"Summer, Kind of Wonderful" is the 19th episode of the CW television series, Gossip Girl, as well as the season premiere of the show's second season. The episode was written by Joshua Safran and directed by J. Miller Tobin. It originally aired on Monday, September 1, 2008 on the CW."Summer, Kind of Wonderful" premieres in the Hamptons with the summer nearly drawing to a close.