Johnny dies from "severe head injuries" and no one cares. Kaitlin reacts by breaking a crockpot and getting back together with her school boyfriend. Seth makes a series of inappropriate comments. Ryan tries to make sure that everything is still okay between him and Marissa, who, as usual, seems more bored by the events than anything else. Their parents, meanwhile, barely acknowledge the fact that their children JUST WITNESSED A BOY FALL TO HIS DEATH because they have Valentine's Day parties to plan and hospitals to build. Sandy suddenly gets over his business ethics dilemma and allows Matt to date Maya. Kirsten continues to not have anything better to do. Julie and Dr. Neil have relationship problems for no reason yet again, which are resolved at the Valentine's Day party when Dr. Neil asks her to be his Valentine. Seth and Summer's relationship difficulties over Seth's lying about his pot use are resolved after a false start when Seth accidentally gives Summer his mother's lingerie. Ryan and Marissa's relationship difficulties, meanwhile, only get worse when Marissa generally acts like a horrible person (which one could excuse as being grief-induced if Marissa actually showed any evidence of grief), and then tells Ryan she doesn't want to see him, although she will gladly accept his Valentine's Day presents. So Ryan heads right over to the New Girl in Town, Johnny's cousin Sadie, who also couldn't care less about her cousin's tragic death and has a mysterious past with Volchok. She also makes really lame jewelry.
So Johnny's not dead after all. He does have "severe head injuries," though, and the kids have been up all night waiting to hear from the hospital after the doctors sent them home to get some sleep and food. Marissa protests that she won't be sleeping, and that she's "definitely not hungry." Ah, the "Marissa is too skinny" jokes are now writing themselves. Excellent. Sandy and Kirsten come in with some breakfast, and Summer tries to be positive by reminding Marissa that Trey was in a coma for two months and then made a full recovery, which I'm sure Marissa really wants to hear. Seth adds that Marissa overdosed in Tijuana once -- just to be the Guy Who Can't Be Appropriate, I guess -- which sends Marissa out to check on Kaitlin, who's sleeping in the poolhouse. Sandy asks Ryan how he's doing, in a rare show of parental concern that won't be repeated, and Ryan doesn't answer him directly, just saying that he could tell Johnny's doctors weren't very hopeful. Summer says that doctors are taught to be negative in order to "manage expectations," so they need to remain positive. A cell phone rings. It's Johnny's mom. Sandy offers to answer it for Ryan, but he takes the call himself. We don't even get to see his face when he hears the news from Johnny's mom (there goes your Emmy moment, Ben KcKenzie!), but we do get to see plenty of Marissa's when she exits the poolhouse and sees Ryan on the phone. He hangs up on Johnny's mother without saying goodbye, like an asshole, and then runs to hug Marissa. Everyone around them can tell that the news isn't good except Kaitlin, who just asks what's going on. And where is Julie during all of this? Not there for her daughters, that's for sure.
Later that day, Marissa stops by Johnny's house. Chili answers the door and thanks her for coming by. He's making some tea for Mrs. Harper, whom Marissa calls "Gwen," because she isn't very polite. No one else calls her "Gwen," do they? Why does Marissa get to be special? Because she's the person who ruined and then helped to end Johnny's life? Chili and Marissa discuss Johnny's funeral. Johnny's mom doesn't want a priest or a body or anything depressing even though it's a funeral for a tragically killed young man, so unless you have nitrous oxide pumping through the vents, it's going to be sad no matter how colorful everyone's clothes are. They decide to do something on the beach during the day, and Marissa takes the tea to Mrs. Harper so that she can take all the credit for making it.
Seth tells Ryan not to blame himself for Johnny's death, since he did try to save the guy. "I failed," says Ryan. Seth doesn't deny this, as he probably should, and just tells Ryan not to beat himself up about it. He then notes that there is a bright side to all of this: Ryan no longer has to worry about losing Marissa to Johnny. Ryan just stares at Seth. My love for Seth just disappeared in one line.
