Nate tries to find out more about the ever present question of who Chuck's mother is and it is revealed that the real question is who Chuck's father is. She rationalizes this with some low-self-esteem mealy-mouthed mumbo jumbo, but this viewer was unmoved. In other sub-plots, Blair, feeling less than the center of the universe ruins Dan's night at the Young Lion's trying to steal the spotlight. Whatever happened to Serena's brother, one of the few always likeable characters on the show? Lola approaches Serena with offers of sisterhood that are marred when there is an immediate scheme involved. And poor Ivy, she does tear up the check, though anyone could have told her that this would be the one thing of value she might take from this experience. The vulnerable Ivy makes one last attempt to find a place in the family, offering to tear up her pay-off of one million dollars. Lily even brings Ivy into her machinations, getting her to testify against Carol and paying her off with a million dollar check. Lily is nothing but manipulative and one gets the feeling it isn't based on the betrayal by her sister but driven solely by greed she wants the entire fortune for herself. Serena, in her one vulnerable moment tells William that his embrace of Lola hurts when he spurned her attempts to build a relationship with him. In this episode the revelation that Serena's father is Lola's father too from an affair William had with Lily's sister years ago and the implications for all of the characters drives the action. That seems to be changing this season and not for the better.
In earlier seasons the misbehavior and shenanigans of the rich and shameless were balanced by virtue and vulnerability in the characters of Blair, Serena, Chuck and Lily. Zoya swore off her sister for good (“We’re not sisters, we’re not friends - we’re nothing”), but if history has taught us anything, this cold war will thaw soon enough.Gossip Girl remains a guilty pleasure and I watch regularly. Speaking of shame and judgment, Zoya also deduced that Julien and Obie had sex, which he initially denied until Julien came clean. He’s confident in who he is, and he doesn’t feel shame or judgment.” Max and his dads had a more open communication style at home, which is why Max is more emotionally evolved than most of the other characters. At the other side of the table, you’re watching a family that cannot. At one end of the table, you’re watching a family that can weather something very dark and disturbing together. For Max, even if his parents are divorcing, they’ve created a very loving and accepting household for him. “For Zoya, a lot of bad stuff happens and it’s not resolved well.
“If you have a good relationship with your family, they help you through problems,” Safran says. From Aki and Audrey’s experimentation (“We’re going to be too busy f-ing Max, anyway!”) to Max’s situation with Rafa, the secrets spilled out like gravy over a mountain of mashed potatoes, gradually drowning everyone until they were all forced to confront their darkest truths - including how Davis kept Nick from seeing Zoya’s mother when she gave birth, thus robbing Nick one last chance to see her before she died.
I used to watch movies with the sound off, because it really teaches you if the story is being told.”īut the centerpiece of this episode was undoubtedly the dinner. “When they realize they’re not, they both shift over to opposite sides of the frame.
“The camera comes around them and they’re both in the center of the frame, because they think they’re communicating clearly,” he explains. In addition to employing new techniques he’d yet to try, Safran also drew inspiration from some of the greats, admitting that he “robbed Spike Lee a little bit” for Julien and Zoya’s tense phone call about Obie. “I love farce, so I was like, ‘How can I make this the play I wish I had written at Tisch?'” he tells TVLine. The inherent drama (with a side of comedy) baked into this dinner was precisely why showrunner Joshua Safran chose to make it his Gossip Girl directorial debut.
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