Gossip Girl: School Lies

Tragedy nearly strikes when the kids break into the school's swimming pool during the night and comes close to drowning. Tension between Serena and Dan is caused when a pact of secrecy is reluctantly agreed upon in the face of expulsion. Meanwhile, Chuck and Blair's affair is discovered by Vanessa, and Lily considers revealing her true feelings to Rufus.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 1x12
Production Number: 111
Airdate: Wednesday January 02nd, 2008

Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Lenn K. Rosenfeld

Alternate Airdates:

CA (CTV)	Jan 02, 2008
UK (ITV2)	Jun 12, 2008
NL (Net 5)	Jul 22, 2008
Greece	Dec 06, 2008

Guest Stars

Amanda Setton As Penelope Recurring	Connor Paolo As Eric van der Woodsen Recurring
Dreama Walker As Hazel Recurring	Jessica Szohr As Vanessa Recurring
Linda Emond As Unknown Recurring	Nan Zhang As Kati Farkas Recurring
Nicole Fiscella As Isabel Coates Recurring	Reed Birney As Mr. Prescott Recurring
Robert John Burke As Bart Bass Recurring	Joe Hickey As Serena's Chauffeur
Kyle Gilbert-Gregory As Andrew Collins

Main Cast

Blake Lively As Serena van der Woodsen	Leighton Meester As Blair Waldorf
Penn Badgley As Daniel 'Dan' Humphrey	Chace Crawford As Nathaniel 'Nate' Archibald
Ed Westwick As Charles 'Chuck' Bass	Kelly Rutherford As Lillian 'Lily' Humphrey
Matthew Settle As Rufus Humphrey	Kristen Bell voiced Gossip Girl

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Episode Notes

Taylor Momsen (Jenny) does not appear in this episode.

Featured music for this episode include two songs by The Filthy Youth. Series star Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) is the lead singer of the band.

Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
The Filthy Youth	Come Flash All Your Ladies
The Filthy Youth	Orange
Harry Warren	Autumn Pink
La Rocca	Cross the River
LCD Soundsystem	Someone Great
Moby	Last Night (Oh Yeah)
OneRepublic	Come Home
Oppenheimer	Breakfast In NYC

Episode Quotes

Vanessa: You're sick!
Chuck: You're welcome!

Chuck: How glad are you that our two families are merging together, sis?
Serena: So glad that if you ever call me that again it will be the last thing you ever say, Chuck.

Chuck: Poor little Humphrey Dumpty. Look, let me clarify something for you. Regardless of who you're currently sleeping with, you and I come from different worlds. In my world, if I'm suspended or expelled, a wing is donated in the Bass name.
Dan: That sounds like quite a world.
Chuck: It's not perfect, I'll admit.

Chuck: And in case you were wondering you nark, I only took the key from the party to hide it so we didn't all get blamed. (to Dan) Including you.

Chuck: You're taking that paper seriously.
Nate: This isn't a paper it's ... it's a heartfelt letter to Blair.
Chuck: A heartfelt letter? Who spayed you, man? Blair doesn't even want you, she's been crystal about that since we got back.
Nate: Didn't seem that way when she kissed me at the pool.
Chuck: She kissed you?
Nate: Well, I kissed her but ... yeah.

Serena: What are you up to besides missing me?
Dan: Just wondering whether you were missing me.

Chuck: You know, if my dad and your mom come back from South Africa tomorrow engaged we'll be brother and sister. And you know what they say, the family that plays together stays together.
Serena: Ah. Incest, the universal taboo. One of the, uh, only ones you haven't violated.
Chuck: I'm game if you are.

Cultural References

Episode Title: School Lies

The episode title is a reference to the 1992 movie School Ties.

Blair: Michael Moore over there is obviously just using this film to get close to Dan.

Michael Moore is a director and producer of controversial documentaries including Bowling for Columbine and Sicko.

Chuck: Poor little Humphrey Dumpty.

Chuck's line is a play on the nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty.

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