Kirsten and Julie take about three seconds to wonder whether they should follow through with their Valentine's Day Dance plans now that their kids are going through such horrible pain and loss. Surprise, surprise: they're still going to do the dance, but they are horrible mothers. The only reason Julie even considered canceling the dance is because she was upset that Dr. Neil hadn't invited her to it yet. Didn't he and Julie just decide to be together, like, last night? Give it time, Julie. Julie says she's worried that Dr. Neil doesn't think she's worthy of being his Valentine. Kirsten sympathizes, saying that Sandy isn't much of a Valentine's Day guy either. But she thinks they should forget about that for now, and focus on making sure their kids are okay after watching their friend plummet to his death and splatter his brains all over the ground. Oh, no, wait, I'm sorry -- she said that they should focus on making the Valentine's Dance super-awesome. I got confused because I was thinking of how any decent parent would act.
There's a new arrival in Newport -- Johnny's cousin, Sadie! Just when I thought Johnny was out of our lives forever, we get this. Great. She's in town to stay with Mrs. Harper to help her deal with her unimaginable grief. Of course, Sadie's heard of Marissa and is happy to finally meet her. Johnny was happy to meet Marissa, too, until his knee fell apart and his surfing career was ruined and he died.
Kaitlin answers a knock at the door. It's her ex-boyfriend Justin, who is even cuter now that he's gotten a haircut. He's kind of goofy and pathetic, though, too, thinking that he and Kaitlin can get back together now that her break is almost over. Kaitlin slams the door in his face, and then smashes something inside the trailer.
Ew, Sandy still has a job. So does Matt. Sandy wants Matt to go out on another date with Maya now that he's about to have a final meeting with her dad's board about the hospital. Looks like Sandy's moral dilemma about running a totally honest, above-board business has completely disappeared since last week. Matt says that he genuinely does like Maya and would be happy to see her again. On his way out of Sandy's office to give her a call, he bumps into Marissa, whose name he knows even though I don't recall their ever meeting. Everyone knows Marissa! Marissa and Sandy hug awkwardly, and then she asks Sandy if he can help her fill out some forms from the hospital she promised Mrs. Harper she'd do for her. I know you're sad, Mrs. Harper, but surely you have to see how leaving important forms with a seventeen year-old dingbat is not a good idea. Fortunately, Marissa had no intention of doing any work for anyone and is making Sandy do it. Sandy, in turn, fobs it off on Matt.
Summer lets herself into Seth's room. He immediately closes his laptop, making her suspicious that he's looking at porn. But he isn't; he's working on his inventory of his Yakuza DVDs. Dork! "I found something in your drawer," Summer says. Seth takes a breath and asks why she doesn't seem mad. Summer says she isn't mad at him for the pot, since she's done plenty of that kind of thing herself, but that he lied to her about it, and that he's lied to her before. Seth says that all he can do it promise to tell the truth, which didn't exactly work the last ten times he tried it, did it? Summer isn't impressed.
We see that the victim of Kaitlin's temper tantrum was the crockpot, which is probably cheaper than a laptop and lawn furniture. I'm glad that the Coopers are learning to economize when it comes to the things they destroy. Ryan walks in, so Kaitlin walks out to give him and Marissa privacy. Marissa's phone rings; it's someone at the Harper house.
Marissa meets Sadie at the diner. Sadie starts to tell her that she's from Oregon and just graduated high school and is trying to start her own jewelry business. Marissa lets this non-Marissa-centered talk continue for about three seconds before pointedly saying that she really needs to be with her boyfriend right now, as in, not with this girl who keeps talking about stuff Marissa doesn't care about. Sadie is surprised to hear that Marissa wasn't dating Johnny, since she called Marissa over to give her a necklace Johnny asked Sadie to make for Marissa for Valentine's Day. It's a cheap-looking chain with Marissa's and Johnny's birthstones on it, and an angel charm, because Marissa was Johnny's angel. How ironic that Johnny can now see all the real angels he wants, unless he's in Boring Tertiary Character Hell.
Johnny's beach funeral is actually really moving to me, but I think that's because I really liked the song that played over it: Sufjan Stevens's "For the Windows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti," and it's another awesome music find that I will always be ashamed to admit I discovered on The O.C.. A crowd of people who didn't seem to have much to do with Johnny when he was actually alive have gathered around a surfboard that is sticking up in the sand. Some of them have written on it, although the only quote I can make out reads "Surfin' to Heaven!" which is just beyond lame. No wonder Johnny didn't like to hang out with those people very much. A line of people lay flowers in front of the board, including Marissa, who doesn't look very sad at all. Not only is she not crying, but she doesn't even look like she's trying to hold back tears. Fortunately, we have Chili and Johnny's mom there to show us what real grief looks like. Mrs. Harper is especially heartbreaking. Before I can well up over her, however, Sadie gives a little speech about Johnny that is just about the happiest and brightest eulogy I've ever heard. We see Volchok standing around the parking lot, watching and smoking, and even he looks sadder about Johnny's death than Marissa or Sadie does. As the sun sets, Chili and some other guy carry Johnny's board out to the ocean for one last ride. Surfin' to Heaven!
