Gossip Girl is the weapon of choice on the Upper East Side. The . -Gossip Girl It's that time of year when Constance Billard and St. Jude's students find . Serena van der Woodsen is the daughter of William and Lily van der Woodsen. It was actually mentioned quite a lot. He had then realised that he could never pull her out of her world and into his, so he found a way to enter her world by creating a UES blog. In Empire of the Son, Ben's mother comes to town to visit. [28], Serena's style has earned noteworthy praise from periodicals such as InStyle[29] and NYLON. After hanging out for awhile, both realize they still have feelings for each other. When "Gossip Girl" was picked up, Lively had just started attracting attention from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005) and was a natural fit for the role of Serena. Serena Celia van der Woodsen is the fictional character and the protagonist in the Gossip Girl novel series and in its TV adaptation, in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively.Serena is featured on the blog of the series' mysterious narrator, "Gossip Girl". Ben is released from prison and he and Serena begin hanging out until he reveals his plans to stay with a friend outside the city. In return, Gossip Girl would help him find out the truth about Blair and Chuck's car accident. Her mother and father are on the boards of all major charities and art organizations in the city. 7. Her motives are rarely selfish and her negative actions are oftentimes generally motivated by a lack of foresight rather than real malice. Each season of Gossip Girl covers a year, once again confirmed by Blair's parties, so by the end of the series, Serena was 21-22. A heroine with an impossible goal. After failing to achieve admission to Yale University, Blair ends up at NYU. In The Revengers, Serena decides to help Blair with her last scheme and then move to Los Angeles permanently. Sending in a bombshell tip to Gossip Girl is like playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. [24] Dan and Serena's relationship further suffers when she realizes their diverging college choices,[25] her continuous mistrust in him, and Dan's affair with a teacher that drives her to prematurely end their relationship.[26]. Gossip Girl 206 Summary. (Image credit: The CW) The ending of Gossip Girl happened nearly a decade ago in 2012. Nate eventually reveals his tryst with Serena to Blair, and Serena is ostracized in the first few episodes of the show. A hurt Serena asks Dan to leave, but at the same time Isabel and Penelope ruin the night by throwing a Nairtini at Amanda. Chuck and Serena work together to get Lily to stop the sale and get Ben out of prison. Nate- dated the bride and briefly was in a love triangle with the groom. Sending a text to Gossip Girl, Serena calls a bluff that she knows Gossip Girl's identity, only for Gossip Girl to escape and warning everyone that she'll be pursuing them in college. Once she does so, she goes looking for Dan but finds that Georgina is with him and planning to sleep with him as revenge for Serena outing their secret (Woman on the Verge). However, Blair and Louis make real amends and she tells Serena her and Dan can stop their fake relationship, but Serena decides to tell Dan they need to keep it up until the wedding (Father and the Bride). Her decision slowly damages her relationship with Nate as she reconnects with Carter who is back to his old habits. Not since the season premiere have I cared about what will happen next on Gossip Girl this year. She's often seen to be friendly and will befriend anyone, such as when she talked to an out of place Dan at the party where they first met. Serena refuses the proposal, insisting Tripp won't agree to the idea. After they arrive at the party, a game of Assassin begins and eventually culminates in Jenny and Nate being the only two players left. Things take a turn for the worse when Serena's old frenemy, Georgina Sparks, returns to town. 55 sheets (110 pages for writing). She's also jealous that Blair was made the star of Dan's book over her. Stream Gossip Girl (2007) on HBO Max. She kicks him out of the car and attempts to call Nate, but Jenny answers the phone. Serena and Ben's relationship eventually ends due to family complications. One incident occurs during Nate's "assassin" birthday bash. The plan almost works only for Dan to realize what has happened. When Gossip Girl first started, Blake Lively's Serena Van der Woodsen was front and center. Schools: yale and nyu. She is seen leading a happy, peaceful life away from the UES. XOXO, Press J to jump to the feed. Serena Celia van der Woodsen is the fictional character and the protagonist in the Gossip Girl novel series and in its TV adaptation, in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively. However, wanting to separate Serena and her dad, Sage ruins the show on purpose but fails at breaking up Serena and Steven (Dirty Rotten Scandals). As opposed to Blair, who tends to date men with status, Serena doesn't seem to have a type (such as Aaron Rose in season two or Steven Spence in season six). Vanessa did film, Dan Literature or english or smth but I think He droped out when Gorgina handed him her son. Episode 1: 'Pilot' What is the name of