[Beautiful Disorder]

3x19: "Dr. Strangeloved"

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airs: April 26, 2010 @ 9 p.m. Eastern

STILLS:

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:


WILLIAM “BILLY” BALDWIN (“DIRTY SEXY MONEY”) GUEST STARS — When Lily’s (Kelly Rutherford) ex-husband, Dr. William van der Woodsen (Baldwin), shows up unexpectedly in Manhattan, Serena (Blake Lively) finally gets the reunion she has so desperately wanted with her father, but the circumstances turn out to be far from ideal. When Serena and Nate (Chace Crawford) continue to have relationship issues, a scheming Jenny (Taylor Momsen) is more than happy to be a shoulder for Nate to lean on... Meanwhile, Dan (Penn Badgley) finds out that he didn’t get accepted into the Tisch writing program and Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) admits she may have been somewhat responsible. Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick and Matthew Settle also star. Darnell Martin directed the episode written by Robert Hull (##319).

PROMO

RULES:

1. All spoilers must stay in the Vanessa S&S thread until the episode airs at 9 p.m. Eastern.
2. This is a discussion thread. Everyone has their own opinion. Respect each other. Play nice. Not everyone is going to agree with everything.
3. Enjoy the episode and Have Fun!

[Beautiful Disorder]

if anyone can find a link to the promo for me, (cant access youtube for now) that would be great

[Artemis]

Eck. Dan...DENIED! I'm sorry, but that makes me slightly happy. Is that bad?

WILLIAM. So they did stick with that name.

Therefore, Keith van der Woodsen is an interesting mystery they set in 2x24 and now I want more. LOL

[Beautiful Disorder]

Well from the promo we see Jenny turns the crazy notch up to high

and as for DV, saw that coming a MILE away

[Artemis]

Few hours to go...so I'm excited.

[Beautiful Disorder]

I'm kinda indifferent. wont be able to see it for another 12hrs anyway.

[theresadawn]

Time for my review.

DVFelt bad for both of them. I am relieved that Vanessa didnt plagerize Dan or whatever the haters excused her of. I hate Willa!

Blair looks hot in Vanessa's clothes!

I cant stand that Chuck helped Jenny with seducing Nate! Love the bits of old school Chuck though.

CBThere was a epi 1 07 flashback!

NS Finally Jenny is out of their hair!

Rufus vs William. Team William. Go away Rufus!

Lilys sick?!

Cameron is okay.

I hate you Jenny!

[Artemis]

Gossip Girl 3x19

Wow, this was better than what I expected. Granted, my only expectations come from promos and contrived storylines (because I knew DV was gonna be a mess). So, I’m…pleasantly surprised. Yes, I’ll go with that.

Jenny’s at the Empire. In Serena’s favorite shirt. NJ played Wii tennis and Natie slept on the couch. Umm… The couch is a CN thing! WHERE IS MY CN COUCHING THING?!?! *cough*

Text from S saying she’s back. Jenny tries to get him to not see her. He doesn’t listen.

Cut to Lily and Serena HAPPY in a cab. Wow. They’re cute and pretty and laughing. They’ve got such a bipolar relationship.

B says Dorota is 8 months pregnant! Awww! I love B/Dor. Dorota will work until she goes into labor. I hope Blair’s with her when this happens. ♥

Dorota wants to go feed the ducks. Miss Blair not grieve properly. Blair is all..PARTY, BACHELORS, NOW. And trash the box on your way down the long steps, preggo!

The photo Dorota pulls out? EL promo! LOL (the way Chuck has at the Empire..wow, lazy asses. Couldn’t they give us another EL photo shoot for all the CB pics?)

I haven’t a clue who this Baldwin brother is. But OMG, he SOUNDS and LOOKs like them all. LOL wow

There’s lots of tension between Rufus and William.

Two things. A) So, William is the daddy. Will we ever figure out about Keith from 2x24? Because I’m like so curious on how it all works out. B) So, W/R know each other. L/A know each other. So, WTF. How exactly did the foursome know each other? Especially when Lily went away after giving birth and then college? And married William? How do the boys know each other? This is gonna annoy the eff out of me. Too many questions, not enough answers. Am I watching Lost?

Chuck arrives home with two whores. Jenny is still there. C/J scenes creep the **** out of me. Like, seriously, it bothers me. And he’s SUCH A SLEEZE and she doesn’t bat an eyelash. Which is another reason I have no sympathy for her. Pilot? Please, that was dropped after the Masquerade. Brought back in 2x21 for the apology and Jenny at least looked uncomfortable there. But S3? This is just ridicules.

