I love how this sounds exactly like a scene from YOU.

It's just YOU but over 10 years difference...

The fact that Dan actually used the Gossip Girl website and persona as a means to foster his relationship with Serena is very similar to how Joe stalks and studies Beck and Love in the hopes that they will fall in love with him.

This decision to make Dan Gossip Girl makes sense if you don’t plan on rewatching the show or forgot about all the times Dan reacted to GG blasts.

i don't understand how no one besides blair was mad at him for at least a minute?! wtf

He sure targeted the woman he loved way to much. Cause Serena was the one he wrote about the most. Makes you realize how creepy Dan is he was pretty much stalking his girlfriend before and after they were dating and after they broke up

why is everyone in the show so cool with this?

"you're the only one who owns a hoodie" that is literally the best line in this whole episode hahahahahaha

This guy looks like Joe Goldberg

maybe the real Gossip Girl payed Dan to lie everyone that he's GG or something.

if Dan is really GG. Then he is a real sicko.

I think the biggest clue was right in s1 episode 1. Who the HELL is going to write about "Lonely Boy" other than Lonely Boy? Nobody questions it but come on, lots of guys probably take a glance and stare at Serena. Why would anyone notice Dan of all people except for Dan himself? =P

no wonder they chose him to play joe in "you"

I'm on season 2 everything is spoiled 😭😂

I knew that Dan was Gossip Girl from season one because he was sitting at his laptop writing as the voice was speaking :)

omg I was honestly so shocked seeing the official girl saying " hey upper east siders"

The fact that Rachel who wasn’t even part of the show got more lines than Vanessa on the final episode has me weak. 💀

I love the 4th wall breaking in Kristin Bell and Rachel Bilson's scene! They literally call each other "Bell" and "Rachel", Kristin is the actual voice of GG, and Rachel finished playing Summer on the OC in 2007 ("you can't pull off high school anymore"). They joke about how the books are really good and built-in movie audience lol. And the wink, so adorable. Literally the only good thing about the reveal.

Everyone hates on dan being gossip girl but I truly love it. He wasn’t evil or a villain. He was on the outside trying to get in. He was being a writer showing people how money and wealth can affect people and the plastic of people. And then he even admits he fell into the trap of the upper east side but in the end identifies with himself and himself only. He’s a remarkable character idc.

Dan played it smart by sometimes even exposing himself throughout the seasons so that no one suspects anything

I find it funny that Penn Badgley plays both Dan in Gossip Girl and Joe in You and are two different characters in two different shows in two different universes but they both somehow seem connected. 1: Dan mentions Fitzgerald in this scene, something Joe also mentions 2: Dan mentions about reading books, Joe is book obsessed and works at a book shop 3: Dan’s narration sounds exactly like how Joe narrates his plans 4: Dan talks about the rich and elite and how they’re all powerful, something Joe also talks about in Season 2 of You with the Quinn’s 5: Dan said he used the Gossip Girl website for his own use with his relationship with Serena, Joe also uses the internet to search and stalk the women he becomes obsessed with It seems like they are somehow connected universes and that they were both planned together in some way although that’s not true. It’s just funny that this predates You but has the same, or need I say, exact tone of You.

Dorota had to be GG :(

So if Dan is Gossip Girl, many storylines suddenly make no sense. For instance: how on earth did he manage to do the sibling reveal at Blair's brunch for Chuck in S2? The minions sent the hit to GG while Dan was already at the party, and he had no internet access because Nelly had stolen his phone. He just had his dad's old cell, which wasn't modern enough to put out a blog post. Yet while he was there, GG put out the hit. Oh well. One of many instances you have to forget if you want this ending to make sense, I suppose...

So I take it that I wasn't the only one who was shocked and disagreed with the choice of the reveal?

if Dan was really gossip girl he would have known who Georgina was when she arrived in season 1

This just show that Serena didn’t deserved Dan, she deserves Nate a lot, im so pissed on this, Season 1 is better when Dan is good and when Nate and Serena get back together is the best ever

Who’s here after You....

If Dan being gossip girl doesn’t totally make sense here’s why: It wasn’t originally supposed to be dan it was supposed to be Eric. However, people were already suspecting it was Eric in the early seasons and putting out articles so that idea had to be scrapped. They were going to go with Nate afterwards because by that point he never sent a tip to gossip girl. But then somehow they changed their minds to Dan. Dan wasn’t the original plan at all, an article they saw took Eric out of the running. The writers/producers said that once they couldn’t use Eric anymore no one else really would have made complete sense. They thought about using a random side character but preferred it being someone from the main cast. Since the actor who played eric left they probably would have had to change it anyways. No matter who they chose from the main cast would have some kind of plot hole and they knew that. Also no one in the cast knew who gossip girl was until the scene was filmed. Pen said he was told right before delivering the line and he was shocked. He said it made sense why it had to be dan at that point but that it didn’t make sense because Dan also sent tips.

