Gossip Girl: The Magnificent Archibalds (Episode 129)

This episode is Thanksgiving and everyone will be celebrating with a whole lotta drama. Some families will be coming together, while others will be ripped apart.

Cyrus has officially moved into the Waldorf home and Blair is none to happy about it. Everything he says or does seems to annoy her to the core. And, it doesn't help that she's pissed off that her dad isn't coming home to spend Thanksgiving with the family. Serena is too concerned about her own life and what's going on with Aaron to give much time to Blair's current situation. Serena tries to make herself believe that she's fine with Aaron dating other girls. Just because he's not exclusive doesn't mean she has to date others. Blair tries her hardest to snap her back to the real Serena but to no avail. Dan sees Serena and Blair and asks if either has seen Jenny, she's been MIA.

Nate "the magnificent Archibald" is finally back after an entire dreadful episode last week without him. They say "time heals all wounds" but apparently a week is not long enough to heal the wounds between Nate and Chuck. The two are still hardly speaking to one another and when they do it's only to insult the other.

Jenny gets the emancipation paperwork so that she can get on with her clothing line. And, we find out that she's been staying with Erik while Bart and Lily have been out of town. They come back from their trip in time for Thanksgiving and lots of drama. The minute Lily arrives back on the Upper East Side Rufus is calling wondering if she's seen or heard from Jenny. She says no, but then discovers Jenny's stuff at the house, she tells Rufus she'll call him back. 

Not only is Nate back but his dad the Captain is too. He's done living it up on a tropical island alone and is back to ask Nate and his mom to come be with him. Nate's mom wants to but Nate doesn't.

Lily and Rufus meet up by the Hudson to discuss Jenny. Lily suggests that she talk to Jenny first and then arrange a meeting between Jenny and Rufus where they can calmly discuss things. Rufus doesn't like the idea but goes along with it anyway.

Blair and Serena are on the phone, B is whining to S about Cyrus again, and like before Serena only wants to talk about Aaron. Serena is finally starting to realize that she doesn't enjoy being in a relationship with someone who doesn't want to be exclusive with them. DUH! Why is she so desperate for this loser? I think it's partly to spite Dan. Blair finds Cyrus eating the pie she baked, and she usually bakes with her dad. Blair goes to Eleanor to whine about Cyrus and how he's ruining her favorite holiday because his family tradition is going to a restaurant vs her family tradition of staying home. Eleanor, of course, blows her off telling her that she needs to get used to new traditions. Blair turns to the maid who fills her in on a little secret. Cyrus already proposed to Eleanor and they're planning to announce it to everyone, including Blair, at Thanksgiving. Blair is furious that her mom would just group her in with everyone else for the announcement.

Erik arrives home and finds out Lily and Bart are back from vaca. He texts Jenny to let her know. Bart tells Erik he should probably know that his boyfriend is cheating on him. Erik goes to Chuck trying to find out how Bart would know this and learns that Bart has a P.I. for everyone. He shows Erik the contents of Bart's secret vault, which includes not only some gold bars but files on the entire Van Der Woodsen family.

Serena and Aaron have a special dinner at home. To her surprise Aaron tells her that he is going to be exclusive with her and he hopes she will be too. She, of course, jumps all over this but then tries to play it cool. She mentions she should have brought champagne to celebrate, he informs her that he's actually sober and plans to stay sober. He says he really needs everyone around him — hint hint — to be sober as well. This leads to a bit of an awkward moment, Serena responds saying she used to party all the time but now she's been sober for a while too. Whatever you say, Serena!

Lily tells Erik to bring Jenny to the house. Jenny comes and Lily tells her that she really should be living at home. Jenny just goes along with what she's saying, but when Jenny goes to bed she forgets her purse on the couch. Lily peeks inside and finds the emancipation papers. Ugh-oh!

Dan and Rufus go grocery shopping for turkey day and bump into Aaron. Aaron and Dan talk, Aaron is picking up a quick gift for the Van Der Woodsen/Bass family for Thanksgiving, Dan suggests a wine gift. Aaron says Dan must not know Serena that well because she's been sober. Dan laughs at that and just so happens to mention Georgina. Oh no he didn't, right?! Aaron goes straight to Serena for answers. She says Dan is probably just telling lies because he's jealous and not over her. Aaron is clearly the artistic, not brainiac type so he falls for this one.

Blair asks her mom if there's anything she wants to tell her. Eleanor says she has a surprise for Blair at the dinner but doesn't tell her what. Blair is mad and tells the maid that she's not going to the dinner. Nate goes to Vanessa to give her CD's to give to Rufus, and he tells her that he's sorry and goodbye. After he leaves Vanessa is met by an FBI agent in regards to Nate. Vanessa calls Chuck for help telling him Nate is in trouble. At first Chuck doesn't care to help but he finally comes around.