Marissa spots Kaitlin sitting on the beach and passively orders Ryan to go talk to her. He's more than happy to do it, because Ryan likes to help women in peril. He tells Kaitlin not to blame herself for Johnny's accident, and Kaitlin says she isn't, since that was Ryan's fault. Except that I don't see how that works at all, and shut up, Kaitlin. Ryan says that he isn't going to start with her, and offers her a hand up. She tells him to save his speeches for Marissa. Since when did Ryan ever get to say enough words to constitute a speech on this show?
Sandy and Matt spent the day playing basketball, since why would you attend the funeral of a kid who was friends with your sons and whose knee surgery you planned a fundraiser for when you can do something much happier with your weekend? (Not that the funeral was very sad.) Sandy asks about Maya, and Matt says that he called her, but that she's mad at him for not calling sooner. Way to go on that one, Non-Entity. Kirsten walks through the room and offers to give Matt some advice on his woman troubles, casually mentioning that Seth and Ryan are at the Bait Shop for the wake of the kid Ryan watched die. Nothing they, the parents, need to be concerned about that. Kirsten offers to give Maya an invite to the Valentine's Day Dance to help Matt win her back, but only if Sandy agrees to be more into Valentine's Day. "Candies, candles, lingerie -- nice lingerie," she demands. Dude, if you have to ask for it, you're missing the point of the holiday, Kirsten.
The Bait Shop sure does throw a great wake! They have a screen playing what I'm guessing is a film of Johnny's surfing that everyone ignores in favor of getting on with their lives. Poor Johnny -- the worst thing about dying is not having any kind of impact on the world you left behind. Seth and Ryan discuss the upcoming Valentine's Day and how they plan to spend it with their girlfriends. Ryan is happy to actually be with Marissa on the day for the first time, while Seth is trying to figure out how to make up with Summer. Ryan notes that Seth doesn't have any visible bruises from Summer's finding out about his pot problem. Abusive relationships are funny!
Marissa and Summer have a similar discussion in their corner. Like Seth, Summer notes that this is the first time Marissa and Ryan are together for the holiday, although she also adds a callback to Marissa's temporary lesbianism. Marissa pouts that Valentine's Day might be cancelled for her this year. Oh, cry me a river, Marissa. Or don't, since you are incapable of showing any emotion. I mean, her best friend just DIED and she's at his WAKE and she's talking about her plans for tomorrow like it doesn't even matter! Why did this show even bother killing off a character in such a dramatic fashion if they were going to half-ass it like this? Even Caleb got a better send-off, and he was old and no one really liked him!
Volchok walks up to Sadie and asks her how she's doing. He seems sincerely concerned for her welfare, but Sadie has a problem with him and doesn't want him around. Ryan's Woman in Peril sensor goes off, and he zooms to the scene to inform Volchok that he isn't invited to the party. Neither was Johnny's ex-girlfriend, apparently. Or anyone else in his family even though he obviously has at least one aunt floating around. Anyway, Sadie says that she "used to" know Volchok, and Ryan compliments her terrible speech at Johnny's service. She says that she's used to speaking at funerals, so obviously Johnny's wasn't anything special for her and also Sadie has a Tragic Backstory that I'm sure we'll all be hearing more about in the upcoming episodes. Or now, as she tells Ryan that her dad, dog, and best friend have died. Yeah, one of those things seems a little less tragic than the others. I love dogs and all, but they aren't quite up to Father or Best Friend standards. Ryan and Sadie keep talking until Marissa's People Who Aren't Talking About Marissa sensor goes off and she runs up to take Ryan away from Sadie and the wake, which she is leaving before it's even over. That's how much she cared about Johnny, you guys.
