We've got good news and bad news.

The good news is that Gossip Girl just treated us to its best episode of the season, if not the entire series, with last night's "The Debarted."

The bad news? It looks like following this masterpiece, the next new episode will not be until Monday, March 8, the show's CW rep says.

There has been confusion about this, as the CW stated that Life UneXpected would air in GG's time slot for six weeks beginning January 18, but not when Gossip Girl would return after that, or if new episodes would air prior to January 18.

What it looks like now is that we're off until March 8, but with the entire rest of the season airing repeat-free after that. It's a nice silver lining.

Here's the first promo for show's 2010 debut. Even this vaguely promises "new episodes coming soon!" Whenever they do, we can't wait!

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