Erik goes through his file that Bart had on him. He finds everything from emails to medical records and everything in between. And, Bart has thick files on Serena and Lily as well. Meanwhile, Lily calls Dan and Rufus and tells Rufus it's important. When they arrive Lily shows Rufus the emancipation papers, while Dan talks to Aaron. Aaron isn't happy with Dan and tells him so. Serena comes in and gives Dan "the look" so Dan tells Aaron that he was lying about Georgina. Dan doesn't even try to be very convincing but he doesn't have to because Aaron is just that dense. Aaron doesn't have time to stick around and question the story though because for whatever reason he has to go. Back to Lily and Rufus, as Lily is showing Rufus the papers Jenny walks in and sees them. Rufus talks to Jenny and she tells him what happened with Agnes setting the dresses on fire, etc. and he tells her that he won't stand in her way anymore but he hopes that she'll come back to live at the house.

Erik shows Serena the files and they confront Lily. She knew Bart had a file on her but she had no idea he was keeping files on Erik and Serena. They all confront Bart and he defends himself saying he has to protect himself from what they might do, as if Serena were Paris Hilton. Nevermind, maybe I can see Bart's point. Dan and Rufus leave, and Serena, Erik and Lily storm out. Chuck is also gone, he's helping Vanessa deal with Nate's mess.

Chuck meets with Vanessa and then they convince Nate to meet with the FBI agent. They all meet and the agent informs Nate that they know everything his dad is upto, he didn't just come back to ask Nate and his mom to come to the island with him, he's planning on kidnapping them to extort money from Nate's grandparents. Chuck and Vanessa talk to Nate and get it through to him that if he can convince his dad to turn himself into the Feds. If his dad turns himself in then the 'magnificent' Archibald bank accounts will be unfrozen and Nate and his mom can get their life back. Nate goes to his dad and tells him that he knows everything. The Captain tries to make excuses but Nate doesn't fall for it and tells the Captain that the Feds are coming, so he has two options; stay and turn himself in or flee and Nate will never forgive him. The Captain finally decides to stay and turn himself in. Nate and his mom are happy to have this drama over but it's bitter sweet because it means the Captain will be going away for a long time. I say who gives a shit about the Captain, at least Nate and his mom have freedom to live their life again. After the ordeal is over, Nate thanks Vanessa and Chuck. He tells Vanessa that things are over between him and Jenny and he hopes he and Vanessa can get together sometime, she says "that'd be OK." Nate and Chuck also make up and are friends again.

Lily and Erik have Thanksgiving together at a restaurant, just the two of them. Erik tells her that he looked at her file and found out that she was in an institution like he was when she was 19 years old. He's mad because she was so distant with him while he was going through everything and she never told him she was in a similar institution. She apologizes and they let it go, for now at least. Serena goes to Aaron's, which funny enough today is also Blair's, and gives him her file so he can learn everything there is to know about her. While she's there Eleanor asks if she knows where Blair is, Serena doesn't but texts Blair to find out and then lets Cyrus and Eleanor know.

Blair and the maid, Dorota, are off walking around. Blair is doing anything to avoid the Thanksgiving meal with her mom and Cyrus. As they're walking Blair comes across Jenny. Jenny is crying, Blair tells her that she should feel lucky, she has a dad that cares about her and fights for her, she wishes she had that. Just then Eleanor pulls up and asks Blair to come with her. Blair says she will only go if Jenny agrees to go home too. Since when does Blair care about Jenny? Jenny gives and agrees she'll go home.

When Blair gets home Eleanor gives her the surprise that she hinted about before, and it's not the engagement that Blair expected. Her dad is actually there, Blair couldn't be happier. Blair then asks about the engagement and inadvertently spills the beans to everyone before Cyrus and Eleanor can make the announcement, but who cares at this point.

Dan and Rufus go home and are disappointed because Jenny isn't there, but then she surprises them and comes out from her room. She says she wants Rufus as her dad and tears up the emancipation papers. YAY! Finally, the real Jenny is coming back. Aaron goes to Serena and tells her that he doesn't want to read her file, he doesn't care about her past. Lily and Erik go to the Humphrey house hoping to join them for Thanksgiving, the Humphrey's are more than happy to have them and they all get to work on the Thanksgiving meal. Vanessa also shows up and makes up with Jenny after their fight over Nate. But, the drama between these two isn't over just yet. Dan gives Jenny her mail but before she can look through it Rufus asks her to help with the meal. Vanessa spots a letter from Nate in Jenny's stack of mail and puts it in her purse. Later, while everyone is eating, she leaves the room to read the letter and in it Nate tells Jenny how he still cares for her, Vanessa shoves it back in her purse.

In the end, everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. Well, except, Bart who calls his private investigator and tells him to look into why Lily was at an institution when she was 19. This should be interesting…

Next episode won't air for two weeks but they tease us with a shocker, there's going to be an accident of some sort and it doesn't sound good.