When confronted, Juliet mentions that Blair called and told them about Serena's involvement in the death of Pete Fairman, which led to her being ousted, and at the same time tries to convince Blair that Serena not being a member is a good thing. New York, I Love You XOXO Blair breaks up with Dan to get back with Chuck, and Serena attempts to reconcile with Dan, as Lily and Rufus are separating. Chuck's arrival and a visit to a Parisian morgue confirms that he is alive but Serena pursues him in hopes of convincing him to return to New York when he tries to run away to London. At the end of the episode, Carter Baizen, an old friend, tells Serena he has found the whereabouts of her father, William van der Woodsen. Pilot Dan, unable to afford Yale, also ends up at NYU. Serena and her family own half the top floor in a 14-room penthouse. Declaring war on Gossip Girl, Serena finds herself the center of blame when a ticked-off Gossip Girl decides to drop every unreleased piece of gossip she had in store, creating further divide within the group. Serena Celia van der Woodsen is the fictional character and the protagonist in the Gossip Girl novel series and in its TV adaptation, in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively. True love and betrayal. Her motives are rarely selfish and her negative actions are oftentimes generally motivated by a lack of foresight rather than real malice. Her relationship with him is tumultuous as both Nate and Blair fail in persuading her from continuing the affair. Her father runs the same Dutch shipping firm his great-great-grandfather founded in the 18th century, and her mother, Lillian van der Woodsen, is a socialite, art collector, and philanthropist. (Image credit: The CW) The ending of Gossip Girl happened nearly a decade ago in 2012. Her friendship with Blair and Nate crumble due to her job but finds even more trouble when she falls for Nate's married congressman cousin, Tripp van der Bilt (Aaron Tveit). Gossip Girl memes are going viral and it's all thanks to a "go piss girl" joke. What. A scene set in the future shows everyone reunited at the Bass-Waldorf residence, witnessing the marriage of Dan and Serena. Why was Lily and the whole clan able to forgive William for giving her fake cancer? Elsewhere, Chuck believes he has found his mother, whom he spent his whole life believing was deceased. New York University (NYU) is a private college largely located in Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan but with divisions in Brooklyn and around the world. At the wedding, he breaks up with Serena; blaming her lies and the fact that they just come from vastly different worlds. Following a night drinking with Chuck and Nate, Nate and Jenny go back to his apartment. When Serena returns, she is surprised to find them together, as well as Dan being back together with Vanessa Abrams. Serena takes the train in from New England, arriving at Grand Central Station with nothing more than the clothes on her back, a purse, and a small . Is there a real van der Woodsen family? In turn, Lily sets up Carol to reveal her Ivy/Charlie scheme to the police. As opposed to Blair, who tends to date men with status, Serena doesn't seem to have a type (such as Aaron Rose in season two or Steven Spence in season six). Later, she runs into Charlie and convinces her to move with her back to New York. In the end, she decides to spend the summer in Montecito, California, with CeCe. When Blair goes missing after her wedding, Serena and Chuck search for her, and find her in a motel in Queens with Dan, which upsets Serena as she still has feelings for him. The exclusive and elite high school that Blair, Serena, and Jenny attended is based on a real New York City school. In Easy J, Serena admits to having spent the night with Colin Forrester, the cab stealer, when questioned by Blair but explains they spent the night talking in lieu of sleeping together. Blair reluctantly teams up with Chuck and a reformed Georgina, ignoring Lily's wishes that they let her handle it herself, ending with the plan completely back-firing: Serena is arrested, Poppy escapes and Georgina, becoming the scapegoat, eases back into her old ways. Serena is known as the 'it girl of Manhattan' and is a character that appears to easily get whatever she wants because of her captivating . [24] Dan and Serena's relationship further suffers when she realizes their diverging college choices,[25] her continuous mistrust in him, and Dan's affair with a teacher that drives her to prematurely end their relationship.[26]. He had then realised that he could never pull her out of her world and into his, so he found a way to enter her world by creating a UES blog. After they lose the game, Serena overhears a conversation between Nate and his grandfather, William van der Bilt, where she discovers they planned for her to lose all along and trick the Buckleys into releasing a doctored photo of Tripp to hurt their reputation. A stubborn Serena chooses to stay in prison, until Dan bails her out and the two go to prom together. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) & Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) The Everett Collection. Wanting revenge, Lola asks Serena to help her take down Lily but Serena asks her to stay away. The author herself attended the girls-only school in New York City, possibly infusing her own experiences into the series. Serena then also moves into the Waldorf penthouse (The Undergraduates). Police would have had to interview her and her parents would have been called because she was a minor. She is often admired for looking gorgeous effortlessly; including her voluminous blonde hair, flawless skin, and a tall, striking figure. At the same time, Chuck is suspicious about Carter and with the help of Nate's new girlfriend, Bree Buckley, he discovers that Carter abandoned her cousin, Beth Buckley, at the altar after proposing to her to get the Buckleys to pay off his gambling debts. They break up and Dan is exiled from the UES (It's Really Complicated). During the party, Nate and Jenny happen to be the last two players. However, Nate offers to go instead once he learns of the dilemma, not wanting to see Juliet since they recently broke up after Nate caught her talking to Ben. After her break up with Carter, Serena works hard with K.C. Before the ceremony can begin, Carter shows and and tells Serena her father's location in Florida, adding that he has already gotten them plane tickets. But Dorota (who had 20 pounds of baby OMGoodness strapped to . In order to prove she made the right choice, she takes a job as an assistant to publicist K.C. With Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford. "Oh my god." Diana arranges for Max to meet Serena at the opening of Chuck's premiere of Sleep No More in order to make it look like Max has stood her up. Serena, angry and hurt that Gossip Girl has ruined the day, vows to find out who she really is. 10 inconsistencies you never noticed in 'Gossip Girl'. "[6], The first season introduces Serena as the beautiful, wealthy daughter of divorced parents who returns from boarding school. The two enter into a fake relationship, although Serena begins to fall for Dan again despite the fact he's in love with Blair. Series Information Serena impresses Dean Berube and is given an invitation to a private reception at his home. But you were the love of my life, Dan. The de-facto lead of the show, her unexpected return to the Upper East Side triggered the series' events, even as her best friend, Blair, got more and more weight in the plot. When Chuck's mother returns, Serena's resolve to find her father is reignited. ", "Serena Van Der Woodsen Pictures Photo Gallery: Who Are the Most Fashionable TV Characters? Kristen Curette Hines/Stocksy. Relationships This "romance" becomes the focus of her soon-to-be-launched blog which causes problems for Dan, as while Dan thinks that their romance is fake, Serena is shown to have genuine feelings for Dan again. Later, while walking the streets of Los Angeles, Serena gets offered a job in Hollywood where she decides to move to. She decides to move away from New York, but is intercepted by Dan, who tries to convince her that he has always loved her and always will. When Serena arrived at the hotel, she began to make out with Pete but, suggested he take a line of cocaine before they went further. Serena van der Woodsen is the daughter of William and Lily van der Woodsen. When "Gossip Girl" was picked up, Lively had just started attracting attention from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005) and was a natural fit for the role of Serena. She was originally supposed to go to Brown at the start of season 3 but she deferred for a year and then her Dad helped her get into his alma mater of Columbia because she wanted to stay in the city and be near her friends and family. -The Fasting and the Furious (5x5), "It's not the secrets that cause the problems, it's the assumptions people make about them." Serena, however, attempts to adjust to a purely platonic relationship with Dan, but is hurt to find out that he has easily moved on from their relationship when he starts dating new student Amanda Lasher. https://twitter.com/Anthologist/status/1375966285356531717?s=20. Juliet uses the opportunity to recruit Vanessa into stealing Serena's phone and is able to sneak an email to one of her professors offering sex in exchange for good grades. At the end of the night, the man who steals her cabs strikes up a conversation with her and the two begin hanging out. -Serena, Pilot (1x1), "You manipulative psycho bitch!" First Appearance: After this revelation, she stops speaking to Dan. It doesn't seem possible that Dan Humphrey is Gossip Girl. Meanwhile, Serena is concerned for Blair's well-being and confronts her at Nate's New Year's Eve party where Blair tells her that the accident was God's way of telling her that she and Chuck are not meant to be together and that she made a promise with God that if Chuck lived, she would marry Louis and that Dan has been going to church with her since. Blair- Serena's best friend who dated the groom. Once Serena discovers where he is headed, she and Nate team up to save him. 7. In the spring of 2012, the CW's teen primetime soap Gossip Girl created by O.C. In the finale, Dan and Serena get married, surrounded by friends and family. After the vows are said, Serena, Dan and Nate confront Georgina and she blames each of them in a vague manner before leaving. After being stuck in a supply closet, she kisses Nate, despite him being in love with Serena, straining their relationship further. In the thirteenth novel, she decides to stay in New York to be with Nate, but at the end, he leaves to not get in between her and Blair. Not just to me, but all of us. Serena is, in the chapter, described as a "Golden girl" who lives for attention and love, and dramatically ends things with Dan. [13][15] Serena finally tells Dan the truth, only to discover during Lily's wedding, that he wants to end their relationship. Serena manages to escape and runs into Dan, a St. Jude's student from Brooklyn, who often expresses cynicism about the lifestyle his wealthier classmates lead. Serena has a nail-biting habit and also cuts her split ends off, mainly during her classes at Constance Billard. [33] TV Guide named her the fifth most fashionable TV character. In the series finale New York, I Love You XOXO, Serena discovers Dan was Gossip Girl all along, but decides that it was really a blessing in disguise as it made her realize New York is where she belongs. Nate encourages her to use the blasts productively, but Serena is reluctant to become the next Gossip Girl. Afterwards, Eric tells Blair he is the one in treatment; which leads to a reconciliation between Blair and Serena (Poison Ivy). She also reconnects with her mother, Lily van der Woodsen, and her recovering brother, Eric van der Woodsen, who is in rehab after attempting suicide. After Charlie stands up to her about being able to make her own decisions, she decides to let her stay with the VDWs in Manhattan (The Kids Stay in the Picture). [38] She, however, won the award again in 2011. Dan: good shoulder to cry on. One incident occurs during Nate's "assassin" birthday bash. -Touch of Eva (4x4), "College is just high school with more expensive books." The couple's return to New York (Never Been Marcused) has them returning to old issues as Dan struggles with the differences in their lifestyles and eventually is unable to deal with those differences. Gossip Girl is known for bringing out the worst in its characters, and Dan and Serena are prime examples. His grandfather, William van der Bilt, disapproves but Nate chooses to go there anyway. She is not particularly academically skilled, but she is often told that she is not meeting her full potential. While she obviously thought (and realistically probably did) have a good shot at getting in, there were still moments that revealed she was secretly insecure and worried that she wouldn't (ie: the Nelly Yuki drama). [9] Serena and Blair reconcile after a heartfelt confrontation that prompted Serena to admit her mistake with Nate and leaving Blair in her time of need.[10]. She is described to have an effortless way about her. Her return sparks her old rivalry with her best friend, Blair. William van der Woodsen (William Baldwin) returns, making Serena happy but is unknowingly dragged into her father's plot to win back his ex-wife. She then meets Dan Humphrey and the two begin a romantic relationship and soon fall in love. Blair is regarded as the "Queen B" of . Back home, Nate is dating Juliet Sharp, a woman he met at a restaurant, and she attempts to help him fix his social life. Full name: Ok, so here's the thing about Monday night's Gossip Girl: While being somewhat confusing at some points and annoying at others, it was a slight improvement from what I have been seeing lately, with 'slight'being the operative word. She then tells them the whole story: that after she slept with Nate at the Shepherd wedding, she went to meet up with Georgina and a mutual friend, Pete Fairman. Jenny's growing feelings for Nate also threaten her relationship with him when she makes every effort to steal Nate for herself. She kicks him out of the car and attempts to call Nate, but Jenny answers the phone. Nate talks to Juliet, and she confesses that Colin is her cousin and she doesn't want people to know because he is a professor and he tells her that Colin is dating Serena. Once she discovers that Colin is also going to be attending Blair's birthday party, Serena agrees to let Juliet come as her guest to be her bodyguard to make sure she doesn't get too close to Colin alone. Afterwards, Serena and William begin to bond and build a relationship. The secret nights out are leaving a strain on Serena and Dan's relationship, but when Serena tells Georgina not to contact her anymore, G brings up . Wanting to make Serena and Dan happy, Blair decides to play Cupid upon returning from her honeymoon and sets the two up. Birthday: Serena tells him that all she ever wanted was for him to be there and while she can't forgive him, she doesn't need to punish him and lets him flee without facing the cops who are on the way (Ex-Husbands and Wives). Revival of the TV series centering on a new generation of New York private school teens using social media to spread gossip. On the day of graduation, Gossip Girl sends a blast that further ruins Serena and her friends' reputations. One of his last and most poignant chapters is The Serena Chapter, which is released during the Thanksgiving party. Why does Gossip Girl Season 6 only have 10 episodes? "You'd really go out with some guy you don't know? Sending in a bombshell tip to Gossip Girl is like playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. After they arrive at the party, a game of Assassin begins and eventually culminates in Jenny and Nate being the only two players left. At a party later, she and Georgina find Dan and Blair kissing, which causes another rift between her and Blair. Serena getting into Brown and Yale was ludicrous. Afterwards, Carter returns to town and Serena begins to secretly see him and lies to Nate to cover it up. Privileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching. Gossip Girl: Some say love is a secret you keep sealed. Hurt and upset, she doesn't believe him, and leaves. She returns to New York having made her decision between Dan and Nate but her decision becomes irrelevant when she sees them with their new respective significant others, Vanessa and Juliet Sharp (Katie Cassidy), a girl with a personal vendetta against Serena. If you want to chat about the TV show Gossip Girl then you're in the right place. Dan Humphrey (husband)William van der Woodsen (father) Lily van der Woodsen (mother) Eric van der Woodsen (brother) Jenny Humphrey (sister-in-law, via Dan) Milo Humphrey (legal step-son, via Dan)Scott Rosson (maternal half-brother/brother-in-law) Charlotte "Lola" Rhodes (paternal half-sister/cousin) Chuck Bass (adoptive brother)CeCe and Rick Rhodes (maternal grandparents) Carol Rhodes (maternal aunt)Blair Waldorf (adoptive sister-in-law, via Chuck)Henry Bass (nephew, via Chuck and Blair) Alison Humphrey(mother-in-law, via Dan)Rufus Humphrey (father-in-law, via Dan) For her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen, Blake Lively won the 2008 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Drama and was nominated for the same award in 2009 and 2010, losing to her co-star, Leighton Meester, who portrays Blair Waldorf. They find her with Steven and after they confront her, she decides to return to Manhattan (Gone Maybe Gone). At the same time, the press has heard about Colin and Serena's relationship and Dean Reuther encourages her to leave the university but both Lily and Serena decline the offer. Serena decides to be nicer to Juliet, believing that she helped expose Vanessa's plot. Blair tells her that she's alright, and that since she's going to go through with her wedding, Serena doesn't have to pretend to be together with Dan anymore. In New Haven Can Wait, Serena, angry at Blair after she tore into Serena after the fashion show, decides to attend an interview at Yale University, where Blair has always dreamed of attending. Before CeCe's big party, Serena discovers the two used to date and confronts both Ivy and Max in front of the whole family. Things take a turn for the worse when Serena's old frenemy, Georgina Sparks, returns to town. [13][14] Serena's constant lying in order to keep Dan from discovering her past eventually takes its toll on their relationship and Dan breaks up with her. 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