7.4/10884 votes#1 - Reversals of Fortune
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2009
As summer draws to an end, Blair and Chuck continue to adjust to being in a relationship with one another. Serena returns from Europe with new secrets to hide and a new relationship with Carter Baizen. Nate also returns from vacationing and brings home a mysterious girl, Bree Buckley. Meanwhile, Rufus, Dan and Jenny spend the summer in the Hamptons and learn to adjust to the van der Woodsen's glamorous lifestyle
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Joshua Safran
7.5/10767 votes#2 - The Freshmen
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2009
Blair, determined to have her Queen status at college, starts her first day at NYU along with Dan and Vanessa. However, Georgina, who was assigned as Blair's roommate, sets out to ensure that she does not retain her title. Serena gets ready to move into her dorm at Brown, but has a fight with Chuck before hand. This leads her to search out Chuck's enemy, Carter, to help her get even with him. Meanwhile, Nate and Bree's relationship continues to grow despite the tension their relationship could cause between their families.
Director: Norman Buckley
Writer: Amanda Lasher
7.6/10770 votes#3 - The Lost Boy
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2009
Blair and Chuck face-off when the both set their sights on an item up for bid at Sotheby's. Serena begins to think that Carter may have returned to his old habits, Georgina becomes interested in Dan, and Vanessa thinks that something is wrong with Scott.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Robby Hull
7.7/10800 votes#4 - Dan De Fleurette
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2009
During the first day of school at Constance Billard, Jenny takes her place as the new Queen Bee. However, Blair gets in her way. Lily returns home to find that things are not as they were when she left them with Rufus. At NYU, Olivia Burke, an actress, enrolls and is assigned to be Vanessa's roommate.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: John Stephens
7.7/10754 votes#5 - Rufus Getting Married
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2009
Lily and Rufus decide to move up their wedding to the next day, but will someone or something come between them before they become man and wife? Chuck discovers a secret that Carter has been keeping from Serena. Dan and Vanessa are pulled into one of Georgina’s schemes. Blair is suspect of Bree and shares her concerns with Nate.
Director: Ron Fortunato
Writer: Leila Gerstein
7.6/10755 votes#6 - Enough About Eve
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2009
Vanessa, hoping to finally win her mother Gabriela’s approval, desperately vies with Blair for the honor of delivering the freshman toast at NYU, but at what price? Dan invites Olivia to meet Rufus and Lily, which leads to all sorts of problems for the new couple. Serena and Nate team up to help Carter Baizen.
Director: John Stephens
Writer: Jake Coburn
7.5/10716 votes#7 - How to Succeed in Bassness
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2009
In need of publicity for his new hotel, Chuck decides to move up his club’s opening and enlists Serena’s help to get the word out to her celebrity clients. Feeling left out of the planning, Blair attempts to win Chuck’s approval by secretly helping him with a problem concerning opening night. Dan is unnerved when he finally watches one of Olivia’s infamous sex scenes with co-star and real-life boyfriend at the time, Patrick Robinson. Jenny is forced to choose between her relationship with Eric and her new role as Queen Bee. Rufus gets Lily into the Halloween spirit.
Director: Joe Lazarov
Writer: Sara Goodman
7.5/10704 votes#8 - The Grandfather: Part II
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2009
Olivia says something she regrets during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s talkshow and tries to keep Dan from finding out. With election day around the corner, Nate suspects his grandfather will stop at nothing to get Trip elected to congress. In the midst of another feud with Serena, Blair befriends a new “it” girl and takes her to an election night party at Chuck’s hotel, hoping to make Serena jealous.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Lenn K. Rosenfeld
7.6/10757 votes#9 - They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2009
Jenny wants to be the Queen Bee of not only Constance but of all the Upper East Side, as she lands the hottest escort for the Cotillion. Meanwhile Dan and Vanessa try to convince Olivia to stay in NY by showing her the "true college experience". Leighton Meester's new single "Somebody to Love" is featured in the episode, along with performance from Plastiscines.
Director: Alison Maclean
Writer: Amanda Lasher
7.5/10758 votes#10 - The Last Days of Disco Stick
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2009
Hoping to impress the elitist theater kids at NYU, Blair sets her sights on landing a private concert with the hottest musical performer of the year, Lady Gaga. Dan and Olivia sign up to write and star in a school play, based on an idea by Blair and directed by Vanessa. With Blair out of the picture, Serena turns to Nate to help her get through a difficult situation. As a favor to Chuck, Jenny agrees to hang out with Damien, the son of an ambassador who is staying at Chuck's hotel, but the experience proves to be a lot more intriguing than she expected.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Leila Gerstein
7.8/10768 votes#11 - The Treasure of Serena Madre
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2009
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving on the Upper East Side if there wasn’t a serving or two of some major drama for the holiday. Blair suspects her mom has been keeping a big secret from her, but it turns out to be something else entirely. Vanessa is supposed to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, but has a fight with her mom and shows up on Dan’s doorstep. Rufus learns that Lily has been lying to him about her mother, Cece. Chuck tells Nate that he has some potentially damaging information about one of their friends. Jenny learns that Eric was behind her very public embarrassment at Cotillion and can’t pass up a chance to get even. Serena is put in a very awkward position when her mother invites Trip and Maureen to join them for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Joshua Safran, Robby Hull
7.9/10783 votes#12 - The Debarted
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/2009
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
7.3/10702 votes#13 - The Hurt Locket
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/8/2010
Nate and Serena decide to explore the boundaries of their friendship. Blair suspects that Chuck is having problems forgetting about the woman he saw at his father’s grave. Jenny agrees to accompany Damien to a State Dinner but is unaware that he needs her help with a drug exchange. Vanessa and Dan attempt to move past the awkwardness of Dan’s confession of love. Rufus returns from a ski trip and tries his best to avoid Lily.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Sara Goodman
7.3/10673 votes#14 - The Lady Vanished
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/2010
Rufus and Lily grow suspect of Jenny’s relationship with Damien. Chuck learns more about the woman who may or may not be his mother. Dan and Vanessa struggle through the awkwardness of dating other people.
Director: Andrew McCarthy
Writer: Robby Hull, Amanda Lasher
7.3/10657 votes#15 - The Sixteen Year Old Virgin
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/22/2010
Despite being grounded, Jenny continues to see Damien who tells Jenny that he wants to have sex with her. Lily tells Rufus the big secret she has been keeping from him even though she knows it's a huge risk. Dan and Vanessa explore a new stage of their friendship. Chuck is forced to make an extremely difficult decision about his hotel.
Director: Wendey Stanzler
Writer: Leila Gerstein
7.3/10664 votes#16 - The Empire Strikes Jack
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2010
Chuck finds himself once again at odds with his uncle, Jack Bass. Eleanor puts Blair in charge of making sure her latest fashion show is a huge success with an important client. Rufus attempts to get Jenny back on track by volunteering to have her help with Eleanor’s fashion show, but the opportunity takes a big turn for the worse when Jenny learns that Agnes will be one of the models.
Director: Joe Lazarov
Writer: Jake Coburn
7.8/10683 votes#17 - Inglourious Bassterds
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/5/2010
Chuck and Blair are faced with the most difficult decision they have ever faced as a couple. Serena plans a surprise birthday party for Nate, but Jenny does her best to sabotage Serenas’s efforts. Dan and Vanessa’s new relationship hits a bump in the road.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Lenn K. Rosenfeld
7.7/10682 votes#18 - The Unblairable Lightness of Being
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/12/2010
Chuck offers to throw a wedding for a very pregnant Dorota who insists that she and Vanya have a traditional wedding before her parents arrive from Poland and find their daughter pregnant and without a husband.. Dorota asks Blair and Chuck to be part of the ceremony and walk her down the aisle. Serena tells Nate she is having breakfast with the Humphreys when in reality she’s secretly meeting up with Carter Baizen. Rufus discovers that Lily has been lying to him about her whereabouts.
Director: Janice Cooke
Writer: Jeanne Leitenberg
7.3/10637 votes#19 - Dr. Estrangeloved
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2010
When Lily’s ex-husband, Dr. William van der Woodsen, shows up unexpectedly in Manhattan, Serena finally gets the reunion she has so desperately wanted with her father, but the circumstances turn out to be far from ideal. When Serena and Nate continue to have relationship issues, a scheming Jenny is more than happy to be a shoulder for Nate to lean on... Meanwhile, Dan finds out that he didn’t get accepted into the Tisch writing program and Vanessa admits she may have been somewhat responsible.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Robby Hull
7.3/10657 votes#20 - It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2010
Will's return to the Upper East Side continues to stir up problems for Serena, Lily and his long-standing rival, Rufus. Serena and Jenny's relationship is strained as a result of Jenny's deception. Blair spends time on the Columbia campus and realizes where she truly belongs.... Dan learns that Vanessa has been keeping yet another secret from him.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Writer: Amanda Lasher
7.7/10658 votes#21 - Ex-Husbands and Wives
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2010
When things get tense between Rufus and Will, Serena chooses to stand behind her father, while at the Rufus is made to feel like an outsider in his own family. Meanwhile, Jenny deliberately shares information with Will that may ultimately destroy Lily and Rufus' marriage. After many failed attempts, Chuck makes one last grand gesture to reconcile with Blair, hoping she will finally accept the fact that they are destined to be together.
Director: Norman Buckley
Writer: Sara Goodman
8.3/10832 votes#22 - Last Tango, Then Paris
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2010
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
Writer: Stephanie Savage, Joshua Safran
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Reversals of Fortune" is the best rated episode of "Gossip Girl" season 3. It scored 7.4/10 based on 884 votes. Directed by J. Miller Tobin and written by Joshua Safran, it aired on 9/14/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Freshmen".