The Duchess

It's complicated

Persuasion

Sense and Sensibility

Mansfield Park

The Lost Valentine

La Habitacion de Fermat

Take me home

Gossip Girl-The Freshmen(3x2)

Blair, who is determined to maintain her 'Queen Bee' status in college, embarks on her first day at NYU, along with Dan and Vanessa. Unfortunately, Georgina turns up as Blair's roommate in the dorms, determined to make Blair a social outcast. As Serena prepares to depart for Brown, she and Chuck have a major falling out, so she recruits Chuck's enemy, Carter, to help her get even. Meanwhile, Nate and Bree decide to explore their relationship further, knowing full well it could cause tension between their families who are political rivals.

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Gossip Girl: Every fall, confident high school seniors transform into nervous college freshmen. They leave their parents’ homes for the hallowed halls of education. And like any new venture, starting college holds the promise of limitless opportunity. The opportunity to conquer new territory. Or to try and be a little less lonely. But just because the opportunity presents itself doesn't mean everybody is ready to take it.

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Chuck: I have to object to you living in the dorms. Fluorescent lighting, communal showers, public schoolgirls. There's a place for that and it belongs in the back of a video store.
Blair: It's not for long. I can't rule the NYU masses from the Upper East Side. I need to spend time in the dorm to establish myself as queen.
Chuck: It's not Constance, Blair. The only queens are the ones with tickets to see Liza at Carnegie Hall.

Blair: Chuck, I trust that when you say never drink absinthe with Daniel Baldwin you know what you're talking about. But when I say the first week at college means scared, vulnerable freshmen to guide them that I know what I'm talking about.

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Dan: College is supposed a place where you're not judged by what you believe or the friends you make. You're here to make new friends. Start over. Last time I checked I think this party was pretty fun, right? Okay. So, who wants to leave with Blair? silence. Who wants to stay here and drink cheap beer with me?

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Blair: You were right about the dorms. The lighting is awful. You okay?
Chuck: I am now. [Takes Blair's hand and kisses it]

Gossip Girl-Reversals of Fortune(3x01)

Gossip Girl: Welcome back, Upper East Siders. After a long, hot summer away I see it didn't take much time for you to dirty up the clean slates I gave you. My inbox is overflowing, so let's get to the good stuff shall we? potted: Chuck Bass up to his old tricks. Poor B. I guess nothing good lasts forever.

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Chuck: I'm Chuck. Bass.

Ashley: I know. 

Chuck: I wasn't expecting to see someone like you somewhere like this so early in the day. 

Ashley: I needed a refuge. It's too hot. 

Chuck: It's never too hot. 

Ashley: Care to test that theory? 

Chuck: What if I have a girlfriend? 

Ashley: Chuck Bass doesn't do girlfriends. Where's your limo? 

Chuck: I gave my driver the day off. 

Ashley: Then I guess we'll have to find somewhere else.

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Nate: Well it's a good thing the flight attendants dimmed the cabin lights over the Atlantic. 

Bree: Well it's an even better thing that my car got a flat on the way to Heathrow and I missed the plane that I was supposed to be on. Otherwise I would have been sitting in seat 3B of an entirely different plane. Waking up with an entirely different passenger in seat 3A. 

Nate: Alright so now that we're back on our own turf do I at least get your number? Maybe your last name. 

Bree: A little mystery never hurt anyone. 

Nate: Oh really? C'mon, please. You gotta give me something to go on here. 

Bree: Okay. Ah, well we are going to the same school. 

Nate: Yeah, and Columbia's kind of a big one. Especially when you factor in graduate school. 

Bree: You caught that. See you're a better detective than you think. Well, my car is waiting. 

Nate: Oh, are you done with that. I' ll take it. sees the Buckley headline. On second thought— 

Bree: You have a problem with the Buckley's? 

Nate: Yeah, well that right-wing nut job called William van der Bilt a deviant for lobbying against DOMA. 

Bree: Maybe that's because William van der Bilt called Jeb Buckley a cokehead and a cheater. 

Nate: What, are you saying it isn't cheating if you get your congressional aide pregnant? 

Bree: You're Nate Archibald. 

Nate: And you're Bree Buckley. 

Bree: You pulled my hair during the Clinton's inaugural ball. 

Nate: Your redneck cousins tried to waterboard me at the Easter Egg hunt on the White House lawn. 

