Double Identity (Gossip Girl)
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Episode 2
| "Double Identity" | |
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| Gossip Girl episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Mark Piznarski |
| Written by | Sara Goodman & Joshua Safran |
| Production code | 402 |
| Original air date | September 20, 2010 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Double Identity" is the 67th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the second episode of the show's fourth season. The episode was written by Joshua Safran and Stephanie Savage and directed by Mark Piznarski. It originally aired on Monday, September 20, 2010, on the CW.
Serena and Blair both run into a different Chuck in Paris, who is discovered to now be living with Eva, a young French woman who saved his life after he was shot in Prague. Juliet suggests that tricking Vanessa to be with Dan might be the right thing to remove Dan from the Dan-Serena-Nate triangle. Rufus learns that Dan isn't Milo's father after he checks Georgina's and Milo's blood test. Serena finds Chuck, and discovers his plan to leave Paris under a different identity. Prior to Blair's date with Prince Louis Grimaldi, she visits Harry Winston, when Serena and a French detective arrive, and it is revealed to both Serena and Blair that Chuck had intended to propose to Blair before he was shot. Ultimately, Serena convinces Blair to intercept Chuck at the train station before he left Paris with Eva, and convince him to return to New York.
Production
Leighton Meester had been dressed in an Oscar de la Renta gown while filming in Paris' famous Avenue Montaigne.[1] The final scene between Chuck and Blair was shot at the Gare du Nord in July 2010.[2]
Although she is credited, Taylor Momsen (Jenny Humphrey) does not appear in this episode.
Cultural allusions
- Dan sings a derivative song of This Land Is Your Land by singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie called "This loft is your loft" as a lullaby to his son, Milo.[3]
- Blair refers to Sophie's Choice to describe Serena's dilemma between Nate and Dan.[3]
- Lily states that Rufus licensed a Lincoln Hawk song for Chicago Hope.[3]
- Inspector Chevalier is named after Inspector Chevalier Dupin of The Murders at the Rue Morgue.[3]
- Juliet compares Serena's life to a Jane Austen novel.[3]
