signaturescarf:

Stop trying to play the wife.

Chuck said this to Blair in 2.15. Since then, they’ve pretended to be a married* couple twice: the first time in 3.21 distracting Dr. Holland Kemble by initiating an impromptu therapy session* and the second time in 4.22 crashing a bar mitzvah by taking someone else’s name tags**. Between the times those two episodes took place, Blair had known about Chuck’s attempts to propose to her, also twice (4.02 and 4.20***).

Another parallel: Chuck trying to hold Blair’s hand to “play the part” and Chuck reaching for Blair’s hand, then kissing it, then successfully holding it as they danced the horah.

* I know you don’t have to be married to be in couples therapy but it’s more common.
** Does anybody know what the names were? I don’t have subtitles and can’t hear them properly.
*** Not exactly a proposal, or the most horrible one ever.