1 00:00:02,370 --> 00:00:04,272 Gossip girl here... Your one and only source 2 00:00:04,305 --> 00:00:06,274 into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite. 3 00:00:06,307 --> 00:00:09,110 Dan's serial is continuing in "vanity fair." 4 00:00:09,143 --> 00:00:10,311 Dan, we had a deal. 5 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:12,056 "Vanity fair" is the big time, and the more readers I have, 6 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,415 the more power I have. It is that simple. 7 00:00:14,448 --> 00:00:16,650 (Rufus) Dan wrote the truth. We are together. 8 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:23,091 And I want you by my side, here and at the gallery opening. 9 00:00:23,124 --> 00:00:24,392 Are you Dan Humphrey? 10 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:25,326 I am. 11 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:26,803 I read your piece in "the spectator" today. 12 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:28,129 Can I buy you a drink? 13 00:00:28,162 --> 00:00:29,797 Absolutely. 14 00:00:29,830 --> 00:00:31,365 Did this really happen? You and Serena? 15 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:33,534 Every dirty detail, exactly as it occurred. 16 00:00:33,567 --> 00:00:36,404 She said she erased it, but did you actually see her do it? 17 00:00:36,437 --> 00:00:37,638 What is wrong with you? 18 00:00:37,671 --> 00:00:39,773 You had someone who loved you unconditionally, 19 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:41,375 and you threw that all away 20 00:00:41,409 --> 00:00:44,412 to let Chuck bass decide when he's ready for you? 21 00:00:44,445 --> 00:00:46,547 I just have a few questions about a weekend 22 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:49,417 you spent with Bart in Dubai about four years ago. 23 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:53,687 Dave drove Bart to meet someone named lady Alexander. 24 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:57,491 I don't know who she is or even where to start looking for her. 25 00:00:57,525 --> 00:00:58,692 We will find her. 26 00:01:00,194 --> 00:01:02,796 And who am I? 27 00:01:02,830 --> 00:01:06,100 That's a secret I'll never tell. 28 00:01:06,134 --> 00:01:07,768 You know you love me. 29 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:10,304 X.o.x.o., gossip girl. 30 00:01:10,338 --> 00:01:14,308 Captions by vita... 31 00:01:14,342 --> 00:01:17,311 (Gossip girl) Extra, extra, read all about it... 32 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:19,847 The latest upper east sider to take center stage 33 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,715 in the social spotlight. 34 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:23,584 But you know what they say? 35 00:01:23,617 --> 00:01:26,354 If you can't take the heat, then move to hell's kitchen. 36 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:28,189 (White arrows' "I can go" playing) 37 00:01:28,222 --> 00:01:31,359 "Nate Archibald has the opposite of the midas touch. 38 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:33,661 "Instead of everything he touches turning to gold, 39 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:35,663 he turns all the gold he's been given to dust." 40 00:01:35,696 --> 00:01:36,797 Your friend's poor, right? 41 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:38,366 I mean, he's probably just jealous. 42 00:01:38,399 --> 00:01:40,334 Oh, first of all, Dan screwed me over 43 00:01:40,368 --> 00:01:41,778 by selling the serialization of his new book 44 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:43,771 right out from under me, 45 00:01:43,804 --> 00:01:45,282 and then he releases the chapter about me. 46 00:01:45,306 --> 00:01:46,350 You look really hot in the picture. 47 00:01:46,374 --> 00:01:48,176 Who cares what it says? 48 00:01:48,209 --> 00:01:49,410 He's saying that 49 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:50,344 I'm singlehandedly destroying "the spectator." 50 00:01:50,378 --> 00:01:53,314 Okay, enough. This Dan guy is full of it. 51 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:55,416 No, actually, if he was making stuff up, 52 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:58,686 you know, I'd be mad, but I'd get over it. 53 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:01,155 Thing is, he's right. 54 00:02:01,189 --> 00:02:03,691 (Sighs) "The spectator" is in serious financial trouble, 55 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:06,527 and it's all my fault. 56 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,871 It's why I'm meeting with the bank later today 57 00:02:07,895 --> 00:02:10,464 to hopefully extend our credit line. 58 00:02:10,498 --> 00:02:12,266 Can I help? Please. 59 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:13,677 I am dying for an excuse to skip brunch 60 00:02:13,701 --> 00:02:15,436 with my dad and Serena Van Der floozy. 61 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:17,305 (Chuckles) 62 00:02:17,338 --> 00:02:18,515 No, that's nice, but you should go to brunch, 63 00:02:18,539 --> 00:02:19,883 and you should be nice to Serena, all right? 64 00:02:19,907 --> 00:02:20,984 She's the one who convinced your dad 65 00:02:21,008 --> 00:02:23,944 to let us keep dating, all right? Give her a chance. 66 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:25,346 (Georgina) Your article on Nate 67 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:27,448 is generating major online buzz. 68 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:28,758 Huffpo has a link on their main page, 69 00:02:28,782 --> 00:02:30,618 and Dwight garner just tweeted about it, 70 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:33,254 saying that he's halfway through and doesn't hate it yet. 71 00:02:33,287 --> 00:02:36,257 Even "gossip girl" gave us a nice plug. 72 00:02:36,290 --> 00:02:38,392 Overall, the reaction's been positive... 73 00:02:38,426 --> 00:02:39,960 For you, that is. Not for Nate. 74 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:41,605 Are they talking about how the use of real names 75 00:02:41,629 --> 00:02:43,431 makes this my "in cold blood"? 76 00:02:43,464 --> 00:02:44,708 I mean, do they like the writing? 77 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:46,976 Are they making any comparisons to historical literary figures? 78 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,270 Perez Hilton. But the important thing 79 00:02:49,303 --> 00:02:50,938 is that they're talking about it. 80 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:51,739 Literary celebrity is fleeting. 81 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,407 We have to make the most of it. 82 00:02:53,441 --> 00:02:55,809 Trust me. I have been. 83 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:59,213 I am not talking about trolling for lit groupies at McNally's 84 00:02:59,247 --> 00:03:00,748 and sleeping with your coffee dates. 85 00:03:00,781 --> 00:03:03,417 Well, that's how I'm finding a bed to sleep in every night. 86 00:03:03,451 --> 00:03:05,719 Look, being a writer in 2012 87 00:03:05,753 --> 00:03:07,721 isn't merely about the words that you write. 88 00:03:07,755 --> 00:03:09,457 It's about your image. 89 00:03:09,490 --> 00:03:10,967 So from now on, you're only going to be seen with girls 90 00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:13,927 who have Ivy league pedigrees, or, at the very least, vassar. 91 00:03:13,961 --> 00:03:15,396 She needs to have cover girl looks 92 00:03:15,429 --> 00:03:16,606 and at least three mentions in "page six" 93 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:17,998 in the last six months. 94 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:20,000 How exactly am I gonna do that? 95 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,393 I've already set up the interviews. 96 00:03:25,606 --> 00:03:26,606 (Clears throat) 97 00:03:28,776 --> 00:03:30,544 This is the guy my daughter's dating? 98 00:03:30,578 --> 00:03:32,446 Have you read this article on Nate? 99 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,982 Oh, I'm not a fan of the author's previous work. 100 00:03:35,015 --> 00:03:36,417 Well, let me summarize for you. 101 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:38,686 His last girlfriend was a madam. 102 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:41,455 Before that, he dated con artists with an "s," 103 00:03:41,489 --> 00:03:43,391 because, yes, there was more than one. 104 00:03:43,424 --> 00:03:44,792 Your friend Dan wrote all this? 105 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:46,327 Dan Humphrey's a douche. 106 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:47,728 Well, you can forget 107 00:03:47,761 --> 00:03:49,730 about dating the guy in this article ever again. 108 00:03:49,763 --> 00:03:50,698 That's fine by me. 109 00:03:50,731 --> 00:03:51,941 Nate is nothing like the guy in that article. 110 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:55,269 Well, I don't know what Dan wrote, but I can vouch for Nate. 111 00:03:55,303 --> 00:03:57,004 He's kind and honest and a good friend. 112 00:03:57,037 --> 00:03:59,740 And... and he cares about Sage a lot. 113 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:01,675 You should get to know him before you judge him. 114 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:03,019 Or at least before you hit him again. 115 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,613 Dad, can he come to the horse show with us? 116 00:04:05,646 --> 00:04:06,747 This afternoon? 117 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:08,816 No, that's always been our thing. 118 00:04:08,849 --> 00:04:10,489 Oh, come on. You hate it, and you know it. 119 00:04:10,518 --> 00:04:12,462 It'll give you someone to talk about football with instead. 120 00:04:12,486 --> 00:04:13,787 (Gasps) Nate loves football. 121 00:04:13,821 --> 00:04:16,824 See? Look, we're already finding things to bond over. 122 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:20,060 Oh, I guess he can join us. 123 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,571 It'll give me a chance to talk to him. 124 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:23,331 Possibly threaten his life. 125 00:04:23,364 --> 00:04:24,732 I'll see if he can come. 126 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:25,799 Thanks, dad. 127 00:04:25,833 --> 00:04:27,435 You, too, Serena. 128 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,774 Did you see that? 129 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:35,443 She almost smiled at me. 130 00:04:35,476 --> 00:04:36,844 Hmm. 131 00:04:36,877 --> 00:04:37,845 And don't worry about Nate. You'll really like him. 132 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:39,480 He's the best. 133 00:04:39,513 --> 00:04:43,517 Well, you would know. When were you gonna tell me 134 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:46,019 you've had sex with my daughter's boyfriend? 