Nate and Serena decide to "take it slow," but because they have the attention spans of guppies, they are unable to finish saying the word "slow" before they are fucking on every surface in Eleanor Waldorf's house. Since Dorota's on holiday with Vanya, the implications there are pretty dire. Then Dan and Blair get their big stupid faces involved and confuse the brainless toothsome twosome with all kinds of words, but they only have a certain amount of time to feel helpless and confounded before they have to go to the French Ambassador's Ball.

Jenny and her drug-dealing crush cook up some damned elaborate Ocean's 11 scenarios so they can deliver drugs to the French Ambassador's Daughter, and eventually come to the natural conclusion that the simplest possible solution is to create a shrug made of drugs -- a drug-shrug -- and wear it to the party. But then because of Blair's random comparison of Nate's penis to her own bulimia, Serena decides to make Nate jealous by going as Damian's date. As though Nate could even understand that concept.

Turns out S and Damian knew each other at that boarding school she attended for either six months, or a year or more, depending on what the spacetime continuum is up to. I'm sure Damian also ended up there for fucking his best friend's significant other, having a drug-fueled threesome on camera, and then killing a guy, all on the same night.

Flummoxed by feelings about drug-dealing Damian, resourceful Jenny goes back to Plan B, which is apparently just always going to be Nate, who has meanwhile let Dan Humphrey talk him into treating Serena pretty much exactly like you'd think he would. Serena wears the ugly drug-shrug to the party, but then she and Nate see each other and they suddenly remember that they are dating, so they end up fucking on every surface at the French Ambassador's Castle. Jenny gets the drug-shrug to its intended recipient, and informs Damian that she is interested in him, as far more than just the guy that uses her as a drug mule.

Rufus went to Telluride with Lincoln Hawk and when he came back, he went into hiding so that he wouldn't have to talk to his wife about her many, many lies. Like, people literally keep finding him lurking all over New York City and being like, "Go home, Rufus! It's cold outside!" Meanwhile, Lily did not have sex with Dr. van der Woodsen during her Tour of Deception last summer, but they did make out. You know Rufus thinks that's the same thing. So he hops on the elevator of the building his wife owns and heads down a few floors so he can mack on his fellow Real Housewife. Dumb, Rufus. You're going to have to get a job at this rate. This story continues to be totally boring, because Lily being sketchy and Rufus getting self-righteous is like having a storyline where Dan acts judgmental and Vanessa is repulsive.

And finally, Chuck tracks down that mysterious grave-visiting lady Elizabeth, and she talks sort of weird. She tells him she was just one of his dad's hos, but Blair -- after going on a slight wobbler involving La Table Élitaire, strange sex costumes, and an array of scary outfits -- can see into her mind and realizes that she's lying, so she attacks old Elizabeth in her special way. Eventually the lady calls Chuck, but he misses the call, and we learn that in the other half of the locket is a picture of her, holding baby Chuck and looking totally not dead.

So is she his mother? I don't know. They are both freaky enough to be related. I thought that would be really offensive if she turned out not dead, but Chuck and Blair discuss that whole thing at length and it seems okay now. I still hope it's a mean trick.

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