An appropriately unhinged recap of Gossip Girl (Season 1) 

after a certain point i was convinced that it was actually called that in the show lol

I’m never calling it anything else 😂

Omg I read your name as "Hannah Pollard", like Tiffany Pollard's daughter or something...

it takes me out every time too

It’s literally in dumbo next to soho house as well lol

lmaaooo

😭😭

Fr she's so unserious 🤣🤣

the most accurate rich teen parent yet imo 💀

When you make Kirsten Winemom Cohen look like mother of the year...

I mean they all criminals, Dan is GG, Serena SA Dan, Blair set J up in the pilot and Nate dated a minor. Non of them are seeing heaven

@@sara1coco well yeah but like also how could they manipulate, betray, and blackmail each other if they were making solid choices? Like the cover girl commercial, this show is “betray, blackmail, manipulate. Gossip girl” 💁🏻‍♀️😂

"None of them are seeing heaven" 😂😂😂

NO LITERALLY UGGHHH

It was kind of the culture at the time. I am the same age as Blake Lively and things have changed a lot with how these subjects are portrayed. Rewatching these things I thought were "normal" when I was younger is very eye opening.

I genuinely couldn't give less of a fuck over Jenny's mom, like Jenny was 100% in the right to go do her own thing. Specially since her mom literally went away like 2 episodes later

Right? I abandoned my family for months and cheated but now that I'm back, supporting my career is mandatory. F*ck you Allison

@@davidkonevky7372 couldn't*

I literally never thought about it like that lol solid point. Her mom skipped town and Jenny, possibly a bit earlier than she would’ve needed to had her mom stayed, needed to strike her own path. Mom is gone, Dan is busy with his own life, dad works some of the time. And Jenny is inherently independent. Of course she’s gonna pursue something that is of high value to her goals. Esp when no one in her family really understands what she wants or exactly supports it. She feels alone

I always thought Jenny was in the right for skipping her mother’s art show to focus on her own opportunities and experiences. Even if her mother HADNT skipped out and then suddenly shown up and demanded her family make sacrifices for her

They even have an episode called Gaslight😌

Ugh, and they even add a G. Gossip ☠️

There’s a couple people that I know of but Mike and the others all have their own style and I will watch all of the videos. They all add something different to these recaps and video essays. I think Mike is my favorite as far as recaps go. He’s just so funny and witty, he also just has a way of talking that makes listening to him very enjoyable.

I never watched it but now I feel like an expert.

I love it so much that you’re a fan of Lost 😭 I cry every time you mention it

@@missserenity1090 Who are the other people that you watch?

@@loyalkiki1377 Jenny Nicholson (I think that’s how you say her name) and Julia Cudney are two that I like.

100%

bye tell me why literally every good show did

I think most pilots do. Many shows switch out an actor or give a character a new personality. It’s why I usually disregard pilots, like Chuck for me is basically a different person than the guy in the pilot.

​@glockenrein yeah. Buffy's pilot has an entirely different actress as Willow. The Big Bang Theory pilot is also 100% not the same show

@@FIRING_BLIND To clarify, by "The Big Bang Theory pilot", do you mean the original pilot, or the actual first episode of the show? Because the original was for a different concept entirely.

the fact that rufus and lily had a child for like 2 seconds 😩😩

kelly rutherford is an icon

I saw her and her birkin baby at fashion week 2011. Icon behavior truly

Omg I didn’t know that! What an icon! The insurance for this show must have been insane with all the luxury goods they used in filming

goes 2 show how poor i am because my mind immediately went to birkenstocks......

@@brynnp1165 Lily would never!

Likely exceeds avatar’s budget too if my campus library’s color printing costs are anything like Mike’s!!

@@k4t Printing ain’t no joke!

fr the fake tabloids had me cackling

Like, the SHEEN he used! That ain’t cheap!

James Cameron is absolutely floored.