the 'It' girl who returns to the Upper East side from boarding school? Serena's relationship with Ben slowly erodes when she receives news from Vanessa that he is responsible for hurting Nate's father in prison and when Ben's mother, Cynthia, raises Ben's personal troubles while at the same time seeking to exonerate him. Plus it was . She knows how people's minds work. Pete joined Georgina and Serena for a scandalous night of illegal substances in New York City and during the series, Serena feels extremely bad for what happened and the guilt haunts her. After being committed involuntarily to the Ostroff Center (Gaslit) when she is hospitalized for an overdose of recreational drugs and antidepressants caused by Juliet, Serena admits to Dan that he was the one she came to kiss the night she was drugged. After being missing all summer, Nate, Chuck, Blair, Dan, and Georgina head off to find her. With Gossip Girl gone, Serena finds that Gossip Girl's tipsters have begun sending their blasts to her via her blog. Serena, angry and hurt that Gossip Girl has ruined the day, vows to find out who she really is. A hurt Nate spends the day with Jenny, who tries to keep him away from Serena. Gossip Girl cites the new school year and Serena's newly single status as a possible return of Serena as the Queen Bee of Constance as senior year begins. They discover that William and Holland have been working together to keep Rufus and Lily apart, including Holland writing prescriptions for Lily that have side effects that mimic the symptoms of cancer. The van der Woodsens reside at 994 Fifth Avenue, a ritzy, white-gloved doorman building directly across the street from The Met and Central Park. "[27] Serena's relationship with Carter earns the disapproval of her peers but discovers redeeming qualities in him. Serena becomes proud of her mother when Lily decides to face the consequences of sending an innocent Ben to prison. [13][15] Serena finally tells Dan the truth, only to discover during Lily's wedding, that he wants to end their relationship. Blair knows it was her, but decided to let it go because she figured she was still angry about her kiss with Dan. Serena is a tall, blonde, slim, and beautiful teenage girl from the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Picture: The CW, NBC Over the weekend, a meme surfaced online in which someone took a still of Serena with the text "I have to pee", and placed it above a poster of Blair with the Gossip Girl logo rearranged to spell "go piss girl". Afterwards, Eric tells Blair he is the one in treatment; which leads to a reconciliation between Blair and Serena (Poison Ivy). Gossip Girl: Some say love is a secret you keep sealed. The couple's return to New York (Never Been Marcused) has them returning to old issues as Dan struggles with the differences in their lifestyles and eventually is unable to deal with those differences. Through the books, she realize that she truly loves Nate, but he is still Blair's boyfriend. The second season shows Serena spending the summer with her family and Blair in the Hamptons, attempting to move on from her failed relationship with Dan. Serena also finds a friend in Jenny Humphrey, Dan's younger sister. The two reunite, only to face the awkward discovery that they share a sibling. They enter into a relationship, and after being outed at Thanksgiving, the two leave town together (The Treasure of Serena Madre). Now, it's either the funniest thing we've ever seen, or lockdown has sent us all . After being an It Girl for a long time, Serena decides she wants to make her new found cousin Lola Rhodes the next star. However, Nate offers to go instead once he learns of the dilemma, not wanting to see Juliet since they recently broke up after Nate caught her talking to Ben. During Dorota's wedding, Serena leaves with Carter and gives Jenny a message telling Nate that she has found her father. Her father's departure leads to Dan comforting her and reignites her feelings for him. [21] She eventually reconciles with Dan but their friendship soon threatens her new love with Aaron, prompting him to escort her to a ball where Serena receives news from her mother of Bart's death. Serena has spent the summer dating Steven Spence, the CEO of a vitamin company, while calling herself Sabrina (in reference to her character in Inside) and claiming to be from Wisconsin. Always have, always will." Later, she runs into Charlie and convinces her to move with her back to New York. She spent a summer in Italy where her love of Vespas originated. On her way out, Lola steals the card with Serena's Gossip Girl log in to prove she really is GG (Despicable B). "They would make fun of my clothes because I dressed differently than the other kids. Serena getting into Brown and Yale was ludicrous. At the end of the episode, Blair's diary is leaked as Serena kept it in Gossip Girl servers and it's revealed it was Serena's doing (The Fugitives). General Overview Despite this, the two decide to continue trying to date after Serena decides to drop the class. Serena is rehabilitated while Dan and Blair subsequently discover Juliet's reasons for ruining Serena. Back home, Nate is dating Juliet Sharp, a woman he met at a restaurant, and she attempts to help him fix his social