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3-25 2006.05.18 |
A Twig, Snapped The kids graduate; Sandy thinks about returning to the D.A.'s office; Kaitlin returns to town for good; and Marissa finally dies in a montage of recycled bits from seasons past. |
| 2-19 Recap |
The Rager
The Rager - It takes half an episode and a giant misunderstanding to get Ryan to forgive Trey, but he does it, and the ensuing party turns into a nightmare: A girl shows up floating in the pool, and Marissa almost gets blamed for the bag of ecstasy the cops find. Except that Trey takes the fall instead. Also, Seth gets in hot water with Summer, and Lance busts Caleb to Julie and offers to make him disappear, and Kirsten sabotages Carter's date. |
2005.04.14 2005.04.20 |
B- |
Heathen |
| 2-18 Recap |
Going Once, Going Twice...No Sale
The Risky Business - A weird auction makes everyone in Newport pretend there's never been a weird auction there before, Tom Cruise gets more product placement than an emo band, and Marissa is hilarious. Djb? He likes Magnolia. |
2005.04.07 2005.04.10 |
B- |
Djb |
| 2-17 Recap |
Oh. Hello, Hermano.
The Brothers Grim - The store clerk. The Chino bar crowd. The Cohens. Maybe Ryan himself. No one knows who it's going to be. But someone is going to be offended by Hermano. And someone is going to kick Hermano's ass. |
2005.03.24 2005.03.28 |
B |
Djb |
| 2-16 Recap |
You Say You Want A Revolution?
The Blaze Of Glory - No, actually. Nobody said they wanted a revolution at all. But for some reason, people won't stop leaving complimentary copies of it in each others' mailboxes anyway. Commies. |
2005.03.17 2005.03.19 |
B+ |
Djb |
| 2-15 Recap |
Lance In The Pants
The Mallpisode - Julie Cooper-Nichol was totally in an amateur sex video. Phfffffft. At this point, who among us hasn't been? |
2005.03.10 2005.03.13 |
C+ |
Djb |
| 2-14 Recap |
Partly Believable With A 100% Chance Of Intermittent Eye-Roll
The Rainy Day Women - In the verité column, this episode comes along during a time of actual endless rain in Southern California. So, Djb is kind of impressed at the "ripped from the headlines" approach. In the bad news column, Kim Delaney LIVES! In an undead way, but you know what we mean. |
2005.02.24 2005.02.28 |
B |
Djb |
| 2-13 Recap |
The Chastity Report
The Test - Zach and Summer didn't have sex. If Seth keeps up his current dorky movie regimen -- and his showering irregularity -- he doesn't have much of a chance either. |
2005.02.17 2005.02.22 |
B- |
Djb |
| 2-12 Recap |
The Maddest Lib
The Lonely Hearts Club - Why is Caleb so obsessed with talking about Mad Libs, you guys? |
2005.02.10 2005.02.13 |
B+ |
Djb |
| 2-11 Recap |
The Second Chance
The Second Chance - During a fight with Ryan, Caleb suffers a minor heart attack. Seth and Summer are working closely together on the comic, and they realize that if they spend too much time together, they will totally start making out, so they decide to try to stay away from each other. Sandy is harboring Rebecca -- who, it turns out, isn't really a murderer, after all, just someone who didn't want to rat out her friends and so instead lived as a hunted woman for twenty-two years -- at his office. Finally, the Lesbians start holding hands. |
2005.02.03 2005.02.09 |
B |
Jessica |
| 2-10 Recap |
The Accomplice
