When I started watching Gossip Girl, I was mostly interested by Chuck and Blair, who have that manipulativeness that Choderlos de Laclos gave his characters in 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses', which I happen to love. Also, the clothes those rich kids wear are gorgeous. It does not hurt.
What does hurt the show is the redundancy of it, as the seasons go by. Love-triangles just keep coming, the twists and reveals are never that original, and those kids make the same mistakes over and over again, to the point that all sympathy we might have had for them in the beginning is fading fast.
So, while I did enjoy the first season a lot and did keep watching after that, I could not endure the farce that was season four. The wardrobe is still looking good, though.
What does hurt the show is the redundancy of it, as the seasons go by. Love-triangles just keep coming, the twists and reveals are never that original, and those kids make the same mistakes over and over again, to the point that all sympathy we might have had for them in the beginning is fading fast.
So, while I did enjoy the first season a lot and did keep watching after that, I could not endure the farce that was season four. The wardrobe is still looking good, though.