1x04 - Bad News Blair

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Safety Officer: Sorry, you're not on the list.

Blair: Of course you do! This is my dream!

Security guard: Not anymore.

Gossip Girl: Hi, the Upper East Siders. There's nothing Gossip Girl likes more than surprises. And we see the 2 in 1 formula enjoyed Blair Waldorf: his mother Eleanor who has just returned from Paris and Serena Van Der

Woodsen lunching with girlfriends.

Serena: Hey! You're standing.

Blair: We had something planned?

Eleanor: Honey, it's rude to interrupt. I just said to Serena, that Bendel is interrested by the shelving of my line.

Blair: Really? It's great! Why did not you say anything?

Eleanor: I returned to Paris early enough to meet my book and if they like what they see, it could be the beginning of a complete collection "lifestyle".

Blair: Because more people should be like you mom.

Eleanor: Before biting in there, you ought to interresser yogurt 0%.

Blair: I lost a pound during your absence ...

Eleanor: And you are wonderful.

Serena: They are beautiful, Ms. Waldorf.

Eleanor: Well, they will be if they are not offended by the trip. Honey, please. Serena comes back later when everything is unpacked. I'd love to have your opinion. You have a beautiful style, good for you.

Serena: Thank you, but it will not be possible. Blair and I have plans today.

Bair: A good?

Gossip Girl: Serena and Blair may have projects today, but Nate and Chuck are overbookés for all weekend ... if they survive.

Chuck: From Piaget.

Nate: You can not call it a watch?

Chuck: If it costs more than 10 bricks, it deserves its own name.

Nate: And that?

Chuck: Especially that. The ball Babe Ruth, the best that have ever typed for a home run. Better safe than sorry. Here we go! You survived the week and Ivy have fortunately gained entry to a tiquet

the school of your choice. Now, ruining the chance. Let me remind you the rules. From now, the only outside world is the one I showed you, you eat what I give you and you do what

I tell you, and until further notice the only girls whom you speak are the ones I paid. The weekend of debauchery begin!

Man: One, two, three, two!

Chuck: Who brought the yeti?

Nate: It's not Carter Baizen? I have not seen him since he was last year and in the fifth. He looks serious.

Chuck: Are you high? Looks like Matthew Mcconaughey between movies, it's a loser. Listen, someone who changes his investment fund for a fanny-pack is shattered all that is holy to Chuck Bass.

Carter: Nate Archibald, is that you?

Nate: Baizen, buddy! I heard that you had become a rogue!

Carter: And I'm here to talk about it.

Gossip Girl: It looks like someone did not anticipate the intruder. Chuck does not he know that a party is not one until someone is there is not embedded?

Blair: My god, I forgot what it was like to be with you.

Serena: No, they looked at us both.

Blair: You crazy not me, it was like that all morning, starting with your charming visit my mother. She has not even called to say she was returning.

Serena: She was busy. She hurried back and everything. Because she wanted to see you.

Blair: She did not even awake.

Serena: You know what Eleanor thought of sleep to be beautiful.

Blair: She loves you more than me.

Serena: This is not true, you are her daughter, she loves no one but you. It's just ... she does not know how to show it sometimes.

Blair: Okay, I'm inside, wait for me. I come back.

Serena Humphrey! Dan! Hello!

Dan: Hi!

Serena: Oh my god, that's what I love about this city, you fall always full of people. What are you doing here?

Dan: I'm back from my mother after having filed in Hudson Jenny. I took two Cuban for me and my father ... sandwiches, not cigars!

Serena: Do you remember saying you could meet one day and ... not to speak? I wondered if this "day" is happened?

Blair: It was disgusting. The head should be closed.

Serena: The toilets?

Blair: No, all people ... it's called Nolita, not "no shower". What are you doing here? It smells like pork? And cheese? Ok, as soon as you finished with your charity why not join me? I would have to Tory

Burch to look for ponchos.

Dan: It's not the girl who said to the whole school and several universities that you had a drug problem?

Serena; Si But you know, Blair may be a little Blair.

Dan: Yeah, yeah.

Serena, is just trying to reconcile. Today is our first day out alone both. So it is better that I go back.

Dan: Yeah, of course, is ...

Serena: Yes. But call me one of these days so we can get together and do stuff you do not ask me to do.

Nate: I do not understand, the last time I saw your sister she said that you had turned your family and you wandered the earth's surface.

Carter: No, I just wandered in their own area. Once embezzled money, you see that it does not buy freedom but rather a prison. They said I had gone but I just escaped.

Nate: You went where?

Carter: Where? I helped clean up after Katrina, spent a year rebuilding Machu Picchu, which, let me tell you, my life has changed. I bought a digital camera and filmed for a documentary.

Chuck: You're the guy who gave us our first joint, first brought to our club and you will tell me that the life of director for Youtube is better than that? You've invented the weekend of debauchery.

Nate: Who interress at a party when you can travel?

Carter: Exactly, in the real world, the only thing that matters is what you are and not what you possess.

Chuck: Well I love this speech on non-material need a guy who has as much product in his hair, this festival is about the excess, not the phisolophie. Stop talking. Let's party. Now

this is something that requires nothing material. Indeed, this is about to be removed. Who's with me?

Nate: I think I'll stay here a little bit.

Chuck: Well. I would have hated to destroy such a beautiful meeting anyway.

Carter: If we went around a few cards? That sh*t for the kids, texas hold'em died. I'll show you the real action. You know what? I am part of the weekly game in this borough of Queens,

it lasts all night. This is the real game: high stakes, big money, people with stories that would raise mine for anything. You ... you should come.

Nate: Yeah?

Carter: Yeah

Laurel: It missed its entry in the parade of Chloe, because she was vomiting a pear. She made the cover of vogue Vera.

Eleanor: I do not want dummies Vera, none is good.

Laurel: That's because you cling too in standard fashion, then you should look for a new face, that goes well with your clothes, someone in this book, as I have told you.

Eleanor: I hate the American style.

Laurel: But it comes close to what you seek, they are current, trendy.

Eleanor: If this person must represent Waldorf designs, I must find someone who ... deserves his clothes.

Laurel: Yes.

Eleanor: Someone like me. Someone like ... my daughter.

Laurel: Well why does not it? You want someone who represents the lifestyle of the Waldorf. Who better to represent you as a family member?

Eleanor: I made my first dress for her.

Serena: She would love to!

Blair: I can?

Laurel: Eleanor?

Eleaor: Yes. That's perfect.

Laurel: Eleanor Waldorf, here is the new face of Waldorf for Bendel.

Gossip Girl: It's a smile on the face of B. ? For once the spotlight is on her and S. helped him there. I suppose that miracles exist.

Serena: It will be so sexy, the clothes are beautiful.

Blair: They are.

Serena: Shut up they are incredible.

Blair: I give just a service to my mother. Hair and makeup trials are tonight.

Katie: I think this is my best pose.

Isabel: Because you see it. Model is that you hand. That's how to do ...

Blair: The girls do not. That's how to do. No. We must bend the column forward, lengthening ...

