across the room. He just looks zockked out when
he was staring across the room.
But then.
Yet I do like to see where they actually talk and they apologize and they have
the warm breez.
Yes. And you know, he puts
(37:14):
his lips on her shoulder
and it's such a
motherly sort of
Way like this mother son.
Almost like, you know, that caretaker.
Yeah, I just thought that was great.
Dan finds Jenny hiding out at the loft. And
(37:34):
while he would love her company, he askeds if the Gossip
Girl blast was true. Jetty admits that she
was dealing, but not anymore. Dan
suggests she should have a little faith in Rufus and
admit the truth. Jenny agrees and goes to find a
dress for the gala.
Hey, Dan. you're being a good big brother here. You are.
What reason does Jenny
(37:56):
have to have faith?
Well, from the D's point of view.
Right. No, no, no, seriously. If you just come
clean like, he's pretty cool.
He's a cool guy.
He's really cool. If you want toa be a writer and you're a
dude.
Or if you're Serena.
Or if you're Serena.
He listens to her.
(38:17):
But this scene made realize there has been
a serious lack of Dan and Jenny this season.
Yes, you're absolutely right.
There hasn't been that big brother.
Those interactions, the little sister big brother
stuff. In fact, even when it
kind of come up, Nate has played the
(38:37):
role more than Dan. But that was
for other reasons.
Serena finds Dr. Daddy annmits the true
story from boarding school and the fact that she has been involved in
many scandals. Dr. Daddy just
rolls with the punches and continue to say all the right
things. Serena is afraid that after Lily is
better, you will just leave again. When Dr.
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Daddy promises they will be a happy family again,
Serena throws rivers under the bus with a smile on her
face.
That's what killed me. That. Yeah, you're
mad at Rufus right now. Rufus
has been your dad since he married
Lily, since he got together with Lily. Except
for the times when he's like, you should stay away from Van Derwood and
(39:19):
Whitman. But for the most part,
he has been a much better father to you than any
father you've ever had.
Well, yeah. Telling us stay the away to f banersood
woman is preempting him know, stay away from his
stepsister.
Yeah, I mean, that's still good advice. Yeah.
(39:40):
So this is what gosp squirrel has to say as we go to the break.
Aw. Ah.
Serena finally has the perfect relationship with
her daddy. But will her dream come true?
Be Rubus worst nightmare.
We go into Act 5. Blair
randomly bumps into someone from Columbia's admissions office at
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the bar. He remembers her application specifically
and congratulates her for getting into Columbia. But
wait, didn't Blair say she missed the transfer
deadline?
That's what I heard. Although
I did call a few
episodes ago. That we were gonna get Blair transferring to
Columbia.
After the admissions guy leaves, Nate comes up to
(40:24):
Blair and reveals Chuck had joked about applying to
Columbia on Blair's behalf because she was too
prideful to ad make NYU was a mistake. It's
nice to see Blair happy.
Yeah. She's so
giddy. And you never
see that. So. Yeah,
I loved seeing Blair be little
(40:45):
girl giddy. Yeah.
Eric finds Rufus making a lonely sandwich
wearing his tuxedo. Eric convinces him that he
should be with Lily tonight, not William. At that moment,
the elevator dings and Elliot steps into the
benous. Apparently, William invited Elliot because he
knew Eric didn't have plans. Rufus
continues to be an awesome stepdad and tells Eric that
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it's okay to be mad at his father, but it's also okay
to let him try to make amends.
Yeah, Again, like, Rufus has no
reason to do this other than just being
a good dad. Yeah, he's
being.
He cares about these kids.
Yeah. He cares about these kids so much that he's
like, look, you have every right to be mad at
(41:27):
him. He said to Serena last week, don't let my shit
be your shit and be open to
him. And he's doing the same thing with Eric.
Now.
Holland attempts to intercept Rufus, who has just arrived at
the gala. However, Rufus just dodges her and
goes right to Lily. Rufus apologizes and
says he just wants to be with her and doesn't care who
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lives where. William sees them smooching from across
the room.
Holland came in hot, too. She got,
like, face, like, front to front with Rufus,
like, yo, what's up? It's
lady. His wife is right over there.
Yeah, yeah. Chuck
and Jenny run into each other and both comment on how
(42:11):
good and healthy Willie looks. Their
conversation is interrupted as William has called up on the stage
to accept his award. William throws out his
prepared speech and instead uses the podium to say that
walking away from his family was the biggest mistake of his
life. He then promises he will do everything in his
power to make it right and says those three words,
eight letters. Lil is shocked, Rufus
(42:34):
is staring daggers, and Serena is on cloud
nine.
