Gossip Girl season 2 (original) (raw)

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Season of television series

Gossip Girl
Season 2
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Starring Blake Lively Leighton Meester Penn Badgley Chace Crawford Taylor Momsen Ed Westwick Jessica Szohr Kelly Rutherford Matthew Settle
No. of episodes 25
Release
Original network The CW
Original release September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01) –May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18)
Season chronology
← PreviousSeason 1 Next →Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of the American teen drama television series Gossip Girl premiered on The CW on September 1, 2008, and concluded on May 18, 2009, consisting of 25 episodes. Based on the novel series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, the series was developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. Every episode title this season was a reference to a film from the 20th century.

There was also a spin off pilot, focusing on Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford/Brittany Snow) and her family in California.

The newly formed Bass-Van der Woodsen family is now regarded as the richest in New York's Upper East Side. Eleanor Waldorf remarries, causing Blair to struggle with her new blended family. Jenny's rebellion from "Little J" and attempting to start her own clothing line. Dan is accepted to Yale, but has to refuse due to financial stress and ends up at NYU along with Vanessa. Serena is also accepted, but denies to attend Brown University. Blair is rejected by Yale, but is able to get into NYU with Cyrus' help. Nate plans to attend Columbia University. As Nate's family issues intensify, he takes extreme measures that ultimately hurt him and his chances with Vanessa Abrams. Nate accepts money from a married Duchess, Catherine Beaton, to save his family from debt. Lily van der Woodsen grows closer with Rufus Humphrey, even after her new marriage with Bart Bass. Chuck is confronted with an unimaginable tragedy. Bart Bass tragically dies in a car accident. Rufus and Lily rekindle their relationship after his death. Lily adopts Chuck, becoming his legal guardian, so that she could be named head of Bass Industries and give it to Chuck when he is of age. Blair and Chuck struggle with admitting their feelings for one another. Serena, Eric, Dan and Jenny learn a long-buried secret from Lily and Rufus' past that has come to light.

Cast and characters

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Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams Kelly Rutherford as Lily van der Woodsen Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey Kristen Bell as the voice of Gossip Girl (uncredited) Brittany Snow as Lily Rhodes Krysten Ritter as Carol Rhodes Andrew McCarthy as Rick Rhodes Matt Barr as Keith van der Woodsen Shiloh Fernandez as Owen Campos Ryan Hansen as Shep Cynthia Watros as CeCe Rhodes Mädchen Amick as Catherine Beaton Connor Paolo as Eric van der Woodsen Patrick Heusinger as Marcus Beaton Michelle Hurd as Laurel Zuzanna Szadkowski as Dorota Kishlovsky Francie Swift as Anne Archibald Margaret Colin as Eleanor Waldorf Yin Chang as Nelly Yuki Amanda Setton as Penelope Shafai Nicole Fiscella as Isabel Coates Robert John Burke as Bart Bass Tamara Feldman as Poppy Lifton Dreama Walker as Hazel Williams Matt Doyle as Jonathan Whitney John Patrick Amedori as Aaron Rose Willa Holland as Agnes Andrews Wallace Shawn as Cyrus Rose Desmond Harrington as Jack Bass Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks Caroline Lagerfelt as CeCe Rhodes Laura-Leigh as Amanda Lasher David Patrick Kelly as Noah Shapiro Jill Flint as Bex Simon Stella Maeve as Emma Boardman Cyndi Lauper as herself Sam Robards as Howard Archibald John Shea as Harold Waldorf Linda Emond and Jan Maxwell as Headmistress Queller William Abadie as Roman Laura Breckenridge as Rachel Carr Sebastian Stan as Carter Baizen James Naughton as William van der Bilt Aaron Tveit as Tripp van der Bilt III Armie Hammer as Gabriel Edwards Aaron Schwartz as Vanya No Doubt as Snowed Out

Season two was released by Warner Home Video in the United States on August 18, 2009, it included all 25 episodes from the season, plus over 4 hours of bonus features including a downloadable audiobook, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes and the exclusive pre-publication book excerpt from "Gossip Girl, I Will Always Love You". In the United States, some sets from the season were packaged with a free pair of jeweled earbuds.

Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season
Set Details Special Features
25 episodes 7-disc set 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese Runtime: 1063 minutes Unaired Scenes Gag Reel 'Chasing Dorotha' Webisodes 2 Featurettes:5th Ave. Meets Gossip Girl: Tour the Gossip Girl Crowd's Favorite Haunts Faces Behind the Design: Creative Forces Behind the Show's Art and Fashion Downloadable Audiobook of the Best-selling Novel Gossip Girl, You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar, read by Christina Ricci
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4
August 18, 2009 September 28, 2009 October 2, 2009 September 24, 2009 (Brazil)October 28, 2009 (Australia)
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