WALDORF/HARRY WINSTON

Blair: "Louis, it's totally fine that you are going to some country. I want to sit here and be mad at you for scheming, and also think about how Chuck apologized for everything at once and it was relatively touching. See you soon."

Meanwhile, Chuck puts the -- get this -- he puts the ring on the doorstop of Harry Winston, which is closed, because it's the middle of the night. I mean, it's kind of cool in that it's a gesture that nobody will see, which shows another level of how much he really is going to be okay or over it or whatever, but as this astounding image to end with, and "Video Games" playing, it's more just like, "Are you stupid?"

Next week: Max returns! Macbeth of a sort! Possibly Elizabeth Hurley keels over from scenery poisoning! Serena learns to read and write! Accents, accents, accents! Now that's a story I can print!

JACOB CLIFTON is a freelance writer and critic based in Austin, Texas. He currently recaps Gossip Girl, The Good Wife, Pretty Little Liars and True Blood for TWoP. Jacob can be found online at jacobclifton.com, on Twitter, and on Facebook. IRL work appears in BenBella's SmartPop series of anthologies, most recently A Friday Night Lights Companion and Fringe Science.