Post by Meg on Sept 2, 2008 13:52:03 GMT
2.01 Summer, Kind of Wonderful
Serena: I still miss Dan sometimes... more than sometimes.
Blair: The only thing lamer than dating Dan Humphrey... is mourning Dan Humphrey.
Serena: Blair will never forgive you for what you did to her.
Chuck: Who told you that little piece of advice, your boyfriend Nate?
Serena: Nate didn't say anything ...
Chuck: Good. I don't think it's wise taking relationship advice from someone in a FAKE relationship. Call me crazy. (pause) Enjoy another night alone with your thoughts.
Serena: Good luck on your suicide mission!
Skank on Beach: Mister Chuck, is there anything you need caretaking of?
Chuck: The only thing I need to take care of... is you. (looks at other skanks) And you, and you ...
Gossip Girl: Spotted: Blair Waldorf at Charles de Gaulle, homeward bound. What could possibly make Queen B abandon her two dads before Labor Day? We bet Chuck Bass wants to know.
Gossip Girl: Ain't karma a *friendly*? We know Blair Waldorf is.
Gossip Girl: Chuck Bass waiting for the Jitney. A dozen roses in one hand, his heart in the other. You know what they say: A man is a good thing to come home for. But an even better thing to come home with.
Eric: [to Chuck] Yeah... 'How Well Do You Know Blair Waldorf' is a little boring to those of us who actually know Blair Waldorf.
Blair: darn that mother Chucker! He's totally right! I don't even like James!
Serena: Thank you. I was totally waiting for that.
Katherine: Well Nathaniel, you have a choice. Either under the bed or out the window.
Nate: Your husband? I thought he wasn't going to home until next week!
Katherine: Seems he's home early.
Dan: I've tried not to think about her all summer. I was afraid that if I did, that ... I'd see that I made a huge mistake.
Rufus: Well, you've been running all summer. Maybe it's time you turned around and faced it.
Eric: [about Chuck] He's got a P.I. on speed-dial?!
Blair: Is something wrong?
James: You're just using me to make that guy jealous.
Blair: I ...
James: It's no wonder you hate Charade. It hits too close to home.
Blair: Chuck is an awful person. He does awful things.
James: And you think you're any different? I can't believe I've been so stupid. I bet you don't even like me at all.
Blair: Not really. I mean... you're kinda boring.
James: Am I? Or are you just too interested in yourself to get to know me? You two deserve each other.
Gossip Girl: Spotted: Serena and Nate in a massive display of PDA... and that's exactly what Dan Humphrey is. Pretty. darn. Angry.
James: We have something in common.
Blair: I look good too?
James: Not just that. I'm afraid I haven't been honest with you. It's what I was trying to tell you before ...
Blair: Okay spill it.
James: I don't go to Georgetown or Princeton or any other school for that matter. I'm afraid I slipped up on that detail. My name is actually Marcus Beaton. I'm actually British and... a Lord.
Gossip Girl: When words get in the way, there's really only one thing left to do.
Dan: I miss that little laugh of yours.
Serena: Dan... Dan wait.
Dan: No thank you.
Serena: Dan, I didn't expect to see you. You surprised me.
Dan: Well, I have to say... you didn't.
Katherine: Why did you kiss Serena?
Nate: You said we were through!
Katherine: I can't believe you would try to make me jealous in front of my husband and our friends.
Nate: [pause] Did it work?
Katherine: Completely.
Chuck: Please don't leave with him.
Blair: Why? Give me a reason... and "I'm Chuck Bass" doesn't count.
Chuck: 'Cause you don't want to.
Blair: That's not enough.
Chuck: 'Cause I don't want you to.
Blair: That's not enough.
Chuck: What else is there?
The true reason I should stay right where I am and not get in the car. Three words. Eight letters. Say it... that I'm yours.
Chuck: I... I ... [pause]
Blair: Thank you. That's all I needed here.
Gossip Girl: They say summer love is fleeting. But sometimes what starts as a fling, can lead to the real thing. A simple trip to the beach can be all it takes to clear our heads and open our heads, and write a new ending to an old story. There are those who got burned by the heat. They just want to forget and start over. While there are others who want each moment to last forever. But everyone can agreed on one thing - tans fade, highlights go dark, and we all get sick of getting sand in our shoes. But summer is the beginning of a new season, so we find ourselves looking to the future. You ain't seen nothin' yet. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Nate: She knows ... that I'm seeing someone... that I'm not ready to introduce to everyone yet.
Katherine: [slams him against the seat]
Nate: ... Or ever?
