Gossip Girl 4x07

By now the only redeeming quality of GG is the game Blair and Chuck keep playing to bury their love underneath geological layers of spiteful intrigue. Serena’s dalliance with her Business Psychology professor is tedious to the extreme. Enough already! Dan’s effort to bring back Jenny for a family celebration of the first anniversary of Rufus’ and Lily’s marriage would have been laughable if he wasn’t so annoying. And I am certainly fed up by that Flatchester girl and her imprisoned brother. At least it turns out Collin is not in on her schemes, he is her cousin helping her get through college. But Ben is still hell-bent on getting Serena expelled, because she is responsible for “everything” ... Oh, the mystery! What in the name of all that is unholy could Serena have done to this boy in his orange suit?

Nate and Serena force Chuck and Blair to sign a peace treaty to commit them to their ceasefire, under the threat of ex-communication. They are willing to play along, but are they going their separate ways as disgruntled enemies? It’s Blair’s twentieth birthday. Naturally the party is going to be all glamor and sophistication. Everyone who’s anyone is there. Dan is still pining that his family didn’t have a celebration of their own – with Jenny – and hopes to sabotage the festivities by showing an embarrassing video of Blair karaokeing. For shame! One of the guests falls flat on her ass and knocks over a bowl of chocolate sauce. Blair blames Chuck, who denies, Dan confesses, his father is horrified, Lily just finds it amusing. Party’s over. After they’ve sworn their mutual undying hatred, Chuck grabs Blair’s neck, they kiss, he lifts her atop the grand piano, and they start making passionate love. ’Bout time.