But keeping it brief: The teachers are basically subjected to a witch hunt after the administrators discover Gossip Girl. I’m starting to feel like these characters deserve their own separate recap, maybe a newsletter, because their behavior and its potential consequences require so much analysis. Let’s start with a rundown of Keller & Co. Thomas Doherty has even pulled back on the Chuck Bass impersonation, which really went off the rails in the previous episode. Our usually witless teachers finally get to display some wit when they’re forced into crisis mode (even if they’re ultimately digging themselves into a bigger hole). The teen characters are showing personality and not just scrolling through their phones reacting to notifications. “Lies Wide Shut” almost feels like it takes place in a separate universe from the first two episodes: It still moves at a violent pace, but the tone is noticeably more comedic, making all of these shenanigans easier to digest. With a refreshing change in direction - provided by Twin Peaks heiress Jennifer Lynch - a tighter script (by Lila Feinberg), a livelier score, and some goddamn levity, we’ve finally got an episode that contains some of the original Gossip Girl’s DNA (particularly in the character of Julien, who’s starting to feel like a living, breathing young person with a touch of Blair Waldorf’s signature neurosis and not just a bland simulacrum of a Gen-Z “cool girl”).
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