I was hoping for a New Year revival for my guilty pleasure Gossip Girl but it seems like it's past the point of no return. In fact, it's getting to the point where people might actually start hurting their careers if they stay on much longer. Chase Crawford really has no point at all anymore. His character just floats around, making random cameos. I'm a fan of Taylor Momsen but she went from young adult trying to prove herself to bratty little child in no time flat. More and more she's getting labeled as the most annoying (if not worst) thing on the show and that's not something you want the fans of your cult show pegging you with.

Leighton Meester needs to stretch a bit. She's amazing at playing the poor little rich girl but she needs to do what all young actresses need to: play a normal person. Blake Lively has done it a bit with Accepted and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. (And no, playing the virginal yet slutty pop princess on Entourage isn't going to help Miss Meester either).

I don't even know what to say about Chuck Bass. His character has become a caricature of a caricature. At least, Kelly Rutherford has been looking amazing and my man Matthew Settle (aka Spears from Band of Brothes) is still holding his own. I'm really surprised he hasn't been able to nab a superhero role of any sort.

Anyway, the fall from grace has been Heroes level (which got erased from the season pass) but it's getting close. This week was painful to get through and I wasn't even paying attention to it half of the time. The whole finish to the adoption story was hilarious. We wait weeks for the answer and it's that the kid died. And they don't even give them a photo; just a cut-out of the obituary? Really? They then pour salt on the wound by tossing in the ace in the hole plot twist of the kid not really being dead (you know, so they can bring him in when the storylines get even more depleted).

Oh, and how did Chuck not see the brunch coming? There's a party every week in their circle of friends. At that point, shouldn't he have stopped and thought, "Shit, there hasn't been a reason for our rag tag group to all be in the same place at one time recently. I better make sure there's not a surprise brunch going on anytime soon."

And to make matters worse, word is that last year's ensharktress Georgina is making a comeback.  

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. I'd be stunned if this show made it past a third season.