Serena: No, girls. You do anything. You miss the point. Look, you must get your hands on the hip and ask. That's how you have to do.

Blair: Ask. Ask.

Serena: Hello. Who is it?

Blair: Who dares interrupt VDWoodsen when she teaches? I say that?

Serena: Give me back my phone!

Dan: Dan Humphrey.

Serena: Who is it?

Blair: I'm sorry, Dan, this number is no longer in service.

Serena: Stop it, who it is?

Blair: I give you service.

Dan: I hear you. Do I talk to Serena?

Blair: Apparently you can, sweetie.

Serena: Come on, give it to me.

Blair: My god.

Serena: Hi, Dan. I'm really sorry for that.

Dan: And I'm really ready to hang up.

Serena: Blair was playing. You have my attention, I promise.

Dan: Okay, because I was calling to ask you not to talk with me by going to the movies tonight.

Serena: Tonight? Where? What time?

Dan: In Sunshine at 7:00.

Serena: I would love. See you there.

Dan: I'll see you there.

Rufus: It's complicated, is not it?

Bex: I can not help but observe. This is hard work, in the best sense, égnigmatique ... Reminds me of Bacon or young Schnabel.

Rufus: The artist lives in Hudson. I have represented for a while. Rufus.

Bex Bex Simon. I heard a lot about your gallery. I do not expect such a work from an old rock star.

Rufus: I prefer "author of a tube".

Bex: Why did you open a gallery?

Rufus: I always wanted to be an artist.

Bex: It has something in common, I continue always the artists. I shot all day in Brooklyn for a client, I'm buying, I did not find a work like this and I do not think she

will long remain. I would like the book. Is that possible?

Rufus: Yes, of course.

Bex: What time do you close?

Rufus: I will remain open.

Bex: Good. Thank you.

Chuck: What is Carter here?

Nate: I invited him.

Chuck: Or he invited himself alone? That's his style ... beg us to free us from our prisons while he crams free food and alcohol that our vacuum. It is a parasite and unn hypocrite.

Nate: And a good basketball player if my memories are good. Are you afraid to lose against him, Chuck?

Carter: If your father bought a basketball team instead of a hotel, you might have the skills.

Chuck: This is the weekend of debauchery for new, not old. Go hang yourself.

Carter: Let's get it on the ground.

Chuck: No, right now.

Nate: Calm down.

Chuck: No, this is my part, I choose the players.

Carter: I understand, I'm going.

Nate: Hey man! The card game is tonight?

Carter: Yes.

Nate: Send me the address by text.

OK Carter

Nate: You were not doing that.

Chuck: No want him here. It's an old blues brother everybody.

Nate: Come on, play a little basketball.

Terry: Ok, Blair, relax, head down, not moving and ... Ok, are you ready? Another, this time, breathe, jump, you coward. You cowards really this time. Relaxes you for that. Now give me your best pose.

That's it. Come on, more. Think big. One, two, troix! Ok, take a break. Thank you very much. Who chose this girl?

Laurel: Eleanor, why?

Terry: It is so stilted and stiff, like a library, it is not natural.

Laurel: Yes but it is fabulous in the clothes, right?

Terry: To me, it looks like a goddess. In those eyes, yuck. Looks like a statue. This is not to sell to the press. She has to let go, have fun, have fun. How will the customer does not love the dress if the dummy

will not like?

Serena: All dabord, you are terrific!

Blair: I know.

Serena: But I can give you a little advice?

Blair: I thought so.

Serena: No, all you have to do is just let you go, you know? Bestir yourself. You could do the crazy like when you were 10 years and we danced to "Genie in a Bottle" in your mother's clothes.

Blair: Help me. Help me.

Serena: Daccord ... Be like a lion. Ok? Go! No, no, you gotta roar! Yes, yes am the tiger! Spread over the tiger! You're in the jungle. You're a savage! Now, let's make it a prettier. You are Venus in the half shell. Looks up. Let's do something crazy like britney and her umbrella. Ok, Britney and her umbrella. Go! In the car! In the car! Posh Spice in America. Ready? Go! It's Cyborg Spice for you. You have to do pouting and arching. You remember the hand on her hip. Cambre and poses. Going, continuous, you're a sex b*mb. This is perfect! You're doing great! You have in the skin! Look how beautiful you are. Poses.

Blair: What are you doing?

Serena: Oh, damn. I have to meet Dan.

Blair: No, you stay here. I need you. I can not disappoint my mother.

Dan: You arrive soon?

Serena: I sui really sorry, but I'm kind of stuck at this photo session with Blair. It's a long story but I can not join you.

Dan: A photo sh**t?

Serena: It sounds very superficial, I know, but it is important to her and you know, she matters to me. But I'd forgive, I promise.

Dan: No, it does not matter you inkiète not.

Serena: You're the best, I knew you'd understand. I remember later.

Dan: Yes, yes.

Cashier: How?

Dan: None.

Bex: Are you still there?

Rufus: Yes, I told you I would wait.

Bex: A man who keeps his word. I like it.

Rufus: You could talk to your client?

Bex: I came back, right? Make me an invoice.

Rufus: Really? It's great.

Bex: You are terribly excited. This is not the first time, anyway? You sell a painting.

Rufus: I already had the first few times but the artist is happy. It ... does something else for a while. It is very important to her.

Bex: For my client too. This is a very special work. You would not ... I do not know, celebrate with a drink?

Rufus: Well, we were talking about the artist is my wife.

Bex: I thought the artist was living in Hudson ... Long journey.

Rufus: She lives there. Not me.

Bex: If ever the train had stopped ...

Chuck: Phase three: the pub crawl: 5 districts, 50 pubs ... 500 chances to sleep tonight. And remember, do not dip your stick ... in the wrong pot of gold. Come on, you'll think of your boyfriend inside.

Nate: I do not come.

Chuck: Seriously, Carter Baizen fears. I do not know what spell did you cast it, but this is not your friend. You can not trust him.

Nate: And why? Because it does not have the same values as you? This is exactly what he said. Money, drugs, privileges, they brutalize us so that we know that it's better in the real world.

Chuck: The real world? Everyone around wants to be like us. We are what we want, not what we want to flee.

Nate: You do not really understand me, huh?

Chuck: Your dream for you, you know what it is? Because I hear you say you do not want to go to Dartmouth and you do not want to follow in the footsteps of your father, but what you want, exactly?

Nate: No that's all I know.

Chuck: You better find out before everything behind to find it. And where are you?

Rufus: How was the movie?

Dan: Loupé ... Literally ... I do not know what to think of Serena, Dad, I do not know if it's worth it.

Rufus: What do you mean?

Dan: It is best friends with this girl, Blair Waldorf, who is everything I hate in the Upper East Side in a concentrated evil daughter of 43 kg with doe eyes, who dresses from couturiers and coming out of big words.

Rufus: No one is as bad.

Dan: She, though. I was exaggerating just saying it is Medusa who wants to find her petrifying gaze.

Rufus: If there's one thing I learned is that in general ... there is something beneath the surface of these people, makes them act this way.

