Nate had to choose between telling Dan and Rufus about Jenny’s fashion scheme or to run off with the 15-year old girl. Chuck surprisingly chose not to deflower a little freshman girl. Jenny flip flops between possibly ruining Bart and Lily Bass’ event for her own selfish reasons-not to mention defy her dad. And then we see Blair choose not to use blackmail against the freshman’s mother, a decision that could potentially limit her chances from getting into Yale.
In every situation you see the character’s internal hesitation; their mind maliciously turning trying to leverage how one choice out weighs the other. And in reality people operate the same way. You find yourself having to make a decision sometimes on your personal morality in seconds. Do I go to class or sleep in another hour? Should I submit a friend’s paper as my own? Do I hook up with this random person or not? Should I go out tonight and potentially get very drunk or stay in on a Thursday night to study?
These are decisions that as a college student you have to make quite frequently on your own. You no longer have mommy or daddy breathing down your neck to force you to make the right decision. So its up to your to figure out what is the right choice to make. Some decisions could affect you in the long term or just the short term so you have to figure out what your priorities are. And if you knowingly choose the wrong decision, you must be willing to accept the consequences.
So considering the decisions our favorite GG characters made, did they choose the right decision or did they accept the consequences to their wrong doings? I think Nate was acting on his emotions and thinking short term with running off with Jenny. But he does accept the that his decision was wrong by apologizing to Dan about kissing his sister and leaving the Humphrey house hold. Chuck and Blair surprisingly act on good intentions. And Jenny, she knowingly chooses to do defy her dad but with confidence that her actions will be beneficial to her.
So for next week I wonder if we’ll see the same virtuous path of these notorious characters. Tell me what you think. How do you make your decisions? Do you plan ahead for situations? Do you act irrationally and blame poor decisions on alcohol or on the influence of others?
xoxo,
g.
1 comment:
When watching the show I didn't really think about this episode the way you did. I just saw it as another dose of daily Monday TV drama. You make a valid point though, the good characters turned evil and the evil characters saw the light. It pleases me to see that Chuck & Blair were finally the do-gooders of the show. Jenny, on the other hand, continues to grow on my very last nerve. This girl needs to figure herself out, and stop bringing down people with her. [Ahem, the gorgeous Nate] I'd hope in situations like these I could rise to the occasion, and make the right decision. At times, especially in college, it gets harder to get out of bed to go to a class. Even more so when the weather is rainy, freezing, or you just stayed up a little too late. I think we all [like the different characters in the show] TRY to do the right thing, but sometimes we do what we THINK is best. I tend to own up to my own mistakes, and plan ahead for important situations. Sometimes though, like many others, I blame other people's influence on me for my decisions. Oh well, at least our decisions aren't as costly as the GG characters.
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