Gossip Girl: Unlike the rest of us, sex lies and scandal never take a vacation. Instead, they take the Long Island Expressway and head east - to the Hamptons! Some of us would say summer is the busiest season. Think Park Avenue, but with Tennis whites, and Band de Soleil. The players change, but the game remains the same.
Blair: What about all those rumors about you and Nate?
Serena: Mmm mmm. Not true. They just got people off my back so I could stop being sad, and Nate could go do whatever he wants, so it worked out for both of us.
Blair: You mean you haven't had ANY fun with anyone all summer?
Serena: There's this hot lifeguard that asked me out, but I, you know, I turned him down
Blair: A hot lifeguard is like kleenex! Use once and throw away. You could ask for a better rebound!
Chuck: You're lying.
Blair: I am not.
Chuck: Your eyes are doing that thing where they don't match your mouth.
Blair: I wasn't aware that robots got jealous. Did they update your software while I was away?
Jenny: Look, I know I acted like a complete and total raging *friendly* last year, but what you don't know is how bad I felt about it all summer. You were the only person who was friends with me for me and I hurt you the worst.
Eric: Well, you did get yours in the end. And since I don't have many friends myself, I guess I could use every lying, manipulating, backstabbing one I can get. What did you have in mind?
Blair: Oh, a honk instead of a knock! Did someone order a townie?
Blair: I would be in my cabana at the Hotel de Cat, and there he would be. Amid all the fireworks on Bastille Day, all I could see was that... Chuck Bass-tard!
Blair: At least I could have gotten a more interesting stand-in than James. You know how hard it is to find a good fake boyfriend on short notice?
Chuck: [to Nate] By the way Archibald, now that the summer's over I can tell you I never believed any of the talk that you hit it with my sis... [sees Blair] morning, Waldorf!
Blair: It was until now.
Dan: [to Serena] I haven't been able to get you out of my head all summer. I was hoping when I saw you, I would know that we did the right thing. But I don't feel that way. I don't feel that way at all.
2.02 Never Been Marcused
Gossip Girl: As summer comes to an end, I'd like to share a few things I've learned about fun in the sun. Gossip Girl's guide to summer fun tip #1: Don't fall asleep on the job. The best hookups are free of morning breath and awkward conversation. The only thing better than making up ... is waking up.
Serena: I'm just a little ...
Dan: Overwhelmed?
Serena: Confused.
Serena: I just think that we should ... think, before we get back together.
Dan: I thought this meant we were back together.
Serena: [to Dan] Okay. I will see you back in the city. Fully clothed. With lots of people around. Okay?
Gossip Girl: Summer Tip #2. There is no "we" in summer. Only u and me.
Blair: [to Marcus] Don't worry. I'm well versed in your lordly ways. And I'm ready to meet the queen... which I also just watched on DVD.
Blair: I have to get back to the city. Senior year awaits.
Marcus: Let's see. Beautiful girl. Autumn in New York. I think I can find some way to entertain myself. My family will be happy I'm staying in one place for awhile.
Serena: And you really expect me to believe this isn't all about revenge on Chuck?
Blair: Revenge is so 12 hours ago!
Blair: Just because Marcus is the perfect post-Bass palate cleanser doesn't mean he isn't a tasty dish of his own!
Serena: Blair Waldorf, a fling? You're not exactly low maintenance.
Blair: Squash? I'll squash YOU.
Chuck: It's just a game, Blair.
Blair: Not to me, Bnot a very nice person. I like him!
Chuck: So do I. And apparently he doesn't have too many friends.
Gossip Girl: Summer Tip #3. Take time to stop and smell the flowers. It's true that all good things must come to an end. August is no exception. They don't call it Fall for nothing.
Catherine: [leaving voicemail] Nate, it's Catherine. Last night... was not smart. In fact, it was very, very stupid. Which is why we're going to have to be much more clever when we get back to the city. Call me when you get this.
Gossip Girl: Cheers to that, Blair. Nothing says welcome home like a bottle of bubbly... or a scandal bubbling.
Nate: No offense, but don't you think you're a little outmatched?
Chuck: At squash? I've been playing my father since 8th grade, how good can Marcus be?
Nate: No, I mean as a guy. Blair wants to be a princess and your greatest achievement is owning PART of a burlesque club.
Chuck: Which is why I have to get to know him. No one is that perfect. Once I get him outta the way, I'll have a clear shot with Blair.
Nate: You know it's love when you start talking like an assassin.
Chuck: I think you're jealous of my new best friend!