135 00:04:51,459 --> 00:04:53,694 Okay. 136 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:56,664 This is definitely a-a fire hazard. 137 00:04:56,697 --> 00:05:00,668 I think it's time to unpack the boxes Lily sent over. 138 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:02,970 Sorry, I've been so busy with this new gallery opening. 139 00:05:03,003 --> 00:05:04,505 I'm actually headed over there now. 140 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:06,407 Don't take this the wrong way, 141 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,710 but maybe you're using the gallery as an excuse 142 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:11,945 to avoid going through your old life. 143 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:13,647 Oh, that's ridiculous. 144 00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:15,683 Is it? (Chuckles) 145 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:19,953 These boxes are full of stuff from your time with Lily, 146 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:22,456 and I can see how revisiting those memories 147 00:05:22,490 --> 00:05:24,992 could be difficult. 148 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:28,362 Look, let me help. I will unpack the boxes, 149 00:05:28,396 --> 00:05:30,764 and when you come back, they'll be gone. 150 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:32,900 That would be nice. 151 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:35,436 Keep the things that we can use around the loft 152 00:05:35,469 --> 00:05:38,138 and just throw everything else out. 153 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:40,774 (Door opens and closes) 154 00:05:40,808 --> 00:05:43,611 (Scoffs and chuckles) 155 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:49,883 Gosh. 156 00:06:04,498 --> 00:06:06,600 (Sighs) 157 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:09,503 "May 17, 2008. 158 00:06:09,537 --> 00:06:14,141 Dear Rufus, last night was the best night of my life." 159 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:15,752 (Steven) It's kind of a big deal not to mention. 160 00:06:15,776 --> 00:06:17,745 (Sighs) 161 00:06:17,778 --> 00:06:20,481 I wasn't trying to hide my past with Nate. 162 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:21,782 I swear it was a long time ago. 163 00:06:21,815 --> 00:06:23,192 We're just friends now, and besides, 164 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:24,961 when is something like that supposed to come up? 165 00:06:24,985 --> 00:06:26,487 I don't know. 166 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,490 Maybe the second he started dating my daughter? 167 00:06:29,523 --> 00:06:30,634 Sage knows, and she doesn't care. 168 00:06:30,658 --> 00:06:31,901 I don't see what the big deal is. 169 00:06:31,925 --> 00:06:33,637 I don't know everyone that you've been with. 170 00:06:33,661 --> 00:06:34,628 You're right. 171 00:06:34,662 --> 00:06:36,464 We both have pasts, 172 00:06:36,497 --> 00:06:38,899 but mine's not about to be chronicled in a magazine. 173 00:06:38,932 --> 00:06:41,635 There's bound to be a Serena chapter soon, right? 174 00:06:43,471 --> 00:06:45,048 Maybe it's time we have the conversation... 175 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:46,907 Discuss everyone we've been with to avoid 176 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:49,777 any more embarrassing surprises in print or at parties. 177 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:51,512 Everyone? 178 00:06:51,545 --> 00:06:52,946 Well, within reason. 179 00:06:55,082 --> 00:06:57,785 (Sighs) Second base and beyond. 180 00:06:57,818 --> 00:06:59,787 Kissing doesn't count. 181 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:02,155 I think it's a great idea. 182 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:05,158 I just have to run an errand first. 183 00:07:05,192 --> 00:07:06,627 When you get back then. 184 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:07,695 (Kisses) 185 00:07:09,530 --> 00:07:10,530 (Beep) 186 00:07:11,565 --> 00:07:14,434 (Beep) 187 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:18,472 (Cell phone rings) 188 00:07:18,506 --> 00:07:19,940 (Ring) 189 00:07:19,973 --> 00:07:20,974 (Beep) 190 00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:23,143 That Eleanor again? 191 00:07:23,176 --> 00:07:25,946 Debriefing my mother on Waldorf designs can wait. 192 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:27,581 She knows I have no buyers, 193 00:07:27,615 --> 00:07:29,717 and she's just calling to yell at me. 194 00:07:29,750 --> 00:07:31,561 Besides, I have much more pressing business to attend to, 195 00:07:31,585 --> 00:07:33,086 like finding lady Alexander, 196 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,256 whoever and wherever she may be. 197 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:37,124 Now I've gone through the peerage registries 198 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:39,660 of all the royals in western Europe, 199 00:07:39,693 --> 00:07:43,564 and the closest I could find was a lady Alexandria of Lisbon, 200 00:07:43,597 --> 00:07:46,199 but she died 50 years ago in a Portuguese mental hospital. 201 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:48,869 I am starting to think my father 202 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:51,204 had his bodyguard feed us bad intel. 203 00:07:51,238 --> 00:07:53,574 That is in Bart's playbook, 204 00:07:53,607 --> 00:07:56,877 but I'm having one of those psychic hunches I get, 205 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,822 like when I predicted Tom and Katie wouldn't last. 206 00:07:58,846 --> 00:08:00,781 You didn't have to be psychic to call that one. 207 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:03,584 I know this may be a little crazy. 208 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:07,621 My mother has a friend called lady Vaughn, 209 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:10,123 only "lady" isn't her title. It's her name. 210 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:12,626 She literally changed it to sound more important 211 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:14,738 so she could sit on the boards of all the big museums, 212 00:08:14,762 --> 00:08:17,030 and it worked. 213 00:08:17,064 --> 00:08:18,732 Maybe lady Alexander did the same. 214 00:08:18,766 --> 00:08:19,800 (Key clicks) 215 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:21,034 There she is. 216 00:08:21,068 --> 00:08:23,270 Lady Alexander. 217 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:24,171 But it says she's not on the board. 218 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:27,140 It's a portrait in a private showing. 219 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:29,610 By the artist Brian batt. 220 00:08:29,643 --> 00:08:31,779 I know him! I mean, I-I know his work. 221 00:08:31,812 --> 00:08:33,146 He has a studio downtown. 222 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:36,784 I always wanted to commission a portrait of you. 223 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:40,954 Hmm. 224 00:08:43,791 --> 00:08:44,925 (Cell phone alert chimes) 225 00:08:44,958 --> 00:08:46,159 (Beep) 226 00:08:46,193 --> 00:08:48,328 What's wrong? The eggs overcooked again? 227 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:49,997 No. Well, actually, yes, 228 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,174 but that's not what's so upsetting. 229 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:52,800 Eric just texted me from Sarah Lawrence 230 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,668 telling me I was on "gossip girl." 231 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:57,905 This is about our wedding? 232 00:08:57,938 --> 00:09:00,641 No, the night before, when I slept with Rufus. 233 00:09:00,674 --> 00:09:03,143 That's old news. 234 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:05,178 I have no idea why I'm suddenly on the radar 235 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:06,814 of this childish blog. 236 00:09:06,847 --> 00:09:08,625 I think it's fairly obvious what kind of child 237 00:09:08,649 --> 00:09:10,317 would be putting out such stories. 238 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:13,654 Charles? 239 00:09:13,687 --> 00:09:15,122 No, he would never. 240 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:17,190 He shipped a woman in from Dubai 241 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:19,159 to drive a wedge in between us. 242 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:22,329 I'm sorry he keeps dragging you into our fight. 243 00:09:22,362 --> 00:09:24,665 Well, maybe that's why he hasn't returned my calls. 244 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:28,001 I'll take care of it. 245 00:09:28,035 --> 00:09:29,035 (Whispers) Okay. 246 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:35,075 (The cold & lovely's "paper and gun" playing) 247 00:09:35,108 --> 00:09:37,678 I love how you combine the classic portraiture 248 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:39,947 with pop culture, 249 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:43,684 but we really came to see your portrait of lady Alexander. 250 00:09:43,717 --> 00:09:46,219 Friends of ours saw it in your private show at the met, 251 00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:47,888 and they suggest we mimic the style. 252 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:50,157 I wanna do the exact same pose. 253 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:51,267 I think you've got the wrong guy. 254 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:52,926 I don't do that sort of thing. 255 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,762 Obviously, we wouldn't want to compromise 256 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:58,031 your artistic integrity by recreating someone else's pose. 257 00:09:58,065 --> 00:09:59,700 Unless it's okay with her. 258 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:01,301 And we tripled your fee. 259 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:04,738 I don't mind calling lady Alexander myself. 260 00:10:04,772 --> 00:10:07,040 See, I generally don't take no for an answer. 261 00:10:07,074 --> 00:10:09,843 So if you'd simply provide a phone number... 262 00:10:09,877 --> 00:10:13,681 Looks like Chuck's midas touch is still intact. 263 00:10:13,714 --> 00:10:17,317 I really hope we're not talking about the same lady Alexander. 264 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,653 Here she is. 265 00:10:19,687 --> 00:10:22,355 But a horse by any other name is still a horse. 266 00:10:25,759 --> 00:10:29,162 And Chuck and Blair can't seem to buy a clue. 267 00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:44,444 Assuming that lady Alexander isn't related to Mr. Ed, 268 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:45,922 it appears we've hit another dead end. 269 00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:47,414 Well, not exactly. 