Gossip Girl (season 5)
Episodes

Gossip Girl (season 5)

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)

88	1	"Yes, Then Zero"	Mark Piznarski	Joshua Safran	September 26, 2011	1.37

While working as a production assistant in Hollywood, Serena makes a mistake while trying to impress her new boss (Michael Michele).

89	2	"Beauty and the Feast"	Mark Piznarski	Sara Goodman	October 3, 2011	1.34

Blair tries to conceal the news of her recent pregnancy from Louis as the arrival of her future sister-in-law Beatrice (Roxane Mesquida) nears.

90	3	"The Jewel of Denial"	Larry Shaw	Amanda Lasher	October 10, 2011	1.27

Serena and Charlie return to New York. Worrying that her identity will be revealed, Ivy decides to start making her own choice by being a part of New York's social society as Charlie.

91	4	"Memoirs of an Invisible Dan"	Tate Donovan	Amy B. Harris	October 17, 2011	1.16

Dan is about to be announced as author of Inside so he gives a copy of the book to Blair, Serena, Nate, Chuck and Rufus hoping they will be supportive at his upcoming book party.

92	5	"The Fasting and the Furious"	Joe Lazarov	Peter Elkoff	October 24, 2011	1.36

Louis' mother Princess Sophie and his sister Beatrice pay another visit to New York where Blair announces her pregnancy to everyone.

93	6	"I Am Number Nine"	Andy Wolk	Jake Coburn	November 7, 2011	1.26

Blair tries out three of her former minions for her Bridesmaids slots, and Charlie willingly teams up with the group in order to seek out a story where she proves herself to be more than a match for the mean girls.

94	7	"The Big Sleep No More"	Vince Misiano	Dan Steele	November 14, 2011	1.24

Several of the group attend a performance of Punchdrunk's provocative theater experience, "Sleep No More", which translates to masks, anonymity and some surprising romantic twists by the end of the evening.

95	8	"All the Pretty Sources"	Cherie Nowlan	Austin Winsberg	November 21, 2011	1.35

Serena is hard at work planning a dream bridal shower for Blair, but it should come as no surprise that Serena has to plant some false information about the shower in order to keep Blair from finding out all the details.

96	9	"Rhodes to Perdition"	Andrew McCarthy	Natalie Krinsky	November 28, 2011	1.32

CeCe Rhodes arrives back in New York where Lily and Serena are planning to throw her a Studio 54 party in her honor.

97	10	"Riding in Town Cars with Boys"	Vince Misiano	Amanda Lasher	December 5, 2011	1.28

Serena and Lily prepare Charlie for her first debutante ball to welcome her into New York high society, but the vindictive Max is determined to reveal Charlie/Ivy's secret by any means necessary.

98	11	"The End of the Affair?"	Michael Grossman	Sara Goodman	January 16, 2012	1.29

Through a series of emotional flashbacks, Blair reveals to Serena what really happened in the aftermath of her car crash with Chuck.

99	12	"Father and the Bride"	Amy Heckerling	Peter Elkoff	January 23, 2012	1.11

Blair decides to throw herself a bachelorette party, but shady enemies who include Beatrice (Roxane Mesquida), and her co-conspirator cousin Father Cavette, scheme to ruin and humiliate Blair, with an unknowing Chuck as their patsy, in order to prevent Blair's upcoming marriage by any means necessary.

100	13	"G.G."	Mark Piznarski	Joshua Safran	January 30, 2012	1.39

In the 100th episode, Blair's wedding day finally arrives, along with a vengeful Georgina Sparks and her co-conspirator husband who are determined to ruin Blair's wedding by any means necessary.

101	14	"The Backup Dan"	David Warren	Matt Whitney	February 6, 2012	1.25

Following the wedding, Blair tries to leave for the Dominican Republic, with the help of Dan, to get a divorce from Louis without his consent due to a loophole in the Dominican Republic's law.

102	15	"Crazy, Cupid, Love"	Matt Penn	Austin Winsberg	February 13, 2012	1.13

It's Valentine's Day on the Upper East Side and Blair cannot resist playing Cupid for someone she loves as she tries to get Serena and Dan back together.

103	16	"Cross Rhodes"	John Terlesky	Amy B. Harris	February 20, 2012	1.00

Dan feels honored when he learns that Upright Citizen’s Brigade theater troupe is performing excerpts from his book, Inside. Meanwhile, Blair tries to prove Serena's suspicions about her feelings for Dan are wrong, in order to save their relationship.

104	17	"The Princess Dowry"	Andrew McCarthy	Jake Coburn	February 27, 2012	1.11

Blair thinks her stepfather may have found a potential loophole in her prenuptial agreement that would allow her to escape her marriage to Louis.

105	18	"Con Heir"	Joe Lazarov	Annemarie Navar-Gill	April 2, 2012	0.97

Chuck invites his uncle, Jack, back to New York to thank him for saving his life in the car accident by donating blood, but starts to doubt Jack's story when Chuck investigates and learns that Jack was recently diagnosed positive with Hepatitis C, and a test on Chuck turns to be negative.

106	19	"It Girl, Interrupted"	Omar Madha	Amanda Lasher	April 9, 2012	0.98

Serena is determined to turn Lola into the next "it-girl" of the Upper East Side, starting with trying to persuade Lola to model at a Kiki de Montparnasse lingerie show.

107	20	"Salon of the Dead"	Norman Buckley	Natalie Krinsky	April 16, 2012	1.06

Blair and Dan throw a salon as a way of coming out as a couple, but drama caused by their friends derail the night.

108	21	"Despicable B"	David Warren	Austin Winsberg	April 23, 2012	0.99

Blair feels like her Upper East Side status might be slipping away and devises a plan to assure that does not happen by upstaging Dan at a publishers gathering.

109	22	"Raiders of the Lost Art"	Bart Wenrich	Jake Coburn	April 30, 2012	1.02

Chuck, Nate, Blair, Serena and Lola team up to uncover what they think is an explosive secret between Diana and Jack.

110	23	"The Fugitives"	Andy Wolk	Matt Whitney	May 7, 2012	0.83

Blair enlists Serena to be her stand-in at an important meeting when Blair finds herself needing to be in two places at the same time as Dan seeks to meet with a college rep from Italy for his oversees summer stay in Italy.

111	24	"The Return of the Ring"	J. Miller Tobin	Sara Goodman	May 14, 2012	1.14

In the fifth season finale, when Gossip Girl begins to upload excerpts from Blair's diary, her love life begins to unravel causing her to choose between Dan and Chuck.

Sentence(s)

The Gossip Girl (season 5) premiere was watched by 1.37 million viewers.

final_sentence: The Gossip Girl (season 5) premiere was watched by 1.37 million viewers.