I just want to say that I have finished watching the first 2 seasons of Gossip Girl
(don't judge me)
and.... and.... I think I'm hooked.
This show is not really what I was thinking it was gonna be going in. It's not a girly girl drama like Sex and the City. It's a high society drama about the over privileged who have the luxury to take all the little things in life for granted and therefore deal with things almost strictly related to other peoples perception of them through deceit, debauchery, and well.... gossip.
Truth is that the 1st season was good. Very good. I felt ashamed going in that I liked it, but I was just hooked on the drama and the characters.
Serena (Blake Lively) - the wild girl looking to quietly fit back into her old life and get things back on track (she used to be the Queen of the school until she took off). She ran off after something bad happened and just wants to move on, but old friends and old lifestyle make old habits hard to avoid.
Blair - The Queen "B". The Leader of the "Mean Girls" and Serena's best friend. You don't **** with this girl unless you want everyone to know your business.... and it likely won't be pretty.
If she sets out to ruin you, consider yourself ruined. She's queen for a reason.
She has the plan to lead the perfect life, so if you get in her way or cross her path, you better hope she doesn't squash you like a bug.
Chuck Bass - Son of a self made Billionaire. Playboy Extraordinaire. The one guy you will probably hate but would rather have as a friend than an enemy. If there is dirt, he can find it. If there is something he wants, he will get it. If you do him wrong.... he will right it, and enjoy every second of it since it's all just a game to him.
(I love this guy)
Dan Humphrey - The average guy who doesn't exactly fit in. Dad is working his butt off to afford him going to that school and is hoping to keep his grades up to get a full ride to Yale. Oh and he is madly in love with Serena since the first time he kinda spoke to her several years ago... bu he isn't even on her (or anyone else's) radar.
That is 4 of the main people (there are more) and it starts off with them in their Jr. year of HS.
Gossip Girl is actually a website run by some anonymous person that post all the juicy gossip that gets submitted by everyone at the school and blasted to everyone's cellphones, keeping the whole school up to date on everything... all the time.
Season 2 was good too, but I'm not sure if I just understand the characters too much now or the show became a little predictable, but I could call 75% of everything that was gonna happen long before it did. It didn't make it any less enjoyable to watch... infact it got me a little more into it as I had to prove to my girl that I was right (and I was).
p.s. Michelle Tractenberg was in the second season too... and should be in the 3rd.
Not to mention that Venessa (dan's friend) & Blair are both pretty damn hot as well.