* No way am I burying the lede this time around: Best Serena cleavage ever.
* Of course Rufus is lame enough to make KISS jack o’ lanterns.
* Make Blair kiss a girl, Chuck! Make Blair kiss a girl!
* That publicist character is the fucking worst. Every minute she’s on screen is insufferable. This, of course, is an accurate portrayal of publicists.
* These people just routinely lie to each other. Trick or treating, career stuff, helping your boyfriend, dating your costar, whatever, it’s always time to lie.
* I liked that goofy shot of Serena taking all that time to walk out of the Humphrey loft as Dan and Olivia argue over her pretending to still be dating her ex-costar. It was like something out of Wet Hot American Summer, only featuring awesome stems.
* The gangster outfits were a little much even for this show.
* Here’s why the end of the episode was a mess: If getting busted by the cops is so self-evidently good for the hotel, why would Serena think it would be bad for the celebrities? Even if you want to grant her the initial freakout, eventually it’s no longer theoretical–it turns out to be great for the celebrities. And yet she’s still pissed at Blair. Meanwhile, Blair never says “hey, it’ll be great for them too,” she makes some kind of lame “I’m putting Chuck first” argument instead of pointing out that it’s an obvious win-win. Bad writing.
Y’know, as crazy as just about everything on this show is on a weekly basis, I’m still having trouble suspending my disbelif as far as Dan being able to interact regularly with Serena as his stepsister despite having lost his virginity to her. It still weirds me out.