Rufus: Does this place actually serve coffee, or what?
Vanessa: Yes, it does!
Marcus: No one's ever good enough. I've dated a lot of top-flight girls and she always sends them running. She gets inside their heads, figures out their worst fears and then ...
Chuck: ... ruthlessly exploits that fear. Sounds rough.
Gossip Girl: Spotted, Chuck Bass putting his new BFF on speed dial. Is it the beginning of a beautiful bro-mance? Or the end of Blair's bid to be British?
Serena: Well, if you can't find common ground with a dictator, I don't know who can.
Blair: Dan likes soccer, right? Or football, as Marcus calls it? Think it would be too weird if he came?
Serena: Not... necessarily ...
Blair: Good, you'll call him?
Serena: Does this mean you actually think Dan has a redeeming quality?
Blair: As long as knows his arse from his Arsenal, I think he's aces.
Serena: This could be a good opportunity for us to talk about things, I'm still kind of down about the breakup...
Blair: What is there to talk about? You're finally free of Downer Dan and I've got my old Serena back!
Dan: I was just thinking about... this morning... on the bus ...
Serena: Yeah, we didn't exactly stick to the plan, did we?
Nate: They're obviously just trying to scare us to get me to rat out my Dad.
Vanessa: You do know where he is, right?
Nate: Yeah but... I couldn't. Not even after what he's done.
Vanessa: Just had to put it out there... But I promise if worse comes to worse, my sister and I can give your mom pointers on how to do more with less.
Nate: [laughs]
Catherine: Charles Bass?
Chuck: [pauses] I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting anyone so young... or so beautiful.
Catherine: Just because I didn't give birth to Marcus doesn't mean I'm any less interested in his well-being.
Dan: [to Serena, about Blair/Marcus] So, she actually refers to him as The Lord?
Chuck: I thought you might like to meet my friend.
Blair: Why, so she can warn me bout the effects of too much botox?
Catherine: Blair, is it? I'm Duchess Beaton.
Blair: [flabbergasted] Duchess? Nice to meet you.
Blair: Duchess? I'm so sorry, for what I said about the botox. Your work is flawless.
Blair: I know you're here with Chuck, and I can only imagine what he said about me. Limo sex, social torture, freshmen, blackmail. But I assure you, there's an explanation for all of it.
Catherine: Save your breath, Blair. Chuck didn't tell me a thing.
Blair: He didn't.
Catherine: I told him it didn't make any difference to me, because ... despite your best efforts, which are completely transparent, by the way, Marcus will never end up with a lowly Waldorf.
Blair: This party's a complete bust. My whole life's a bust.
Gossip Girl: What's this? Chuck's date and Blair's date are mother and son? And Nate and Blair are exes? And Nate and the mother are in a book club? Now there's a novel plot twist.
Serena: This is you. Just be yourself!
Blair: [after being humiliated by Catherine] She made Waldorf rhyme with Spears! I may as well have gone commando and held my party at Nyla's Burger Basket.
Serena: Fine. While you stand here and feel sorry for yourself and denigrate the fine people of Kentwood, I'm gonna go find Dan.
Serena: [makes move on Dan] What do you say we ... just forget thinking and... follow our hearts.
Dan: You sure that's your heart you're following?
Blair: [sees Nate and Catherine on the floor] Oh my effing God!
Jenny: What about you, Dad? You were the one on the great American road trip? Any good stories?
Rufus: Oh, well, there's no place like home.
Dan: That's profound.
Blair: Your plan to ruin me totally backfired. Turns out Marcus' mommy is even sicker than you are.
Chuck: You got along great?
Blair: I think she recognized herself in me. Or rather, I recognized something in her.
Chuck: I don't follow.
Blair: All you need to know is, you lost. It was a solid effort.
Chuck: Tomorrow's another day.
Blair: Good night, Chuck.
Gossip Girl: Summer vacationers traverse the globe in search of new sights and experiences. But when it comes to scandal, I'll take Manhattan every time. Welcome home, Upper East Siders. You know you missed me. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Blair: Notice how my voice didn't go up at the end? Not a question.
Blair: I thought you were just a callow social-climbing former swimsuit model who married above her station and was enslaved by her own insecurities.
Dan: There's a force larger than us at work here.
Blair: It's like Roman Holiday but I'm Gregory Peck and he's Audrey Hepburn!
2.03 The Dark Night
Gossip Girl: Spotted: Lady B acting not so lady-like. Hope you kept the receipt for that tiara, B.
Serena: I'm scared.
Dan: Me too.
