Chuck Bass Dies? Who Will Keep Bowties and Purple Alive?

If you tuned in for last night’s season finale of Gossip Girl (still a guilty pleasure), you know that all did not end well for everyone’s favorite bow-tie wearing billionaire after being mugged and shot in Prague.

Fear not, because Ed Westwick is not leaving Gossip Girl – at least not anytime soon. Confirmed for season 4, the fictitious Upper East Siders (Chuck included) will be filming scenes in Paris for the September season premiere. With a shoutout to our favorite macaron maker, we’ll keep an eye on Pierre Herme’s stores (research people, research) for cast spottings.

According to one of the show’s producers, viewers shouldn’t “rule out flashbacks. And we’ve been visited by ghosts before.” {Ausiello Files/EW} And besides the fact that we’ve had the Chuck dying cliffhanger before (he made it), would anyone still tune in without the other half to our favorite scheming duo?