Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5 is now out! Developed by Joshua Safran for HBO Max, the show serves as the reboot, an extension and a standalone sequel to The CW series of the same name that was based on the novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Original series co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage return as executive producers for the extension along with Safran, who is also the showrunner.
The fifth episode of Gossip Girl Season 2 is directed by Satya Bhabha and written by Ryan Koehn. The episode is titled ‘Games, Trains and Automobiles.’ The runtime for the episode is 50-60 minutes, much like the previous episodes.
The main cast for Gossip Girl Season 2 includes Jordan Alexander as Julien Calloway, Whitney Peak as Zoya Lott, Tavi Gevinson as Kate Keller, Eli Brown as Obie, Thomas Doherty as Max Wolfe, Emily Alyn Lind as Audrey Hope, Evan Mock as Aki Menzies, Johnathan Fernandez as Nick Lott, Adam Chanler-Berat as Jordan Glassberg, Zión Moreno as Luna La, Savannah Lee Smith as Monet de Haan, Luke Kirby as Davis Calloway, John Benjamin Hickey as Roy Sachs, Amanda Warren as Camille de Haan, Anna van Patten as Grace Byron, Todd Almond as Gideon Wolfe and Grace Duah as Shan Barnes. The OG narrator Kristen Bell continues to be the Gossip Girl voice for this season too.
– HBO Max’s Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5 Review Does Not Contain Any Spoilers –
Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5: Games, Trains and Automobiles
So many things happened in Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 4 that it was only normal for another episode to be purely dedicated to its aftermath and where the characters are heading next. In Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5, we see Julien pursue her romantic affair with Graham. Yes, this is the same married man in the last episode we saw! Meanwhile, Audrey is seen having a troubling time with Aki and Max away on a trip with Obie.
Why a trip away with Obie? Well, turns out nobody’s got Obie’s back and, even family is vicious when it comes to him. So he tries to find some solace in a boys’ trip away. Another person having a wild weekend in this episode is our angry young Zoya, still not talking to her father and having a time of her life with Shan, only it isn’t so great the morning after it’s all over.
As for getting to know Mike’s true purpose in the last episode to unmask Gossip Girl in the previous episode, it was only natural that Kate to lay low in this episode. She tried to find the root of where Mike Shubin was coming from and seemingly came across something bigger than either of them. Well, investigations always get dirty anyway, right?
Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5: Final Thoughts
Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5 was kind of a downer in comparison to the previous episodes. In fact, there was not much movement in the latest episode of Gossip Girl apart from the Obie fiasco and JC’s newfound love story that might soon take a dangerous turn. Well, it at least has the potential too, unlike, Zoya’s. Hopefully, the next episodes will pick up soon on the pacing and storyline.
You can watch Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 5 now on HBO Max.
You can read our review of the previous episodes, here.
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