Season 2
As the summer vacation comes to a close, Blair Waldorf arrives in the Hamptons with James (guest star Patrick Heusinger). Although Blair is uninterested in James and is only using him as a tool to make Chuck jealous, he professes his love and reveals himself to be Marcus Beaton, an English Lord. Blair is interested in his title. In an attempt to salvage his relationship with Blair, Chuck resolves to end her relationship with Marcus but is unsuccessful. Throughout the summer, Serena and Nate lead a fake relationship in order for him to continue an affair with Catherine Mason (guest star Mädchen Amick), a married woman. Nate's affair with Catherine impedes on his relationship with Vanessa, who later discovers that Catherine and Nate have been intimate. She uses this information to get Nate out of his deal with Catherine, but ends up making things worse for him, resulting in the ending of their relationship. Meanwhile, Blair and Chuck feud over saying those three little words. They attempt to seduce and destroy Vanessa, however, the night ends with Chuck telling Blair he has chased her long enough and that she must now chase him. Blair attempts to seduce Chuck with the help of Dan, but the attempts prove unsuccessful and the pair are once again faced with the dilemma of saying those three little words. Dan finds out what Chuck and Blair did to Vanessa and gives Blair bad advice, resulting in her decision not to tell Chuck that she loves him. Later, Chuck and Blair decide to wait for the future to be together.
Dan decides to try something out of his comfort-zone so he can write a story, and ends up going to Chuck for help. While Chuck educates him on the "ways of Chuck Bass", Dan defends Chuck and they both go to jail, where Chuck tells Dan how his mother died giving birth to him and how his father hates him for it. He takes this back when he finds out that Dan was using him to write a story. Dan writes the story anyway, but sends it to Chuck's father Bart forming a bond between Chuck and his father. Dan finds out that Nate is living in his seized apartment and invites him to live with his family. Meanwhile, Jenny ends up in an internship for Blair's mother, Eleanor Waldorf. However, Eleanor ends up using Jenny and not crediting her for all of her hard work. Agnes, a model for Eleanor, sees this and tells Jenny to quit, which she does, and the two start hanging out as Agnes introduces her to a new crowd of bad influences. Nate, acting like an older brother, comes and saves Jenny from this bad situation and the two kiss, starting an erratic relationship. Jenny and Agnes host a guerrila fashion show, launching Jenny's fashion career. Jenny moves out of the loft and moves in with Agnes. However, when the two cannot agree over business arrangements for Jenny's line, Jenny tries to go out on her own without Agnes. Agnes finds out about this and flips out, resulting in Jenny moving back to the loft. Jenny wants to be emancipated from her guardians, but Lily reunites her and her father over Thanksgiving.
Serena meets an old acquaintance of hers, Aaron Rose (guest star John Patrick Amedori), and Eleanor meets Aaron's father, Cyrus, and they begin to date. Vanessa and Jenny fight over who is going to be with Nate. Jenny plots against Vanessa and embarrasses her at the ball, resulting in Nate siding with Vanessa because of Jenny's immaturity. Vanessa and Nate start a relationship. Frustrated with Bart, Lily and Rufus tell each other at the ball that they still have feelings for each other. Chuck overhears and calls his father, telling him to come immediately to the dance. Bart's limousine is involved in an accident on the way, and he dies. Cyrus proposes to Eleanor, and she accepts, and Aaron and Serena break up.
Lily's mother reveals that Lily and Rufus had a child, although Rufus does not know. Rufus and Lily go off together on a search for their son, and Rufus tells Dan about his sibling, but asks him to let Lily tell Serena when she finds it best, and Dan and Serena date once again. Rufus and Lily meet with the adoptive parents of their son, who lie and inform them that he is dead. Serena learns that she and Dan share a sibling via Gossip Girl.
Chuck's uncle Jack Bass (guest star Desmond Harrington) returns and tells Blair he will now take care of Chuck, much to Blair's annoyance. Chuck inherits his father's fortune as well as 51% share of Bass Industries. The Bass Industries chair people witness Chuck in his father's office with a group of prostitutes, and give the company to Jack. Lily is very much unhappy when she hears about Jack Bass's plans for Bass Industries. She hires a lawyer and convinces Chuck to sign papers to make her his legal guardian instead. Chuck decides that he wants to rejoin Lily's family making her the owner of Bass Industries.
Dan and Serena are accepted to Yale, but Blair is wait-listed. Serena learns that if she turns down Yale, Blair will be accepted. Blair, unaware Serena has been accepted to Yale, plots revenge on a new, young teacher, Ms. Carr, who had recently given her a B. When Serena learns this, she reveals to Blair that she has passed on Yale, and that Blair will be accepted. Blair invites the teacher, Ms Carr, to the opera as a prank. The headmistress informs Blair her acceptance to Yale is suspended, and Blair spreads a rumor that Dan and Ms. Carr are in a relationship. Serena becomes suspicious. Blair is discovered to be the rumor's creator, when Nelly confesses to the headmistress, and Blair is expelled.
Serena sees Dan and Ms. Carr in a coffee shop together, and sees Dan intimately comforting Ms. Carr. Serena captures a photo where it is displayed at a PTA meeting, and Ms. Carr is fired and Blair is readmitted to Constance Billard. Dan defends himself, but he and Serena break up. Serena admits to Ms. Carr that she was the one to take the photo. Dan later visits Ms. Carr, where the two kiss and have sex. Meanwhile, the headmistress decides to give Ms. Carr her job back, afraid of negative publicity. Reinstated to her job, however, Ms. Carr decides to take revenge on Blair and calls Yale, telling them she had been given detention for hazing a teacher. Blair's acceptance to Yale is rescinded and given to Nelly instead. Blair tries to find out who called Yale. In the meantime, Dan and Ms. Carr have been carrying on their affair, and have sex in the costume room. But Dan discovers that it was Ms. Carr who ratted Blair out to Yale, and ends things with her, telling Blair that it was Ms. Carr who called Yale. Blair tells Ms. Carr that her punishment will just be to 'live with it'. Ms. Carr leaves a note for Dan telling him she's returning to Iowa.
Chuck is mistakenly invited to a Skull and Bones society meeting by a mistress in place of his father. He becomes obsessed with Elle, the woman who met him there, and attempts to help her flee the country when she tells him she's in trouble. But he finds out that she was just using his money for an escape route, and when she leaves, Chuck goes to Blair's to wait for her there. Meanwhile, Blair sits in a bar drinking alone. Carter Baizen sits next to her and offers to buy her a drink, putting his hand on her knee.
Blair is devastated about what has happened to her life, so she goes to Carter Baizen for help. However, Chuck and Serena realize Carter is encouraging the worst of Blair by letting her loose and changing her to a new Blair. They clear him out, but Blair only gets worse. Vanessa urges Nate to reconnect with his family, despite the fact that they weren't there during his father's financial trouble. The Vanderbilts throw a party for prominent members of NYC society. At the party, Blair goes off the deep end, insulting everyone she meets, getting drunk, and seducing Chuck to no avail, as he says that this isn't the Blair he wants. Finally, everything hits her and she is devastated. Nate finds her crying and comforts her, reminding her that she is Blair Waldorf, someone who doesn't let a mishap get in the way of what she wants. When Nate accepts an internship provided by his grandfather instead of going on a summer vacation with Vanessa, she walks out on the party, leaving their relationship in the air.
Πέμπτη 14 Μαΐου 2009
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