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The Best Episodes of Gossip Girl

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Gossip Girl Season 6 Episode 10 - New York, I Love You XOXO
    9.0/10(2436 votes)

    #1 - New York, I Love You XOXO

    S6:E10

    In a fashionable farewell to remember, our favorite Upper East Siders join forces for one last soiree, and the shocking identity of Gossip Girl is finally revealed.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Stephanie Savage

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  2. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 25 - The Goodbye Gossip Girl
    8.5/10(1354 votes)

    #2 - The Goodbye Gossip Girl

    S2:E25

    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. The Mean Girls challenge Jenny to throw her hat in the ring to succeed Blair as Queen Bee next year. Lily and Rufus struggle to repair their relationship after Lily's betrayal. As for the cliffhangers, Blair and Chuck finally... and Serena is shocked by... and Georgina decides to... and Dan, Nate, and Vanessa unknowingly.... Jenny and Eric do something they might end up regretting.

    Director:Norman Buckley
    Writer:Joshua Safran

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  3. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 13 - O Brother, Where Bart Thou?
    8.4/10(1244 votes)

    #3 - O Brother, Where Bart Thou?

    S2:E13

    The entire Upper East Side of Manhattan is rocked when Bart Bass dies suddenly in a limo accident. Serena and Eric take the news very calmly while Lily has a troubling time despite her mother, Cece's, awkward attempts to comfort her. Chuck begins to blame Lily for his father's death and threatens to reveal a secret that Bart found on her before his accident. Meanwhile, Blair's mother, Eleanor, prepares for her latest marriage to Aaron's father Cyrus.

    Director:Joe Lazarov
    Writer:Stephanie Savage

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  4. Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 22 - Last Tango, Then Paris
    8.3/10(935 votes)

    #4 - Last Tango, Then Paris

    S3:E22

    Blair must decide whether to meet Chuck at the top of the Empire State Building or risk losing their future together. A Gossip Girl gossip bomb involving Dan explodes Serena and Nate's relationship. Dorota and Vanya welcome their baby. Jenny hits rock bottom. Georgina returns to the Upper East Side...and she has an agenda.

    Director:J. Miller Tobin
    Writers:Joshua Safran, Stephanie Savage

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  5. Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 2 - Double Identity
    8.3/10(959 votes)

    #5 - Double Identity

    S4:E2

    Living out a real-life fairytale in Paris, Blair is pursued by a handsome young man, Louis, who she suspects is a member of Monaco's royal family. A very concerned Lily asks Serena to help her find Chuck, who hasn't been heard from or seen in months. Meanwhile, Chuck Bass is as we've never seen him before, adjusting to a fresh start in Paris with a mysterious new woman, Eva, at his side. Juliet offers to help Nate win Serena back, suggesting that reigniting Dan and Vanessa's romance may just be the trick to remove Dan from the Dan-Serena-Nate love triangle.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writers:Joshua Safran, Sara Goodman

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  6. Gossip Girl Season 5 Episode 13 - G.G.
    8.3/10(902 votes)

    #6 - G.G.

    S5:E13

    The much-anticipated 100th episode will open with a musical dream sequence featuring Serena, Blair and all the men in their lives. Also, while Chuck wrestles with the reality that Blair is about to walk down the aisle with Prince Louis, the return of Georgina Sparks might make the royal affair a royal disaster.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Joshua Safran

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  7. Gossip Girl Season 1 Episode 17 - Woman on the Verge
    8.1/10(1248 votes)

    #7 - Woman on the Verge

    S1:E17

    After Georgina reveals the true reason Serena left Manhattan, Serena goes back into her old habits. Her friends Blair, Nate, and Chuck, in order to help her, have to put their differences aside. Meanwhile, Rufus is excited when his band is invited to perform at a Rolling Stone-sponsored concert, but Lily is the last person on earth he expects to see at the performance, especially since her wedding rehearsal dinner is the same night.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Joshua Safran

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  8. Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 11 - The Townie
    8.1/10(827 votes)

    #8 - The Townie

    S4:E11

    Blair and Dan join forces to find Juliet. Serena expounds her boarding school experiences to her therapist and discovers the truth behind Juliet's vendetta against her. Meanwhile Chuck suspects Lily has not told him the full truth.

