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'Gossip Girl' has premiered its second season on ITV2 now and is stupidly good.

It is stupidly good due to the following:

1. Jenny pisses all over her boss during her summer internship (in the "GO GURL" sense rather than the literal urinating sense)


2. The show is still split into parts not just by a regular fade to black but by a witty remark by the narrating Gossip Girl herself and then a big "DOOM" and a sudden cut to black. Dramaaaaticcc.


3. Everyone is still ridiculously good looking. Literally everyone. There's not a single odd-looking dude or lass in it.


4. Blair is still really scheming but is hiding a vulnerable centre. Awww, kinda.


5. There's a really good bit where the 'Nate having an affair with a married woman'/'Serena covering for Nate'/'Dan going to find Serena' strands collide.

There are a couple of bits that could have been better however:

1. Why has Grandma Van Der Woodsen suddenly become a saint? She was a total bitch last year, what's with that?!


2. It's all in the Hamptons, which isn't the same as the busy environment of Manhattan but that looks set to be rectified next week.


3. Neither Serena's nor Blair's mothers made an appearance; nor for that matter did Vanessa.

It's still shamelessly trashy and shamelessly addictive, and the biggest negative point of all is that there's now a seven day wait until episode two. BAH.