270 00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:49,258 Thoroughbred registries have all the important info 271 00:10:49,282 --> 00:10:52,019 on every sale, such as prices and previous owners. 272 00:10:52,052 --> 00:10:53,754 It's like m.L.S. For horses. 273 00:10:53,787 --> 00:10:55,756 So find the horse, find the owner. 274 00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:58,892 Here she is... lady Alexander. 275 00:10:58,926 --> 00:11:01,428 It says she was bought four years ago 276 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:02,763 by Bartholomew bass. 277 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:04,231 What else does it say? 278 00:11:04,264 --> 00:11:07,067 Well, not much except she was just under $1 million. 279 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,235 Is that a lot of money? 280 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:09,436 For regular people, yes. 281 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:10,971 I meant for a horse. 282 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:13,040 (Beep) 283 00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:15,051 I didn't realize your father was such a horse enthusiast. 284 00:11:15,075 --> 00:11:16,243 He's not. 285 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,444 Well, then... 286 00:11:17,477 --> 00:11:19,947 Why did he buy a dozen thoroughbreds 287 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:21,181 in a single month? 288 00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:23,817 Let me see that. 289 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:26,319 It says here he bought them all from the same man in Dubai. 290 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:27,921 I don't recognize the name, 291 00:11:27,955 --> 00:11:28,789 and I've been through the bass industries books 292 00:11:28,822 --> 00:11:30,758 with a fine-toothed comb. 293 00:11:30,791 --> 00:11:33,326 Maybe your father's secret is that he's just into horses... 294 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,228 Really, really expensive horses. 295 00:11:35,262 --> 00:11:37,097 I doubt he'd pay off Amira for that. 296 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:38,966 I need to find sheikh Hassan. 297 00:11:38,999 --> 00:11:42,202 There is a big 3-day horse show going on 298 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:43,837 just outside the city right now. 299 00:11:43,871 --> 00:11:45,205 I saw it on one of the registries. 300 00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:47,440 It... it attracts an elite international crowd. 301 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:48,918 Maybe if the sheikh isn't there himself, 302 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:50,343 he has people there for him? 303 00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:52,012 Looks like we're back in the saddle. 304 00:11:53,981 --> 00:11:55,816 You... you have a house in the Hamptons, too? 305 00:11:55,849 --> 00:11:57,450 And in Aspen and in St. barth's, too. 306 00:11:57,484 --> 00:12:01,088 Sorry. Tiffany. Time's up. Don't call us. We'll call you. 307 00:12:01,121 --> 00:12:04,224 ♪♪ 308 00:12:04,257 --> 00:12:06,159 Okay, you both know the drill. 309 00:12:06,193 --> 00:12:07,503 Skip the small talk and get down to business. 310 00:12:07,527 --> 00:12:08,929 You have five minutes. 311 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:11,765 ♪♪ 312 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:13,901 Serena. 313 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:15,044 Are you here to interview for the position? 314 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:16,308 I'm sorry. Do you work here now? 315 00:12:16,336 --> 00:12:18,205 As if. 316 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,116 I'm pimping out celebutantes for Dan to have sex with. 317 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:22,309 If you're interested, you can, uh, get in line. 318 00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:25,478 ♪♪ 319 00:12:25,512 --> 00:12:27,456 Uh, Dan told me to meet him here. I'll just be two minutes. 320 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,182 That's fine, 321 00:12:29,216 --> 00:12:31,384 but I'm going to have to ask you to leave your bag. 322 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:34,254 We can't risk any unauthorized recording devices. 323 00:12:34,287 --> 00:12:35,522 His words are worth too much. 324 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:43,864 No, the bank has all my paperwork, okay? 325 00:12:43,897 --> 00:12:47,000 And you've seen the numbers, and they're good. 326 00:12:47,034 --> 00:12:48,277 No, I-I get that there's a lot of money 327 00:12:48,301 --> 00:12:49,545 going out the door each month, okay? 328 00:12:49,569 --> 00:12:51,839 But just, with a little more time, 329 00:12:51,872 --> 00:12:52,982 I know I can turn things around. 330 00:12:53,006 --> 00:12:54,474 I understand. Thank you. 331 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:55,909 Who let you in here? 332 00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:58,378 That article this morning was unfairly biased. 333 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:00,223 It's my job to report on other people's business. 334 00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:02,215 I'd be a hypocrite to get upset about it. 335 00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:03,183 Plus, "the spectator" just got plugged 336 00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:05,085 in a popular national magazine. 337 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,019 The glass is half full approach, huh? 338 00:13:06,053 --> 00:13:07,187 Yeah. 339 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:09,022 I know your paper is in trouble. 340 00:13:09,056 --> 00:13:10,533 I also know that you are a lot smarter 341 00:13:10,557 --> 00:13:12,359 than that article makes you out to be. 342 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,794 So I am here to offer you some relief. 343 00:13:16,964 --> 00:13:19,099 Let's talk. 344 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:23,346 So what's so important you had to see me in person? 345 00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:24,480 And allow Georgina to frisk you? 346 00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:27,407 I-I need to know, did you write a chapter about me? 347 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,142 Of course I did. 348 00:13:29,176 --> 00:13:31,378 You really think my father or Nate are more interesting 349 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:33,313 than the infamous Serena Van Der Woodsen? 350 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:35,291 Okay, but I need to know what's in it and when it comes out. 351 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:36,625 Well, that would ruin all the fun. 352 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,585 Dan, I'm serious. 353 00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:40,453 Did you write about 354 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:43,056 that night that we were together at the Campbell apartment? 355 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:45,358 (Sighs) Relax. I didn't publish any of that. 356 00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:46,526 (Exhales) 357 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:47,928 But not to protect you. 358 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:49,072 Um, because it was the most humiliating thing 359 00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:50,606 I've ever been a part of. But don't worry. 360 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,375 There's... there's gonna be some good stuff in your chapter. 361 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:54,234 ♪♪ 362 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:55,945 I think I might even include a little tidbit 363 00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,971 of this desperate conversation. 364 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:01,208 Wow, I... I can't believe 365 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:02,943 I ever loved someone who could write 366 00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:05,012 such awful things about his friends and family. 367 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:06,422 Right, 'cause you were thinking about my feelings 368 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:07,614 when you made that sex tape. 369 00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:09,282 You know what? 370 00:14:09,316 --> 00:14:10,593 The worst part is you actually seem to be enjoying it. 371 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:12,886 Serena, wait a second. Wait. 372 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:17,233 On your way out, just let Georgina know 373 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:18,617 that I gotta take a bathroom break. 374 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:21,628 Thanks for stopping by. 375 00:14:21,661 --> 00:14:24,998 Uh, Dan says have the next girl meet him in the bathroom. 376 00:14:25,032 --> 00:14:26,366 Mmm. That's more like it. 377 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,502 (Beep) 378 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:33,506 Hey. I just finished my errand. Yeah, I got everything I needed. 379 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:36,676 So... You back "the spectator," 380 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:39,246 and I put out fluff pieces on you and Lily 381 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,481 to offset her bad press on "gossip girl"? 382 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:44,117 I know you did well with that article on Rufus, 383 00:14:44,151 --> 00:14:47,254 and mature readers help broaden your demo. 384 00:14:47,287 --> 00:14:49,990 You will have the extra cash you need. 385 00:14:50,023 --> 00:14:51,458 And as for me, 386 00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:53,626 a happy wife is a happy life. 387 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:55,996 Hmm. 388 00:14:56,029 --> 00:14:57,664 Next thing I know, 389 00:14:57,697 --> 00:14:59,675 you'll be asking me to write bad press on Chuck, huh? (Chuckles) 390 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:02,202 I'm not looking for another partner. I'm sorry. 391 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:04,104 I'm gonna handle this one on my own. 392 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,273 I have no doubt you will succeed, 393 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:08,786 especially if you've inherited your father's gift with numbers. 394 00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:12,512 He was always so... 395 00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:13,545 Inventive. 