"Gossip Girl" Season Premiere: Summer is Sex, Lies and Scandal’s Busiest Season

OMG Gossip Girl is finally back The seasonamp8217s premiere titled amp8220Summer Kind of Wonderfulamp8221 was kind of okay The episode delivered on the showamp8217s unspoken promise to punch up the sex factor which was subtlety communicated via the recent scandalous ad campaign The omnipotent Gossip Girl reminds us that summer is sex lies and scandalamp8217s busiest season so is sweeps week Nate and a mystery blond get hot and heavy in the passenger seat of a car for what seems like hours before itamp8217s revealed that Nate is involved in a wicked affair with an older married woman In a scene reminiscent of Desperate Housewivesamp8217 John Rowland and Gabrielle Solas a boxerclad Nate jumps out a secondstory window to avoid being caught by his older loveramp8217s husbandamp160 Dan is interning for Jeremiah Harris played by Bright Lights Big City author Jay McInerney and juggling a couple of romantic prospects Little sister Jenny is slaving away at Eleanor Waldorfamp8217s office under the scrutiny of a Devil Wears Prada type boss Laurel who steals lines with the help of the Gossip Girl writing staff I assume from Project Runwayamp8217s Tim Gunn when she calls one of Jennyamp8217s designs a amp8220Holly Hobbie frockamp8221 Gunn used the term in season 3 to describe one of Angela Keslaramp8217s designs Laurel and her recycled criticism get on my nerves and maybe thatamp8217s the point She even goes as far as checking the guest list of the amp8220VitaminWater White Partyamp8221 to figure out how Jenny weaseled her way inamp160 Also at the VitaminWater Party is socialite Tinsley Mortimer played by herself Thank goodness the girlamp8217s got money because I donamp8217t see an acting career or a recurring role in her future Blair has a new plaything and instrument of revenge on Chuck who she calls amp8220MotherChuckeramp8221 and amp8220Chuck Basstardquot Blairamp8217s 30ishlooking new man admits to Blair heamp8217s not who he says he is He is not a college student but actually a British Lord named Marcus Thatamp8217s not all More will be revealed about this character in coming episodesSeems VitaminWater scored a pretty sweet product placement deal with the show as the amp8220VitaminWater Partyamp8221 was referred to several times throughout the episode and now unfortunately throughout this blog In all fairness the placement is realistic as VitaminWater does sponsor parties in New York and even sponsored the Gossip Girl premiere party last month in the Hamptons Guests of the reallife party did not have to wear white or eggshell or whatever other incarnations of white that the fictional party invitation dictatedamp160 Serenaamp8217s story remains largely unchanged After a bad date that Blair insisted she go on saying amp8220A hot lifeguard is like Kleenex use once and throw away You couldnamp8217t ask for a better reboundamp8221 Serena is on her way to rekindling her romance with Dan as the episode comes to a closeNext week Blair throws a party and more is revealed about Marcus

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