Yes, Then Zero

"**Yes, Then Zero**"
"Yes, Then Zero"
Gossip Girl episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 1
Directed by	Mark Piznarski
Written by	Joshua Safran
Production code	501
Original air date	September 26, 2011 (The CW)
Guest appearances
	Zuzanna Szadkowski as Dorota Kishlovsky; Margaret Colin as Eleanor Waldorf Rose; Hugo Becker as Louis Grimaldi; Joanne Whalley as Princess Sophie Grimaldi; Ethan Peck as man on the bench; Elizabeth Hurley as Diana Payne; Jay McInerney as Jeremiah Harris; Michael Michele as Jane; Brian J. Smith as Max Harding; Simon Miller as Patrick Roberts; Jenny Lewis as herself; Johnathan Rice as himself; Zoë Bell as herself;
Episode chronology
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"Yes, Then Zero" is the 88th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the first episode of the show's fifth season. The episode was written by executive producer Joshua Safran and directed by Mark Piznarski. It aired on Monday, September 26, 2011 on the CW.

"Yes, Then Zero" opens the fifth season with most of the cast settled in Los Angeles for the summer. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) has found a job working for a production company but finds herself at odds with a co-worker. Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) and Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) spend the summer together as Chuck adopts a new philosophy that could potentially endanger him while the mysterious Diana Payne (Elizabeth Hurley) takes an interest in Nate. Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) asks a favor from an engaged Prince Louis (Hugo Becker) to keep his work from getting published. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) faces tension from Louis' mother regarding the wedding preparations and her relationship with Louis. Ivy Dickens (Kaylee DeFer) is forced to reprise her role as Charlie Rhodes when she runs into Serena in Los Angeles.