Don’t miss Celebrity Myxer’s recap of Gossip Girl Reboot Episode 2. As Zoya hesitantly explores a new romantic interest, Max aggressively pursues one of his own. Meanwhile, Julien set out to fix her mistakes.
Gossip Girl Reboot Episode 2 Recap
On Gossip Girl Reboot Episode 1, Julien and Zoya finally get to meet each other. But their reunion is ruined by Gossip Girl manipulating them into a social media sibling rivalry. Obie got tired of being an actor in his relationship with Julien and broke up with her. His friendship with Zoya advances as they both share synergies for humane causes. Will they advance their friendship?
On Gossip Girl Reboot Episode 2, Obie is no longer in Julien’s orbit, but in Zoya’s. They share tighter interests. Gossip Girl has become a serious problem for Julien and her lifestyle.
Julien “Wants” Obie Back
It’s Parent-Teacher conference night and this review is not of the students, but of the teachers!
Julien wants Obie back- only so things return back to her normal. She has a few days to achieve this else her fans will start to notice his absence. However, after posting a “girls night” pic, followers started to notice Obie is missing instantly. Even throwing shade calling him Zobie. Get it? Zoya + Obie = Zobie
Obie declined to come to the conference, but surprise Zoya with his presence since she was grounded for her recent mischief. That’s when Gossip Girl got a timely tip from someone who saw them together. It was a pic from someone who spotted Zobie in the wild. Of course, Gossip Girl couldn’t resist posting this!
Julien and the girls went into crisis prevention mode to combat it by posting an old pic of Julien and Obie together. A little filter, cropping, and the right caption rebutted Gossip Girl’s post- unleashing the “Julions” (similar to Beyoncé’s Beehive) on GG’s page.
They quickly shamed, unfollowed, flagged all of Gossip Girl’s pics… thus leaving the account under administrative review. Ms. Keller was freaking out until one of the other teachers calmed her, stating IG will release them by end of the day.
Audrey’s Mother
Audrey’s mother, Mrs. Hope, is going through a heavy divorce and is completely detached from her daughter’s life. She didn’t attend the parent-teacher conference and that bothers Audrey.
Mrs. Hope is depressed. (She’s portrayed by Laura Benanti who plays Quinn Tyler from our beloved show Younger.) She doesn’t want to go to the dinner because Audrey’s father and her ex-best friend who stole her hubby might attend. The teen assured her mother the home wrecker won’t be there.
Max Preys a New Interest
Max flirts with his gay heartthrob teacher, Mr. Caparros, but he declines the pansexual. This only intrigues the adolescent more. Plus he’s heard rumors about the teacher’s performance in bed.
Max is so infatuated by the teacher that he conspired to be at the same exclusive men’s only spa and use Aki as a token to get closer to him.
Obie’s Break & Rebound
At school, Obie confronted Julien telling her they are really done. The girls pressure Julien to get rid of Zoya, but she can’t do that to little sis… well outright. So she enlisted the help of Gossip Girl to get the juiciest dirt on Zoya on her behalf. Julien wanted the evidence as a way to wedge Obie from Zoya and back in her arms. Gossip Girl is canceled on social media, she’s desperate and will comply.
Zoya Confides With The Enemy
Zoya takes on a project to work with Ms. Keller. She learned more about her teacher and vice versa. It’s a double edge sword for Keller because she needs dirt on the same sweet girl who is confiding in her. She learned of Zoya’s troubles at her old school. She sent a video of it to Julien.
A Fancy Fundraiser Fiasco
Obie asked Zoya to go on a date but she can’t due to a promise to her father to stay out of trouble. So Obie figured out a way to go on a date, that’s not a date perse. That ended up being a clever seating arrangement at the fundraiser- seated back to back.
At the fundraiser party, Julien had an emergency because she saw Nick, Zoya’s dad. Julien’s dad, DJ Davis, was there too. The two hate each other and their meeting would be catastrophic!
Julien urged Zoya to leave because she didn’t tell her father what really was going on and didn’t think Nick and Zoya could afford the tickets to the gala. However, Obie was the one who purchased them- cleverly gifted as free passes.
