Episode #14: In The Realm of the Basses
Jenny has decided to return to Constance Billard after her time off and Eric doesn’t understand her change of heart. Jenny says the Snowflake Ball made her feel 15 again.
No one has seen or heard from Chuck since Bart’s funeral. Chuck’s Uncle Jack is going to look for him to bring him home.
Blair is being considered for the Colony Club. “It’s the Colony Club, the most exclusive club in New York, which means the world!” Blair says it’s a new year to focus on a new unencumbered future.
Rufus is back from looking for the sculpture for his gallery, but he really was looking for his son in Boston. He’s hit up every adoption agency around to find his son with no luck.
Jack find Chuck in Thailand and texts Blair to let her know.
While at school, Eric asks Jenny if she is afraid of Penelope and Jenny admits to be nervous about returning to school. Nelly is glad to see Jenny because Nelly is the new ‘Lil J of the group. Jenny sees how badly they are treating Nelly and wants to step in, but Eric tells her not to get involved.
Chuck is passed out in the back of a limo. They pull up to the hotel where Blair is there waiting. Blair immediately thinks Jack is lying because Jack is there only…until Chuck is pulled from the back of the limo. Blair looks really concerned.
Serena is back for Buenos Aires. She runs into Dan at school where she tells him she broke up with Aaron three hours into their flight. Serena also mentions she got an e-mail from Lily saying her and Rufus will never be together. She didn’t call Dan because she wanted to make sure they both wanted to same thing. Dan says he still has feelings for her and wants it. And they kiss.
Spotted: S and lonely boy kicking off the new year like it’s last year. Who knows? Maybe 3rd times a charm, but let’s not break out the bubbly just yet.
Blair and Serena see each other for the first time since her vacation. She tells Serena that she told Chuck that she loved him and then he just left. Serena tells her that Chuck was probably thinking of her the entire time he was gone. But Blair doesn’t believe it.
Not unless I was a Thai hooker named Bo.
Dan butts into their conversation and Blair isn’t thrilled. Serena tells her they are back together.“A postcard would have been fine. Really happy for you, I’m going to vomit now.”
Lily goes to see Rufus and the only thing he wants to know about is their kid. Lily reveals that the kids is a boy and she had a closed adoption so it would be impossible to find him. Rufus is upset that Lily didn’t tell him about the pregnancy and says being a father is who he is and he will find their son with or without her help.
Jenny and Eric are at Pinkberry sitting a table away from Penelope and the girls. They are treating Nelly really bad. Penelope dropped fro-yo on her shoe and asked Nelly to get it off with her finger because a napkin would smear it. Right before Nelly does it, Jenny interferes and grabs Nelly. She tells them she’s not Lil J anymore. Penelope then turns to Hazel and tells her to clean her shoe.
Chuck shows up to school and he’s obviously high. He’s smoking hash in the courtyard. Blair tells him to put it away because he can be expelled but he doesn’t. Headmistress Queller catches him and says she needs to meet with his guardian.
Rufus comes home early to find Dan and Serena on the road to an intimate moment. Rufus wants Serena to leave and says he doesn’t like them together alone when he’s not home. Serena feels uncomfortable and decides to leave.
Blair is at the meeting with the headmistress; she is trying to speak on Chuck’s behalf. The headmistress says partaking in marijuana use on school grounds is reason for explosion.
“It was hash actually. I find it gives a softer high.”
Jack then comes into the meeting late because he says he’s Chuck’s guardian. Blair still takes control of the meeting and says Chuck can’t be held accountable for his actions because he’s going through a hard time. The Headmistress says she would let it go he promises nothing like this would happen again, but Chuck pulls out another joint and walks out. Jack seems to be amused and with a smirk on his face asks how long the suspension will be.
Pop quiz: What do you get when you cross Chuck Bass, a billion dollars and Bart cold in the ground? Free fall.
It’s now breakfast at the Humphrey house and Jenny senses a chill in the air. She asks what is going on and Dan tells her Rufus does not want him to date Serena. He also tells her about Rufus and Lily maybe having a reunion and something went terribly wrong. Jenny is out of the loop and doesn’t know anything. She’s surprised.
At school, Blair is holding a social court of some sort because Jenny is trying to get Nelly to quit the group. Jenny is there to defend Nelly to Blair, but Blair doesn’t really want to hear it. Penelope tells her the girls of the steps are respected and someone just can’t quit. Quitting would be the end of the group. Blair has other things on her mind and lets them all know these problems are so high school. She leaves.
Penelope is upset because she feels like Blair is spending too much time elsewhere and that means that Blair is leaving them behind.
“Blair is leaving us behind. It’s like an end of an era.” – Iz
Blair is worried about Chuck and she asks Serena if she’s seen him. Blair tells her about Chuck smoking the hash and the meeting. Blair says she doesn’t see Chuck anymore when she looks into his eyes. She says he always leaves, but she could always see Chuck.
Dan and Serena are trying to find out what happened to their parents over the break. They just don’t get why things changed so quickly.
Eric, Jenny and Nelly are back at Pinkberry when the girls come in. There is a confrontation because they are sitting at the girls table, but Jenny refuses to get up. She tells them to get another table and then a ton of people start to come through the door. Jenny tells Penelope to get a table fast because it looks like they are filling up. Penelope is upset and calls her dad. She tells him that a girl is picking on her at school and wants him to call the Headmistress to fix the problem.
Blair finds Chuck at Victrola, he bought it back after coming into all that money. Blair tells him to go to Serena, Lily and Eric or The Palace. She tells him he needs to be with his family. He says he can’t because he’s throwing a party tonight, he’s already posted it on Gossip Girl. He then tells Blair it’s time to let go of her fantasies. Blair stands there stunned.
