"The Serena Also Rises" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American teen drama television series Gossip Girl, which originally aired on The CW on September 29, 2008.[1] The episode was written by Jessica Queller and directed by Patrick Norris.
In the midst of Fashion Week, a furious Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) plans on sabotaging Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) after Serena claims her Queen Bee status and rejecting her for New York socialite Poppy Lifton (Tamara Feldman), during her mother's fashion show. Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) becomes a casualty of Blair's schemes as her father Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle) begins to see through her Jenny's lies. Meanwhile, Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) decides to hang out with Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) to improve his writing, incidentally discovering a darker side to Chuck. Lily Bass (Kelly Rutherford) finds difficulty in her marriage with Bart Bass (Robert John Burke) when details behind her past are uncovered.
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players...
Blood. "TheSerenaAlsoRises" was titled after novel The Sun AlsoRises. The fifth-season episode "The Big Sleep No More" was named for the film The Big...
respectively. Daman and Markworth-Pollack said that "if you put Blair and Serena together, you get Tinsley Mortimer. Tinsley’s hair is always set and she...
with Bart Bass. Chuck Bass is confronted with an unimaginable tragedy. Serena van der Woodsen, Eric van der Woodsen, Dan Humphrey, and Jenny Humphrey...
in "The SerenaAlsoRises", and "Money Honey" in "Remains of the J". Gaga also performed "Poker Face" on American Idol on April 1, 2009. At the 2009 MTV...
Serena Celia van der Woodsen Humphrey is a fictional character and the protagonist in the Gossip Girl novel series and in its TV adaptation, in which...
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at Serena's favorite restaurant and she decides to tag along. Dan and Amanda bond over literature leaving Serena as a third wheel. Eventually, Serena and...
Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.Along with her younger sister, Serena, Venus Williams...
recognition with her ballad "Weak in the Knees" in 2007 and has released eight studio albums. Serena Lauren Ryder is the daughter of Barbara Ryder and Glen...
friendship is tested as Jenny starts her duties as the new Queen of Constance. Serena and Blair's friendship also gets tested as they grow and mature. Chuck and...
prominence at the 2013 Australian Open with a semifinal run beating world No. 3, Serena Williams. Although she reached No. 11 towards the end of 2013,...
Wickmayer, and Grigor Dimitrov. He served as the coach of Serena Williams from 2012 to 2022, and is currently the coach of Holger Rune. Mouratoglou was born...
Ginjo, to rise up. Vorian, witnessing the murder and realizing the lie he lives as a machine trustee, flees with Serena and Ginjo. In Dune: The Machine...
in the opening round of the US Open to eventual finalist Serena Williams in straight sets, it was also her final match of the year. She ended the year...
title. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Serena Williams in both 2012 and 2013 and to Naomi Osaka in 2020...
trilogy entitled The Dark Knight Rises as Batman. As with its predecessors, the film received acclaim from movie critics. The Dark Knight Rises has earned more...
back-to-back tournaments. She was the first woman to win successive major singles titles since Serena Williams in 2015, and the first to win her first two in...
sculpture by Serena de la Hey. It is in a field to the west of the M5 motorway, near Bridgwater in Somerset, South West England, near to the Bristol to...
Major) directed the documentary film Venus and Serena and produced Client 9: TheRise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Baird attended the Spence School and...
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