Okay I’m obsessed

nauuuurrrrr.... icon behavior alert

She’s so real for that

she is mother

Kelly does have mad fashion sense. Her instagram is 80% outfit images and 20% inspirational quotes. Her closet must be huge

And the thing is, yellow really isn’t typically a blonde’s best color (speaking as one). Just goes to show

@@allisonruff8725they don’t know how to make good choices i guess

"itself"💀😭

the chess moves. literally. 😭

gumption 😭 we love a the holiday (2005) reference

@@oatmilk442 I thought it was a Tayce reference lol

Those girlies are effing rude like seriously question mark question mark

@@rockcriedout7679 facts

I have to go and she does have to go lmaooooooo @4:25

Same it's so wholesome

Dan and Jenny don't hate each other though? And neither Chuck nor Nate have siblings…

@@josepha133you can’t care this much about RU-vid comments, it’s not good for you

@@josepha133 wow ur so smart

He's such a cutie patootie how could you not

i know, imagine being jenny nicholson 🥰

I love Mike, but this trend started with Jenny Nicholson. Mike even credits her on his first long recap video.

Mike definitely popularized the format, but it was the legend jenny nicholson who innovated it

@@MrKadirbey I know that d he popularized it I’m saying he definitely defined what the genre. Like Jenny started it but Mike definitely made it what it is today. I didn’t say he started it.

@@MrKadirbey didnt quinton start the trend? now i dont remember what video came out first

It may be coming back! The EU just passed a law that will force phone manufacturers to make batteries easily replaceable. We could be coming right back around to easily removable batteries.

I was trying to sleep when he said that and I SAT UP cu 🤣🤣 Mike pls

54:50

I put it in my list of quotes I need to remember. Perfect burn!

Drag chuck and his tendency to r*pe 😭😭

i thought u meant chuck was the icon and we are blessed by his presence 😭

@@bluetopia No😭😭😭

Yes he was so right about people having recency bias and acting like chuck is fine when he is NOT. Like Chuck literally attempted to r*pe multiple people and succeeded in assaulting them, this man is not an icon he is a creepy felon and I hate when people don’t acknowledge that

@@katie-allen absolutely agree, i will never understand chuck apologists when he's done things so inexcusable. i don’t care about a redemption arc, nobody can have a redemption arc after trying to ASSAULT MULTIPLE PEOPLE!

That would've been weeiiirrd

*mona vanderwal

@@hollyc-ch5hu she's smart, but doesn't have that heartless but fabulous energy

This sounds like a comic book series 🤔

That was SO weird and SO gross.

I mean...I am glad he didn't continue being a sex offender tho

truly a ‘GET A JOB! STAy AWAY FROM HER!!!’ moment

Then when chuck and jenny do the nasty..... i was like this is a step too far yall. I loved blair and chuck

I think it’s because the pilot was heavily based on the first book and this happened on the book. It got more and more off books after a couple episodes and they just dropped it. Chuck remains a piece of shit for the entirety of the 10+ books btw

english lessons for the modern era

no bc you’re so right…

the achilles is a top or a bottom debate

That's exactly what they are

Mike was definitely a Greek philosopher in a past life

I've been wishing that part of Blair's soft girl arc involved her truly making friends with Jenny, that would've been iconic - sometimes the decisions the writers made for the characters really irked me, I'm not going to lie. The ending of season 3 with the Blair, Jenny and Chuck drama...just, no. They could've had Chuck do anything other than take advantage of Jenny, and they could've given Blair more of a queen moment for *not* blaming Jenny. Can we like, not blame the victim please, it's the one Blair moment where I just can't stan, and she's my favourite character.

yea they were both ruthless and power hungry so they would've RAN the upper east side 😔 but Serena will always be the golden girl of my heart. love her flighty energy, she has to GO 🐣

exactly

No one is doing it like Mike’s mic. You can’t pay me to watch gossip girl but this is the third watch of this video for me

honestly valid to be mad at chuck but he had no reason to be mad at blair😭

The fragile ego of a certain demographic

I feel like it’s because Nate knows how C usually treats women since they are besties, and N still cares about B

@@lvstfuls.scenes Why? Nate didn't want her whilst Blair was tired of waiting. He slept with Serena so he didn't really have any business being mad.

