TV Line: Gossip Girl Boss Previews Blair and Her Men, Dair to Chair (Sept 11) 

Writers knew from early Season 1 – Episode 4, to be precise – that the two “were going to have a connection that was surprising to both of them, and was based on a shared emotional life.” Safran maintains “that storyline” — the impact of that connection on both Dan and Blair’s lives – “in whatever form, is continuing.”