Dan: Like what? Orange juice in her mimosa was in no hurry but concentrated? And said what about if Serena is her best friend?

Rufus: I dated a girl like Serena once ... which resembled indeed much to Serena. And girls like that ... are challenges, yes. They are complicated and enigmatic ... and generally they are worth blow. And the only way to know for sure is there to jump in with both feet.

Dan: What happened to you?

Rufus: I swam a time ... until I drown.

Dan: Thank you, it's a great story, Dad.

Eleanor: Now sleep and I'll see you tomorrow morning. We'll go to the photo sh**t together.

Blair: You have not done that since I was little.

Eleanor: You do more layers before 22h since you were little. You were really good tonight.

Blair: Really?

Dan: Hello?

Serena: How was the movie? I missed something great?

Dan: Yes, even without the film.

Serena: Do not be arrogant, I call you with a reconciliation plan. Are you available now?

Dan: Yes.

Serena: How would you like to see what really happens during a photo sh**t?

Dan: I'm sorry, this is Dan Humphrey. You do not try to join my sister instead?

Serena: I know it's a girl thing but tell you one thing: I'll be there.

Dan: I can bet on it. Because according to probabilitées, I lose my shirt.

Serena: This is the photo sh**t for Blair, I must be there in moral support.

Dan Blair? Finally, for sure, I do not come.

Serena: It's not as bad as you think. In addition, it will be so busy with the shots you do not even see her and since it's so boring to be next, get my attention. Ok, and if I

you bought anything from the buffet?

Dan: I thought it was free.

Serena: A morning, 8am. I'll send the address via SMS, I hang up before you again protests.

Dan: A feet together, Humphrey.

Eleanor: What is the great urgency to keep me awake before the big day, Laurel, and why we have not just talked on the phone?

Laurel: For if we had not seen in person, I would not have been able to show you these photos.

Terry: This girl does not describe what you are trying to say inaccessible, mistress of herself, perfect.

Eleanor: It is not inaccessible, it is full insurance, royal.

Terry: I know it's your daughter and I do not want to create problems ... but ... your daughter is too steep a twig. You have to be afraid of it let you go so your designs and ... can not be in ... What is the word again?

Eleanor: Symbiosis. What can we do now?

Terry: Your daughter is beautiful, yes, but this girl ... this girl has in her! She is warm like the sun, she has fun. It will make customers believe that if they buy these clothes. They also have fun

Laurel: But it's your decision, Eleanor. It is entirely your choice.

Gossip Girl: The rules for dummies, the day of a sh**t are the same as for a patient before operation ... do not eat or drink within 12 hours which precede. Wear comfortable clothes and you ensure that your affairs are in order. We do not know what could happen in a flash.

Serena: Hi B, you must'm sleeping, be already be under way, but I can not wait to see you at the studio, we'll have fun!

Eleanor: Thank you Lord, you're awake!

Blair: I'm late? Oh my god, I slept too late?

Eleanor: Honey, I have bad news. Teddy, this idiot photographer thinks we need to change direction.

Blair: With the theme?

Eleanor: With the dummy. Honey, I hired these people for their advice, and finally, they think ... it would damage the brand. I'm really sorry. I know you really wanted it.

Blair: No, really, I'm glad I do not have to go. I hate photo shoots, it's so boring. You should take Alessandra Ambrosio and not an amateur.

Eleanor: We take dinner after all, ok? Steak fries and pancakes "coffee artists" as before. A little while ago.

Blair: Hi S., I hope you're not already there, as it turned out that my career in fashion was completed faster than Jessica Simpson in the movie. Now that I think about it, maybe we could become embedded in the photo sh**t and see who replaces me, make fun of skinny b*tch?

Lily: How did you have?

Rufus: I think it is really out of place here.

Lily: I'm not kidding, Humphrey.

Rufus: What are you doing with that?

Lily: Why do the selling?

Rufus: You ... you are the customer of Bex. And you did not know. I am surprised that you have hired someone who has taste.

Lily: I'm as shocked as when she said she found a great thing in Brooklyn, your gallery does not come to me in mind.

Rufus: You must admit the art to remind you of the place.

Lily: I know your wife would not want it behind me.

Rufus: Allison is a professional, has no control checks of potential buyers and me either. In addition it has been almost 20 years.

Lily: And yet you know not women.

Rufus: And you still know everything.

Lily: Your wife despises me.

Rufus: I would not say that.

Lily: If she despises me. She wore a dress perhaps with suspenders and Doc Martens at the time but she really meant it.

Rufus: It's not like you. She does not cling to this stuff.

Lily: Why would not call you asking? Or are you leaving him still in space? Because, believe me, show it in my house, even after this conversation, will only further away.

Rufus: What do you do?

Lily: Take back the. You can call Bex to establish reimbursement.

Rufus: What you have in mind?

Lily: I thought ... it was amazing.

Chuck (message to Nate): We need to talk, where are you?

Nate (message to Chuck): Fives Stars in Queens. I'll call you later.

Carter: No phone!

Nate: That's right, sorry dude.

Carter: You made how much?

Nate: $ 5000

Carter: That's insane, amigo.

Nate: I should stop until I win.

Carter: What? It has just begun.

Nate: I played well. And it's better to leave your head up.

Carter: I'm not gonna let that happen. The table will shrink. People will start to unfold. Up to now was that the cards but ... Now, it's an adventure. A few more hands.

Man: Ok, let's continue.

Nate: Ok

Carter: Let's play.

Blair: You foues Me?

Teddy: Fantastic! One, two, three ...

Serena: There it is. Blair. Come quickly! What made you take so long? Blair. Blair, wait, where are you going? Blair, wait, why are you so angry?

Blair: Why am I angry? Why I am not angry, yes? How I have thought for a second that this would be different this time.

Serena: Different?

Blair: You stand it spotlights are on me for once, eh?

Serena: What are you talking? I was told that we would do together. What you did not get my message?

Blair: And this morning, then? When you saw the call sheet, my name was there? I was not the hair, makeup, this was normal? The locker room wearing only your name, you've thought it was an oversight?

Serena: I was told that you had of late, and they asked me to make the catch before. Blair, they told me you wanted me to do.

Blair: And you have them raw?

Serena: Look Blair, I am encouraged to do so. Why I would try to steal what I have to push?

Blair: Because you take me for everything! Nate, my mother ...

Serena: Blair!

Blair: You can not help it, that's what you are. I just thought that this time, it would be different. I should have known that I was wrong. Super.

Gossip Girl: Spotted ... rude awakening of a boy alone. Queens of the Upper East Side were not born at the top. They are moving up in heels. No matter on which they must walk to get there.

Eleanor: It has to come back. There you are! Terry told me that you are ...

Serena: Eleanor, I quit.

Eleanor: Wait a minute. Why?

Serena: I think you know!

Eleanor: Because of Blair? I know she will understand my decision when I have explained. You know you like the spotlight ever since. It's part of your charm, there is nothing wrong with that. Who are you? Ridges that you here?

Dan: I do not know, actually.

Dan: I'm surprised you on the stairs.

Serena: Dan, listen, I really can not talk now.

