Guess Who's Coming at Dinner is the second episode of the second season, and the fourteenth episode overall. It serves as the double episode to the season two premiere.
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Zoya spends more time with Shan's family - much to Nick's annoyance - while Max's parents host an important dinner that descends into chaos.
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Obie returns to Constance Billiard School at Grace's insistence after avoiding his friends over the winter break. Monet tries to establish a social hierarchy at the school, which causes tension in her friendship with Luna. Julien publicly humiliates Monet in front of a journalist, but Monet later reveals that she had manipulated the situation for more attention. Thanks to the anonymous social media account "Gossip Girl," Nick discovers that Zoya has been lying to him and staying with Shan. In an attempt to mend their relationship, Shan's family invites Nick and Zoya to dinner, but Nick berates them for their wealth, further damaging his relationship with Zoya. As rumors about the three-way relationship between Max, Aki, and Audrey intensify, Max struggles to sleep with other people while waiting for Aki and Audrey to sort out their feelings. To throw "Gossip Girl" off their trail, Aki and Audrey come up with a plan, but due to a series of miscommunications, they end up revealing their relationship with Max to Kiki, Roy, Gideon, and "Gossip Girl." Mike tells Kate that he is trying to expose and end corruption at the school by going after Headmistress Burton, and the two of them confront her about the bribery. Burton admits that she is relieved to have been caught and asks them to report her. Against Mike's wishes, Kate gets Burton fired.
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Gossip Girl: We all want to be in control of how the world sees us. Sometimes we're tactful about what we show others. And sometimes we are tactless. There are times we wish we could have shown ourselves differently. And then there are times when the world sees us exactly how we want. Who among us hasn't tried to escape our lives from time to time? Or buried our heads in the sand to run from an uncomfortable reality? That's why I'm here. To drag you kicking and screaming into the harsh light of day until you finally accept the truth. Your image is something you'll never have power over. Show any face you want, but know I'll expose them all. There's no hiding from me.
Gossip Girl: Greetings, followers. It's a new day, a new dawn, a new life, and I'm feeling greedy. So many tips coming my way, you'd think it was last semester. Though Max Wolfe looks like he's on the prowl, it appears he's on pause. Everyone he dates, he ducks out on. What of Zoya Lott, caught sneaking into her apartment the third day in a row? Where has she been sleeping, and who with? But does it even matter anymore? A new era may soon be upon us, which Attila de Haan at the helm. A play for back doors, dress codes, and hierarchies. This revolution will be live-streamed.
Gossip Girl: Julia Child once said "the dinner hour is a sacred time." But she didn't live in New York. Hope you're hungry, followers, because tonight, mayhem is on the menu, and devastation is for dessert.
Gossip Girl: Spotted. Looks like when it came to Queen D's big moment, JC couldn't stand to be just a spectator. She decided to write her own headline. And it was only one word: sabotage.
Gossip Girl: Control is an illusion. Although it might feel like we have the power to effect change. The truth is, what we really need is a guiding hand. A strong, supportive hand to hold as you march off into war. But war is never pretty. And it's time to pick a side because this war has only just begun.
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- Monet de Haan namedrops Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen from the original series when referring to herself and JC at the water fountain.
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