Recap/picspam Gossip Girl 2.03 - The Dark Night
I promised a recap/picspam for episode 2.03 - The Dark Night and here it is.
I was rather busy this week but because I wanted to get this out to you as quickly as possible, the images are slightly smaller than usual. There's still lots of them, though - accompanied by my thoughts on the happenings.
Gossip Girl tells us it's hot in New York and everyone who has seen a certain preview/spoiler for this episode, is not surprised by this.
Gossip Girl also shows that Serena and Dan Humphrey are back together, apparently being all over the city and, more importantly, all over each other. She has pictures to prove it, but we don't really need to see that, do we?
We all know Blair likes it hot, but Lord Marcus seems more interested in some lukewarm tea, saying that Blair is a delicate little flower who means a lot to him, so they can't have sex. Blair is just as baffled at this as we are, although I suppose we aren't really, because look at him! He has a stick up his arse and we suspect his crown jewels aren't all that special. But Blair is disappointed. Poor Blair.
Vanessa is losing her mojo, because she's turning into a whiny 'Should I call him?' girl over Nate.
She tells this to Jenny (because apparently, Vanessa has no other friends and thus no other option than to take relationship advice from a fourteen/fifteen year-old who's experience with boys amounts to, let's see, nearly getting raped, dating a gay guy and thinking another gay guy had a thing for her. Way to go, V.), who's carrying tons of bags and other stuff around the city for her internship at Eleanor Waldorf Designs. Jenny tells her to just call Nate if she wants to, which Vanessa does.
Nate happens to be getting dressed by his Duchess. She's buying him clothes and as into her as Nate seemed in 2.01, so sad he looks now. He really doesn't want to do this. I find this a good thing, because on a show that gives us all sort of behaviour where drinks and drugs are involved and where sex is sometimes treated very casually, someone is actually bothered to be a prostitute. We're also glad Nate actually understood the situation he was in.
Nate really wants to hang out with Vanessa, which he does, but they are spotted by Catherine, who doesn't look pleased.
Okay, I'm just going to do it. I'm going to mention Dan Humphrey on purpose. That is probably inevitable in this episode, but I want to bring up the fact that he has told his family that he has a new friend namend Clive.
And Clive keeps calling him. First of all, why the heck would you make up a friend named Clive?! It's Serena van der Woodsen, surely you can be a bit more creative. You're aspiring to be a writer, for Pete's sake! Second, so wait. This whole episode is about Serena and Dan not talking, but all they do is talk on the phone? Seriously, what are they talking about? Or are they... ew, no. I'm not going there.
Anyway, Rufus has a true father moment when he asks Dan if he and Serena have talked about their issues from before. Dan lies because he is self-righteous ass and says that they did. This was were Rufus showed some real commitment to his son and this is also awesome because Blair was worrying about the same thing. Only from a different viewpoint.
And here I take my opportunity of posting this absolutely gorgeous picture of Blair, just because I want to:
Anyway, moving on.
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Serena gets annoyed when Blair doesn't mention her being back together with Dan, while clearly, everyone knows by now. Even Dorota told her she was happy for her. While we think Dorota is awesome, we don't think she actually knows that Dan and Serena had some major issues revolving around the fact that Dan Humphrey is a self-righteous ass before.
Blair tells Serena she'll be happy for her when they talk about their problems and then still want to be together. Knowing Blair is right, but not wanting to admit it, Serena storms off when Blair gets a call from the Duchess.
Later on, we are informed by Marcus (who tells this to Nate) that Blair and Catherine actually get along very well. They are always whispering in the corner when he walks in. I wish it was because they were laughing at Marcus and I also wish Catherine would get the hell away from Blair and that Blair and Chuck could get back to plotting together. They do it better than anyone.
