Gossip Girl

1st season - 85% - Drama interwoven with irony in every stitch, a relationship story that is like a poem and full of undefined villains. Gossip Girl may seem like a routine that has been seen a hundred times, but on the second glance, it is a series that is not afraid to reveal some teenage taboos in a unique way and style. I can understand when someone is not impressed by the deliberately exaggerated plot, but arguing that it is just "another stupidity about young and rich people for young and rich people" proves that the person hasn't seen a single episode. I prefer it when the gossip dominated the whole first season, showing me great characters (Dan and increasingly Chuck on the teenage side, and beautiful and elegant Lily on the adult side) and, in the final episode, it wasn't afraid to completely defy clichés. The only task was to preserve that unmistakable style and atmosphere. 2nd season - 70% - It keeps its face, but the story sometimes stumbles embarrassingly. The quality fluctuation this year reached new heights (most storylines were almost flawless in the middle of the season), but also unexpected lows (the aimless search for a new central storyline at the beginning or the inability to introduce a single consistent side character). However, popularity is now becoming an issue (except for the consistently pleasant adult part). Romantic artist Dan and conflicted Playboy Chuck are still leading, but all that remains of the girls is the spoiled yet charming Blair. Selfish Serena with a perpetual sense of being hurt and especially Jenny with her tricks, who I can't stand to see anymore, have fallen to the lowest depths. If more than half of the characters are indifferent to me or if I would rather not see them at all, something is wrong. Not to mention that the relationship dramas are served regularly, but somehow the writers don't seem to care as much about who is experiencing what and especially with whom. This seventy percent wavers dangerously in its foundations and only hangs on thanks to the mentioned characters, a well-fitting voiceover, and an excellent soundtrack. However, the continuation must settle into a more credible and romantic spirit; otherwise, it will be bad. 3rd season - 90% - A rescue injection. Everything is several classes easier with more natural relationships, and the cluttered finish of the second season helped the creators realize this. The most annoying thing for me this time is the unbelievable absurdity of the reality, where the main characters, six months after graduating from high school and dealing only with Gossip Girl and occasional family crises, have taken on the lead roles in all of New York City. Someone buys the most expensive hotel, someone dates the biggest celebrity, someone makes a news segment during prime time, and someone decides on an entire key political campaign. And all of this is done by nineteen-year-olds who have barely started college. However, since GG never pretended to be a realistic series, I can shake my head at this fact, smile, and move on. Because the writers manipulate the viewer very strongly in the relationship storylines, I happily bought into them this season, along with all the twists and turns. Friendships turning into love, love turning into a crisis, and all possible soap opera clichés, presented in a perfect form, with grace and top-notch irony. The gossip has finally found its place, knows how to touch the viewer, how to move them, and how to wave at them. 4th season - 70% - You can't get used to some quality jumps. And when the autumn part of the season becomes the worst period of the series, it's a low blow. What the writers show in twists like "a child of a Russian boss" can only be classified under a big WTF sign. The most annoying thing is that the whole central plot revolves around selfish Serena again. The rescuers remain the same: the hedonistic and conflicted Chuck with the queen Blair, and also Dan, who suffers from not having someone to play with for a very long time as a positive character. And when an irritating character is created out of Vanessa as well, it seems that the quality bottom is very close. However, one relationship/non-relationship with an absurd and yet cute duo came along, which resulted in a fateful love triangle and finally brought back what I've always liked about GG. Pleasant exaggeration with believable emotions inside. Even though it saves more than half of the percentage in the ratings, along with the aforementioned favorites, it is still not enough because it cannot be sustained indefinitely. And if the fifth season continues with trivial and desperately predictable storylines around Nate or Lily, it may be the end. 5th season - 55% - The feeling that I have seen everything on the Upper East Side and yet I keep watching commands a higher rating, but this time I have to be strict. I still adore Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass, and happily identify with Dan, but the rest is just too much for me. Serena's suffering looks, intrigues surrounding the Van der Woodsens and the Rhodes (You are Charlie-I am Charlie) or the crazy storyline with Chuck's family, where no one really knows who is whose mother or father - it was simply too much. But what surprises me the most is that even with such illogical plots, I have no problem watching the whole extended series and enjoying some aspects of it. Unfortunately, with the current lack of effort in the relationships and the unrealistic nature of EVERYTHING, I can only turn a blind eye to a certain extent. 6th season - 50% - The final twists are on the verge of bearable superficiality, unnecessary storylines for most characters (Rufus, Charlie, Nate, and Serena), and the feeling that no series should stumble awkwardly towards the end. Even after all this, I still get lured in by the unbelievable chemistry between Ed Westwick and Leighton Meester, and the bond between Chuck and Blair is the last thing that survived from the original qualities of Gossip Girl. Even though the last season is painful and dispensable in many ways, I have to admit one thing. The last two episodes function as a slightly drawn-out essence of everything I have ever loved about the series. So, when I watched refined plans, unexpected (and sometimes incompreh (07/02/2010) (moins) (plus)