1. Gossip Girl , “Gone with the Will”
2. Plot Summary
The episode begins with Blair Waldorf and Jack Bass attending the will reading with Chuck Bass, who has recently lost his father. The late Bass wrote Chuck a letter before he died, and Chuck is presented with the sealed letter. Chuck becomes angry, and refuses to read the letter. He says that he does not want his father to call him a failure once again. Blair snatches the letter away from Chuck’s uncle, Jack. Blair reads the letter, and tells Chuck that his father bequeathed the company (Bass Industries) to him. Chuck claims that he does not want it, and tells his uncle that he can have it. Chuck storms out of the room, and Blair chases after him. Blair convinces Chuck …show more content…
Chuck himself appears to be missing. When Jack arrives, Blair questions him about Chuck’s whereabouts. Jack ignores her and introduces her to some senior members of the board. Blair smiles, exchanges pleasantries, and demands Jack to tell her where Chuck is. Jack says he might still be hard at work in his office, and suggests Blair take the senior members with her. Blair leads the senior members up into Chuck’s office. When Blair opens the door, Chuck is at his desk disheveled with two women in lingerie. The senior members are disgusted, and wonder aloud why the late Bass ever put Chuck in charge. On the other hand, Blair is heart broken. She turns her back on the scene, marching downstairs to the brunch. Chuck follows downstairs, obviously confused. He fights with Blair, telling her he does need a wife, and she needs to stop trying to help him. Blair leaves. Jack reveals that the board has put him in charge, because if Chuck broke the morality clause his father had put, then the board could dismiss Chuck and put another in charge. Chuck realizes his uncle has been plotting against him all along. Chuck goes to Blair begging for forgiveness, and telling her that he was set up. Blair refuses to give him yet another chance, telling him it’s over, and he has no one to blame except himself. She throws the bouquet he brought her at him as the elevator doors