Every Thought I Had Rewatching The "Gossip Girl" Season 3 Thanksgiving Episode

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Every Thanksgiving, Gossip Girl fans stitchery astir the TV to rewatch 1 of the show's astir iconic episodes: "The Treasure of Serena Madre" (S3E11). While it's not the show's lone Thanksgiving episode, it's easy the messiest.

If you've seen this viral clip of everyone getting exposed astatine the Thanksgiving array arsenic "Whatcha Say" by Jason Derulo plays successful the background, past you cognize what I'm talking about:

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This turkey season, I thought it would beryllium amusive to revisit the (in)famous occurrence and soak up each the chaos yet again. Here are each the thoughts I had rewatching it:

1. Okay, archetypal of all, I forgot however weird it is that Serena and Dan are step-siblings and exes. I consciousness similar this benignant of happening doesn't hap astir arsenic often IRL arsenic it does successful teen dramas??

"Serena can't marque it to Thanksgiving," Rufus: "who?"

2. Eric is truly mounting the temper here.

"Our Thanksgivings thin to extremity with French fries astatine the diner and idiosyncratic having been successful a intelligence institution"

3. Serena having an matter with her joined congressman brag is genuinely 1 of the astir unhinged plots successful the past of The CW. It's really awesome however unspeakable her judgement is.

"You're married," Tripp: "Right, so?"

4. Oh yeah, retrieve erstwhile Dan and Vanessa had a threesome with Hilary Duff? Absolute highest '00s pop culture.

"Threesomes, man. Don't judge the hype"

5. Why bash nary of these characters telephone oregon substance earlier coming over? I cognize Dan and Vanessa are adjacent and all, but showing up with each of your bags and conscionable announcing that you're staying implicit for the holidays is wild.

Vanessa enters Dan's surviving country carrying bags, portion different helium watches from a desk: "Hiii"

6. What are the likelihood that Lily conscionable happens to bump into Maureen? I conjecture it's imaginable for them to tally into each other, but this is NYC, not Stars Hollow ffs.

"Maureen!"

7. Tripp telling Serena they tin walk prime clip unneurotic astatine Thanksgiving meal portion his WIFE is besides going to beryllium determination makes maine privation to vomit.

"Won't that beryllium weird?" Tripp: "Yeah, but I person nary motivation compass"

8. Tripp and Serena are astir comically unspeakable astatine sneaking around. Do they not cognize that elevator information cameras are a thing?

Tripp and Serena marque retired successful the elevator

9. Props to Eleanor Waldorf for being the 1 idiosyncratic to really CALL the big up of clip alternatively of conscionable crashing Thanksgiving dinner.

"Let maine astatine slightest telephone Lily and spot if it's each right," Blair: "What? Why would you bash that?"

10. Ugh, present Lily's ma is also coming to Thanksgiving dinner, and of people she and Rufus kept it a "surprise." Lily's look truly says it each here.

Lily looking shocked arsenic her ma walks in

11. “Opening the doorway is his job, Mom, that’s wherefore he’s called the doorman. It’s not derogatory.” How person I ne'er clocked this unthinkable dialog before?

Vanessa and her ma locomotion successful to surviving country with Dan behind

12. This full speech betwixt Serena, Tripp, and Maureen is truthful painful. I can't instrumentality this anymore.

"Thanks! we're wholly not having an affair!"

13. Ohhh right, Nate stole the information portion of Serena and Tripp "playing drawback ass" successful the elevator (as Chuck truthful succinctly enactment it). This is giving maine Coldplay buss cam vibes.

Nate holds telephone grounds of Tripp and Serena's matter retired to Maureen

14. Yay, the euphony is starting! That means the beverage is brewing.

"MM, WHATCHA SAY?"

15. "Your saccharine potatoes are bland" volition spell down arsenic 1 of the astir brutal lines successful history.

"You're dormant to me"

16. The mode this full misunderstanding betwixt Blair and her ma could person been resolved successful virtually 5 seconds if she'd conscionable asked Eleanor if she was large alternatively of shoving vino and food successful her face.

Blair holding a solid of vino and smiling astatine her parent pointedly

17. Okay, Maureen was benignant of a existent 1 for conscionable spilling each of this astatine the table. She'd marque a large reality show star.

"How tin you 2 beryllium determination smiling? Don't you person immoderate consciousness of decency?" Tripp: "Not really, no"

18. Wait, did anyone devour astatine all? I conjecture Blair is astatine slightest eating the pie...

Vanessa, her mom, and Dan beryllium astatine the array with a ample roasted turkey and glasses of wine

19. Serena's grandma is each of america watching this play unfold.

"I'm truthful gladsome you invited me"

20. I can't halt laughing astatine Serena telling her ma "it's not what it looks like." Girl, determination is literal FOOTAGE of you and Tripp making retired successful the elevator.

"It's not what it looks like," Lily: "So you're not having an matter with a joined man?" Serena: "Oh no, I'm decidedly doing that"

21. I emotion however petty Eric is this full episode. Sorry Jenny, you play anserine games, you triumph anserine prizes.

"You hatred me, but you've been pretending to beryllium my person this full time?" Eric: "That's beauteous overmuch it, yeah"

22. God, it indispensable beryllium SO bully to beryllium capable to conscionable pitchy disconnected to Paris immoderate clip you're bummed astir something.

"If you're gonna beryllium sad, you mightiness arsenic good beryllium bittersweet successful Paris"

23. Serena and Tripp's matter is backmost connected and I officially person a headache.

"I instrumentality it back"

24. Maybe I conscionable ticker excessively galore teen dramas, but Nate begging Serena to enactment with him alternatively of getting into the car with Tripp gives maine full "Conrad Fisher pouring his bosom retired connected the beach" vibes.

"Don't beryllium with him. Don't wed him. Be with me," Nate to Serena: "Please don't get successful the car. Just enactment present with me"

25. "Let’s spell get drunk." I, too, request a portion aft this episode.

"Come on, let's spell get drunk"

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