Gossip Girl may have ended close to a decade ago, but that doesn't mean the beloved series has become any less iconic. In fact, since the finale aired in 2012, more and more honorary Upper Easter Siders are still trying to dig up the dirt on a few key elements in the show. Despite a finale that wrapped things up pretty nicely, there are still quite a few unanswered Gossip Girl questions the upcoming HBO Max reboot had better reveal.
The finale gave a glimpse five years into the future to find the snobby teens had turned into seemingly well-adjusted, successful adults. Chuck and Blair were happily married, Dan and Serena were tying the knot, and Nate was apparently no longer dating teenagers. But there was still so much left open-ended. Will the reboot remedy that?
In a 2019 interview with Entertainment Tonight, the series' original showrunner and writer Joshua Safran compared the reboot to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying, "It's not a continuation or a sequel. It truly just is looking at a different angle." That means there will likely be crossover information leading back to the original series. Hopefully the writers will be sure to address these plot holes that are still puzzling fans:
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Where Did Alison Humphrey Go?
After a stressful Season 1, in which Jenny and Dan's mom (who had moved out of the family's Brooklyn loft "to think") came back to the city and got back together with Rufus, she then decided things just weren't going to work out. And just like that, Alison Humphrey all but vanished.
While her name was brought up on occasion (like when Jenny got written out of the show and her character went to "live with Alison" in Hudson), by the end of the series, it was like she never existed. You'd think she'd at least make an appearance at Dan's wedding, but the mother of the groom was no where to be seen.
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What's The Deal With Ivy & Lola?
When Lily's sister, Carol, hired Ivy Dickens to pretend to be her daughter in order to get access to her trust fund, it all mades sense in an Upper East Side kind of way. The problem, however, was the fact that when Ivy (pretending to be cousin Charlie) bumped into Serena for the first time, they reminisced about being on a yacht when they were 12. When the real Charlie (who goes by Lola) came into the picture and confronted her mom, she mentioned being hidden away and never knowing that part of the family existed. So was Lola being dramatic (she was an actor, after all), or did Carol just hire fake Charlies for Lola's whole life?
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How TF Was Dan Gossip Girl?
I'm not the first — and I definitely won't be the last — fan to be perplexed by Gossip Girl's true identity. Even though the reasoning behind the decision makes sense (Dan wrote himself into that elite world! Genius!), the fact that there were so many times Dan himself was shocked by a Gossip Girl blast took away from the big reveal. Why would he have to act like a surprised reader when he was, say, alone in his loft?
Regardless, the series will forever be a classic, even if some of the finer print doesn't exactly add up. Manicured fingers crossed the reboot is just as iconic, with a few fewer plot holes.