Anyone who has ever watched Gossip Girl knows that it is a television show that, for several reasons, is BARELY grounded in an even vague sense of reality. Of course, as is to be expected on any high school TV drama, there is the usual, obvious stuff, like Serena's hair existing in real life, and the obviously ridiculous and contrived love triangles, etc. But usually that's okay, because hello, it's television. Also, Gossip Girl obviously resonates with people for a reason, which is that a lot of the things addressed on the show (female bitchery, popularity, money, romance, etc.) actually are both realistic and relatable. But on this week's show, I was for some reason endlessly annoyed by the fact that the entire episode was based on a totally foolish and unrealistic premise. Which was that, Blair and Vanessa were vying to give a toast at a freshman "dinner" (which appeared to be more of a cocktail party). Does any college actually do this? If so, does ANY freshman in their right mind... actually go? Much less care? So that was my biggest beef with this week's episode. Other than that, there were some pros and cons. Let's do a little list.
PROS:
*The compliment watch: How can I get one? "Your teeth shine like diamonds!" What a good compliment.
*Blair's unnecessarily diabolical strategy to get Chuck to kiss that guy, and his disproportionately casual response to it.
*Vanessa's sort of ugly-awesome, Stevie Nicks-reminiscent "fancy dress."
*"Where did you learn to give a pep talk? Guantanamo?"
CONS:
*Vanessa's straight hair. Girl should stop with that nonsense.
*What is up with what appears to be a writer's room joke about these Welcome Back Kotter mugs? It is getting to be as bad as the whole "Rufus is so cute with his waffles" thing.
*Serena's outfit to the campaign office. Don't get me wrong -- the dress was awesome. But... like, is that her casual-wear?
Next week, it looks like we're in for Halloween and sex tape drama. So far, I'm intrigued. Stay tuned.
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