Bad News Blair (10 Oct. 2007)

Blair is thrilled when her mother, Eleanor, chooses her to be the new face of her clothing line. However, Blair's happiness soon turns to her typical feelings of betrayal and jealousy when ... See full summary »

Director:

Patrick R. Norris

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (developer), Stephanie Savage (developer),

Stars:

Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Blake Lively	...	Serena van der Woodsen
Leighton Meester	...	Blair Waldorf
Penn Badgley	...	Dan Humphrey
Chace Crawford	...	Nate Archibald
Taylor Momsen	...	Jenny Humphrey (credit only)
Ed Westwick	...	Chuck Bass
Kelly Rutherford	...	Lily van der Woodsen
Matthew Settle	...	Rufus Humphrey
Margaret Colin	...	Eleanor Waldorf
Peter O'Brien	...	Photographer
Sebastian Stan	...	Carter Baizen
Nicole Fiscella	...	Isabel Coates
Nan Zhang	...	Kati Farkas
Michelle Hurd	...	Laurel
Jill Flint	...	Bex

Storyline

Blair is thrilled when her mother, Eleanor, chooses her to be the new face of her clothing line. However, Blair's happiness soon turns to her typical feelings of betrayal and jealousy when Serena moves into the spotlight and Blair finds herself back in Serena's shadow. Meanwhile, Serena and Dan are reminded once again that they come from two very different worlds, and Nate and Chuck indulge in a boys' weekend with the former trust-fund case, Carter Baizen, to blow off steam after Ivy Week, and who gets the guys into trouble with some of his poker player thugs. Elsewhere, Rufus bonds with an attractive art collector, named Bex, whom is interested in his latest painting at the Bedford Avenue Art Gallery where he works.

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Plot Keywords:

new york city | manhattan new york city | upper east side manhattan new york city

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

College Hill Pictures Inc., Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min 48 min 42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only time during the series actor Ed Westwick speaks close to his native accent is in S1E4 during The Lost Weekend pub crawl. When Chuck tells the guys "Remember, don't stick your shillelagh in the wrong pot o' gold".

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Quotes

Chuck Bass: Are you high? He looks like Matthew McConaughey between movies.

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Connections

Spoofs Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Till The Sun Comes Up"
by Miss Eighty 6

User Reviews

It might be missing Jenny, but it isn't missing charm!

This was an amazing episode.

It humanizes Blair, Dan, and Serena in a fashion shoot/modeling plot line in which Serena tries to help Blair please her mother more, and Dan tries to figure out if Serena is worth it (this is questioned because of her frenemy friendship with Blair). This helped humanize the perfect Queen B and brooding Brooklyn boy, while showing more necessary flaws in the It-Girl.

Chuck throws and party and someone crashes and makes Nate reconsider the UES world. It makes Chuck more sympathetic and Nate more flawed.

Even with the show missing Jenny it doesn't miss the charm with high end fashion, an amazing party, plus drama, drama, drama!