Halfway through the season, and it's still not really picking up. Sage's antics make for really good drama, but I really cannot bring myself to care for her character. Meanwhile, Georgina has come to really grow on me. I like how she seems to genuinely care about Dan with no hidden agendas. Nate deserves better writing. Blair and Chuck's relationship is finally going the way I would want it to go, but their story is just not compelling enough. I could take or leave Ivy. Serena is just so tired now.
Let's face it, Serena. You don't have boyfriends, you have life rafts.
That you keep taking from me and leaving me to drown.
Oof, oh the codependency. Serena really has so much work to do on herself and by herself. I cannot believe that she really tries to justify all the horrible things she did, and she tries to paint herself as the victim. I have completely lost faith that she will ever grow up.
We probably both need to learn how to swim.
I cannot get on board with Dan and Serena getting back together. I feel like they never really had anything going for them like chemistry, shared interests and/or experiences (beyond their forgettable relationship in the earlier seasons), or at the very least, just being good-looking together. Their interactions after their break up were nothing special, and it's not like they grew as individuals who still somehow work together (both of which I think are the case for Blair and Chuck: they've always had a spark between them, and even if they grew apart at some points, we still see how they can fit together).
Dan's becoming such a jerk. Or rather, his jerk is starting to show. In spite of his act of always portraying himself as the outsider looking in and looking down on the Upper East Siders and how they abuse their privilege, he actually wants to become a part of their world too. One would think that he's about criticizing and dismantling the system, but he's also about besting it by stepping on other people. Everything Blair said about him was true: he's a hypocrite, and he might even be worse than them in some aspects. I am really into his character arc/development. He's becoming bad but in a good way.
Review by peachy peachyBlockedParentSpoilers2020-08-20T17:01:22Z
Halfway through the season, and it's still not really picking up. Sage's antics make for really good drama, but I really cannot bring myself to care for her character. Meanwhile, Georgina has come to really grow on me. I like how she seems to genuinely care about Dan with no hidden agendas. Nate deserves better writing. Blair and Chuck's relationship is finally going the way I would want it to go, but their story is just not compelling enough. I could take or leave Ivy. Serena is just so tired now.
Oof, oh the codependency. Serena really has so much work to do on herself and by herself. I cannot believe that she really tries to justify all the horrible things she did, and she tries to paint herself as the victim. I have completely lost faith that she will ever grow up.
I cannot get on board with Dan and Serena getting back together. I feel like they never really had anything going for them like chemistry, shared interests and/or experiences (beyond their forgettable relationship in the earlier seasons), or at the very least, just being good-looking together. Their interactions after their break up were nothing special, and it's not like they grew as individuals who still somehow work together (both of which I think are the case for Blair and Chuck: they've always had a spark between them, and even if they grew apart at some points, we still see how they can fit together).
Dan's becoming such a jerk. Or rather, his jerk is starting to show. In spite of his act of always portraying himself as the outsider looking in and looking down on the Upper East Siders and how they abuse their privilege, he actually wants to become a part of their world too. One would think that he's about criticizing and dismantling the system, but he's also about besting it by stepping on other people. Everything Blair said about him was true: he's a hypocrite, and he might even be worse than them in some aspects. I am really into his character arc/development. He's becoming bad but in a good way.