Dan walked so Joe could run

I'm on season two and decided to ruin everything for myself... love it

love the bit with Kristen and Rachel

Id love for YOU season finale to be that he’s done with the stalking but then sees Blake Lively and goes “hello you”… id be so happy w that ending lmao.

From the beginning he is the only person that I ever thought was Gossip Girl. I knew I should have went into the P.I. business. Damn.

So this is how Joe came into being

The Upper East Side was like something from Fitzgerald or Thackeray. Teenagers acting like adults, adults acting like teenagers: guarding secrets, spreading gossip, all with the trappings of truly opulent wealth. And membership in this community was so elite you couldn't even buy your way in. It was a birth right. A birth right I didn't have, and my greatest achievements would never earn me. All I had to compare to this world was what I'd read in books. But that gave me the idea. If I wasn't born into this world, maybe I could write myself into it. I'd overheard enough conversations to be able to mimic the language of the Constance girls. But every writer needs his muse, and it wasn't until that photo of Serena in the white dress that I knew I had something strong enough to actually create a legend and launch a website. Within weeks I was getting dozens of emails with stories about Upper East Siders, so I posted them anonymously. And then I got more. Before long, it was a monster. Everyone was sending in tips. And when Serena came back from boarding school, I wrote my first post abut me: Lonely Boy. The outsider, the underdog. I might have been a joke, but at least people were talking about me. -Dan Humphrey

OMG LAUREL AND THEA FROM ARROW ARE IN THIS SCENE ❤️

This doesn’t make sense, there are many incidents that wouldn’t add up if Dan were gossip girl

Actress's who plays Laurel and thea in arrow are in this show wow

naahh i disagree.. what about the pregnancy scare, what about the picture of him and his teacher that serena sent GG.. you think he wanted her to get dismissed? and what about season 5 when blairs diary pages are posted and dan walks down a street ALONE, reading the post and stopping with that shocked glance..? i agree that there are too many loopholes.

Maybe You is just a creepy spin off of Gossip Girl😂

this was an amazing scene, I love how they showed all the guest stars from the previous seasons cause everyone had a taste of gossip girl 😂❤❤

The part with Kristen and Rachel had to be my favorite song. Her voice is just . . . the best.

Dan just changed his name to Joe and moved away he probably killed Sereena

For some reasons, i like that dan is gg. In in season 1 when gg released the labels, it said Dan was labeled the ultimate insider. And that was true because he knew every hit of gossip the student cook up

Still a better reveal than Uber A in Pretty Little Liars. I mean at least it's a person that existed from season 1 on and not like suddenly appearing in the last season lmao

it was Dan? omg...ok it is awesome but still it does not fit...it doesn´t make any sense.

Dan and joe are very similar. Like Dan being gg makes him very stalkerish and creepy. And the way he lusted over Serena in a white dress and then became so obsessed he started an entire website just to be part of her life. Sound like something Joe Goldberg would do

OMG its like Joe Goldberg's College years

There were a lot of moments where it was just impossible for Dan to Be GG

Blair- Queen of schemes. Serena- Queen of style. Chuck- King of bad boys. Nate- King of good boys. Dan- King of writers. Jenny- Queen of being hated by fans.

the only thing missing was that we didn't hear the iconic line "xoxo Gossip Girl" in Penn Badgley's voice.

This scene is one of the best from the series I feel like. I love the meta aspect and the montage reveal.

That's right when you don't fit in stand out, dan proved that in a world where you dont belong or fit in, you can create your own reality.

I honestly think that Dan being GG made no sense. Because I mean when I first started watching it, I didn't know he was then my friend accidentally spoiled it to me. Then after some time I stopped watching somewhere in S05 bc man it gets so effing boring there. But I have rewatched the show a couple dozen times from the beginning keeping in mind Dan is GG and so much of it made no sense at all, even if I consider Jenny also posted still, they could have at least try to solve the loopholes from the beginning, or did they just randomly decide since the show is ending and we have to reveal GG let's make Danny boy, it

i think rufus should have been gossip girl lmao

I honestly thought GG was Eric lol. He was the only one besides Jenny who hadn't been in the show for 2 seasons. And he barely had any gossip about him. It seemed weird that he was MIA until the very last episode. Book author Dan storyline kind of made me assume he was GG in later seasons though

i really hoped that gossip girl was Kristen Bell:(

I think the series would have better if Georgina was gossip girl. It would have make more sense.

