After watching this episode, we feel like our recap will read zaidi like Chuck bass, besi Appreciation Post Part 500 au whatever, because damn. He’s just that awesome. From rocking a red onesie jumpsuit, to proving yet again that he is zaidi serious about Blair’s happiness than even Blair herself, he was the shining nyota of the show.
We loved Chuck in his onesie–Seriously, who else could pull that off?–and his man-bonding session with Nate at the beginning of the episode. We also loved the callback to early seasons of Chuck and Nate playing sports together–it actually felt like Gossip Girl. However, Nate is officially on notice with us right now. Telling Dan about the dowry, knowing that Chuck NEVER wanted Blair to know about it? We know you’re super busy with your blog and doing Serena’s sister and all, but Chuck is supposed to be your number one bro, bro.
It was so nice to see Serena being a friend/sister to Chuck, albeit briefly, when he needed someone and had absolutely nobody to turn to. Can we PLEASE get zaidi of these lovely Chuck and Serena scenes? They are the only ones who can even guess as to what the other is going through and it would be exemplary to see them support each other when nobody else seems to give a fuck about them. We upendo their siblingy-ness. Please don’t fuck this up, GG writers.
We got a Blair and Serena scene and it was…awkward…to say the least. It’s sad to see these two so try-hard and forced. Seems like the fact that they share a bathroom (yes, we will continue to mock this forever and ever) is doing zaidi harm than good to these jilted Marafiki who not so long zamani considered each other sisters. While we can’t blame Serena for being slightly underhanded with her new role as GG–and for harboring resentment towards B–we wish she would just be upfront about her feelings, instead of pretending like everything is fine when it so obviously isn’t. We hate to see Serena regressing. However, we get that it’s almost time for the annual Serena/Blair showdown. This one is going to be a doozy.
It was nice to see multiple scenes with Blair and Chuck interacting. The two sekunde elevator scene had zaidi intensity and feeling than any and all DB scenes combined. Blair was…not at her best, au in her own words “at rock bottom” during this episode. Admittedly, she wasn’t very kind to Chuck, despite him reaching out to her as a friend (and writers, wewe can re-write history all wewe want, but Chuck and Blair WERE Marafiki LONG before they enacted the hottest limo scene in history and all the love, drama, heartbreak and sexy times that followed, AND even throughout), and the fact that he had just saved her ass. She was overtly cold to him when he first came to her for help, and progressed to downright bitchy and harsh after finding out about the dowry. The convo went something like this:
Blair: wewe paid my dowry and saved my family from bankruptcy after I couldn’t resist doing Humpty Hump in a Dumpty Dump? (but not before kissing him in your bedroom)
Chuck: Ugh. Yes.
Blair: wewe inconsiderate prick!
Chuck: I did it to help you. wewe weren’t supposed to know.
Blair: Misogynist ass! Human trafficker!
Chuck: No, I—
Blair: Don’t lie. wewe just did it because wewe want a piece of thissssss.
Chuck: But–I didn’t–
Blair: I knew it! Eff You!
Chuck: Bye.
To be fair, she was very preoccupied this episode with mourning her childhood dream of becoming a princess (surely we can all sympathize with THIS. Remember going through this, girls? No? Oh.) and she did send him a text message at the end of the episode, thanking him for “setting her free.”
Blair honey, listen. A handful of episodes ago, wewe wanted to run away with Chuck and have him raise your kid as his own. Remember? The—kid? Probably not, because Safran doesn’t feel like uandishi about it. Anyway, don’t wewe think it’s kind of redundant to keep chasing after Chuck to tell him how much wewe think he sucks when all he is trying to do is either a) stay out of your way and b) help wewe out? The best part about this scene was that Chuck FINALLY got to walk away rather than stand there with his sad eyes and take it. Glad to see they gave a bass, besi a break already; HOWEVER, we also know that this scene has some important subtext.
