Gossip Girl’s first troublemaker, Georgina Sparks, made a brief but triumphant visit to the Upper East Side to revitalize her HBO Max show.
The following contains spoilers for Gossip Girl Season 2, Episodes 6-8, which is streaming on HBO Max.
gossip girl We welcomed former troublemaker Georgina Sparks, who made the HBO Max reboot so much better, for a brief but triumphant visit to the Upper East Side. Georgina always brought chaos wherever she went, and when she stopped by the lives of new generations, it was no exception. gossip girl It’s gone to great pains to recreate the magic of its predecessor, but even Monet’s brief coup in replacing Julien as the Queen Bee wasn’t enough drama to compete with the original series.
original gossip girl Scandals erupted even on holidays. Georgina’s return served as a reminder that stirring up drama was what made the series successful. The chaos she created in just her three episodes fueled the reboot and motivated new gossip Her Girl, Kate Her Keller.
Gossip Girl Creates Artificial Chaos for Georgina Sparks
From the moment Georgina returned to the Upper East Side in Season 2 Episode 6, “How to Bury a Millionaire,” she’s been causing trouble. Not only did she kidnap Kate, she was holding an anonymous Instagram account hostage until Kate decided to cook up an old-school drama (even if it was a manufactured drama, not the real one. Georgina orders Kate to screw up Max Wolfe’s paternity vow renewal to see if Kate really has what it takes to be Gossip Girl. appeared to prove herself, but Georgina warned her that she was sticking around to work with her.
Desperate to kick Georgina out and regain control of Gossip Girl, Kate did whatever Georgina wanted, including escalating the fight between Julianne and Audrey. However, unlike Georgina, Kate always had a conscience, and when she felt uneasy about being embroiled in Julianne and Audrey’s crumbling friendship, Georgina asked Kate’s Gossip Girl partner, Jordan, for her. Jordan told Kate that Georgina’s plan was to drug Aki and Julian, take compromising photos of them at a Penn America luncheon, and start a feud with Julian and Audrey. Kate draws a moral line on drugging students to put an end to Georgina, and lies about herself and Jordan having an affair. sent a blast.
Georgina was fed up with Gossip Girl never posting about her teachers and decided to leave town… in love with Kate. On her way to confessing her true feelings to him, Kate is devastated to learn that Jordan spent the night with Georgina. In two episodes, Georgina has achieved all destruction. gossip girl There was no reboot.
Georgina catapulted Kate Keller into Gossip Girl’s new era
The impact of Georgina’s brief visit is evident in Episode 8 of Season 2, “Y Lu’s Mama Tambien,” when Kate decides to regain her power as Gossip Girl by explaining it in a new direction. Upper Her East her side exposing the scandalous secrets of her teens didn’t bring about as much of a change as she had hoped. Some of the teenagers, Lil Julian, became better people after Gossip Girl entered their lives, but their parents were really ruthless. I set out to expose my parents’ secrets because I thought the only realistic way to reliably change the power dynamics was to start at the source.
Jordan intervened with the other teachers, believing that Kate was on a dark path. She also finally revealed her feelings for Jordan and acted out. Maybe not, but at least now she knows exactly what kind of impact she wants to leave behind as Gossip Girl, pushing the much-loved teen drama in a different direction. . Georgina Sparks got her spark back gossip girl Right before the end of season 2.
Seasons 1 and 2 of Gossip Girl are now streaming on HBO Max.