So, Chuck says he probably won’t remember the convo in the morning. I would like to forget, too. He’s mumbling. I’ll blame the drinking. (Ed does get really soft-spoken at times.)

He wants his bestie back and the best way is with S out of the picture. He encourages doubts.

Me? Not a fan since Chuck’s like #1NS fangirl. I’ll blame the alcohol some more.

William comments on remembering with they first moved into the apartment. And in come the girls.

So then S never saw him in Palm Beach, I take it.

DUN DUN DUN! Lily is sick. Yeah, saw that. *goes back to working on LC fic* But confirmation is best. I really don’t like writing AU and considering I’m forgetting all about Lizzy, I could use my initial thoughts on Lily’s secret from Thanksgiving to be right. Yay? (If they kill off/send to France every parent, then what happens? Can we focus back on the kids? I’m game. I vote subway/chocking on waffle for Rufus!)

NEW PICTURES! There’s one of ERIC!!!!!! MY BABY!

They’re like avoiding saying what she has. But, Lily does finally say “C” word. Granted, cancer isn’t specific since there are like 189876543234567890 types of cancer.

Did you hear that? LILY WANTS THINGS TO BE NORMAL! It’s the UES way. REPRESS, REPRESS, REPRESS! Oh, thank god BN broke up and don’t have to the typical UES couple. Good god, hearing Lily say **** like that always makes me laugh.

Will wants to talk with Serena, and Eric, too! I WANT ERIC INVOLVED IN THIS PLOT, DAMMIT! (Because, you know, if S was 4, Eric was 2 and doesn’t have ANY memories. *SOBS*) At least this time Eric’s whereabouts is mentioned. He’s in Andover. (I just googled..he’s in Massachusetts?) For the debate team. So, Eric’s going to Harvard like his daddy? *sighs* (I heard Eric in the promo! So here we go!)

AND VANESSA IS ALIVE! Thank god. Way too long without seeing her. And OMG, I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I should? *scratches head* Something like that…. At least it wasn’t Vanessa’s fault.

Anyway, I mean, I read the eppie description so I knew Dan go rejected () but still. Them together like that..reading… Made me too giddy. *shrugs* Oh wells.

So, there was only one spot for NYU transfer. Eck. Vanessa confesses it was her. But she didn’t know they’d only have one. She thought they’d be together. If she knew, she wouldn’t have applied!

Dan’s all calm and cute and I’m freaking out because hello, that is BAD SIGN.

I swear, EVERYONE on this damn show has communication issues.

There’s lots of LR. Basically, this scene involves Lily saying if she said it out loud, it would be “real.” And when Blair wills herself not to be pregnant..MAGIC! It’s true. *blinks*

Can I just say..I love the UES ladies?

Dorota said she sent the invites! And I’m practically yelling at the tv..CHUCK! It only took a minute for B to realize (which is still a minute too long, granted).

B talks to one of the cater-waiters and he says sure he’d date her. She’s hot. Hell yes, she is. And the outfit at the end of the ep? Maybe Blair should be in Brooklyn more often? Anyone have a cap? Or icon?

But, before B makes the realization, there’s more awesome B/Dor goodies. (But, like, Dorota can stay and not be killed/move to France, okay? Because Eric and Dorota are the only people who keep me sane. Can you imagine me without either of them?) So, Blair seriously has the BEST one-liners. (Eric does too whenever he’s around..he obviously learned from his sister Blair <3)

So, Blair doesn’t want any of Dorota’s stories/lectures that end in “…and then I came to America.” LMAO

(Dorota referenced first husband again…from webisodes…can we mention countess, too? Because seriously, only the Waldorf’s would have European royalty as their maid. <3)

S/J. Jenny sticks the shirt out. S grabs it. THERE IS AN “ARCHIBALD” LABEL! ANNE “SEWS” IT ON HIS CLOTHES. ALL OF THEM. She buys and has it delivered to the Empire. ROTFLMAO! (Wait, can Anne not die/go to France, too? I MISS HER! Does she have a permanent residence at Howie’s jail cell or something?)

Dan/Willa. Pain in my ass. I knew she was trouble from 3x10. *deep breath* *screams* *deep breath*

I’m like confused on this convo…Vanessa’s story was influenced by Dan’s New Yorker piece? What does that mean? What is Dan smoking?

Willa tells him that he was the runner-up (as always) and that her father is on the Board of Directors…she calls.

(WHERE IS YOU, HAROLD?! YOU IS THE SANE PARENT. COME BACK FROM FRANCE. If Eleanor can do it, so can you!)

