SPOILER WARNING
* First things first: April 20th? Way to schedule, CW!
* I think the Missus put it best when it comes to Vanessa-Chuck: “This is what Vanessa needed. Finally, she’s interesting! All it took was the magic of Chuck.”
* I think I can get behind the Nate-Blair rematch, too. Better than Nate-Vanessa, that’s for sure, and you’ve got to have a good reason to put off Chuck-Blair.
* I only just realized that Poppy Lipton wasn’t some real-life NYC socialite making a cameo like Jay McInerney or something. Instead she was just another underbaked Gossip Girl bit part. I don’t know why they keep introducing characters just to not use them or develop them.
* Serena’s getting a bit annoying. This party story was kind of lackluster and lame for her. However, I did enjoy her getting her comeuppance via Jenny’s kegger pals. I can’t imagine her getting married in Spain is going to improve things.
* “We’re not in need?” “It’s all relative.” Indeed, Humphreys. Indeed.
* Dan getting a fan letter from his believed-dead half-brother is a bit of a coinkydink even for a show where people routinely bump into their friends while walking around Manhattan.
* I liked the introduction of another Polish servant. That’s definitely what Gossip Girl was missing.
* How about an Eric-Jonathan make-out session? Or any kind of physical intimacy whatsoever?
* I feel like I’m complaining a lot but I actually enjoyed this episode. I think it’s just that I’m writing this in the middle of America’s Next Top Model, which is so bad it has me grumpy about everything.
“So basically nothing has changed since last time I saw you.” I LOVE when Gossip Girl makes fun of itself. That’s one of the things that sets it apart from the 90210s of the world.
On the re-couplings, I’m ok with Chuck/Vanessa, not so much with Nate/Blair. On the first one, it works because they have a chemistry (probably because they’re banging in real life) and Chuck drags her up to his level.
On the flipside, I think Nate drags Blair down to his level. Nate’s best relationship was his bromance with Dan.
Also, I took the fan letter thing to be unnamed half-brother figuring it out and tracking down Dan, not a coincidence. His parents certainly seemed to think he had put two and two together, right?
The next episode looks like a killer. I’ve waited 27 years for a “Very Special Passover” episode of anything!