Tuesday Morning Gossip Girl Reality Index
Every Tuesday, the previous night's Gossip Girl is examined by the staff at New York Magazine and assigned scores according to its "reality index."
Check out some of the highlights (or lowlights) from the magazine's analysis of "In the Realm of the Basses," and leave a comment with your own!
- Blair Waldorf's address, according to the mail, is 1136 Fifth Avenue. Seems reasonable. Plus 5. Also, the Colony Club? Unfortunately real. Plus 2.
- When Dan reaches to kiss Serena, he has a lovely manicure. Minus 1.
- How awesome was it when Blair started shushing Dorota about Chuck, and Dorota instinctively started shushing herself? Plus 3.
- People are allowed to give babies up for adoption! In fact, if parents aren't ready, it's a wonderful thing to do for a child and a set of hopeful parents. Minus 10 to the producers for making it seem so incessantly monstrous.
- Chuck shows up at school wasted, smoking hash and wearing a horrible sweater (sans scarf) and all Blair can think about how he hasn’t said "I love you." Plus 1.
- Let's discuss Uncle Jack. Hot, but a letdown. He's an idiot in this episode, and we're led to believe he's going to be an appropriate villain in the next? Minus 5.
- The scene when Blair looks into the mirror, cries, gets serious, crumples, and freezes is perhaps the best moment all season. Plus 20. Where is her Emmy?!
- Serena tells Dan she never e-mailed or called him after break because she "needed to make sure we both felt the same when the dust settled." Sure. Because teenagers are known for their patience and maturity. Minus 3.
- Uncle Jack gives 15-year-old Eric van der Woodsen a drink and told him to enjoy it. Plus only 2, because how did that kid get in there anyway? Even a bouncer at Chuck's bar wouldn't let in someone who looks approximately nine.
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February 3rd, 2010 4:36 AM
what is serena vanderwoodsens name in real life ???????????????????????
January 7th, 2009 10:23 PM
lol. i luv these episode moment ratings: meester was tear-jerking! luv blair!
January 7th, 2009 10:22 PM
lol. luv these
January 7th, 2009 10:29 AM
plus 4 for all the colony club woman wearing headbands!!
January 7th, 2009 1:29 AM
1136 Fifth Ave. must've paid for endorsement because indeed you can buy real estate from there. There's one apartment up that can be yours for $4,000,000!
January 6th, 2009 10:41 PM
Jenny sticking up for Nelly Yuki w/o wanting queen bee spot in return. plus 125
Jenny wearing a metallic hot pink mini dress to Chucks party, then suggesting to Eric that they ditch it for hot chocolate. minus 10
January 6th, 2009 8:36 PM
actually, jenny had her roots touched up in the middle of the episode if anyone noticed!
i personally think leighton's acting is better than ed's. she gives her character more substance, while ed's performance is pretty flat (its always the same). but maybe thats just how the writers wrote these characters.
January 6th, 2009 6:56 PM
I somehow assumed Blair lived closer to East 80th Street and not as high up. The building is near 97th Street, and about twenty blocks south of Harlem...
January 6th, 2009 6:00 PM
daninreallife:
we have the same kind of thoughts. i think blair/chuck is getting boring. and people are really exaggerating on their acting talent. you wouldn't get an emmy because of a 10 second crying scene. don't get me wrong, i think they are fantastic actors. well personally i think blair gives a better performance.
i've always though taylor had acting talent, but i think people hate "jenny" so much that they don't recognise it. her facial expressions are really good.
January 6th, 2009 5:04 PM
No Vanessa in this episode. Plus 100.