Bree: It's good to see you again. 

Nate: Yeah, take care of yourself.

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Chuck: Uh uh.

Ashley: Why not?

Chuck: It's better to wait.

Ashley: How long?

Chuck: Let's see... now.

Blair: What the hell is going on?

Chuck: Blair, I can explain.

Ashley: I'm sorry, um, I didn't know he had a girlfriend.

Chuck: Yes, you did. She did.

Blair: Shame on you, Ashley Henshaw. How could you do that? Pick up someone in a relationship? Have you no pride, no self respect?

Ashley: Okay, but I didn't know—

Blair: You may have an Abercrombie campaign and the security code to Clooney's castle in Lake Como but that doesn't give you the right to try and steal someone else's man! Now take your American Girl hair and your poreless skin and get out!

Ashley: Okay, you're crazy.

Chuck: Hey.

Blair: Hi. they kiss [?] 2 or 3 hours. I missed you.

Chuck: Let me make it up to you. Let's get out of here.

Blair: Or we could stay.

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Serena: Wait you do what? I go to Europe for three months and you turn from Jane Austen to Anais Nin. Is there anything Chuck Bass can't get you to do?

Blair: It was my idea.

Serena: No, no it wasn't.

Blair: Yes, it was. We had our honeymoon period and while other couples settle into routine we were determined to keep things interesting. So Chuck plays the cheating bastard and I play the scorned woman. I even get to choose who to humiliate. Models, tourists, Upper West Siders...

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Serena: Why won't you leave me alone Carter? You're not my boyfriend.

Carter: No, but I seem to be the only one you tell your secrets to.

Serena: Well I guess that was a mistake. 

Carter: Dropping your dress, stealing horse—all that is is a cry for attention. 

Serena: I don't need to cry for attention. I'm getting plenty on my own in case you haven't noticed. 

Carter: Yeah, plenty from everyone except the one you want it from. 

Serena: That's not true. 

Carter: He didn't want to see you Serena. 

Serena: That's not what happened. 

Carter: We spent a month chasing him down and then we found him he couldn't even meet you face to face. 

Serena: Well maybe he didn't get my message or he didn't realize who I was— 

Carter: He didn't realize who his daughter was? Serena, what if your dad didn't want to see you? Who cares? Who the hell is he not to want you? I would have stayed all summer with you. But after that you ditched me and ran again.

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Blair: Chuck, where is she?

Chuck: What are you talking about?

Blair: Do you really expect me to believe you don't have her stashed here? 

Chuck: I came back from the party because I have a headache. Didn't you get my messages? 

Blair: I must have left my phone on the table. What if we need games? What if without them we're boring? 

Chuck: We could never be boring. 

Blair: You say that, but I know you. You're Chuck Bass. 

Chuck: I'm not Chuck Bass without you. 

Blair: Running to get here all the way from Connecticut was pretty exciting. Do you know where Alexandra lives? 

Chuck: How about we stay in instead.

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Blair: Chuck, none of these girls are even worth humiliating, looking in the mirror will do that for them.

Chuck: Is everything ok? What's going on?

Blair: Nothing's going on, why?

Chuck: This is a one stop shop and you're acting like everything's last season. I thought you wanted to play.

Blair: I did! I do.

[Chuck looks at her intensely]

Blair:: I did. The summer was great. We had a lot of fun. Maybe summer's over?

Chuck:: OK. If that's what you want.

Blair:: Is that what you want?

Chuck: I want you to be happy. However, that's achieved.

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Gossip Girl-The Goodbye Gossip Girl(2x25)

Gossip Girl decides to liven things up at the Constance Billard and St. Jude's graduation by sending out a shocking and damaging email blast in the midst of the commencement ceremony, stirring Serena to come up with a plan of attack. Lily and Rufus get engaged and move in together. With Blair's blessing, Jenny becomes the new "Queen Bee". Chuck finally admits his love to Blair and the two reconcile. Nate decides to go on the backpacking trip with Vanessa, while Georgina recovers Dan's money and requests Blair for a roommate at NYU. Carter Baizen reveals to Serena where her father is. In the end, Serena is going to Brown, Blair, Dan, Vanessa, and Georgina are going to NYU, and Nate is going to Columbia.

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Gossip Girl: Not so fast. You're not graduating until I give you my diplomas. Mine are labels, and labels stick. Nate Archibald: Class whore. Dan Humphrey: The ultimate insider. Chuck Bass: Coward. Blair Waldorf: Weakling. And as for Serena van der Woodsen, after today, you are officially irrelevant. Congratulations, everyone. You deserve it.

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Blair: What do you think about my coat?

Chuck: I like it... Why?

Blair: And now?

Chuck: Even better.

Blair: And... what about my headband?

Chuck: I... admire it

Blair: And... my stocking?

Chuck: Oh, I adore them.

Blair: My dress?

Chuck: I worship it.

Blair: How do you feel about me? Say it...

Chuck: I...

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Blair: I know you told Serena you love me.

Chuck: Serena heard wrong.

Blair: Last year you told Nate, this year you told Serena. You tell everyone but me, why can't you tell me?

Blair: You can't run, you have to stay here and here it this time. Chuck Bass, I love you. I love you so much it consumes me. I love you and I know you love me too. Tell me you love me and everything we've done, all the gossip and the lies and the hurt will have been for something. Tell me it was for something.

Chuck: Maybe it was, but it's not anymore.

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Chuck: I was a coward running away again. But everywhere I went, you caught up with me. So I had to come back.

Blair: I want to believe you, but I can't. You've hurt me too many times.

Chuck: Then believe me this time.

Blair: That's it?

Chuck: [pauses] I love you, too. (they kiss)

Blair: Can you say it twice? (laughs) No, I'm serious, say it twice.

Chuck: I love you, I love you, I love you. (kissing)

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Gossip Girl-The Valley Girls(2x24)

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Blair: What's this for?

Dorota: Strength. You will need. I have good news and bad news. Which do you want?

Blair: Good news first. Always 

Dorota: There is replacement.

Blair: What are you talking about?

Dorota: It makes more sense if you pick bad news first.

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Rufus: You're unpredictable, that's for sure. When I was younger it was damn exciting. You were always surprising me.

Lily: I'm just doomed to repeat my mother's mistakes.

Rufus: Our mistakes are our's alone to make. Or correct.

Rufus: Cece's never going to change, Lil. But you still can.

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Serena: Oh! I can't believe Blair won.

Dan: Yeah. Who even voted for her?

Chuck: Me. About 150 times. I wasn't putting the Nelly Yuki ballots in, I was taking them out.

Serena: But what about what she said you did to her limo and her hotel and her corsage?

Chuck: The dress looks better without it.

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Serena: Hey! There you are. Where's the prom king?

Blair: We broke up.

Serena: What? But everything was so perfect. It was like a fairytale.

Blair: Turns out fairytale's end when they do for a reason.

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Gossip Girl: Shoulder pads may come and go, but a BFF is forever. Because even when you're not sure where you're headed, it help to know you're not going there alone. No one has all the answers. And sometimes the best we can do is just apologize. And let the past be the past. Other times, we need to look to the future. And know that even when we think we've seen it all, life can still surprise us. And we can still surprise ourselves. XOXO —Gossip Girl

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Gossip Girl-The Wrath of Con(2x23)

Blair pressures Georgina into making amends for her past bad behavior by helping her in a scheme. The rivalry between Nate and Chuck over Blair comes to a head. Lily hatches a secret plan to help Rufus with Dan's college tuition.

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Chuck: Hello?

Serena: It's as bad as we thought, maybe worse.

Chuck: How so?

Serena: Well Gabriel didn't just skip town, he took off with all the money that he got my mom and the co-op to invest and he took Poppy's money too. The entire thing was a scam.

Chuck: Well those suits never did fit right. How much did he get?

Serena: I'm not sure. I'm on my way home to tell my mom right now. When are you going to be back?

Chuck: As fast as I can given my current transportation situation.

Serena: Hey Chuck, I really am sorry for not believing you and Blair earlier. But you never did tell me how you found out he was lying about meeting me that night at Butter.

Chuck: I'll explain when I get there.

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Georgina: Hello. Sherilynn Phillips. My daddy's got a piece of the oil sands up in Alberta. A piece the size of Florida. I'm so excited to meet my first New York friend for tea tomorrow. Maybe you know her? Poppy Lifton?

Blaire: What do you think?

Chuck: I sense aspiration, yearning. Striving to be accepted. But then... there's this appealing counternote of sincerity and optimism. This is the story of a young girl who's enjoying her first taste of the spoils of dirty oil. It's perfection.

