William van der Woodsen

We have written the recaps, analyzed the holes, addressed the elephants in the room, and otherwise shaken all the things out of Gossip Girl’s Season 6 series finale. But just in case you have the attention span of a child recently weaned off his amphetamines, here’s the shortest roundup we can get you. Ten things that happened that matter:
 

1. Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (...

Gossip Girl Season 6, Episode 10 "New York, I Love You XOXO" is over, guys. And so is the whole series. Over. It’s all over. IT’S ALL OVER. (Okay, but secretly? Can they just start over with another cast. And Ed Westwick?)

So, while we think about the years of our time we spent watching the show (Okay, it was like 5,324 minutes... or so...), it’s nice to have something more......

Before we begin even thinking about the end of Gossip Girl, let’s all take a breath. Okay, now here’s a scene-by-scene analysis of Season 6, Episode 10 "New York, I Love You XOXO." We painstakingly caught all the things that are going on here in the promo. Think we missed something? Tell us.

Reporter: “The deceased was none other than Bart Bass himself.”

If you've watched any of Season 6, you’ve already seen a little taste of what we can expect from father figures for the rest of this season. Namely, Rufus (Matthew Settle) has been engaging in some, ahem, extra-curricular activities (yeah, we feel dirty, too) with one Ms. Ivy (Kaylee DeFer). The two were spotted hooking up in Brooklyn by Rufus’s now-scarred for life son, Dan (...

When Gossip Girl returns tonight, William Baldwins duplicitous William Van Der Woodsen will return as well. And dont think Rufus (Matt Settle) is going to be happy with his arrival.

Hes returned to help put out some of the family fires regarding Lily (Kelly Rutherford) and Serena (Blake Lively) and the entangled webs theyve woven, William told EW. Its causing some tension because Rufus would...