Let me start out this post
by explaining why I decided to review an episode of Gossip Girl even though the show’s been off the air since December
of 2012. For starters, as random as this will probably sound, reading Fifty Shades of Grey has really gotten
me thinking about Gossip Girl again,
and not necessarily entirely in a good way. As I’ve read Fifty Shades of Grey, I keep finding myself thinking about how sick
and toxic Chuck and Blair’s relationship ended up becoming as the series
progressed. Despite the fact that Chuck and Blair’s relationship became
increasingly toxic as the series continued, both the writers for the show and
what I always felt was a huge chunk of the show’s audience seem to view Chuck
and Blair’s relationship as a fairytale romance, much like so many women out
there seem to view Christian Grey as a romantic hero despite the fact that he
treats Ana like shit throughout the course of the entire Fifty Shades trilogy.
For the record, I was
originally a huge fan of Chuck and Blair’s relationship, but I stopped being a
Chair shipper once Chuck tried to pimp Blair out to his Uncle Jack in an
attempt to keep his hotel in season three. That being said, I haven’t just been
thinking about Gossip Girl in a
negative way though. I’ve found myself genuinely missing the show lately, so I’ve
decided to revisit the show and watch some episodes again, blogging about them
in the process.
Deciding to revisit Gossip Girl again feels very nostalgic
for me personally since watching the season four episode “Empire of the Son”
back when it first aired is what prompted me to decide to start blogging about Gossip Girl and TV shows in general. I’m
just going to go right ahead and say that I’m going to start out by blogging
about my Gossip Girl “Rewatch” simply
on a trial basis since it’s a show that’s been off the air since 2012, I have
no idea what the level of interest in reviews of episodes of Gossip Girl will be. Sure, Gossip Girl was perhaps the most popular
show that I blogged about back when it was on the air, but that might have
changed since the show has been off the air for several years now. I’d also
like to clarify that if my Gossip Girl
“Rewatch” reviews end up becoming an ongoing thing, I’m not going to watch and
review all of the episodes in order. There are simply some episodes that I’m
more interested in watching in the immediate future than others. I don’t really
want to watch all of the episodes leading up to the episodes that I’m most
excited to watch again. However, I thought that watching and reviewing the
first episode of Gossip Girl would be
a good place to start my “Rewatch”; that being said, here are my thoughts on
the first episode.
Personally, I’ve always felt
that this episode was a great start to the series. I know that some shows like
to start off with their first episode diving right into the action as if the
viewers are already familiar with the characters and the plot of the show.
However, in most cases I prefer it when TV shows begin with some kind of event
or several events to start things off, and I think that Serena returning to the
Upper East Side under somewhat mysterious circumstances was a great way for the
show to begin. I’ve also always thought that the first episode of Gossip Girl did everything the first
episode of a TV should do. It did a good job of introducing all of the
characters; the premise of the show, establishing various conflicts between the
characters and it was simply a great episode.
