Gossip Girl Episode Season 3 Episode 4: Dan de Fleurette

This week, the Upper East Siders find themselves in the midst of that time-honored teen tradition of “finding themselves.”  Serena, still resolute in deferring her college career at Brown for another year agonizes with soon-to-be-stepfather Rufus about how to break the news to her mother, bracing herself for Lily’s gamut of disapproving facial expressions and rebuttals.  Lily, fresh from her visit taking care of her sick mother (and actress Kelly Rutherford fresh off of maternity leave), doesn’t give Serena much time to state her case.  As Lily insists that Serena is making a major mistake, shrugging off the life-changing potential of an Ivy League education, in turn, Serena insists she will get a job to a skeptical Lily who points out her daughter’s lack of experience. 

Meanwhile, Jenny and Eric set out on their first day as Seniors at Constance/St. Jude.  The reluctant successor to Blair’s throne, Jenny immediately gathers the female student body together to insist that the old hierarchy is dead, ushering in an era of sunshine and light where we’re free to be you and me.  This does not go over too well with the holdovers from Blair’s regime who immediately text the old Queen B to inform her that Jenny has abolished the ruling class with her newfound status.