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Gossip Girl Recap: Turns Out the Only Thing Ridiculous Is Me

Gossip Girl

Memoirs of an Invisible Dan
Season 5 Episode 4

Gossip Girl

Memoirs of an Invisible Dan
Season 5 Episode 4
Photo: Giovanni Rufino
"Memoirs of An Invisible Dan" GOSSIP GIRL Pictured (L-R) Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, Blake Lively as Serena Van Der Woodsen and Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf PHOTO CREDIT: GIOVANNI RUFINO/THE CW ?©2011 THE CW NETWORK. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Gossip Girl: Never interrupt an author when he’s talking on the phone. Photo: Giovanni Rufino

Dan never intended to publish a novel that cruelly satirized his friends and family. Charlie was practically forced to assume the identity of an Upper East Side trust-funder. Serena didn’t know that her high school reputation as a Champagne-swilling Lolita would haunt her into adulthood. The cast members of Gossip Girl may not make their own beds, but they nonetheless must lie in them, and in last night’s episode, everyone was lying in bed alone.

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Gossip Girl Recap: Turns Out the Only Thing Ridiculous Is Me