“Was that it? Or were you going to tell me you loved me again?”
Blair then asks him why did he even come back.
Serena and Dan are at the loft digging through Rufus’ things. They are looking for Rufus’ secret. Serena finds a ring and thinks he asked Lily to marry him, but Dan shoots that down and says that was his mom’s ring. She recently sent it back. Serena then gets a phone call from Blair and says she has to leave, but Dan continues looking. He finds a map of Boston with a phone number circled on it. He calls the number and finds out it is an adoption agency.
New year, but same old story. The darkest secrets are always the ones that hit closest to home.
Blair is getting ready for her meeting with the Colony Club. Dorota has made sure everything is perfect for her and has done everything she has asked. Blair is still upset about what happened with Blair. She’s getting ready and starts to breakdown. She cries for a minute and then immediately snaps back into normal Blair.
The Headmistress calls Jenny into her office and finds out Penelope said she was bullying her. Jenny asks the Headmistress if she really believes this after the year she’s had with them. She admits to being a little suspicious and tells Jenny to stay away from them.
Jenny doesn’t understand they they won’t just let Nelly quit. Nelly says it’s because of everything she knows about them and reveals that Penelope is sleeping with her dad’s junior partner and Hazel made out with her cousin several times. Jenny then comes up with the idea to use their secrets against them.
Dan goes to confront Rufus, but he still won’t tell Dan what’s going on. Instead, he asks if Chuck has said anything to him. Dan is confused; he doesn’t understand why Chuck would know something about his family that he doesn’t know. Rufus still won’t tell him anything; he says he needs more time to figure things out.
Back at Blair’s, Serena shows up for Blair, but she’s all composed now. Serena says they can’t abandon Chuck when he needs their help. She says Blair is all he has, but Blair tells her he doesn’t want her help. Blair walks away and is very focused on her meeting with the Colony Club because they have started to arrive. Serena is upset.
“Your’e going to abandon him for some society matrons.” – Serena
Dan goes to see Chuck at Victrola. He asks Chuck to tell him what he knows. Chuck agrees because he buried the arsen story on his father and telling him would make them even. He tells Dan about the child and he thnks Rufus must have just found out about it. Dan is about to walk away when Chuck says when Serena finds out it will be over for them.
“Shaing a sibling, that’s a little too much. Even for me.”
Spotted at Victrola: Lonely boy and Chuck Bass having a heart to heart. What or who do they have to talk about? And will Serena be the last to know?
Blair is meeting with the Colony Club. They are an older group of ladies. They tell Blair the members of the group are “known by the company they keep” and they ask if that was Serena van der Woodsen they saw on their way out. “I see her quite a bit of her on Page Six. And quite a bit of her.” She says it was, but says they use to be friends, but they aren’t anymore. They look pleased and go on to talk about Bart and then Chuck. They say Bart is new money and what happened to him (being hit by a car) was “a mercy kill”. They also say Chuck is a piece of work and that’s where she draws the line. She admits to being friends with them and says she has to leave because he needs her help. They all look shocked.
Jenny is at the party too. Jenny inacts her plan to use their secrets against them and it works. Penelope gives in and tells her Jenny is now in charge. But Jenny says that’s not what she wanted; she just wanted them to treat Nelly better. But they said Nelly could be out of the group; Nelly doesn’t want that though. Nelly thought when Jenny returned to school she wanted to be head of the group and was hoping their would be a regime change. Nelly was playing Jenny for her own benefit.
At the party, Eric tries to talk to Chuck, but he’s not really listening. Eric asks him how was Thailand, but Chuck says he honestly doesn’t remember it. Chuck grabs a bottle of alcohol for a view from above. He then tells Eric “Nice having you as my little brother.”
Rufus goes to tell Lily that Dan probably knows about the child and wil probably tell Serena. Lily says she’s afraid Serena and Eric will hate her. She just wasn’t ready to have a baby. Rufus tells her he’s not upset she gave the baby up, he’s upset she didn’t tell him about it.
Dan finds Serena at Victorla and wants to talk to privately. Dan is about to tell Serena, but he gets a call form Rufus. He tells him they are going to look for the child together. He also asks Dan not tell Serena because Lily wants to tell Serena and Eric herself. Dan doesn’t want to keep this secret; Rufus says it’s not his secret to tell. It’s between mother and daughter. Dan decides not to tell.
Blair shows up to Victrola and she’s not happy with Jack. Jack seems to be more impressed with thep arty and doesn’t seem to care about what is going on with Chuck. They ask Eric where Chuck is and says he said something about getting a view from above. Jack thinks he just meant upstairs, but Blair knows better and goes to the roof to find him.
One thing about being on top of the world; it gives you a long long way to fall.
Blair finds Chuck drinking and walking on the ledge of the building. Jack yells his name and Chuck stumbles. Blair is upset and calls Jack an idiot for screaming Chuck’s name while his on the ledge and obviously drunk. Chuck says he doesn’t have any reason to be around anymore.
“I’m Chuck Bass, who cares!”
Blair says she’ll always be there for him. She cares and wouldn’t want anything to happen to him. She looks at Chuck and finally sees him. She helps him down and they hug. Jack says he’s going to take care of Chuck, but Blair doesn’t trust him. When Chuck is out of ear distance, Blair says Chuck can’t find out what happened on New Years Eve.
Oh me, the year’s just turned and already the secrets have begun. Where will it end this time? The new year is about what happened, it’s about what is to come. But the past is always with us, ust waiting to mess with the present. And when it does…I’ll be watching.
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