Talk about going out with a bang.
The end of "War at the Roses" was awesome. Like give-you-heart-palpitations awesome. The stress was likely boiling over in living rooms just as it was within Chuck.
Call it hate, love, or somewhere in between. Call it destiny. Call it the endgame of all endgames. When Chuck prepared to make his way with Blair on that table, it was hot.
Getting there was the only problem.
Chuck and Blair finally got back together last night . sort of.
Despite ending on that epic note, and the infinite potential of next week and future episodes, we didn't feel this one was the show's best up until that point. Some things didn't click.
It's not that we expect Gossip Girl to be believable, it's that this week seemed most too involved and contrived at times, without the reliable doses of humor. But we disgress.
As Blair`s 20th birthday approaches, Nate and Serena have Blair and Chuck sign a legal peace treaty, one that prevents the ex-power couple from plotting to ruin one another.
Ridiculous as this is, it actually fits the characters and their over-the-top schemes. Their war games are, as Chuck suggests to Dan, far too complex for commoners to even grasp.
Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick can convince us of anything their characters do, as well, allowing for major creative liberties on the writers' part. Dan's role last night, though?
For any reason (Blair needing a new foil, basically), he decides to take Chuck and Blair down as revenge, and likewise to bring Jenny back to celebrate Lily and Rufus' anniversary.
Right away, we were skeptical. Why is Dan hell hang on this? Why is the one-year anniversary of a fifth marriage a big mess? Would sneaking J in be that hard? Would Chair care?
We can't say. But when he and Eric (?! decide to establish a fake Gossip Girl story about Blair and Jack Bass hooking up, Chair sees right through it. Seriously, Dan, why even try man.
Meanwhile, Serena is even trying to resist Professor Colin. Six whole weeks is simply too long. Juliet learns about S' woes and gets S to check to let Juliet "chaperone" her at Blair`s party.
Her job? Distract Serena when Colin`s around. Seriously, they are reaching here. Juliet just volunteers this and S accepts? S can't be sure not to maul Colin at a fancy function?
Eh, this is Serena, so we'll buy it.
Can Serena last six weeks without jumping Colin? Decisions, decisions ...
Of course, Nate convinces Serena be her "chaperone" instead, which messes up Juliet's plan, and Nate has to run difficult to calm S down as she sees Colin flirt with somebody else.
As if things weren't confusing enough, Nate sees Colin and Juliet, then assumes they`re dating and that Colin is Ben. Turns out Colin is Juliet's cousin and isn't in on this . well, yet.
Things occur to a point when Dan, having stolen the peace accord and apparently read some juicy details, convinces a record exec named Rita that Blair's party is really a roast.
Rita arrives with a picture of Blair drunkenly serenading Chuck after a Robyn concert. Robyn is there personally, as well. This video humiliates Blair so often that she rushes away.
Again . we don't see Dan pulling this off, or Blair not laughing off the incident. After all she's been through, Jenny included, THIS is a huge embarrassment to her? Fall on guys.
Believing this was Chuck's doing, Blair confronts him until Dan reveals he was behind it. Rufus is disappointed he's become "one of them." So are we, for aforementioned reasons.
Juliet sneaks off to talk on the sound with Ben, who tells her that yet if Colin is the professor in question, they get to use Serena`s relationship with their cousin to destroy her.
Serena and Colin decide not to sleep together - our girl has such willpower! - but they do kiss in his apartment. Juliet apparently managed to establish a camera there to get it.
Finally, Chuck emerges after Blair's party ends to separate her the mess is over. Friends get to like each other and they're not friends. Blair agrees that she can`t stand Chuck, either.
Peace treaty? Off. Pants? Also off. Aggressive sex? Oh, it's so on.
As Robyn's "Dancing On My Own" plays, the moment fans have waited for arrives, the dark was somewhat redeemed, and if aught else, we can't expect to see what happens next.
What did you conceive of last night's Gossip Girl? Discuss!
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