TV: Gossip Girl : The Undergraduates

Blair and Serena were genius in this one!

Hmm…So let’s see if I remember the episode correctly. I think I just remember all the Blair and Serena parts because I dislike the Chuck-Eva and Dan-Vanessa parts. Call me biased, but here we go (oh, and these might not be in chronological order, sorry):

• Blair and Serena start their first day at Columbia together. Blair talks about the Hamilton House and how it is so exclusive that it makes “the Soho house look like a half-way house”. At the Hamilton House, we find Juliet as the key keeper and tells both girls that there is only one key left and only Blair is on the list. Serena makes a gracious exit and calls Dan. Fortunately, Dan says it’s a bad time to talk (having learned from Gossip Girl that Georgina is at St. Bart’s, and not at a spa). Blair approaches Serena and offers to not accept a key at Hamilton House but Serena insists. They hug and say goodbye. Serena sees Nate and tries to be friendly but Nate blows her off.
• Chuck takes Eva shopping. Chuck leaves and Eva is left alone in the store. She meets Blair and tries to make nice but Blair is Blair and she dishes out some mean things and hits the French girl’s self-esteem.
• Dan finds out that Milo isn’t his.
• Dan and Vanessa move in.
• Eric and Rufus are annoying. They forget that they live in the Bass apartment. Doesn’t it bother anyone else that Rufus gets to feel high and mighty while enjoying the space that Bart Bass owns? I’m beginning to see Rufus as a social climber. What does he do for a living anyway, aside from mooching off from Lily.
• Penelope is back and in one of my favorite scenes from the episode. I think  the scene is included in the promos. The one where Blair says that the standard has become low to let Penelope in? That’s a funny scene.
• Serena overhears a girl about getting a key to the Hamilton House. She asks this random girl to confirm. Random girl confirms she got a key. Serena confronts Juliet. Juliet says that Blair called the selection committee and had Serena removed because she didn’t want to share anything with Serena anymore.
• Serena and Blair stage a catfight. Yes, “stage” is the keyword because it’s all fake. Serena and Blair have shown remarkable loyalty towards each other and it is in moments like these that make me love them both so much. :) Anyway, Serena gets a key to the Hamilton after mom makes a few calls. Turns out Lily asked around the board members of Bass industries and it was confirmed that Serena has always been on the list. Oh and this was another favorite scene of mine.
• Juliet is publicly shamed yet Nate still likes her.

Points to ponder:

• Gossip Girl has a new feature: live streaming. Live streaming happened once in this episode and it was when Blair was regaling fellow members of the Hamilton House about dating a royal. Wasn’t anyone aware of the live streaming at the time? Is Gossip Girl a member of the Hamilton House?
• Who the hell is Juliet and who did she visit at prison and why the hell is she so hell bent on destroying Serena van der Woodsen? And how did she know about Pete?

I’m loving Gossip Girl with every episode. What did you guys think?

Btw, here’s the next episode preview: