IT’S OURS, YOU HEAR? Members of Bayan Muna stage a rally in front of China’s consulate office in Makati City on Thursday, demanding the withdrawal of Chinese vessels from Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.?

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“Yes, Then Zero” Mark Piznarski Joshua Safran September 26, 2011
While working as a production assistant in Hollywood, Serena makes a mistake while trying to impress her new boss (guest star Michael Michele). Chuck and Nate arrive in Los Angeles to visit Serena where Nate gets involved with a shady older woman (guest star Elizabeth Hurley) and Chuck has a meeting of minds with actress/stuntwoman Zoë Bell (playing herself) as he struggles to get over Blair. Meanwhile, Blair and Louis return to New York from Monaco after spending the summer planning their wedding. Louis’ problem in supporting Blair’s difficult choices and nearly impossible demands threatens their relationship when she begins to see him as weak. Also, Dan gets help from Louis in a desperate attempt to prevent his book from being published in a local magazine. It is revealed in this episode that Dorota is pregnant and expecting her second child. Towards the end of the episode, it is also hinted that Blair is the one that is pregnant in which Dorota lied for her. As she is fitted for her wedding dress, the dress fitter says that by the time of her wedding she will be showing. Also, Serena runs into ‘Charlie’ in Los Angeles still unaware about her real identity, Ivy Dickens, whom has moved to California with her boyfriend

“Beauty and the Feast”. Mark Piznarski Sara Goodman October 3, 2011
Blair tries to conceal the news of her recent pregnancy from Louis as the arrival of her future sister-in-law Beatrice (guest star Roxane Mesquida) nears. Nate reconnects with the mysterious Diana Payne (guest star Elizabeth Hurley), a woman whom he had a fling with in Los Angeles who offers him a job opportunity to work at her publishing company, called Spectator, in New York. Meanwhile, Dan is desperately in need of help from Chuck to stop his novel from being published, but finds out that Chuck is hiding a secret. Ivy, still in character as ‘Charlie’, tries to avoid her real identity from an unsuspecting Serena but her plans affects her life in L.A. with her unsuspecting boyfriend Max. Blair’s plan doesn’t go accordingly; since Beatrice overhears her tell Dan that she’s pregnant, not bulimic.

“The Jewel of Denial” Larry Shaw Amanda Lasher October 10, 2011
Serena and Charlie return to New York. Worrying that her identity will be revealed, Ivy decides to start making her own choice by being a part of New York’s social society as Charlie. Meanwhile, Dan learns that his former mentor, Noah Shapiro, is responsible for publishing his novel. After his attempts at stopping Noah fail, Dan soon ends up in the spotlight. Chuck tries to break through his emotional block. Unknowingly, Nate is persuaded by the ruthless man-eater Diana (guest star Elizabeth Hurley) to cross moral lines while interviewing a couple at the Jenny Packham fashion show. Lily is finally released from house arrest and attends the fashion show with Rufus, despite the fact that her social life is in shambles. After learning that Ivy stole some of Charlie’s trust fund money for herself, Carol Rhodes tracks down Ivy to New York where Ivy threatens to reveal their scam, as well as implicate Serena and the entire Van Der Woodsen family, if Carol does not back away. Elsewhere, a very reluctant Blair decides she does not want to learn who the father of her unborn child is, but is later seen telling Chuck that she is pregnant with Louie’s baby, but adds “Part of me wished it was yours”. He is both amazed and hurt. When Blair tells Louis that she is pregnant, he is estatic, but at the end Blair is seen hiding the test results in a drawer. Also, Nate finds Ivy’s missing cell phone with her text messages from her boyfriend Max, but does not make the connection that Ivy and Charlie are one and the same.

