There's something heartening about learning that it's not just my readers who think a little something is missing from Gossip Girl season 3. Even more heartening to learn: the Gossip Girl powers-that-be think so too, and they're working to set the show back on track!

Want to know how? Check out E! Online's latest rich spoiler dish from Kristin Dos Santos, just in time for Thanksgiving. And all this news will definitely make Gossip Girl fans very, very thankful!

Spoilers coming right up...

Kristin's inside source says the Gossip Girl gang is working hard to bring back the "OMG," and its loyal viewers, for this spring:

It seems many of you fans aren't feeling the same love for the Upper East Siders this year, and sources close to the series tell me the creative powers behind it are well aware.

"The producers had sort of a come-to-Jesus meeting where they realized the show was off track and decided to set it right," one insider who works on GG tells me. "They're bringing back the OMG."

Then she reveals something we learned a little while back from EW's Ausiello, but follows the non-news with an even BIGGER reveal:

So how will they do it? And what major storyline was I--confession time!--dead wrong about?

Well, even though it is true that John Robert Burke (Bart Bass) will be coming back to Gossip Girl, my speculation that Bart might actually be alive is not true. "He'll be a ghost," one source tells me.

But, get this--Spoiler alert!--that doesn't mean that Chuck doesn't have a "dead" parent who might not be so dead after all!

"There's a huge storyline later this season that is going to blow you away," promises my source. "And it involves Chuck, Jack Bass and Chuck's mother."

And, as we already know, Chuck's not the only one with a long-lost parent on the way:

Also making a comeback? Serena's father. "We will see him this season," says the source. "But he hasn't been cast yet."

Then, some love updates that you probably saw coming from a mile away (but that doesn't mean you're not stoked about them, anyway!):

Also in the love department, thanks to Chuck's newfound family dramarama, you can expect Chuck and Blair to heat up again.

And for you Olivia haters, you'll be happy to hear that she is off the series for good, leaving Dan all by his wonesome to get together with longtime special friend (with threesome benefits) Vanessa.

I'm also told that the long-held feelings Nate has had for Serena (don't forget the triangle drama that started off the series) will add some pretty deep emotion to their upcoming pairing.

That's a lot to digest, but take it all in and then tell me: what development has you most excited for the second half of Gossip Girl season 3? And do you think these plots will help the series get back on track (if it ever derailed in the first place)?



Source: E! Online
Image: CW