NS run into each other (Jenny eavesdrops like in 1x13 with SD hearing about Blair).

Nate’s sick of waiting for non-answers. S can’t tell. #2 on this show. TRUST PROBLEMS. *sighs*

I’m on Nate’s side. I’m getting annoying, Serena. (And I KNOW most of it already!)

So J calls C. (Maybe he should just take her virginity. Full circle?)



Oh, that was bad thought. Pretend that didn’t happen. (I would erase, but I would like you all to suffer with me.)

CB! OMG! THEY INTERACT WHEN NOT TOGETHER! Unlike the bad time in S2 where they didn’t talk for how many episodes? Improvement, I think so!

Chuck denies. No one believes. It’s okay, he wasn’t actually trying to convince anyone of anything. (That’s the theme for him this entire ep.)

Willa/Dan. She tells him she called.

OH BLAIR! Can you focus on things not boys now? Like, destroying Willa? I’d like BV team up now. (While they’re still ‘dormmates.’)

S/W. Reminisce about 1998/98. He was in the Congo and the family was dealing with Lily and Klause/Klaus/Clause/Claus something or another. They mention that ALL THE TIME, and I still don’t know who she married and when any of this **** went down! (because wasn’t Lily with one of them while S was in boarding school? 1x01 deleted SE scene)

Anyway, so William wants to take S to Serendipity’s. She loves those banana splits. Yeah. When she was FOUR. Awkward…. And she comments on him being gone for the last 14 years. Therefore, we can correctly conclude he was gone before N-JBC formed a year later? (Assuming the BN have been dating since kindergarten is more than just an expression and really does mean the four of them met in kindergarten…)

The scene ends with him saying he didn’t just leave. DUN DUN DUN.

DV! OMG, they’re at a coffee shop. Actually, that doesn’t bother me. It’s their place. Although I am waiting for the day that Vanessa does start serving coffee again. Despite them joking about it not happening earlier in the season.

So, they talk about “original” piece needs to be submitted. Well, duh! As she was reading/thinking about his New Yorker story (the best present he ever received..because he is a dork like that *giggles*), inspiration hit and she wrote her first original play! OH SNAP! She wrote original. OH NOES! She based it on Dan/DV. Can I write, V? I need some more DV fanfics please.

She gives it to him to read and leaves because she can’t watch him read it. (Unlike me, who must reread over my mother when she reads my fics because it helps me edit.) They’re gonna skip party and have pizza! (Until Blair shows up and party begins!)

So, back to S/W. He went to Tibet..took a job. He was going to commute. But… I need to rewatch to full get it..but Lily something…couldn’t do? What? I didn’t get it.

Alas…Lily needed “consistency.”

…

…

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I mean, must I even COMMENT about that one?

…

*deep breath*

Blah blah Rufus..blah blah..want new doctor…blah blah, go eat a waffle.

Dan’s on the phone, leaving Willa a message. Serves you right, Humphrey.

(Oh look! Another episode of Make-Jackie-Happy-Show-How-Stupid-Humphreys-Are. YAY!!!! Almost as good as when the Humphreys bash each other. (Oh, RDJ..I miss your scenes..when you make fun of Dan’s only friend being Cedric or Rufus…good times!))

BLAIR!!!! BD! She spills it out. I’m trying to figure out what’s the kicker. Because I loved it now. Loved it 2x08. Hell, 1x04, too. And I think it DOES go all the way back to the fashion shoot. He went to her and spilled his issue with Allison and therefore giving B the courage to go to Eleanor and somehow, Dan now much deal with CB. Now, this is awesome and all, but goddammit, WHERE IS MY CD SCENE?!?!?!

Dan says he has more important things to do than help Blair. Okay, a) you fail at life, you can’t convince Willa anything. She obviously has it in for Vanessa and b) Hello. Nothing is more important than Blair Waldorf. Shut up, Humphrey and just do as Blair says.

He gives in because he needs to talk to Willa anyway (see a)

And Blair says something about Vanessa loaning her some clothes. Can I pretend this really happened? And maybe B can do it again? And maybe BV can go shopping and watch movies (because, hello! No one likes movies more than these two). *sighs*

Chuck’s on the phone. Obviously he’s got Mike tailing her. ♥

Nate comes in.

MY BOYS! Nate’s still angry…do they not interact while living together? I suppose it’s only been a couple days…

Chuck says he’s paying for what he did. Nate comments about the whores and drinking and Chuck pulls a…you should know Waldorf subtext on Nate..except instead of telling S about B, he means Nathaniel should get the Chuck Bass way of coping. Like I said, Chuck’s not even trying to hide it tonight.