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Chuck: Listen. Blair—

Blair: No, me first. Nate's waiting for me to give him an answer.

Chuck: I heard.

Blair: But you want to know what's stopping me. I can't answer his question while I'm waiting for you to answer mine. The one I asked you forever ago. What are we Chuck?

Chuck: Blair—

Blair: Last fall you said we couldn't be together. And I believed you. But every time I try to move on you're right there, acting like—

Chuck: Acting like what?

Blair: Like... maybe you just want me to be as unhappy as you are.

Chuck: I would never wish that on anyone. I want you to be happy. 

Blair: Then look down deep, into the soul I know you have, and tell me if what you feel for me is real. Or if it's just a game. If it's real, we'll figure it out. All of us. But if it's not... then please Chuck. Just let me go.

Chuck: It's just a game. I hate to lose. You're free to go.

Blair: Thank you

Serena: Chuck why did you just do that?

Chuck: Because I love her. I can't make her happy

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Gossip Girl: Until you're locked in a prison of your own making. Smile for the camera S. XOXO —Gossip Girl.

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Gossip Girl-Southern Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(2x22)

Georgina Sparks returns to the Upper East Side after undergoing a major transformation. Chuck and Nate find themselves at a major crossroads in their relationship as it pertains to their mutual interest in Blair. Serena finds her relationship with Gabriel growing more complicated.

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Blair: NYU? What was I thinking? You know how I feel about ironic facial hair.

Nate: Well you were thinking a) you're lucky to get into a school at all. And b) you're super lucky because where you got in happens to be in the same city as your fantastic boyfriend.

Blair: That's true.

Nate: I've been coming down here for years and I'm going to teach you everything you need to know. The best latté, the best slice, the best pot dealer. But first. The most important lesson of all: how to ride the subway.

Blair: Nate! You're sweet. But obviously you've inhaled too much patchouli. There's no way I'm going down there. It's full of mole men and middle-class professionals.

Nate: Well you have to learn. How else are you going to visit me at Columbia.

Blair: Why do you think God gave us car service.

Nate: Our schools are at opposite poles of Manhattan. I mean the traffic could take hours. The subway's definitely the quickest way.

Blair: Please don't ask this of me.

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Chuck: Well. You suck more than usual today.

Nate: I'm a little distracted. Things with— 

Chuck: It's okay. You can say her name.

Nate: Blair. I feel a little weird talking about it with you.

Chuck: Nathaniel she's your girlfriend. If you want to be friends like we were it's just part of the deal.

Nate: So it's okay to just talk about her guy-to-guy like we used?

Chuck: Well I was there for the last week, wasn't I?

Chuck: Archibald, let's face it. You won, I lost. You have nothing to worry about with me. I'm out of that game.

Nate: Well I certainly don't have to worry about your weak ass jump anyway.

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Chuck: Blair. I see you're wearing your beret. Who are we spying on tonight?

Blair: Serena's shady Southerner.

Chuck: Well I can't say he does much for me either. Why the intrigue? Don't tell me. Not enough drama in domestic bliss with Nate. You know when people step outside their relationship for a thrill it's usually not alone and in the dark.

Blair: I happen to be worried about my best friend. Serena said Gabriel just disappears—poof!Well I'm going to find out where he's poofing to. And besides, it's good for couples to have different interests. Sh! 

Chuck: This feels eerily familiar.

Blair: Shut up! Look. Poppy?

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Blair: So what do you say Bass? One last mission?

Chuck: By any chance do you have Poppy Lifton's phone number?

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Blair: Serena didn't believe us.

Nate: You mean she didn't just dump her boyfriend because you two told her to? What's wrong with her?

Blair: Come with us.

Nate: No. I'm not going, neither should you. It's just Chuck playing games.

Blair: No, I don't think it is. And if you don't want to come with us, please, just let me go. I need you to trust me.

Chuck: The limo's waiting.

Nate: You're right. I need to trust you and I do. So... go

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Blair: I can't believe I have to see my sworn enemy with Nancy Pelosi hair.

Chuck: Now that you mention it, maybe it's best if I go in alone.

Blair: What?

Chuck: You just said it: you're enemies. Why would she help you?

Blair: Because I'm going to threaten to send her back to boot camp if she doesn't.

Chuck: Blair, Georgina and I go way back. We have a special bond. I can handle this one.