The Jenny and Chuck pairing
here was a little
foretelling, I feel, but
also, I loved that that Chuck
was instantly sus of Dr.
Daddy. That was this, right? Ye. Yeah. Where he
walks up and they're like, she looks really
(42:57):
good. Like, really healthy.
What do you think? It's for telling of a couple of
things.
Well, I mean, so it looks like there's
a match up here because later on,
they reconnect about
this. And so
I feel like putting them into this situation could
very easily lead to a Jenny Chuck
(43:18):
hookup too. If they're investigating something
together. Those kind of things often those lines and
Gossip Girl often get blurred.
Well, this is what Gossip Girl has to say about the situation.
My o. I. Did Dr. Vanderoodson just
make a public pass at Rufus wife?
Looks like this Dr. Without Borders needs a few
(43:41):
boundaries.
Dr. Daddy was totally telegraphing his
moves.
Yeah. We move into the
epilogue. Rufus is drinking a whiskey
at the bar and Lily comes up and admits that he was right
about William but that it doesn't matter because she loves
Rufus. But Rufus once again askeds for another
doctor. Lilyy asked Rufus to sleep at the lotft for
(44:03):
the night. Fucking
Lily.
Fucking Lily. Matt, act
mad.
Well, that was the previous scene where he stares into the camebra as the scene
ends.
Well, I was thinking of when he's standing at the bar when they
bring it back from break and he's at the bar and he's like
the grunting waiting for Lily to come up.
(44:25):
And again I said this last week.
The greatest doctors in the world are
in New York. Why would you not get
a second opinion?
Not a new doctor. Just have another
doctor run the same tests, that's
all.
That would make too much sense.
Yep, not enough drama for the
(44:46):
adults.
Some rando calls Jenny out for selling her what was
supposed to be oxy but ended up being antibiotics
that gave her a yeast infection. Of course,
an already pissed off Rufus over years and takes out
all his frustrations on Jenny.
Ms. Maisel puts Jenny on blast
(45:07):
and then Jenny is Dad, it's
not you. Like it's not what you think.
And he's just not having it. Oh,
Jenny. The again.
Season 2 episode 20
also ended with Jenny in big trouble with Rufus.
Dan shows up the dorm and convinces Vanessa to take
(45:28):
the internship. He also has a very romantic gift
of fancy stationery for handwritten letters.
Dan tells her to include a little bit of the dirty stuff.
My note on this actually says why during the
hiatus
we're finally getting rid of Vanessa and it's
during the break.
(45:50):
Damn.
Damn it you writers.
Holland finds Serena in the courtatom and says she has
some info about Rufus that Lily should know.
Holland, why are you going to
Serena about whatever the fuck this
is, you asshole.
Yeah, involving the kid. Not a cool mo.
Yeah, you're going to the kid. You're
(46:12):
grimy. She's grimy. She's always been
grimy.
Yep. Serena runs off
to Dr. Daddy. And tells him to fight for mommy.
Yep, the golden retriever just got some information
and woof woof.
Jenny is on her bed not googling for
cancer. As she scrolls through the results, something
(46:33):
seems to catch her eye.
No, she's.
We're not Googling, Bill.
Send her over some money, then we'll say your stup search engine
name.
Give us another check.
Yeah.
So Blair tracks down Jessica and Zoe and
informs him that she is in fact transferring to Columbia next
(46:55):
termm and that they got some bad information. But
if they cross her again, they'll get to see
Blair Waldorf takedown firsthand.
Yeah, Blair coming right at her new minions
and just kind of without saying
it. Well, I guess she does say it. I don't live with the
help. Just, boom.
(47:15):
You are now minions, my minion.
Yes. Chuck receives a thank you text from
Blair before taking a call from Jenny, who voices her
suspicion about William's prescription for Lily.
I like that text. I like the place
that. That it leaves Blair
and Chuck. I like this
(47:35):
episode where it leaves the two of them at
a place of we, we can still be
friends, we can coexist, and we're
not romantically involved, but we're gonna
be in each other's lives and we were important
to each other. Oh, and then the call from
Jenny where Jenny's been through
(47:55):
Lilyy's medicine cabinet. Yeah.
So stuff that's being is labeled as
oxycontin from William as actually antt
antibiotics.
So. Which if you
feed someone antibiotics for a long
time, it wreaks havoc on the body.
Yeah, and can look like other diseases.
(48:16):
and we already kind of knewl was up with the prescriptions from last week.
