The City Where Everything Sparkles

Gossip Girl opened this week with the now-familiar melody “I just came to say hello,” and predictable views of the Upper East Side. Hello is by the band Martin Solveig & Dragonette. Yeah, that’s why you don’t know who sings that song. Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.

In a dull little run-around we found out that Ivy was hired by Serena’s aunt to gain access to the real Charlie‘s trust fund and drain it. Of course. And Ivy is holding the secret against her to get to stay in the city where everything sparkles. Well, almost everything.

Blair finally told Louis she was pregnant and we think it’s his, maybe not, Serena was yet again adorned with chunky necklaces, Chuck has a new dog companion with a funny name, and Dan Humphrey is somehow in the middle of the chaos, thrusting the paternity test results at the Princess. An absent this season Vanessa made sure to get Dan’s book published and now he has to face his worst fears; his peers hating him all over again. And in the middle of all this he got a note from Pretty Little Liars‘ blackmailer A. Got you back, Gossip Girl impersonator.

Meanwhile, Nate’s older woman had him playing dirty and for once he should have taken Chuck’s advice: “This is not the kind of job you should get from a chick at a Hollywood party.” Amen, cold-hearted Bass.

What else could Ivy possibly sink her claws into now that she’s back? She already stole Dan from her psuedo-cousin, so what’s next? After all, Ivy sure didn’t come back just to say hello.

Woah, check out that kiss between Nate and Charlie!

Mimi