“Your breath smells like Marissa.”
The O.C.’s back!
I’m very tired this O.C. week.
I’m sad that Jimmy’s going. He got suddenly good-looking. Lovable, impulsive Jimmy. Not inconsolable though. If Sandy left, I don’t know what I’d do. (I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this ever, but Sandy is probably my favourite character.)
Also, I figure that the Marissa train to wreck is a-chugging!
Next stop: Lesbian Junction. Can’t wait. (Not that lesbianism is necessarily a sign of being a train wreck. I just think Marissa is doing it to piss off her mom and the lawn guy is getting old.)
While we’re on the subject, what the hell is the point of DJ? Seriously. He had like, two lines today and mostly just sits there being sheepish. Maybe the producers realized the guy can’t act. He makes Mischa Barton look good. I’m just saying.
(Marissa clothes watch: that sweater? With the hearts? In the scene where Jimmy tells her he’s leaving? I want one. It’s tacky-chic, but good.)
Drunk!Seth was hilarious. The rolling off the trunk? But not unfunny. Also, the wifebeater? He wore a wifebeater, which is, by the way, the worst name for a garment ever. (Alex pointed out - in our post-OC wrap-up - that Seth didn’t really look that comically skinny in the ‘beater. He’s TV skinny, which means his chest still protrudes and he’s got muscles. Also, Brody’s kind of looking borderline too old to play a teenager, but then, so is everyone on that show, even Mischa Barton and she actually is a teenager.)
I really don’t see this whole Alex-Seth thing working out. “You’re a good guy. That’s why I like you.” What’s that supposed to mean? Besides, not so much with the chemistry.
Summer didn’t really do anything interesting this week. Except of course speak “Your breath smells like Marissa,” which is a line that perhaps sums up all the things that are great about The O.C.
Uuh, the whole Ryan and Lindsay thing, is weird. I can see why he’d be freaked out, but he has only lived with the Cohens for, like, a year. And he was gone for the summer what with the whole Teresa being pregnant with not-his-baby. It’s not like he grew up with Kirsten being like his mom. So I don’t see why it feels so weird and incestuous to him. He didn’t feel bad about fooling around with Caleb’s girlfriend. I’m just saying. “You’re giving me the pinky?” is a great line.
I’d also like to add that the Modest Mouse cameo was handled with much more restraint than previous ones. There was a scene built around it, in which other stuff happened, and the band’s name was mentioned a copious number of times to ensure maximal cross-promotion, but the whole climax (heh) of the episode isn’t set there. Plus it was a band I actually like playing a song I actually like.
Alex’s take (I’m paraphrasing):”The whole serioes built around the poolhouse not having locks.”
