Serena gets a cold receptions from Blair, now her former best friend, who has discovered her true reasons for leaving boarding school, this coming just the day after the Kiss on the Lips party. At the same time, Dan and Serena decide to go on a date in the near future while Blair figures out that it might be beneficial for her to let Jenny into her inner circle of elites.
Based on the popular novel series by Cecily von Ziegesar and completely filmed New York, "Gossip Girl" tells the life stories of wealthy prep school teenagers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, narrated by an unknown blogger, referred to as Gossip Girl, who also introduces the latests news/rumors about this seemingly popular and exclusive group of teens. Beginning from the very first episode, Gossip Girl gets to work spreading news that Serena van der Woodsen or the "it girl" has made a return to the Upper East Side a short year after out of no where making the decision to attend boarding school. Serena's best friend, Blair Waldorf, doesn’t know how to interpret her thoughts about Serena’s return because Blair liked being the most popular or as referred to “Queen Bee” while she was gone, not only this but she has always wondered if there were previously any hidden emotions between Nate Archibal, Blairs Waldorfs boyfriend and Serena.