Gossip Girl Spoilers, Scoop From Stephanie Savage

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In case you weren't excited enough for the September 14 premiere, the junior season of Gossip Girl is set to return "with a bang," Stephanie Savage promises.

“We have our big Polo match in the first episode of the season, then go to Sotheby’s for an auction in the third episode and in the fourth episode, we have a big movie premiere at Ziegfeld [Theater],” says the show’s executive producer.

What does the future hold for our favorite characters?

For Blair Waldorf, an identity crisis. Her college (NYU) is just across town from her posh Upper East Side pad, but it might as be well be across the country.

“Blair is a fish out of water,” says Savage of Leighton Meester’s character. “Now that she is going to school downtown, Vanessa and Dan are among her people."

"It’s bizarre-o world for her.”

However, Blair won’t be totally alone downtown. As promised, Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) will be returning - as Queen B's new roommate.

“She is not going to be in our first episode, but she will be in the second episode when our kids start college,” says Stephanie Savage of Trachtenberg.

Celebrate Good Times

Boyfriend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) will be a staple by Blair’s side throughout the season. While Chuck won’t be clocking in any school time, Savage says:

“This year, [Chuck] is really going to be focused on getting out from underneath his father’s shadow and starting his own entrepreneurial direction.”

Adding to Blair’s “shadows” downtown is off-again BFF Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), who will also be stirring up trouble south of Central Park.

As well as locking lips with Carter Baizen (Sebastian Stan) in the first episode, Serena’ll be hooking up with designers Tory Burch and Georgina Chapman.

Savage tells us the fashion cameos have to do with fair Serena’s “decision [in terms of college] and what happens to her in the first couple of episodes.”

A reconciliation with Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) won’t be in her future, at least not this year - he is busy romancing Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff).

Then there’s Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), learning the ropes of Queen B.

“We really do see Jenny struggling with what she is going to do with this power that has been given to her,” says Savage. “Jenny is back at Constance and now she is a junior - the same age as our other girls when the show started."

"So we have lots of story areas for Jenny that are opening up.”

One in particular that will make a comeback is J’s fashion career: “As we get into the season, that is going to be a bigger and bigger story,” says Savage.

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