In general this season was a lot more soapy than the last, which i didn't love. The plotlines were a lot shorter, it seemed. As soon as we're done with one, the next episode is like it never existed, no one talks about it (or very rarely and quite vaguely). So much stuff happened in a year that I don't think would be realistic, for ex. Serena becoming beloved by the press and then forgotten for a few episodes and then remembered again etc. What really annoyed me though was how they kept treating their couples. Every single one of them split up and came back together at least once if not twice. And over the same issue that they didn't solve.
Review by LukieBBlockedParent2023-09-10T14:27:17Z
Chuck and Blair improved massively over the season. Especially Chuck, though I am pretty sure the first episode is now canon since he apologized to Jenny. Chuck and Blair honestly make me constantly think about people in life; they are such complicated characters. Like Chuck literally sexually assaulted Jenny. I didn't really think about forgiving him and just brushed it off because it was the pilot episode. But he then brought it up to Jenny, so it confirmed it happened. Jenny eventually forgave him, but I still don't know why the show treated that situation so lightly. It made me very confused about my morals (The show isn't going for this I think but it still affected me this way). Also, when the victim forgives the person who did it, is it really right to forgive the person who committed the act? They were the victims, but can people not have their own thoughts? It is similar to when a person is being hated by somebody else or discriminated against but doesn't care if the person discriminates against them. But what if that person that is discriminating or manipulating is very evil? I feel like I am not describing this well enough. Anyway, this season Chuck and Blair really made me think about these questions: Can a person really change after doing some very awful things? How often should one be forgiven? How far is too far to be forgiven? These two characters also made me think about being more tolerant towards assholes and trying to deal with different types of people in different ways. Like should I still be friends with an asshole? I personally wouldn't, but Serena is still best friends with Blair. Ig that is just her as a person? This show is helping me be more aware of who I am as a person. It helps me create these questions, but the show doesn't focus on them or explore them. Instead, it focuses on the drama. Now back to that drama and the other things in the show, some of which really pissed me off. Serena x Dan this season were annoying af. They kept getting back together and splitting, and it felt like it was going nowhere. Also the Blair x Chuck stuff was getting annoying after being so repetitive. Seeing Chuck fail so many times was pretty funny and satisfying, though. Rufus and Lily also kept getting back together and then not. Also, some of the ways things get figured out are so corny and convenient. Some of the best plotlines were Nate and his homelessness, Jenny and her fashion stuff, Cyrus and Elenoar, and Chuck's development and attempts to get with Blair (and failing many times). Despite some of the writing being worse than last season, this season was more entertaining and intriguing to me.
At Time of Review:
Season 2: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 6/10
Enjoyability: 8/10