    Director:Joe Lazarov
    Writers:Amanda Lasher, Stephanie Savage

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  9. Gossip Girl Season 1 Episode 7 - Victor, Victrola
    8.0/10(1589 votes)

    #9 - Victor, Victrola

    S1:E7

    Serena and Dan finally accept that they are crazy about each other, despite that they come from polar opposite worlds. Chuck thinks of investing in a club trying to make his father Bart Bass proud of him. Nate confronts his father, about the drugs he found in his house but he denies having a problem. Jenny discovers a secret that her parents have been keeping from her. Finally, Blair is devastated by Nate's actions when Jenny reveals that Nate kissed her by accident thinking she was Serena.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:K.J. Steinberg

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  10. Gossip Girl Season 1 Episode 16 - All About My Brother
    8.0/10(1277 votes)

    #10 - All About My Brother

    S1:E16

    Georgina informs Serena that she can reveal a deep dark secret from Serena's past, but no one is prepared for what Georgina does next. Blair and Jenny's power struggle continues when each of them start spreading scandalous rumors about each other on Gossip Girl. Dan sees Jenny's new beau, Asher, cheating on her, but Jenny won't listen to him. Rufus goes to Lily for advice on how to handle Jenny's new behavior. Serena tries to confront Georgina, but she leaves before Serena has a chance. After this, Serena says that she and Georgina are not friends.

    Director:Janice Cooke
    Writer:Paul Sciarrotta

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  11. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 8 - Pret-a-Poor J
    8.0/10(1113 votes)

    #11 - Pret-a-Poor J

    S2:E8

    Jenny has a new young model friend, named Agnes, who encourages Jenny to explore her wild side, and also to confront Eleanor Waldorf who is planning to steal Jenny's designs in order to pass them off as her own. Meanwhile, Serena and Dan attend Rufus' latest art opening as friends, but then Serena meets an artist, named Aaron Rose, and the evening gets a little uncomfortable for Dan. Elsewhere, Blair attempts to seduce Chuck, but he proves to be tougher than she ever imagined. Also, Jenny begins to have a mutual feelings with Nate as he's staying with her, Dan, and Rufus while searching for a place to live.

    Director:Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Writer:Amanda Lasher

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  12. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 24 - Valley Girls
    8.0/10(1188 votes)

    #12 - Valley Girls

    S2:E24

    In a flashback to the 80s, 17-year-old Lily Rhodes gets kicked out of boarding school and runs away to Los Angeles, reconnecting with her parents, Rick and Cece, and sister, Carol. Back in present day, Blair and Nate attend prom together, but the evening doesn't turn out exactly as planned and Chuck and Serena have a little something to do with that. Serena and Lily don't see eye-to-eye over Serena's recent run-in with the law.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writers:Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage

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  13. Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 22 - The Wrong Goodbye
    8.0/10(865 votes)

    #13 - The Wrong Goodbye

    S4:E22

    The episode continues from the early events of the Constance Alumni event. Georgina Sparks turns up at the event looking for trouble. Serena and Vanessa reluctantly join forces to find Dan and Charlie, who does not take Dan's rejection of her well. Blair must make a choice between the men in her life when her life is in danger by Russell.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Joshua Safran

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  14. Gossip Girl Season 5 Episode 10 - Riding in Town Cars with Boys
    8.0/10(778 votes)

    #14 - Riding in Town Cars with Boys

    S5:E10

    Lily throws Charlie a party to officially introduce her to New York society. Meanwhile, Charlie's ex-boyfriend, Max, throws a wrench into Charlie's future as an Upper East Side princess. Dan decides it may be time to tell Blair the truth about his feelings for her.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writer:Amanda Lasher

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  15. Gossip Girl Season 6 Episode 9 - The Revengers
    8.0/10(763 votes)

    #15 - The Revengers

    S6:E9

    After a run-in with an increasingly paranoid Bart, Blair grows alarmingly concerned for Chuck's safety. However, feeling confident that his father will never hurt him, Chuck makes a deal that could change his life. Wanting to make things better for Chuck, Blair devises a plan with the help of Serena, Georgina and Sage to try and get what they need out of Bart. Meanwhile, Nate's financial dilemma finally lands him in a place that he never thought he would be.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writers:Sara Goodman, Natalie Krinsky

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  16. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 1 - Summer Kind of Wonderful
    7.9/10(1404 votes)

    #16 - Summer Kind of Wonderful

    S2:E1

    As the summer draws to a close in the Hamptons, Serena and Nate have everyone fooled into thinking they are a couple to cover up the fact that Nate has been hooking up with a married, older woman. Blair returns from abroad with a hot guy on her arm, making a very jealous Chuck question his decision to leave Blair stranded at the heliport. Dan has spent the summer assisting a famous author. While interning for Eleanor Waldorf's company, Jenny sneaks an invite to a much-coveted Hamptons' White Party at which Eric introduces her to socialite Tinsley Mortimer.