Serena: When I step out of here, it's over.
Dan: I think... I think it was already. It just took us this long to realize, and get used to it.
Dan: Serena... I still ...
Serena: I know. Me too.
[elevator door closes]
Serena: ... I love you.
Catherine: Ralph Lauren adores you.
Nate: Did you hear what I just said?
Catherine: I did. What happened to the money I gave you?
Nate: It's gone, but I can repay you back as soon as our accounts are unfrozen.
Catherine: Which won't be until your father returns from... where was it? Dominica?
Nate: I told you that in confidence!
Catherine: You told me that in bed.
Vanessa: Calling him won't look desperate?
Jenny: It will. It will. It will. But in a cute, romantic way.
Blair: We've been dating for awhile, so I thought ...
Marcus: I feel the same way. But you're very special. I want the moment to equal it.
Gossip Girl: Spotted: S and Lonely Boy locking lips like all is forgiven. Will round two be any better?
Gossip Girl: If you can't stand the heat ... there's always a cold shower.
Gossip Girl: In these last hazy days of summer, a few simple tips to beat the heat: 1. Drink plenty of fluids. 2. Stay out of the sun. 3. Limit all physical activity... that is, within reason.
Jenny: Ahhhh! Dan! You guys are together! You're back together! It wasn't a doctored photo?
Dan: No, we are. We just haven't... told anybody yet.
Nate: [to Vanessa] When you called the other day, it was like... I could breathe again.
Blair: [about Marcus] You know he wasn't pressured me about sex? Not once! [sad] Not once...
Serena: Why can't you support me?
Blair: Have you two talked about everything? The very real reasons you broke up last year?
Serena: Not... completely.
Blair: Well, when you do, if you're still together, then I'll be happy for you. Until then I think you're just fooling yourself.
Serena: Who was that?
Chuck: A whiff of the Far East.
Serena: Sometimes I envy you. Wait, what am I saying? You're disgusting.
Rufus: [to Vanessa] He's not still reading one of those Dan and Serena should-be-or-shouldn't-be threads is he?
Serena: I'm sorry, I'm not laughing. It's just so obvious. You're not over Blair. This is your body's way of telling you!
Chuck: I don't have a romantic bone in my body. Least of all that one. But you do raise an interesting idea. Clearly there's some kind of ... blockage.
[pauses] Perhaps ...
Serena: No!
Chuck: One more go-around, just to clear the pipes.
Serena: You are not using Blair as sexual Drano!
Serena: [laughing awkwardly] What ... was that?
Dan: That was Gossip Girl.
Gossip Girl: Looks like Lady B is determined to have it all. Question is... who with?
Blair: Marcus wait!
Marcus: Did you really not know it was him? Can you honestly tell me that?
Blair: I knew it was him.
Marcus: Thank you.
Blair: But I want you!
Marcus: No Blair. You want my title. The idea of who I am. But you clearly want him. Which makes me a fool. Because I really did want you. I DO want you.
Blair: Then show me! I'm not some delicate little flower. Show me!
Marcus [sees Blair and Chuck] ... Blair!
Blair: ohmigod, ohmigod.
Marcus: Blair, what is it?
Blair: You don't understand! I thought it was you! He had an accent!
Chuck: Please, you knew exactly who it was.
Nate: Vanessa? I couldn't find her. Vanessa?!
Catherine: [turns on lights] Your friend had to leave. Was there something you wanted to tell me?
Serena: I forgive you... for Georgina.
Dan: And I forgive you ...
Serena: We keep having this same fight. At Bart's brunch, a year ago. At the wedding...
Dan: Where we talked about the fight at Bart's brunch.
Serena: And now here. [pauses] I can't change who I am, Dan.
Dan: Me neither.
Serena: What do you want, Dan? For me to never say my name?
Dan: That's not what I said.
Serena: We thought we could avoid talking about last year, well? This is fate telling us we can't.
Gossip Girl: Love may fade with the season, but some friendships are year round. Like you and me! You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Dan: Why'd you tell him to stay with that woman? Y'know, I thought you liked him.
Vanessa: I do. That's why I did it.
Dan: I don't understand.
Vanessa: She told me that if Nate left her, she would go to the FBI and tell them where Nate's dad is hanging out. So ... I really didn't have a choice.
Dan: I can't believe Nate Archibald is a gigolo.
Vanessa: You can't tell anyone!
Dan: Who? Who would I tell? Except everyone I've ever met. [pauses] I won't.
Chuck: [hooking up in limo] This isn't gonna work.
Random Girl: I thought you said you're better!
