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S2E5

The Serena Also Rises

Gossip Girl · 2008-09-29 · 42 min

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from 35 comments

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what happens

In the midst of Fashion Week, a furious Blair learns that her mother, Eleanor, at the suggestion of her protege Jenny, has given Serena and her new socialite friend, Poppy Lifton, front row seats to the Eleanor Waldorf show. Hurt once again by Serena's popularity and her mother's betrayal, Blair decides to sabotage the show. Meanwhile, Dan starts hanging out with Chuck, but a walk on the dark side always has its risks and Dan learns that the hard way. Lily learns a secret that her new husband, Bart, has been keeping from her.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

19

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

24

how much it moved you

Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.

Read from 35 comments — 6 said when.

The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 6 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.

setupcomplicationdevelopmentclimax1007550250INTENSITYTENSION0%25%50%75%100%

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Drag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height
how intense it got, 0–100
gold above
how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail
how much was still unresolved
grey haze
how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

  • “I sat up and was like "this man is using her to get to her dad!"”

    7newkicks▲ 68about 33–66% inread it ↗

  • “He was so bold and interesting in the first season, now he's kind of just there.”

    cryingatfilms▲ 65about 0–50% inread it ↗

  • “This episode wasn't bad, but I wish the throuple was given anything outside of "one point of the triangle feels alienated about something."”

    Ten_Cent_Pistol_▲ 59about 0–100% inread it ↗

  • “I actually think this episode was pretty good, I think the whole blackmail thing and kate almost getting caught was pretty interesting. I also kinda liked Julien and Zoyas Storyline this Ep.”

    ▲ 58about 0–100% inread it ↗

who made it

directed
Patrick R. Norris
written
Jessica Queller

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

  • Michael Kors as Self
  • Tinsley Mortimer as Tinsley Mortimer
  • Ernest Dancy as Devin
  • Natalie Gal as Serena's Friend
  • AAlexandra Carl as Laurel's Assistant
  • David Patrick Kelly as Noah Shapiro
  • Jill Flint as Bex Simon
  • Amara Zaragoza as Poppy Lifton
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