BLAIR STRUGGLES WITH A DECISION ABOUT HER FUTURE

“The Backup Dan” – Blair (Leighton Meester) must make a difficult decision about her future, the consequences of which could hurt those she loves most. Serena (Blake Lively) takes the blame for an incident with Gossip Girl in order to protect someone she loves. Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) smells the scent of scandal and decides to follow its trail. Watch a sneak peek from tonight’s episode:

Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle also star. David Warren directed the episode written by Matt Whitney (#514).

OMG! GOSSIP GIRL HITS 100 EPISODES!

“G.G.” – The much-anticipated 100th episode will open with a musical dream sequence featuring Serena (Blake Lively), Blair (Leighton Meester) and all the men in their lives (Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick and Hugo Becker). Also, while Chuck (Ed Westwick) wrestles with the reality that Blair is about to walk down the aisle with Prince Louis (guest star Hugo Becker), the return of Georgina Sparks (guest star Michelle Trachtenberg) might make the royal affair a royal disaster. Watch sneak peeks from tonight’s episode:

Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle also star. Mark Piznarski directed the episode written by executive producer Joshua Safran (#513).

BLAIR’S BACHELORETTE PARTY/EPISODE DIRECTED BY AMY HECKERLING (“CLUELESS”)

“Father And The Bride” – Blair (Leighton Meester) prepares to celebrate her upcoming royal wedding with a bachelorette party, but others scheme behind her back to make this a night to remember. After discovering the truth behind Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair’s car accident, Nate (Chace Crawford) joins forces with a surprising ally to gather the evidence. Serena (Blake Lively) and Dan (Penn Badgley) pretend to be dating again to protect someone close to them. Watch sneak peeks from tonight’s episode:

Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle also star. Amy Heckerling directed the episode written by Peter Elkoff (#512).

Nate learns that his grandfather, William van der Bilt, owns the majorty of stock shares at Spectator and he influenced Diana to hire him. William invites Nate to an upstate retreat, but Nate’s cousin, Trip, has been excluded. After Dan sacrifices his own love for Blair for her happiness, Chuck and Blair are hurried into a car from Charlie’s debutante ball.

Their car is tailed by vicious paparazzi (Charlie sent a blast to Gossip Girl and tipped them off in order to keep them away from her) who cause them to crash, leaving Chuck fighting for his life and the pregnant Blair fighting to keep her baby. After Max’s pleads to both Serena and Nate about Charlie’s real identity falls on deaf ears, he has a run-in with Trip van der Bilt whom he apparently tells his story about Ivy. Charlie calls Carol Rhodes to tell her that she is leaving New York City after she tells Rufus that she is a fraud.

Also, Diana is called by Jack Bass and informed about Chuck and Blair’s car accident; she is somehow involved.

“Riding in Town Cars with Boys” is the 97th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the 9th episode of the show’s fifth season. It aired on Monday, December 5, 2011 on the CW.

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LILY INTRODUCES CHARLIE TO NEW YORK SOCIETY

“Riding In Town Cars With Boys” – Lily (Kelly Rutherford) throws Charlie (Kaylee DeFer) a party to officially introduce her to New York society. Meanwhile, Charlie’s ex-boyfriend, Max (guest star Brian J. Smith), throws a wrench into Charlie’s future as an Upper East Side princess. Dan (Penn Badgley) decides it may be time to tell Blair (Leighton Meester) the truth about his feelings for her. Watch sneak peeks from tonight’s episode:

Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick and Matthew Settle also star. Vince Misiano directed the episode written by Amanda Lasher (#510)

Chuck assures her that she is “the lightest thing that ever came into my life” and tells her he let her go because she asked him to. He just wants her to be happy. Nate is the new boss of the Spectator and one of his employees finds out that his cousin Tripp’s wife, Maureen, might be having an affair. He soon figures out, however, that Maureen is faking an affair in order to create a sympathetic image for Tripp in the public eye before the upcoming election.