396 00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:21,989 (Sighs) 397 00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:23,123 (Taps button) 398 00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:32,332 (Beep) 399 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:33,566 Hey, it's Nate. 400 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,270 Listen, I have a business proposition for you. 401 00:15:37,304 --> 00:15:40,407 (Cell phone rings) 402 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,242 (Ring) 403 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:45,245 (Beep) 404 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:48,515 Well... at least I know your phone is working. 405 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:50,583 What I don't know is why you're avoiding my calls. 406 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:52,685 It's nothing personal. 407 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:55,022 As you know, I've been avoiding my father. 408 00:15:55,055 --> 00:15:57,190 And, well, you're married to him. 409 00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:58,525 Does that mean 410 00:15:58,558 --> 00:16:00,727 you're behind the stories about me on "gossip girl"? 411 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,662 Is that what he told you? 412 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:06,333 I hope you know I would never do something like that to you. 413 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:08,768 Well, I needed to hear it from you. 414 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,338 I also need for you to end this feud with your father. 415 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:13,240 I love both of you, 416 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:14,583 and I can't stand to be in the middle of it 417 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,109 a second longer. 418 00:16:16,143 --> 00:16:18,345 I appreciate your desire to bring us back together, 419 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:21,048 but we were never close to begin with. 420 00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:23,750 The man's idea of father/son bonding 421 00:16:23,783 --> 00:16:25,518 was teaching me how to diversify bonds. 422 00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:28,021 It's always been business between us. 423 00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:29,165 Well, I got us tickets to the horse show, 424 00:16:29,189 --> 00:16:30,257 but it starts in an hour, 425 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:31,424 so... 426 00:16:31,458 --> 00:16:33,760 Oh. Hello, Lily. 427 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:36,172 Oh, well, you don't mean the one at the stone orchard stables? 428 00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:38,531 It is. I... I don't... 429 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:41,801 Chuck? 430 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:43,512 Oh, I haven't been in years. It's a fabulous event. 431 00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:45,781 And a wonderful opportunity, Charles, for you and your father 432 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:48,241 to talk about something other than business 433 00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:50,519 and start to make amends. I'm gonna see if he's available. 434 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:53,313 Oh, please. No, don't tell him. This should be a surprise. 435 00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:00,053 (Knock on door) 436 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:07,227 Well, that was fast. 437 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:09,762 So... what's this big business opportunity 438 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:11,231 you mentioned on the phone? 439 00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:13,233 Mind if I come in? 440 00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:15,235 Looks like Chuck and Blair aren't the only ones 441 00:17:15,268 --> 00:17:17,704 with a surprise visitor. 442 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:20,573 So much for golden boy going it alone. 443 00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:27,114 So what's with all the boxes? 444 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:28,815 Are you moving in, or is Rufus moving out? 445 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:31,151 It's Rufus' stuff from Lily's. 446 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,555 I know you released the story about Rufus suing Dan, 447 00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:37,824 so I figured you might also be behind 448 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:41,361 all the stories about Lily on "gossip girl." 449 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,430 Ooh. 450 00:17:43,463 --> 00:17:45,765 Well, now I know where you got all the ammo from. 451 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,401 Lily acts so high and mighty, 452 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:49,569 but look at her. 453 00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:51,404 She's been married a dozen times, 454 00:17:51,438 --> 00:17:54,574 she's had countless affairs, a secret kid, 455 00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:56,643 she's even spent time under house arrest, 456 00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:58,545 but never pays the price. 457 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,580 And why should Rufus suffer 458 00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:02,882 while Lily's reputation remains unscathed? 459 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,351 I agree. 460 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:06,153 You do? 461 00:18:06,186 --> 00:18:07,330 But Lily's friends don't read "gossip girl." 462 00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:10,757 So you should put the stories out on "the spectator." 463 00:18:15,495 --> 00:18:17,197 I can see why 464 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,632 you don't feel like socializing with your father, 465 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,768 but why would you insist on keeping your attendance 466 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:24,337 at an equestrian event a secret? 467 00:18:24,371 --> 00:18:26,773 I could care less about the horses. 468 00:18:26,806 --> 00:18:29,176 I'm looking at the property 469 00:18:29,209 --> 00:18:31,278 as long as my father and I are both 470 00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:33,846 in the real estate game in New York, 471 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,448 there will never be peace in our family. 472 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,585 Stone orchard is for sale? 473 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:39,752 Uh-huh. 474 00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:42,622 Oh, my god. What a shame. 475 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:45,458 It's been in the same family for two centuries. 476 00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:47,927 Well, I heard they lost a fortune in Facebook stock. 477 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,198 I'm just exploring the possibility, 478 00:18:51,231 --> 00:18:53,500 and I don't want Bart to know 479 00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:55,134 until it's real. 480 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:59,272 This is fantastic, Charles. 481 00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:01,308 Good for you! 482 00:19:01,341 --> 00:19:03,510 I am so proud of you for thinking outside of the box, 483 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:05,345 and outside of Manhattan. 484 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:06,413 (Chuckles) 485 00:19:06,446 --> 00:19:07,556 I know the place quite well. 486 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:08,781 I actually put my horses there 487 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:11,651 when we first moved back out east. And... 488 00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:13,453 I mean, I could show you around? 489 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:14,454 (Mouths word) 490 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:17,824 I promise, not a word of this to your father. 491 00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:26,566 Ooh. Well, then there was Ben, 492 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:28,568 who, contrary to some forged documents, 493 00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:30,570 I didn't sleep with when I was 15. 494 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,672 Not until after he got out of prison, 495 00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:34,941 and that was the last guy I was with before you. 496 00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:37,544 You said that was a year and a half ago. 497 00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:40,747 Not even one random hook-up between the jailbird and me? 498 00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:43,550 No. I swore off men. I just wanted to focus on myself. 499 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:45,318 Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. 500 00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:47,287 Oh, I know that must be hard for you to believe, 501 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,422 since you spent the entire winter focusing on 502 00:19:49,456 --> 00:19:51,824 the "sports illustrated" swimsuit models. 503 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:54,294 Wait, wait. Come on. You saw that cat daddy video. 504 00:19:54,327 --> 00:19:55,562 (Laughs) 505 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,597 (Laughs) 506 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:01,568 So that's it, then? We're... we're good? 507 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:04,837 I feel prepared for anything that could be published. 508 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:12,312 Okay. (Scoffs) 509 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:13,980 No. 510 00:20:14,013 --> 00:20:16,249 Just... no. 511 00:20:16,283 --> 00:20:19,719 Did, uh, Nate get back to you about the, uh, horse show? 512 00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,821 He's got some work to do. He's gonna meet us there. 513 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:25,392 I'm really glad he's going. Go easy on him, okay? 514 00:20:25,425 --> 00:20:27,427 Serena, did you want to come, too? 515 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,462 I mean, if my dad wants you to. 516 00:20:29,496 --> 00:20:32,532 Oh. Well, I-I don't want to intrude. 