Davis confronted Nick in the presence of Julien yet Ms. Keller was lurking in the distance. Nick forced Julien to confess the plot to Davis. They spat about it and Davis walked out in outrage.
Mrs. Hope did show up to the fundraiser but got belligerent drunk and embarrassed Audrey.
Max finally got a one-on-one with Mr. Caparros and although the teacher flirted back with the student, he was firm about his rule of not entertaining his students. Though he did whisper something into Max’s ear of what could happen after graduation…
A Spontaneous Date
Obie convinced Zoya to leave the party for a while. Obie paid an art store owner to open up exclusively for them to shop for Zoya’s supplies. However, Gossip Girl was spying from across the street and DM’d Julien the evidence. Julien wanted the location so Gossip Girl leveraged that need for a favor in the future.
Julien was forced to react to get rid of Zoya. Suddenly, Davis called to confront her about leaving the party. Julien used that opportunity to wrangle Davis and Nick to Zoya’s location to catch her in the act.
During the short time shopping at the art store, Zoya and Obie had a connection that leads to their first kiss!
It was spied by Julien and the girls, who wanted Obie confronted. Julien grew a heart at that moment and couldn’t because she saw how happy Obie was. She realized this is the kind of spontaneity he’s into and she would always decline him. She wanted him to be happy.
Just then Davis and Nick arrived. Julien tried to protect Zoya by telling the fathers that she lied and Zoya wasn’t there but little sister came outside to the ambush. The confrontation led to disappointment from all parties. Gossip Girl witnessed it all. Yet instead of capitalizing on the sneaky pics she snagged, she deleted them.
Audrey & Aki Stray
After the fundraiser, Audrey and Aki have a fight which led her to sleep with Max that night. She woke to consol her mother. Ms. Hope confessed that her business was going bankrupt- on top of her divorce. This is why she’s been so depressed.
Zoya’s Leaving
At school the next day, Zoya and her father were attempting to withdraw her from school. Julien truly didn’t want this. She pulled her baby sister to the side and talked her into staying. Zoya replied with a “Maybe…” Julien needed a yes. Zoya replied with a Hell Yes! She decided to stay but on her own terms.
Julien chatted with Gossip Girl to heed her warning not to use the newly found evidence against Zoya. Gossip Girl complied (for now) as the feud ended up getting the account more followers and blue check verified.
Apart of Julien’s truce with Zoya meant accepting she would now be with Obie (in public) and so they were…
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Air Date: July 15, 2021
Gossip Girl Cast
- Jordan Alexander as Julien Calloway
- Whitney Peak as Zoya Lott
- Tavi Gevinson as Kate Keller
- Eli Brown as Otto “Obie” Bergmann IV
- Zión Moreno as Luna La
- Savannah Lee Smith as Monet de Haan
- Thomas Doherty as Max Wolfe
- Emily Alyn Lind as Audrey Hope
- Evan Mock as Akeno “Aki” Menzies
- Johnathan Fernandez as Nick Lott
- Luke Kirby as Davis Calloway
- Adam Chanler-Berat as Jordan Glassberg
- Jason Gotay as Rafa Caparros
- Megan Ferguson as Wendy Fineman-Walsh
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Gossip Girl Episodes
Season | Episode | Title | Air Date |
1 | 12 | “Gossip Gone, Girl” Gossip Girl Season Finale | December 2, 2021 |
1 | 11 | “You Can't Take It With Jules” | December 2, 2021 |
1 | 10 | “Final Cancellation” | December 2, 2021 |
1 | 9 | “Blackberry Narcissus” | November 25, 2021 |
1 | 8 | “Posts on a Scandal” | November 25, 2021 |
1 | 7 | “Once Upon a Time in the Upper West” | November 25, 2021 |
1 | 6 | “Parentsite” | August 12, 2021 |
1 | 5 | “Hope Sinks” | August 5, 2021 |
1 | 4 | “Fire Walks with Z” | July 29, 2021 |
1 | 3 | “Lies Wide Shut” | July 22, 2021 |
1 | 2 | “She's Having a Maybe” | July 15, 2021 |
1 | 1 | “Just Another Girl on the MTA” | July 8, 2021 |
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