I was really hoping for some Marissa lesbian action, but it doesn’t really look like that’s going to happen. I think the whole Marissa-lesbian thing is a tease, because she’s not actually gay, she just wants to piss off her mother. Mischa Barton’s not the best actress or anything but you could totally see lightbulbs going off in Marissa’s head when Alex was like “My parents signed the emancipation papers because I was dating a girl.”
Way to make it obvious, O.C.

I have a feeling the whole thing is just going to be a big tease, because clearly Marissa is just using Alex and Alex is way smarter than DJ and will therefore figure it out way faster.

Notice how Zach is totally turning into Seth-lite? Having him agree on everything and be, like, Seth’s sidekick makes him even less interesting.

And Sandy? Is boring when he’s grieving for the fictitious death of his ex-love of his life or whatever. I get that they’re trying to SHOW US SANDY’S PAST, but I’d much rather see Sandy sticking it to the MAN and giving the kids lovable advice.

Also, are they going to make Kirsten a drunk? (With the close-up? Of the wine glass?) I hope they don’t make Kirsten a drunk. They already have a drunk.

Uh, yeah, I don’t know. I got nothin’. This week was really “setting up for major plotlines that will really be awesome in following weeks.” Hopefully.

I don’t know. January’s my least favourite month. It’s just so cold and grey and I just want to mope. I guess it’s kind of a SAD thing (Seasonal Affective Disorder). But I’m really wary of that sort of naming. I don’t have an illness. I’m just kind of down because I have so much schoolwork and I don’t know how I’m going to keep up with it and argh.

The tension was obviously there before, at least in terms of the music and cinematography. I find this relationship way more believable than her relationship with DJ, because Alex is the kind of person Marissa would actually want to spend time with, ie not an ostensibly Hispanic robot.

I’m sure the young man in question is actually Hispanic, but he is the least Hispanic-looking Hispanic man since Charlton Heston played a Mexican in Touch of Evil.