517 00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,000 No. No, no, come. 518 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:35,811 You can keep Sage occupied while I interrogate her boyfriend. 519 00:20:35,835 --> 00:20:38,338 (Chuckles) 520 00:20:38,371 --> 00:20:39,382 Bart, dear, I know you're going to be devastated, 521 00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:40,983 but I was thinking we should cancel our dinner 522 00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:42,285 with the kranzlers this evening. 523 00:20:42,309 --> 00:20:44,010 Gee, that's too bad. 524 00:20:44,043 --> 00:20:45,754 I was looking forward to dodging all their questions 525 00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:47,347 about my disappearance. 526 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:48,624 Well, don't worry. We'll reschedule. 527 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:50,483 You needn't bother, Lily. 528 00:20:50,517 --> 00:20:52,419 What else did you have in mind instead? 529 00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:54,921 Well, I was suddenly in the mood for a spa overhaul... 530 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:57,624 Massage, facial, nails, the works. 531 00:20:57,657 --> 00:20:59,359 Are you still upset 532 00:20:59,392 --> 00:21:01,361 about Chuck and those stories on "gossip girl"? 533 00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:02,838 Because I'm planning to stop by the empire 534 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:04,431 and have a talk with him. 535 00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:06,299 Oh, I don't think that's necessary. 536 00:21:06,333 --> 00:21:07,976 I spoke to Charles, and he said he didn't leak those stories, 537 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,436 and I believe him. 538 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:11,404 So I'll call you when I'm done, okay? 539 00:21:11,438 --> 00:21:13,072 Sure. 540 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:15,308 (Beep) 541 00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:16,719 Thank you for keeping this between us. 542 00:21:16,743 --> 00:21:18,578 I hate lying, 543 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,447 but there's no reason to concern your father 544 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,449 if it helps you with your plan to make peace. 545 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:24,617 Trust me. If he found out, he'd run everything. 546 00:21:34,361 --> 00:21:36,896 Sometimes it's best not to call 547 00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:39,966 in order to avoid being called out later. 548 00:21:45,672 --> 00:21:49,776 (Stepdad's "pick & choose" playing) 549 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,712 (Indistinct conversations) 550 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:57,517 (Blusters) 551 00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:06,693 (Lily) Just smell the air... So crisp and clean. 552 00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:08,094 And fertilized. 553 00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:09,762 You know, there is so much to show you. 554 00:22:09,796 --> 00:22:12,965 This could take all afternoon. 555 00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:16,436 Oh! Uh, uh, did you see that woman over there waving at you? 556 00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:17,570 Which one? 557 00:22:17,604 --> 00:22:18,747 The one that looks like Princess Anne. 558 00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:20,015 She's saying your name and waving. 559 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:21,708 Are you sure? 560 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:23,786 Ah. Well, maybe I should go say hello. I don't want to be rude. 561 00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:24,977 Mm. 562 00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:26,979 Excuse me. 563 00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:28,123 Okay, now it's your chance! Go! Run! 564 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:30,417 Blair, this isn't a hostage situation. 565 00:22:30,450 --> 00:22:31,418 I don't even know who to... Excuse me. 566 00:22:31,451 --> 00:22:32,819 Can you tell me if 567 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,987 any of sheikh Hassan's horses are competing today? 568 00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:37,824 Mm... just one... crown Jewel. She's on the course. 569 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:39,492 Thank you. 570 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:41,728 Okay, look. 571 00:22:41,761 --> 00:22:43,739 I'll go and see what I can find out about sheikh Hassan. 572 00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,898 If you can keep Lily occupied for a few... 573 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:47,734 I got a closer look, and it is Princess Anne 574 00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:49,101 with her daughter Zara, 575 00:22:49,135 --> 00:22:50,513 but are you sure she was waving at me? 576 00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:53,506 Because we've never actually met before. 577 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:54,750 Maybe she was just swatting away mosquitoes 578 00:22:54,774 --> 00:22:56,509 or airing out her pits. 579 00:22:56,543 --> 00:22:57,710 Hmm. 580 00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:59,446 (Laughs) 581 00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:01,399 Well, either way, where should we begin our tour? 582 00:23:03,149 --> 00:23:04,149 Mm-hmm. 583 00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:09,622 Hey, guys, sorry I'm late. I... (Sighs) 584 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:11,558 No, it's okay. We just got here ourselves. 585 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,626 Nate, this is my dad. You remember his fist, right? 586 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:14,761 Ah. 587 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:16,496 Yeah, sorry about that. 588 00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:18,498 I've never actually punched anyone before. 589 00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:20,833 You definitely did a good job. It hurt, so... 590 00:23:20,867 --> 00:23:22,110 Hey, do you wanna go check out the horse? 591 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:24,871 Yeah. You guys stay and bond over how great I am 592 00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:26,473 and how you want me to be happy, okay? 593 00:23:26,506 --> 00:23:27,940 Great. Bye! 594 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:30,743 You know, just so you know, 595 00:23:30,777 --> 00:23:33,112 I had to... Ice my hand all night. 596 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,047 Probably hurt me more than it you. 597 00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:37,450 (Chuckles) And I should probably tell you 598 00:23:37,484 --> 00:23:39,552 I am a huge fan of the business you've built. 599 00:23:39,586 --> 00:23:42,054 I've been following your career for forever now. So... 600 00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:44,891 You're not dating my daughter just to get to me, are you? 601 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:47,494 No, sir. It's just a purely added bonus. 602 00:23:47,527 --> 00:23:48,995 Whoa! Whoa! 603 00:23:49,028 --> 00:23:50,773 You may be dating my daughter, but I'm dating your ex. 604 00:23:50,797 --> 00:23:53,099 That cancels out the need for any "sirs." 605 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:54,100 (Laughs) 606 00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:56,836 (Man over P.A. speaking indistinctly) 607 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:58,104 Lily, hi! 608 00:23:58,137 --> 00:23:59,472 Hi! 609 00:23:59,506 --> 00:24:00,749 It's so nice to see you back at the barn. 610 00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:01,817 Thank you, Jessica. Great to see you as well. 611 00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:02,851 (Chuckles) Enjoy the rest of your day. 612 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:04,043 Ah! Thank you. 613 00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:06,178 If you ladies wanna get a drink, 614 00:24:06,212 --> 00:24:07,255 I think I'll check out the stables. 615 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,249 Now leaving the course... Crown Jewel, 616 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,018 owned by sheikh Hassan, 617 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:15,021 ridden by the sheikh's daughter iman. 618 00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:18,491 Oh, I think the stables are this way. 619 00:24:18,525 --> 00:24:20,035 Actually, Lily... (Chuckles) Can we take a little detour? 620 00:24:20,059 --> 00:24:22,194 You know, I've been considering an equestrian print 621 00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:23,806 for my next line, and I want you to introduce me 622 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:26,198 to those women in the fabulous fascinators. 623 00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:28,968 Next on the course... (Speaking indistinctly) 624 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:33,039 That is a beautiful horse. 625 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:34,874 I'd love to talk to you about buying it. 626 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:39,278 (Francisco the man's "dreams" playing) 627 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,114 So who's it gonna be? 628 00:24:42,148 --> 00:24:44,851 Personally, I think Melissa has the better face for photos, 629 00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,118 but Natasha is a coppola, 630 00:24:46,152 --> 00:24:48,187 and that does come with a certain cachet. 631 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:49,989 Well, I have to choose now? 632 00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:51,724 Obviously. 633 00:24:51,758 --> 00:24:54,527 But can't it wait? I mean, I'm... I'm... I'm exhausted. 634 00:24:54,561 --> 00:24:57,730 Oh, suck it up, Humphrey. They have pills for that. 635 00:24:57,764 --> 00:24:59,031 These girls are perfect. 636 00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:00,600 They all come from great neighborhoods, 637 00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:02,769 have very high I.Q.S, and dress in designer labels. 638 00:25:02,802 --> 00:25:04,079 They meet all of our requirements. 639 00:25:04,103 --> 00:25:06,005 This just isn't me. 640 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,182 These girls might be perfect on paper, 641 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:09,542 but they're not who I'm looking for. 642 00:25:09,576 --> 00:25:10,743 Who you're... 643 00:25:10,777 --> 00:25:13,212 Since when are you looking for anybody? 