As Thanksgiving draws near, Blair suspects her mother, Eleanor, has been keeping a big secret from her, but it turns out to be something else entirely. Meanwhile, Vanessa is supposed to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, but has a fight with her picky and estranged mother and she ends up going to Dan’s dorm room. [...]

Hoping to impress the elitist theater kids at NYU, Blair sets her sights on landing a private concert with the hottest musical performer of the year, Lady Gaga. Dan and Olivia sign up to write and star in a school play, based on an idea by Blair and directed by Vanessa. With Blair out of [...]

Not satisfied with just being Queen of Constance Billard, Jenny sets her sights on becoming the Queen of all the Upper East Side by landing the hottest escort for Cotillion. Nate and Chuck plot to help Serena and Blair repair their damaged friendship. Dan is upset when Olivia contemplates leaving school for a movie project.Source: [...]

Olivia says something she regrets during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s talkshow and tries to keep Dan from finding out. With election day around the corner, Nate suspects his grandfather will stop at nothing to get Trip elected to congress. In the midst of another feud with Serena, Blair befriends a new “it” girl and [...]

Looking for publicity for his new hotel, Chuck moves his club’s opening and convinces Serena to assist him in getting the word out. Feeling left out, Blair tries to win Chuck’s approval by secretly helping him with a problem concerning the opening night. Meanwhile, Dan get’s nervous after watching one of Olivia’s infamous sex scenes [...]

Vanessa, in an attempt to win her mother’s approval, tries to win the honor of giving the freshman toast at NYU but must square off against Blair in order to do so. Meanwhile, Dan invites Olivia to meet Rufus and Lily, which causes problems for the couple. Serena and Nate work together to help Carter.

Lily and Rufus decide to move up their wedding day, but someone or something may come between them before the day arrives. Chuck learns a secret that Carter has been keeping from Serena. Dan and Vanessa are pulled into one of Georgina’s schemes, as Blair tells Nate about her suspicions about Bree.

Blair and Chuck face-off when the both set their sights on an item up for bid at Sotheby’s. Serena begins to think that Carter may have returned to his old habits, Georgina becomes interested in Dan, and Vanessa thinks that something is wrong with Scott.