'Gossip Girl': From bore to score

After last week's barrage of plot twists and turns, I expected Monday night's "Gossip Girl" to be a little mellow. And it was at first: early Yale acceptance e-mails, B papers and trips to the opera aren't exactly stuff worthy of a juicy Gossip Girl posting.

The end, however, reminded us what show we were watching. Lily legally adopting Chuck and gaining well over the majority of Bass Industries! Jack attacking Lily in the opera house bathroom! Blair declaring war on her teacher! It all made me sit up at attention.

I've got to admit, I did yawn during the first half of the episode. We find out that Dan and Serena both earned early acceptance into Yale while poor Blair gets wait-listed. Serena sacrifices her spot for B because in truth, she really wants to go to Brown. Zzzz. Dan and Serena now have an issue other than the fact that their parents are dating to distract them. Dan's plan to escape their "Flowers in the Attic" situation has been foiled. What will happen to their relationship once they're living miles apart?

Dan and Serena's hopes for a short-lived affair between Rufus and Lily won't soon be realized. Lily came on strong by introducing Rufus to society so soon after Bart's death. Yes, in the real world it would have lacked some tact, but that kind of brazen behavior makes me love Lily. Adopting Chuck was an interesting twist in the Jack vs. Chuck story. Frankly, I didn't think they'd wrap it up so quickly. They swept Jack's secret with Blair under the rug and summed up Chuck's efforts to overthrow him with a few pithy examples. I wanted more, but I was also happy that Chuck gained the dysfunctional family he deserves.

I wasn't too impressed with this new Shakespeare teacher, Rachel Carr. She looked younger than Serena in her opening scene! She may have dished it back to Blair, but there's no way she can win that battle.  (Side note: Was it me or was Blair being a bit too dramatic about the Yale thing?) Let's save that anticipation for Georgina because you know she'll have a bone to pick with B. The battle for Lonely Boy's heart, however, is questionable. Nate's not the only one who is capable of charming older women.

Time for your thoughts. What did you think about Lily adopting Chuck? Will Rachel come between Dan and Serena?

xoxo

-- Enid Portuguez

Photo: The CW

Comments

[smartypants]

"Gossip Girl" is an entertaining show overall, but it is getting somewhat repetitive and tiresome in certain ways. Serena and Dan are together then they're not, then they're together and now they're not again. Blair is "wronged" in some way, and then gets back at the perpetrator. How many times is this cycle going to repeat?

[Teendramawhore]

From bore to score? A lot of people think this episode picked up by the end. I don't agree at all. It was a bore all the way through. Vanessa and Nate are sleep-inducing. The Chuck-Blair-Jack storyline was set up to be something that was never explored. And Lily adopting Chuck is just a convenient plot twist for the execs.

At least there were some good one-liners. The dialogue is sometimes the best part.

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[Beth]

I'm worried that Gossip Girl is falling into the same trap that the last to seasons of The OC were plagued by - wrapping up storylines way too quickly. If you want to keep the story interesting and people coming back week to week, you can't present a problem and solve it all in the same episode!! That kind of television is best suited for Law and Order.

[Otown]

I'm not quite sure why people watch these soapy dramas and expect more than mindless drivel. Last I checked, I wasn't watching Gossip Girl to learn how to be rich or learn etiquette. It's entertainment. I enjoy the circumstances that plague these rich, spoiled high school kids. Though I'll admit to the inability of giving more story to Nate and Vanessa, who look absolutely hot together, the others have recurring problems that as normal human beings, they don't see as problems. Just minor glitches. So, they don't resolve them properly and so, they come back to haunt them. Think of the number of times you've complained that you don't fit into your favorite pair of jeans anymore. Rather than take up a regimented diet and exercise plan, we go the extreme. Not taking up an eating disorder but like eating light during the day and then somehow gorging ourselves during dinner. Or vowing to bring down our debt but somehow rationalizing buying that cute dress or pair of shoes you saw on sale. Again, humans constantly promise to become better people but often fail at learning from their mistakes or rationalizing them to a fault. Enter every character in Gossip Girl. We all know that Serena and Dan are going to have problems being together and any number of obstacles stand in their way - their parents, college, other suitors. But they'll try. Just like we'll all try when it comes to an impossible but albeit romantic, adventurous relationship. Let's cut the show some slack. For what it's worth, better them than us. =)

[Ana Rojas]

I love this show because it always has drama! it would have been better if it didnt start off slow...A show that i watch that is always entertaining and never fails to have crazy drama is "Quiero Mis Quinces" on MTV Tr3s. it airs on Monday nights at 9pm..it's just like "Sweet 16" but better because it has more to watch. Everything is waaaay more entertaining and it incorporates culture....

Here's a clip from it...if you guys like Gossip girl then you'll like "Quiero Mis Quinces"

http://www.mtvtr3s.com/video/?vid=329167

-Ana