Julie has found a way back into Dr. Neil's house -- she claims to have left a cake knife there after Kaitlin's birthday party. He brings up the Valentine's Day Dance, and Julie waits for him to invite her to it, but he totally doesn't, saying he'll be spending his weekend reading The Da Vinci Code. Dr. Neil strikes me as the kind of person who reads books only after they've been publicized on Oprah. And I don't really understand why he and Julie are acting like they don't know the terms of their relationship when I thought they made them clear to each other in the last episode, when he said he had "fallen" for her. Maybe Dr. Neil just doesn't want to go somewhere that doesn't have Hot Pockets.
Justin shows up at the trailer with a Valentine's Day present for the girl who obviously doesn't want much to do with him. The more pathetic he gets, the less cute I find him. It's a teddy bear, because Justin thought Kaitlin looked like she could use something to hug. She tells him about Johnny and how she saw him die and "helped it happen." Justin says what happened to Johnny was an accident, but Kaitlin thinks it was an accident that she allowed to happen since she didn't call for help in time. Not to mention that the help she did call for was probably the worst possible people who could have shown up. Justin, who doesn't even know Johnny, says he's sure that Johnny would take responsibility for himself and his mistake and not want Kaitlin to blame herself for it. "You're like an adult," Kaitlin says. Yeah, that's because he almost is, remember? You lied about your age to date him? And then stole $1500 from his brother and ditched him because you were totally uninterested in him? Kaitlin thanks Justin for the bear and the talk and says she'll see him when they get back to school. She heads inside to watch him do a dorky celebration dance from the window. She smiles and forgets all about that guy who died, whatever his name was.
Sandy's checking out a Victoria's Secret catalogue when the kids return from that thing for that guy who died or whatever. He asks them how things went, in an effort to pretend that he cares, and then says that he's looking for a Valentine's Day present for Kirsten, which is way too much information. Seth asks if he can borrow the catalogue later, which is also way too much information.
Ryan and Marissa lie in Ryan's bed. He asks her what she wants to do for Valentine's Day. Guess what? She doesn't want to do anything, and she's pissed that Ryan would even ask her about it. She tells him that this time is "really hard for her" (keyword for Marissa: "her"), and Ryan says that it's hard for him, too. But Marissa doesn't care about Ryan's feelings and doesn't think they're as deep as hers or that he could possibly understand how she feels. When Ryan starts to get angry, Marissa leaves instead of talking things out with him like someone who actually wants to have a functional, loving, and supportive relationship would do.
The morning, Seth stops by the poolhouse to ask Ryan about his plans with Marissa. He suggests cutting Marissa a "weekend's worth of slack," i.e. give her a free pass to act like a selfish brat. Like she doesn't have one already. Ryan says that should be easy enough, since Marissa said she didn't want to see Ryan today and that he wasn't planning on violating that command. Seth insists that no girl wants to be alone on Valentine's Day, no matter what she might say.
Matt shows up at Marissa's trailer with that paperwork I still don't understand why Johnny's mom thought Marissa was the best person to fill out. Marissa thanks him and says that she probably won't be seeing Matt at the Valentine's Day Dance, since she was such a beeyotch to her boyfriend last night. Matt suggests that Marissa give him a "heartfelt apology," but Marissa says that she was going to give him a "cooling-off period" first, a.k.a. wait for Ryan to come to her begging for forgiveness. Matt offers his ear if Marissa ever wants to talk. Oh, quit trying to insinuate yourself into this show, Non-Entity. He leaves, and Marissa picks up her phone to call Ryan. He doesn't answer. Good.
Kirsten meets Maya for either breakfast or lunch or both, and tells her about her stupid dating service and the Valentine's Day Dance. She starts talking about how she would love to have Maya there, but Maya sees right through Kirsten's act and asks her how bad Matt wants to see her again. Because she wants to see him, even though she made him think otherwise. You'd think someone as smart as she would have figured out that Matt might be using her because of who her father is by now, but apparently not.
Sandy sets a Victoria's Secret bag down on the table right to the identical bag containing Seth's present for Summer. Seth is understandably uncomfortable at the thought of what his father could have bought for his mother and how it will be used, but Sandy just keeps right on talking, saying that women's underwear has gotten complicated with all the thongs and stuff. Seth begs Sandy to stop, but his dad is on a parental roll and asks Seth how things are going with Summer. Nice to see that Sandy's fathering abilities extend only as far as his kids' relationships and not to the really complicated things like a tragic death. Seth tells Sandy that he's in trouble with Summer for lying about something, although he wisely doesn't say what that something is. Seth just doesn't understand why Summer's so upset, when it's not like she hasn't caught Seth lying to her before. I think you just answered your own question, there, buddy. Sandy tells Seth to show Summer that he's a real man or something. I guess the reason Sandy rarely bothers to give his kids advice is because it sucks so bad.
