Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 9: They Shoot Humphreys Don’t They?

Gossip Girl springs back into fine form with an episode that ties together the floundering storylines of the past few weeks.  Chuck and Nate scheme to get Serena and Blair back to BFF status.  Jenny continues down the path to the Dark Side, owning to her Queen of Constance status at her society debut.  And Dan and Olivia’s syrupy sweetness gets an added ingredient in the form of Vanessa.

Things kick off with preparations for the society debut of scads of teenage New York socialites, one of which is Queen J.  Seems that Cinderella hasn’t found a suitable Prince Charming to stand with her at her debut, nor dance with her at the cotillion.  Self-conscious of her Jenny From the Block Brooklynite status, she deems that no one less than hunky Graham Collins (a heretofore unseen character) will do.  After brushing past a slightly dumpy “nobody” named Kira, Eric picks up the slack and talks with the girl who wants nothing more than to be friends with her idol, Jenny.  Additionally, she knows Graham Collins and wants to hook him up with Jenny as an “in” into her circle of minions.  Eric volunteers to be Kira’s escort to her debut.