Episode 2.05: The Serena Also Rises
Airdate: September 29, 2008
Writer: Jessica Queller ("Handmaiden's Tale," "Blair Waldorf Must Pie!," "Roman Holiday")
Director: Patrick Norris

FASHION WEEK DRAMA! / DESIGNER MICHAEL KORS AND SOCIALITES TINSLEY MORTIMER AND CRISTINA CUOMO MAKE CAMEO APPEARANCES AT ELEANOR WALDORF’S SHOW — In the midst of Fashion Week, a furious Blair (Leighton Meester) learns that her mother, Eleanor (guest star Margaret Colin), at the suggestion of her protégé Jenny (Taylor Momsen), has given Serena (Blake Lively) and her new socialite friend, Poppy Lifton (guest star Tamara Feldman), front row seats to the Eleanor Waldorf show. Hurt once again by Serena’s popularity and her mother’s betrayal, Blair decides to sabotage the show. Meanwhile, Dan (Penn Badgley) starts hanging out with Chuck (Ed Westwick), but a walk on the dark side always has its risks and Dan learns that the hard way. Lily (Kelly Rutherford) learns a secret that her new husband, Bart (guest start Robert John Burke), has been keeping from her. Matthew Settle also stars. Patrick Norris directed the episode written by Jessica Queller.


SAD YOUNG LITERARY MEN: LEAKED SCRIPT BITS

Noah: C's Got A Secret, But Can D Keep It?


Michael Kors will be guest-starring in the Fashion Week portion, as will Nastia Liukin

Episode 2.06: New Haven Can Wait
Airdate: October 6, 2008
Writer: Joshua Safran and ??? McNally
Director: Unknown

Shirley: Money Is B's Best Friend

Jordan: Dear, Sweet N... Will You NEVER Learn?

S And B Get Down And Dirty On Streaming Video!

Tati's spoilers
The first scene I saw:
Chuck sees Serena across the quad and calls out, "I know you're not a geography major, but Brown is in Rhode Island."
Serena looks annoyed and says, "I don't have time for this, Chuck."

I couldn't hear the rest of the dialogue, but Chuck looked pretty pleased and S looked pretty pissed. She kept trying to walk away and he would call something back to her. She turned around and bitched him out a bit, then stalked off. Chuck continued to look like he wanted to have sex with someone in the vicinity.

The PA guy filled me in that Serena had done something to upset Blair, so they were fighting. During one fight, Blair said that Serena couldn't even get into Yale if she tried, so Serena had decided to visit Yale instead of Brown to spite Blair/prove her wrong.

The second scene:
Chuck is walking around a corner, bumps into a beautiful man dressed all in black. The beautiful man (Skull and Bones) whips Chuck around, two other guys come out and throw brown bag over his head. The S&B leader whispers something in his ear and they carry him off.

The third scene:
Blair sees Serena coming out of a "Yale" building and says, "What are you doing here? Yale is mine!"
Serena replies, "Oh, I hear Yale has a great drama program."

I didn't hear the rest of the dialogue, but my extra friend informed me that Blair accuses Serena of trying to take everything from her, and just being at Yale out of spite. Serena denies it, then gets a phone call and is like, "Oh, a private party at the dean's house? I'd LOVE to come." Blair is piiiiissed.

The fourth scene:
The next day, Blair and Serena meet up again and Serena apologizes, saying Blair was right and she shouldn't have tried to take Yale out of spite. Blair forgives her and says she's sorry, too. They hold hands.

The fifth scene:
A crane shot of Dan walking along the quad. He gets a phone call, appears a little distraught or unnerved by it and starts walking very quickly in the opposite direction.