Nate blows off his sex o'clock appointment with Catherine to have lunch with Vanessa at Rufus' gallery, that now looks like a coffee store and totally weird, but that's irrelevant. But before he heads down to Brooklyn, Nate goes to see Chuck, who's in his robe. He tells Chuck that he may have overreacted earlier. YA THINK?! Luckily for Nate, Chuck loves him very much and forgives him. But he can't give Nate the money any more. It's now tied up in bonds for six months.
Too bad for Nate. Well, it serves him right.
Chuck's not feeling well, but he does manage to quip up a little something and refer to Marcus as Lord Fontleroy. Later on, he will also refer to him as Bertie Wooster, for which he also gets major credit. He doesn't get nearly enough credit for his wit, that boy. Chuck has ordered a Japanese stewardess to make him feel better.
Jenny is still slaving away at the atelier and Laurel, who now knows her name, compares Jenny to Cinderella's birds: keep quiet and do you work!
Jenny feels like shit at work and when she tells her frustrations to a model, Eleanor walks in and hears everything. Because she's Eleanor Waldorf and can't deal with criticism, she fires Jenny with a snappy hand gesture, leaving her heartbroken to clear out her station.
One of my favourite scenes of this episode is when Dan meets the mini-Gossip Girls. Or the mini-whatevers, because they dress like Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen (seriously, that one girl had the exact same outfit that Serena had on one of the first episodes of season 1 - it was kinda creepy) - and with the same attitude - and they're miniature. But so presh!
Although it did remind me of the ending of Mean Girls - only this was way, way better.
They demand to know what Dan is still doing with Serena - doesn't he know she'll never respect him and will keep on lying? Mini-Serena is on Serena's side and reminds Serena that Dan's mouth kissed Georgina's. Oh snap, Dan! Hadn't we almost forgotten about that?
But do these two lovebirds talk about it after they've told kindergarten that playtime is over? Nope, they don't.
Serena goes home to find Chuck seeing the Japanese stewardess to the door. While he gets himself another scotch, Serena jumps up to sit on the counter and has to pull up her pants in a very recognisable and real-life moment. Hands up: who else knows the problem?
Serena finds out that Chuck has been having problems in a certain area he's never had problems before. And we're not talking about his credit card or his fashion feel. Serena, being a good sister, laughs at him and then tells him this is his body's way of telling Chuck he's not over Blair. Chuck hmpfs a bit but then gets an idea. Blair needs to cure him! Serena protests, but Chuck's very cheerful suddenly - and completely hot. Sorry, can't help it. Someone has to point it out! It is an important part of the episode, after all.
So, party. First, I wanted to show you this picutre, because I like Blair with her girls and I've missed Penelope and Nelly Yuki.
Nate's stood up Vanessa (again), but Vanessa, taking her mojo back, just goes anyway - only to see Nate and Catherine holding hands. She freaks out, understandably, saying she didn't sign up to be in a love triangle with someone's mom. Word.
Nate doesn't want to lose her and tells her everything. Vanessa convinces Nate to end things with Catherine, saying that Nate's too good to whore himself out. I agree. Nate's a dumbass and a hypocrite, but he's too good for this. Plus, Catherine creeps me out.
Rightly so, because when Nate goes looking for Catherine, Catherine finds Vanessa and gives her a choice: either she give Nate up, or Catherine tells the FBI where Nate's father was.
Apparently, Nate Archibald, being one of the blunter tools in the shed, had told her that. In bed. Seriously, what's that?! You're so desperate that you start talking about that in bed?! Chuck was right last week: why didn't you tell him anything?! Well, Vanessa doesn't have much of a choice - she cares too much about Nate to let that happen. And so she walks away, telling him that she's out. For good. Aw. Vanessa looked actually really decent in this episode and she was a real character. I liked her.
Chuck's also at the party and corners Blair to inquire about her sex life. Which is non-existing and Blair needs little attention to get all worked up. Or it's just because it's Chuck and him whispering in your ear is fucking hot anyway. I'm not sure what he whispers at the end (so if someone can tell me, please do!), but I have a few ideas of my own and I can understand why they wouldn't want to say that out loud on prime time television. Ahem.
