First Aired: Oct. 10, 2007 on The CW

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Season 1 » Episode #04 - Bad News Blair

Gossip Girl - 01x04 Bad News Blair
Summary: Blair is estatic when her mother chooses her to be the face of her clothing line. However, her joy is short-lived when Serena once again moves into the spotlight. Meanwhile, Serena and Dan deal with being from two very different worlds. Elsewhere, Nate and Chuck head out on a boys' weekend out after Ivy Week.

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Guest Stars:

Photographer played by Peter O'Brien (II)
Laurel played by Michelle Hurd
Bex played by Jill Flint
Boy played by Chase Coleman (II)
High Stakes Poker Dealer played by Jeff Mantel
Player played by Gerardo Rodriguez
Ticket Clerk played by Jaron Vesely
Doorman played by Lucas Van Engen

Episode Quotes

Blair Waldorf: Oh God, forgot what it was like to be with you. [Serena and Blair pass two guys looking at them]
Serena van der Woodsen: No they were looking at both of us.
Blair Waldorf: Don't insult me. It's been like this all morning starting with your lovely visit with my mother. She didn't even call me to tell me I was coming home.
Serena van der Woodsen: Well she was busy, she was rushing to get home and everything, because she wanted to see you.
Blair Waldorf: She didn't even wake me up.
Serena van der Woodsen: Well you know how Eleanor feels about beauty rest.
Blair Waldorf: She likes you more than me.
Serena van der Woodsen: She does not you're her daughter. She doesn't like anyone more than you she just, I dunno doesn't know how to show it sometimes.
Blair Waldorf: Okay, I'm going inside. Wait for me I'll be right back.
Photographer: [after seing Blair's photoshoot] How's the client going to like the dress if the model doesn't even like herself?
Rufus Humphrey: [surprised to see Lily] It's been almost 20 years.
Lily van der Woodsen: And you still don't know women.
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Trivia

  • The only time during the series actor Ed Westwick speaks close to his native accent is in S1E4 during The Lost Weekend pub crawl. When Chuck tells the guys "Remember, don't stick your shillelagh in the wrong pot o' gold".
  • This is the first time that Blair has a dream in which she is a character that was played by Audrey Hepburn in a movie. The second time was in _"Gossip Girl: The Blair Bitch Project (#1.14)"_. The third time was in _"Gossip Girl: New Haven Can Wait (#2.6)"_. The fourth time was in "Gossip Girl" (2007) {Seder Anything (#2.21)}.
  • Margaret Colin now takes over from Florencia Lozano as Eleanor Waldorf.
  • Although credited, Taylor Momsen (Jenny) does not appear in this episode.