Blair: You didn't even need me here. You just wanted to get me alone. Away from Nate. Away from our first night in our apartment.

Chuck: And his motives were pure of course. I'm sure it's a simple coincidence that he asked you to move in right when you and I began speaking again.

Blair: He asked me so I wouldn't have to take the subway next year.

Chuck: That's maybe why he got the lease on the place. But asking you to move in was for my benefit. Ask him yourself. Or you could just trust him. The fact remains: you chose to spend the night in a car over a night in your honeymoon suite with Nate. But then again we all know your weakness for limos.

Blair: I came here for my best friend.

Chuck: Is that the only reason?

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Gossip Girl-Seder Anything (2x21)

Serena returns from her trip to Spain with Poppy and Gabriel. Blair makes a secret deal with Nate's grandfather, William, and Nate learns some disturbing information about his father's arrest. Dan takes a job as a cater-waiter to earn money for college, but is distressed when he discovers the gig is a Passover Seder at the Waldorf penthouse and several of his friends and family are guests.

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Eleanor to Dan: Could you please make yourself a little more presentable?

Rufus: That was sort of rude.

Dan: Yeah, you know what? I'm gonna just sorta go with it.

Rufus: Atta boy.

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Nate: When Trip asked me to be the best man in his wedding I was a little bit surprised, to say the least. But I guess Grandfather told him to choose me and that was that. Well we all know how important family is to William van der Bilt. But what we don't know are the many secret ways he helps us all out. For instance, today I discovered he was the one who had my father investigated by the authorities. And if he cares so much about family then why did he destroy mine? So I guess the lesson here, Trip old buddy, is watch your back. To family!

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Chuck: What a shock. The girl from Brooklyn is a renter.

Jenny: Don't you have a guest to attend to?

Chuck: It appears I already did. A year ago. Probably should have noticed in the elevator. How many women could put their legs behind their—

Wes: Hey. Um, you wanna go for a walk?

Jenny: Okay. Sure. I'll just meet you at the elevator. to Chuck: You know just because you're bored with your own life doesn't mean you have to make everyone around you miserable.

Chuck: For your information, you don't live here yet.

Jenny: Please. After what you did at the Kiss On the Lips party last year. Like I would ever live in the same house as you. You know, you're lucky I didn't tell my dad. Because if I did he'd make Lily choose. Us or you. And I wonder who she'd pick.

Chuck: You really think I care if Lily kicks me out?

Jenny: Yeah I do. Because you lost Blair and now she's dating your best friend. So therefore the only human contact that you have that you don't pay for is the people in this house. Knowing you, you'd screw that up too.

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Chuck: Blair is changing.

Nate: How do you mean?

Chuck: She could have had me. But she chose you. Now she just needs someone to believe in her.

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Chuck to Jenny: I never apologized for what happened last year. I deeply regret my actions of that night. If you ever do move in here I'll make sure I'm not around.

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Gossip Girl-Remains of the J (2x20)

Serena decides to throw Jenny an intimate party for her sixteenth birthday, but things get way out of control when Serena turns the small gathering into a party. Jenny is angry and writes a post to Gossip Girl, turning the party into a huge social event. In a moment of weakness, Vanessa agrees to help Chuck with a scheme having to do with Blair and Nate. Rufus learns that Dan will not receive financial aid at Yale and tries to figure out another way to cover the cost of his education.

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Dan: What does Chuck Bass do at 8am? It's not like you work out.

Chuck: I do my cardio in the evenings. Morning is for business. For which I'm late. So if you'll excuse me.

Eric: Does this feel like a sitcom to anybody else?

Dan: Feels like a reality show.

Chuck: Good. So I can vote you off.

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Blair: Nate and I have— had—plenty of spark. Better than that. Fireworks.

Chuck: That was us.

Blair: Chuck. Don't act like I didn't fight for you. I did. Hard. For a long time. So please, forgive me if now that we're over I'm exhausted.

Chuck: So why are you with Nate? Because it's easy?

Blair: I'm not "with" Nate. But if I was, what's wrong with easy? Maybe it's easy because it's right.

Chuck: Oh really. Is that why Nate is so reluctant to break things off with Vanessa. You do know they're still dating, right?

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Gossip Girl: Uh oh. Looks like someone's up to their old tricks. And just in time too. Cuidado, España. Here comes el problema.

