In case you weren't excited enough for the September 14 premiere, the junior season of Gossip Girl is set to return "with a bang," Stephanie Savage promises.
“We have our big Polo match in the first episode of the season, then go to Sotheby’s for an auction in the third episode and in the fourth episode, we have a big movie premiere at Ziegfeld [Theater],” says the show’s executive producer.
What does the future hold for our favorite characters?
For Blair Waldorf, an identity crisis. Her college (NYU) is just across town from her posh Upper East Side pad, but it might as be well be across the country.
“Blair is a fish out of water,” says Savage of Leighton Meester’s character. “Now that she is going to school downtown, Vanessa and Dan are among her people."
"It’s bizarre-o world for her.”
However, Blair won’t be totally alone downtown. As promised, Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) will be returning - as Queen B's new roommate.
“She is not going to be in our first episode, but she will be in the second episode when our kids start college,” says Stephanie Savage of Trachtenberg.
Boyfriend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) will be a staple by Blair’s side throughout the season. While Chuck won’t be clocking in any school time, Savage says:
“This year, [Chuck] is really going to be focused on getting out from underneath his father’s shadow and starting his own entrepreneurial direction.”
Adding to Blair’s “shadows” downtown is off-again BFF Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), who will also be stirring up trouble south of Central Park.
As well as locking lips with Carter Baizen (Sebastian Stan) in the first episode, Serena’ll be hooking up with designers Tory Burch and Georgina Chapman.
Savage tells us the fashion cameos have to do with fair Serena’s “decision [in terms of college] and what happens to her in the first couple of episodes.”
A reconciliation with Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) won’t be in her future, at least not this year - he is busy romancing Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff).
Then there’s Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), learning the ropes of Queen B.
“We really do see Jenny struggling with what she is going to do with this power that has been given to her,” says Savage. “Jenny is back at Constance and now she is a junior - the same age as our other girls when the show started."
"So we have lots of story areas for Jenny that are opening up.”
One in particular that will make a comeback is J’s fashion career: “As we get into the season, that is going to be a bigger and bigger story,” says Savage.
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August 17th, 2009 3:58 PM
Awesome pic of chuck and blair lol =DDD cant waittttt, i wonder what story lines they'll have for jenny...
August 17th, 2009 4:01 PM
yey!
chair
August 17th, 2009 4:09 PM
2 things in particular spark my interest. one is that chuck will be a staple by blair's side throughout the season. that is promising. the second is that apparently serena and blair are "off-again" bffs? i wonder why? carter related perhaps? i also hope that serena will be with carter for longer than the first episode, that relationship has a lot of potential.
so, how many people figure serena is going to start modelling for those designers and decide to postpone college?
August 17th, 2009 4:25 PM
ooooo sooo awsome pic of C&B.... can't wait 4 the new season...
August 17th, 2009 4:30 PM
OFF FRIENDSHIP AWESOME!perfect1!on of my profeths true they want to leave atthe end ofthe season b with out anyone so she will grow up c maybe at the end of the season will give up they have to be truce and b gave up on him on 215 it is just a lame excuse to win time
August 17th, 2009 4:44 PM
omfg i cant wait, looks too be good!!!1 whoop whoop
August 17th, 2009 4:46 PM
Qwertyuiop , I tried REALLY hard to decode what you were saying, but I ended up with nothing. Please type in full sentences, using real words, or else it is pretty pointless to type up something that no one will be able to read.
August 17th, 2009 5:01 PM
"off-again BFF?"
I thought Serena and Blair were doing well when we left them last season, does this mean they'll be fighting again?
August 17th, 2009 5:05 PM
ups sorry .i think that last seaso was c grew up and in order to that he had to lose everyone even blair .Because she did gave up on him .So savage told us they have tobe equals in everything.So for that c will left b maybe atthe end ofthe season as slap and a wake up call.To really grow up bc lately she is acting as a 5years old girl intead like se used tobe or atso screpulate cold evil awesome fierce 104 105107108120 like mature but at 220219216217221 she was like ahuge regression .I MEEAN THOSE SENTENCE THE SOUNDOF HER VOICE...
i just want her wake up and mature withc notthis bratty they showed at211 like "where is blair waldorf?"
August 17th, 2009 5:22 PM
YESSSSSS I SENSE SOME CHAIRNESS COMING THIS SEASON!!!
finally:)