Gossip Girl

“You held a certain fascination when you were beautiful, delicate, and untouched. But now you’re like one of the Arabians my father used to own: Rode hard and put away wet. I don’t want...

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"School Lies"

posted by: Scott Tobias
January 2, 2008 - 8:57pm

Gossip Girl

Before signing off for a two-week holiday respite, the Gossip Girl promos promised that the next two episodes—the last ones before the show runs out of scripts—would be OMG, the best...

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"Roman Holiday"

posted by: Scott Tobias
December 19, 2007 - 11:05pm

Gossip Girl

“The ER said he would make a full recovery. Everything is ruined!”

Has there ever been a more delicious piece of dialogue on Gossip Girl than those two lines—so plump...

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"Hi, Society"

posted by: Scott Tobias
December 5, 2007 - 11:17pm

Gossip Girl

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Gossip Girl needs evil like a flower needs the rain. As I suspected, last week’s hideous Thanksgiving episode was an anomaly mostly...

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Gossip Girl

One of the strengths of The O.C., at least during its addictive first season, is that the adult characters were just as interesting as their kids. For primetime soap opera fans weaned on the...

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"Seventeen Candles"

posted by: Scott Tobias
November 14, 2007 - 10:28pm

Gossip Girl

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. Big time.

When last we left Blair, she was riding her inebriated burlesque buzz into the back of a limo with Chuck, but I never once considered that...

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"Victor/Victrola"

posted by: Scott Tobias
November 7, 2007 - 11:00pm

Gossip Girl

Never judge a show by its pilot (not always, anyway): A couple of months ago, I weighed in with a negative review of...

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