The Demise of Gossip Girl

I am about to write the gayest post ever, so be warned.

Lately I've gotten around to thinking that the current season of Gossip Girl isn't really Gossip Girl anymore, but a generic TV drama.

For one, the Gossip Girl character, the character that gives the very show its name and was a focal part of series, is now nonexistent. The show is named Gossip Girl, and now Gossip Girl has been relegated to a mere voice at the beginning and ending of each episode. It used to be that the main source of intrigue and scheming was about how rumors spread on Gossip Girl and what damage it could do. Now, they're still doing their schemes, but there's absolutely nothing to set it apart from any other show. There are no scandalous Gossip Girl blasts anymore, there are no more big secrets revealed and lies spread. The whole dynamic of what made Gossip Girl different is gone.

Second, hair-brained schemes are okay when you're in high school, but if you're still doing it in college as pretty much an adult it starts becoming less cute and more immature. Gossip Girl to me was a show that isn't meant to grow up. It should always be in high school, because that's the only setting that makes the characters interesting. It's where teens in limousines are unique and interesting, adults in limousines are normal. It's where Blair can be the typical queen bee. It's where Dan being not rich is interesting because of his surroundings. I mean, can you imagine Glee outside of the high school setting? Can you imagine The Simpsons if they grew old? Some shows aren't meant to grow up.

The characters of Gossip Girl are all the same people they've always been. Unfortunately you can't say the same about the setting they're in. And the show is worse off for it.