Who is Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl?
The it girl who came back · The Upper East Side
Serena van der Woodsen (The it girl who came back) is a character in Gossip Girl, part of The Upper East Side. Spotted: Serena van der Woodsen on a Grand Central platform, and the Upper East Side's power grid reboots. The golden it girl returns from a year of unexplained boarding-school exile to a best friend who declared war in her absence, a reputation that precedes and pursues her, and one secret from the night she left that the blasts will not stop circling. Serena's superpower is being adored on sight; her curse is that nobody, herself included, can say what she actually wants.
When does Serena van der Woodsen first appear?
Serena van der Woodsen first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Pilot”) of Gossip Girl (2007–2012, The CW).
Who is Serena van der Woodsen connected to?
Relationships already established when Serena van der Woodsen first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Blair Waldorf — Best frenemies forever
- Dan Humphrey — Lonely Boy and the it girl
- Nate Archibald — The wedding-night mistake
- Lily van der Woodsen — Matriarch and headline daughter
Which group does Serena van der Woodsen belong to?
By the time Serena van der Woodsen appears, The Upper East Side also includes Blair Waldorf, Chuck Bass, Nate Archibald, Dorota Kishlovsky.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Blair Waldorf — The queen B of Constance — headbands as crowns
- Dan Humphrey — Lonely Boy, taking notes
- Chuck Bass — I'm Chuck Bass.
- Nate Archibald — The golden boy everyone's parents arranged
- Jenny Humphrey — Little J, climbing the Met steps
- Lily van der Woodsen — The matriarch with a rap sheet under the pearls
- Rufus Humphrey — The rock dad with the gallery and the waffles
- Dorota Kishlovsky — The keeper of Queen B's actual secrets
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