    Director:J. Miller Tobin
    Writer:Joshua Safran

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  17. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 7 - Chuck in Real Life
    7.9/10(1058 votes)

    #17 - Chuck in Real Life

    S2:E7

    Vanessa uses the scandalous picture of Catherine and Marcus to blackmail Blair into being a nicer person, so Blair seeks revenge by enticing Chuck to seduce Vanessa. Lily and Bart throw an extravagant housewarming party and expect their children to make them proud in front of the attending press, but a rebellious Serena isn't ready to play by their rules. Meanwhile, Dan and Jenny discover a big secret that Nate has been keeping from his friends.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Lenn K. Rosenfeld

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  18. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 9 - There Might be Blood
    7.9/10(1034 votes)

    #18 - There Might be Blood

    S2:E9

    Serena invites Aaron to a charity event, but soon uncovers a secret Aaron has been keeping from her. Thinking it will help her get into Yale, Blair agrees to babysit the 15-year-old daughter of a Yale donor, but her plan quickly backfires. Meanwhile, Jenny and Agnes plan a fashion show.

    Director:Michael Fields
    Writers:Etan Frankel, John Stephens

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  19. Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 23 - The Wrath of Con
    7.9/10(945 votes)

    #19 - The Wrath of Con

    S2:E23

    Blair puts pressure on Georgina to making amends for her past bad behavior by helping her in an evil plan. The rivalry between Nate and Chuck over Blair reaches a boiling point. Lily makes a secret plan to help Rufus with Dan's college tuition.

    Director:Janice Cooke
    Writer:Sara Goodman

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  20. Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 12 - The Debarted
    7.9/10(891 votes)

    #20 - The Debarted

    S3:E12

    On the anniversary of Bart Bass' death, Chuck wrestles with an issue from the past and a serious car accident rocks the Upper East Side. Dan and Vanessa attempt to navigate their newly complicated friendship. When Jenny is accused of beating up one of her classmates, Eric is faced with a tough dilemma.

    Director:Jason Ensler
    Writer:Stephanie Savage

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  21. Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 9 - The Witches of Bushwick
    7.9/10(801 votes)

    #21 - The Witches of Bushwick

    S4:E9

    Chuck hosts a "Saints and Sinners" masquerade party at the Empire Hotel. At the party, Dan and Nate don't know what to make of Serena's strange behavior and mixed messages. Blair sets her sights on becoming the new face of Anne Archibald's foundation for girls, but Anne is concerned that Blair's friendship with Chuck Bass may be problematic.

    Director:Ron Fortunato
    Writer:Sara Goodman

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  22. Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 10 - Gaslit
    7.9/10(744 votes)

    #22 - Gaslit

    S4:E10

    Chuck, Serena, Blair, Dan, Jenny and Eric find themselves faced with a crisis when a member of one of their families is hospitalized. Meanwhile, Nate attempts to help his parents, The Captain and Anne, put their complicated past behind them and reconcile.

    Director:Tate Donovan
    Writers:Joshua Safran, Robert Hull

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  23. Gossip Girl Season 5 Episode 22 - Raiders of the Lost Art
    7.9/10(692 votes)

    #23 - Raiders of the Lost Art

    S5:E22

    Chuck, Nate, Blair, Serena and Lola team up to uncover what they think is an explosive secret between Diana and Jack. Meanwhile, Dan is offered a prestigious fellowship in Rome for the summer.

    Director:Bart Wenrich
    Writer:Jake Coburn

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  24. Gossip Girl Season 1 Episode 10 - Hi, Society
    7.8/10(1361 votes)

    #24 - Hi, Society

    S1:E10

    Serena's grandmother announces that Serena has to go to Debutante Ball. However, Dan is not what CeCe wants as an escort for Serena, and she makes her opinion heard loud and clear, causing a rift between Serena and Dan. Although they are officially broken up, Nate asks Blair to go to the ball with him. A jealous Nate begins to suspect that Blair is seeing someone else. Jenny finds herself having to make the decision of either attending her mother's art opening or following her dreams to the Debutante Ball, even though her parents don't want her to go.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris
    Writer:Joshua Safran

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  25. Gossip Girl Season 1 Episode 13 - The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate
    7.8/10(1246 votes)

    #25 - The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate

    S1:E13

    Gossip Girl reports that Serena van der Woodsen was seen buying pregnancy tests. Of course, on the Upper East Side, the truth is often even juicier and more scandalous than the gossip. Nate finds out about Blair and Chuck's affair. And when everyone else finds out what happened Blair's life comes crashing down. Meanwhile, Dan struggles to tell Serena those three special words.

    Director:Norman Buckley
    Writer:Felicia D. Henderson

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Best Episodes Summary

"New York, I Love You XOXO" is the best rated episode of "Gossip Girl". It scored 9/10 based on 2436 votes. Directed by Mark Piznarski and written by Stephanie Savage, it aired on 12/17/2012. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Goodbye Gossip Girl".