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In Gossip Girl Season 5, Episode 21 “Despicable B” (original air date: April 23, 2012), the Diana-as-Chuck’s-mother plot line thickens, Dan is claimed to be more highbrow than Blair in New York Magazine‘s Approval Matrix, and Serena’s dad William confesses to Lola that he is her real dad. Let’s dive deeper into the drama below:

• Nate is on a mission to find out where Diana is getting her money – He sneaks into her apartment when she isn’t there to find out more details. He finds a red diary in her underwear drawer but just then she walks in and catches him. He plays it off that he was trying to find something for her to wear… when they hook up. Then they do it. And Nate without a shirt = pure amazingness (See hot pics of Chace Crawford here). When she goes to the bathroom after, he grabs the diary and says he’s getting a call from Chuck so he has to go. Turns out the funding is coming from Jack Bass.
• Speaking of Jack Bass… – Nate keeps calling Elizabeth and asking her about this whole Diana thing. Finally, Elizabeth sends a picture of herself pregnant with Chuck, completely negating the fact that Diana said she couldn’t have kids. Then Chuck realizes something else… he sees a picture of a guy with a tattoo and it’s Jack’s. The guy with the tattoo is his dad… Jack is his dad…!
• But let’s not forget about Diana’s bigger secret – What exactly is she hiding? The fact that the private investigator can’t find anything on her further than three years ago. And the fact that Gossip Girl keeps texting her that she knows the bigggggg secret…
• Dan is named more highbrow than Blair – And B sets off to destroy his big night where he’s being honored for being an awesome writer. She dresses up in a fancy gown (even though it’s a casual event) and even steals the mic away from him to announce she’s giving money to a children’s literary charity (anonymously of course…) Dan gets upset with her and helps B realize that she’s lost herself. She gets shaken up and hopes she can be the girl she was before.
• Serena’s dad is Lola’s dad – Serena finds out Lola is around Lincoln Center through a tip on Gossip Girl. So, she’s hanging around the neighborhood and calls her dad to invite him to a family party to celebrate the fact that the judge rules against Ivy getting any of CeCe’s inheritance. He says he’s out of town and can’t make it. Cut to him talking with Lola at a restaurant. And of course S sees that. Later on Lola tells Nate she just spent the whole morning with her dad. Nate later tells Serena not knowing the harm. Serena puts two and two together and BAM! Realizes that her dad is Lola’s dad. She tells Lily who is ridiculously calm about it all. She tells Serena they can talk about it with everyone after the dinner that night.
• Carol gets caught – Well, turns out Lily was pretty pissed about Carol having an affair with her man at the time and outs her during the dinner, in front of a reporter. Carol confesses to everything and the fact that she hired Ivy, but what’s anyone gonna do about it, right? Ivy appears with the cops that have come to take Carol away. She and Lily made a deal: if Ivy ratted on Carol, she’d go away free from all fraud charges.
• Rufus breaks up with Lily – She’s been under a lot of stress with the whole inheritance thing, and yes, she’s been a little snobbish. Rufus is done with that and leaves her. We’re sad about this.
• Lily gives Ivy a check for a million dollars – For holding up her end of the deal, Lily gives Ivy some money. But Ivy seems pretty genuine when she says she really just wanted to be part of the family. “I could just tear this check up,” she says innocently. Lily brushes her off and sends her on her way. In the elevator, Ivy does tear up the check.

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Gossip Season 5, Episode 21 “Despicable B” Recap