THANK YOU

So true, love this

She’s an icon she’s a legend and she is the moment. Her and Blair are the best characters on GG

Michelle Trachtenberg lends a level of pure chaos to almost every project she signs on for and I love it because she's such a believable character in everything she does but it's always chaotic evil/chaotic neutral

I didnt even watch gossip girl until I was in college and I was still absolutely shook by Georgina, I was truly afraid of this fictional teenage girl

@@liz_loves_cats she was an excellent addition to Buffy back in the day despite her text being orginally written for a younger character, seeing her being fully chaotic in GG is really fun and entertaining

But then she roofied Serena?? How is that okay?

For real. Dan does not deserve that much star power fighting over him. Blair would never stoop so low.

I agree that Dan isn't worthy of the main hunk position, but I honestly think a Dair endgame could've been really satisfying, if they'd let Dan and Blair have more scenes together, made Dan more interesting and didn't overshadow the start of their attraction to each other with a royal marriage. Honestly, I love Chuck and Blair, but the scene where Dan has Blair dress up as a princess and walks her down the steps is one of my favourites in the whole show, and they would've been such a good 'opposites attract' ship imo if they'd been given a better chance (and if Dan had been more interesting, like I said before).

Its not the limo scene. It’s the writer’s strike happening back then. The showrunners basically cut half of the plotlines in GG.

why is this the best/most relatable youtube comment ever???!!!

Lol same 😂

you are now my idol. I love you (parasocial-platonically) and desperately will give everything else up in life my own and others to comment something so profound as you have had the grace to bless our eyes with today please senpai notice me

looking back shows were more iconic when they casted like that 😭

Exactly. You get it

the true ending of this show

ive been saying, they definitely kissed at some point

literally!!! it would explain the highs and lows and remove all 'stealing your man' drama

I always thought Chuck and Nate were the most iconic Gossip Girl couple

honestly the og gossip girl had real life inspiration, since Serena was based off German heiress Hadley Nagel. I do feel like if Julian or any of the characters had a real life person, or maybe real life inspiration; the author of the gossip girl books grew up with the kids of upper east ny. The newer gossip girl wasn’t bringing much to the table since we’ve already SEEN it all: think about it, the reboot showed the same things that social media was showing us (kids of the rich flaunting their wealth). They weren’t bringing anything fresh, like how the og was seen as an escapism show (around the time it came out there was a financial recession) so people tuned in to see the rich kids of high society wearing Chanel blazers to prep school and crying about boyfriends. I will give the reboot props for trying to be “in touch” with current Gen Z Trends. (Juliet’s met gala dress and also the black cut out dress that Luna wore are both dresses that Kendall Jenner wore) also when I found out that the actor who played Aki went on tour with Travis Scott and is best friends with Frank Ocean it made more sense why they casted him. sorry for this long mini essay

