Back to Gossip Girl!

It's good to know that even though I've missed like 6 episodes and an entire relationship of Serena's (with some rat-faced dude), I can still watch Gossip Girl and know absolutely everything that is going on. It's a comfort. Chuck still rules, Blair is still a close second, Serena is still my pretty pretty princess, Dan and Rufus are still insufferable douches who I want to stay with their amazing girlfriends anyway and Jenny still sucks and has a terrible haircut. Oh, and Nate and Vanessa are still pretty boring, yet a little bit cute.

Things that were undeniably awesome:

Chuck calling Rufus Lily's "mistress".

Chuck saving Lily from getting raped by evil Uncle Jack.

Chuck getting adopted by Lily and moving home! (Eric will be so happy!)

Chuck, obviously.

Blair going completely batshit insane and declaring war on Ms Karr.

Blair's puppy. (And how she took the 'Dan' out of it's name immediately. As she should.)

Serena's hair, dress, and make-up for the opera. I really wish I could find a picture. (Though if she were a real teenager the amount of boob she was showing would be a little creepy. I kept staring at them during that scene with her and Dan on the couch thingy! I guess Lily can't get her face out of Rufus's mouth long enough to pay attention to her own child.)

The fact that Jenny was onscreen for, 30 seconds, tops.

Eric explaining the children's opera to Rufus like Rufus was the dumbest man he has ever known (which he may very well be).

Things that were not so great:

OH MY GOD Dan and Serena! Just stop with this shit. So your parents are dating. It's weird, but it is not the end of the damn world. You were dating first, no one else even cares. Get over it.

Also Dan, being a judgey mcjudgerson, as usual, throwing a little hissy fit, as usual, because Serena doesn't want to go to college with you and it took her more than five minutes to decide that. Ugh, you really need to suck it. No wonder poor Serena is so skittish around you!

Ms. Karr, new teacher from Iowa. (and she did Teach for America, and she doesn't get the crazy ways of these richies, ok, we get it show!) Yes, she looks 12, yes she confided in her high school students that the city was scary, yes she seems to be being set up to steal Dan from Serena (I am already revving up my Dan hate.), but the thing that I like least about her is her snitching. As we all know, snitches are the first to die. And she looked into the face of a sincere Blair Waldorf apology and spit in it! She deserves whatever she gets. I can't wait to see Blair go "black ops."

Um, Vanessa and Nate's entire storyline. It was almost as boring as Annie and Ethan's on 90210, and that is bad.

The fact that clearly, as usual, my pretty pretty princess is going to get her heart broken by Downer Dan, again. Ignoring her call! That's cold Dan. Especially when you just had a conversation that ended with "we'll be ok". I just know he is going to start bonding with that stupid teacher and they'll be talking about how weird rich people are and then Serena will show up in a limo or something and Dan will feel all disgusted and repulsed on the inside, even though he lives in a fancy loft in Brooklyn and is going to YALE, so he's not exactly the image of the proletariat himself. Suck it DAN!

Next week: Chuck's dad is going to die! Oh wait, that already happened, it's a repeat. So soon?!