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Gossip Girl: Mistakes. We all make them. They usually start with the best of intentions. Like keeping a secret to protect someone. Or getting some distance from the person you've become. Sometimes we don't even know what mistakes we've made to get us where we are. Or we figure it out just in time to make it right again. But every mistake happens for a reason. To teach you a lesson you would otherwise never learn.

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Chuck: You're going to leave without saying goodbye. I knew you were more like me than you were letting on.

Vanessa: Chuck, it's morning now. As in cold light of. As in let's pretend last night didn't happen. We can just as easily pretend this didn't happen too.

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Gossip Girl-The Grandfather (2x19)

Devastated by the recent plot twist in her life, Blair turns her back on her predictable Waldorf existence in favor of a more wild and unpredictable lifestyle, causing Serena and Chuck to have serious concerns about their friend. Vanessa convinces Nate that it may be time to forgive and forget when it comes to his mother's Kennedyesque family, The van der Bilts, who abandoned Nate and his mother when they needed them most. In a misguided effort to be completely honest with each other, Lily and Rufus agree to share lists of their past lovers.

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Chuck: I would have come here earlier. I stopped to pick up something.

Blair: How thoughtful.

Chuck: Serena thinks you're in some kind of trouble. Seems to me your only problem is having a party all by your lonesome.

Carter: Except she's not alone.

Chuck: What are you doing with this insect?

Blair: Having the time of my life. Thank you very much.

Chuck: Well as much as I enjoy bursting your bubble, he's just using you to get at me. Ask him about his role as a kidnapper for a certain secret gentleman's club. I should know, I had him expelled.

Carter: Oh please. All I did is bring that girl to a waiting pile of cash. Which I understand she gladly took before leaving town. Without you. 

Chuck: Blair. This guy—

Blair: What? Dishonest? Bad news? He can't be any worse than you.

Chuck: I'm the one trying to help you!

Blair: Help me? Is that what you were doing at your little gentleman's club while my life was going up in flames? I'd rather take Carter's help.

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Serena: Hey. We have a problem.

Chuck: Let me guess. Carter Baizen. As usual you're a step behind.

Serena: He's encouraging the worst in her.

Chuck: True. Unfortunately my PI has yet to dig up an unpaid creditor or a jealous husband that would clear Baizen out.

Serena: Tell him you want to see him.

Chuck: Why? What do you have?

Serena: Just do it.

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Carter: I'm surprised. You waved the white flag so soon. He drains his drink. Goes down almost as easy as you did.

Chuck: So it was all just a game?

Carter: Initially, yes. Though I have to admit Blair surprised me. That girl certainly knows how to let loose. Victory never tasted so sweet. Speaking of which, do you mind if I take this? Blair's meeting me at a party and it's not the kind of place she should be left alone.

Serena: Actually I don't think you're going to be making that.

Carter: What's this? Good cop, Bass cop?

Serena: Blair needs to regroup so you need to bid adieu.

Carter: Dubai again. Nice try but I'm having too much fun. Nothing's going to get me to leave town. 

Serena: What about Santorini? You think Blair will want to hear about that? The Greek guy Spiros? The Greek police. I still have all their phone numbers from when they questioned me. 

Carter: You wouldn't.

Serena: I would. But I won't if you leave town now. Alone.

Carter: There are a few things I could hold over your head from that trip. But consider us even. If the two of you think that getting rid of me is going to magically change back your friend, think again. I'm just a symptom of the disease. Not the cause.

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Society Matron: Blair Waldorf. How are you, dear? I heard you rejected The Colony Club. Too stuffy for my tastes as well.

Blair: That's because your tastes include sleeping with your driver and popping prescription mends.

Serena: Okay. Not good.

Blair: Not good. Like Dan having sex with Rachel Carr in the costume closet during the school play not good. By the end of tonight the old Blair will be dead and buried with no chance for a resurrection. Hey! You! Garçon with the bubble butt. Arrête.

Serena: Well. That was...

Chuck: Go find Dan. I'll make sure this social eulogy doesn't get out of hand.

Serena: Thanks Chuck.

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Chuck: What are you doing? Trying to destroy the old you? Burn every bridge? It won't help. Believe me, I've tried.

Blair: Well maybe I should head up to the roof, make it a little more dramatic.

Chuck: This isn't you.

Blair: How would you know?

Chuck: Because I know you better than I know myself.