Meanwhile Serena learns about Ivy and Max and breaks up with him and Carol Rhodes visits to help find a cover story to get “Charlie” her trustfund and to help keep her there where she’s loved. Everyone believes Ivy’s story that she really is Charlie and pretended to be Ivy when she was with Max, even though he calls her a liar and says otherwise. Ivy also finds out that CeCe is sick, but keeps it a secret.

The episode ends with Max reaffirming his threats to Ivy to expose her scam, Chuck telling Nate that he still loves Blair, and Blair looking despondent in her bedroom, refusing to talking to Louis who is out of the country.

“Rhodes to Perdition” is the 96th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the 9th episode of the show’s fifth season. It aired on Monday, November 28, 2011 on the CW.

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY ANDREW MCCARTHY

“Rhodes to Perdition” – Lily (Kelly Rutherford), Charlie (Kaylee DeFer) and Serena (Blake Lively) eagerly anticipate the Studio 54 party being thrown in CeCe’s (guest star Caroline Lagerfelt) honor. Nate (Chace Crawford) takes on a new role at the Spectator, but his first big story turns out to be about someone he knows all too well. Blair (Leighton Meester) turns to an unlikely person for help. Watch sneak peeks from tonight’s episode:

Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick and Matthew Settle also star. Andrew McCarthy directed the episode written by Natalie Krinsky (#509).

But when the list is leaked anyway, Nate and Serena accuse each other, then Nate accuses Diana, but Blair finds out that the culprit is Louis. Elsewhere, Max confronts Ivy about her double life of impersonating Charlie who tells him that ‘Charlie’ is her real identity. But Max quickly sees through Ivy’s lies and instead of informing Lily or Serena or the authorities with what he knows, he instead blackmails Ivy for a large sum of money.

Also, William van der Bilt makes his presence known where he forces Diana to quit as editor-in-chief of Spectator so that Nate can take her place. Chuck tells Dan that he is in love with Blair. The episode ends with Blair visiting Chuck at the Empire after she learns from Serena that Chuck really has changed.

“All the Pretty Sources” is the 95th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the 8th episode of the show’s fifth season. The episode was written by Dan Steele and directed by Andy Wolk. It aired on Monday, November 21, 2011 on the CW.

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SERENA PLANS A DREAM BRIDAL SHOWER FOR BLAIR

“All The Pretty Sources” – Serena (Blake Lively) is hard at work planning a dream bridal shower for Blair (Leighton Meester), but it should come as no surprise that Serena has to plant some false information about the shower in order to keep Blair from finding out all the details. Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Dan (Penn Badgley) decide to spend the day together to distract themselves from the fact that they didn’t make the invite list for Blair’s shower. Nate (Chace Crawford) and Serena find a silver bullet in Diana’s (guest star Elizabeth Hurley) war against Gossip Girl, but struggle about whether to use it or not. Watch sneak peeks from tonight’s episode:

Kaylee DeFer, Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle also star. Cherie Nowlan directed the episode written by Austin Winsberg (#508).

Meanwhile, Diana sets her sights to snag Serena a job at her web company as part of her twisted quest to ruin Gossip Girl’s website. When Charlie/Ivy’s ex-boyfriend, Max, arrives in town to look for her, Diana sets about manipulating both of them, as well as Nate, hoping to cause a major confrontation for her own deranged enjoyment.

Elsewhere, Dan sets out on his book tour, but Rufus and Lily discover that he isn’t exactly having the experience as he claims to be. At the end, more shocking twists are revealed as the evil Diana and Nate’s crooked grandfather, William van der Bilt, are revealed to have been working together to orchestrate Nate’s employment with Diana as part of sinister grand plan for Nate, while Max, sent away by Diana on a ruse, accidentally discovers Ivy’s double life of impersonating Serena’s cousin Charlie.

“The Big Sleep No More” is the 94th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the 7th episode of the show’s fifth season. The episode was written by Dan Steele and directed by Andy Wolk. It aired on Monday, November 14, 2011 on the CW.

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