Gossip Girl Season 1:
Serena is the obvious lead, though Blaire becomes a lead in her own right fairly quickly into the season.
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Gossip Girl Season 2:
Blaire is the obvious lead. Serena is relegated to the romantic subplots, etc.
Maybe this is unfair: I've only seen about half of each season. But I was a shocked at how important Serena was in Season 1 after "knowing" her as only the lame friend in Season 2. (Vice versa with Chuck).
But then I realized why Serena seems so unimportant now: when she had bad things happening to her- in all facets of her life- in Season 1, she was a lead. In season 2, she's pretty charmed, so she's just a side-character-caricature.
Meanwhile, Blaire has had more and more bad stuff piled on her left and right. Hence: her importance has grown. (Same with Chuck).
So: the lead/hero is the person the bad sh*t happens to. GOOD TO KNOW!
I also wonder: how much was planned out in advance?
Here's Chuck's "evil" to "good" turn around so far:
Episode 1: wanna-be rapist. DOUBLE rapist!
Episode 3: helps Blaire, but by being a HUGE asshole
Episode 4: saves his best friend, Nathan, from some predatory older guy
Episode 6: gets his comeuppance when Jenny (a freshman he tried to rape in ep. 1) leaves him naked on a rooftop.
Episode 7: genuinely cares about his dad (stresses over business plan, wants to prove himself)... AND Blaire (is there for her after her breakup)
Episode 8: tells Blaire he's into her, buys her a necklace, and really seals the deal.
That HAD to be thought out before the pilot was shot- it fits together SO tightly. But I'm interested to see if Chuck's (re-)fall is as tightly plotted, or if it feels more like the writers said, "sh*t, Chuck's more fun evil."
Wonder how the ups and downs of Chuck's fortunes has to do with his importance in the show- the more important he needs to be for the plot, the worse his "life" is?
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