Yes. Yes.
Eric is telling Lily all about Elliot. When Serena
and Dr. Daddy show up. Eric says it's okay for him
to stay, and then even Billy agrees.
Serena answers a call from Rufus and declines to give the
phone to Lily.
Lily is an asshole here, but it's the
(48:37):
lilliest thing to do. To be like, yeah, come on in.
What Lily should have done is said, don't you have a new place
downstairs?
Well, he doesn't.
Well, yeah, that's true, but why don't you guys go out
somewhere? But it's the Lily thing to do.
Ma at Rufus and Vitamin and
Serena. Fuck you. Fuck you,
Serena.
(48:58):
Eric thanks Dr. Daddy for setting up his date with
Elliot. Serena returns and lies about who
called.
The four look like a happy family laughing on
the couch.
Fuck you, Serena.
Yeah. The Gossip Girl ends the
episode with.
(49:18):
Listen carefully. Yes, Ah, Holland has a tale to
tell. Apparently, her upstairs neighbor has
been coming downstairs. They
say that the family are the people who will always take
you in, but if instead they shut the
door or even worse, let someone
else take your placees. What do you say,
Serena? Who's your daddy?
(49:40):
Xo. Xo Gossip
girl.
That is our episode. What's
coming next?
All right, well, let's start with. Let's start
small. Vanessa's gonna be gone. Dan
is gonna be.
I'm. I've been waiting for this Dan
(50:03):
Blair thing to happen, and I'm concerned that
it's going to be also on the hiatus
and that we're not going to get very much of it. I'm worried it's going to happen
at the end and come back from hiatus, and it's going toa
be over. That feels very on
brand. But anyway, I'm hoping that this
is the avenue there.
I believe Jenny and Chuck
(50:26):
are going to uncover Dr.
Daddy's devious deeds,
and that's gonna blow up
the Rufus thing. I think Serena will
eventually realize that Rufus has been
a better dad to her than anybody else.
And eventually, I feel like by the end
(50:46):
of the season anyway,
William will show who he is. That is
very much in line with the last two seasons
that we have this villain show up at the
end who kind of reveals who they
are. So by the end,
it's true. By the season finale, we're trying
to work past the scandal.
(51:09):
So I'm hoping that Jenny and Chuck
bring all of that out.
So I asked this last week, and you didn't really have a
good guess. Any m. New
information on, who Dr. Daddy was talking to
on the phone at the end of the last episode?
My one guess is that it could
(51:29):
be. Damn. Is that
his name there?
Is Damian on the show?
Speaker C (51:35):
Was that the.
Leif (51:36):
Wait. Who's the drug dealing.
Who's Jenny's drug dealing?
Damien.
Damien. Yeah. So I think damn. Is a
possibility. Or more likely his dad.
Who else would be in
pharmaceuticals? Cause the other obvious one is
Chuck, but Chuck wouldn't. I really don't
think Chuck would be doing that to Lilyy. I don't think. Well,
(51:57):
I don't know who knew. Chuck is. Yeah. Other than
those two, I can't really think of who else.
Who does William have connections with?
Who does William have connections with? Cece.
William has. So let's see.
Cece. None of the other
parents that I could think of that are
alive, like Bart, but
(52:19):
Bart's dead.
Captain. The captain was
into some drugs he's in jail, though. He is in
jail. Unless he's out.
Unless. I don't know.
I feel like that would've been a story.
I feel like it would'been. Who else
is a pharmacist?
Pharmaceuticals.
(52:40):
Or a doctor.
Or a doctor. Who else is a
doctor? I feel like I'm missing
something huge here. Vanessa's mom
isn't a doctor.
Not that we're aware of.
Not that we're aware of another
doctor. Okay. I'll
have to think on it.
We'll have to find out next week.
(53:01):
Yeah.
So let's get into some segments
this week in fandom. Ah, we jumped in the wayback
machine to travel to the fan forums from
2010. Hello
there, Peabody here. And this is the
wayback machine. We for re traveling through time. And this is
my boy, Sherman. Speak, Sherman.
(53:21):
Hello.
Good boy. Not much to say
this week. most people kind of felt like it was another filler
episode setting up the end of the season.
They liked the Chuck and Blair stuff.
They really like the Chuck and Lily stuff. And
at this point, they're not even really hating on Jenny. They just find
her boring.
That's fair. yeah.
(53:45):
Not much going on this week, but that's kind of the overall
sentiment.
Yeah, it does have that
middle of the road sort of feel to it.