Chuck: I am... just not for you.
Serena: I still miss Dan sometimes... more than sometimes.
Blair: The only thing lamer than dating Dan Humphrey... is mourning Dan Humphrey.
Serena: Blair will never forgive you for what you did to her.
Chuck: Who told you that little piece of advice, your boyfriend Nate?
Serena: Nate didn't say anything ...
Chuck: Good. I don't think it's wise taking relationship advice from someone in a FAKE relationship. Call me crazy. (pause) Enjoy another night alone with your thoughts.
Serena: Good luck on your suicide mission!
Skank on Beach: Mister Chuck, is there anything you need caretaking of?
Chuck: The only thing I need to take care of... is you. (looks at other skanks) And you, and you ...
Gossip Girl: Spotted: Blair Waldorf at Charles de Gaulle, homeward bound. What could possibly make Queen B abandon her two dads before Labor Day? We bet Chuck Bass wants to know.
Gossip Girl: Ain't karma a *friendly*? We know Blair Waldorf is.
Gossip Girl: Chuck Bass waiting for the Jitney. A dozen roses in one hand, his heart in the other. You know what they say: A man is a good thing to come home for. But an even better thing to come home with.
Eric: [to Chuck] Yeah... 'How Well Do You Know Blair Waldorf' is a little boring to those of us who actually know Blair Waldorf.
Blair: darn that mother Chucker! He's totally right! I don't even like James!
Serena: Thank you. I was totally waiting for that.
Katherine: Well Nathaniel, you have a choice. Either under the bed or out the window.
Nate: Your husband? I thought he wasn't going to home until next week!
Katherine: Seems he's home early.
Dan: I've tried not to think about her all summer. I was afraid that if I did, that ... I'd see that I made a huge mistake.
Rufus: Well, you've been running all summer. Maybe it's time you turned around and faced it.
Eric: [about Chuck] He's got a P.I. on speed-dial?!
Blair: Is something wrong?
James: You're just using me to make that guy jealous.
Blair: I ...
James: It's no wonder you hate Charade. It hits too close to home.
Blair: Chuck is an awful person. He does awful things.
James: And you think you're any different? I can't believe I've been so stupid. I bet you don't even like me at all.
Blair: Not really. I mean... you're kinda boring.
James: Am I? Or are you just too interested in yourself to get to know me? You two deserve each other.
Gossip Girl: Spotted: Serena and Nate in a massive display of PDA... and that's exactly what Dan Humphrey is. Pretty. darn. Angry.
James: We have something in common.
Blair: I look good too?
James: Not just that. I'm afraid I haven't been honest with you. It's what I was trying to tell you before ...
Blair: Okay spill it.
James: I don't go to Georgetown or Princeton or any other school for that matter. I'm afraid I slipped up on that detail. My name is actually Marcus Beaton. I'm actually British and... a Lord.
Gossip Girl: When words get in the way, there's really only one thing left to do.
Dan: I miss that little laugh of yours.
Serena: Dan... Dan wait.
Dan: No thank you.
Serena: Dan, I didn't expect to see you. You surprised me.
Dan: Well, I have to say... you didn't.
Katherine: Why did you kiss Serena?
Nate: You said we were through!
Katherine: I can't believe you would try to make me jealous in front of my husband and our friends.
Nate: [pause] Did it work?
Katherine: Completely.
Chuck: Please don't leave with him.
Blair: Why? Give me a reason... and "I'm Chuck Bass" doesn't count.
Chuck: 'Cause you don't want to.
Blair: That's not enough.
Chuck: 'Cause I don't want you to.
Blair: That's not enough.
Chuck: What else is there?
The true reason I should stay right where I am and not get in the car. Three words. Eight letters. Say it... that I'm yours.
Chuck: I... I ... [pause]
Blair: Thank you. That's all I needed here.
Gossip Girl: They say summer love is fleeting. But sometimes what starts as a fling, can lead to the real thing. A simple trip to the beach can be all it takes to clear our heads and open our heads, and write a new ending to an old story. There are those who got burned by the heat. They just want to forget and start over. While there are others who want each moment to last forever. But everyone can agreed on one thing - tans fade, highlights go dark, and we all get sick of getting sand in our shoes. But summer is the beginning of a new season, so we find ourselves looking to the future. You ain't seen nothin' yet. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Nate: She knows ... that I'm seeing someone... that I'm not ready to introduce to everyone yet.
Katherine: [slams him against the seat]
Nate: ... Or ever?
