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: To shield Nate Archibald from the fallout of his affair with an older, married woman named Catherine , he and Serena van der Woodsen spend the summer pretending to be a couple.

: Like all episodes, the title is a play on a classic movie—in this case, the 1987 teen drama " Some Kind of Wonderful " . Watch GossipGirl S02E01

: Jenny Humphrey uses her internship with Eleanor Waldorf as a springboard into the Hamptons social scene, securing an invite to the White Party with help from Eric van der Woodsen . Thematic Elements & Symbolism : To shield Nate Archibald from the fallout

: At the time this episode aired, lead actors Blake Lively (Serena) and Penn Badgley (Dan) were dating in real life. married woman named Catherine