Gossip Girl, House and more…
Finale weeks have started. While it’s still relatively cold for May and summer still seems quite a bit away the sommer break for most of our network shows is just around the corner. I watched the season finales of House and Brothers and Sisters yesterday and both were quite good whereas I thought the House episode was definately more finale worthy than Brothers & Sisters.
After last weeks episode were House detoxes with the help of Cuddy and Amber finally disappears Cuddy and House make out. This week’s finale begins with House being all happy and vicodine-free which actually made me happy and apparently that was way too much happiness for the show so viewers knew something bad was going to happen or as NY Times’ Ginia Bellafante names it “Never give a sucker a happy ending” (awesome artivle btw). During a complicated scene towards the end of the episode Cuddy mentions House’s behaviour the night before but doesn’t mention her going home with him to help him detox. They argue and somehow House realizes he’s had one big drug-induced hallucination about detoxing and making out with Cuddy all done within 12 hours. With this realization comes Amber who is back as well since he never quit the vicodine. This all results in a big breakdown. There was a big “Ahaaaaaaaa” in the room when I finally understood what was happening. That his mind is playing these kind of games with him and the fact that Amber is annoying him once again makes House finally do the step and with Wilson’s help get’s himself institutionalized. This is fine by me - fits perfectly into the schedule - he can stay there for the next four months since we won’t be seeing him anyway.
I loved the last three episodes of Gossip Girl. Blair und Nate’s relationship didn’t last much longer and in this week’s Prom episode Blair realized that Nate would always stay her High-School boyfriend which apparently was something she wasn’t happy with. Chuck in the meantime was determined to turn Blair’s Prom into an unforgettable experience while it first seemed as if he were boycotting her. I’m with Tim Stack on www.ew.com that while it was sort of cute that Chuck was all for making Blair the Prom Queen the evil and tortured Chuck should always shine through and he should not turn all mushy over his love for Blair. Don’t get me wrong - I love their spark and I totally want them to get together already. This episode named “Valley Girls”also served as the pilot of the much discussed Gossip Girl spin-off and in several flashbacks we were introduced into the world of Lily Rhodes (Now Lily Bass). Brittany Snow totally reminds me of the actress who plays Arizona on Greys Anatomy don’t you think so? Furthermore I was both glad and sad to see Ryan Hansen and Krysten Ritter of Veronica Mars appear as Lily’s sister Carol and her boyfriend Shep. I’m still in mourning for Veronica Mars. Loved the soundtrack of the pilot also.
I also loved the previous episodes with the return of Georgina Sparks and Chuck and Blair combining forces in order to first save Serena from Gabriel and then to make Poppy responsible for her criminal actions. My favorite part was when Nate tried to make Blair ride the subway and her reaction to it. I could totally relate. I just prefer my car and don’t get me started on all the germs and the smells… During the two episodes Trachtenberg transforms from hilariously saved back to bad girl Georgina. Where did she go in this week’s episode? Did I miss something? Last week there was a Gossip Girl party at a night club here in the city and I really wanted to go but then I thought that probably I would be the only one over 20 to be there and apart from that I really couldn’t mobilize any of my friends to go out after 11 pm on a week night. So too bad but what are you going to do? Well watch the show. Can’t wait for next week’s finale!
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