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A casual break in for a night swim leads to the whole junior class facing expulsion after one student gets seriously injured, and Dan and Serena's relationship begins to break apart as he is not ready to take the fall and risk his future. Vanessa is working on a documentary project about private schools and accidentally captures Blair and Chuck discussing their affair. Lily contemplates telling Rufus how she really feels about him. Title reference: The 1992 film School Ties.
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