Blair's under his spell but when he practically begs her to have sex with him, she sobers up and walks away.
Dan picks up Serena and things are awkward between them. So awkward that Chuck's Japanese stewardess becomes the most interesting thing they have to say to each other. Which I found rather amusing. Things become even more awkward when the elevator they are in gets stuck because of a city-wide black out.
That same black-out (it's city-wide...) saves Jenny's arse, because she's stuck inside the atelier with Eleanor, who won't let her go outside and tells her to hold a flashlight so she can continue working. Later on, she opens up to Jenny and asks Jenny for her opinion, which turns out to be really valuable (which is so not convincing, but okay). Jenny is un-fired.
I loved Eleanor's return. She was exactly her old self - especially when she remembered she was supposed to be a mother too and had to call... Blair. That's right, she actually paused and seemed to search for the name. Hilarious.
Over at Blair's, a blackout is no biggie. They have candles aplenty and Blair tries to take advantage of the dark to sneak off with Marcus for some lovin'. She tells him to meet her in her room. Unfortunately for her (although I'd really say 'fortunately', because I'm not Team Marcus AT ALL), he doesn't go after her, too concerned with the well-being of their guests.
Chuck, however, also got the message and he's definitely showing. He tells Blair to blow out her candle in a British accent (which I keep finding so funny, because it's Ed Westwick and well, I'm just strange like that. It's like a love triangle where the question is who the real Brit is. It's genius when you think about it. Or really lame, depends on how you see it.).
Blair's no fool and she totally knows it isn't Marcus. You could tell by her pause, her whole body language. She knows who it is and she sort of resigns to it, only slightly admitting that she really needs what he can give her as well.
And then the making out commenced. It was beautifully done, visually. Their silhouettes against the window - and the way it seemed to have an air of despair about it. The forbidden and the necessity of darkness... I loved it.
Marcus, on the other hand, didn't. (Boo, you whore!) He punches Chuck, which I found totally unnecessary, but it tells us just what kind of a bloke Marcus is. In his ridiculous accent, he proceeds to tell Blair that he "acketuwually" wanted her, but she didn't want him. (Dude, was it that obvious?!)
Blair, having the steely resolve of my cat around dinner time, manages to convince him (after that bloody hot session upstairs? And he believes her? Can Gossip Girl please comment on that?) that she does want him. But she's not some delicate little flower. Marcus has to show her he wants her. And then he kisses her - very weakly.
It didn't look hot at all, and there were definitely no tongues involved, but Chuck looked rather ill when he saw it.
So he leaves and calls one of his bimbos to go for a ride in the limo. Who else loved that he actually tried that? Only he still can't get it right. His bimbo doesn't understand. He said he was better, right? Yes, Chuck says, just not for you.
Aw.
I wanted to say 'The End', but I keep thinking I'm forgetting something... Oh, yes! Dan and Serena broke up!
They were in the elevator and ran into their old mountain again: Dan can't accept that Serena is a person with a capital P and that that won't ever change. Serena tries to tell Dan it's partially her fault as well, but I'm not really seeing that. She can't change her status, but then she also shouldn't. Dan should just stop thinking he is the most understanding guy in the universe, get his head out of his arse and... well, I don't really care what he does, as long as he just gets the hell away from this story line.
So they break up. Their last scene together was supposed to be a heartbreaking moment, but I didn't really feel it. I keep thinking Blake and Penn have less chemistry than Leighton and Ed and I wonder why the hell that is. Maybe you should just refrain from shagging your co-stars when you're attracted to them and are supposed to have on screen chemistry.
Anywho, they're broken up and next week, we're going to get some fun in the Wars of the Exes. We know that with friends like Blair and Chuck, you don't need armies - so Serena seems covered. But who will Dan find in his corner. Will Chuck make an appearance?
The caps are by phoenixothon this time, but I still did the cleaning up and the colouring. Therefore I'd appreciate it if you let me know when you want to take any of the images and credit me for them, I spent a lot of time on them. Thanks in advance.
