GOSSIP GIRL “The Grandfather” Review

What did you think of tonight’s episode of GOSSIP GIRL “The Grandfather”?

Is it me of was this episode of Gossip Girl really boring? Half way through I couldn’t wait for it to be over.

Serena, Dan, and Jenny had pretty much nothing interesting to do during the episode.

Lily and Rufus, well I never really cared for their story anyway.

And I never really cared for Nate and Vanessa either. Come to think of it, I never cared for Vanessa alone either. Whatever happened to Jenny and Nate?

And finally Blair. It just seems that Blair always does the same thing. And in this episode she was just sad.

To top it all, now she’s supposedly going back with Nate? Really? Out of the blue? This sounds more and more like a soap opera and not a good one. Who’s next Dan?

I am quite disappointed with where the story is going right now, and I really hope they fix it soon. What happened to the Gossip Girl from season one?

How did you guys like tonight’s episode? Were you as annoyed as I was by Blair’s behavior?

By Sandie | March 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

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The whole premise of tan out of the blue Van der Belt family reunion was slightly bizarre. One episode Vanessa and Nate are dating casually and the next they are planning escapades in Europe and Vanessa’s suddenly the supportive girlfriend? Uh uh. I think they should have put in a bit of groundwork in prior episodes before this happened. Nate and Vanessa were a couple I liked – an example of the whole ‘different worlds’ situation that worked. I was so pleased! Vanessa had stopped being annoying and Nate was finally interesting! But the reunion thing was sudden sloppy (who else gets pissed off by the fact that you see Nate’s mum like twice a season?). It didn’t allow for the whole Van der Belt legacy to play out – merely crash and burn. And now Nate’s going into politics – W.T.F.?

And what the hell was up with the fact that Dan, Vanessa, Blair, Serena and Chuck were at Nate’s family reunion? The situation reeked of soap opera.

I find myself hating Serena, when she used to be my favourite. GIVE HER AN INTERESTING STORYLINE! This episode was a half-arse attempt at being a best-friend. She sort of ran around everywhere spreading her youthful sagacity. Snore. Maybe she should figure out what to do with the rest of her life?

And Lily and Rufus – finally they are together but Rufus is still pissing me off! He is so damn self-righteous. What the hell is up with that. Surely he should have been way more understanding of Lily’s actions. And they have been 20 years in the making. Don’t make them fight. THey should only grow stronger as a couple whereas this week’s ‘strengthening’ was weak. A poor writing job, once again. And I was seeing hints of pilot episode Lily – she trots on out whenever there’s a tiff.

Blair and Chuck – they have kept it going the whole season, and now the ball is in Chick’s court, the trick is to keep it fresh. I like that Chuck is trying to support Blair and is struggling, but the fact that they were at the reunion put me way off!

And the good things:

Blair! Miss Queen Bee is freaking out! I love it. Unmapped territory! Her rebellion I loved (stealing the sunglasses; loved it), but why did she go to the reunion? WHY DID ANYONE BUT NATE GO TO THE REUNION? I was feeling the end, though. She went for Nate because he is familiar – she associates him with normalcy and comfort. Don’t take the bait, Nate! Take this to a good place, writers. B needs to do something amazing with her life and shove it in Yale’s face!

Dorota! I love how much screen time she’s been getting this season! When they have a really dark episode, give Dorota a love interest, for comic relief!