I like this scene, i understand his reasons it makes sense ...except for all the times he basically humiliated his future wife who even thinks this to be a love letter to her...you've got to be fucking kidding me!

omg I love how Kirsten bell is in this episode! she’s actually the voiceover of gossip girl!

I knew it was Dan since episode one, I told my friend that recommended me to watch this show and she just ignored me lol! I loved it!

my life is complete now that kristen bell finally appeared in gossip girl

no wonder he was so good at YOU he’s amazing as a stalker and speaker he’s the best actor

I see why he played “ you” so great 😂😂😂

This made me so angry legit i dont accept this ending...

The girl at 00:35 sounds exactly like gossip girl and winks at the camera when she says who's gossip girl. And at the end of this episode the same girl talks about gossip girl not being over. I don't really believe that Dan is really gossip girl. I think I'm alone with that theory.

It would have been a really interesting plot twist if it wasn't for all the plot holes

I always thought that when the reveal was going to happen,everyone was going to be mad at Dan(I knew already because I got spoiled) and when I saw everyone be like "omg you are GG?That's so cool" except Blair I was shocked.Dude literally treated his friends like trash in order to make an entire city talk about him

I honestly feel like the ending was so rushed and it just didn’t really make any sense am I the only one?

Guys don't look too deep writers themselves said that they weren't sure who was gonna be gossip girl until like the last season

I honestly prefer the fake twist in S5 where we thought it’s Georgina all along. Yes, it would have been too obvious since Georgina is already one of the main antagonists but it was more logical. Heck, I even think that they could have actually keep Kristen Bell as the true Gossip Girl.

Dan Humphrey walked so Joe in YOU could run

Am I the only one who actually likes Dan as Gossip Girl

No wonder they hire him for "YOU" 😂😂

Do love the addition of Kristen bell with the wink after saying you won't believe who gossip girl is

So this is Joe’s true origins

YOU with extra steps.

well... I didn't see this one coming I thought it was gonna be Jenny!!! but Dan was unexpected!!!

I’ve never watched the full show but throughout season one I could’ve sworn to god it would be Jenny, the younger girl that had an itching to be part of the older popular crowd seemed easy to figure, maybe that’s why they didn’t use her 😂

The fact that he sent inappropriate things to serena in the first season makes him being gossip girl even creepier -

I honestly think this was awesome how Dan was actually gossip girl. Plus I saw it coming.

I think this started when Dan saw how his dad lost women he loved (her mom and Lily) because he wasn't enough for them and money was a problem in their relationships. He thought that Serena would end up doing the same, when she is older shoe wouldn't respect Dan and just leave him for other man of her world... So Dan decided to make fortune and a name for himself.

why does it literally make sense dans gossip girl HES A WRITER DUH

YOU is the sequel to gossip girl lmaoo

Let's not forget that the Dan are above middle class, those apartments that big cost millions. He may not be Old Money rich but he's still rich.

but seriusly, theres like a million clues if u look back.

The bloopers for this are so funny

Woah! I am still in season 1 and didn't expect this at all😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

I hope pll don't end up like this. It needs to make sense!

My theory to why Dan acts surprised when a gossip girl post is sent is that he does that to practice his surprise place if he ever were to post in public and he had to act shocked. There is a lot of plot holes to this reveal, but that’s just my theory. i wanted nelly yuki or Eric to be gossip girl

Dan being gossip girl was a terrible idea

I LOVED the little cameos. I wish we had more from Jennie tho. I was really intrigued to know how she's doing in her life what's going on.

Eric would have been the perfect Gossip Girl. He was an outsider in his own upper class world! That's why he befriended Jenny and Dan, it was because he felt like a brooklynite in his upper east sider culture.

He named himself the ultimate insider at graduation!! How did that not set off a red flag to anyone

It totally makes sense! Great idea the cameos!

penn was so done with all this 🤣

I don’t know how people didn’t know it was Dan from the season 2 finale. He was labeled “the ultimate insider” lmao

Fun fact : This is where the idea of Wileaks came from to Julian Assange . After all Wikileaks is Gossip Girl for politics , war , business and all things adult .

I never finished this series. I can’t believe he was Gossip Girl. I never thought I’d find out. I’m shook!!

Here after the new Gossip Girl series