Poor, poor B

As usual, Gossip Girl doesn't disappoint.


And with the holidays kicking off, extra drama was almost certainly a guarantee. But who knew that the majority of said drama would be between the parents of Manhattan's elite and not their debutante teenage children. Between Alison-Rufus-Lily, Mr. & Mrs. Archibald, and Mr. & Mrs. Waldorf, it was the parents who were spinning out of control during Thanksgiving of 2007.


But unlike this Thanksgiving, it is clear that the bulk of Serena's problems were realized over Thanksgiving the year before. While no reason has yet been given for Serena's departure to boarding school, one could certainly assume that her excessive drinking and passing out at the Waldorf Thanksgiving celebration had something to do with it. And presumably, Thanksgiving of years past were much happier times for Blair Waldorf and Nate Archibald as well. The clearer signs of happiness were evident in 2006... unlike the more angst-ridden times of today.

As for the Van der Woodsen/Humphrey clan, the inevitable happened. Clearly the children were going to find out someday about Rufus and Lily's past, but I don't think the parents envisioned it happening at a joint Thanksgiving question. Perhaps I'm the only one, but I was almost hoping that Rufus was going to select Lily when he was given the ultimatum. Alison deserves very little from Rufus at this point. Clearly there is history that we're still not yet aware of due to the amount of hate that Alison spewed in Lily's direction, but I certainly think that running off and having an affair makes it pretty difficult for her to judge.

But can we get back to the Nate/Jenny storyline please? I liked where that was headed! And I have to say, the episode did seem to be lacking something with no Chuck Bass...