Father and the Bride

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Episode no.Season 5
Episode 12
Directed byAmy Heckerling
Written byPeter Elkoff
Original air dateJanuary 23, 2012 (2012-01-23)
"Father and the Bride"
Gossip Girl episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 12
Directed byAmy Heckerling
Written byPeter Elkoff
Original air dateJanuary 23, 2012 (2012-01-23)
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"Father and the Bride" is the 12th episode of season 5 on the show, Gossip Girl. The episode was directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Peter Elkoff. It was aired on January 23, 2012 on the CW. Similar to previous names in the TV series, the title of the episode references a work on literature. The title reference is from the 1991 film, Father of the Bride starring Steve Martin.

Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively): Serena finds that she may still have feelings for Dan as they fake-date to protect Blair. She also helps Nate take down Tripp for tampering with the car meant for Nate.

Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford): Nate finds out that it was Tripp that messed with the car he was supposed to ride in and confronts him. After Tripp leaves, his grandfather tells him that he could never make it on his own.

Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester): Blair continues to have struggles between Louis and Chuck as her wedding date is only a week away. After finding Louis's wedding vows, she is sure that she can marry Louis happily.

Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick): Chuck has decided that he wants Blair and is going to stop her wedding. He teams up with Father Cavalia to do it at the end of the episode saying, "She already thinks I'm a villain, might as well fit the part".

Daniel Humphrey (Penn Badgely): Dan is pretending to date Serena when he really has feelings for Blair. It is confirmed he does when it revealed that he wrote Louis's vows for him that Blair feels reflect who she is perfectly.

Basic Plot (from season 5 list of episodes)

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