Season two begins immediately after the season one finale's archive drop. The social order is in chaos. Lily and Henry's friendship is strained by the reveal of his mentorship program (which Lily sees as social work, which Lily's mother views as beneath their station). Jack has publicly come out as gay after Gossip Girl's post went viral and received unexpectedly positive support from the LGBTQ+ community and several unexpected allies. Amara's scholarship is reviewed after Gossip Girl reveals that her parents paid for SAT tutoring (perfectly legal, but in the context of the elite world, a serious breach of propriety). Marcus and Henry's relationship is exposed and becomes a media spectacle that neither wanted. The season tracks the aftermath of digital exposure as these teens learn that apologies don't erase posts, that context gets lost in viralisation, and that real consequences follow digital scandal. Meanwhile, new Gossip Girl posts begin targeting the adults who created this world — Serena, Blair, Chuck, Dan, and even Nate find themselves under digital scrutiny, forcing them to acknowledge that their kids' world is simply an evolution of the one they created.
