First impression: Did you like episode 3×09 – They Shoot Humphreys, Don’t They?

A pretty solid GG episode. It first time in a while I wasn’t left wondering to myself if I actually got anything out of the episode i just watched. BUT, that obviously didn’t happen tonight!!
I could go on for days about what happened but that really would take a very long time, so I’ll make it brief.
-The whole Trena (Tripp/ Serena) thing is quite annoying. I don’t know if it’s her stupidity, his lop sided facial features or the fact that he’s a MARRIED CONGRESSMAN that had me annoyed but I hope they squash this soon.
- ERIC had some form of a story line, bless my gay lil bro i never had. He will put personality dysfunctional Jenny in her place.
-THREESOME wasn’t as “racy” as anticipated, though i wasn’t fully surprised. Looking forward to seeing how that plays out next episode, hoping GG writers won’t just gloss over it like they do with a lot of stuff.
- What was up with jenny’s dress, the finger cloves, the incorrect cup size, the dead crow? Jenny has money now so I don’t know what her excuse is.

Any who, I give this episode 4.21 sketchy lost parties out of 5
PS. the podcast is great

I think the parent’s council won … that was the tamest “threesome” ever. That was really more like a game of spin the bottle. I have a feeling that the CW caved and cut stuff out; because there is no way that they would have given that much hype to THAT threesome scene. Quite frankly I wouldn’t have wanted to see any more of Dan/Vanessa/Olivia. They just don’t do it for me really … It was akward, they are all awkward characters.

Solid episode though! I got a little taste of the “old Chuck”, you know, the slightly pervy one we all came to love (what does that say about us viewers though, that we love a perv like that?). He had solid dialogue this episode, which I knew a Lost Weekend would bring back! I thought the other stories were great, very classic Gossip Girl, I am really excited that something is happening with Serena’s father! That was an unexpected twist I greatly enjoyed (because they didn’t freaking release spoilers about it months ago).

They have been previewing and releasing spoilers so much this season that even things that would be an OMG moment, you don’t get when actually watching the show. You get them two months before when you hear the spoiler on Access Hollywood, so it just ruins the surprise. They HAVE had some great twists and surprises this season, but we all knew they were coming since episode one, so it seemed like old news by the time we watched it happen. I want them to stop releasing so much! It would make the stories seem fresher, like the Serena’s father thing this episode.

I also have to say that many fans are very vocal about the lack of Blair and Chuck, and while I am a HUGE C&B fan (I refuse to combine couple names, ever) I think the show has struck a good balance for them. The two are obviously keeping it hot, but off screen, which I think is more of a concession the CW and writers are making for parent’s groups issues than a reflection of the relationship between the characters. Obviously it sucks to see the producers not use the awesome screen chemistry the two actors have, but I really don’t perceive the lack of steamy scenes between C&B as them becoming a boring or settled couple. He’s Chuck Bass, and she’s just ridiculously hot (and has the best collection of lingerie anyone has ever seen, if we remember seasons 1 and 2). I think it’s all as hot and sexy as we all knew it would be, but CW has lost it taste for pushing prime-time boundaries and us viewers are left to our imaginations.

Unfortunately for us, television has rotted our brains and destroyed our imaginations … show us something!