So. This is where we’re at.

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Strangely enough I’m coherent, it could just be the hangover.

The Good

* Seth at Comic Con. Like manna from heaven for a slash writer, and don’t you know I’ve never even BEEN? I’ll fake it.

* The song playing during the club scene was The Chemical Brothers ‘Out of Control.’ Now this probably means fuckall to people who aren’t club kids or who aren’t into electronica (which is not techno), but to those of us who are? It was like Christmas/Hannukah and 4th of July all at the same time. I fucking LOVE The Chems, and the fact that The OC has a real music coordinator, who understands the importance of the right song at the right time and how it helps a scene out? YES! YES Motherfucker YES! Ahem. Right. (Except for those AOL/OC premieres: I never like those songs).

(Also, if nothing else using The Chems made me think about Seth taking Ryan to see Rex again in the not-too distant future, and no, Kassie, no sex at Disneyland unless you write it).

*Seth & Summer bickering. Good lord, how could you fail to be amused by that? The scene at breakfast? That’s them 30 years from now with more wrinkles and several children. Sorry, slash people, but you know I now believe it wouldn’t be the worst thing ever.

*Summer actually coming out in a positive light. Go on girlfriend.


The Bad

*Summer, sweetie, after all that grief about the motel room, how are you going to emerge from the bathroom dressed in half a curtain? You're the one who said there were pubes on the bed cover!

* Luke turning out to be the town slut. WTF? Not once was that ever alluded to until last night, way to take the easy way out with the competition PTB. Couldn’t y’all have made them have to work for it? Why is that such an alien idea? Okay, apparently I wasn't thinking straight (snerk), because I'd repressed all his ho-ish behaviour. My bad. How about we stick in here that thing that he and Holly called dancing, because people, that was not dancing. That was bad porn. misswindy knows.

*Marissa’s getting the divorce low down over the phone. Okay, that shit sucks and I talk from experience, but immediately going to sleep? Not possible. See that’s when you go out drinking and get messed up.

*What kind of stupid ass irresponsible brain-dead dumbass mixes tequila with prescription drugs? Marissa, there’s a time to be the damsel in distress and then there’s a time to be a goddamn woman. Shit. She irritates me like a rash.

Life is pain, highness... get over it.

*Jimmy. Oh my god. No brains, no balls, no nothing. I see where Marissa gets it from.


Say What?!

*Anybody else wonder what exactly was on the itinerary Seth made to get over Marissa? Sex, sex and sex perhaps? I see an AU somewhere out there involving body shots and Cuervo Gold!

*On Ryan waking up next to Marissa. You know the real reason he woke up severely startled? Because he realized it wasn’t Seth next to him.

*On Sandy going to work for The Man. WHAT?! For the last seven episodes they’ve been all about Sandy hating on the system and thinking it’s the devil, suddenly he’s swayed by a big pay check? And since we’re on the subject of cash, how on earth are he and Kirsten just having this conversation about feeling emasculated by not being the one with all the cash? They’ve been married at least 17 years! No joke that they have bigger problems.

* Sandy + Rachel = Jimmy + Kirsten.

*ethrosdemon and I were talking on Monday and she was fucking with me because she’d seen the episode already and I hadn’t. I don’t know what I was expecting, because it certainly happened, I just feel kinda like AND? It’s not like we don’t know how things are gonna turn out. Typical TV etiquette says Marissa wouldn’t be in the credits if she was gonna get knocked off, take that hint from Everwood (as opposed to all that stuff with Joss).

Persuant to said argument: If they knock her off they're not going to have a love interest for Ryan... unless they out him and pair him with Seth like I want, but nobody loves me that much. Besides, I think it's pretty well documented that Ryan has that all important 'Messiah/Save those going down the wrong path' thing happening, and who better for him to save than the poor, little rich girl next door? [insert heaving] Personally I think he should start closer to home, like with Seth!

*I got spoiled for October by reading my very first actor/fan interview in about a billion years. I KNEW there was a reason I didn’t read that shit. Well, actually two reasons and that’s one of’em. Nuts.

More thoughts after the second viewing this weekend. In the meanwhile, go here where Miss Windy talks about the Summer love, the strange lack of minorites in a show about Southern Cali and why Marissa needs to get herself a day job.

