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Episode #105: The Kind of Opposites That Do Not Attract

by Angela on March 2, 2011

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Talking Gossip After Dark
Episode #105 – The Kind of Opposites That Do Not Attract
March 1, 2011

Opening:

Last week’s poll:
Do you think Chuck and Blair should get back together this season?

Music:

  • For a listing of all the music in the episode please visit our site at www.talking-gossip.com and click the music tab.
  • Family Friend/Somebody Else’s Child by The Vaccines
    -  Played at the beginning of the episode when Lily is turning herself in and when Rufus sees William for the first time at the end of the episode.
  • Where You’re Coming From by Matt & Kim
    - Played in the open montage of the show when Gossip Girl breaks everything down for us.
  • Blister in The Sun by Nouvelle Vague
    - Played when everyone was arriving to the party and Chuck toast to his guests.
  • Don’t Let Me Fall by B.O.B
    - Played when Blair and Dan are talking about not being friends anymore.
  • The Duke Spirit
    - Played when Dan and Blair kiss.

Fashion:

Episode Recap:

Episode Commentary

First Impression Poll:

  • Poll results
  • Gossip Girl ratings are down this week.  We’re hitting series lows.
  • Did you like the episode? Is the season on an upswing?
  • Does Chuck really care that Raina and Nate are an “us”?

Chuck Wants To Protect His Legacy

  • Was Chuck celebrating too early?
  • Were the being too closed minded to see that Russell would still try to take the family down?
  • How do you feel about more Chuck story lines coming back from Bart’s grave? Did Chuck properly deal with his father’s death?  Has he really moved on from Bart’s death?

Raina and Russell Get Story Lines Like Regulars

  • Do you care about a Russell and Raina father/daughter story line?

Van Der Woodsens Look For Someone To Blame:

  • Were you surprised that Ben’s mom was involved in the Lily take down? Where they thinking clearly about everything that was going on? Why not suspect that Damien would tell?

Serena Wants To Make Nice

  • Once again, is Serena being naïve about the situation? Couldn’t she understand why Ben couldn’t tell his family what was going on?

One Kiss. That’s That.

  • If something does happen between Blair and Dan, do you think Blair will tell Serena? Or will Serena find out by accident?
  • Could a Blair and Dan actually work? Could a relationship between them lead to a stronger friendship?

Poll of the week:
Have you changed your mind about a Dair relationship?
Yes. Seeing them together makes me happy.
I’m in the middle. There are pros and cons.
No way. They should just be friends.

  • Does Chuck take Blair for granted?  Do you think Chuck will see Blair and Dan kissing?
  • Was this a good way to end the episode?

Rate The Episode:

Favorite Quotes:

Closing:

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  • http://www.fanfiction.net/~cherryblossomjen cbjen

    Loved the podcast! You guys crack me up. :)

    Shame that the series is losing so many viewers. Do you think those numbers have anything to do with people watching the show online, etc instead of the traditional tv method? Because I watch it online more than I do “normally.”

    Thanks for directing me to the Ausielo/Josh Safran interview. I would never have found it otherwise and it’s super intriguing. Reinforces my burgeoning faith in the producers of the show, who apparently have put a lot of forethought into where they want to let the characters go.

    A lot of people dislike the Chuck’s father storyline.. I don’t know why it made sense to me. I know I’d be upset if I found out my father was a murderer, even if I had already understood he was morally questionable.

    You all are so right about the guest starts getting most of the storylines. It’s been that way for a long time. And unless the guest star is Georgina or Damien, I’m not likely to be at all invested in it.

    I think Jack -is- coming back. Someone posted a spoiler pic with him standing in what looked like a hotel doorway?

    You’re right about Lily’s change of attitude. It was a quick shift, her decision to face the gallows. If only there had been a short scene that explained her change in pov.

    I really love Dan and Blair. My only complaint is that we rarely talk about them (D&B) without a comparison to Chuck-Blair. Ideally we could see them as their own independent unit; but then, I guess that’s the nature of it–they are a foil for their other figurative otp’s.

    I was pretty surprised about Rufus’ comment too. Since he was the one who originally told Dan (back in season 1, when Dan called her “a 95-pound, doe-eyed, bonmot-tossing, label-whoring package of girly evil” haha) that people are like Blair are complicated and interesting and “worth it.” Rufus even said, “if there is anything I have learnt is that usually there is something beneath the surface with people like that… that make them act like they do…” So I always envisioned he’d pick up on a Dan-Blair dynamic, and even understand it. But I think Rufus has dumbed down a lot since that season.

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