All About My Brother
Jenny's party and Blair's schemes collide with a shocking confession.
The first season of Gossip Girl, an American teen drama, included "All About My Brother" as its 16th episode. Janice Cooke-Leonard directed it, with Paul Sciarrotta writing. The CW first broadcast it on May 5, 2008.
Quick Facts
- Series
- Gossip Girl
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 16
- Director
- Janice Cooke-Leonard
- Writer
- Paul Sciarrotta
- Photographer
- Ron Fortunato
- Editor
- Harry Jierjian
- Production
- 3T6765
Facts from the source article.
Cultural allusions
Jenny uses Evite to invite guests to her party. Blair's clique mentions a Waverly restaurant and the Lower East Side bar 151 as celebration options. Lily requests a waiter seat Serena away from former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. Penelope compares Gossip Girl to Page Six. Hazel likens Jenny to Vanessa Hudgens, while Blair compares her to Katie Holmes. Blair tells Dan that Gossip Girl's credibility resembles an inebriated Tinsley Mortimer. Jenny reveals Dan wears L.L.Bean pants. Lily discusses hiring wedding planner Preston Bailey and cake-maker Sylvia Weinstock.
Reception
With 2.12 million viewers, this 2008 episode holds the record for the series’ smallest audience that year. Critics were largely positive. BuzzSugar celebrated Leighton Meester’s performance, declaring “Blair was on fire” and calling Little J’s surrender to Blair “classic.” Television Without Pity’s Jacob deemed the episode “awesome,” singling out Serena’s shocking confession to Blair that she killed someone. TV Squad’s Isabelle Carreau used “OMFG” to express her enthusiasm, adding that the suspense in Serena’s plot was “killing” her.
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