Dan: Ok, forget what I told you so. In fact, I am dumb. I'll just stay here and very silently flashing. Unless you do veuilles ...

Serena: To do without my jeans? Yes, please.

Dan: It's just that ... I thought you wanted to stay on the sidelines here. You wanted to be here for your friend Blair. You know, we had to use the buffet and I must have all your attention.

Serena: Say it.

Dan: I do not think it necessary am.

Serena: So my best friend does not believe me and the boy that I like either. Listen, Dan, Blair's mother trapped me for bringing me here. Because she did not want Blair. How to say something like that her best friend?

Dan: I do ...

Serena: Look, you know what, Dan? Go out of here, ok? I need my makeup and I just need to leave here.

Blair: Serena send you to talk to me?

Dan: No, believe it or not, I came to myself.

Blair: I normally would not be so near you without a tetanus shot.

Dan: Ma .. my mother went there a few months. Only my ... father and sister do not see it because she told us she was away for the summer to pursue his dream of being an artist. But this is no longer summer, and it is still there. And that is all that seems to interresser right now. Whenever I visit, I tell myself: "This time I will tell him what I think." "This time I will look into the eyes and tell you to go am, be you

'm leaving for good. "And then I was there the other day I was sitting at the table opposite her, looking her straight in the eye, and I said nothing.

Blair: Why?

Dan: I do not know but I would have liked because even though it would not have changed, she would know how I feel

Man: As, sir. First bet.

Man 1: $ 5000.

Man 2: 5 to follow.

Nate: I have no money, am his bet.

Carter: It was only luck. You are daccord for the brand that?

Nate: I do not think it's a good idea.

Carter: If you never take any risks, begins now. What is the point of playing if not? It's good.

Man 1: You sure he is leaving?

Carter: Of course, this is an Archibald.

Nate, I raise to $ 10 000.

Man 2: 5 to follow.

Man 1: I am.

Men: Show your cards. Set of aces. The set of aces wins.

Carter: It's hard.

Nate, You told me to play.

Carter: This is the chance my friend. He had three aces.

Nate: Look, I do ... It may take me a while to find the money.

Carter: Wait, wait. Time? Come on, man, snaps fingers ...

Nate: Wait a minute. You're with these guys? You've fooled? You fooled me, huh? I take that as a yes.

Carter: Give him the money, man. It's nothing for you. They do not joke but nobody gets hurt. I try to help you.

Chuck: Yeah, you're a true friend.

Carter: Who left you enter Bass?

Nate: I was trapped.

Carter: It is not forced. It was at the fair.

Chuck: Really?

Carter: Be you give them money now, I am told them where you live, and they will take it to your father. What do you think?

Chuck: Look ... you took my watch and my ball. You keep them, you care for these types. I do not call the cops and it breaks.

Carter: Okay, I'm on it, I'll take care

Nate: I will transfer money and pray that the captain did not see it before bailing out.

Chuck: You do not have to pay me back. It was worth all the pennies to see how this guy ended.

Nate: No, I care ... Really ... Thank you. It is not possible.

Chuck: What?

Nate: I'm zero.

Chuck: You're perhaps on the wrong account.

Nate: No, something is wrong. I accessed the account last month and there was near $ 200 000.

Nate: Tom, thank you for reminding me so quickly.

Tom: Your message said it was important.

Nate: Yeah, I checked my account and there must be some mistake, my money seems to be zero.

Tom: I thought you knew. This account was emptied several weeks ago.

Nate: Emptied? But ... by whom?

Tom: Your dad. He said he had spoken with you.

Terry: We must solve it. What will we do?

Laurel Blair, baby, there is a terrible mistake. Would you find your job?

Blair: Did you choose Serena in my place? You could have chosen a stranger. You did not choose my best friend. You thought I would not know?

Eleanor: I was going to tell you tonight ... dinner. There was no right decision. There was no time. I know you can understand all that. It was mismanaged ... all ... from beginning to end.

Blair: That I Wanna Be daccord with you?

Eleanor: Bendel will legitimize this company. It's going to take it to another level. You know how I worked hard for it. You were always my biggest supporter, my biggest fan.

Blair: I am your daughter.

Eleanor: And as such, I knew you would forgive me in time, but if my company had lost the market because of you, I'd never forgive me.

Blair: I hope so.

Gossip Girl: We do not have it said, but in the life of every girl, there comes a moment when she realizes that her mother might be more disturbed it.

Serena: You're still there?

Dan: Yeah, I could not leave without you bring something from the buffet. And you say I'm sorry to have judged.

Serena: I'm sorry for giving you reasons to do so. And if you invite me again to come out?

Dan: And if you really came?

Serena: Ok, no drama, no disruption, I promise.

Dan: You promise? No! That means it'll never happen.

Serena: Ok, quick! I withdraw, I de-promise.

Dan: Friday, 20 hours ...

Blair: I think we can accept these conditions but you can not wear these shoes. Neither this cup.

Serena: Blair. Ok, more.

Dan: Daccord.

Serena: You were right.

Blair: I know.

Serena: When I got this call, I should have known that you had nothing to do with it. And I should never have to push yourself to do all that first.

Blair: Well, I'm glad that thou hast pushed. It turned out to be a very important day for me. I just thought it'd be funnier.

Serena: I know, me too. You know what? Who says it can no longer be? Go. Go.

Gossip Girl: S. and B. committing a crime of fashion. Who does not like to buy with five fingers? Especially if one of the fingers is the middle one.

Eleanor: Where are my clothes?

Gossip Girl: Everyone knows you can not choose your family, but we can choose our friends and in a world governed by the origins and bank accounts, it is to have a friend.

Serena: Repeat it, one, two ... One, two, three ...

Gossip Girl: Although the "best friends for life" can put you in the end, one can not deny that we'd all be a little less rich without them. And Serena and Blair, they are the "best" better than anyone. No,

these are not tears in my eyes, it's just an allergy. Without you I am nothing. Gossip Girl.

[bunniefuu]

(OG version)


WOMAN:
Where has she been?

GOSSIP GIRL:
And who am I?

That's one secret I'll never tell.

You know you love me. XOXO...

...Gossip Girl.

[LAUGHING]

[MOUTHING]
Hi.

-Sorry, but you're not on the list.
-Of course I am.

This is my dream.

[IN WOMAN'S VOICE]
Not anymore.

[WOMAN LAUGHING]

GOSSIP GIRL:
Hey, Upper East Siders...

...there's nothing Gossip Girl
likes more than a surprise.

And we hear Blair Waldorf's
got a two for one special.

Her mom, Eleanor,
who just returned from Paris...

...and Serena van der Woodson,
brunch buddies.

-Hey, you're up.
-Don't we have plans?

Darling, it is impolite to interrupt.

I was just telling Serena that Bendel's
is interested in carrying my line.

Really?

Oh, that's fantastic.
Why didn't you say something?

I came back from Paris early
to put together my look book.

And if they like what they see...

...it could be the beginning
of an entire lifestyle collection.

Because people
should be like you, mother.

Before you tuck into that, you might find
the low-fat yogurt more appealing.

