Playing Catch Up

by Heidi on May 21, 2008

So, so far….I have two guest bloggers – the fabulous Jenn from Free and Flawed and Megan from Tea and Cake Time…but I still need one possibly two more??? Any takers???

Also! I need to write my guest post for Modern Gal – that i need to send before Friday but I’m drawing a blank as to what to write…any suggestions from my fab readers??

Finally, what you’ve all been waiting for…my thoughts on the Gossip Girl Season finale (I was going to tie in my reaction to Senator Kennedy’s cancer which I found out about yesterday at our Cancer Town Hall meeting, but that can’t go with gossip girl so I’ll write on that later…)

Gossip Girl

Ok, my first thoughts are…by 830pm EDT…they tried to fit SO MUCH IN!!!

You had the confrontation with Georgina (which was not nearly as bad ass as I anticipated), you had Lily wake up in Rufus’s bed, you had Bart confront Lily, and then of course you had Dan and Blair work together to take down Georgina. In the first half hour.

Not nearly as bad ass of a confrontation as it should have been. Come on i was expecting hair pulling, bitch slapping the WORKS dude!

Second half hour? Wedding time. You have Rufus threaten to break it up by showing up at Lily’s dressing room, Dan and Serena break up, get back together, and by the end of the episode break up again. Nate’s dad comes back to town (!!!) and leaves the country but not before Nate gives him a good sucker punch for being a deebag. And then? Nate and Vanessa break up. THEN! You have Blair and Chuck dance. Kiss. And holy shit it’s a week later and they’re going to Europe together?!

Chuck Bass you devious little hottie you!

And Dan and Vanessa are hanging out?! And so are Nate and Serena?! Then Bart tells his son that really? You’re not the type to be tied down…sooo you shouldn’t even try. Soooo…yeah. Then? in comes Amelia…some sort of designer who looks like she’s about twelve (and totally reminded me of the southern girl from West Wing…i forget her name but the short spunky one that I adored that used to piss off the Communications guy…fuck i forget her name.) and what do you know…chuck threw out the flowers he got for B, and gave Amelia a single rose as Blair gets on the copter without Chuck but is flirting with one of Bart’s associates?!

Who is this girl?! And what is she doing with Chuck Bass???!!!

WHAT THE HELL!!!

It was…a good episode. I give it that. Butttt there was way too much going on. It did leave cliff hangers because next season we’ll find out if lil J killed herself working for B’s mom, if B got it on with the associate, what Amelia’s role is, do N and S finally date? Do V and D live happily ever after and will B castrate C for standing her up? This feels like a huge lil Algebraic equation but it makes sense. I’m excited to see next season (did it get signed for a second season???) to see what happens with all these high school angsty relationships.

What did you think?!

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  • http://www.newlyweddedwife.com Laurie

    I thought GG was a little disappointing. I like splashy finales (uh, Desparate Housewives comes to mind) so this was just ok. I still love it – but don’t like that Chuck turned into a skeezball in a matter of two minutes.

  • http://www.perksofbeingajap.blogspot.com Lacey

    I’ll guest blog!! :)

  • http://www.perksofbeingajap.blogspot.com Lacey

    Oh and I was kind disappointed in GG? I LOVED everything to do with Chuck Bass, because I love him IRL, but I thought that new girl (the designer) was UGLY! And I thought Serena’s dress for the wedding was HID too. But I can’t wait to see what happens with Little J interning for Blair’s mom! There was a lot in this ep… can’t wait for next season!

  • http://lspoon.wordpress.com littlespoon

    I sit Fall yet? Seriously I’m not sure I can wait for new GG. addiction, I has it.

  • http://talenttoplay.blogspot.com Playful Professional

    Yeah I definitely think they tried to throw too much in that last episode. Nothing was quite as developed as I was hoping, but hopefully it should be pretty good next season. A little disappointing.

  • http://www.stayfrostie.blogspot.com Emily

    Ainsley Hayes! She was great. So was GG, I am sad it is over for the season.

  • http://capitolhill.blogspot.com wendy

    I love me some Chuck Bass – I love his real life british accent as well.
    Not pleased with the finale – I knew Chuck wouldn’t change……but yeah too much crammed in the season finale.

  • http://halfdesertedstreets.blogspot.com Lauren

    All in all, I thought it was decent. Sure, every couple broke up, but it’s high school–what more can you expect? I liked how they got rid of Georgina, though. Surely not as hardcore, but definitely enjoyable to watch. So, yeah, it was decent.

    And, yes, I heard it WAS picked up for next season. Too many people love it for it not to be!

  • http://lifeaslist.blogspot.com Liz

    If you haven’t met you quota yet, I’d be happy to do a guest list (get it? instead of guest post … except it sounds like I’d be putting together dinner invitations)

  • http://jac0610.blogspot.com Jackie

    Apparently I need to start watching Gossip Girl…it sounds intriguing.

  • http://flipflopsintherain.wordpress.com flipflopsintherain

    i’m so glad you posted this — my DVR cut off that whole Chuck/Blair?new girl thing. What the…?

  • http://goodthingscometothosewhowhine.blogspot.com Arielle

    If you still need people I’m happy to guest blog. Of course I won’t be able to do it during the day since your site is blocked at work, but I can be the night blogger. =)

  • Jackie

    I completely agree about GG trying to squeeze too much in at first. Then again, I’d prob have gotten just as mad if they dragged it on like most finales do. (Aka…Friends series finally when Rachel and Ross got back together with like 45 seconds to go!). But anyways, I can’t wait for next season either…and even tho D and S broke up, at least i can view their real life romance on tmz.com:

    http://www.tmz.com/2008/05/20/zit-couple-of-the-moment/

  • http://amandabtv.wordpress.com Amanda

    At the Gossip Girl Paley Fest Panel, they mentioned that they didnt’ change the story lines they had already planned to do when they had to go from 9 episodes to 5 in the wake of the writers’ strike. That is my reasoning as to why the last few episodes have felt like they were moving at 8,000 miles a minute. I was kind of alright with this but I really wanted Georgina to get more of smackdown.

    Also, it seems a lot of people have already volunteered, but if all else falls through, I am now settled in Boston and can guest blog if you want :)

  • http://jessriley.blogspot.com Jess Riley

    I just sent you an email about this…I’d love to guest, if you’re still looking! :)

  • tipptalk

    I will guest blog!

  • http://www.clevergirlgoesblog.blogspot.com tia

    i love chuck bass.

    and…i think it’s kinda silly how dan and serena are going back to their old loves, nate and vanessa. whatevs.

  • TCB

    I thought the exact same thing – too much info in the episode. it was like the writers were doing a sprint to wrap up the season. There should have been a more dramatic georgina slapping – come on was that the best blair could do – get her parents?!? but I did love the line, ‘haven’t heard, i’m the crazy one around here’ that was funny.

  • http://citygrits.net LJ

    Meh. I was pretty disappointed. I felt like they were trying too hard for the drama (perhaps a side effect them attempting to overpack the episode, like you mentioned). S and B’s dresses for the wedding? Hid-e-ous!!

    I’d have liked to see Chuck go with B just to kind of say “whatever dad you don’t know me” instead of just caving. Please. And I don’t know that I see why D is so outraged at S. I’m not a liar, but I can see her logic in trying to shelter him a bit. Get with the program D.

    And c’mon. Why on earth did Lily marry Chuck’s slimy dad?

    And now, we have to wait. For like forever to see what comes next. Argh.

  • http://toshspice.wordpress.com/ toshspice

    why as chucks clothes so tight?

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