The Ex Files

"The Ex Files"
Gossip Girl episode
Chuck tries to sabotage Blair and Serena's friendship.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 04
Directed by	Jim McKay
Written by	Robby Hull
Production code	204
Original air date	September 22, 2008 (The CW)
Guest actors
Mädchen Amick as Duchess Catherine Beaton Connor Paolo as Eric van der Woodsen Patrick Heusinger as Lord Marcus Beaton Michelle Hurd as Laurel Yin Chang as Nelly Yuki Nicole Fiscella as Isabel Coates Purva Bedi as Clare Amanda Setton as Penelope Shafai Laura-Leigh as Amanda Lasher

"The Ex Files" is the 22nd episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl.^[1] It was also the fourth episode of the show's second season. The episode was written by Robby Hull and directed by Jim McKay. It originally aired on Monday, September 22, 2008 on the CW.

Reception

The episode has an 8.1 rating out of 10 from TV.com,,^[2] a 4.6 out of 5 star rating on TV Fanatic,^[3] and an 8.0 out of 10 star rating on IMDB.^[4]

The episode received generally favorable reviews from critics. Most of the critics praised Blake Lively's performances in this episode. Isabelle Carreau, from TV Squad, continued to compare Serena and Dan's relationship to Rachel and Ross from Friends and also said that "Blake Lively delivered it with the right amount of attitude and bitchiness" in her final lines in the episode.^[5] Jennifer Sankowski, from TV Guide, had said that she was surprised to see that Amanda was working for Chuck all time long, and that the reason why she loves the show is because of the many twists between the episodes.^[6] Michelle Graham, from Film School Rejects, had said that "overall, this episode really kick started the season, with Chuck’s manipulations felt right the way through, but his hand mostly unseen until the end".^[7]

Nevertheless, Carlos Delgado of If Magazine gave the episode a negative rating of D+ and said that the show "is poised to take bad television to a whole new level".^[8]

References

↑ Gossip Girl Episode Listings http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch.aspx?id=gossip_girl&view=listings
↑ http://www.tv.com/gossip-girl/the-ex-files/episode/1219864/summary.html?tag=episode_header;next
↑ http://www.tvfanatic.com/shows/gossip-girl/episodes/season_2/the-ex-files/
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266860/
↑ Carreau, Isabelle (September 23, 2008). "Gossip Girl: The Ex-Files". TV Squad. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
↑ Sankowski, Jennifer (September 23, 2008). "The Ex-Files". TV Guide. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
↑ Graham, Michelle (September 23, 2008). "TV Review: Gossip Girl 2.4 – The Ex-Files". Film School Rejects. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
↑ Delgado, Carlos (September 23, 2008). "TV Review: GOSSIP GIRL - SEASON 2 - 'The Ex-Files'". If Magazine. Retrieved July 27, 2010.

External links

Gossip Girl

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "The Wild Brunch" "Hi, Society" "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate" "Desperately Seeking Serena" "All About My Brother" "Much 'I Do' About Nothing"

Season 2	"Summer, Kind of Wonderful" "Never Been Marcused" "The Dark Night" "The Ex Files" "The Serena Also Rises" "Valley Girls" "The Goodbye Gossip Girl"

Season 3	"Reversals of Fortune" "The Freshman" "The Lost Boy" "Enough About Eve" "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" "The Last Days of Disco Stick" "The Debarted" "The Hurt Locket" "Last Tango, Then Paris"

Season 4	"Belles de Jour" "Double Identity" "The Undergraduates" "Touch of Eva" "Easy J" "Gaslit" "The Townie" "Petty in Pink" "The Princesses and the Frog" "The Wrong Goodbye"

Season 5	"Yes, Then Zero" "G.G."

Season 6	"Gone Maybe Gone" "New York, I Love You XOXO"

Characters

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