Enjoy and please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought about things! :)
I was rather busy this week but because I wanted to get this out to you as quickly as possible, the images are slightly smaller than usual. There's still lots of them, though - accompanied by my thoughts on the happenings.
Gossip Girl tells us it's hot in New York and everyone who has seen a certain preview/spoiler for this episode, is not surprised by this.
Gossip Girl also shows that Serena and Dan Humphrey are back together, apparently being all over the city and, more importantly, all over each other. She has pictures to prove it, but we don't really need to see that, do we?
We all know Blair likes it hot, but Lord Marcus seems more interested in some lukewarm tea, saying that Blair is a delicate little flower who means a lot to him, so they can't have sex. Blair is just as baffled at this as we are, although I suppose we aren't really, because look at him! He has a stick up his arse and we suspect his crown jewels aren't all that special. But Blair is disappointed. Poor Blair.
Vanessa is losing her mojo, because she's turning into a whiny 'Should I call him?' girl over Nate.
She tells this to Jenny (because apparently, Vanessa has no other friends and thus no other option than to take relationship advice from a fourteen/fifteen year-old who's experience with boys amounts to, let's see, nearly getting raped, dating a gay guy and thinking another gay guy had a thing for her. Way to go, V.), who's carrying tons of bags and other stuff around the city for her internship at Eleanor Waldorf Designs. Jenny tells her to just call Nate if she wants to, which Vanessa does.
Nate happens to be getting dressed by his Duchess. She's buying him clothes and as into her as Nate seemed in 2.01, so sad he looks now. He really doesn't want to do this. I find this a good thing, because on a show that gives us all sort of behaviour where drinks and drugs are involved and where sex is sometimes treated very casually, someone is actually bothered to be a prostitute. We're also glad Nate actually understood the situation he was in.
Nate really wants to hang out with Vanessa, which he does, but they are spotted by Catherine, who doesn't look pleased.
Okay, I'm just going to do it. I'm going to mention Dan Humphrey on purpose. That is probably inevitable in this episode, but I want to bring up the fact that he has told his family that he has a new friend namend Clive.
And Clive keeps calling him. First of all, why the heck would you make up a friend named Clive?! It's Serena van der Woodsen, surely you can be a bit more creative. You're aspiring to be a writer, for Pete's sake! Second, so wait. This whole episode is about Serena and Dan not talking, but all they do is talk on the phone? Seriously, what are they talking about? Or are they... ew, no. I'm not going there.
Anyway, Rufus has a true father moment when he asks Dan if he and Serena have talked about their issues from before. Dan lies because he is self-righteous ass and says that they did. This was were Rufus showed some real commitment to his son and this is also awesome because Blair was worrying about the same thing. Only from a different viewpoint.
And here I take my opportunity of posting this absolutely gorgeous picture of Blair, just because I want to:
Anyway, moving on.
<
Serena gets annoyed when Blair doesn't mention her being back together with Dan, while clearly, everyone knows by now. Even Dorota told her she was happy for her. While we think Dorota is awesome, we don't think she actually knows that Dan and Serena had some major issues revolving around the fact that Dan Humphrey is a self-righteous ass before.
Blair tells Serena she'll be happy for her when they talk about their problems and then still want to be together. Knowing Blair is right, but not wanting to admit it, Serena storms off when Blair gets a call from the Duchess.
Later on, we are informed by Marcus (who tells this to Nate) that Blair and Catherine actually get along very well. They are always whispering in the corner when he walks in. I wish it was because they were laughing at Marcus and I also wish Catherine would get the hell away from Blair and that Blair and Chuck could get back to plotting together. They do it better than anyone.
Nate blows off his sex o'clock appointment with Catherine to have lunch with Vanessa at Rufus' gallery, that now looks like a coffee store and totally weird, but that's irrelevant. But before he heads down to Brooklyn, Nate goes to see Chuck, who's in his robe. He tells Chuck that he may have overreacted earlier. YA THINK?! Luckily for Nate, Chuck loves him very much and forgives him. But he can't give Nate the money any more. It's now tied up in bonds for six months.
