How the f*** did the Gossip Girl writers take us on such a roller coaster?

How did Jenny and Chuck go from an attempted SA in episode 1 to Jenny willingly swiping her V-card with Chuck in the finale of season 3?

How did the relationship between them evolve to this degree?

So let’s talk about the aftermath of Chuck and Jenny’s choice to sleep together.

Jenny left Manhattan because Blair exiled her. Chuck drunkenly stumbled into a dangerous situation where he got shot and robbed.

And it guided us into what we could expect in Season 4. Because of that, it remains one of the most controversial plot twists in teen drama history.

But it also serves as a perfect example of the show’s incredible writing style because it had all of us hooked.

That’s proven because many of us are still rehashing it and talking about it to this day, more than a decade later. I personally think the writers did a brilliant job with this plot twist.

Ultimately, this is how Gossip Girl turned the predator protégé dynamic into one of the most shocking finale ever written.

Do you want a deep dive on why I think Chuck and Jenny should have actually been endgame or who was more toxic as Queen Bee between Jenny and Blair? Maybe both? Let me know in the comments.

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