Gossip Girl

I watched all 13 episodes of Gossip Girl in less than 2 days. Don't judge me.

Surprising even myself, I had lots of fun with this show. The story lines are a bit one-dimensional. Upper-east side teens drink, party, shop, and have sex all the time. And their parents are crazy messed-up. Okay! We get it! But other than that, I think the writing is pretty clever, and I found myself sympathizing for every character at least part of the time. They're all more complicated than it seems at first--like Transformers! "We're more than meets the eye." Even Chuck. Aside from the fact that he really seemed to care about Blair, I liked his friendship with Nate (pre-Blair, of course). When Nate went to that poker game with jackass-Carter, Chuck totally came to the rescue. Also, the fact that Kristen Bell is the voice of Gossip Girl adds major cool points. I'm not trying to come up with an excuse for watching, I'm just saying...

I think Dan is absolutely wonderful. So is his dad. Serena's pretty cool, too. My favorite episode was the Thanksgiving one, "Blair Waldorf Must Pie," when Eric & Serena/Dan & Jenny find out that their mom/dad used to be in love. The discussion about whether or not they could be related was fantastic.
-"There's no chance we're related, right?"
-"Well, look at Eric's roots."
-"What do you mean? What's wrong with my roots?"
-"They're kinda Rufus-like..."
(Serena enters)
-"What's going on with our parents?"
-"Oh, our dad dated your mom."
-"Yeah, we're not related though."
-"Ignore my roots."


Interesting side-note: I usually try to find more candid photos for these blogs- you know, screen captures or episode promotional pictures. Impossible for Gossip Girl. They're all glamorous cast photos with the kids looking like golden gods (see above picture). The closest I came to a natural shot was this one to the left. I'm pretty sure those leaves aren't even real...







Even their promos look fake!