Episode 201

Season:2
Episode Number:1
Episode Name:Summer Kind Of Wonderful
Orginal Air Date:1st September, 2008
Directed: J. Miller Tobin
Written by: Joshua Safran

Season Premiere. Blair comes back from France, not with Chuck and he is up to his old tricks with girls. Nate gets involved with Catherine Mason, a former model who is married and in her late 30s. Dan and Serena are apart and Dan is with Vanessa and Serena is having a fling with a lifeguard. They all happen to meet up with each other at the Hamptons.Summer in the Hamptons!! In the second season premiere, our favourite Upper East Siders endure the Summer heat in the Hamptons. During the trip in the Hamptons, Blair meets a charming new boy hoping to make Chuck jealous, Nate gets involved in a steamy relationship and Serena questions her past relationship with Dan. Meanwhile on the other side of town, Dan gets a job at a local library. Though things don’t go according to plan.

Episode 202

Season:2
Episode Number:2
Episode Name:Never Been Marcused
Orginal Air Date: Monday 8th September 2008 (CW USA)
Directed: Michael Fields
Written by: Stephanie Savage
Blair is over the moon to be dating royalty and has every intention of becoming a royal herself, but a scheming Chuck has other plans for Blair and her new love, Marcus (recurring guest star PATRICK HEUSINGER). Serena and Dan agree to keep their recent hookups a secret from their friends and family until they figure out what it means for their relationship. Meanwhile, Nate learns the downside to having an affair with a hot older woman, Catherine (recurring guest star MADCHEN AMICK), who is married.
Co Starring: Zuzanna Szadkowski (Dorota)/ Francie Swift (Anne Archibald/ Patrick Heusinger (Marcus)/ Mädchen Amick (Catherine)

Episode 203

Season:2
Episode Number:3
Episode Name:The Dark Night
Original Air Date: Monday 15th September 2008 (CW USA)
Directed by: Janice Cooke-Leonard
Written by: John Stephens
About:Serena and Dan are forced to deal with their unspoken problems while trapped in an elevator during a citywide blackout. In a humorous twist, Blair questions the lack of passion in her relationship with Marcus (recurring guest star PATRICK HEUSINGER), while, at the same time, Chuck appears to have lost his “passion” for any woman other than Blair. Meanwhile, Nate struggles between his feelings for Vanessa and his more-complicated-by-the-day relationship with Catherine (recurring guest star MADCHEN AMICK). Plus, Jenny risks losing her internship when Eleanor (recurring guest star MARGARET COLIN) catches Jenny critiquing one of the Eleanor Waldorf designs.
Co Starring: Patrick Heusinger (Marcus)/ Mädchen Amick (Catherine)/ Margaret Colin (Eleanor Waldorf)

Episode 204

Season:2
Episode Number:4
Episode Name:The Ex-Files
Original Air Date: Monday 22nd September 2008 (CW USA)
Directed by: Jim McKay (II)
Written by: Robby Hull
About:When Serena notices that Dan has been cozying up to the new girl in school, Amanda (guest star LAURA-LEIGH), the ever-loyal Blair and her minions decide to befriend Amanda and sabotage her budding new romance with “lonely boy.” Plus, Vanessa discovers a scandalous secret about Catherine (recurring guest star MADCHEN AMICK) and enlists Blair’s scheming expertise to use the information to help Nate. Meanwhile, Lily finds herself drawn back to her ex, Rufus, once again.
Co Starring: Mädchen Amick (Catherine)

Episode 205

Season:2
Episode Number:5
Episode Name:The Serena Also Rises
Original Air Date: Monday 29th September 2008 (CW USA)
Directed by: Patrick Norris
Written by: Jessica Queller
About: A furious Blair learns in the midst of Fashion Week that her mother, Eleanor (recurring guest star MARGARET COLIN), at the suggestion of her protégé Jenny, has given Serena and her new socialite friend, Poppy Lifton (guest star TAMARA FELDMAN - “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Supernatural”), front row seats to the Eleanor Waldorf show. Hurt once again by Serena’s popularity and her mother’s betrayal, Blair decides to sabotage the show. Meanwhile, Dan starts hanging out with Chuck, and learns the hard way that a walk on the dark side always has its risks. Plus, Lily learns a secret that her new husband, Bart (recurring guest start ROBERT JOHN BURKE), has been keeping from her.
Co Starring: Margaret Colin (Eleanor Waldorf)/ Robert John Burke (Bart Bass)/ Tamara Feldman (Poppy Lifton)/ Yin Chang (Nelly Yuki)/ Nicole Fiscella (Isabel Coates)/ Jill Flint (Bex Simon)/ Amanda Setton (Penelope)/ Dreama Walker (Hazel)/ Michelle Hurd (Laurel)/ Zuzanna Szadkowski (Dorota)/ Cristina Greeven Cuomo (Herself)/ Michael Kors (Himself)/ Tinsley Mortimer