Gossip Girl: Unlike the rest of us, sex lies and scandal never take a vacation. Instead, they take the Long Island Expressway and head east - to the Hamptons! Some of us would say summer is the busiest season. Think Park Avenue, but with Tennis whites, and Band de Soleil. The players change, but the game remains the same.
Blair: What about all those rumors about you and Nate?
Serena: Mmm mmm. Not true. They just got people off my back so I could stop being sad, and Nate could go do whatever he wants, so it worked out for both of us.
Blair: You mean you haven't had ANY fun with anyone all summer?
Serena: There's this hot lifeguard that asked me out, but I, you know, I turned him down
Blair: A hot lifeguard is like kleenex! Use once and throw away. You could ask for a better rebound!
Chuck: You're lying.
Blair: I am not.
Chuck: Your eyes are doing that thing where they don't match your mouth.
Blair: I wasn't aware that robots got jealous. Did they update your software while I was away?
Jenny: Look, I know I acted like a complete and total raging *friendly* last year, but what you don't know is how bad I felt about it all summer. You were the only person who was friends with me for me and I hurt you the worst.
Eric: Well, you did get yours in the end. And since I don't have many friends myself, I guess I could use every lying, manipulating, backstabbing one I can get. What did you have in mind?
Blair: Oh, a honk instead of a knock! Did someone order a townie?
Blair: I would be in my cabana at the Hotel de Cat, and there he would be. Amid all the fireworks on Bastille Day, all I could see was that... Chuck Bass-tard!
Blair: At least I could have gotten a more interesting stand-in than James. You know how hard it is to find a good fake boyfriend on short notice?
Chuck: [to Nate] By the way Archibald, now that the summer's over I can tell you I never believed any of the talk that you hit it with my sis... [sees Blair] morning, Waldorf!
Blair: It was until now.
Dan: [to Serena] I haven't been able to get you out of my head all summer. I was hoping when I saw you, I would know that we did the right thing. But I don't feel that way. I don't feel that way at all.
2.02 Never Been Marcused
Gossip Girl: As summer comes to an end, I'd like to share a few things I've learned about fun in the sun. Gossip Girl's guide to summer fun tip #1: Don't fall asleep on the job. The best hookups are free of morning breath and awkward conversation. The only thing better than making up ... is waking up.
Serena: I'm just a little ...
Dan: Overwhelmed?
Serena: Confused.
Serena: I just think that we should ... think, before we get back together.
Dan: I thought this meant we were back together.
Serena: [to Dan] Okay. I will see you back in the city. Fully clothed. With lots of people around. Okay?
Gossip Girl: Summer Tip #2. There is no "we" in summer. Only u and me.
Blair: [to Marcus] Don't worry. I'm well versed in your lordly ways. And I'm ready to meet the queen... which I also just watched on DVD.
Blair: I have to get back to the city. Senior year awaits.
Marcus: Let's see. Beautiful girl. Autumn in New York. I think I can find some way to entertain myself. My family will be happy I'm staying in one place for awhile.
Serena: And you really expect me to believe this isn't all about revenge on Chuck?
Blair: Revenge is so 12 hours ago!
Blair: Just because Marcus is the perfect post-Bass palate cleanser doesn't mean he isn't a tasty dish of his own!
Serena: Blair Waldorf, a fling? You're not exactly low maintenance.
Blair: Squash? I'll squash YOU.
Chuck: It's just a game, Blair.
Blair: Not to me, Bnot a very nice person. I like him!
Chuck: So do I. And apparently he doesn't have too many friends.
Gossip Girl: Summer Tip #3. Take time to stop and smell the flowers. It's true that all good things must come to an end. August is no exception. They don't call it Fall for nothing.
Catherine: [leaving voicemail] Nate, it's Catherine. Last night... was not smart. In fact, it was very, very stupid. Which is why we're going to have to be much more clever when we get back to the city. Call me when you get this.
Gossip Girl: Cheers to that, Blair. Nothing says welcome home like a bottle of bubbly... or a scandal bubbling.
Nate: No offense, but don't you think you're a little outmatched?
Chuck: At squash? I've been playing my father since 8th grade, how good can Marcus be?
Nate: No, I mean as a guy. Blair wants to be a princess and your greatest achievement is owning PART of a burlesque club.
Chuck: Which is why I have to get to know him. No one is that perfect. Once I get him outta the way, I'll have a clear shot with Blair.
Nate: You know it's love when you start talking like an assassin.
Chuck: I think you're jealous of my new best friend!
Rufus: Does this place actually serve coffee, or what?
