Gossip Girl has already given us
a lot to
talk about from its season premiere trip to the Hamptons — and we're just getting started. There's
a new set of clips around — not just promos but real, full scenes this time — and they're the juiciest yet.
Needless to say, they're way spoilery.

Judging from the massive number of photos the CW has released in the past couple of days, I can say with certainty that the following things happened when
Gossip Girl went to the Hamptons for its season two premiere:
- Croquet was played.
- Red wine was served.
- Red wine was spilled, specifically on Dan.
- Dan got all writer-ly by the light of a fire.
- He also almost missed a bus.
- Blair rode bikes with a potential paramour.
- They also had heated conversations.
- As did Nate and Serena, as well as Serena and Dan.
- Lots of people wore white.
As for what this truly means for our favorite Upper East Siders — who's dating whom, who's the queen bee when we return to NYC, etc. — well, I've got nothing. But speculate with me, won't you, by taking a look at the pretty pictures.

Those marketing gurus over at the CW are at it again: We now have some cute teasers for the upcoming season of
Gossip Girl from the folks who brought you
OMFG. Gossip Girl returns September 1, and these clips reveal just how juicy S and B's summer in the Hamptons has been (hot lifeguards included).
Can you wait for the new season to start?. I bet as soon as you hit "play" on this video, the mere sight of Chuck in a fedora sipping a drink on the beach will give you the case of the LOLs (as Gossip Girl herself might put it).

The onset of Summer also means the return of my
Five Questions series, in which I take a look back at the most recent seasons of some favorite TV shows and pose some hypothetical questions about their future. Today's questions are for
Gossip Girl, which will start its second season in the Fall.
- Will the viewers ever come.

I'm a little sad to report that I'm feeling underwhelmed by last night's season finale of
Gossip Girl. I've been trying to get my head around what exactly seemed "off" last night because we were definitely treated to some great one-liners, a lot of good Chuck moments, and we even witnessed Dan scheming alongside Blair. On the surface, last night was everything we could have asked for from Gossip Girl, so why did it fall flat?
I think they actually gave us too much, too fast and didn't leave us with much of a finale cliffhanger.