I lost two pounds when you were away.

And you look marvelous.

Wow, these are beautiful, Ms. Waldorf.

Well, they will be
if they're not all squished from traveling.

Darling, please. Eh.

Serena, you have to come back later
when everything is unpacked.

I would love to hear your thoughts.
You have great personal style.

Oh, thank you.
I don't think we'll be able to.

-Blair and I have plans today.
-We do?

GOSSIP GIRL:
Serena and Blair might have plans for the day...

...but Nate and Chuck
are fully booked for the weekend.

If they survive it.

-Found it. Piaget.
NATE: Can't you just call it a watch?

If it costs more then 10 grand,
it earns a proper name.

NATE: How about this?
CHUCK: Definitely that.

Babe Ruth's called shot.

The most famous homer he ever hit.

Better safe than sorry.

Here we go.

[CHATTERING]

You've lived through Ivy Week
and hopefully gained entry...

...to the college of your choice.

Now, let's ruin those chances.

Let me remind you of the rules.

As of this moment, there is no
outside world I do not show to you.

You eat what I provide,
practice what I preach.

And till I say so,
the only girls you talk to...

...are the ones I paid for.

Let the Lost Weekend commence.

One, two, three. Drink.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING]

-Who brought the Sasquatch?
-Isn't that Carter Baizen?

Haven't seen him since he was a senior.
We were in the 8th grade.

He looks intense.

Are you high?

He looks like Matthew McConaughey
between movies.

The guy's a loser.

Look, anyone who trades
their trust fund for a fanny pack...

...flies in the face
of all that is holy to Chuck Bass.

Nate Archibald, is that you?

Baizin, my man. I heard you went rogue.
Ha, ha, ha.

-I lived to tell about it.
NATE: Hey.

GOSSIP GIRL: Seems like someone's
itinerary didn't leave room for interlopers.

Doesn't Chuck know a party
isn't a party until someone crashes?

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

Oh, God, I forgot
what it was like to be with you.

No, they were looking at both of us.

Don't insult me.
It's been like this all morning.

Starting with your visit with my mother.
She didn't even call me she was coming.

Well, she was busy. She was rushing
to get home and everything.

-She wanted to see you.
-She didn't even wake me up.

Well, you know how Eleanor feels
about beauty rest.

She likes you more than me.

She does not. You're her daughter,
she doesn't like anyone more than you.

She just, I don't know, doesn't
know how to show it sometimes.

Okay, I'm going inside.

Wait for me. I'll be right back.

Humphrey. Dan.

-Hey.
-Hey.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, my God,
this is what I love about this city.

You're always bumping into people.

-What you doing here?
-On my way back from Mom's.

Drop Jenny off at Hudson, picked up
couple Cubans for me and my dad.

Sandwiches, not cigars.

[LAUGHS]

Hey, remember you said
we could get together sometime...

...and not talk?

-I was wondering, is it sometime yet?
BLAIR: That was disgusting.

-The DOH should shut them down.
-The bathroom?

No, the people.
It's called Nolita, not No Showers.

What are you doing here?

Do I smell pork? And cheese?

Well, when you're done with your charity
work, why don't you come find me?

I'll be at Tory Burch
looking at ponchos.

Isn't that the girl who told the entire
school and, oh, several colleges...

...that you had a drug problem?

Yeah.

But, you know, Blair can be a little Blair.

-Yeah, yeah.
-We're actually trying to work things out.

Today is our first day
hanging out together, alone.

-Ooh.
BLAIR: Ooh.

So I should probably get back.

-Yeah, yeah, sure.
BLAIR: Yeah.

But, um, call me sometime...

...so we can get together and do
that thing you didn't ask me to do.

The last time I saw your sister...

...she said your family had locked
you out and you'd fallen off the earth.

I didn't. I just fell off the face of theirs.

Away from money, you see it doesn't
buy you freedom. Pays for your prison.

They say I disappeared,
but all I did was break out.

-Where did you go?
CARTER: Where?

I aided the cleanup post-Katrina,
spent a year rebuilding Machu Picchu...

...which, let me tell you,
changed my life.

I bought an HD cam
and started filming for a documentary.

You're the guy who gave us our
first joint, snuck us into our first club...

...and you're gonna tell me
the life of a YouTube filmmaker...

...is better than this?

You invented the Lost Weekend.

Who cares about a party
when you can travel the world?

In the real world, the thing that matters
is who you are, not what you own.

As much as I love the speech
about not needing material things...

...from a guy who has
that much product in his hair...

...this party is about excess,
not exposition.

Stop talking.

Start partying.

Now, here is something
that doesn't need material.

As a matter of fact,
it's about to come off.

Who's with me?

-I think I'm just gonna hang here a bit.
-Fine.

I hate to break up a matched set,
anyway.

How about we continue this
over some cards?

None of this crap these kids are playing.
Texas Hold'em is dead.

I'll show you some real action.

You know what?

I'm in this weekly game
on this corner in Queens.

Goes all night, it's the real deal.
High stakes, big money.

People with the kind of stories
that will put mine to shame.

You should-- You should come.

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

ELEANOR:
This one, Mister Q at the Chloé show.

Because she was throwing up a pair.
Ugh.

She was in Vera's Vogue spread.
I don't use Vera's models.

None are right.

ADVISOR:
You're looking at the high-fashion book...

...when you should be looking
for a new face.

Someone who looks good in your
clothes. Someone in this book.

Like I told you.

I hate the American Apparel effect.

But they're closer to what you need.
They're now, they're hip.

If this person is supposed
to represent Waldorf designs...

...you have to find me
someone worthy of the clothes.

-Like someone like me.
-Mm.

Someone like....

My daughter.

Well, why not her?

You want your line to represent
the Waldorf lifestyle.

Who better to represent you
than one of your own family?

She was my first dress form.

-She'd love to.
-I would?

Eleanor?

Yes. It's perfect.

Eleanor Waldorf, meet the new face
of Waldorf for Bendel's.

BLAIR:
Yay! Ha, ha, ha.

GOSSIP GIRL:
Is that a smile we see on B's lips?

The spotlight's on her for once,
and S actually helped her get it.

I guess miracles can happen.

It's gonna be so hot.
The clothes are gorgeous.

-They're all right.
-Shut up. They're amazing.

I'm just doing my mom a favor.

The hair-makeup test is tonight.

-This is my best pose.
-You can't see what you look like.

You're just a hand model, and that's it.
The right way is this.

Girls, no, this is how you do it.
No, no, no.

You gotta curve your spine forward.

Oh, no, you guys are doing it all wrong.
Look, you're missing the key.

Look, look, look. You gotta
put the hand on the hip and pop.

That's how you gotta do it.

-Pop.
-Pop.

-Pop.
-No.

Hello? Who is this?

Who dare interrupt
the van der Woodsen as she teaches?

BLAIR: I said, who?
SERENA: Give me my phone.

Dan Humphrey.

-Who is it?
-Sorry, the number's no longer in service.

Who is it?

I'm doing you a favor.

I can hear you.
Can I just please talk to Serena?

