Gossip Girl - The Complete First Season

I bought this DVD set as a gift, and ended up watching it with who I bought it for, it's so good! The actors are talented, the story interested, and the price at Amazon is great - can't go wrong here!

When it comes to guilty pleasures, this one is the juiciest and most fun to watch. Based on the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar, this CW show is narrated by the mysterious title character. Not really so mysteries as it is that of the recogniziable voice of Kritsen Bell, who was both seen and heard on three seasons of "Veronica Mars". This first season of "Gossip Girl" begins with the return of Serena van der Woodsen (played by Blake Lively of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" movies.) The question of why Serena left in the first place is not answered until near the end of the season. Each of the 18 episodes contained in this DVD set are satisfying viewing because each one of them is a well written, well acted, well done piece of storytelling.

Well I love the show but with school sometimes I miss some episodes. So with having it on DVD, not only can I watch them back to back, I can view the episodes I missed. My only complaint: not enough episodes :p... It's a great show for teens and people in the their 20's. It probably wouldn't appeal to much to the older crowd (at least over 35) and it may have too much inappropriate content for younger than say, 13. Its a great show over all though. You really can relate and connect with the characters and non ever break character. The actors are very good at what they do. They may all be beautiful people but they are also talented people.

I love Gossip Girl because it's different than all the other teen tv shows. It's about Manhattan's elite and the wild children of socialites, and real estate mogul's, etc. Some of it's farfetched and unrealistic, but even if you don't like the show the fashion is amazing. It deals with some real teenage issues- coke snorting, and date rape, at the extreme. It's not for young viewers, or even young adult viewers really. It's definitely an adult show. However, since these kids are in highschool it seems a little silly they are always sitting around bars drinking, but hey...teen shows are supposed to be a little cheesy, right? It's definitely not the Peach Pit.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Season 1 of Gossip Girl. I tape Gossip Girl each week to watch later in the week. It is a very interesting program.