In season 2, the Gossip Girl reboot finally realizes it’s good to be bad
The show knows it too. “I can’t be Blair without a Serena,” Monet taunts Julien after she manipulates her into a power struggle. Julien, beautiful and self-absorbed and convinced she’s a better person than she is, makes a much better Serena than she ever did a Blair. As Monet, Savannah Lee Smith is a delight in every scene, clearly reveling in her bitchery. For one line in particular she seems to be channeling Leighton Meester herself.
Along with her desire to rule with an iron fist, Monet gets saddled with some mommy issues , neatly tying into what is still the most deranged plotline of the show: Gossip Girl being run by the teachers, led by Kate Keller . Kate got dressed down by Monet’s mother, Camille, last season, so naturally this fragile white woman spends season two desperate to get dirt on who she now sees as her arch-nemesis.
Speaking of false altruism: Zoya continues to be more caricature than character, constantly on her soapbox, jumping to conclusions, and berating her father for trying to keep the roof over their heads. Her friend Shan from last season got bumped to series regular, and her character only functions as a foil to Zoya, but at least she’s less annoying. No one is worse than Obie , who should honestly be written off. His sad-sack persona is dragging down his friends, but more importantly, the show.
But overall, the whole production seems much more comfortable in its second outing. Many characters feel more lived-in and less reductive, and the writing has gotten much funnier.
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