sorry for double replying but if I could re-write the reboot I would make it this. MAJOR SPOILERS !!! 1. Obie not being as “involved” with the community service as he was in the show. Honestly him bringing the donuts to the protest? sufficed enough, Obie will always have a privilege and upbringing that yes he understands that his parents demolishing lower income areas to build penthouses similar to the one he grew up in is bad, but he will never truly *understand* . I do feel like his relationship with Zoya should have lasted longer be cause he would be intrigued since Zoya is so community involved and passionate about “good causes” so he probably would have wanted to be with someone who gives him a fresher perspective on things he’s used to (his parents gentrification in lower income areas) . 2. Zoya being Gossip Girl would have been so much better because Zoya is aspiring writer, and also she has front row shows to all the drama that the upper East siders do. Also I feel like she would want to expose Julien and all the crappy things that people who have money and influence get away with. {For example buying your children into a college *olivia jade* or paying local politicians to sign approval on demolition that will create gentrification in neighborhoods.} (Zoya is definitely the only character who I would see as someone who could be gossip girl and see it as a “good cause” since she hates all the bad things rich people do) 3. Julien not being the main leader because that should have gone to Monet or Luna (Julien is trying out influencing and is struggling to rise to the top and make it in the vapid world of influencing, because people are calling her a nepo baby since her dad is a famous musician and she has more opportunities. Julien has multiple posts about being “an activist” and “helping out her community” when in reality she just doesn’t care (this would be one of the reasons Zoya is gossip girl) 4. None of the throuple drama/mess but Audrey and Aki having trouble staying in their relationship because of outside pressure to “look perfect with no flaws” from their peers and also because Audrey is spending more time with Max than Aki and he feels jealous so he tells all of this to Zoya since I always thought a Zoya and Aki friendship would be cool and she exposes it in Gossip Girl. 5. The sister tension but it’s about Zoya getting mad that Julien is pretending to be a “social activist” when in reality Julien just wants to be relevant, even though Zoya is all about “eat the rich” she is secretly jealous of the luxury and freedom Julien is able to afford all because she has money. Julien is mad at Zoya because Zoya is dating Obie, and Julien used to hook up with Obie and she claimed she “didn’t catch feelings for him” but in reality she did. **obviously all this happening with all the petty drama that happens when you have nothing but an endless supply of time, money, and teenage hormones. xoxo

Obie and Aki’s wealth made sense in the reboot. Roger Menzies, Aki’s dad is a media tycoon similar to Rupert Murdoch. The Bergmann family are real estate moguls.

SO FUCKING TRUE

team jenny 100% she was FOUR YEARS YOUNGER than the mains and held her own. besides she and blair were the only ladies with real skill/intelligence/work ethic. my regret is that they didn't team up :/ couldve been unstoppable together

LITERALLY. love her or hate her, either way she’s an icon and no one can change that

​@@hanac6635 periodtttt give Little J what she deserves

Saaame. I loved Jenny even when she was acting kind of wild lol. I feel like the writers never let her reach her fullest potential as a character

I think that was Friendly Space Ninja?

@@sigh824 i love him!

@@sigh824 No, it was Billiam in his gossip girl video

it was billiam!

Omg how do you know so much?

iconic

Incredible.

DAMN Smartphones could never Smartphones genuinely couldn’t survive even one of those difficulties Fragile little bastards

I know! Mike popped the corn and fed the children! ❤

and we only have to wait a week until season 2 🥹

@@lbochoa2 ikr 🥹🥹 like, what did we do to deserve him???🥹🥹

Omg yess

thank you for this amazing comparison

Ugh you swiftoes are everywhere

oh god YES this is a perfect analogy

Speak Now supremacy.

This is me but with this video and the PLL and Glee vids. Cannot tell who most of the side characters are and even some of the main ones.

same but i also rewatch the videos so many times until i remember whos who and on the rewatch understand the full scope of drama lmao

Me with all of the recap videos. These videos are just so entertaining I keep coming back for more. Now I vaguely understand my friends' pop culture references from before my time of being chronically online.

Same babes

@@moosenman it definitely helped with Glee to have the characters just THERE, and also the fact that I've seen like 3 episodes of Glee

Whaaaa?!? Where did you learn this info?

@@dimilton3166 I saw it on TikTok and know she wears a lot of Hermès so Googled it 😎

AND her firstborn son is named Hermès lol shes 100% about it

@@blem__ ahah this is such a flop

I love that. Good for her

Right I think the same thing all the time!! Like he’s the funniest person I’ve ever come across

I lied the best part was every time Mike pointed out Dan sending tips to Gossip Girl/reading shit on the blog. Mm-hm. Mm-hm. Okay.

I recently read all the PLL books and I’m now considering reading GG, thank you for confirming that plan 😂

@@irgendwoaunid4048 you’re very welcome! 😂

Its a love corner/angle unless these 2 girls were having romantic feelings

@@suisui7481 platonic love babe, that's what made it a triangle.

the way i was in middle school reading tf out of those books, PLL, the clique, a-list, private, etc. if they're wealthy yt teens, i was reading it!

honestly she adds sm imo to the show and i love her

Girl don't even do it it's not worth it...