Episode 2.07: Chuck In Real Life
Airdate: October 27, 2008
Writer: Lenn K. Rosenfeld
Director: Unknown

Lily Lies, But It's For Her Family

Bart Does Not Believe In Homosexuality

You Can Count On C



Episode 2.08: Pret-A-Poor-Jenny
Airdate: Unknwon
Writer: Amanda Lasher
Director: Unknown

Aaron Rose Steals S' Heart; Kicks D's Ass

Little J Betrays Eleanor Over A Few Compliments

CB's Ambiguous Limo Lovin'

Someone saw: "nate and jenny making out. i also just saw pics of it on justjared so i guess it's well known now. it looked like they were arguing about something and then they kept making out...like for several minutes. it was funny to watch because as soon as the director called cut, they would walk away from one another and not interact at all. "



Episode 2.09: There Might Be Blood
Airdate: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Director: Unknown

Liz: S Doesn't Take The Spotlight, People Just GIVE It To Her

Emma: Race You To The **** Pool!

ADDITIONAL SIDES: Two girls come up and kiss Aaron while Serena looks on. A young girl, probably Jenny or Agnes, gets caught doing something illegal, but Lily won't press charges to Rufus' delight. Lily and Bart are being presented an award when the screen goes dark.



Episode 2.10: Bonfire of the Vanity
Airdate: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Director: Unknown

Dan vs Chuck; Little J is ready to go solo

General Spoilers

According to Ausiello:
Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Clueless) is joining Gossip Girl for a multi-episode arc as Cyrus, father to Serena's new artsy-fartsy boyfriend Aaron (John Patrick Amedori). If Team Schwavage follows the Gossip Girl books, Sirus will eventually marry Blair's mother, Eleanor. Here's hoping they follow the books, 'cause the thought of Wallace Shawn as Blair's stepdad is hilarious with a capital HIGH.

According to everyone:
Willa Holland has joined in a three-episode arc as Agnes (a model who wishes to take Jenny to the dark side and betray Eleanor). John Patrick Amedori has joined as Aaron, an artistic love interest for Serena.

Leighton says:
(About Chuck and Blair in season 2) "We have a lot of conflict, believe me. And their conflict is very interesting, because it's very internal. There's not real outward obstacles. It's a lot of their own minds colliding with each other. Her not wanting to give in. Him being a playboy and not being able to fall for her completely. And then when he does, he doesn't show it. And when she does, he shuns it, and all these things. So it's very real life, and to me it kind of is this sort of bad girl/bad boy version of The Age of Innocence with Daniel Day Lewis and Michelle Pfieffer's characters."

CW Gossip Girl Season 2 Description-courtesy of ggmedia.org

According to Interviews from the Premiere:
Rufus will be making Lily a little jealous with his new girlfriends.
Vanessa still has feelings for Nate, tries to help him, and screws up BIG TIME.
Nate's dad will reappear eventually.
Jenny is "experimenting" and deeply involved in her work.
Dan is experimenting for the sake of his writing.
Serena is hanging with an older crowd.

According to Dawn Ostroff:
"Blair and Serena: their relationship will be nothing like it is now."
"Dan and Serena: Their relationship will go through a huge change."

According to the TV Guide magazine:
Tamara Feldman will appear on the CW's Gossip Girl as Poppy a new classmate who befriends Serena (Blake Lively) for at least three episodes. She still hopes to return to her Dirty Sexy Money role as Jeremy's ex who lied about being pregnant. In an interview, she stated that Poppy will not be a frienemy like Georgina, but rather a woman who has truly taken a liking to Serena.

According to the New York Observer: Rufus and Jenny will run into trouble when she must decide between school and design.

According to IMDB Spoiler Board:
Duchess Catherine knows about Nate's dad and has been helping Nate financially. After they break up, Nate and Vanessa get back together, but Catherine threatens to report Nate's father to the authorities if V stays. So V leaves N.

Connor Paolo told cinemablend that he hopes for more Eric/Chuck time, and then Eric will get more "badass" next season.

From Kristin's video: "The writers have identified their Ross and Rachel for the whole series and guess what? It's not Serena and Dan! Word is they'll be on the outs for the next season, while the spotlight shifts to Blair and Chuck. They'll learn to play nice and retract their claws."