Comments

[r1cepudding.livejournal.com]

It’s not like we don’t know how things are gonna turn out. She wouldn’t be in the credits if she was gonna get knocked off, take that hint from Everwood.


I'm with you on this, but - Doyle was in the Season One Angel credits, and he was bumped off at the end after all. And Tara only made it *in* to the Buffy credits in the season she bit the bullet.

In other news - Comic. Con. *bursts*

And I like Summer. She makes me laugh.

Mmmmm, cuervo....

[vic-ramsey.livejournal.com]

The OC has a real music coordinator, who understands the importance of the right song at the right time and how it helps a scene out?

This is one of the many reasons I love this show.

What kind of stupid ass irresponsible brain-dead dumbass mixes tequila with prescription drugs?

And not even the good tequila! And in a bar straight out of Desparado, psycho bad guys included.

[grlnamedlucifer.livejournal.com]

>* Luke turning out to be the town slut. WTF? Not once was that ever alluded to until last night, way to take the easy way out with the competition PTB. Couldn’t y’all have made them have to work for it? Why is that such an alien idea?<

They have shown him cheating on Marissa before now. I can't remember if each time it was with the girl from this episode (Holly?), but he went off with some girl in the Pilot and was about to have sex with some girl before he got shot in The Outsider. (I haven't watched every episode yet so I can't say for the rest.) But, yeah, it didn't surprise me at all. ::shrugs::

>What kind of stupid ass irresponsible brain-dead dumbass mixes tequila with prescription drugs?<

Amen.

>You know the real reason he woke up severely startled? Because he realized it wasn’t Seth next to him.<

LOL, too true.

As for the Sandy thing, that really shouldn't have been in this episode. They should have made it a seperate thing. Cause I could not follow that storyline at *all*, because I was too interested in the kids'.

[torchthisnow.livejournal.com]

the fact that The OC has a real music coordinator, who understands the importance of the right song at the right time and how it helps a scene out? YES! YES Motherfucker YES!

Word, word, a thousand times word.

Seth & Summer bickering. Good lord, how could you fail to be amused by that? The scene at breakfast? That’s them 30 years from now with more wrinkles and several children . Sorry slash people, but you know it wouldn’t be the worst thing ever.

Far, far from it! My Ryan/Seth lovin' heart gave a lurch, but yes, it was adorable.

*Anybody else wonder what exactly was on Seth’s itinerary to get over Marissa? Sex, sex and sex perhaps? I see an AU somewhere out there involving body shots and Cuervo Gold!

I'll be your faithful, loyal, unwavering minion if you write me that. Cash. Shopping spree at Amoeba. Whatever you want, man, it's so very yours.

*On Ryan waking up next to Marissa. You know the real reason he woke up severely startled? Because he realized it wasn’t Seth next to him.

Oh, good, I wasn't the only one who realized that. Bitch is the most irritating, selfish little cow alive. Tequila and prescription pills? Honey, get over it. Yeah, you have pain, yeah your life sucks, but it's no worse than anyone else's on the planet. And hey, how about you think of what this is gonna do to your friends? Selfish. Little. Cow.

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

The scene at breakfast? That’s them 30 years from now with more wrinkles and several children

I said the exact same thing to issaro last night. Once I picked myself up off the floor where I'd fallen in a fit of hysterical laughter.

The song playing during the club scene was The Chemical Brothers ‘Out of Control.’ Now this probably means fuckall to people who aren’t club kids or who aren’t into music, but to those of us who are? It was like Christmas/.Hannukah and 4th of July all at the same time.

dude, yes. And yes to the music coordinators. Can I marry them?

Marissa’s getting the divorce low down over the phone. Okay, that shit sucks and I talk from experience, but immediately going to sleep? Not possible.

Also yes. I believe I was yelling this at her too. Or maybe that was just in my head.

[aelita.livejournal.com]

Seth & Summer bickering.

Oh, yes. The bright spot of the episode. *g* With my obsession with Smallville, I almost forgot that het can actually be fun. Though I'll admit that it was the mention of Comic Con that dragged me into watching in the first place.

She irritates me like a rash.

Good to know I'm not the only one. I was sitting there, thinking "Am I supposed to feel sorry for her? Fuck that." *shrug* Stupidity irritates the hell out of me.