644 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:14,747 Don't go soft on me now, Humphrey. 645 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:17,316 Finding true love was never part of our deal. 646 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,119 ♪♪ 647 00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:21,287 (Sighs) 648 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,755 I'm sorry you're not selling. 649 00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:24,023 She's absolutely stunning. 650 00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:25,124 Thank you. 651 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:27,627 My family takes great pride in our thoroughbreds. 652 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:29,662 I know. I've been a big fan of your family's horses 653 00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:31,631 since I was a child. 654 00:25:31,664 --> 00:25:35,267 There was one in particular I remember seeing compete. 655 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:38,037 I think she was yours. Lady Alexander? 656 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:41,674 (Chuckles) Lady Alexander was my childhood horse. 657 00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:45,612 She was much loved but never competed a day in her life. 658 00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:47,847 My father must've loved her as much as then, 659 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,649 because he paid a great deal for her. 660 00:25:49,682 --> 00:25:52,284 Again, you're mistaken. 661 00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:54,062 She was sold to a family friend several years ago 662 00:25:54,086 --> 00:25:55,655 and put to pasture. 663 00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:57,323 She was worthless to anyone but me. 664 00:25:57,356 --> 00:25:59,726 Which made her priceless. 665 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:01,894 Uncle Bart! So good to see you. 666 00:26:03,696 --> 00:26:06,332 I see my son is attempting to work his charms on you. 667 00:26:06,365 --> 00:26:08,935 Why didn't you tell me Bart bass is your father? 668 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:10,670 He's like family. 669 00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:12,863 Our fathers were such good friends before his accident. 670 00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:16,042 Speaking of which, 671 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:18,077 I was sorry to hear of his recent passing. 672 00:26:21,948 --> 00:26:23,149 Is that... 673 00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:25,184 I think that's Serena. 674 00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:27,086 (Sage) You know her? 675 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:28,154 Uh, yeah. That's my mom. 676 00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:29,221 (Cell phone ringing) 677 00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:30,298 Come on. I'll introduce you. 678 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:31,357 Grandma. 679 00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:32,725 Oh, no, no. Don't call her that. 680 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:34,360 Yeah, as much as I'd love to stay 681 00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:36,996 and chat with your charming daughter, 682 00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:37,964 I have to take this call from my mother. 683 00:26:37,997 --> 00:26:39,666 Oh, tell Eleanor I said hello. 684 00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:42,401 Mm. (Chuckles) 685 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,237 Serena, darling, I had no idea you were coming to this. 686 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:46,238 (Kisses) 687 00:26:46,272 --> 00:26:47,950 Oh, yeah. It was just a last-minute decision. 688 00:26:47,974 --> 00:26:49,942 But I want you to meet Steven's daughter Sage. 689 00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:51,277 Hi. It's nice to meet you. 690 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:52,779 Oh, likewise. 691 00:26:52,812 --> 00:26:55,281 Um, you're so much... 692 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:57,383 More mature than I'd imagined. 693 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:59,185 (Laughs) 694 00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:01,020 I should probably go check on my dad and Nate. 695 00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:03,089 Okay, I'll be right there. 696 00:27:05,391 --> 00:27:06,726 How old is she? 697 00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:08,227 Oh, you know what? 698 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:10,500 This is probably my fault that you have a father complex. 699 00:27:12,031 --> 00:27:14,066 Wait, so you really played basketball at Duke? 700 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,735 (Laughs) You're really that gullible? 701 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,837 No. No, unlike the other chemical engi-nerds, 702 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,205 I did watch a few games. 703 00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:20,382 Hey, some people call it gullible. 704 00:27:20,406 --> 00:27:21,841 I like to call it trusting. 705 00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,209 (Both chuckle) 706 00:27:23,242 --> 00:27:24,419 It seems like you guys are getting along. 707 00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:26,979 No black eyes at least. 708 00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:28,056 No, you were... you were right about this guy. 709 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,882 He's trusting, which may have led 710 00:27:29,916 --> 00:27:32,184 to some poor business decisions but... 711 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:33,152 It makes for good character. 712 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:35,054 He reminds me a little of myself at his age. 713 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:35,922 Hey, that means a lot, man. Thanks. 714 00:27:35,955 --> 00:27:38,057 Okay, I wanted you guys to get along. 715 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,167 There's no need for a full-on bromance. 716 00:27:39,191 --> 00:27:40,326 Where's Serena? 717 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,694 She ran into her mom. 718 00:27:41,728 --> 00:27:42,895 Wait. Lily's here? 719 00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:45,097 (Cell phone alerts chime) 720 00:27:45,131 --> 00:27:46,899 Do you know if he still wants to have kids? 721 00:27:46,933 --> 00:27:48,034 I mean, maybe he's done. 722 00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:49,035 Mother! 723 00:27:49,068 --> 00:27:51,170 Can we have this conversation somewhere else? 724 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:53,039 People are starting to stare. 725 00:27:53,072 --> 00:27:54,382 Oh. (Scoffs) It's probably another one 726 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:57,443 of those "gossip girl" stories about me. 727 00:27:57,476 --> 00:27:59,178 Oh, I hope it ends soon. 728 00:27:59,211 --> 00:28:01,781 Oh, no, it's... it's not a "gossip girl" blast. 729 00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:04,350 It's a "spectator" blast... About both of us. 730 00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:05,785 "Like mother, like daughter. 731 00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:07,229 "They not only share the same taste in clothing 732 00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:08,487 "but also in men. 733 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,023 "Looks like Steven Spence put age before beauty 734 00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:13,926 by sleeping with Lily before Serena"? 735 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,195 Excuse me. 736 00:28:16,228 --> 00:28:18,464 Hey, Serena, wait. 737 00:28:18,497 --> 00:28:20,933 Did you just omit someone from our conversation? 738 00:28:20,967 --> 00:28:21,934 Like, I don't know, my mother? 739 00:28:21,968 --> 00:28:23,502 What... what are you talking about? 740 00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:26,072 Your love life is the one being published on "the spectator." 741 00:28:26,105 --> 00:28:27,816 I had no idea that the story was about him, okay? 742 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,985 I-I gave it to my editor so I could be here with Sage... 743 00:28:30,009 --> 00:28:31,343 And get to know Steven. 744 00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:33,188 Well, thanks to you, we all know him better now. 745 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:35,948 Way to go, Nate. Dad, seriously? Gross. 746 00:28:38,184 --> 00:28:39,318 (Scoffs) 747 00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:41,153 Yeah, I-I have no idea why there's a story 748 00:28:41,187 --> 00:28:43,189 about me sleeping with your mother. 749 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:44,356 It's not true! 750 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:47,326 (Sighs) Actually, it is. 751 00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:49,328 There are two sides to every story, 752 00:28:49,361 --> 00:28:52,999 with the truth and Serena stuck smack in the middle. 753 00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:02,975 I think you're confusing me with someone else. 754 00:29:03,009 --> 00:29:05,244 Unfortunately, I'm not. 755 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:08,347 Okay, well, one of you is wrong, and I really hope it's you, mom. 756 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:10,282 I know we've met a few times socially, 757 00:29:10,316 --> 00:29:12,351 you know, through the central park conservancy. 758 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:16,856 And the Bancroft wedding? The one in the Irish castle. 759 00:29:16,889 --> 00:29:18,424 We snuck down to the dungeon, 760 00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:20,893 opened the oldest bottle of whiskey we could find. 761 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:25,397 My last name was Mueller then. Klaus' ex? 762 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,333 Lily Mueller. 763 00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:28,835 Oh, my god. 764 00:29:28,868 --> 00:29:30,269 Oh! So it is true? 765 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:32,404 Look, it... (Sighs) 766 00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:34,273 It was... it... it was right after my divorce. 