Thanksgiving is a holiday in which loved ones come together to celebrate the harvest and
other blessings of the past year, ergo the name, Thanksgiving. In Gossip Girl Episode
7, a lot of the characters came together at Nick and Zoya’s apartment, which as a reminder,
they are at risk of being evicted from since Nick had lied about his mother living there.
Speaking of mothers, we finally got to meet Max’s mother, Saskia.
Saskia was fired. That is partially why she connived Gideon and Roy into spending Thanksgiving
together. Because she was hurting. But they didn’t know that. So Gideon and Roy began
to fight until Saskia told them that Max, Gideon, and Roy had always been strong. And
she needed to believe that they still were strong so that she herself could be strong
too. Outside, Roy and Gideon didn’t say anything to each other, but their smiles spoke
volumes. Baby steps. The episode also advanced Rafa’s arc. Max
took responsibility for his relationship with Rafa. After all, Max had pursued him hard.
Max wore him down, and now he feels bad about it. Because it wasn’t Rafa’s fault, or
at least, it was not entirely Rafa’s fault. At the time of the dinner, Rafa had locked
Jordan and Kate out of Gossip Girl and had sent them on a mission to find dirt on Max.
They didn’t find any dirt. So in order to buy more time, Jordan sent Rafa a picture
of Max and his father. That picture hit home. Rafa realized how wrong he was to have wanted
to get revenge on a 17 year old student. As a result, he quit his teaching job, and he
also advised Kate and Jordan to quit Gossip Girl, with a veiled threat towards Kate.
Now let’s discuss Aki and Audrey. Ak’s mother, Jodi, asked Obie if he was
uncomfortable with Aki coming out as bi. Obie was uncomfortable saying the word bi, so Ak
vented by saying that they didn’t have to spend the night together as they normally
would have because he was going to be too busy sleeping with Max and Audrey anyway.
So that came out. Ak and Kate then switched seats so that Ak could sit next to Audrey,
and both Audrey and Ak’s mother said that they were proud of him. Audrey’s mother,
on the other hand, was a little confused, but after the dinner, she joked around with
Audrey about it. So it appears that she is also supportive of Audrey just as Jodi is
supportive of Aki. Ak’s mother, Jodi, closed the cab door on
him and told him and his friends to have a good night. And they did just so. Aki, Audrey,
and Max embraced the night, they embraced each other, and they even embraced this cute
little dog. It’s also worth noting that Ak’s mother,
Jodi, had blurted out that she and Ak’s father were divorced.
Now, Jodi and Kiki weren’t the only supportive parents in this episode.
Nick and Davis opened up to their daughters about some pretty important stuff. Davis said
that he was married to Julien and Zoya’s mother when she went into labor with Zoya.
Because he was the legal husband, he prevented Nick from coming into the hospital while she
was giving birth. And as a reminder, Marion died in childbirth. So Nick never got to see
her again. And Nick didn’t even get to see the birth of his own daughter, Zoya. Julien
condemned her father for this, but Nick defended him, saying that he would have done the same
thing. Long story short, despite their past, Nick and Davis decided to let bygones by bygone
for the sake of Julien and Zoya. So that they could grow up as sisters. And thus, Davis
encouraged Julien and Zoya to get past whatever it was that they were fighting about, namely,
Obie.
Speaking of Obie, Julien and Obie both still love each other. But Julien sort of encouraged
Obie to stay with Zoya. As a result, he accidentally told her that he loved her. Zoya then told
Obie that she was ready to take their relationship to the next level. However, someone sent Gossip
Girl a picture of Jules and Obie kissing, and Rafa forwarded that picture to Kate and
Jordan. Kate then overheard Zoya telling Obie what she wanted to do, so Kate was worried
that Zoya would lose her virginity to a boy who was currently cheating on her with her
sister. During dinner, Zoya realized the truth and called out Obie and Jules. Although Obie
tried to deny it, Jules admitted the truth. So Zoya ran off upset. And her father, Nick,
called it a night. Now, the ending.
During dinner, Aki finally listened to his father’s voicemail. He let everyone at the
table hear it. A voicemail saying that Aki should stay away from Julien for a little
bit. That was the first clue that something was up with either Julien and or her father
Davis. The second clue came from Lola. Lola drunkenly
told Kate that she didn’t know if Davis had proposed to her because he loved her or
if he had proposed to her because he didn’t want her to testify again him. This second
clue suggests that Aki’s father advised Ak to stay away from Julien because of something
to do with her father, Davis. Kate relayed that information to Jordan, but
she didn’t want to share it with the world. However, Jordan convinced Kate that they needed
to post something, so she posted the picture of Julien and Obie kissing, telling herself
that she hadn’t wanted to post it, telling herself that it didn’t matter anyway since
Zoya already knew about Jules and Obie so the damage was already done. What an ignorant
and shameful thing to do, granted, that’s par for the course for the Gossip Girlers.
Next up, Gossip Girl Episode 8.