“Double Identity,” Season 4, Episode 2
So much has happened in such a short amount of time. Chuck was shot and mugged in Paris, and is now being taken care of by Fleur Delacour from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Dan thinks he has a baby with Georgina, Blair and Chuck reunite for a fleeting moment before she realizes she must let him go, and then Blair meets a member of the royal family of Monaco at a museum while staring at a painting. She then gives him one of her Roger Vivier heels to find her with. How can you not love this show?
“Juliet Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” Season 4, Episode 8
In this episode we come to learn that Nate’s new romantic interest, Juliet, is actually obsessed with taking down Serena, thanks to a very interesting backstory. She’s also the cousin of Serena’s professor/love interest, Colin (again with the not-okay-whatsoever relationships), and is lying about being rich and lives in a studio in an “unsafe neighborhood,” according to Vanessa, so it’s probably a really nice neighborhood in Manhattan. Before Juliet and Vanessa can expose Serena’s affair with her professor—which probably should have been exposed—Team Constance Billard defend Serena and kick Juliet out of Manhattan, because they own the city.
“Yes, then Zero,” Season 5, Episode 1
Upper East Side meets 90210. In this juicy episode, Serena is interning on a movie set: a full-blown working gal. Nate and Chuck come to visit her on set, where Chuck explains he has a new philosophy on life, which involves him saying “yes” to everything. (Inspiring.) Nate pretty much does nothing in this episode but look beautiful, as usual, until he meets a very hot older woman (how did they get Elizabeth Hurley on this show?) and suddenly has a purpose again. And 19-year-old Blair has her wedding dress fitting with Prince Louis, where another bombshell drops: She’s pregnant. Again, how could you not love this show?
“Rhodes to Perdition,” Season 5, Episode 9
In this episode, Serena is into Max, who’s Serena’s cousin Charlie’s ex-boyfriend. They’ve all gathered together to celebrate their dear old grandmother Cece at a fabulous Studio 54 party, where Fake Cousin Charlie is trying to get her trust fund money from Cece to share with her fake mom, Carol, Serena’s aunt. Max exposes the entire lie, explaining that Charlie is in fact a broke actress named Ivy, but CeCe defends her, saying, “I know in my bones that this is my granddaughter,” who up until a few months ago, she’d never met, even though she’s the same age as Serena. The episode ends with Fake Charlie/Ivy securing her status as a Rhodes, and saying bye-bye to one of the only somewhat honest characters on this show, Max, explaining, “I’m a Rhodes now.” Delicious!
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