767 00:29:34,306 --> 00:29:37,076 You know, I had gone skiing in verbier 768 00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:38,410 and hurt my knee. 769 00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:39,988 There were... there were painkillers and... and whiskey 770 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:42,414 and... (Inhales deeply) Oh, wow. 771 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:46,018 Is that why you were so cold to me at conservancy events? 772 00:29:46,052 --> 00:29:47,062 I didn't know about the painkillers. 773 00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:48,220 Yeah. 774 00:29:48,254 --> 00:29:49,464 But you did know that we were dating. 775 00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:50,823 Why didn't you say anything? 776 00:29:50,857 --> 00:29:52,892 What was I supposed to say? 777 00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:54,937 I-i... you... you told me that you two were madly in love 778 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:57,529 and that he could be the one. 779 00:29:57,563 --> 00:29:59,198 Besides... 780 00:29:59,231 --> 00:30:02,568 I figured Steven should be the one to tell you. 781 00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:05,037 Well, I guess this was one of those surprises 782 00:30:05,071 --> 00:30:06,805 we were hoping to avoid. 783 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,508 This is your final notice. 784 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:13,846 (Speaking indistinctly) 785 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,182 In five minutes. 786 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:17,183 What the hell do you think you're doing here, 787 00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:19,618 talking to iman? 788 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:23,322 Enjoying the horses. Same as you, right? 789 00:30:23,355 --> 00:30:28,961 Because Lily would hate to learn that you had me followed. 790 00:30:28,995 --> 00:30:32,398 You need to stop sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong 791 00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:34,934 and leave Lily out of this. 792 00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:36,502 Do we understand each other? 793 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,474 I didn't realize you'd become such an animal lover. 794 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:45,077 I have a dog, too. 795 00:30:45,111 --> 00:30:48,247 I find the company of animals preferable to some people. 796 00:30:50,416 --> 00:30:52,985 Another weakness you didn't inherit from me. 797 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:02,228 I pulled the story off the site, okay? 798 00:31:02,261 --> 00:31:06,098 I got ahold of some old list Lily made. 799 00:31:06,132 --> 00:31:08,376 You know, the names of everyone that she had ever slept with. 800 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,978 I-I swear I didn't know your dad's name was on it. 801 00:31:10,002 --> 00:31:11,146 Everything was going so well. 802 00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:13,472 My dad was really starting to like you. 803 00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:15,141 I screwed up. I'm sorry. 804 00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:17,085 I should've vetted the article before it ever came out. 805 00:31:17,109 --> 00:31:19,511 What do you have against Serena's mom anyway? 806 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:21,123 Nothing. I don't have anything against her. 807 00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:23,115 I just... 808 00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:24,492 It was a... it was a... It was a desperate move 809 00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:26,485 to save my company. 810 00:31:26,518 --> 00:31:28,087 It was a mistake. 811 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:33,392 Well, you decided to do it on your own for a reason. 812 00:31:33,425 --> 00:31:35,627 I did, and I think I know of a way that I can 813 00:31:35,661 --> 00:31:38,097 without hurting anyone that I care about. 814 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,666 Hey. I'm sorry. 815 00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:44,670 Okay? I'm really sorry. 816 00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:47,206 And I just... 817 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:49,541 I don't want to lose "the spectator." 818 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:50,676 Or you. 819 00:31:56,148 --> 00:31:58,084 (Horse whinnies) 820 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:02,388 I just saw Lily leaving with Bart. 821 00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:04,991 Did you not tell him you tracked down the sheikh? 822 00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:08,427 Doesn't matter. Sheikh's dead, and the daughter won't talk. 823 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:09,695 She won't? Why not? 824 00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:11,497 (Inhales and exhales deeply) 825 00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:13,332 She calls him "uncle Bart." 826 00:32:13,365 --> 00:32:16,502 We're done here. Shall we? 827 00:32:16,535 --> 00:32:19,171 Uh, I'll meet you at the car. 828 00:32:19,205 --> 00:32:21,216 I need the ladies' room after all those mint juleps. 829 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,009 Right. 830 00:32:23,042 --> 00:32:25,577 Next on the course... 831 00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:29,248 (Speaking indistinctly) 832 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,184 Owned by the Kelly stables. 833 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,356 Iman? Hi. 834 00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:40,259 I'm Blair. I'm a close friend of Chuck's. 835 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,594 I know he left before he could speak to you, 836 00:32:42,628 --> 00:32:45,331 but this is important to him, and so it's important to me. 837 00:32:45,364 --> 00:32:46,765 Is this about the horse? 838 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,767 Because I know Chuck never really wanted it. 839 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,536 He was just flirting with me. 840 00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:52,204 I don't think he was flirting with you. 841 00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,140 Look, I know how much these horses mean to you 842 00:32:54,173 --> 00:32:55,574 and meant to your father. 843 00:32:55,607 --> 00:32:58,344 Unfortunately, they don't mean that much to Bart. 844 00:32:58,377 --> 00:33:00,079 He isn't exactly a big donator at p.E.T.A, 845 00:33:00,112 --> 00:33:01,480 if you know what I mean. 846 00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:03,515 I'm not sure I do. 847 00:33:03,549 --> 00:33:07,619 Well, Bart bass. Killed a tiger on safari? 848 00:33:07,653 --> 00:33:10,089 He eats veal on a regular basis? 849 00:33:10,122 --> 00:33:12,258 I don't know about any of that, 850 00:33:12,291 --> 00:33:13,768 but he was a good friend to my father. 851 00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:15,494 He bought lady Alexander and the others 852 00:33:15,527 --> 00:33:17,405 so they could live out their days on a farm in Virginia. 853 00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:19,131 Okay. 854 00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:21,567 Listen, Princess Jasmine, 855 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,537 the fact is, your uncle Bart is bad. 856 00:33:25,571 --> 00:33:28,107 I'm sure every single horse he bought from your family 857 00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:29,508 went straight to the glue factory, 858 00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:32,678 including your beloved lady Alexander. 859 00:33:32,711 --> 00:33:36,115 But, if you like, go ahead. Check it out. 860 00:33:36,148 --> 00:33:37,416 See if you find 861 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:40,252 the Bart bass retirement home for aged equines. 862 00:33:40,286 --> 00:33:43,522 Trust me, Chuck is the good guy here, 863 00:33:43,555 --> 00:33:45,557 and he needs your help. 864 00:33:45,591 --> 00:33:48,794 On the Upper East Side, it's hard to know who to trust. 865 00:33:48,827 --> 00:33:50,129 (Sighs) 866 00:33:50,162 --> 00:33:51,597 Usually, the answer is no one. 867 00:34:00,272 --> 00:34:02,674 I'm sorry, but it's gonna take me more than a car ride 868 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:04,519 to forget the fact that you slept with my mother. 869 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:06,645 Serena, I can't change what happened. 870 00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:10,682 I can forget it, obviously, but I-I can't change it. 871 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,418 Maybe you can forget, too? 872 00:34:12,451 --> 00:34:15,487 I don't know if I'll ever be able to forget this. 873 00:34:15,521 --> 00:34:17,623 Well, I... 874 00:34:17,656 --> 00:34:20,626 I guess I can try to move past it. 875 00:34:20,659 --> 00:34:24,062 I mean, crazier things have happened in my family. 876 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:33,839 Wait, wait, wait. Please, just not so fast. 877 00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:36,442 There are certain images that keep popping up. 878 00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:37,685 Then we must try to erase them. 879 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:39,645 (Sighs) 880 00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:41,413 I'm warning you. This could take a while. 881 00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:42,714 Mm-hmm. (Chuckles) 882 00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:54,593 I never thought I'd see you again. 883 00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:55,561 Care for a drink? 884 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:57,596 I can't stay long, 885 00:34:57,629 --> 00:34:58,664 but I wanted to tell you 886 00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:02,801 that I looked into what your friend Blair told me. 887 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:05,737 Lady Alexander never went to any farm in Virginia. 888 00:35:05,771 --> 00:35:07,573 Blair told you she did? 889 00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:09,441 No. Bart told me. 890 00:35:09,475 --> 00:35:11,610 But the horses he purchased from my family 891 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:12,844 are nowhere to be found. 892 00:35:12,878 --> 00:35:14,713 I'm sorry to hear that. 893 00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:17,149 Bart obviously didn't care much about your horses 894 00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:18,893 and probably paid your father a lot of money 895 00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:20,252 for something else. 896 00:35:20,286 --> 00:35:23,322 Do you know what it was? 897 00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:27,226 Maybe a-a real estate deal? Perhaps a hotel? 