Hey Upper East Siders... it's TV. Watch. Repeat. here, diving into the pilot episode of 2007's Gossip Girl. The Dipp's Allison Piwowarski and Kate Ward research the origins of The CW's flagship series, and just how much Gossip Girl's art imitated Blake Lively and Penn Badgely's life. Plus, the fascinating way the series was cast, and how it predicted our current social dilemma. Also: that whole Dan thing. XOXO.