Chuck wants to go to Brooklyn. There’s a guide. Whatever.

B/D/V walk in. I had a moment of panic. I was thinking Dan would cancel on Vanessa and go to the party with Blair and talk to Willa alone. Thank GOD Vanessa was there. And she went to follow her and watch her and maybe they can talk about film and writing the best scrip possible and Blair can be in it playing an Audrey-like character and Vanessa will film and PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!

Another three come in. There’s a LOT of sleaze there. My stomach hurts. Make it stop.

BLAIR MENTIONS AARON ROSE! She does remember she has a non-existent stepbrother. I WANT A BLAIR/AARON SCENE, DAMMIT! (Book OTP!)

Dan tells Willa he made a mistake and Jenny passes after Willa tries to kiss.

WHY MUST THESE CRAZIES TRY TO KISS DAN AND NATE?!?!?! THEY ONLY HAVE EYES FOR THEIR BESTIES! (And I mean Serena…mostly..Chuck at times too, for Nate..but I must always mention my love for CN… *cough*)

“Who’s that ****?” Truer words not spoken from your skanky lips, Willa! And I love that Dan doesn’t even defend Jenny. HE KNOWS IT’S TRUE!

D/J scene. OMG, they are SIBLINGS! I FORGOT! There’s a REAL scene! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!

And then I prompted ignored them because I can and Dan pissed himself when he saw Willa/Vanessa talking.

Rufus wants a second opinion. Why the subway station?

Will says he’ll stick around no matter. But S wants daddy to play doctor and Lily wants it too. (Pun intended)

NS are on the phone and Jenny comes over talking, Serena hears and huffs and phone over. *head bang*

CHUCK WATCHES BLAIR! <3 DO YOU SEE THIS LOOK? Icons/caps/anything? Someone? NOW?

He tells NJ to leave. He’s clearly not done with Blair for the night.

Blair and her Columbia guy are talking and he keeps trying to kiss her and she keeps pulling away until he finally asks if she wants to make the guy jealous because EVERYONE can feel CB’s pull.

DV are having it out. She asked if he had a problem. But why didn’t she tell him first. She explained. No, she justified. (It was supposed to be happy surprise, though!) She asks if he wants her to withdraw. I think she really would have. DV ♥

S/W “I still don’t know what I want from you.”

He mentions that he’s kept an eye on her. They reference the polo match from the Vanderbilt polo party.

(Oh man, next time Grandfather is around, I want his HONEST opinion on NS. I was disappointed in 2x19 where he made no comment about Vanessa. At least Serena’s got a big past and the Trip ordeal. So I’d LOVE to hear that.)

CB. She says she didn’t kiss him. Wow. She’s growing up! The best way to get over Chuck is not by hooking up and forgetting their past. It’s moving on. They did love each other. (Still completely do.) But the next time she kisses someone, it’s going to be for her, not because of them.



Back at the Empire, Nate’s on his way to drunkenville. Jenny said (quoting Nate’s words before some eps back) that he deserves someone who would treat him right. And Jenny would NEVER treat Nate the way that Serena does.

Yeah.

We know that. She’d never love him. Know him as well. Let herself be who she is with him. At the end of the day, spill it all and cry in his arms.

We know that, sweetheart. You’d NEVER be in Serena’s league.

And that’s your mistake.

You treat Nate like a prize. Like he’s arm candy. You know NOTHING about him and just see $$$ and pretty boy and SAVIOR. That’s not love. That’s puppy-love.

She leans in to kiss him and he immediately pulls back. NO. How many ****ing times must he say it.

Seriously, SVU may be one of my favorite shows, but Jenny has NEVER been a victim. She can play the victim card, but this bitch definitely is nothing remotely close to a victim.

Serena came to apologize and mentions the wedding and leaving a message. Huh? What? What message? Nate got no message. YOU KNOW WHY?!?!

Jenny pulls a JENNY 1x16 on a van der Woodsen. AGAIN.

DENY DENY DENY. I GOT NO MESSAGE. SHE LIES! (I WAS WITH ASHER! What you smoking, Eric?)

Nate tells Jenny go GET THE **** OUT. (But nicer because it’s Nate.)

B/Dor! She tells Dorota there’s no use in denying the past. HELLO!

They’re like making these B/J parallels in some instances, but god, Jenny can never be in the same league as the Queen.

Blair wants to go feed the duckies tomorrow. OMG, I want Blair with the baby feeding duckies. SO BADLY!