Ryan shows up at the Harper house, where he finds Sadie unpacking her car, which is full of totally empty boxes. I guess she packs light. He offers to help, and finds himself on packing-up-Johnny's-room duty. And getting flirted with.
Kirsten loves the flowers she ordered her husband to buy for her. He hands her the Victoria's Secret bag and says he was hoping she could wear its contents tonight. She takes out a rather conservative bra and boy-cut panties and is confused at the lack of sexiness in her gift: "This is a fantasy I'm not aware of." I guess it's the one where she keeps the hanger that was obviously stolen from the store? Sandy sputters that he didn't buy that outfit. Or the hanger.
Cut to Seth getting slapped across the face by Summer. Oh HA HA HA! I just can't stop laughing at the violence! Summer's not too pleased with Seth's gift of "very sexy" lingerie. She says that it's not age-appropriate or even the right cup size. Since when were thongs no longer considered appropriate for teenagers? I've seen them for sale in little girls' sizes, disturbingly enough. Personally, I don't think thongs are appropriate for any age. They're uncomfortable and impractical. Anyway, Summer tells Seth to do something that will "rock [her] world" to earn her forgiveness. And why wouldn't he? It probably comes with a kick in the crotch. Seth sadly says that he made Summer a card. She checks it out, and it's a picture of Seth as Pinocchio. "I cannot tell a lie...Valentine, I love you!" it reads. Awwww.
Marissa and Kaitlin watch The Valley. A character mentions Death Cab For Cutie, and Kaitlin metas that she's never listening to them again now that they've been mentioned on The Valley. It's always nice to see the writers use meta for good instead of evil. Julie and Kaitlin get ready for the dance and urge Marissa to do the same, but she says she wants to be alone. Or maybe she'd like her mother around since she's dealing with her friend's DYING IN FRONT OF HER and could use a shoulder to pretend to cry on. Ryan shows up at the trailer, which is Julie and Kaitlin's cue to leave. He gives Marissa a present: a necklace that is much more attractive than Johnny's. She thanks him insincerely and says that she just needs more time to get over Johnny's death. Ryan says he understands that, but that he wants to know if there's more going on. He also wants to spend time with his girlfriend, since they haven't been able to be alone much lately, and it's the Most Romantic Day of the Year. This sends Marissa into Bitch Mode and she accuses Ryan of being happy that Johnny died. "I'm not even going to answer that," he says, and leaves. Good. Be alone, Marissa. Well, not that alone, since I see you've decided to keep the necklace Ryan bought for you.
They've cleaned up all those ugly flowers and mementos at Johnny's beach service site in order to set up for some hot Valentine's Day partyin' action! "NewMatch presents Sea, Sand, and Stars," reads an ugly neon sign. NewMatch sure does spend a lot on events like these, and yet, they don't seem to be doing any business. Huh. Seth, Sandy, and Ryan talk about how crappy Valentine's Day is. Elsewhere, others have better luck. Kaitlin spots her stalker Justin in attendance, and he offers to buy her a drink with his fake ID. Good to see that Kaitlin has learned her lesson about underage drinking on the beach. Johnny truly did not die in vain after all.
Seth snatches Summer away from Dr. Neil, who has shown up looking his usual puffy and awkward self. Seth gives Summer something he just wrote on a cocktail napkin. He explains that it's a list of everything he's ever lied about, and that Summer can give it to his parents if he ever screws up again. Summer says that Seth ended up rocking her world after all. And now she wants to rock his -- she's wearing the thong he gave her. "That's my mom's," says Seth. "Ew!" Summer replies. Well, get the moment drunk and throw it off a cliff, because it has been killed.
Marissa finds Chili drinking to a bonfire on the beach. He didn't learn anything from Johnny's death either, it seems. He's very sad about Johnny being dead, but not so much so that he won't try to put the moves on Marissa. She politely turns him down, calling him "Chili," and he says that he's going back to his real name, since Johnny never liked the nickname he made up for himself. He rests his head on Marissa's shoulder and promptly gets a clavicle through his ear. Aw, Chili was so sweet in this episode and I really started to like him. Too bad he's probably gone after this.
