Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 11: Treasure of the Serena Madre

It’s Thanksgiving at the Van der Humphrey house and everyone’s attempting to patch together their holiday traditions.  What initially starts off as a small, intimate get-together turns into a multi-party Charlie Foxtrot – which can also apply to this episode. 

The crux of the episode hinges on Serena and Tripp’s attempt to play JFK and Marilyn.  The twist this time is that Tripp is planning on dumping his wife, Maureen.  He tells Serena that the real reason why he wants a divorce are trust issues stemming from Maureen’s involvement in orchestrating Hudson-gate… not because he wants to boink his new, young, blonde assistant.  Stupid Serena still wants to spend some quality time with the Tripp-ster.  Although she’s still in unconsummated territory with her boss and vows to stay that way, Serena tells Lily and the rest of the Van der Humphries a big ol’ lie that Tripp’s forcing her to work the soup kitchen with him on Thanksgiving day. Oh, and the two make out like someone slipped them both some Spanish Fly in the elevator in Chuck Bass’s building. Little do they know, Chuck’s surveillance cameras got their little tryst on film.