"Like all good things, the witching hour must come to an end. True natures are revealed. Tricks turn into treats, and taking off costumes is as much fun as putting them on. Everything returns to the way it was except for little girls who forget Halloween lasts only one night. They wear their costumes for so long, pretty soon they can't even remember who they were before they put them on."
-xoxo gossip girl
If these Upper East Siders know one thing, they know that Blair Waldorf never settles, and this week was no different, even when it comes to the love of her life Chuck Bass. After last week's sexual boundary-bending episode when Blair tricks Chuck into kissing a man, he is of course a little leery of her. But when Blair finds out Chuck is opening his speakeasy club within 24 hours, she gets down to business. Even after strict instructions to not get in his way, he wants to do this on his own terms. She, of course, does the opposite, because Blair Waldorf takes orders from no one.
After calling her ex-hook up/boyfriend's uncle and guardian for a little help with a liquor license for Chuck's new club, it of course backfires. Messing with any Bass is never a smart choice, and Jack Bass is no exception. After guaranteeing he took care of the license, he informed Blair he never got it handled. Basically, a big fuck you to Bass industries and Chuck, and Blair. This made Chuck's first major endeavor a failure of sorts, considering the police came to close down the club very quickly after their doors had opened.
But Chuck is not Blair's love for no reason: Chuck Bass knows how to twist a story (I mean their loved blossomed because of games, lust and sex.) So, instead of letting the cops find out and bust it, he called them himself and let the paparazzi catch all the glory of the party of the year getting busted with a slew of A-listers.
One A-lister we love to watch be anything but Hollywood is Olivia, Dan's new girlfriend. Apparently she has an interesting past love story — starting with her latest movie, which ended up being a sex tape of sorts. Dan, being the lonely Brooklyn boy he always has been, had never heard of the unbelievably popular Twilight rip-off movies she was in. When Nate brings them to him and they watch the sex scene together in a totally bro moment, Nate of course points out, "Dude, that's an orgasm." I guess lonely boy is a little out of practice lately. But not for long with Olivia's roommate Vanessa out of town. The two got it on in true dorm room fashion — good for you Dan!
Although Serena may be very far from dorm life, she does seem to actually be succeeding at the whole being in the real world thing….at least for now. She was made to be a publicist: sex, scandal, and gossip are all she deals with everyday. But after her boss asked her to break up Dan and Olivia because Olivia needs a photo op with her ex-boyfriend Patrick Robinson (really Gossip Girl writers, you had to completely rip off Twilight?) who was her partner in the sex scene, Serena has a change of heart and puts family first. She keeps Olivia and Dan together, and decided to make out with Patrick at the premiere to make sure he wasn't left out of the publicity stunt also. She just might have a career in making scandal…who would have thought.
This week we saw betrayal, love, scandal, and gossip…but what else is new with these Upper East Siders? Just another day in the life of Gossip Girl. Until next week,
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This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2009.