"Gossip Girl" Bad News Blair (2007)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Patrick R. Norris

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (developer) &
Stephanie Savage (developer) ...

TV Series:

"Gossip Girl" (2007)

Original Air Date:

9 October 2007 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Blair is thrilled when her mother, Eleanor, chooses her to be the new face of her clothing line. However...

Plot Keywords:

Private School | Manhattan | Prep School | New York City | Boyfriend

Cast

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

Runtime:

42 min | Ireland:48 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

College Hill Pictures Inc.

Trivia:

Although credited, Taylor Momsen (Jenny) does not appear in this episode.

Quotes:

Gossip Girl: [voice-over] You didn't hear it from us but in every girl's life there comes a moment when she realizes that her mother just might be more messed up than she is.

Movie Connections:

References The Bad News Bears (1976)

Soundtrack:

Bounce Back

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!