gossip girl - the complete first season

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Date: 2008-07-07
Spotted: Josh Schwartz headed east and learning his lesson.
Gossip Girl takes place in New York City, which is what got this New Yorker into it in the first place. It's location attracted my friends, many of whom reside uptown like the characters. However, after a viewing of the pilot I saw a lot more than just some of my favorite Manhattan landmarks. With a cast of fresh faces and entertaining characters, the show has a lot to offer. Starting with Blake Lively, she plays bad girl gone bad Serena.

Returning from a trip out of town with the intensions of turning things around she starts a relationship with the token indie boy from Brooklyn. New Yorkers will laugh at the idea his being from Williamsburg is being from the other side of the tracks, due to the insane rents there. Dan played by Penn Badgley, is likable and delivers his witty one liners in a way of that of Seth Cohen. While likeable apart, the two of them together are the most boring couple of prime time. Which is disappointing due to the fact that they are the central focus of the season.

Serena's best friend Blair Warldorf is deliciously bitchy as the reigning Queen of the Upper East Side. Although Blake is the breakout star, Leighton Meister who plays Blair is the most talented actress of the bunch and not to mention the fact that she is the most entertaining character. Aside from her ups and downs as Queen B, she also dapples in love affairs with golden boy Nate, and bad boy Chuck.

Nate played by Chace Crawford in an empty eyed performance, is a wasted character who never really has too much going on. However, his best friend and the third member of the love triangle, Chuck Bass played by Ed Westwick is another amazing element of the show. His stylized, plotting man bitch is the only character who is on par with Blair. But the true star of the show is Kristen Bell as the title character and anonymous blogger. Her voice is just bitchy enough yet also warm enough to deliver the cold truth but not be too cold to care. For me anyway, she was the driving force in my love of the show, from the moment she introduces herself and telling you her identity is "the one secret she'll never tell", you find yourself as addicted to her and her blog as it's many readers.

But character developments were never Josh's problem, the problem was keeping them going. And, after watching the dizzying first season of the OC where more happened in seven episodes than in seven seasons of 90210 I feared that Gossip Girl would move too fast and ruin good plot lines. However, they seemed to have learned their lessons. The 18 episodes contained here, move at a great pace that allow you to enjoy the story lines yet them turning into something before they get tired of them. The only question is if they can keep it up for many more seasons, the problem with high school television dramas is that high school can only go on for so long.

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Date: 2008-06-19
gossip girl
I cant belive the buz on the inernet gossip girls finished gossip girl was 1 they recived good buz not bad what gives now. gossip girl is and will always be my guilty pleausure. if it leaves within after next yr. what happens 2 cw ??? It has lost gilmore girls , veronica mars. lot more the only 1 that has a chance just maybe is 90210 I said maybe if remains same. ps gossip girl has 2 stay for my sake and cws sake. sec. season will be a blast ibet.

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Date: 2008-06-17
Gossip Girl is amazing.
This show is amazing and wonderful and I love it!!! I am so happy it is going to be out on DVD because I am a TV show collector. Gossip Girl is so awesome. I didn't miss a single episode and when it was part of writer's strike, I about cried!

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Date: 2008-06-03
What a great guilty pleasure!!!
This show its just great to relax and have a good time. 100% Addictive and worth watching!!!! Besides who doesnt like to see all that Serena and Blair drama!!!

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Date: 2008-06-02
B and S.
Gossip Girl - The Complete First Season isn't a perfect show but hopefully it's on its way to being one. Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Penn Badgley bring great energy to this teen drama. Chace Crawford is easy on the eyes and Kelly Rutherford is someone I am glad is back on t.v. after her days on Melrose Place. This show is a bit slow but the post-writers strike episodes were the best so far. Kristen Bell is the "voice" of gossip girl and she does a great job selling that coy voice of hers. Can't wait to see what happens in season 2, you know you love me! xo xo Adrienne.

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