<P> "New York, I Love You XOXO" received favorable reviews from television critics . Upon its initial airing, the finale was viewed in the United States by 1.55 million people and garnered a 0.8 / 2 Nielsen rating / share in the 18--49 demographic, registering as the season's most - watched episode . </P> <P> The series finale picked up where the previous episode left off, where Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) and Bart argue on the roof ending with Bart falling off the building . Chuck and Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) leave the scene and hide from the police as Chuck is considered "a person of interest" in the case . Jack Bass (Desmond Harrington), Chuck's uncle, comes to help him and suggests the two get married since spousal privilege prevents a wife from unwillingly testifying against her husband . Chuck thus proposes to Blair who tearfully accepts . Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) discovers the alternate chapter about her that Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) wrote and put in her bag before she left for Los Angeles . She reads the chapter and decides to stay in New York to confront Dan . William van der Woodsen (William Baldwin) shows up to support Lily Bass (Kelly Rutherford) and tells Ivy Dickens (Kaylee DeFer) that he used her to get back to Lily . </P> <P> With the death of Bart Bass, Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) who is running the newspaper The Spectator, is no longer indebted to him (Bart paid his debts to control him) and he decides to find out for good who Gossip Girl is . Jack and Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) deal with the arrangements of Chuck and Blair's wedding . Before the ceremony, Serena and Blair have a conversation over why she is still talking to Dan after he published a negative chapter about her a few weeks ago . Overhearing their conversation, Dan leaves and gives to Nate his final chapter, which is about Gossip Girl . Blair and Chuck are married by Cyrus (Wallace Shawn) and right after, the police arrive to question them . At the same time, everyone's phones ring: Dan's chapter has been published in The Spectator, in which he reveals that he is Gossip Girl . Various characters react over the Gossip Girl reveal, including Vanessa (Jessica Szohr), Juliet (Katie Cassidy), Agnes (Willa Holland) and Lola (Ella Rae Peck), as well as Mayor Michael Bloomberg . Rachel Bilson, preparing to audition for a role in the adaptation of Dan's book, is told of Gossip Girl's identity by Kristen Bell, who shares a conspiratorial wink with the audience . Dan finally explains why he created Gossip Girl and says Jenny (Taylor Momsen) knew it all along . </P> <P> 5 Years Later: It's the day of Dan and Serena's wedding . Chuck and Blair are now parents of a son named Henry . Nate, now a successful businessman with The Spectator flourishing, is likely to run for Mayor of New York . Ivy has written an autobiography about her career as a con artist in the Upper East Side, which was adapted into a film starring both Lola and Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff). Blair and Jenny have become business partners in the fashion world and together they have created a clothing line called "J for Waldorf". Lily and William are back together while Rufus (Matthew Settle) is in a relationship with Lisa Loeb . Jack Bass and Georgina have also become a couple . The final scene shows the new generation of high school kids on the Upper East Side, mirroring the elite and the exclusion . The show ends as a new Gossip Girl is teased as "there will always be someone on the outside wanting to get in ." </P>

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