(Seriously, this is one of Blair’s hottest looks. )

Serena got the OKAY from Lily and then NS talk. She is sorry for taking Nate for granted. (Good.) And then she cries and tells Nate and they talk and talk and the scene is over, but you know she cried into his shirt and then he let her have it because she totally needs a new favorite shirt.

I DIED. OMG. DID YOU SEE IT! VICTROLA DRESS. FLASHBACKS. Doesn’t matter that it’s not new, but VICTROLA!

*tries to breath*

*flails a little more*

*deep breath*

I’m okay..possibly!

Vanessa listens to Dan’s voicemail. And I don’t know what’s going on with that. That was weird…was she going back to her dorm or elsewhere? I don’t get it.

And William is sketchy? Because if you are a relative out of the wood, YOU IS EBIL!

And Eric’s voice is in the promo!!! *SQUEAL* MY BABY!

(****ing hell…2970 words)

[SolveMyMystery]

I wasn't going to download the epi tonight but your recap made me change my mind Jackie..

[AlexParisGGfan]

ITA with you Jackie, it was actually a great episode!

Evil Chuck is so back! I love it! And does any S1fan notice that he said "seal the deal" just like he used to?

The whole NSJ thing wasn't that bad cause little J got kick off at the end so I loved it too!

And B was so pretty!!!! The whole CB thing was so sad though.
And she borrowed V's clothes! I love it but why not a BV scene?! I mean, come on! And BVD could me the new 3 musketeers!

OMG Willa is such a bitch!!!

The whole DV storyline was the low/weak part of the ep... which makes me very sad. V was so beautiful... D really screwed up on this one! But it's true that it's a difficult situation... I think V expected that D would just say "I love you and I'm proud of you"...

Am I the only one who would I secretly love that at the end when V get out off the cab, she would meet Chuck for a drink? I know "Repeating History".

[Beautiful Disorder]

havent seen it yet, could my dl be any slower??

[FenixxB]

Vanessa looked gorgeous in this episode!

I love it but why not a BV scene?! I mean, come on! And BVD could me the new 3 musketeers!

YES please! Less RL and more BVD.

I never want to see Jenny in Nate's clothes again.

Chuck was evil enough, but I love that everything he did was about wanting to win back Blair and jealousy was totally detectable.

CJ scenes still creep me out as well... if the pilot never happened then I might feel differently.

Did Chuck totally smell Nate's sheets or shirt? If so... then that's totally hot.

I like Cameron... Cameron can stay. Now that's a much better rebound then say... Marcus?

Willa is a dirty hoe, but I loved that she thought Jenny looked like a **** and then Dan got all pissy.

DV were ok in this episode... I don't understand why are they having these type of fights? They are suppose to be the king and queen of communication, but I guess that's what makes them realistic... normal couples have communication issues.

Am I the only one who would I secretly love that at the end when V get out off the cab, she would meet Chuck for a drink?

that would've been totally wishful thinking. They were at the same party and didn't even bump into each other, but that's another rant for a different day.

How dare they deny me of another potentially hilarious BV scene!

[Musicalfictionlver]

DV were soooo much better than I thought
I kinda love how V wrote about D, the coffee shop scene was reli cute the hand grabbing and the little kiss and V looked gorgeous there.
Another thing I liked was D kept worrying desparetly about what crazy Willa was doing to his relationahip with V he tried his best to stop her psycho ways And rejected the kiss
And the srguement wasn't full on it was more saddening and realistic which just kinda makes me love them more Although not the not argueing part
The Cute end conversation D admiring her work and apoligising straight away was sweet overall this eppy was a lot better than I speculated

[Beautiful Disorder]

Good ep.

The NJS scene where Nate told her to get out I was like OH SNAP Jenny Humphrey So glad that's over. It was weird and upsetting.

CJ. that's all Im gonna say

DV = I kinda get it. Admittedly. They are so presh, but the ending worries me.

Crazy Willa. I like her. Bite me.

Chuck... being creepy. I kinda missed that... and yet.. I don't know.

I'm down with single B and single C. sorry.


SORT OF BV SCENE! YAY! she borrowed Vanessa's outfit. I can die now. I can smell a fic idea coming.

Daddy sl until the final shot. Thank god he has some drama.

[FenixxB]

I'm down with single B and single C. sorry.

I was digging single B a lot.

SORT OF BV SCENE! YAY! she borrowed Vanessa's outfit. I can die now. I can smell a fic idea coming.

They would've been awesome roommies.

BLAIR MENTIONS AARON ROSE!

Yes! It was a great line.