That kind of filler
feel that we're setting up stuff
and we're not really tying anything
new together. But
(54:06):
I enjoyed it.
Well, moving into episode grades,
Middle of the road is dead on. Because I gave it a
C. Yeah, I gave it.
I'm giving it a C
again. Middle of the road. It wasn't
(54:26):
bad. It had good stuff
to it. But.
Yeah, I mean, I liked the Chuck and Millie scene,
and a couple of larair scenes were okay, but
that's about it.
I like that Vanessa'going away, but
we're.
Gonna miss it, though.
I know. I don't like that.
(54:47):
All right, moving into stockwatch. Going up.
I had Blairuse
she's into Columbia, and she
kind of got some new menus. It looks like
I had William going up. Cause he seems to be
winning everyone over. Eric going
up. Caus he had a nice little date with Elliot. And
(55:08):
he had some righteous indignation at the beginning of the
episode. I had Dan going up cause
he was a, great boyfriend on this episode. You
he's very understanding and told her
to take the internshipuse. It's a great opportunity.
We'll make it.
We'll figure it out. Yeah, I had Vanessa going up
because she got a Great opportunity, even
(55:29):
though she almost blew it. I also had Chuck going
up cause he finally showed up for Lily.
Yeah, I had a much the
same. I had Dr. Daddy going
up. I had Chuck growing
up. I had Blair going
up for getting into Columbia. I had Nate going
up for being a good therapist friend.
(55:51):
I had Eric and Elliot going up for having a nice
date. And for Elliot always being able to show up for Eric when Eric
needs him. I wasn't
originallynna do this, but I'm gonna give Dan and Vanessa
both up, for the exact same reasons that you
said. And Dan should go
up because he's gonna get rid of Vanessa for three
(56:11):
months. I don't get rid of her for three
months, but Dan does. And I'm happy for
him.
Yeah, I had Nate neutral just cause he
spilled the tea once again. Y and
he didn't really do much.
Yeah.
but going down, I had Rufususe
he lost. Yeah,
(56:33):
Serena cause she's an asshole. Lily cause
she's also an asshole. Jenny cause she
got bullied by Serena and
Hollandus. She's awful.
Yeah. yes. So, yeah,
Rufus for me as well. Serena as
well. Lily as well for
(56:53):
being played. Little Jay for
getting outed. And now she's going toa be
in big trouble with Rufus. I also
had the Columbia girls, Zoe and
Jessica going down because they
tried to get one up on Blair and now they're minions.
But here's the best outfits from the last
(57:14):
episode we'seen.
Moving over to best outfits.
For me, it was Jenny's mint strapless
gown with the half train by Marchesa.
Oh yeah, that was nice. I personally liked
the sequins a bandage that
Seren was wearing. I actually really like that dress that she
(57:37):
was wearing. So I'm giving it to
Serena and.
That is it for segments. Do you have anything
you wantna plug this week?
Not particularly,
but if you wanna follow me on TikTok,
it is Eve Maron.
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For me, go ahead and check out Dexter
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3 Episode 21 Ex
Husbands and Wives the
episode Description when things get
tense between Rufus and Will, Serena chooses to
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stand behind her father while Rufus is made to feel like
an outsider in his own family. Oh
Serena, well, until next
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Speaker C (01:00:00):
XOXO Every time you walk
away, run away you take a piece of me with
you there Every time
you walk away run away you take a piece of
me with you there
Every time you walk away and run away you take a
piece of me with you there
(01:00:20):
oh it seems I'm walking right.
Leif (01:00:23):
To your door.
Speaker C (01:00:26):
My heart's still resting looking for
something more
Are you ever gonna see everything you mean to
me I'm trying really hard to believe
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away I runaw away you take a piece
(01:00:49):
of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
piece of me with you there
Never feels right when im'm out here on my
own
I left last night and it feels like
way too long
(01:01:11):
Are you ever gonna see everything you mean to
me I'm trying really hard to believe
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away you take a
(01:01:34):
piece of m me with you there
Come back to me
smile and you'll make my
life complete
Every time you walk away, run away you take a piece
of me with you there?
(01:01:57):
Every time you walk away around away you take a piece
of me with you there
Every time you walk away or run away? You take a
piece of me with you there?
Every time you walk away run away you take a piece
of me with you there?
Every time you walk away run away you take a
(01:02:19):
piece of me with you there?
Every time you walk away run away you take a
piece of me with you there?
Every time you walk away a run away you take a piece
of m me with you there
Every time you walk away run away you take a
piece of me with you there.
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