Gossip Girl executive producer Stephanie Savage teases Monday's premiere in a new video from the CW.

Most of what she says was already evident from the Gossip Girl sneak peek we posted Thursday, as well as what we've pieced together all summer long, but it's always fun to get the perspective of the woman in charge.

Key takeaways from her preview, heading into the much-anticipated final season premiere:

• Serena is full-on missing, and the quest to find her brings everybody together.
• Bart's back, and we will find out the latest on he and Lily ... as well as Rufus.
• Nate's dead set on answering the time-honored question: Who is Gossip Girl?

Check out what Stephanie, who co-wrote the episode, has to say about "Gone Maybe Gone" below ...

UPDATE: Here's a brief new clip of the moment when everybody meets up in search of Serena. As you can probably tell, the gang arrives separately and some are motivated by different things ...

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