Gossip Girl:
"The Grandfather"
Well, tonight's episode of Gossip Girl got off to a bad start because my CW channel was showing it with the bottom 1/3 of the shot on the top of the screen and the top 2/3 of the shot on the bottom of the screen. That situation was completely unacceptable! Everyone looked like they'd been beheaded. (Not that it wasn't somewhat satisfying to see Dan and Vanessa's heads separated from their bodies...) Thankfully, around the time Nate was pow-wowing with his grandpa, the screen righted itself and viewing became much easier.
The episode also came to kind of bad end with this ridiculous Nate/Blair redux hook-up. But the stuff in the middle was ok.
Highlights, quotes and observations:
- Serena: "We just need to give her some time to lick her wounds."
Chuck: "Maybe I can lick them for her." - Oh, Lily and Rufus are still together? I'd forgotten about them.
- Rufus doesn't have anything in his dating history to be embarassed about? What about that 22-year-old (or whatever she was) that Rufus was dating last year (for like a week)?
- This weird split screen format is not the best way to showcase poor Chace Crawford's acting...
- I thought that Nate's grandpa might be Arsenault from Damages, but it looks like it's someone else. Too bad, because I bet some Arsenault-style anecdotes would quickly liven up this Vanderbilt reunion.
- Why would Blair ask Carter about his role in the kidnapping for the secret gentlemen's club incident? She's lucky she didn't have to watch that stupid storyline in the first place; there's no need to relive it!
- These Vanderbilts are big on the collared shirt/sweater look, aren't they? Every single one of them is wearing it.
- Blair: "I was such a over-achiever, I was headed for a quarter-life crisis at 18."
- Um, yeah, Blair, that quarter-life crisis? You're already having it.
- Serena: "It's going to take him 20 minutes to get through the '90s alone!"
- Um, no, Lily, you didn't find yourself saying "yes to lists"--it was your freaking idea.
- Serena: "I think you should take a peak has his little black book before you drop the yellow pages on him."
- MGMT's "Kids"! This song is soooo Spring 2008. Lol.
- Nate would make such a crappy politician. Or, well, I guess the standards aren't really that high for politicians...
- Um, trust me, cousin's fiancee, I don't think Vanessa's going to be around for the next 30 years.
- Carter: "What's this? Good cop, Bass cop?"
- What did happen in Santorini? Carter is pretty freaking scared of whatever it is.
- Serena sure got rid of Carter fast. Could she do us all a favor and focus her powers on getting rid of Vanessa now?
- How tiny did Rufus write on that index card? I could fill an index card with the names of the people he's dated in just the last year and a half.
- The Lily/Trent Reznor thing resurfaces...
- Dan: "Turned out to be less Gatsby, more Fight Club."
- Chuck: "We're not going to play Where's Waldorf all night!"
- At least Nate's not named Tripp (like his cousin). So he has that going for him.
- Nate and Vanessa are going to Europe this summer (for Summer Pierogi Tour '09)? Who knew?
- Chuck: "Great, it looks like Polanski's in town."
- Eew, why did Blair go to Nate's family reunion? To insult people? Whatever floats your boat, Waldorf...
- Is Blair's lack of a headband a sign that she's given up?
- Blair: "Hey! You! Garcon with the bubble butt!"
- Two days ago Nate was "so excited" about this Europe trip? Really? We were supposed to gather that from the one comment he made about the pierogi?
- Chuck (to the guy who made his money from adult web sites): "Sorry, everyone. Big fan of your site."
- Well, Blair's life might not be perfect anymore, but her lipstick still is.
- Serena slapped Dan on account of the teacher/costume closet sex incident? I didn't know she cared. And I didn't know she didn't know about it. I mean, he announced it to Blair and a room full of people last week. How did Gossip Girl not find out about that and post it?
- I do like Serena's flat-ironed hair.
- It's way past time to cut Vanessa loose, Nate. Just do it.
- Hmm, Nate is displaying promise as a politician. I guess C students (with drug histories) really do make the best politicians?
- I'm all for the Nate/Vanessa split, but does that mean that Blair has to take him? Nooooo. We've been there (at least twice) before.
- Too bad Nate has such a recognizable jacket...
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