"Gossip Girl"
Blair Waldorf Must Pie! (2007)

Director:

Mark Piznarski

Writers (WGA):

Jessica Queller (teleplay) &
K.J. Steinberg (teleplay) ...
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TV Series:

"Gossip Girl" (2007)

Original Air Date:

28 November 2007 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Although it is Thanksgiving, hardly anyone has the holiday spirit. Blair and Serena have a fight once...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Jealousy | Manhattan | New York City | Private School

Cast

Blake Lively	...	Serena van der Woodsen
Leighton Meester	...	Blair Waldorf
Penn Badgley	...	Dan Humphrey
Chace Crawford	...	Nate Archibald
Taylor Momsen	...	Jenny Humphrey
Ed Westwick	...	Chuck Bass (credit only)
Kelly Rutherford	...	Lily van der Woodsen
Matthew Settle	...	Rufus Humphrey
Margaret Colin	...	Eleanor Waldorf
Michelle Hurd	...	Laurel
Susan Misner	...	Alison Humphrey (as Susie Misner)
Connor Paolo	...	Eric van der Woodsen
Sam Robards	...	Howie 'The Captain' Archibald
John Shea	...	Harold Waldorf
Francie Swift	...	Anne Archibald
Zuzanna Szadkowski	...	Dorota
Luz Alexandra Ramos	...	Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kristen Bell	...	Gossip Girl (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Piznarski

Writing credits (WGA)
Jessica Queller		(teleplay) &
K.J. Steinberg		(teleplay)
Lenn K. Rosenfeld		(story)
Cecily von Ziegesar		(novel)

Produced by
Jonathan C. Brody	....	co-producer
Trey Coscia	....	associate producer
Felicia D. Henderson	....	co-executive producer
Amy J. Kaufman	....	producer (as Amy Kaufman)
Joe Lazarov	....	producer
Bob Levy	....	executive producer
Leslie Morgenstein	....	executive producer
Jessica Queller	....	producer
Joshua Safran	....	consulting producer
Stephanie Savage	....	executive producer
Josh Schwartz	....	executive producer
K.J. Steinberg	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Transcenders

Film Editing by
Timothy A. Good

Casting by
Steven Jacobs

Art Direction by
Malchus Janocko

Makeup Department
Mark Schmidt	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
John Mabry	....	post-production supervisor
Bart Wenrich	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charlie Foster	....	second assistant director
Brian Kenyon	....	second second assistant director
Deanna Leslie	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jerry DeRogatis	....	props
Christopher Nelson	....	leadman
Kevin L. Raper	....	graphic artist

Sound Department
Vince Balunas	....	adr & dialogue editor
Vince Balunas	....	supervising sound editor
Larry Benjamin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Cannizzaro	....	adr engineer
Daniel Colman	....	sound effects editor
Sam C. Lewis	....	foley recordist
Doug Madick	....	supervising foley artist
Brendan Jamieson O'Brien	....	sound utility
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (as Rick Partlow)
Kevin Valentine	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Elizabeth Alvarez	....	visual effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Colavito	....	best boy electric
Jamie A. Marlowe	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Sal Martorano	....	rigging gaffer
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote camera operator

Casting Department
Daryl Eisenberg	....	casting associate
Renee Godbout	....	extras casting associate
Brady Smith	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Chaney	....	key costumer
Rebecca Edmonston	....	set costumer
Tonya Huskey	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Brandon Lott	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Alexandra Patsavas	....	music supervisor
Eduardo Ponsdomenech	....	music editor
Transcenders	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Frank Cattano	....	assistant location manager
Seth Copans	....	script supervisor
Tanya Doyle	....	assistant production coordinator
Nicholas Fabiano	....	staff production assistant
William Gilfillan	....	first assistant accountant
Randy Manion	....	location manager
Elizabeth Pellegrini	....	production coordinator
Colby Shrefler	....	location assistant
Christopher Watts	....	office production assistant
Dana Zolli	....	staff production assistant
Ramona Wong	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)

Casting by
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger
David Rapaport

Art Direction by
Doug Huszti

Art Department
Pete Dancy	....	assistant props (pilot)
Lee Malecki	....	assistant set decorator: SDSA
Philip Saccio	....	property master

Sound Department
Jorge Montijo	....	sound editor
James Sabat	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios

Camera and Electrical Department
John W. DeBlau	....	lighting consultant
Jason Lanci	....	electrician
Barry Minnerly	....	digital imaging technician
Ronald Paul	....	electrician
Mike Swearingen	....	camera loader

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Meredith Markworth Pollack	....	assistant costume designer

Other crew
Alitzah	....	adr loop group
Heather Gauntt	....	location scout
Sarah E. Leonard	....	production secretary
Christopher M. Lewis	....	office production assistant
Mike O'Neill	....	location scout
Anthony Palmini	....	office production assistant

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Television (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• CW Television Network (2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Net5 (2008) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Keep Me Posted  post-production facilities

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Trivia:

Although he is credited, Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) does not appear in this episode.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Flashback episode should have been in 2006, it being 'a year before'. Yet while The Humphrey's are eating Thanksgiving dinner we see a poster of the film 'Zodiac' in the background of their house. Zodiac was not released until mid 2007.

Quotes:

Blair Waldorf: I mean who gets wasted on thanksgiving?
Serena van der Woodsen: The holidays are lonely for people I wanted to keep them company. Whoo hoo!
Blair Waldorf: Your mom is freaking out, so my mom is freaking out.
Serena van der Woodsen: What which means you freak out? Blair just cut the cord, go nuts, come on let's do shots! Come on!
Blair Waldorf: I told Lily that you were buying a pie.
Serena van der Woodsen: Ooh, pie!
Blair Waldorf: Where is your purse?
Serena van der Woodsen: Uhh my purse?
Blair Waldorf: Oh, great alright. You stay here okay. I'm gonna go look. Don't drink or hit on anything.

Movie Connections:

References John Tucker Must Die (2006)

Soundtrack:

Promiscuous

~*-Time for the memories-*~

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This holiday episode was only an excuse not to advance the plot with the huge scandal Blair will be forced to face. The only thing happened was Blair's confession to Serena, which is more like intimate. They fight again and then they get back together.

Thanks to their memories, we can now understand Blair a little more. You know what they say, nobody is that mean unless they suffered much. Blair's life used to be perfect, with her family, with Nate... even with Serena. She was nice and protective of Serena, she thought Dan was trying to take advantage of her. Well, with her life being like that, it's hard to adapt like Blair had to. A mother like hers, a life like hers, without her father... her entirely universe was mostly found out of pain.

The shock was Da, Serena, Jenny and Eric finding out the truth about their parents. And it's nice they had happy family moments. Even Blair got along with her mother.

My favorite part of the episode was the scene where Nate, Serena and Blair are in the bathroom and they play around in the water. This shows how good friends they were