All Blair wanted was to find her place at college.  She thought maybe she would fit in with the Tisch kids.  Unfortunately for Blair, she wasn’t a film or theatre major and they wanted nothing to do with her However, the group, lead by writer/director/snob Paul Hoffman, was hoping that Lady GaGa would perform at a cabaret they were putting on at the Bleecker Inn.  Their attempts to get the Poker Face singer were failing.  But Blair had an in.  Her stepfather Cyrus Rose just so happened to be Lady GaGa’s lawyer.  She could help.  But the Tisch kids laughed in her face.  If their parents couldn’t get her then Blair’s random step dad definitely couldn’t.  They wanted nothing to do with B.  Jerks!  So Blair turned to Olivia.  Olivia had been invited to the cabaret.  Maybe Olivia and Blair could put a performance on together?  And then Olivia thought of something.   Dan had decided he wanted to start studying playwriting.  This would be the perfect opportunity for him to showcase his talent.  And the perfect opportunity to shut Vanessa out.  Dan canceled his plans with V and it looked like he was all Olivia’s.  Just the way she wanted it.

Dan, Olivia and Blair were going to take part in the cabaret.  Dan was going to write, Olivia was going to act and Blair was going to direct and produce.  Their piece would be a Lady GaGa Snow White musical.  Um, okay…Anyway, Dan felt bad about ditching Vanessa.  So he brought her in to work with them.  She was a much more experienced director than Blair and could really help them out.  Olivia and Blair were both not happy.  But Vanessa was now directing.  And boy, was this gonna be a cabaret to never forget.

While rehearsing, things weren’t going too well i.e. Olivia and Vanessa were butting heads.  Olivia accused Vanessa of boxing her out.  And not just in the cabaret.  Oh snap!  And that’s when Olivia dropped the bomb.  Vanessa was obviously in love with Dan.  Everyone knew it.  Yikes.  Both girls were irate and threatened to quit.  Blair was determined to make the show go off without a hitch.  So she talked to the two of them, or rather blackmailed them, and made sure they stuck around.  Olivia surely wouldn’t want Blair to send a tip to TMZ that a famous Hollywood actress had a threesome with two lame Brooklynites.  And I’m sure Vanessa wouldn’t want her parents finding out what she was doing at that conventional school of hers.  So the show went on!  Phew.

But of course it couldn’t be perfect.  Midway through, after performing her acoustic version of “Lovegame,” Olivia bailed.  Turned out, during their threesome Dan gave Vanessa a look he had never once given Olivia and kissed Vanessa like he’d never kissed Olivia before.  Dan was obviously in love with Vanessa.  Whaaaat?   With Olivia’s absence, this meant someone had to take her place.  And in came Vanessa.  Dan, playing the prince, had to kiss her on stage in front of all.  And when he did, he made it totally clear: he was in love with V!  OMFG!

Meanwhile, Serena was once again treading in dangerous waters.  Her flirtation with Trip had escalated and she didn’t know what do.  She was afraid of crossing the line with a married man.  So she went to Nate.  The two of them hadn’t been the best of friends since the whole Buckley poker game but Nate was Nate and Serena was Serena.  They had history.  Surely, he could be able to take her mind off Trip as well as keep her from doing anything she’d totally regret.  Nate had the perfect idea: they could get really drunk!  Aw just like the good old days.

But then Trip showed up at the bar Nate and Serena were at.  He had found out the truth about the Hudson Hero scandal.  It wasn’t his grandfather who had set it all up.  It was his wife Maureen.  And the only person Trip wanted to be with was Serena.  Nate was pretty let down.  Could it be?  Is Nate falling for S?  We all know his feelings for her in the past but have they come back?  Well, if they have then Serena wasn’t returning the feelings.  She decided to go off with Trip.  Poor N

All the while, Jenny was babysitting some kid named Damien.  He was the son of the Belgian Ambassador and was staying at Chuck’s hotel.  Chuck was supposed to be showing the kid around but Lily thought Jenny could do it.  Jenny was over Upper East Side guys.  Maybe a cute European bred guy could show her a good time?  Damien took Jenny to Central Park.  Luckily for her, girls from Chapin were there and got to see Jenny with her sexy date.  Make ‘em jealous, girl!  But unfortunately, Damien was into playing with boats at the Conservatory pond.  Loser!  This quickly went from an ultra envious situation to an ultra embarrassing situation.  Jenny needed an out.  But then Damien revealed that he wasn’t just playing with motorized boats.  He was using them as a way to sell drugs.  Whoa.  Jenny was surprised.  And, get this, was way into it!  You’d think she’d want nothing to do with this drug dealer.  But instead, she found the whole thing thrilling.  And wanted to do it again.  Turned out, being queen wasn’t as exciting as it seemed.  Jenny craved adventure.  My, my, my…

Jenny accompanied Damien to another drug deal.  This time Damien actually used Jenny in the process.  When a “client” came to their table at a club, Jenny was used as the go between.  She passed the drugs to the client and then the money to Damien.  Baby’s first drug deal.  Not so cute.  Damien suggested Jenny test the product.  But before she could do that Chuck showed up.  Jenny had called him earlier when she was bored with Damien and was looking to be saved.  Chuck had a maid check his room and sure enough found his drug stash.  Now Chuck was leaving with Jenny whether or not Damien liked it.  Jenny assured him she was fine, but he wasn’t going to leave her there.  Being escorted out of the club by your step-brother’s kind of way lame.  But guess what?  Jenny liked her brush with danger.  She even texted Damien she’d want to do it again.  OMG!  Jenny’s a bad, bad girl!

After the cabaret, Blair surprised everyone with, omg!, a performance by Lady GaGa!  Cyrus Rose came through!  So there, Tisch kids.  Lady GaGa sang Bad Romance and it was amazing.  Love her!!  Olivia returned to talk to Dan.  She apologized for bailing but she needed Dan to kiss Vanessa again.  For him to realize how much he was in love with her.  Now Olivia decided take a movie (Bitches of Eastwick – um, I’ll be there opening day, obvi).  She was leaving NYU.  This meant Dan could be with Vanessa.  Wow.  But sadly for D, Vanessa didn’t feel the same way about him.  She had a new crush.  On pretentious Paul Hoffman.  And like Nate, I’ll say this: Poor D

And guess what?  Serena did cross the line with Trip.  She kissed him.  Sure, his wife had done something terrible but he was still married to the woman.  Serena’s officially a mistress.  And a teenage one at that.  Oh, S.

Jenny gone bad!  Goodbye, Olivia!  Dan in love with Vanessa!  Serena + Trip!  Lady GaGa!  Talk about an eventful week.  Luckily for us things are only going to get juicier.  Thanksgiving’s just around the corner.  And if this year’s celebration is anything like those of the past you can be sure it’ll be action-packed.  Gobble gobble gossip!  Xoxo Gossip Girl.