Okay, I have some very strong feelings regarding this week’s O.C.

For one, I do not like where this whole Sandy-Rebecca story is going. He being a big LIAR WHO LIES and I know from personal experience that when your fellow neglects to tell you that he’s been spending time with his ex, it is not so much because he’s worried about “making you an accessory.” Especially when he leaves out MAJOR DETAILS like hey, honey, so it turns out? Rebecca? My first love? Not so dead at all. I mean, sure nothing has happened, YET. But I hate where this is going. SANDY MUST NOT BE TARNISHED. He is supposed to be charming, newpsie-pissing off, sarcastic, adorable, advice-dispensing dad and loving husband. He is supposed to do Huey Lewis impressions and have eyebrows! That is all. None of this sketchy, lying-to-wife, ex-fiancee-harbouring, tequila-drinking behaviour. (Tequila is always a bad sign!)

Now, this whole Seth-Summer-Zach debacle: Zach is in near danger of being written off. He is a cute young man (who maybe needs a haircut) but all he did this week is interrupt Seth and Summer in awkward situations and say “Hey guys! Guess what? You are going to be placed in situations where the likelihood of your making out is high! I am so insanely secure in my relationship and/or blind that I don’t care if my girlfriend wears a hot costume in her bedroom with her ex-boyfriend! While he draws her! That’s totally non-erotic!” (Aside: I really need some pink fishnets.) That said, Seth and Summer: cute, charming, totally believable attraction. I kind of like Seth again, really sincerely, for the first time since the whole Anna debacle. (Not the part where he dated her, the part where he treated her badly.)

Speaking of believable attraction, when will Alex and Marissa have some of this? I get how the characters are supposed to RELATE TO EACH OTHERS’ EXPERIENCES, but this on paper does not get me to believe that Marissa is SUDDENLY BISEXUAL. (I don’t know, maybe this is how spoiled teenage girls become bisexual? They meet the right person and it’s MAGIC, and all their conceptions of themselves and their sexuality fall out the window in two weeks. Or, you know, sweeps are coming up.) The only reason I am still enjoying this storyline, aside from the hilariously bad acting on both actresses’ parts, is the anticipation of everyone’s reaction when Marissa goes public with this. We have a pretty good idea how Julie will take it (though wouldn’t it be great if she was like, “Marissa, all I care about is that you’re happy”? And then Marissa is stuck in this relationship that her mom isn’t trying her damnedest to break up.) But I’m really more interested in everyone else: How will Summer take it? How will RYAN take it? This could be exciting.

I missed the “Coming Next Week” because I didn’t watch it actually on TV but rather downloaded it and watched it later, but I am informed there is some of Sandy’s nose grazing Rebecca’s nose and THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN! They are breaking Sandy.