I'm addicted to the OC, and as I just discovered talking to Red on the phone, I'm the only one! THE ONLY ONE!!!! (echo, echo). I mean look at them! Aren't they wonderful, spunky, attractive people? Aren't they far more interesting than you? Well anyway, I was dying, simply dying to know what would happen to them after they killed off Marissa Cooper. I mean, really? Marissa? Oh, poor Marissa- she'd just cleaned up, stopped using and drinking, stopped sleeping with women and Volchok- Jesus, as if Volchok was a viable partner for her. He just looked like he smelled, didn't he? Ryan stops dating that college girl- and I'm sorry- she's the cousin of the guy that Ryan let fall off that cliff. As if she'd actually date him. Once this guy jipped my brother out of a months rent- if he ever showed up asking me out I think I'd punch him in the back of the head. Anyway- all of that is settled, it's grad night. Everyone is happy- I think Marissa was accepted to like UCLA or something- maybe Stanford... and fucking Volchok runs Marissa and Ryan off the road and Marissa dies. Ryan witnesses it? Oh my dear lord.
So okay- the first episode, I watched it and was literally so depressed I wanted to cut myself. Ryan is so detached, and like cage fighting, Julie Cooper-Nichol-Roberts is pulling away from her new (amazingly wealthy) doctor husband who loves her, and as it turns out may be having an affair, Seth is so lonely that he's hanging out with his father and pals at the yacht club, Summer is an activist? Not to mention the music. Placebo's "Running up that hill" Which boasts the lyrics- "If I only could make a deal with God, get him to swap our places/I'd be running up that road/running up that hill with no problem" Ouch. But things are looking up. Dr. Roberts left Julie- but also left her the house, so she and Caitlyn (Marissa's estranged, trouble making little sister) are okay and Julie doesn't have to live in a trailer again. Ryan has quit his job at that seedy bar and is again living in the Cohen's poolhouse. Seth goes to Brown to visit Summer and, what do you know? She's the old Summer again. She has her InTouch weekly and her shoe collection and her DVD's of the Valley, season 3. Yay, Summer! Infect, Seth and Summer have like earth rocking sex and it's glorious. But wait! What would OC be without strange hook ups? I mean who can forget Julie Cooper and Luke?
So Okay, Taylor informs Ryan that she wants to get a divorce from her French husband (huh?) Henri-Michel. She needs him for moral support because Seth is in Providence with Summer. Ryan says no, but under that bad boy image, and even though he is brooding over Marissa (a well deserved brood, I'd say...) he is a good guy and he helps her out. Well sort of. Taylor told her husband's lawyer that she and Ryan have been having an affair- in French. But Ryan soon finds out what she did and pulls away, again. Right off, I see where this is going- and sure enough, at the end of the episode, Ryan comes to her aid again and saves the day by kissing her in front of the lawyer who says, upon seeing the kiss "I know love when I see it." Whoa. Look, let's get one thing straight. I never liked Ryan. He was too broody for me. Plus, I always thought he looked like one of the guys who lives in South Mesa in a Motel 6 and like, practices ID theft for meth money. He's attractive- but not my type. I liked Seth. But the death of Marissa Cooper agrees with him! He's gotten so cute- and he's been working out, a lot! Now, onto Taylor. Um- what do we think here? Is this gonna be like on Dawson's Creek when Pacey and Andy hooked up for a season? Are we forgetting that that union eventually made Andy insane and that she cheated on Pacey in the loony bin? Taylor is too goody goody for him. She wears like chanel suits- and she's 18 years old.
Look at her! On one side, maybe he can change her, get her to loosen up. On the other- maybe he just uses her for sex and destroys her. I mean, she's clearly vulnerable. She had an affair with the Dean. Oh and then- get this. It turns out that Summer is not quitting activism cold turkey. She has decided to follow causes once again- so she goes to this student "town meeting" about solar panels for the dorm- which Seth isn't allowed into and ends up filibustering into the night. Seth- takes the soonest flight back to Newport- and leaves her this message like "Just cuz' I left doesn't mean I don't love you. I love what you're doing, keep doing it- If you don't hear from me for awhile don't be too surprised.." What? WHAT?!?! Seth and Summer are the only good, strong couple they have. And now it looks like they may hook Summer up with this guitar playing, granola crunching, meditating, overly sensitive Che guy? I don't know- but the teaser for next week... It shows nothing! Plus it's not even for next week, it's for Thanksgiving. Wow. It sucks having an addiction to the OC. It's not like I can score the next episode on the street in a bad neighborhood. In other news, I just bought a brand new Blackberry on ebay for $0.01. God I love the internet.
So there ya go.
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