Gossip Girl – A pizza grows in Brooklyn

Things get only a tad more interesting this week on Gossip Girl, as Chuck and Lily team up, Raina wears Nate’s robe, Blair enlists Dan’s help (“as my friend and peer, not my underling”) and Serena and the gang assist with a drug deal on Eric’s 18th birthday. You know, the usual.

One of the best parts of the episode for me: Dorota is back! The fact that she still dresses Blair is hilarious. Note to self: Get a pair of black tights with some sort of threaded design on them. Come to think of it, never mind … it sort of looks like someone spilled tattoo ink all over Blair’s legs. I like Serena’s tights better, which is odd for me to say, but so be it.

During a couple different scenes, Chuck was — I want to say slowly swaying from side to side, but I guess swaggering is more accurate — towards the camera, and I seriously thought he was using a cane. If anyone could use a cane to be ironic the way that hipsters wear Elvis Costello glasses to be cool, it would be Chuck. Turns out it was just an illusion, but I’d love to see a cane anyhow.

Unsurprisingly, the Van Der Woodsen women act shady. How come just two weeks ago, Serena was ready to turn her mother in for forging the affidavit, and now she’s willing to complete a drug deal to protect her? And Lily’s involved herself in a Thorpe Enterprises / Bass Industries scheme which really makes my head hurt when I try to understand it. Well, the bottom line is that she’s being a player. Who could expect less? At least she does it glamorously.

I guess it’s not only Chuck that Raina’s confiding in, as she reveals some personal stuff about her childhood to Nate during their day together. The Raina/Nate storyline is kinda dumb and I’d really rather not watch. Ice skating, a Wii dancing game, Ben & Jerry’s … this sounds like a parent-hosted middle school date.

I audibly gasped when Vanessa appeared. I guess it’s apparent from her conversation with Dan at the party that she, like little J, has been “permanently” blacklisted. Well, until the next time she comes back and someone finds an opportunity to use her for their own means.

Two of my all-time loves, pizza and Brooklyn, came together nicely at the end of this episode. I’m getting kind of tired of Blair refusing to acknowledge Dan’s friendship in public, however.

Xs and Os:

• I actually giggled out loud when Dan said, “I don’t really like refreshments with my ‘the-a-ta,‘” in response to Blair’s comment that none of the four lattes she ordered were for him.

• I love that to Blair, a “takedown” takes precedence over her myriad work responsibilities. And she almost sipped a cylinder of office supplies instead of her coffee.

• Now that Eric’s 18, does he get his own initial? Gossip Girl actually called him “E” tonight. I had to look around a minute and figure out who she was referring to.

• This is from my husband, loudly whispered during the “skating and kissing and doing karate” scene: “Raina’s totally gonna hook up with Nate!” Duh, honey.

• Eric tastes the flowers to confirm they’re the wrong ones and calls them “planty.” Ha, ha.

• Which reality baking show created that hideous multi-tiered cake for the party?

• “You’re not the only one who knows his neurodysfunction.” — Blair, to Dan (about the Stroop effect)

• “Did anyone else see Vanessa, or am I having ether flashbacks?” — Serena

• When Rufus says, “Do you think I’m a fool?” in front of Russell Thorpe, the look on Lily’s face was like, Well … kinda.

Clacked by Rachel Blum-Jose
on Feb 21, 2011 @ 23:24 EST5EDT