Gossip Girl’s executive producers promised breathtaking final minutes for the teen soap's100th episode, and boy did they deliver! Not only did Dan (Penn Badgley) whisk away a runaway bride Blair (Leighton Meester), but after 100 episodes, we finally learned the identity of the mysteriously malevolent Gossip Girl!
The revelation that Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) is Gossip Girl was a fantastic way to end a show’s 100th episode, but it creates more questions thananswers. Has Georgina always been Gossip Girl? If she has been, then how has Gossip Girl remained fairly neutral, while the Georgina we know and love has always had an agenda? If she’s a new Gossip Girl, then who was the original Gossip Girl? Is Kristen Bell still going to be doing the show’s voice over? TVLine caught up with Josh Safran and asked him to weigh in the reveal everyone is talking about:
HAS GEORGINA ALWAYS BEEN GOSSIP GIRL? | Safran wouldn’t comment, but he did confirm that Georgina “has this role” now, so she’ll be sticking around to “get even more dirt and gossip…and cause so much more trouble.” The reveal will also take viewers behind the curtain with the wizard. “You’re now invited into a process that for years you haven’t seen,” he explains. “Seeing just how Gossip Girl gets her tips and what she does to get her tips is really fun and a new thing.” And don’t worry, Veronica Mars fans, Kristen Bell’s voice-overs aren’t going anywhere.
Georgina sticking around? Gossip Girl just shot to the top of my Monday night DVR list. In the same interview with TVLine, Safran teases what’s in store for Dan and Blair the rest of the season. I’m just looking forward to next week’s “The Backup Dan” because who doesn’t love a runaway bride storyline? Watch the preview after the jump READ MORE