Julie turns down a waiter's offer of oysters, saying that if she's going to "swallow something that disgusting, there'd better be something in it for [her]." First of all, there totally could be something in it for her if the oyster has a pearl in it. And second of all, I really don't want to think of the disgusting things that Julie has swallowed because there was something in it for her. Kaitlin walks up with Justin to announce that she's going to leave Newport and go back to school. Tonight. Justin promises to drive the speed limit and stuff, and that's all Julie needs to hear to okay the plan. Kaitlin promises that they'll be seeing "a lot more" of her. Great. Awesome. Julie apologizes to Kaitlin for the fact that her vacation wasn't "everything [Kaitlin] hoped for." No, I'm sure it totally was. Who doesn't want to watch some guy's brains fall out of his head, right? Don't even bother caring, Julie, if you aren't going to do it right. "Mother" and daughter exchange a rather cold hug, and Kaitlin's off.
Julie gets over leaving her young daughter right quick when she spots Dr. Neil, who downs a glass of champagne to get up the courage to talk to her. She starts to tell him that their relationship obviously can't work out since they find the most ridiculous reasons for it not to every episode, but Dr. Neil has something else in mind. He's terrified to say it, but he wants Julie to be his...Valentine. Not his wife, which is what I really thought he was going to say. Julie gladly accepts.
Kirsten walks up to Ryan and asks him who he is and what he's doing at this invite-only event. Then she remembers who Ryan is and asks him where Marissa is. He tells her about their fight over Johnny and his suspiciouns about Johnny and Marissa's real relationship. Kirsten's advice is that Ryan should "make a pit stop" on his way back home. What? Fuck that! He's made plenty of Marissa pit stops over the last three years. But Ryan agrees with Kirsten and leaves the party. Sandy walks up and asks Kirsten how Ryan's doing, and she simply answers that he "has a lot on his mind, as usual." Oh, you mean like how he JUST WATCHED SOMEONE DIE?!?!? And knows that if he had moved faster, he might have been able to catch Johnny's hand and save him? Yeah, he's certainly got his share of typical teenage problems to think about. Sandy is thrilled to see Matt and Maya getting along well because it means that his hospital will get built. A crappy heart fireworks display thing goes off.
Marissa finds Kaitlin packing up the trailer to leave, and apologizes to her for giving her such a crappy vacation. Kaitlin urges her to figure out what her feelings for Johnny really were, and Marissa says that it doesn't matter anymore. Kaitlin says that it does. Not to me, though. The sisters hug, and then there's a knock at the door.
But it's not the trailer door being knocked on; it's the Harper House. Ryan's there to see Sadie. Awesome! Not like I like Sadie all that much or had much time to, but anyone is better than Marissa. He could have showed on 7 'n 7's doorstep and I would be been happy.
Sufjan Stevens comes back to finish his beautiful song. Justin and Kaitlin drive back to school. Kaitlin is sad to leave.
Sandy and Kirsten kiss.
Dr. Neil and Julie dance on the beach.
Summer and Seth make out like hell in what I hope is a secluded area of the beach. I also hope she got rid of Kirsten's thong at some point before they start going at it.
Marissa studies her two necklaces. She takes one out of the drawer. It's Johnny's. She finally chose him over Ryan, and all he had to do was die! Marissa hugs the necklace close to her and finally sheds a few tears.
Ryan tells Sadie that he still feels like there was something more he could have done for Johnny. Sadie says that life is out of our control. Especially when you get wasted and stand on the edge of a cliff. I'm kind of disappointed that we didn't get to see a scene with Marissa and Johnny's mom where Johnny's mom blamed Marissa for everything that happened to her son and then slapped her. I would have condoned violence in that case.
Sadie goes downstairs to leave Ryan with his thoughts. Volchok comes to the door and asks to talk to her. She threatens to call the cops on him and then Ryan, his Woman in Peril sensor beeping wildly, comes downstairs to see what's going on. Volchok's shocked to see Ryan there, and Sadie takes advantage of it to slam the door closed in his face. Ryan looks out the window to see Volchok retreating to his van. He doesn't look like he's going to leave anyone alone, though. Good; I always liked Volchok.