Vanessa: Yes, it does!
Marcus: No one's ever good enough. I've dated a lot of top-flight girls and she always sends them running. She gets inside their heads, figures out their worst fears and then ...
Chuck: ... ruthlessly exploits that fear. Sounds rough.
Gossip Girl: Spotted, Chuck Bass putting his new BFF on speed dial. Is it the beginning of a beautiful bro-mance? Or the end of Blair's bid to be British?
Serena: Well, if you can't find common ground with a dictator, I don't know who can.
Blair: Dan likes soccer, right? Or football, as Marcus calls it? Think it would be too weird if he came?
Serena: Not... necessarily ...
Blair: Good, you'll call him?
Serena: Does this mean you actually think Dan has a redeeming quality?
Blair: As long as knows his arse from his Arsenal, I think he's aces.
Serena: This could be a good opportunity for us to talk about things, I'm still kind of down about the breakup...
Blair: What is there to talk about? You're finally free of Downer Dan and I've got my old Serena back!
Dan: I was just thinking about... this morning... on the bus ...
Serena: Yeah, we didn't exactly stick to the plan, did we?
Nate: They're obviously just trying to scare us to get me to rat out my Dad.
Vanessa: You do know where he is, right?
Nate: Yeah but... I couldn't. Not even after what he's done.
Vanessa: Just had to put it out there... But I promise if worse comes to worse, my sister and I can give your mom pointers on how to do more with less.
Nate: [laughs]
Catherine: Charles Bass?
Chuck: [pauses] I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting anyone so young... or so beautiful.
Catherine: Just because I didn't give birth to Marcus doesn't mean I'm any less interested in his well-being.
Dan: [to Serena, about Blair/Marcus] So, she actually refers to him as The Lord?
Chuck: I thought you might like to meet my friend.
Blair: Why, so she can warn me bout the effects of too much botox?
Catherine: Blair, is it? I'm Duchess Beaton.
Blair: [flabbergasted] Duchess? Nice to meet you.
Blair: Duchess? I'm so sorry, for what I said about the botox. Your work is flawless.
Blair: I know you're here with Chuck, and I can only imagine what he said about me. Limo sex, social torture, freshmen, blackmail. But I assure you, there's an explanation for all of it.
Catherine: Save your breath, Blair. Chuck didn't tell me a thing.
Blair: He didn't.
Catherine: I told him it didn't make any difference to me, because ... despite your best efforts, which are completely transparent, by the way, Marcus will never end up with a lowly Waldorf.
Blair: This party's a complete bust. My whole life's a bust.
Gossip Girl: What's this? Chuck's date and Blair's date are mother and son? And Nate and Blair are exes? And Nate and the mother are in a book club? Now there's a novel plot twist.
Serena: This is you. Just be yourself!
Blair: [after being humiliated by Catherine] She made Waldorf rhyme with Spears! I may as well have gone commando and held my party at Nyla's Burger Basket.
Serena: Fine. While you stand here and feel sorry for yourself and denigrate the fine people of Kentwood, I'm gonna go find Dan.
Serena: [makes move on Dan] What do you say we ... just forget thinking and... follow our hearts.
Dan: You sure that's your heart you're following?
Blair: [sees Nate and Catherine on the floor] Oh my effing God!
Jenny: What about you, Dad? You were the one on the great American road trip? Any good stories?
Rufus: Oh, well, there's no place like home.
Dan: That's profound.
Blair: Your plan to ruin me totally backfired. Turns out Marcus' mommy is even sicker than you are.
Chuck: You got along great?
Blair: I think she recognized herself in me. Or rather, I recognized something in her.
Chuck: I don't follow.
Blair: All you need to know is, you lost. It was a solid effort.
Chuck: Tomorrow's another day.
Blair: Good night, Chuck.
Gossip Girl: Summer vacationers traverse the globe in search of new sights and experiences. But when it comes to scandal, I'll take Manhattan every time. Welcome home, Upper East Siders. You know you missed me. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Blair: Notice how my voice didn't go up at the end? Not a question.
Blair: I thought you were just a callow social-climbing former swimsuit model who married above her station and was enslaved by her own insecurities.
Dan: There's a force larger than us at work here.
Blair: It's like Roman Holiday but I'm Gregory Peck and he's Audrey Hepburn!
2.03 The Dark Night
Gossip Girl: Spotted: Lady B acting not so lady-like. Hope you kept the receipt for that tiara, B.
Serena: I'm scared.
Dan: Me too.
Serena: When I step out of here, it's over.