“Memoirs of an Invisible Dan” Tate Donovan Amy B. Harris October 17, 2011
Dan is about to be announced as author of “Inside” so he gives a copy of the book to Blair, Serena, Nate, Chuck and Rufus hoping they will be supportive at his upcoming book party. In the book, Dan described Serena as the “old Serena”: drinking, dating teachers, being shallow, partying, reckless, and having random sex. Nate doesn’t receive a character description, but is joined with Eric (a younger, gay character with political relatives). Chuck is the only one in the book whom is described as he really is: lonely, cynical, without friends or families. The book talks about Blair and Dan having sex, and when Louis reads it he says he can’t trust Blair anymore. Blair is afraid she will have to raise the baby on her own if he leaves and finally tells Serena. Louis apologizes for his behavior and agrees to trust Blair. Even Rufus becomes angry and alienated with Dan when he says he had never regretted leaving the music industry to have a family, until upon reading the book, which portrays him as marrying Lily just for money. Meanwhile, Diana makes the connection of Ivy and Charlie being the same person and forces Charlie to work for her at Spectator. Also, Serena’s boss tells her to get the film rights for “Inside” and that she has only one week.

“The Fasting and the Furious” Joe Lazarov Peter Elkoff October 24, 2011
Louis’ mother Princess Sophie and his sister Beatrice pay another visit to New York where Blair announces her pregnancy to everyone. While her stepfather and mother, Cyrus and Eleanore, decide to throw a Yom Kippur dinner party to celebrate, Sophie and Beatrice try to get Blair to accept a series of conditions following the marriage. Blair naturally refuses, and Louis must choose between standing beside Blair or his mother. Meanwhile, Serena tries to get back into Dan’s good graces after her boss tells her to ask Dan to gain the movie rights to his book. Charlie asks Nate for help after Diana gives her a difficult assignment to find more dirt on the Van der Woodsen family kept in the family safe. As Rufus and Lily continue to avoid talking with Dan over his book, Chuck connects with an attractive therapist who rebuffs his advances and seems to see right through his character for who he really is.

“I Am Number Nine” Andy Wolk Jake Coburn November 7, 2011
Blair tries out three of her former minions for her Bridesmaids slots, and Charlie willingly teams up with the group in order to seek out a story where she proves herself to be more than a match for the Mean Girls. Nate becomes more frustrated that Diana refuses to publicly speak about their romance. So, Nate tries to make Diana jealous by asking Charlie to accompany him to Diana’s party celebrating the opening of her new gossip Internet blog at Spectator. Meanwhile, Serena is forced by her boss, Jane, to secure the screenwriting rights for Dan’s book, who quickly realizes that Jane wants someone else to write the screenplay in order to make the movie even more sordid and absurd as well as marketable. Also, Chuck discovers that his therapist, Dr. Eliza Barnes, has been recruited by Louis in order to dissuade Chuck from pursuing Blair any further.

“The Big Sleep No More” Andy Wolk Dan Steele November 14, 2011
Several of the group attend a performance of Punchdrunk’s provocative theater experience, “Sleep No More,” which translates to masks, anonymity and some surprising romantic twists by the end of the evening. Blair drags Dorota along with her as she sets out to prove that Chuck’s attempts to reform himself into a better man is a scam. Meanwhile, Diana sets her sights to snag Serena a job at Spectator as part of her twisted quest to ruin Gossip Girl’s website. When Charlie/Ivy’s ex-boyfriend, Max, arrives in town to look for her, Diana sets about manipulating both of them, as well as Nate, hoping to cause a major confrontation for her own deranged enjoyment. Elsewhere, Dan sets out on his book tour, but Rufus and Lily discover that he isn’t exactly having the experience as he claims to be. At the end, more shocking twists are revealed as the evil Diana and Nate’s crooked grandfather, William van der Bilt, are revealed to have been working together to orchestrate Nate’s employment with Diana as part of sinister grand plan for Nate, while Max, sent away by Diana on a ruse, accidentally discovers Ivy’s double life of impersonating Serena’s cousin Charlie.

“All The Pretty Sources” Cherie Nowlan Austin Winsberg November 21, 2011
Serena is hard at work planning a dream bridal shower for Blair, but it should come as no surprise that Serena has to plant some false information about the shower in order to keep Blair from finding out all the details. Chuck and Dan decide to spend the day together to distract themselves from the fact that they didn’t make the invite list for Blair’s shower. Nate and Serena find a silver bullet in Diana’s war against Gossip Girl, but struggle about whether to use it or not.