Personal opinion, season 1 was the best season by far. Season 2 dragged on and had couples getting together and breaking up every episode. They really should have ended the season at the episode that Jack died. Season 3 lacked momentum and when it finally picked up momentum, it ended suddenly. Vanessa as a character actually got better until they decided to destroy that in the recent episodes. Jenny just needs to be off'ed from the show. Chuck was conveyed as the better-half (so to speak) and more mature character out of the cast however that went out the window after his break up with Blair.