Yes, Chuck has proved himself over and over and over again that he is worthy of trust and that his upendo for Blair is genuine and deep, but Blair still has trust issues with Chuck–her great and consuming love, for whom she would give up everything else rather than lose him again– who hurt her badly in the past. Trusting Chuck–BEING with Chuck–is the greatest risk Blair could possibly take. This scene annoyed us only because it came a season too late. After all that has happened in the 18 episodes prior to this one, it’s difficult to understand Blair’s POV. Didn’t we already do this in 5.7 when Blair was determined to prove that Chuck hadn’t changed? He’s only gotten exponentially better; meanwhile, Blair gets weirder every episode. But we think we get it now. This scene needed to happen to close the door on the past and open another for a chance at a healthy AND consuming love. They will be “equals” when they reunite.
Furthermore, to be perfectly honest, we think a lot of Blair’s coldness and seeming hostility stems from the fact that she is still madly in upendo with him and trying desperately to deal with that. Had she seemed indifferent, we would have been worried, but there is still so much obvious passion between them, and conflicting emotions have always made Blair go a little overboard.
And so it begins. Be afraid, Humphrey. Be very afraid. Once Chuck and Blair start getting close again, things aren’t going to bode well for DB. We’ve already seen that Chuck makes him understandably insecure and it’s only going to get worse from here. Dan is really kind of irrelevant at this point, even as far as DB go. He’s Louis 2.0, Nate 3.0, etc. Speculation based on historical fact: Watch for Blair to begin overcompensating for her guilt in upcoming episodes as she re-enters the state of denial. Also–if Dan makes some kind of gesture that requires a commitment from Blair, we expect to see the beginning of her exit strategy.
As for the whole “who gave Chuck blood” mystery, we still think Elizabeth is Chuck’s mom (Would Safran dare to retcon a retcon? Oh probably, but anyway…) Diana’s timing for her own reappearance is suspect, and we DO think there is a link between her and Chuck’s family, but is she is mother? We don’t think so. Is she Bart bass, besi undercover? We definitely think she is assisting in KEEPING Bart bass, besi under cover. Oh Chuck. wewe are the Gossip Girl world’s punching bag. Luckily, he’s in a good place right now and we think he can handle whatever fuckery is coming his way. Especially since we know Blair will be very much involved in this storyline. A King can handle anything with his Queen kwa his side.
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We loved Chuck in his onesie–Seriously, who else could pull that off?–and his man-bonding session with Nate at the beginning of the episode. We also loved the callback to early seasons of Chuck and Nate playing sports together–it actually felt like Gossip Girl. However, Nate is officially on notice with us right now. Telling Dan about the dowry, knowing that Chuck NEVER wanted Blair to know about it? We know you’re super busy with your blog and doing Serena’s sister and all, but Chuck is supposed to be your number one bro, bro.
It was so nice to see Serena being a friend/sister to Chuck, albeit briefly, when he needed someone and had absolutely nobody to turn to. Can we PLEASE get zaidi of these lovely Chuck and Serena scenes? They are the only ones who can even guess as to what the other is going through and it would be exemplary to see them support each other when nobody else seems to give a fuck about them. We upendo their siblingy-ness. Please don’t fuck this up, GG writers.
We got a Blair and Serena scene and it was…awkward…to say the least. It’s sad to see these two so try-hard and forced. Seems like the fact that they share a bathroom (yes, we will continue to mock this forever and ever) is doing zaidi harm than good to these jilted Marafiki who not so long zamani considered each other sisters. While we can’t blame Serena for being slightly underhanded with her new role as GG–and for harboring resentment towards B–we wish she would just be upfront about her feelings, instead of pretending like everything is fine when it so obviously isn’t. We hate to see Serena regressing. However, we get that it’s almost time for the annual Serena/Blair showdown. This one is going to be a doozy.