-You can, Cabbage Patch.
-Cone on, let me have it.

BLAIR: God.
-Hello?

Dan, hey, I'm so, so sorry about that.

And I am so, so ready to hang up.

Blair was playing.
You have my full attention, I promise.

Good, because I was calling to ask you
to not talk with me at a movie tonight.

Tonight? Where? What time?

The Sunshine, 7:00.

I'd love to. Uh, I'll see you there.

See you there.

It's complicated, isn't it?

I can't stop staring at it.
It's a difficult work.

I mean that in the best way.
It's enigmatic.

Reminds me
of an early Bacon or a Schnabel.

The artist is in Hudson.

I've represented her for some time.

-Rufus.
-Bex Simon.

I've heard a lot about your gallery.

I wasn't expecting a piece like this
from a former rock star.

Uh....

-I prefer one-hit wonder.
-Ha, ha.

What turned you gallerist?

RUFUS: I've always had artistic pursuits.
BEX: We have something in common.

I always pursue artists.

I've been in Brooklyn all day
looking for work for a client.

I'm a buyer.

I didn't think I'd find a piece like this
and I don't think it'll be here long.

I'd like to put it on hold.

-May I?
-Yeah, of course.

-What time do you close?
-I'll stay open.

Good.

Thank you.

-What is Carter still doing here?
-I invited him.

Or he invited himself. That is his style.

Begging us to break free of our prisons
while stuffing his face with free food...

...and draining our booze.

He's a deadbeat and a hypocrite.

And a good ball player,
if I remember right.

Sure you just don't wanna lose to him?

If your daddy bought a basketball team
instead of a hotel, you'd have skill.

This is the Lost Weekend for juniors,
not senior citizens. Jump into a volcano.

-Should settle it on court.
-Settle it now.

-Hey, chill out.
-No.

-This is my game, I pick the players.
-I get it.

I'll go.

Hey, hey, man.
Is that card game tonight?

-Yeah.
-Text me the address later.

I will.

-You didn't have to do that.
CHUCK: Nobody wanted him.

He's an older brother
bringing everyone down.

Let's just play some ball.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Okay, Blair, relax.
Just chin down and hold it there, and....

Okay, you ready?

Okay. One more.

This time, let's exhale,
jump around, loosen up...

...really loosen up on this one,
let's relax into it.

Give me the biggest pose you've got.
That's it.

Come on, let's think big, big, big.

One, two, three.

Okay, take a break.
Thank you very much.

Who chose this girl?

-Eleanor, why?
-She's so prim, stiff.

Like a bookcase. It's unnatural.

Yeah, but she looks stunning
in the clothes.

To my eye, like a goddess.
To this eye, blah, like a statue.

This is retail, not an editorial.

She needs to let go, have fun, loosen up.

How's the client going to like the dress
if the model doesn't even like herself?

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Hey, first of all, you look amazing.

-I know.
-Look, can I give you a little tip?

-How did I know this was coming?
SERENA: No.

Look, all you need to do is maybe
you could loosen up a little, you know?

Shake it up, maybe you could be goofy
like when we were 10...

...and would dance to "Genie in a Bottle"
in your mom's clothes.

Help me. Help me.

Um, okay.

Act like a tiger, okay? Come on: Rahh!

-Rah.
-No, look, you gotta roar: Rahhhhhh!

-Rahhh!
SERENA: Yeah, give me more tiger.

Give me more tiger. Give me that jungle.

You're savage.
Now, let's do a prettier one, okay?

You're Venus in the half shell, right?

-So just look like:
-Oh.

Ah. Ha, ha, ha.

SERENA:
Let's do crazy, like Britney with the umbrella.

-Okay? Britney with the umbrella. Go.
-Ahhhh!

-At the car. At the car.
-Ahhhh!

SERENA: Oh, oh--
BLAIR: Ahhhh!

BLAIR:
Yeah.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

-Posh Spice in America. Ready, go.
-That's Cyborg Spice to you.

Wha, wha, wha.
Woo-ooh, woo-oh.

You gotta pop more and strike.
Remember hand on the hip?

Strike it and pop.
Come on, give me more.

You're a sexy beast. Oh, it looks so good.
You're doing so good. You got it.

-Look how good you are.
-What you doing?

Oh, sh**t. I gotta go meet Dan.

No, you're staying. I need you.

I can't let my mother down.

WOMAN:
Thank you.

-Hey, you almost here?
-Hey.

I'm really, really sorry...

...but I'm kind of stuck
at this photo sh**t with Blair.

SERENA: It's a long story,
but I don't think I'm gonna make it.

-Oh, a photo sh**t, huh?
-It sounds really superficial, I know.

But it's important to her and, you know,
she's important to me.

SERENA: But I'll make it up to you.
-It's no big deal. Don't worry about it.

You're the best. Knew you'd understand.

SERENA: I'll call you later.
-Yeah, yeah.

[PHONE BEEPS]

MAN: How many?
-Uh....

None.

You're still here.

See? I told you I'd wait.

Mm. A man who keeps his word. I like it.

RUFUS:
You get a chance to talk to your client?

BEX:
I'm back, aren't I?

-Write me up an invoice.
-Really?

-That's great.
-Now you're awfully excited.

This isn't your first time, is it?

Selling a painting.

Few firsts are left for me.

But the artist will be very pleased.

She's been doing other things
for a while.

-It's kind of a big deal for her.
-For my client too.

This is a very special piece.

You wouldn't want to....

I don't know, celebrate with a drink?

Um....

Actually, the previously mentioned
excited artist is my wife.

I thought you said the artist lived
in Hudson. Long commute.

She lives there, I don't.

Hmm.

If the trains ever stop running.

-Hi, woo!
-Yeah!

Phase three, pub crawl. Five boroughs.

Fifty pubs, 500 chances to get laid.

And don't dip your shillelagh
in the wrong pot of gold.

You can think
about your boyfriend inside.

I'm not coming.

Seriously, Carter Baizen sucks.

Don't know what spell he's put
you under. He's not your friend.

He can't be trusted.

Why? He doesn't believe
what you believe in?

It's exactly what he said.

The money, the drugs, the privileges.

They keep us numb so we don't notice
it's better in the real world.

The real world?
Everyone out there wants to be us.

We are what you aspire to,
not run away from.

You really don't get me, do you?

That dream of yours,
you know, what is it really?

Because I hear you talk about
how you don't wanna go to Dartmouth...

...and how you don't wanna
follow your father.

But what exactly do you want?

All I know is it's not this.

You better discover what it is...

...before you throw everything away
trying to find it.

Now, where are you going?

[CAR PASSING]

[GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

How was the movie?

Uh, missable. Literally.

I don't know about Serena, Dad.
I can't tell if she's worth it.

What do you mean?

Well, she's best friends with this girl,
Blair Waldorf...

...who is everything I hate
about the Upper East Side...

...distilled into one 95-pound,
dough-eyed, bon mot-tossing...

-...label-whoring package of girlie evil.
-Ha, ha, ha.

-No one's that bad.
DAN: She is.

