tf?

So I was watching the first round of the Beanpot and then last night's 24, so I had to watch Gossip Girl on DVR tonight. Soorry, guys.

I was totally ready to complain about this episode. It had all of the elements that, when jammed down one's throat week after week, can make GG a frustrating show. Hey, did you know Chuck is an over-sexed slimeball? ("It makes the kama sutra feel new again"?) Did you know that Blair is a vindictive schemer, and would throw anyone under the bus to get her way, and gets away with everything with nary a consequence? Did you know Dan is a moron, but not as big a moron as Serena? (Dan, you had to know that seeing Rachel outside of class was a bad idea. And Serena, you sold out your boyfriend without even asking what was going on? You act like you haven't been a character on Gossip Girl for a season and a half!)

Then Dan and Serena broke up for what seems like the jillionth time, and I know that things had changed. Every time this happens, I get visibly upset. (Like at the end of last season, when they played Death Cab's "The Ice Is Getting Thinner" over Dan and Serena's last dance. I won't bore you with the gruesome details, suffice it to say it got a little dusty in my living room at that point.) But after tonight's breakup, I could only think "Finally! Now maybe these idiots will stop wasting our time." How could I think that! Dan and Serena's love is supposed to transcend reality! I felt betrayed. By the show, and by myself.

And then I watched the last five minutes. Chuck is involved in a murder mystery! Blair got Yale back, but her father doesn't love her! And Dan? Holy smokes! Every paradigm has shifted! GG is back! I can't stop using exclamation points!