The Wrath of Con 

Blair pressures Georgina to help her in a scheme; Nate and Chuck's rivalry over Blair comes to a head; Lily hatches a secret plan to help Rufus.

Director:

Janice Cooke (as Janice Cooke-Leonard)

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (developed by), Stephanie Savage (developed by)

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 (credit only)
Kelly Rutherford	...	Lily van der Woodsen
Matthew Settle	...	Rufus Humphrey
Amara Zaragoza	...	Poppy Lifton (as Tamara Feldman)
Armie Hammer	...	Gabriel Edwards
Connor Paolo	...	Eric van der Woodsen
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Georgina Sparks
John Bolton	...	Bruce Caplan
Jeff Joslin	...	Maitre D' at Russian tea room

Storyline

Blair pressures Georgina into making amends for her past bad behavior by helping her in a scheme to rip off Poppy after she has embezzled all of the investment money that she and Gabriel claim to invest in. Meanwhile, the rivalry between Nate and Chuck over Blair comes to a head. When Lily learns that Poppy scam ed her of Rufus's investment money, she hatches a secret plan to help Rufus with Dan's college tuition in order to cover up Poppy's scam out of shame. But Serena has a plan to make Poppy pay for all the cheating she did, but Lily is not in agreement and takes drastic measures which ruins everything.

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Plot Keywords:

scam | new york city | manhattan new york city | upper east side manhattan new york city | reference to nancy pelosi | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Silvercup Studios East, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

17th Street Productions, Alloy Entertainment, CBS Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min 55 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As with the Pilot episode (Gossip Girl: Pilot (2007)) of the series, this episode took place after it was aired. The episode aired May 3, 2009 in Canada and May 4, 2009 in the United States, but took place on May 11, 2009.

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Quotes

Serena van der Woodsen: I keep trying to figure out what was real and what wasn't. It doesn't make any sense.
Blair Waldorf: Feelings never do. They get you all confused, then they drive you around for hours until they drop you right back to where you started.

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Connections

References Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

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Soundtracks

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
(uncredited)
Performed by Say Hi

User Reviews

Something about G's performance. Love between B and C

To tell the truth, I like that evil Georgina. Fortunately,she came back at last! I saw the scene that she talked with Blair for almost four times. The cool tone,the evil look,both make me feel that the next episode will be much exciting. She is one of the shining points in this whole series,and I can't wait to see how she deal with that dame poppy! As to Chuck and Blair,Chuck's love for B is so great and heartbreaking. Anyway,I do hope that they could admit their mutual love and get together!!! Although Nate is handsome,i still think that he doesn't match well with Blair,compared with Chuck.As for Dan,he is so annoying!!!In season one ,he changed Serena.And the love between them are romantic.However,for me,every good impression about him seems to have changed in season two.He betrayed Serena,and made love with that teacher without shame.What's more, in this episode,he told Lily Serena's plan which leads to Serena's arrest ,to some extent.He is such a mean boy!!!