Sex with the Exes and Death on Gossip Girl

Big Bart Bass bound for the Great Beyond?

It seems to us that Gossip Girl is becoming a little bit like planet Earth. There's the two poles, Blair and Chuck, whose magnetic presence anchors the show, and everything else just falls somewhere in the middle.

The most exciting part of the whole Dan, Serena, Aaron, Lexy love square was the possibility that Serena's liberally cut gown might slip and expose some Janet Jackson-like boobage. And, being that we're not 13-year-old boys, this thought was mildly titillating at best.

In other mleh scandals, Vanessa was revealed - both literally and figuratively, giving her the opportunity to re-connect with Nate on a deeper level, demonstrate her ability to cry on cue, and once again affirm that she is the most boring character on the show.

Comic-book-like villian Bart Bass will apparently be meeting his maker, but not before arranging one last act of sabotoge. Watch out, Rufus and Lily, you're about to get Chucked.