Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the return of Glee and the latest episode of Gossip Girl, talking about narrative stability and serialization, authenticity and identity, cognitive agenda setting, Jessie St. James, the many meanings of Los Angeles, non-oriented sexuality, the sociology of college admissions, and the relationship of the ruling class to the help.

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