Kids today: Threesomes

Remember when Gossip Girl used to mean hot parties, hot fashion, and hot sex? OMFG, anyone? I feel like, so far, this season has fallen far short of last year's sexy promos and steamy episodes.
Things are finally heating up on Gossip Girl! In this week's episode, HDuff had to decide between being a normal college student and continuing her movie career. In the end, she chose movie career (doi) but before letting her go, Vanessa and Dan (otherwise known as my two least favorite characters on this show) wanted to remind her why she came to college in the first place: TO PARTY. Cause, movie stars don't party. They're serious about their work. But not students! The three friends made sure to go through a list of the 15 things all students must do before leaving college. These typical college student activities were meant to remind HDuff that college is about more than just books and exams--it's about P.A.R.T.Y.I.N.G. Cause, you know...movie stars never party. Just college students. Broke, stressed out, average college students. I like to think that most countries get their information about American youth from watching shows like this one. Our students party so hard that movie stars have no chance of keeping up with them. Take that, Lindsay Lohan! You thought you were so cool...

Dan, Vanessa, and HDuff went through the typical college party check list: shots, beer pong, threesomes...wait a minute. What kind of college is this? Again, I feel like this is something that would be more likely to happen to a young Hollywood celebrity than to your average college student. Aren't most college students just trying to fine ONE person drunk enough to sleep with them at at time?
Despite my objections that this is not something most college kids indulge in (I can hear all you current college students saying "wake up, grandma! everyone does it"), when Dan, Vanessa, and HDuff woke up in bed together, I was thrilled that something crazy FINALLY happened this season! I was completely bored with the Nate storyline (the grandfather subplot is not at all sexy), I didn't really care about Dan and Serena sharing a sibling (which by the way, seemed to resolve itself way too easily), but now it seems like GG is getting back to its racy roots. I would have been happier if this had been a Blair, Chuck, and someone else sexy romp, but I'll still take it.

While I was thrilled that Dan and Vanessa found a way to be less boring, I'm not so happy with the whole Jenny transformation--it just doesn't feel believable. Who is Jenny? She wavers between queen bitch and "I so don't care what others think of me, live and let live!" that I'm starting to get motion sickness. I like Jenny, and despite her meanness, I always want her to come out on top. But I really thought that the whole point of the second season, for Jenny's character, was to show her transformation from a superficial, vapid tween to a mature, sure of herself young woman. I don't feel like I react the way I should, though, to Jenny's devolution into the next Blair Waldorf. Instead, I just want her to win. I find myself getting angry with Eric for being angry with Jenny...even when he should be angry with her. I'm glad that Nate acted as her escort, I'm glad that she bested Eric and Blair (get over it, Blair, you're in college now. Go have a threesome), and I hope to see more Jenny and Nate togetherness as the season continues. I'm hoping that this week's episode is just a preview of more OMFG moments to come!

This entry was posted by Brigitte, on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. You can leave your response.