Same 😬

@@poppyseed5270 wait, where should I stop if I want to start watching?

ikr omg

@@tom_j. once they go off to college, I think that's season 4? It's just downhill from there lol

She didn't even really kill him though, so her most genuine slay moment was a total flop😭

I agree I love s1 Serena

mike is the jenny nicholson of 2000s-2010s pop culture

As my newest fave on here says: it's a hate crime at this point 😎 (Vitaly Y2K CEO 💜)

NO ONE can do it like him 😮‍💨

Preach

church

Dula peep

When Mike moved to Melbourne and boom pandemic

slaaaaaay

wait really!!! isn’t the actress broke or something?

Well now she is

@@soph2799 I dont think so... I think she has a clothing brand now and she's always traveling lol

I think they realized it was a mistake almost immediately. When the show got picked up for order and returned for the second season they pivot completely away from that stuff. He never repeats that behavior and they even start making him out to be a playboy type instead. He even wakes up with the hotel staff in his bed.

If Chuck Bass was a real person I would absolutely hate him, mostly because of his S1 actions, but because he's fictional I can just pretend S1 never happened and just enjoy this toxic playboy and stan my personal OTP 💁‍♀

​@@frootypeeblesREAL

I think for the pilot they must’ve been going so heavy on shock value and drama to get ratings that they lost any sense of realistic morality when it came to chuck

Yess it would have saved him bit on the other hand how accirate is that for a lot of men like him?

Actual dog running after steak

i don't get this- i watched ep 1 and 2 of s1 and i really disliked blair and really liked serena but it seems like thats not the general consensus

@@georgie488 oh that def changes as the show goes on i was a serena apologist at first too

Nate was seriously so trash lol

@@georgie488 I love Serena too. But I think it all just depends on whether you relate more to Serena or Blair. Anyway, Nate is trash. He wasn’t worth either of their time.

Man, OTH would be great. At the same time I have: 1. absolutely no memory of the plot and 2. disproportionately strong opinions on characters with ZERO context. Like, someone tell me why I hated Peyton? Who even was Peyton? I bet Peyton did nothing wrong and I was a little dumbass. But I may never find out until someone deep dives it.

@@thelexicon7294 i imagine so many people feel that way!! The show lends itself to that. Peyton ended up cool, she kind of starts as an NLOG but is also a cheerleader and popular so like it is extra cringey that’s she acts like she is so unique and different and outcast haha so many characters go back and forth between “can’t stand at all” and “my precious baby” lol. Haley is the only consistently likable person and even she has her moments

i was thinking this same thing, I NEED a OTH recap

​@@thelexicon7294 are you me? 😮

Veronica Mars 😭💜💜💜 I loved that show!

Catty not caddy

I’m dead bc they’re CLOWNSSS for naming her “waldorf”😭😭

@@maddiesharpe7118 It's a reference to the Waldorf Astoria, a hotel named for the original old money family of New York, the Astors. They make the Vanderbilts look like nouveau riche. They have *beaver pelt* money; that's how old money they are. The richest person to die on the Titanic more than a hundred years ago was an Astor. And he was the *great-grandson* of the original John Jacob Astor.

@@TacticusPrime it’s still uggo sorry🥱

Catty!

She always gotta go. Like go piss girl!

You have to see this compilation of Serena "going" hahaha ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s8GQUVerCnQ.html

@@Rose-hh7mk Omg lmao. I don't know the context to all these but still hilarious. 😆

Ooh yes behind the scenes on a second channel would be so fun

@@katie-allen i would put it behind a paywall if i were him (like a channel membership), that's what many youtubers seem to do

@@spookeymo oh yeah, putting it on Patreon or something would be smart

Yes!!! And the answer is no! 😂

Was thinking about this because that’s so slay

They need Mike on the Netflix yt channel

Yes