Their interaction and the subsequent conversation in the teachers’ room makes it clear that teachers are at the bottom of the school’s food chain, intimidated by their students’ wealthy and powerful backgrounds. Teacher and student clash when Julien bumps into coffee-carrying teacher Kate Keller (Tavi Gevinson), who is dressed in a preppy style reminiscent of Serena van der Woodsen’s first outfit in the original “Gossip Girl” pilot. Though they assist Julien, there are hints of an underlying power play weaved throughout the episode.
Her life is carefully curated for consumption – from the tiniest wrinkle to lightest dusting of powder – by her companions, the opulent Monet de Haan (Savannah Lee Smith) and the elegant Luna La (Zión Moreno), who are more stylists than friends. The main student in question is high school junior Julien Calloway (Jordan Alexander), a beloved influencer and daughter of a Grammy-winning musician. The series’s first installment deftly illustrates the distribution of social capital and the politics of power, most prominently between the teachers and their students.
In Thursday’s premiere episode, a fresh cast takes the stage at Constance Billard after a year of Zoom boxes and isolation – paving the way for new drama.
Nine years after the identity of the original Gossip Girl was revealed, the figure returns in HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” reboot. This post was updated July 11 at 1:34 p.m.Ī new group of elite students is ruling the iconic Met Steps.
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