[thornsilver]

I sort of thought that painkillers+tequila was a deliberate suicide attempt. Not thought out, mind you, and not sincerely inteded to succeed, but deliberate, just the same. That's why they plagged suicide hotline during commercials too.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I was taunting you because of the ending which cracked me up so much I almost choked myself to death. That and the big Summer Love-on. Kick some skanky booty, sister. I wish she had got a punch in there on Skank or Skankier.

They did imply that Luke was a manho in the eppie where he's at the party with Skank all up on his dick, you know, before he got shot? Maybe you blocked that out of you memory since it was traumatic.

I saw spoilers for the next arc, too. Let's commiserate, is it about Marissa? We need a nickname for her. Stickita McRetard? ok, not v clever, but I want to hold her head under the pool until she goes limp. No love for the anorexic Luke-lovin' biotch.

[ilexa.livejournal.com]

Man, one freakin' episode and I'm hooked like a crack whore.

*Seth & Summer bickering. Good lord, how could you fail to be amused by that? The scene at breakfast? That’s them 30 years from now with more wrinkles and several children. Sorry, slash people, but you know I now believe it wouldn’t be the worst thing ever.

Word. I may be a big-time slasher, but I loves my het when it's there. I just follow the chemistry. And these two? Total chemistry. So. Freakin. Cute. "Rage blackouts. Right. I'll be in the car."

Marissa? Just ... gaaaah.

*On Ryan waking up next to Marissa. You know the real reason he woke up severely startled? Because he realized it wasn’t Seth next to him.

Naturally!

[tigress35.livejournal.com]

Seth’s itinerary to get over Marissa

You mean Ryans?

I loved loved LOVED the Comic Con shoutout. I had so much fun in July and it totally made me squee to imagine Seth there. I have to admit, The OC is being far more realistic to So Cal than 90210 ever was. The OC just name drops cities and events everywhere, and I can't even imagine understanding the whole scope of the show without living in OC.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

The only thought I had, besides my constant and ever-growing adoration of Adam Brody and my increasing appreciation for Summer, was that:

Sandy + Rachel = Seth + Summer

Both father and son totally get off on the snarky banter, man. It's eerie.

[octette]

My understanding is that an actor must be in the credits if they are in more than six episodes, or if they have a certain amount of screen time over the course of the entire season. This could be wrong -- it's only what I've picked up at conventions, chatting with film and TV people over lunch.

I have only just started watching two weeks ago, but it really seems to me like Ryan and Seth are meant to be together. mmmm.

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

The ComicCon references made me laugh out loud because of the many LJ people I know who went.

I am officially in love with Summer. She can say "Ew!" all she wants to. Her bickering with Seth was fantastic - so funny and so apropos to both their characters.

I can buy into the "Marissa suicide attempt", but I have to give it a lot of thought because of Mischa Barton's lack of acting skills. She really doesn't pull off tormented well.

I cannot wait til the end of the hiatus!

[kattiya.livejournal.com]

I had a long response planned, but my brain melted after seeing the new Clex trailer with Bloody!Lex.

Word for most of your points (esp. Summer dressed in a curtain) but honestly? Seth put me in a such a happy place with the Comic Con shoutout and the patting-the-bed so his boyfriend can cry on his shoulder that I was just riding that high throughout (though what was up with the TJ set?). The love was solidified with the Summer/Seth snark and the mention of Death Cab. I'm a shallow viewer - I admit it. *g*

(And I knew you'd freak out over the Chems - I was freakin out over Kruder & Dorfmiester at the end. K&D! Gotta love that music supervisor. Must make an OC mix CD NOW)

Marissa: Irritant Extroadinaire

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I'd have to say, for me, the most dissapointing thing about this ep. was definitely Marissa's downing-of-the-lethal-cocktail thing. I mean, dude, yes, I respect the fact that she has some pretty serious shit going down in her life right now. I do. But to try and knock yourself off because of it? I think the reason this got to me SO much, was that Ryan, with his ENTIRE CRAPPY LIFE HISTORY was right there, making a go of it, trying to get his shit together. She runs into the first real trial of her almost adult life, and she can't deal with it. It's such an incredibly *weak* thing to do. I'm probably being way to harsh here, but that's how I saw it...