It was nice to see multiple scenes with Blair and Chuck interacting. The two sekunde elevator scene had zaidi intensity and feeling than any and all DB scenes combined. Blair was…not at her best, au in her own words “at rock bottom” during this episode. Admittedly, she wasn’t very kind to Chuck, despite him reaching out to her as a friend (and writers, wewe can re-write history all wewe want, but Chuck and Blair WERE Marafiki LONG before they enacted the hottest limo scene in history and all the love, drama, heartbreak and sexy times that followed, AND even throughout), and the fact that he had just saved her ass. She was overtly cold to him when he first came to her for help, and progressed to downright bitchy and harsh after finding out about the dowry. The convo went something like this:
Blair: wewe paid my dowry and saved my family from bankruptcy after I couldn’t resist doing Humpty Hump in a Dumpty Dump? (but not before kissing him in your bedroom)
Chuck: Ugh. Yes.
Blair: wewe inconsiderate prick!
Chuck: I did it to help you. wewe weren’t supposed to know.
Blair: Misogynist ass! Human trafficker!
Chuck: No, I—
Blair: Don’t lie. wewe just did it because wewe want a piece of thissssss.
Chuck: But–I didn’t–
Blair: I knew it! Eff You!
Chuck: Bye.
To be fair, she was very preoccupied this episode with mourning her childhood dream of becoming a princess (surely we can all sympathize with THIS. Remember going through this, girls? No? Oh.) and she did send him a text message at the end of the episode, thanking him for “setting her free.”
Blair honey, listen. A handful of episodes ago, wewe wanted to run away with Chuck and have him raise your kid as his own. Remember? The—kid? Probably not, because Safran doesn’t feel like uandishi about it. Anyway, don’t wewe think it’s kind of redundant to keep chasing after Chuck to tell him how much wewe think he sucks when all he is trying to do is either a) stay out of your way and b) help wewe out? The best part about this scene was that Chuck FINALLY got to walk away rather than stand there with his sad eyes and take it. Glad to see they gave a bass, besi a break already; HOWEVER, we also know that this scene has some important subtext.
Yes, Chuck has proved himself over and over and over again that he is worthy of trust and that his upendo for Blair is genuine and deep, but Blair still has trust issues with Chuck–her great and consuming love, for whom she would give up everything else rather than lose him again– who hurt her badly in the past. Trusting Chuck–BEING with Chuck–is the greatest risk Blair could possibly take. This scene annoyed us only because it came a season too late. After all that has happened in the 18 episodes prior to this one, it’s difficult to understand Blair’s POV. Didn’t we already do this in 5.7 when Blair was determined to prove that Chuck hadn’t changed? He’s only gotten exponentially better; meanwhile, Blair gets weirder every episode. But we think we get it now. This scene needed to happen to close the door on the past and open another for a chance at a healthy AND consuming love. They will be “equals” when they reunite.
Furthermore, to be perfectly honest, we think a lot of Blair’s coldness and seeming hostility stems from the fact that she is still madly in upendo with him and trying desperately to deal with that. Had she seemed indifferent, we would have been worried, but there is still so much obvious passion between them, and conflicting emotions have always made Blair go a little overboard.
And so it begins. Be afraid, Humphrey. Be very afraid. Once Chuck and Blair start getting close again, things aren’t going to bode well for DB. We’ve already seen that Chuck makes him understandably insecure and it’s only going to get worse from here. Dan is really kind of irrelevant at this point, even as far as DB go. He’s Louis 2.0, Nate 3.0, etc. Speculation based on historical fact: Watch for Blair to begin overcompensating for her guilt in upcoming episodes as she re-enters the state of denial. Also–if Dan makes some kind of gesture that requires a commitment from Blair, we expect to see the beginning of her exit strategy.
As for the whole “who gave Chuck blood” mystery, we still think Elizabeth is Chuck’s mom (Would Safran dare to retcon a retcon? Oh probably, but anyway…) Diana’s timing for her own reappearance is suspect, and we DO think there is a link between her and Chuck’s family, but is she is mother? We don’t think so. Is she Bart bass, besi undercover? We definitely think she is assisting in KEEPING Bart bass, besi under cover. Oh Chuck. wewe are the Gossip Girl world’s punching bag. Luckily, he’s in a good place right now and we think he can handle whatever fuckery is coming his way. Especially since we know Blair will be very much involved in this storyline. A King can handle anything with his Queen kwa his side.
All credit goes to link