The Accomplice - Sandy's college mentor shows up and asks for Sandy's help in finding his daughter, Rebecca -- who, as it turns out, was Sandy's Big Love prior to Kirsten. Marissa and Alex engage in more flirtatiousness, up to and including pretending Marissa is Alex's girlfriend in order to irritate Alex's ex, and getting Marissa a tattoo. Caleb finally calls Lindsay and asks her to dinner. They're getting along swimmingly until Ryan shows up, and Caleb decides that the whole getting-to-know-you act was a play on Lindsay's part for some of his big bucks. Seth decides to write his own comic book, and it's all very cute. |
2005.01.27 2005.02.01 |
A- |
Jessica |
| 2-9 Recap |
The Ex-Factor
The Ex-Factor - Alex's ex is in town, and she's a girl. Ryan decides that Marissa and Lindsay need to be friends, and the next thing you know, Lindsay is going on a Girl's Night Out with Marissa and Summer. Yeah, it doesn't go well, because Lindsay solves the problem of feeling awkward around Marissa by getting hammered, and Ryan loses his shit. Over at the Newport Group, Sandy wants to fund housing for the underprivileged, while Julie Cooper wants to start a magazine, because everyone knows that a MAGAZINE is really safe financial investment. |
2005.01.20 2005.01.25 |
B |
Jessica |
| 2-8 Recap |
The Power Of Love
The Power Of Love - Sandy gets in trouble with Kirsten for forgetting their anniversary. Julie Cooper offers DJ the LawnBot 2000 five grand to stay away from Marisa. Summer is jealous because Seth is having sex with Alex, and Summer's not sleeping with Zack yet. Finally, Lindsey and Ryan have all this drama around the Kirsten Is Weird About Us Making Out thing, and break up for about two minutes. As for Seth and Alex, let's just pretend Alex doesn't exist. |
2005.01.13 2005.01.19 |
B |
Jessica |
| 2-7 Recap |
And The Wife Is Like, "Yeah, I'm Really Afraid"
The Family Ties - Seth? Wifebeaters are for people who can actually throw the punch. |
2005.01.06 2005.01.10 |
B+ |
Djb |
| 2-6 Recap |
The Year Without A Hanukkah Zombie
The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't - Chrismukkah is almost ruined when everyone learns that Caleb is Lindsay's father. And Julie and Jimmy are totally doing it! |
2004.12.16 2004.12.22 |
C+ |
LTG |
| 2-5 Recap |
"The Snock"?
The SnO.C. - Never try to pronounce an episode title of this show phonetically, because you'll end up with "The Snock" and all of your friends will laugh and laugh and laugh. |
2004.12.09 2004.12.13 |
B+ |
Djb |
| 2-4 Recap |
Trimming The Hegemony
The New Era - In a running gag that should have kept right on running, each character pronounces a "new era" that ends up looking a whole heck of a lot like the old one. Star-crossed lovers, conniving fathers, and a sales pitch for a sellout band at The Bait Shop, and all is as it's supposed to be in the world. |
2004.12.02 2004.12.07 |
B |
Djb |
| 2-3 Recap |
That's President Julie Cooper To You
The New Kids On The Block - Mrs. Caleb schemes her way back to the center of the action this week, as she convinces her husband to put her in charge of his scandal-plagued company. Don't worry, enemies of corporate malfeasance. It's going to work out just fine. |
2004.11.18 2004.11.23 |
B+ |
Djb |
| 2-2 Recap |
Big Zach Attack
The Way We Were - He's almost as cute as Adam Brody, and the line to get to him will probably be shorter. Djb's choosing the path of least resistance. Djb likes Zach. |
2004.11.11 2004.11.16 |
B |
Djb |
| 2-1 Recap |
Welcome Back To The O.C.
