It’s a face-off between Chuck and Blair when they both want to bid on the same item at Sotheby’s. Meanwhile, Serena suspects that Carter may have return to his old habits, while Georgina takes an interest in Dan, and Vanessa suspect something is not right with Scott.

Blair ends up with Georgina as as her roommate in the dorms at NYU. While Serena and Chuck come to blows, so she joins forces with Chuck’s enemy, Carter. Nate and Bree try to take their relationship up a gear despite the animosity between their families.

As the summer is drawing to a close, Blair and Chuck are madly in love and adjusting to their new “in a relationship” status, breaking all the traditional rules of dating as would be expected. Serena returns from her European adventure with many secrets to hide and a complicated relationship with Carter Baizen. Nate returns from his travels with a mysterious brunette, Bree Buckley (guest star JoAnna Garcia).