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Creators: Joshua Safran, Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz Stars: Jordan Alexander, Whitney Peak, Tavi Gevinson After successfully standing out as a worthwhile reboot, HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" must now grapple with continuing the new story unfolding while continuing to appeal to fans of the original show. Naturally, the comparisons to the original series hold up, as the mythology deepens and the success allows the continuity bridge to open further. But with Gossip Girl Season 2 it's a balancing act, as the success of the show allows for things like the return of Michelle Trachtenberg as original series antagonist Georgina Sparks, but it can also lead to the series relying too much on the past instead. of your present and future. While "Gossip Girl" has been a sequel from the get-go, still very much in the same world as the original series, just within a 2020s social media-obsessed Zoomer world, there's an obvious difference between having Eleanor Waldorf, C...