life. Serena and Dan sleep together in Where the Vile Things Are after he takes her on an outing eerily reminiscent of their first date. Thinking he did this to get her in trouble, she invites Carter to help ruin Chuck's new business deal, which they accomplish and they begin to casually date (The Freshmen). Serena finds out and tells Lily and the two angrily leave to attend the library benefit alone with William. Gossip Girl memes are going viral and it's all thanks to a "go piss girl" joke. https://twitter.com/Anthologist/status/1375966285356531717?s=20. She gets off the plane and goes to talk things through thoroughly with Dan. [12] Serena confronts Georgina, only to draw her anger, prompting Georgina to destroy her relationship with Dan and blackmail her with knowledge of a particular event in the past: she accidentally killed a man. Meanwhile, Dan is having relationship problems with Vanessa and turns to Serena for advice. After some shocking revelations, including the fact that Steven has slept with Lily when her last name was Mller, they decide to end things. She decides to move away from New York, but is intercepted by Dan, who tries to convince her that he has always loved her and always will. She gave Pete a line of cocaine that ended up killing him, leaving the secret haunting her because she never wants to talk about it. Romances: If so, that is unbelievably bad judgment on her behalf, almost to the point of being out of character for her. Gossip Girl Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Gossip Girl. [20], An exhibit in Rufus' gallery has Serena finding new love with a childhood friend and artist, Aaron Rose. Serena eventually decides to defer Brown, which Lily does not take kindly to. In How to Bury a Millionaire, George kidnaps acting Gossip Girl Kate Keller and holds her hostage in Serena and Dan's apartment, located in Brooklyn Heights, NYC. Manhattan, New York City, NY I thought maybe you wanted to know me but now it's me that doesn't want to know you. In season 6, Serena is seen together with a new boyfriend, Steven Spence (who is significantly older than her). She often wears tight clothes that flatter her body, sequins, and attention-grabbing accessories. [30] EW's Meeta Agrawal places Blake Lively's Serena van der Woodsen amongst the wearers of the 20 Knockout Dresses of the '00s. Before CeCe's big party, Serena discovers the two used to date and confronts both Ivy and Max in front of the whole family. But when she arrives to her new class that day, she discovers Colin is her new professor. Meanwhile, Serena finds out Dan wrote an expose chapter on her and begs him not to release it (Portrait of a Lady Alexander). It's because of Blair's inferiority complex when it comes to Serena. Serena is re-united with Dan again in a last attempt to make things work. While she obviously thought (and realistically probably did) have a good shot at getting in, there were still moments that revealed she was secretly insecure and worried that she wouldn't (ie: the Nelly Yuki drama). [16] Their relationship becomes public again but ends sooner than expected during a blackout as both are unable to move past the problems that previously ruined their relationship. Last Appearance: Chuck did not go to uni, as he was a billionare at . Georgina Sparks (frenemy)Ivy Dickens (frenemy)Juliet SharpMaureen van der BiltSage SpencePoppy Lifton Vanessa Abrams Serena is invited along with Louis' friend, Jean-Michele. Serena tries to intervene but fails, accidentally instigating a fight between herself and Nate; however, the two soon make up (The Sixteen Year Old Virgin). Serena and her family own half the top floor in a 14-room penthouse. Afterwards, Juliet slips the phone into Vanessa's purse and Serena realizes Vanessa must have done it, leading everyone to distance themselves from her. She then leaves to spend the summer in the Hamptons (Much 'I Do' About Nothing). While things were more equitable in the first season, there have been times when either Blair or Serena has stolen the plot limelight. Ivy concocts a huge lie and Max tries to prove her wrong but fails. After returning to the city, Serena can't decide whether she wants to leave for Brown University, and stays with Chuck while she tries to figure it out. After they lose the game, Serena overhears a conversation between Nate and his grandfather, William van der Bilt, where she discovers they planned for her to lose all along and trick the Buckleys into releasing a doctored photo of Tripp to hurt their reputation. Dean Reuther tells her that while she believes she didn't send the email, there is a lot of drama that surrounds her and she needs to tone it down. In New Haven Can Wait, Serena, angry at Blair after she tore into Serena after the fashion show, decides to attend an interview at Yale University, where Blair has always dreamed of attending. When confronted, William insists Lily is truly sick and offers to get proof. Louis has his suspicions that Blair is only going because she believes he is a royal and when they arrive to pick up the girls for the date, Jean-Michele is introduced as the royal. In order to cover Blair, Serena pretends that she has rekindled her romance with Dan. 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