New Haven Can Wait (13 Oct. 2008)

Serena decides to visit Yale and gets even with Blair. Dan learns that none of his recommendation letters made it to Yale.

Director:

Norman Buckley

Writers:

Alexandra McNally, Joshua Safran

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
Ed Westwick	...	Chuck Bass
Jessica Szohr	...	Vanessa Abrams
Kelly Rutherford	...	Lily van der Woodsen
Matthew Settle	...	Rufus Humphrey
Margaret Colin	...	Eleanor Waldorf
Byron Jennings	...	Dean Berube
Reed Birney	...	Mr. Prescott
Matt Burns	...	Leader of the Yale Skull and Bones
Krysta Rodriguez	...	Jordan Steele
Zuzanna Szadkowski	...	Dorota Kishlovsky

Storyline

During the weekend, Blair, Nate, Dan, Chuck decide to travel to New Haven, Connecticut to interview for early applications for Yale University. After Blair and Serena get into another argument over the hyper-competitive Blair's wanting more in life, Serena decides to get even with Blair by going to Yale instead of going to Brown as planned, and she easily charms the Dean of Yale's private invitation to the campus. Meanwhile, Dan discovers that none of his recommendation letters for Yale were sent, so he tries to figure out a way of getting into the school. Also, Chuck is kidnapped by a secret society, called Skull and Bones, to recruit him for their secret group in which his father was also a member. Also, Nate hooks up with a attractive co-ed. Back in New York, Jenny continues to fall more into her new job as an intern designer while Rufus worries about this path which will take his daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

tied up | tied to a post | manhattan new york city | prank | woman in underwear | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min 60 min 42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the third time that Blair has a dream in which she is a character that was played by Audrey Hepburn in a movie. The first time this happened was in Gossip Girl: Bad News Blair with Blair being Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, whom she also impersonated in Gossip Girl: The Blair Bitch Project. This time she is Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. It would happen a forth time in Gossip Girl: Seder Anything.

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Goofs

Serena mentions knowing that it was Pope Pius XI who canonized Sir Thomas More as a Saint by watching the TV show The Tudors. This is impossible as The Tudors is a historical drama only covering the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547); Pope Pius XI canonized More as a saint in 1935.

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Quotes

Serena van der Woodsen: I won't accept, I can't like this.
[talking about her Yale acceptance]
Blair Waldorf: What? No you have to. It doesn't matter how you got it or why, it's an opportunity.
Serena van der Woodsen: No your my best friend. What's mine is yours.
Blair Waldorf: You can't share this.
Serena van der Woodsen: We'll find a way, together.
[hugs Blair]

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Connections

References Roman de gare (2007)

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