Dan: I think... I think it was already. It just took us this long to realize, and get used to it.
Dan: Serena... I still ...
Serena: I know. Me too.
[elevator door closes]
Serena: ... I love you.
Catherine: Ralph Lauren adores you.
Nate: Did you hear what I just said?
Catherine: I did. What happened to the money I gave you?
Nate: It's gone, but I can repay you back as soon as our accounts are unfrozen.
Catherine: Which won't be until your father returns from... where was it? Dominica?
Nate: I told you that in confidence!
Catherine: You told me that in bed.
Vanessa: Calling him won't look desperate?
Jenny: It will. It will. It will. But in a cute, romantic way.
Blair: We've been dating for awhile, so I thought ...
Marcus: I feel the same way. But you're very special. I want the moment to equal it.
Gossip Girl: Spotted: S and Lonely Boy locking lips like all is forgiven. Will round two be any better?
Gossip Girl: If you can't stand the heat ... there's always a cold shower.
Gossip Girl: In these last hazy days of summer, a few simple tips to beat the heat: 1. Drink plenty of fluids. 2. Stay out of the sun. 3. Limit all physical activity... that is, within reason.
Jenny: Ahhhh! Dan! You guys are together! You're back together! It wasn't a doctored photo?
Dan: No, we are. We just haven't... told anybody yet.
Nate: [to Vanessa] When you called the other day, it was like... I could breathe again.
Blair: [about Marcus] You know he wasn't pressured me about sex? Not once! [sad] Not once...
Serena: Why can't you support me?
Blair: Have you two talked about everything? The very real reasons you broke up last year?
Serena: Not... completely.
Blair: Well, when you do, if you're still together, then I'll be happy for you. Until then I think you're just fooling yourself.
Serena: Who was that?
Chuck: A whiff of the Far East.
Serena: Sometimes I envy you. Wait, what am I saying? You're disgusting.
Rufus: [to Vanessa] He's not still reading one of those Dan and Serena should-be-or-shouldn't-be threads is he?
Serena: I'm sorry, I'm not laughing. It's just so obvious. You're not over Blair. This is your body's way of telling you!
Chuck: I don't have a romantic bone in my body. Least of all that one. But you do raise an interesting idea. Clearly there's some kind of ... blockage.
[pauses] Perhaps ...
Serena: No!
Chuck: One more go-around, just to clear the pipes.
Serena: You are not using Blair as sexual Drano!
Serena: [laughing awkwardly] What ... was that?
Dan: That was Gossip Girl.
Gossip Girl: Looks like Lady B is determined to have it all. Question is... who with?
Blair: Marcus wait!
Marcus: Did you really not know it was him? Can you honestly tell me that?
Blair: I knew it was him.
Marcus: Thank you.
Blair: But I want you!
Marcus: No Blair. You want my title. The idea of who I am. But you clearly want him. Which makes me a fool. Because I really did want you. I DO want you.
Blair: Then show me! I'm not some delicate little flower. Show me!
Marcus [sees Blair and Chuck] ... Blair!
Blair: ohmigod, ohmigod.
Marcus: Blair, what is it?
Blair: You don't understand! I thought it was you! He had an accent!
Chuck: Please, you knew exactly who it was.
Nate: Vanessa? I couldn't find her. Vanessa?!
Catherine: [turns on lights] Your friend had to leave. Was there something you wanted to tell me?
Serena: I forgive you... for Georgina.
Dan: And I forgive you ...
Serena: We keep having this same fight. At Bart's brunch, a year ago. At the wedding...
Dan: Where we talked about the fight at Bart's brunch.
Serena: And now here. [pauses] I can't change who I am, Dan.
Dan: Me neither.
Serena: What do you want, Dan? For me to never say my name?
Dan: That's not what I said.
Serena: We thought we could avoid talking about last year, well? This is fate telling us we can't.
Gossip Girl: Love may fade with the season, but some friendships are year round. Like you and me! You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl.
Dan: Why'd you tell him to stay with that woman? Y'know, I thought you liked him.
Vanessa: I do. That's why I did it.
Dan: I don't understand.
Vanessa: She told me that if Nate left her, she would go to the FBI and tell them where Nate's dad is hanging out. So ... I really didn't have a choice.
Dan: I can't believe Nate Archibald is a gigolo.
Vanessa: You can't tell anyone!
Dan: Who? Who would I tell? Except everyone I've ever met. [pauses] I won't.
Chuck: [hooking up in limo] This isn't gonna work.
Random Girl: I thought you said you're better!
Chuck: I am... just not for you.