'Gossip Girl' Reboot Creator on Midseason Finale's Voicemail Clue, Ending Season 1 With a 'Very Big' Question

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 1, Part 1 finale of HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl.”) The first half of Season 1 of HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” reboot came to a close Thursday with a midseason finale featuring already-messy loose ends coming even more undone, as Julien (Jordan Alexander) and Obie (Eli Brown) hooked up at a protest just after Zoya (Whitney Peak) stormed off once she accused her sister of being in love with her (and Julien’s former) boyfriend; Aki (Evan Mock...