This shit is BACK, y’all! I could hardly contain my excitement all day. Since this is the first time I’m recapping Gossip Girl here, I’ll fill you in on my pre-existing feelings. All you need to know is that nine times out of ten, I hate Dan and Serena because Dan is the poor man’s Seth Cohen, who I kind of hated too, in that the writers are giving him too many Brooklyn/quasi-Jewish/neurotic qualities that are only endearing for a few episodes. They need to reel him back in. Plus, he’s boring and so is Serena when she’s with him.

Also, I was just discussing with my friend yesterday how I hope the writers don’t soften Chuck’s character. Sure, he attempted to rape two girls in the pilot episode but now he’s hot and everyone is rooting for him and Blair to be together. Hey, I’m rooting for it too but I don’t want it to be easy. Keep Chuck the asshole that he is!

Previously – months ago on the last new episode of Gossip Girl –

• Blair was positively ruined when Chuck let the whole school know they had been doin’ it.
• Poor Jenny Humphrey became the new Queen B
• Chuck’s dad, Bart Bass, proposed to Serena’s mom, Lily van der Woodsen, much to Dan’s dad’s disappointment.
• Chuck can’t wait to let the incest begin!

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