I'd barely be exaggerating if I told you
Medusa wants her withering glare back.

Well, if there's anything I've learned,
it's that usually there's something...

...beneath the surface with people
like that to make them act that way.

Like what? The OJ in her mimosa was
from concentrate, not fresh-squeezed?

And what does this say about Serena
that this is her best friend?

[INHALES SHARPLY]

I dated a girl like Serena once.

Actually, a lot like Serena.

And girls like that are challenging,
it's true.

And they're complicated and enigmatic.

And usually worth it.

And the only way you'll know for sure
is to jump in with both feet.

What happened with you?

I swam for a while.

Till I drowned.

Oh. Well, thanks,
that's a great story, Dad.

Now, get some sleep,
and I will see you in the morning.

We'll go to the photo sh**t together.

You haven't done this since I was little.

You haven't been in bed by 10
since you were little.

You looked beautiful tonight, you know?

Really?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

-Hello?
-How was the movie?

SERENA:
Did I miss something amazing?

Well, even without the movie.

Don't be c*ck.

I'm calling you with a make-up plan.

-Oh, are you now?
SERENA: I am.

How would you like to see
what really happens at a fashion sh**t?

I'm sorry, this is Dan Humphrey.
Sure you're not trying to reach my sister?

Look, I know it's a girlie offer,
but chew on this. I'll be there.

Can I bet on that?

Because law of averages says
I'd lose my shirt.

Come on. It's Blair's sh**t.

SERENA:
So I have to be there for moral support.

Blair? Well, I'm definitely not going now.

Look, she's really not
as bad as you think.

She's gonna be so busy with the sh**t
that you won't even have to see her...

...and since it's so boring on the
sidelines, you'll have my full attention.

Okay, what if I buy you anything
from craft service?

-Thought craft service was free.
-I'll see you at 8.

I'm texting you the address.
I'm hanging up.

[BREATHES SHARPLY]

Both feet, Humphrey.

ELEANOR:
What's the emergency?

Apart from my not getting my sleep
before the big day, Laurel.

And why couldn't we simply
have discussed it over the phone?

Because if we didn't meet in person,
I couldn't show you these.

PHOTOGRAPHER: I don't think this girl
is what you're trying to say.

Unapproachable, controlled, perfect.

She is not unapproachable.
She is poised, regal.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Look, I know she's your daughter...

...and I don't want to make
problems...

...but your girl is rigid like a twig.

You know, she's afraid to let you in.

So your works of art
and she fail to achieve....

What's the word?

Symbiosis.

-What can be done at this stage?
-Your daughter is beautiful.

But this girl, this girl has it.

She is warm like sunshine, she has fun.

She'll make the clients think if they buy
these clothes, they'll have fun too.

But this is your line, Eleanor.

It's completely your choice.

[SIGHS]

GOSSIP GIRL: The rules for a model
the day of a photo sh**t...

...are similar
to those of a patient pre-surgery.

No food or drink 12 hours prior...

...wear comfortable clothing,
and make sure your affairs are in order.

You never know
what could go wrong in a flash.

[BEEPS]

SERENA: Hey, B, you must either be
sleeping or already on your way...

...but I can't wait to see you.

We're gonna have so much fun.

Oh, thank God you're awake.

Am I late?

Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, did I oversleep?

Darling, I have some bad news.

Terry, that fool of a photographer, thinks
we need to go in a different direction.

With the theme?

-With the model.
-Oh.

Darling, I hired these people
for their expertise.

And ultimately, they feel that we would
be doing the brand a disservice.

I cannot apologize enough. I know that
you were really looking forward to this.

No, I wasn't. I'm glad I don't have to go.

I hate shoots. They're so boring.

You should have Alessandra Ambrosio,
not an amateur.

We'll have dinner after, yes?

Steak frites and crepes
at Café Desartistes.

Just like old times. I will see you later.

[BLOWS KISSES]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Hey, S. All right.

I hope you're not already there,
because as it turns out...

...my modeling career is over faster
than Jessica Simpson's acting one.

Now that I think about it, maybe
we should crash the sh**t anyway.

See who they replace me with.

Make fun of the skinny b*tch?

LILLIAN:
How could you?

Actually, I like this here.

This is no joke, Humphrey.

What are you doing?

The question is what are you
doing selling it to me?

You.

-You're Bex's client.
LILLIAN: And you didn't know?

I'm surprised you hired someone
with taste.

I am equally as shocked.

When she said she found something
in Brooklyn...

...your gallery never entered my mind.

You'd have to recognize art
to remember the place.

What I recognize is that your wife
would not want this hanging in my house.

Alison's a professional.

She doesn't do background checks
on prospective buyers. Neither do I.

-It's been almost 20 years.
-And you still don't know women.

-And you still know it all.
-Your wife despises me.

I wouldn't say that.

Well, she did.

She may have been wearing a
slip dress and Doc Martens at the time...

...but she meant it.

She's not like you.
She doesn't hold on to that stuff.

Why don't you call and ask her?

Or are you still giving her her space?

Because, trust me,
putting this up in my house...

...even having this conversation with
you, will only drive her further away.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

Well, what do you want me to do, then?

Take it back.
You can call Bex and set up a refund.

So, what did you think of it?

I thought....

It was extraordinary.

[CELL PHONE BEEPING]

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

Hey, no phones.

Oh, right, sorry, man.

How much you up?

Five thousand.

-It's insane, amigo.
-Should quit while I'm ahead.

What? We just started.

I've had a good run.
Plus, it's better to leave while you're up.

I'm not gonna let you do that, bro.

Table's about to get smaller, people
are gonna start showing their real stuff.

Up until now it's been cards, but....

From now on, it's an adventure.

Just a couple more hands.

All right, gents, ante up.

Okay.

Let's hit it.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Yeah. Give me
the Marilyn Monroe. Great. Remember.

Come on, it's your birthday.
Come on, give me the happiest girl....

You've got to be kidding me.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Fantastic. One, two, three.

Oh, there she is.

Blair, come on. Quick.

What took you so long?

Hey. Blair.

Blair. Blair, wait. Where are you going?

Blair, wait. Why are you so mad?

Why am I mad?

You mean why aren't I furious?

-I thought it would be different this time.
-What would be different?

You couldn't deal with the spotlight
shining on me for once, could you?

What are you talking about?
I was told we were doing this together.

-Did you not get my message?
-What about this morning, then?

When you glanced at the call sheet,
see my name?

When I wasn't in hair and makeup?

Dressing room had only your name,
you think they just forgot?

I was told you were running late
and they asked me to do test shots first.

Blair, they told me you wanted me here.

And you believed them?

Look, Blair, I encouraged you to do this.

Why would I try to steal something
that I pushed you to do?

Because you take everything from me.
Nate, my mom--

-Blair--
-You can't even help it.

It's who you are.

I just thought maybe this time
it would be different.

I should have known I'd be wrong.

Great.

GOSSIP GIRL:
Spotted, lonely boy's rude awakening.

Upper East Side queens
aren't born at the top.

They climb their way up in heels.

No matter who they have
to tread on to do it.