Too bad for Nate. Well, it serves him right.
Chuck's not feeling well, but he does manage to quip up a little something and refer to Marcus as Lord Fontleroy. Later on, he will also refer to him as Bertie Wooster, for which he also gets major credit. He doesn't get nearly enough credit for his wit, that boy. Chuck has ordered a Japanese stewardess to make him feel better.
Jenny is still slaving away at the atelier and Laurel, who now knows her name, compares Jenny to Cinderella's birds: keep quiet and do you work!
Jenny feels like shit at work and when she tells her frustrations to a model, Eleanor walks in and hears everything. Because she's Eleanor Waldorf and can't deal with criticism, she fires Jenny with a snappy hand gesture, leaving her heartbroken to clear out her station.
One of my favourite scenes of this episode is when Dan meets the mini-Gossip Girls. Or the mini-whatevers, because they dress like Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen (seriously, that one girl had the exact same outfit that Serena had on one of the first episodes of season 1 - it was kinda creepy) - and with the same attitude - and they're miniature. But so presh!
Although it did remind me of the ending of Mean Girls - only this was way, way better.
They demand to know what Dan is still doing with Serena - doesn't he know she'll never respect him and will keep on lying? Mini-Serena is on Serena's side and reminds Serena that Dan's mouth kissed Georgina's. Oh snap, Dan! Hadn't we almost forgotten about that?
But do these two lovebirds talk about it after they've told kindergarten that playtime is over? Nope, they don't.
Serena goes home to find Chuck seeing the Japanese stewardess to the door. While he gets himself another scotch, Serena jumps up to sit on the counter and has to pull up her pants in a very recognisable and real-life moment. Hands up: who else knows the problem?
Serena finds out that Chuck has been having problems in a certain area he's never had problems before. And we're not talking about his credit card or his fashion feel. Serena, being a good sister, laughs at him and then tells him this is his body's way of telling Chuck he's not over Blair. Chuck hmpfs a bit but then gets an idea. Blair needs to cure him! Serena protests, but Chuck's very cheerful suddenly - and completely hot. Sorry, can't help it. Someone has to point it out! It is an important part of the episode, after all.
So, party. First, I wanted to show you this picutre, because I like Blair with her girls and I've missed Penelope and Nelly Yuki.
Nate's stood up Vanessa (again), but Vanessa, taking her mojo back, just goes anyway - only to see Nate and Catherine holding hands. She freaks out, understandably, saying she didn't sign up to be in a love triangle with someone's mom. Word.
Nate doesn't want to lose her and tells her everything. Vanessa convinces Nate to end things with Catherine, saying that Nate's too good to whore himself out. I agree. Nate's a dumbass and a hypocrite, but he's too good for this. Plus, Catherine creeps me out.
Rightly so, because when Nate goes looking for Catherine, Catherine finds Vanessa and gives her a choice: either she give Nate up, or Catherine tells the FBI where Nate's father was.
Apparently, Nate Archibald, being one of the blunter tools in the shed, had told her that. In bed. Seriously, what's that?! You're so desperate that you start talking about that in bed?! Chuck was right last week: why didn't you tell him anything?! Well, Vanessa doesn't have much of a choice - she cares too much about Nate to let that happen. And so she walks away, telling him that she's out. For good. Aw. Vanessa looked actually really decent in this episode and she was a real character. I liked her.
Chuck's also at the party and corners Blair to inquire about her sex life. Which is non-existing and Blair needs little attention to get all worked up. Or it's just because it's Chuck and him whispering in your ear is fucking hot anyway. I'm not sure what he whispers at the end (so if someone can tell me, please do!), but I have a few ideas of my own and I can understand why they wouldn't want to say that out loud on prime time television. Ahem.
Blair's under his spell but when he practically begs her to have sex with him, she sobers up and walks away.
