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‘Gossip Girl’: All Chucked up

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I let out a few huge sighs of relief during tonight’s episode of ‘Gossip Girl.’ One because it’s finally back from what seemed like an eternal winter break. Another because it was apparent that a majority of the episode was going to be dedicated to Chuck and Blair. And lastly because Lily’s and Rufus’ long lost love child is male and not Georgina Sparks. Phew!

The central story, of course, involved Chuck’s magnificent return to the Upper East Side. Not only would we believe he’d shack up in a Thai opium den for the holiday break, we’d also believe he’d emerge from the haze unaware of how he got back. He got some help from Uncle Jack Bass, Bart’s brother who has sleaze seeping out of his pores. His and Blair’s possible dirty, little New Year’s secret already has me shuddering. They can’t have hooked up, can they? Gross.

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But back to Chuck. Ed Westwick apparently didn’t exhaust his entire range of depressive, numbed or defiant looks in the funeral episode because he saved a few more for this one. Chuck’s hopelessness, however, wasn’t the most interesting aspect; it was Blair’s reaction to it. Someone give that girl an Emmy! She’s proved to be a master of the stifled cry, and although her love for Chuck is strong and genuine, it’s by no means simple. Blair is just as tortured and dysfunctional as he is, which makes them the perfect TV teen couple of this generation.

Now that we’ve brought up dysfunction, can we talk about the Lily-Rufus-Dan-Serena situation? I didn’t breathe a sigh of relief when Dan and Serena reunited because it was in jeopardy before I could even exhale. That extra breath instead went toward a gasp at the revelation that mystery Baby Van Der Humphrey was male. The wheels are already turning over who and where he could be.

In the midst of the drama, Jenny reenters the halls of Constance Billard with a newfound attitude and confidence. I also interpreted her grown-out roots as a symbol of her shedding her past persona (Her beauty choices make the best metaphors). I’m happy she and Eric got ample screen time and that it involved high school high jinks, an element that’s been missing for a long while.

Time for your thoughts. Do you think Blair and Uncle Jack hooked up? Will Lily’s and Rufus’ son be a new character or someone we’ve already met?

xoxo

—Enid Portuguez

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