Here is the recap for last night's episode, which by any measure was one of the top 5 in the series history. Vogler's comments are in italics.
Dan
So amazing, so exactly the way any boy would act in and after a threesome. The look on his face as 2 girls unbuttoned his top – a mix of shock and awe that this is really the life he is living. And the way he literally skipped through the streets of
Disagree with Vogler. Most guys react by trying to suppress an ear to ear smile and holding out for about six hours before having to spill the tawdry details to a friend. I won’t drop any points for this because Dan has no other guy friends but Nate used to date Vanessa. Guys will talk about girls that gave them Eskimo Brother status (watch The League on FX), but not even there was a real relationship.
Ok, fair point Steve, but can you really blame me…how on earth should I know about how boys react in threesomes?
Of course he wastes no time in telling Nate about the threesome, he probably told the barista at Starbucks. Is he still wearing the same clothes from last night too…he’ll probably never wash them again. Plus 10.
Taking the “other” girl out on a date the day after having a threesome with her and your girlfriend…not so smart. You don’t think that your girlfriend would be jealous? Plus 5, he wouldn’t cause he’s still assuming he lives in a fantasy world.
Could not agree more with Whitney, the right move would be to spend as much time as possible with your girlfriend, then call your friend and ask her to spend some one on one time with your girlfriend. While there would be some risk of them hooking up without you, it is really the only way to get away with it.
Dan would write a play that completely relates to his own life. Plus 2, is that all he knows to write about anyway.
And also it doesn’t necessarily have to be a stranger. It can never be one of the guy’s female friends but it could be one of the girl’s female friends that is having esteem issues. For this example, it would have worked better
Serena
Serena only wants to make up with Blair because she’s feeling guilty about her actions towards Tripp and needs her best friend to listen to her and tell her “Don’t worry Serena, I’m SURE you didn’t do anything wrong, how could he get the wrong idea. You’re so not a slut and you’ve given him no reason to think otherwise.” It’s pretty much exactly what every girl does after she does anything remotely bad and feels guiltier than all hell and needs someone to lie to her and tell her she’s still an innocent angel. Plus 15 – I hate to say I know from experience.
Serena slutting it around. Plus 30. Also sleeping with people you work with is awesome. Plus 5. What does she expect? I know politicians are often scumbags, but 26 yr old congressmen aren’t getting re-elected after ditching their wife for an 18yr old.
Seriously, why are Serena and Tripp talking about the sexual tension if nothing happened? They would both totally ignore this at the office and act strange around each other but then wait until after work hours to put themselves in another uncomfortable but too comfortable situation where they can joke about it and then hopefully hook up. Minus 10.
And now Serena’s telling Nate about her “future” affair with Tripp before it even happens. This does not happen. Period. She would sleep with Tripp, and then wait a week to own up to it, only after Blair reassured her at least 9 times that she wasn’t a whore. Minus another 10.
Hair pulled back, not rocking the cleavage….I wasn’t sure who this girl was this episode outside of the illicit sex. Minus 5.
Blair
Who are these preppy uptight arrogant people at the coffeehouse who are into plays? Aren’t these exactly the type of people she was looking to hang out with for the past 9 episodes? Why is she not part of this group? Minus 10.
Blackmailing Vanessa by threatening to tell the town crier in Vermont so her mom would hear about it….amazing………making it sound worse to liberal Vanessa because of the fact that it was a “movie star and her boyfriend”….excellent touch. Plus 8.
Great interaction between her and Duff where Duff brought up “Dorata needed to use my outlet for your towel warmer.” Plus 6. But Minus 30 for the lack of Dorota in this season.
It takes Blair exactly 35 seconds to realize that she can use their threesome as blackmail, I thought she was quicker than that! Minus 1.
Nate
Since when is Nate the all knowing master of everything on this show? Poker, politics, and now dirty sex and the relationships involved? I’m not complaining! Mainly because he is so right about the third person needing to be a stranger, preferably someone you will never see again. Definitely NOT your best friend and your girlfriend’s roommate…talk about awkward! Plus 10 because he is so wise.
Finally they are giving my man Archibald a storyline that is connected to the group. Plus 10.
Nate also knows exactly how to deal with Serena’s situation. Where did he get all this knowledge? Plus 3. And as a dual benefit, his plan to distract Serena also works out well for his own sexual benefit and sets a nice base for them to start things up again. I’m impressed Mr. Archibald.
I completely echo Vogler’s last comment, but shouldn’t he set his sights a little bit higher than Serena. He should have been sleeping with hot liberal campaign workers for the past few months and then running through the actress set. Minus 2.
All day drinking binge to get over a possible affair, Nate is a genius. Now we know how he got into
Vanessa
Fighting for Dan by telling Olivia that “she always reads early drafts of his work” is quite the perfect retort in this situation. She’s reaffirming her long term friendship with Dan, while also highlighting that he trusts her opinion. Well played Vanessa. Plus 5.
Vanessa looked incredibly hot in the flashback to the 3way. Plus 30. If she was really was Dan’s friend she would swallow a little bit of her pride and help him out with his girl. Also isn’t that dude she said liked her at the end of the episode gay? I’m confused. Minus 5.
Yes, that other dude was definitely gay, Vanessa is an idiot, but at least she did look sexy in her underwear.
Chuck
Chuck saves Jenny from doing drugs. Wow, he’s really turned a new leaf here; this is the girl that he tried to rape in the first episode! Plus 2 because it just makes him even sexier.
I like that Chuck is back to being a shadowy figure, even though this version does good instead of awesomely aggressive things. Plus 8. Chuck tossing the diplomat kid because of the drugs fits because he has always placed an importance on family and he still considers Lily a stepmom.
Jenny
I know Jenny is tall and all, but this new boy looks like he is about 5’6”. So not something to be jealous about, he looks like Lord Farkward from Shrek. Minus 3. But apparently since he is doing drug deals at the Boat House he’s now interesting again. Minus 1, even though highly likely, the last thing Jenny needs is a drug problem.
I like her scenes with Chuck, granted I like everybody’s scenes with Chuck….but I think he sees right through her so the easy lies that the idiots she hangs around aren’t good enough. It makes her a more interesting character.
She would absolutely be turned on by hanging around with a drug dealer. If I could find a female Bear fan that was a drug dealer, I would be done. Plus 30.
Olivia
Olivia singing “Love Game” to Dan and really meaning the words is both hilarious but also exactly what a girl would do in this situation, if not to him, at least in her car by herself. Plus 1.
Girl initiates 3way, then Girl flips out because her boyfriend was more jacked up about being naked with some new than her…..yep…..sounds right. Plus 25.
Lady Gaga
Thank god she sang “Bad Romance!!” I’ve only listened to that song 97 times this weekend, 52 of which were Friday night at Field’s apartment – she can back me up on this one! Plus 97!
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