lily van der woodsen was serena's mom's name in gossip girl.
lily van der woodsen was serena's mom's name in gossip girl.
what is serena's mom's name in gossip girl?
lily van der woodsen
following a mysterious disappearance, serena van der woodsen suddenly returns to the upper east side from boarding school to visit her suicidal brother, eric. shock spreads across the upper east side as the first sightings of her spread across the gossip girl website. blair waldorf soon discovers serena had slept with her boyfriend, nate archibald, the night of her disappearance. meanwhile, brooklynite dan humphrey and serena begin dating while nate struggles with his feelings for blair. nate and blair try to salvage their relationship, driving blair to lose her virginity to nate's best friend, chuck bass. jenny humphrey, dan's sister, is trying to fit in to the upper east side by following around blair and her friends. vanessa abrams, dan's best friend, returns. it is revealed that dan had confessed his love for vanessa in the past, but the two move beyond this as friends. it is discovered that lily van der woodsen, serena's mother, and rufus humphrey, dan's father, have a romantic past and begin to rekindle their romance. the two decide to see other people in light of their children's romance. blair and nate eventually break up, after finally having sex, despite her affair with chuck. nate discovers the affair, causing a rift with chuck. throughout the season, chuck tries to seduce blair and the two somewhat come to terms with their feelings for each other. georgina sparks, past friend of serena, returns and causes havoc, including outing eric van der woodsen as gay. georgina's return reminds serena of the real reason she left the upper east side. problems erupt between dan and serena, as serena tries to hide her secret from him.  georgina pretends to be a woman named sarah from portland and befriends dan and vanessa. it is revealed that serena left the upper east side because she was involved in a drug-related death and felt responsible for the situation. however, the incident is resolved with serena being absolved of her guilt and georgina leaves. dan and serena decide to end their relationship. meanwhile, lily accepts a marriage proposal from bart bass, despite her feelings for rufus, and the season ends with a bass wedding and blair waiting for chuck at the airport.
gossip girl
in the midst of the ceremony, gossip girl sends out a blast with unflattering labels for each of the main characters: "nate: class whore; dan: the ultimate insider; chuck: coward; blair: weakling; and serena: "after today, you are officially irrelevant." although dan is unperturbed, the others are furious and seek revenge by trying to uncover gossip girl's identity. after they deduce that she is most likely one of the graduates, and serena sends a text to gossip girl's tip line. jonathon's cellphone rings, but he proves that he is not gossip girl and has merely hacked into her storage of tips. the attempted outing angers gossip girl so much that she unleashes her entire stockpile of tips, which concern events that have happened throughout the series but have thus far remained secret. tempers flare as the secrets are revealed and everyone confronts each other. chuck and blair turn their anger onto serena, who had set the trap that had provoked gossip girl's wrath. upset, serena texts gossip girl to meet her alone face-to-face at a bar, threatening to reveal her true identity to everyone. gossip girl calls her bluff and arranges for the whole class to meet serena in the bar. via e-mail, gossip girl then points out that she had given them all the perfect graduation present: a clean slate, as all their secrets were now out. she also reminds them that without their tips and their thirst for gossip and sordid drama, she would be nothing. she reveals that she will be following them to college, and her identity remains a mystery.
the goodbye gossip girl