The Distance - Sigh. Fine. But this is the last time we'll do it..."bitch." |
2004.11.04 2004.11.09 |
B+ |
Djb |
| 1-27 Recap |
The Honeymoon Is Over
The Ties That Bind - Caleb and Lady Heather get married, but no one really cares because they're all busy worrying about Ryan and Theresa and the love child that is definitely Theresa's but debatably Ryan's. Well, except Marissa, who is busy worrying about herself. |
2004.05.05 2004.05.11 |
A |
Joanna |
| 1-26 Recap |
The EPT
The Strip - Theresa takes a pregnancy test, and it's positive! For some reason, she chooses Marissa as the first person with whom she shares this information. Marissa is predictably pouty. |
2004.04.28 2004.05.03 |
A |
Joanna |
| 1-25 Recap |
The Black-Eyed T
The Shower - Eric Balfour got to be a good guy for about two seconds, until we learn that Eddie beats on Theresa. So, good guy, not so much. Also, all the Juicy Couture in the world can't hide Lady Heather's shocking past: she liked monster trucks! |
2004.04.21 2004.04.27 |
B |
Joanna |
| 1-24 Recap |
Hammer Time
The Proposal - Summer and Seth conspire to fix up Marissa's bedroom, because she's been too busy feeling bad for herself for the past eight months to do it herself. Also, Caleb proposes to Lady Heather, buys the restaurant from Jimmy and Sandy, and blackmails Marissa into living with her mom. It's a big week for Caleb! |
2004.04.14 2004.04.20 |
B |
Joanna |
| 1-23 Recap |
She Used To Mean, Used To Be Sly
The Nana - Funniest thing, saddest part was she never knew why/ Kicking her son for nothing was her favorite sport/ She had to take off, start enjoyin', 'cause life's too short!/ There's a new Nana in town, and she's feelin' good/ Got a smile, got a song for the neighborhood!/ Things are great when you're not buried six feet deep/ And The Nana's here to say -- with some chemotherapy life's gonna be -- so sweeeeeeeet! |
2004.03.31 2004.04.05 |
A- |
Joanna |
| 1-22 Recap |
Poor Colin Hanks
The L.A. - Colin Hanks shows up this week as Grady, the star of the hit television show The Valley. He's not nearly as funny as he thinks he is, and he can't possibly think he's all that funny to begin with. |
2004.03.24 2004.03.30 |
A- |
Joanna |
| 1-21 Recap |
Not By The Hair Of My Chinny Chin Chinplant
The Goodbye Girl - Eddie huffs and puffs and blows his way into The Big House, after he figures out that Ryan and Theresa had sex. Anna announces that she's leaving Newport, and Seth breaks her heart even more than he's already done by showing up at the airport not to win her back. Also, we learn that there's such a thing as chinplants! |
2004.03.03 2004.03.09 |
B+ |
Joanna |
| 1-20 Recap |
Finding Emo
The Telenovela - Seth declares his like for both emo and Summer while standing on a tabletop in the Student Union. Also this week, Theresa comes back with an eye for Ryan; unfortunately, her fiancé Eddie is eyeing Ryan too, but for entirely different reasons. |
2004.02.25 2004.03.02 |
B |
Joanna |
| 1-19 Recap |
Bangs And Banging
The Heartbreak - Marissa gets bangs, and Seth gets banged. Neither event is a particular success. |
2004.02.18 2004.02.23 |
A+ |
Joanna |
| 1-18 Recap |
The Gun In The First Act Doesn't Go Off In The Third
The Truth - All the gun-waving that goes on in this episode and no one gets shot? Not even Oliver? Not even a little bit? Oliver succeeds neither in keeping Marissa nor in killing himself, and is ultimately led off to a hospital after Ryan talks the gun out of his hand. Also, Seth apologizes for treating Ryan like crap, but not for treating Anna like crap. |
2004.02.11 2004.02.16 |
B |
Joanna |
| 1-17 Recap |
Mystery Of The Letter In The Locker
The Rivals - Ryan continues his impersonation of a Hardy boy, first breaking into the school, and then into Marissa's locker to get to the truth about Oliver. When he finally gets there, though, no one believes him. So, in a very un-Hardy-like display, he beats the crap out of Oliver, which probably won't help his case much with Marissa. Foiled again! |
2004.01.21 2004.01.27 |
C+ |
Joanna |