ELEANOR:
But we need her back.

ADVISOR: I know....
-Oh, there you are.

-Let me tell you how perfect you look--
-I quit.

Now, wait a minute. Why?

-I think you know why.
-Because of Blair?

I know that she will support my decision
once I explain it to her.

You love the spotlight, you always have.

It's part of your charm.
There is nothing wrong with that.

Who are you? What are you doing here?

I have no idea, actually. I....

MAN:
Get back on.

WOMAN:
Yeah.

Hey, I kind of overheard you guys
in the stairwell--

Dan, look,
I really can't go here right now.

Oh, okay.

Forget I said anything, then.
In fact, you know what?

I'm mute, I'll just stand here and blink
real quiet, unless you want me to--

Hand me my jeans?

Yes, please.

It's just, uh....

I thought you wanted
to be on the sidelines here.

I thought you wanted to be here
for your friend, Blair, you know?

We were gonna get craft service
and I'd have your full attention?

Say it.

I don't think I have to.

So my best friend doesn't believe me.

And neither does the guy I like.

Look, Dan, Blair's mom
basically tricked me into coming here...

...because she didn't want Blair.

How do you tell your best friend
something like that?

Oh, I didn't-- I guess I didn't--

You know what, Dan? Just go, okay?

I need to clean up,
and I just need to get out of here.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh.

Serena send you here to talk to me?

No, believe it or not,
I actually came here myself.

[SIGHS]

Normally I wouldn't be this close to you
without a tetanus shot.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

My, uh-- My mom kind of left us
a couple of months ago.

Only my....

My dad and my sister
don't really see that.

Because she told us
she had to go away for the summer...

...to follow her dream of being an artist.

But it's not summer anymore,
and she's still up there...

...and it's all she seems to care about
right now.

Every time I go to see her,
I tell myself:

"This time, I'm gonna tell her
what I think."

This time I'm gonna look her
in the eye and say:

"Either come home or leave for good."

And so there I was.

The other day, I was sitting across the
table from her looking her in the eye.

And I didn't say anything.

Why not?

Uh.... I don't know.

But I wish I had.

Because even if it didn't change
anything, she'd know how I felt.

DEALER:
b*llet, gentlemen.

First bet.

PLAYER: Five thousand.
DEALER: Five to call.

-I don't have the money, call this bet.
-Some luck.

Hey, you guys okay with a marker?

I don't think it's a good idea.

If you're ever gonna take a risk,
start now.

What's the point of anything less?

[NATE SIGHS]

CARTER:
It's fine.

-You sure he's good for it?
-Of course he is.

He's an Archibald.

-Make it 10,000.
DEALER: Five to call.

PLAYER:
Call.

Show your cards.

Trip b*ll*ts. Trip aces take it.

-That's rough.
-You told me.

It's the luck of the draw, my friend.
He had three aces.

Look, I don't--

-It might take a while to get the money.
-Wait, wait, wait.

What? A little while?

Come on, man.

Snap your fingers.

Wait a minute.
Are you in with these guys?

-Did you play me?
PLAYER: Hey, hey.

NATE: You're playing me, huh?
I guess that's a yes.

CARTER:
Give them the money.

Money means nothing to you.
No one has to get hurt.

-I'm trying to help you out.
CHUCK: Yeah, you're a real friend.

-Who let you in here, Bass?
-He set me up.

-Your boy lost fair and square.
CHUCK: Did you?

If you don't give them the money,
I'm gonna tell everyone where you live.

-What do you think about that?
-Look.

You've got my watch and my ball.

You keep them, take care of these guys.

I don't call the cops
and we walk out of here.

[SNIFFS]

It's cool. I got it.

I'm gonna have to transfer some money
and pray the captain doesn't notice.

You don't have to pay me.

I mean, it was worth every cent
to see the last of that guy.

No, I want to. I mean it.

Thanks.

-That can't be right.
CHUCK: What's up?

-I'm zeroed out.
-Have the wrong account?

No, there must be something wrong.

I accessed this account last month
and it said there was almost 200,000.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

NATE: Hey, Tom, thanks for getting
back to me so quickly.

TOM:
The message said it was important.

Um, I was checking my accounts...

...I came across
what I assumed to be an error...

...in that my trust
seems to have a zero balance.

TOM: Oh, I thought you knew.
That account was drained weeks ago.

Drained? But by who?

TOM:
Your father.

He said he discussed it with you.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
People, we have to solve this.

-What are we gonna do?
-I know. Just set this up.

ADVISOR: Blair, there's a mistake.
How would you like your job back?

Did you choose Serena over me?

You could've picked a stranger. You
didn't have to choose my best friend.

BLAIR: Did you think I wouldn't find out?
-I was going to tell you tonight.

At dinner.

There was no right decision.
There wasn't any time.

I know you can understand all this.

It was mishandled, the whole thing,
from top to bottom.

-You actually want me to agree with you.
-Bendel's would legitimize this company.

It will take everything to the next level.
You know how hard I've worked for that.

You've always been my biggest
supporter, my biggest fan.

I'm your daughter.

And as my daughter, I knew
that you would forgive me, in time.

But if my company
had lost this deal because of you...

...I'd never forgive myself.

I hope you never do.

GOSSIP GIRL: You didn't hear it from us,
but in every girl's life...

...there comes a moment
when she realizes...

...that her mother just might be
more messed up than she is.

You're still here?

I thought I couldn't leave without bringing
you something from craft service. Um....

And telling you that I'm sorry
I judged you.

Well, I'm sorry I gave you a reason to.

Hey, how about you ask me out again?

-How about you actually show up?
-Okay.

-No drama, no disruptions, I promise.
-You promise?

-That means it'll never happen now.
-Okay, I take it back, I un-promise.

Friday, 8:00.

I think we can agree to those terms.

But you can't wear those shoes. Mm.

Or that hair.

SERENA:
Blair....

-Okay. See you then.
BLAIR: Oh....

[CHUCKLES]

All right.

[LAUGHS]

-So you were right.
-I know.

When I got that call, I should've known
you had nothing to do with it.

And I should never have pushed you
to do this whole thing in the first place.

Actually, I'm glad you pushed me.

It ended up
being a very important day for me.

I just thought it was gonna be more fun.

I know. Me too.

Hey, you know what?

Who says it still can't be?

Come on. Now, come on.

GOSSIP GIRL: This just in.
S and B committing a crime of fashion.

Who doesn't love a five-finger discount?

Especially if one of those fingers
is the middle one?

Where are my clothes?

GOSSIP GIRL:
Everyone knows you can't choose your family...

...but you can choose your friends.

And in a world ruled by bloodlines
and bank accounts, it pays to have a pal.

Do it again. One two, three.

[LAUGHING]

GOSSIP GIRL:
As much as a BFF can make you go WTF...

...there's no denying we'd all be
a little less rich without them.

And Serena and Blair?

They do besties better than anyone.

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

Thank you. Thank you so much.

GOSSIP GIRL:
No, that's not a tear in my eye. It's just allergies.

Without you, I'm nothing.

Gossip Girl.