Отрывки из рекапов или все медиа по прежнему не смотря не на что любят Дэйр "(..)I was deeply saddened by ‘The Kids Stay in the Picture’. I’ve made no secret of my love for the budding romance between the boho-chic up-and-coming writer, Dan Humphrey and elitist, narcissistic high fashion princess Blair Waldorf. The two have all sorts of on-screen chemistry, and provide a far more intriguing match-up than their former paramours ever did (Serena, Nate, Chuck and Vanessa, in an order that would be too complicated to explain). So, needless to say, I was heartbroken by the revelation that Blair was unfazed by Dan’s advances. Come on, Blair, can’t you give the guy a chance? Dan is quite obviously smitten with her, and has been for some time, having grown out of his silly class-war posturing; for better or worse, he’s totally ditched the Chomskian detestation of the economically empowered, and feels no need to justify his feelings for Blair, even when confronted about the strangeness of it all. It speaks to a certain maturity that no one else in the cast has thought to attempt (including, or perhaps especially, the adults).
In addition, there are two points in particular where Dan’s attitude impressed me, both in dealing with stylish bad boy, Chuck Bass; first was when he was interrogated by Chuck in a move that is staggeringly hypocritical, even for him. Dan observes that Blair’s relationship with Chuck was destructive and immature, involving more schemes and dishonesty than actual support and affection. Granted, the qualities that Blair and Chuck’s relationship exhibited may also be those that Blair is best known for on her own, but Dan also points out that, in spite of her duplicity, she is an aesthete of the highest order, known to cry at art films and swoon over poetry, perhaps even capable of genuine empathy when personally fulfilled. She is an extraordinarily cultivated young woman, and deserves to express her sophistication with someone who understands her. The selfish and manipulative Chuck Bass is not going to bring out her best qualities, but rather, emphasize her worst tendencies.
As if to prove this point, Chuck’s actions in the latter half of the episode go to illustrate the second time Dan proved himself, having been duped into showing up to a swanky photoshoot he was not invited to. All a petulant, immature gambit on Chuck’s part to try to show Blair that Dan didn’t belong in their world; something that, in an earlier season, Dan might have broken Chuck’s nose over. Instead, Dan just rolls his eyes and walks the other way. For this show, it’s a truly revolutionary act; almost every plot revolves around someone feeling wronged (sometimes justifiably, sometimes not), and concocting an elaborate and unrealistic revenge plot. Dan obviously cares deeply for Blair, and despises Chuck, but he opts to not get in the middle of it. Way to go, Humphrey."
Source: Faster Times
After the nefarious will-they-or-won't-they back and forth that preceded the steamy (we assume, since even that was hidden from us) "Dair" liplock before hiatus, once we returned, a whole new set of questions emerged, the most important of which was: Did they love it or hate it?
Apparently, a little of both. For our contrary Queen B, the kiss solidified her belief that she and a certain billionaire playboy were MFEO, while poor Lonely Boy was left longing for his Park Avenue princess after spending the whole episode trying to deny his affection.
(...)And just as Blair's fairytale came crashing down around her ears, who should arrive in town but the dashing Prince Louis, complete with Cinderella's slipper? If Chuck is being positioned to be the Beast this season, Louis certainly looks like a Beauty right now. But I wouldn't count Dan out just yet: This pauper could still turn out to be a prince in disguise.
Source: TV Squad
"Dan Humphrey's got it bad for Blair Waldorf. During his heart-to-heart with Eric Now-A-Humphrey, Dan lets us know what happened after the kiss we didn't get to see (We repeat: Cheat!): Blair didn't say anything, left him standing in her foyer and hasn't returned his calls. Dan says the kiss was a good-weird.
When Eric asks if he likes Blair, he says, "What? No, no, no. I don't like her. No, of course not. Not at all. I'm just curious. And you know, she does smell nice." Can we just discuss for a minute how charming and charismatic Penn Badgley has been in recent episodes? (His delivery of the line "I'm here to get my photo taken!" was ACE.)
"I just wanted to make sure you knew that that kiss meant nothing to me, like it did to you," Dan tells Blair instead of admitting that he thinks she smells nice. We think we detected a hint of disappointment when Blair replied, "Oh, right," but we think we just wanted her to be a tad disappointed. The build-up for Dan and Blair over the past six episodes has been too strong for it just to disappear."
Source: Zap2It (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/04/gossip-girl-the-kids-stay-in-the-picture-the-aftermath-of-dan-and-blairs-kiss.html)
"So I can’t really tell if Blair is actually in love with Dan or is still in love with Chuck. It was all sorta confusing. Clearly, Dan had feelings for her but whether or not Blair felt the same way didn’t really come across. I’m sorta guessing that she was just suppressing her feelings for Dan with this whole Chuck thing. Right? Am I the only one confused?"
Source: EW
"After some tipoffs from Epperly, Chuck tracks down Dan to ask him who Blair kissed. Dan is like, “Beats me! But it was probably someone awesome and handsome and nice.” (...)Blair reveals to Dorota (Zuzanna Szadkowski) that the big kiss-prompted revelation was that she wished it was with Chuck. But when she witnesses Chuck’s nasty prank on Dan, she realizes he hasn’t grown up at all. She dumps him in a way that actually feels like a dumping — and she has never seemed more over him. Sadface! Then she points Dan toward Serena without even trying to make out with him again. Double sadface!"
Source: Wetpaint
"We don't ask much of "Gossip Girl," do we? (We are, after all, still faithfully watching it.) After a seven-week hiatus that ended with Dan and Blair finally, suspensefully locking lips, we wanted only two things: a few weeks of "Dair's" impossible love affair and some answers about the rest of the characters. But guess what? April 18 has come and gone, and we still don't have either of those things. (...)Last, and most disappointingly, there's Dan and Blair. I half-expected this week to open with the kiss its predecessor closed on, but instead it gave us Blair sulking in bed and Dan confessing to Eric, "I kissed Blair Waldorf... It was just once, and it was weird."
(...)[Chuck] and Epperly launch an exceedingly lame scheme: They invite Dan to the Taschen shoot, just to show Blair how utterly out of place he is in high society. If she really were in love with Dan, it never would have worked. In fact, even though Blair supposedly (see how I'm holding onto hope?) has no feelings for Dan, she quickly catches on to Chuck's plan, and their next go-round is over before it begins.
(...)I thought Dan and Blair would be a good distraction from Chuck and Blair, and it seems like most readers were all for "Dair," too. I'm not totally sure the book has been closed on their unlikely love affair."
Source: La Times
"Granted it took a moment to collect myself after that epic Dan/Blair kiss, but was it really necessary for "Gossip Girl" to take a seven week break to let us cool off?!? Thankfully the horrible hiatus ended last night as we returned to the Upper East Side with "The Kid Stays in the Picture." (...) But first things first, dodging the debris in the fallout from Blair & Dan's earth shaking (just for me?) kiss. To make sense of it all, PopWrap rang up "GG" executive producer Joshua Safran for a little Q&A session.
PW: (...)[F]ans (yours truly included) have really taken to the idea of Dan & Blair as a couple. Did that reaction surprised you?
Joshua: We were definitely nervous but we knew from episode four in season one that there was a connection there. We’ve been clear throughout all the seasons that they have similar interests. It’s been in the back of our minds forever -- we had talked at the beginning of season three if that was the time for Dan and Blair to happen since they were both going to NYU, but it didn’t feel right. So by the time we got there in season four, it made logical sense. Like we had kind of earned it over the years."
Source: New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/wtf_just_happened_on_gossip_girl_luFs2ArDHMfjNmy75DANAN)