You may remember from last week Serena and Blair made up.
This weeks episode has Blair clearly feeling like a second class citizen to Serena. Blair’s claws starting coming out when she woke up and came downstairs to find Blair breakfasting with her mother. The two girls go shopping and run into Dan, for whom Blair has a snide remark. Serena and Dan agree they will try again to go on a date.
We then learn that Blair’s mother (a designer) needs a model for her line. Serena volunteers Blair in an everyone else step backward kind of way. Things do not go well at the test shoot until Serena steps in and the girls are playful. Serena is supposed to leave for her date with Dan, but cancels because Blair says she needs her there. Serena invites Dan to go to the photo shoot the next day.
The photographer doesn’t like Blair in front of the camera, but he does like the shots of Serena. So Mummy fires Blair but doesn’t tell her she’s going to use Serena as the model. Nor does she tell Serena that Blair won’t be at the shoot. Blair goes to the photo shoot anyway, sees Serena modeling the clothes. Yet again insecure Blair’s claws come ou and the two start arguing in the stairwell, just as Dan arrives. Dan speaks with Serena admits she likes him. Dan sits down with Blair in the hall and tells her about his mother. Blair actually seems to be listening. Blair then confronts and speaks her mind to her mother, who admits what she did.
In the meantime, Chuck had organized a weekend for his junior class. An old schoolmate appears that he doesn’t like, probably because the guy says he gave up all his money and as been adventuring around the world. Nate is attracted to the devil may care attitude and arranges to meet the guy at a card game. Chuck once again shows displeasure at not being the center of attention. Chuck learns his watch and collectors baseball have been taken by the old schoolmate and texts Nate asking where he is. Nate answers with the location and that they’ll talk later. Nate then loses big at the card game, at which time we learn that the guy was in on it and they were setting Nate up for his money. Chuck walks in and saves the day by telling the old schoolmate he won’t report the theft and the guy can keep the watch and baseball if the group forgets about the Nate’s debt from his loss. Nate checks his bank account because he is going to pay Chuck back the money. He doesn’t see a balance so he calls the bank and learn his father drained his trust fund.