Blair: Oh. Right. You can see right through me. Can't you, Chuck? Right to my core. Do you remember the first time you saw the real me? The Blair that danced for you that night at Victrola? The Blair with none of the hangups, none of the frustrations. That's the Blair right here. Take me now.

Chuck: Why?

Blair: To prove that nothing matters.

Chuck: No. This isn't you. It's not the Blair I want.

Blair: That's right. And I never will be again.

Gossip Girl: The danger with calling someone's bluff is that even if you win—

Blair: Goodbye Chuck.

Gossip Girl: —you risk them walking away from the table for good. And who wants to play with themselves?

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Serena: Chuck. No reaction. Okay, fine. Have fun drinking by yourself. She turns to leave.

Chuck: I'm losing her.

Serena: Well then fight for her. She did for you.

Chuck: I tried. And failed.

Serena: Well then try again, Chuck. Her plan didn't work out for her and she doesn't know what's going to happen next. If you want to be back in her life make her feel safe. You know what to say.

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Dorota: I told doorman, no visitors. Mr. Chuck. It's late.

Chuck: I just need a moment of her time.

Dorota: Miss Blair asleep. I'm sorry.

Chuck: Can you tell her that I stopped by and that I have something I need to tell her?

Dorota: I will. In morning.

discovering that your best friend just won over the girl you love

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Gossip Girl-The Age of Dissonance (2x18)

The seniors put on a production of The Age of Innocence and find their personal lives mirroring the play. Serena develops a crush on the play's director, Julian, and enlists Vanessa's knowledge of theater to help her get his attention. Blair receives devastating news about her future that leads her on a witch-hunt for the person responsible. Dan and Rachel agree to stay away from each other in the aftermath of being discovered as more than teacher and student, but find it impossible to keep that promise. Chuck enlists help from an unlikely source, his nemesis Carter Baizen.

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Blair: Airing my dirty laundry to Yale and sending the Lord Marcus Gossip Girl blast makes you officially my enemy number one.

Vanessa: I don't know what you're talking about, Blair. Honestly.

Blair: And what are you doing with her? We hate her.

Serena: I don't hate her. She's my friend. And you just need to calm down.

Blair: Calm down? Serena. She got me axed from Yale. You're seriously taking her side. Fine. But a word of advice: she will be destroyed and you don't want to become collateral damage.

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Nate: You want feelings? Well I- , I hate these clothes. I hate this play. And I hate pretentious ass hats who try and steal other people's girlfriends. In fact I might just spontaneously punch one the next time you get in my face.

Blair: I know just how Mr. Beaufort feels. Working so hard for something and losing it. Because people are out to destroy you.

Serena: Well Countess, at least you don't have to go through your whole life worried your best friend will humiliate and betray you.

Nelly: I hate this fat suit!

Nate: Oh and there's one other thing. My whole family lost all of our money before my father went to jail for embezzlement. So I think I know more about humiliation and bankruptcy—

Dan: Beau—

Nate: —than some lame dilettante director. Okay?

Stage Director: Oh. My. God.

Dan: Why don't we retire to the parlor for some port? With Mr. and Mrs. van der Luydens.

Nate: I don't give a damn about the van der Luydens, Humphrey.

Dan: Alright.

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Rachel: That was some performance.

Dan: It's nothing compared to yours.

Rachel: What do you mean?

Dan: You called Yale, sent the blast into Gossip Girl to get revenge on Blair? I believed in you. All your talk about integrity and ideals.

Rachel: My ideals? Blair spread false rumors, blackmailed the school, turned my job into a sham with no repercussions.

Dan: You're just as bad as she is. No, you're worse. Blair's a high school-er You're an adult. You need to fix things with Blair.

Rachel: Absolutely not.

Dan: You know how you felt when your ideals were crushed? Well congratulations, you've crushed mine.

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Gossip Girl: In life as in art, some endings are bittersweet. Especially when it comes to love. Sometimes fate throws two lovers together, only to rip them apart.

Dorota: Miss Blair is out, Mr. Chuck.

Chuck: I'll wait.

Gossip Girl: Sometimes the hero finally makes the right choice. But the timing is all wrong. And, as they say, timing is everything.

Carter: Hello Beautiful.

Blair: Carter. What are you doing here?

Carter: Buying you a drink.

Gossip Girl: Looks like this story might just have a second act. Let's hope it's not a tragedy. XOXO —Gossip Girl.

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