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Warning: Spoilers ahead.
The premiere of Season 5 of The CW’s Gossip Girl on Monday night left viewers surprised at some of the twists and turns in the show. Serena (Blake Lively), Nate (Chace Crawford) and Chuck (Ed Westwick) are in Los Angeles where Serena is working on a movie. Chuck and Nate are on a boat. Elizabeth Hurley stops by to hit on Nate. And there’s a party, natch.
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Back on the Upper East Side, Blair (Leighton Meester) is planning her wedding to the prince. But the biggest surprise of the episode ends up being that Dorota (Zuzanna Szadkowski) and Blair are pregnant. The father of Blair’s child is not revealed…yet.
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Viewers had plenty to say about the premiere episode on Twitter:
Whitney Belcher:
“Was that seriously supposed to be a “shock,” Gossip Girl writers? It was so obvious that I freaking called it in May. Come on now.”
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Nicole Appleyard:
“Watched Gossip Girl, very happy that Blair is pregnant (so long as Chuck is the dad) Overall a fun ep!!!”
d i l n e s h a:
“What a disappointment Gossip Girl was….Why is Blair pregnant?”
DeNiece:
“Lies, deception and Chuck Back (not in that order), are all the good things Gossip Girl is made of.”
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“Oh, how much I missed & enjoy Gossip Girl! So thrilled it’s back! Chuck Bass is like a very fashionable, slightly twisted guru! LOVE!!”
Fara Ferne
“Gossip Girl in LA. My two favorite worlds combine.”
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Heather Clawson:
“Did the Gossip Girl writers not hear us when we all said we didn’t like Dan and Blair together?!”
Tara Seddon:
“gossip girl was brilliant!”
Samantha Abbott:
“Watched the first episode of season 5 of gossip girl it’s so good, can’t wait for episode 2”