898 00:35:27,259 --> 00:35:28,794 A hotel? 899 00:35:28,827 --> 00:35:30,929 No, my father was in the oil business. 900 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:32,931 But Bart couldn't have been involved in that. 901 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,633 Why not the oil business? 902 00:35:34,666 --> 00:35:37,703 Because we have a home in Dubai, but we're sudanese nationals. 903 00:35:37,736 --> 00:35:41,273 I'm sorry. International affairs are not my area of expertise. 904 00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:43,309 Well, at least not this kind. 905 00:35:43,342 --> 00:35:47,413 Well, the U.S. has an embargo against trading oil with Sudan, 906 00:35:47,446 --> 00:35:50,182 so if that's what he bought from my father... 907 00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:51,416 Bart was breaking federal law. 908 00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,668 Thanks for taking another look at my loan application. 909 00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:02,604 I... (Scoffs) Can't believe I left out all the revenue 910 00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:03,962 from the new markets. 911 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,931 Just a rookie mistake, I guess. 912 00:36:05,964 --> 00:36:08,400 Well, the numbers do look better, 913 00:36:08,434 --> 00:36:10,836 and, uh, I'm glad you caught the error, 914 00:36:10,869 --> 00:36:13,572 because, uh, with ad sales projections like this... 915 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,208 We're happy to extend 916 00:36:16,242 --> 00:36:17,419 "the spectator's" line of credit. 917 00:36:17,443 --> 00:36:19,611 Thank you so much. You're a lifesaver. 918 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:20,855 Now let me just go make you a copy of this real quick. 919 00:36:20,879 --> 00:36:21,879 I'll be right back. 920 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:25,550 (Door opens) 921 00:36:28,987 --> 00:36:30,256 (Cell phone rings, beep) 922 00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:31,457 How did it go? 923 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:33,268 Yeah, Nate asked me to take another look at the numbers 924 00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:34,826 like you said he would. 925 00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:36,595 Are you sure you wanna co-sign on this loan? 926 00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:39,298 It's obvious he's doctored his earnings report. 927 00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:41,867 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 928 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,337 Send me the documents to sign in the morning. 929 00:36:45,371 --> 00:36:47,406 (Beep) 930 00:36:47,439 --> 00:36:48,674 (Sighs) Again, I'm sorry 931 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:50,342 I didn't tell you I was with Charles, 932 00:36:50,376 --> 00:36:53,579 and you felt the need to follow us. 933 00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:54,580 Apparently... 934 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:55,581 (Clink) 935 00:36:55,614 --> 00:36:57,316 With good reason. 936 00:36:57,349 --> 00:37:00,986 He's just trying to make things right with you. 937 00:37:01,019 --> 00:37:03,655 I know how much you wanna believe that, 938 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:05,733 but Charles has done nothing since we've gotten back together 939 00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:08,260 but lie and manipulate you. 940 00:37:08,294 --> 00:37:11,297 Oh, really? You really think I'm that much of a pushover. 941 00:37:11,330 --> 00:37:14,666 He will prey upon your maternal instincts 942 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:16,001 to get between us. 943 00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:17,469 Well, I won't let that happen. 944 00:37:17,503 --> 00:37:18,870 Neither will I. 945 00:37:18,904 --> 00:37:20,872 You know how much I don't like ultimatums, 946 00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:22,941 but I'm afraid Chuck has left me no choice. 947 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:25,744 If you wanna be with me, 948 00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:28,447 you need to stay away from my son. 949 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,748 (Gasps) 950 00:37:32,017 --> 00:37:33,419 You can't ask me to do that. 951 00:37:35,787 --> 00:37:39,425 He's my son, too. 952 00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:42,761 (Cell phone rings) 953 00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:48,266 We're not done discussing this. 954 00:37:51,470 --> 00:37:53,372 So Bart was using the horses 955 00:37:53,405 --> 00:37:55,874 to hide the money he was buying illegal oil with? 956 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:57,776 He had to hide it somehow. 957 00:37:57,809 --> 00:37:59,478 Sudan is an embargoed country, 958 00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:01,046 which means he didn't fake his death 959 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,614 because he was worried Mason nevins 960 00:38:02,648 --> 00:38:04,850 would come after Lily or me. 961 00:38:04,883 --> 00:38:06,785 He did it so he could avoid federal prison. 962 00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:08,487 Well, this is what we need. 963 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,657 Right? Quick. Call the CIA or the FBI or tmz. 964 00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:13,325 Let's turn him in! 965 00:38:13,359 --> 00:38:15,661 I wish it were that simple. We need evidence first. 966 00:38:15,694 --> 00:38:18,397 (Sighs) 967 00:38:18,430 --> 00:38:21,867 I was already planning our victory celebration in my head. 968 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:25,604 We were in a bubble bath with a bottle of grande cuvee 969 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:27,939 and no business in the way of us being together. 970 00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:30,842 Hold onto that visual. 971 00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:33,845 Mmm. If I must. 972 00:38:33,879 --> 00:38:36,114 Call me if you need anything. 973 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:37,416 (Beep) 974 00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:39,951 (Beep) 975 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:41,753 Blair, it's Jean Pierre. 976 00:38:41,787 --> 00:38:43,422 Your mother is not pleased. 977 00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,090 She knows you're avoiding her calls 978 00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:47,359 and that you don't have orders from any buyers. 979 00:38:47,393 --> 00:38:49,628 She says you have one month to fix this. 980 00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:50,729 (Line disconnects) 981 00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:55,000 (Exhales deeply) 982 00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:57,636 Lily, I cannot apologize to you enough. 983 00:38:57,669 --> 00:38:59,447 I mean, nothing like this will ever happen again 984 00:38:59,471 --> 00:39:01,973 in "the spectator," I promise you. 985 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:04,576 Thank you for understanding, yeah. Bye. 986 00:39:04,610 --> 00:39:05,844 (Beep) 987 00:39:05,877 --> 00:39:09,748 I hope you're here because you forgive me, too. 988 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:12,718 I hope that answers your question. 989 00:39:12,751 --> 00:39:15,421 If Serena can forgive my dad for sleeping with Lily, 990 00:39:15,454 --> 00:39:17,723 and Lily can forgive you for publishing a story about it, 991 00:39:17,756 --> 00:39:19,691 I guess I can forgive you for acting like a jerk. 992 00:39:19,725 --> 00:39:20,759 (Scoffs) 993 00:39:27,466 --> 00:39:30,101 You know, I-I haven't gone through those. 994 00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:33,639 Are you sure you just wanna throw it all away? 995 00:39:33,672 --> 00:39:36,475 Some of it must have sentimental value. 996 00:39:36,508 --> 00:39:37,876 Yeah, I'm sure, 997 00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:39,621 and I'm sorry I put the responsibility on you 998 00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:40,712 to begin with, 999 00:39:40,746 --> 00:39:42,581 but I was at the gallery, 1000 00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:46,752 and I realized I don't want this stuff. 1001 00:39:46,785 --> 00:39:49,621 I-I don't wanna look back. 1002 00:39:49,655 --> 00:39:50,822 I just wanna look forward... 1003 00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:51,990 With you. 1004 00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:54,926 (Stepdad's "warrior" playing) 1005 00:40:09,808 --> 00:40:13,712 We all have things from our past we'd like to erase. 1006 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:16,214 (Sighs) 1007 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:19,050 Philip, get some popcorn. 1008 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:23,489 I ran into Serena earlier today and picked up a movie for us. 1009 00:40:23,522 --> 00:40:25,223 But on the Upper East Side, 1010 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,926 it's not so easy to hit "delete." 1011 00:40:27,959 --> 00:40:32,063 ♪ Step forward 1012 00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:37,569 there's always a record of misdeed somewhere... 1013 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:40,906 And someone's always looking for it. 1014 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:43,575 (Elevator bell dings, doors open) 1015 00:40:43,609 --> 00:40:46,945 Humphrey, what are you doing here? 1016 00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:50,215 I'm pretty sure you have a spare room up in here. 1017 00:40:50,248 --> 00:40:51,883 I was wondering if I could crash. 1018 00:40:51,917 --> 00:40:55,587 You made it pretty clear you were done with me. 1019 00:40:55,621 --> 00:40:57,022 What's changed? 1020 00:40:57,055 --> 00:41:00,191 I realized I made a mistake. 1021 00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:01,860 I've missed you. 1022 00:41:01,893 --> 00:41:04,663 I've missed... my friend. 1023 00:41:04,696 --> 00:41:07,566 Last year, when you had no one, I was there for you. 1024 00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:10,969 I kinda need you to do the same for me right now. 1025 00:41:17,909 --> 00:41:19,711 Serena's bed is empty. 1026 00:41:19,745 --> 00:41:23,148 Make yourself at home. 1027 00:41:23,181 --> 00:41:24,983 ♪ Will heal 1028 00:41:25,016 --> 00:41:28,720 better not to ignore the past but learn from it instead. 1029 00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:31,890 ♪ Nor the sword 1030 00:41:31,923 --> 00:41:35,761 otherwise, history has a way of repeating itself. 1031 00:41:35,794 --> 00:41:38,163 X.o.x.o., gossip girl.