Dan picks up Serena and things are awkward between them. So awkward that Chuck's Japanese stewardess becomes the most interesting thing they have to say to each other. Which I found rather amusing. Things become even more awkward when the elevator they are in gets stuck because of a city-wide black out.
That same black-out (it's city-wide...) saves Jenny's arse, because she's stuck inside the atelier with Eleanor, who won't let her go outside and tells her to hold a flashlight so she can continue working. Later on, she opens up to Jenny and asks Jenny for her opinion, which turns out to be really valuable (which is so not convincing, but okay). Jenny is un-fired.
I loved Eleanor's return. She was exactly her old self - especially when she remembered she was supposed to be a mother too and had to call... Blair. That's right, she actually paused and seemed to search for the name. Hilarious.
Over at Blair's, a blackout is no biggie. They have candles aplenty and Blair tries to take advantage of the dark to sneak off with Marcus for some lovin'. She tells him to meet her in her room. Unfortunately for her (although I'd really say 'fortunately', because I'm not Team Marcus AT ALL), he doesn't go after her, too concerned with the well-being of their guests.
Chuck, however, also got the message and he's definitely showing. He tells Blair to blow out her candle in a British accent (which I keep finding so funny, because it's Ed Westwick and well, I'm just strange like that. It's like a love triangle where the question is who the real Brit is. It's genius when you think about it. Or really lame, depends on how you see it.).
Blair's no fool and she totally knows it isn't Marcus. You could tell by her pause, her whole body language. She knows who it is and she sort of resigns to it, only slightly admitting that she really needs what he can give her as well.
And then the making out commenced. It was beautifully done, visually. Their silhouettes against the window - and the way it seemed to have an air of despair about it. The forbidden and the necessity of darkness... I loved it.
Marcus, on the other hand, didn't. (Boo, you whore!) He punches Chuck, which I found totally unnecessary, but it tells us just what kind of a bloke Marcus is. In his ridiculous accent, he proceeds to tell Blair that he "acketuwually" wanted her, but she didn't want him. (Dude, was it that obvious?!)
Blair, having the steely resolve of my cat around dinner time, manages to convince him (after that bloody hot session upstairs? And he believes her? Can Gossip Girl please comment on that?) that she does want him. But she's not some delicate little flower. Marcus has to show her he wants her. And then he kisses her - very weakly.
It didn't look hot at all, and there were definitely no tongues involved, but Chuck looked rather ill when he saw it.
So he leaves and calls one of his bimbos to go for a ride in the limo. Who else loved that he actually tried that? Only he still can't get it right. His bimbo doesn't understand. He said he was better, right? Yes, Chuck says, just not for you.
Aw.
I wanted to say 'The End', but I keep thinking I'm forgetting something... Oh, yes! Dan and Serena broke up!
They were in the elevator and ran into their old mountain again: Dan can't accept that Serena is a person with a capital P and that that won't ever change. Serena tries to tell Dan it's partially her fault as well, but I'm not really seeing that. She can't change her status, but then she also shouldn't. Dan should just stop thinking he is the most understanding guy in the universe, get his head out of his arse and... well, I don't really care what he does, as long as he just gets the hell away from this story line.
So they break up. Their last scene together was supposed to be a heartbreaking moment, but I didn't really feel it. I keep thinking Blake and Penn have less chemistry than Leighton and Ed and I wonder why the hell that is. Maybe you should just refrain from shagging your co-stars when you're attracted to them and are supposed to have on screen chemistry.
Anywho, they're broken up and next week, we're going to get some fun in the Wars of the Exes. We know that with friends like Blair and Chuck, you don't need armies - so Serena seems covered. But who will Dan find in his corner. Will Chuck make an appearance?
The caps are by phoenixothon this time, but I still did the cleaning up and the colouring. Therefore I'd appreciate it if you let me know when you want to take any of the images and credit me for them, I spent a lot of time on them. Thanks in advance.
Enjoy and please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought about things! :)