Blog #2: Gossip Girl: Season Finale

Gossip Girl: Season 6 Finale

Last night I finally finished season 6 of Gossip Girl on Netflix.  I didn't notice that Netflix had put the new season out, so when I found it I was super excited.  Watching it has been my leisure time this whole week, so when I got to the end I was a little sad, but not disappointed.  The season finale was filled with many surprises.  It continued the last episode where Chuck has a feud with his father, Bart, who earlier tried to kill him.  As Bart tries to attack Chuck on the roof, he falls of the edge.  Bart asks Chuck to help him, but in the end Bart falls to his death.

The finale starts off with Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf hiding from the police. Chuck's uncle, Jack, shows up and comes up with a plan where Blair doesn't have to testify against Chuck, if he were to be investigated and trialed for the murder of his father.  A blog from Gossip Girl-Tv by steve@iscribelimited.com explains it well: "With cameos galore, two weddings, a five-year flash forward and the mother of all twists, the Stephanie Savage-penned "New York, I Love You XOXO" sent the show out in style after six seasons." 

As Blair and Chuck get married in Central Park for all of their friends and family to see, police show up and take the two in to custody.  Later on they are released, because the police had no evidence that they were ever involved, and rules Bart Bass' death an accident.  This part seemed a little unrealistic to me, but I can understand how people could be upset with the outcome if it were to be an unhappy ending.

The most exciting thing for me while watching the season finale was finding out who Gossip Girl was.  I definitely had my suspicions, but it was nice to finally know who was behind all of the stories.  In an interview with Stephanie Savage, she said that, "It was unclear if knowing Gossip Girl’s identity was something fans would want. Maybe it was more fun for everyone to not know ... to speculate and come up with your own ideas." I personally liked the fact that they revealed the true Gossip Girl, because there were times where I really thought Dan Humphrey was going to be the loser jerk.  It was nice to see that he never lost his principles.  I liked how he was finally accepted into their world, and how they explained everything that occurred with Gossip Girl.  Not only was he accepted, he marries his dream girl five years later, which was a nice touch to the finish...

I thought the finale was great! I couldn't imagine any other way that they could have ended it. What do you think?