What comes just once a year and brings girls from all the top schools in Manhattan together?  Why, the annual debutante ball, of course.  And you can be sure it was full of surprises, backstabbing and much, much more!

Remember two years ago when our former Little J was so eager to be noticed?  Remember how she yearned to be part of UES high society?  Well, she definitely succeeded.  Jenny Humphrey was finally going to be presented as a debutante.  See, kids, dreams do come true!  But sadly for J her big entrance wasn’t going as planned.  She was dateless.  And you absolutely positively could not be dateless to the debutante ball.  How gauche!  Jenny was hoping that maybe Graham Collins, the hottest guy on the UES, would take her but that was not panning out.  What was Jenny going to do?  Well luckily for her Eric was her step-brother.  Yes, the two had their big fight after Jenny had him yogurt’d and his bf egged but Eric was a good person.  He saw that Jenny didn’t know any of the dances for Cotillion since she hadn’t grown up going to dance classes (because, you know that’s not something they made you do in Brooklyn).  Eric took pity on her.  He told Jenny that Jonathan could take her to the ball.  Score!   But naturally people aren’t that nice.  Not even Eric.  Turned out he totally played Jenny.  Eric’s debutante ball date Kira, a fellow Constance student/in crowd wannabe, knew that Jenny was dying to go with Graham Collins.  And since she and Graham lived in the same building, she made a call and he agreed to take Jenny.  Unfortunately for J, Eric saw the text from Graham and unbeknownst to J replied that she already had a date.  Ruuude!!

Meanwhile, Serena and Blair were still at odds.  And to add insult to injury both were volunteering as mentors for the debutante ball.  Blair was not going to lose that battle.  She basically forced Serena to quit and took over as Jenny’s mentor.  But Serena didn’t even care.  She had a new job: she was working for Trip.  Serena in politics?  Um, okay.  Anyway, Blair was now in charge of making Jenny the best debutante NYC had ever seen.

Obviously, when Jenny found out the truth about the whole Graham thing she was beyond livid.  How could Eric sabotage her like that?  Even Jonathan didn’t like Eric’s back-stabbingness.  And that’s when Jenny decided to go rogue.  She didn’t need Eric, Jonathan or even her mentor Blair.  Jenny was the queen of Constance.  She was going to the ball with Graham and she wasn’t going to need their help anymore.  Whoa.  And knowing Blair, that wasn’t going to fly.  No one ditched Blair Waldorf and got away with it.

Blair was determined to take Jenny down.  With Eric’s help, of course.  Blair took over as Kira’s mentor and gave her a makeover.  Then she introduced her to her new date.  Kira wouldn’t be going with Eric anymore.  She’d be going with Graham Collins.  Um, he was by far the best date any girl on the UES could have.  But what about Jenny??
At the debutante ball, Jenny was so excited.  Her big moment had finally arrived.  She had earned it.  But when they announced her name, she was in for a huge surprise.  Graham was not going to be escorting her.  Rather, he was with Kira.   Jenny stood on stage in front of everyone with no escort.  Ouch.  How utterly mortifying.  I’d die.  Wonder if Brooklyn would consider taking back the now outcast?

Unfortunately for Blair, she missed the humiliation of Jenny Humphrey.  Blair was stuck in an elevator with none other than her sworn enemy Serena.  Chuck had enough of the girls fighting so he put a plan into action.  He got Serena and Blair to get into an elevator together.  Chuck locked them in and said he wouldn’t let them out until they worked out their problems.  Eek.  But surprisingly it worked.  Serena opened up about how she had been looking for her father all summer and how embarrassed she was when he turned her away.  Blair told her that it was her father’s loss for not getting to know her.  But Serena couldn’t let it go.  And because of that she had issues: the paparazzi, Carter, Brown and now Trip.  Wait, what?  Turned out, Serena had a crush on him and now that she was working for him, things were weird.  He had been treating her a bit odd and then finally admitted it was because he had feelings for her.  She wasn’t sure if she could trust herself around him.  Blair was shocked.  Carter was one thing but Trip was a married Congressman!  Blair begged Serena that if she wouldn’t speak or see Trip without talking to her best friend first.  Serena agreed and it seemed like our favorite feuding hotties were besties once again.

It was no accident that Jenny Humphrey was able to go from Brooklyn wannabe to Queen.  The girl had perseverance and wit and therefore was able to get herself out of another unfortunate situation.  She used her resources and called up the best date she could possibly think of: Nate Archibald!  OMFG!  Nate escorted her for all to see.  A college guy escorting a HS girl?  Um, beyond amazing.  Looked like Jenny won that battle.  Sorry B and E.

Eric could not believe Jenny came out on top.  He realized Jenny wasn’t worth the time.  Now Eric and Jonathan could move on with their lives.  Or not.  Jonathan didn’t like the way Eric schemed and what kind of person that had made him become.  Jonathan dumped Eric.  Noooo!!!  Jeric dunzo??  But Eric wasn’t giving up.  At least not on Jenny.  He told Kira that the next time they brought down Jenny, they were going to bring her down for good.  Oh snap.  It’s on!
Serena was taking Blair’s advice and decided to quit her job working for Trip.    But he wanted her to still work for him and he promised Serena he’d never cross the line with her.  Their relationship would be strictly platonic and professional.  Nothing more.  But then when they shook on it, it was kind of heated.  I know, I didn’t know a hand shake could be so hot either.  Too bad Blair walked in and saw it happen.  What was Serena doing??  Serena told Blair she was fine and that she would call her in the morning.  Huh?  Blair was pissed.  Were S&B going to be fighting once again?  Oy!

It’s obvious Serena has problems.  And you can partly blame daddy van der Woodsen for that.  The guy’s been absent for years and even turned away his own daughter when she went to see him.  A$$!  But in a shocking twist, Lily found a very interesting letter addressed to Serena from none other than, gulp, Mr. van der Woodsen.  Um, WOW!  Need to know what it says like NOW!!

All the while, Dan, Olivia and Vanessa were coping with some bad news.  Endless Knights 4 was a go.  This meant Olivia would have to leave NYU.  Sad!  Dan and Vanessa decided there was no way they were going to let that happen.  So they turned to the college newspaper.  There was an article about the 15 things college students should do before graduating.  Dan and Vanessa wanted to give Olivia an experience of a lifetime.  And thus they began their quest to do all 15 things on the list.

Eating falafel at Mamoun’s?  Check.  Puking at Bar None?  Check.  Having a keg party in the dorm?  Check.  The list was coming to an end.  There was just one thing left to do.  Ready for it?  Have a threesome.  Yep, you read right.  14 out of 15 things seemed like a major accomplishment to me.  But Olivia didn’t want to quit.  She was going to have to take the movie no matter what.  Why not go out with a bang?  So Dan, Olivia and Vanessa had a threesome.  Menage a OMG!!  Too bad for them, Olivia got word that Endless Knights was a no go.  Um, talk about an awkward morning.  And rest of school year…

Seems to me a lot of people got in way over their heads this week.  Oh, how I love when that happens.  Because that means everyone will have to get themselves out of some sticky situations.  And you can be sure I’ll be ready to report the outcomes.  You can count on me.  Xoxo Gossip Girl

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