ORIGINAL EPISODES, WEDNESDAYS @ 9PM ON THE CWThe theme of this episode was friendship. Mostly we saw the inner workings of the Blair-Serena friendship with a side of the Chuck-Nate friendship. Although the episode was mildly humorous it was far from the fun we experienced in the prior episodes. Most of last night was dedicated to the new and peaceful Serena-Blair friendship. From what I can tell this episode was necessary in order to create a jumping off point for all the future story lines. For one, the two of them feuding week-in and week-out would get old quickly and so a cease-fire had to come soon. Plus, if there was ever going to be a chance for Dan and Serena, Blair would need to stop attacking him and tonight gave her just the reason to leave him alone.
Dan is simply a great guy. He might lead with his emotions and attribute to Serena judgments that he shouldn't make so quickly but in the end he's a decent person. After everything Blair has put him through he still sought her out to make her feel better when she thought Serena had betrayed her at the photo shoot. As we saw at the end of the episode, it seems that Blair finally accepted that Dan is going to be in Serena's life and that he's actually a good guy. I think their back and forth banter could turn out to be very funny, so I'm definitely on board with all of them being friends.
As for Serena and Blair it appears they finally reached a good place. Despite waiving the white flags last week, there was still some deep-seeded resentment on Blair's part toward Serena; a bit of jealousy actually. Serena is very perceptive and picked up on it early. It seems she's really changed and cares very much about the feelings of her friends and family. She was a bit naive when it came to Blair's mother though. Did she really think Mrs. Waldorf wasn't trying to play her? To add Serena into the photo shoot at the last minute is shady and she should have realized that. Thankfully Dan was there to help her out with Blair. I'm actually a fan of the new Blair. When she's not trying to destroy peoples lives she's actually kind of cool. I'm hoping we'll get to see a lot more of this side of her.
While all this was happening, we had to endure the less than enjoyable lockdown party that Chuck was throwing. His fighting with Nate and the ensuing poker debacle was predictable and boring. The two of them are awful actors and tend to bring me down. I just don't enjoy the show so much when the two of them are on screen. If their acting was halfway decent they could have made this work, too bad it wasn't close. On top of it, the writing was just terrible. The minute Nate's friend brought up the poker game in Brooklyn I knew he was just trying to screw him out of his money. The writer's need to work harder or else the show is going to turn into a predictable and boring hour of television.
All in all this episode didn't have too much going on. One thing I thought was interesting was that Serena's mother, Lillian, and Dan's mother apparently know each other. Maybe it was a love triangle with Rufus and he picked Dan's mother over Lillian. Hopefully next week we'll find out more on Rufus and Lillian's past and maybe get a little more excitement going on with the show. This week was pretty dull and if the show wants to keep up the good press it's getting the writers are going to have to do a much better job.
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