Worst of Gossip Girl Season 2 1-10

And the drama continues. More characters, more lies, more storylines. And with those storylines, come plot aspects that are annoying, irrelevant or just downright lame. So here I am to point them out. 

Marcus

I am currently in the middle of watching Gossip Girl Season 5 and I've realized that throughout the series Serena usually ends up with the interesting guys. With the exception of Chuck and (later Dan) I don't think Blair has been involved with any interesting guys. Marcus is no exception. When he revealed to Blair that he was a lord, I did not become any more interested, I just got annoyed because this meant he would be sticking around longer since no one would get rid of a Lord after only one episode. 

Serena and Dan

I have never understood what attracted Dan to Serena in the first place. Sure she's pretty but in a boring sort of way. Not to mention she's flaky, unreliable, irresponsible, self centered and dishonest. So all the crap at the beginning of the episode with "Should we get back together-should we not get back together" just annoyed me. Either get back together or don't but can't we move on to a more interesting problem?

 Vanessa Is Boring

At least in the first few episodes. All she really does is hang around at the coffee shop (I say hang around because she never seems to be doing all that much work) and give her friends advice. Vanessa is your stereotypical liberal social activist but her personality is like a blank canvas. Can we please develop her character as something other than Nate's Brooklyn Girlfriend? Plus she sucks at blackmail. 

Rufus Dating Claire

Irrelevant. What's the point of introducing a character if she's only in one scene? We already knew Rufus had started dating so there was really no point. 

                                                                           Amanda

Amanda was some random girl that appeared at the beginning of Season 2 and grabbed Dan's attention making Serena realize she's not as irreplaceable as she likes to think she is. She disappears after a few episodes because like everyone on the the show she has a secret agenda. Amanda was hired by Chuck to date Dan and make Serena jealous therefore pushing Serena to reclaim her rightful place as Queen Bee and take the throne from Blair. Chuck has too much spare time on his hands. Actually they all do. Don't they realize that Blackmail and Shopping are not extracurriculars that you can put on your college resume?

Jenny Skipping School

Jenny has this false sense of invisibility and this belief that rules do not apply to her. When she begins to skip school to work at Eleanor Waldorf fashion's company, Jenny acts as though she will never be caught because  Jenny can just do whatever she wants and expects to get away with it. How long did she expect that to work out? Plus her dad works hard to pay for her education and she's just throwing it away. 

Serena Trying to Sabotage Blair and Yale
Serena is another one with a false sense of entitlement. Dan may complain excessively about it but he has a valid point when he says that Serena gets everything handed to her. I'm not sure if I could name one thing that she's had to work for. And college is no exception. The dean of Yale accepts Serena's subpar application over Blair's excellent one just because Serena is the Britney Spears of the Upper East Side. As if that's not enough Serena tries to sabotage Blair at the dean's dinner party. I understand that her and Blair are in the middle of a future but she needs to stop screwing up Blair's future and start getting one of her own. 

Serena's Problems with Her New Family Rules

When Bart tries to impress rules on his new family (yeah, good luck with that) Serena is horrified at the idea of a curfew and more time with her family. Honestly if Serena had a curfew in the first place maybe she wouldn't have been out to all hours watching her friends overdose on drugs and accidentally starring in adult videos. I understand that her underlying issues are with her mother's whirlwind of husbands but that doesn't mean she has a right to come home at eight in the morning. Classic case of parenting gone wrong.

Vanessa Trying to Blackmail Blair

Does Vanessa really think she can blackmail Blair and get away with it? Blair brings new meaning to the word "devious" as well as "underhanded" "deceitful" and "ruthless" Blackmailing Blair in order to save an old building is not only stupid, it's downright suicidal and of course it's going to backfire. What annoyed me even more is that later in the Season when Vanessa tells Dan about what happened, she leaves out the fact that she was the one who instigated the conflict and paints herself as a victim. If you are going to blackmail someone, at least take responsibility.

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