Okay, so the best thing about watching The OC this week wasn’t so much something that happened on the show as something that happened while watching the show.
There’s this guy, who lives one house over from me, who is from the OC. Newport Beach. Plays water polo, etc. I don’t know him really at all, but I know who he is, like you do.
So, I’m sitting in the common room watching by myself, and OC-guy comes in. Ryan is talking to Jody and dude’s all like “Who’s that?” And I said, “Oh, that’s Seth’s new girlfriend’s ex.”
He said, “Man, there are so many plots on this show.”
Then he called someone on his cellphone and left.
It was awesome.

Anyway, this was on okay O.C.

Ryan was way harsh with Marissa, over the whole Drunk!Lindsay thing. But at the same time, it was kind of all true. But poor Marissa needs support because her life is so hard. Maybe more people should yell at her? Since support is just turning her into more of a train wreck.
Also, what’s the deal with the whole SHOWING THE DANGERS OF UNDERAGE DRINKING thing that is going on. Seth was all falling over himself a couple weeks ago, and now Ryan was all “Lindsay could have drowned!” (Question: Why leave a drunk girl who’s just expressed the desire to go swimming ALONE ON THE BEACH? Can’t blame Marissa for that.)
In conclusion, Ryan is dumb.

I felt like Seth was justified in everything he said to Alex. She does walk all over him and she does have to be all high and mighty and better than everyone.
Plus THEY HAVE NO CHEMISTRY and clearly, Seth is way too neurotic to be with someone who’s, you know, not into being compared to The Banger Sisters.
Alex (real Alex who is still SLEEPING but I want to go get PIZZA, but he took care of me when I was drunk and FELL DOWN IN THE STREET last night so I will let him sleep) liked The Banger Sisters line. He would.

Summer and Zach? With the milkshake? Awww. Do you know how hard it is to make something like that actually cute and not pukey cute? Apparently not very for Rachel Bilson!

The grownups were pretty blah this week. Except the whole giant Julie Cooper. That was awesome. Also, the part where she was all “The lives and loves of the rich, dysfunctional Newport Beach elite has the potential to become a national phenomenon!” was funny.

So, this guy who lives in my house and really thinks the OC is dumb, which, I told him, is the whole point, came in to eat his dinner toward the end of the show.
When Alex and Marissa were all alone in the apartment, I was all “Oooh ooh.” Because I had heard the rumours.
“Is this supposed to be sexual tension?” he asked.
“Yes,” I said, “It’s hard to identify because neither of them are very good actresses, but you can tell from the music and cinematography.”