Random thoughts about this week's episode
Zack. Zack is the new Luke. I'm sure that he has been created as a blockhead version of Seth Cohen. There was some hatred, and now there is mad love. There will be mad alienation between the comic dorks once Summer and Seth start seeing each other on the side. (Oh, like you don't see that one coming for miles.)
"Kavalier and Gay" had to be one of the cleverest lines ever (or, at least for this week).
Blatant product/website placement isn't cool, Lindsay. Just say "google." It's become the "kleenex" of web searches. I do, however, commend you for not falling for Caleb's desperate lie.
I can't buy the girl from the 'N Sync film On the Line as a lesbian. Sorry.
Since when is Marisa all punk rock? It reminds me of all those girls in high school who miraculously became "alternative" in 1992. They are so setting her up to leave the show. I have this conspiracy theory that Mr. Schwartz is putting her in the girl-girl action to initially titillate viewers and then ultimately to piss off all those Focus on the Family groups. To placate those groups (and keep the O.C. on the air), he'll banish Marisa and get rid of the horrible Mischa Barton. The O.C. is saved, and we don't have to have her on the screen. Oh, and her "she's my girlfriend" line with really terrible acting made it believable. As in, it sounded like a blatant lie.
I want to see Sandy surfing. (Oh face it, I just want Sandy...)
Also, Sandy's ex is Bobby Simone's drunken widow? Kimmy Delany, you're looking rough. Sandy needs to stay with the shiksa goddess that is Kirsten.
Finally, I have a new appreciation for Ryan. He is not cute at all, but the facial expressions that Benjamin Mackenzie makes are dead-on teen boy. I especially loved him playing video games with an open box of Cheerios by his side. Dude is hilarious.
"Kavalier and Gay" had to be one of the cleverest lines ever (or, at least for this week).
Blatant product/website placement isn't cool, Lindsay. Just say "google." It's become the "kleenex" of web searches. I do, however, commend you for not falling for Caleb's desperate lie.
I can't buy the girl from the 'N Sync film On the Line as a lesbian. Sorry.
Since when is Marisa all punk rock? It reminds me of all those girls in high school who miraculously became "alternative" in 1992. They are so setting her up to leave the show. I have this conspiracy theory that Mr. Schwartz is putting her in the girl-girl action to initially titillate viewers and then ultimately to piss off all those Focus on the Family groups. To placate those groups (and keep the O.C. on the air), he'll banish Marisa and get rid of the horrible Mischa Barton. The O.C. is saved, and we don't have to have her on the screen. Oh, and her "she's my girlfriend" line with really terrible acting made it believable. As in, it sounded like a blatant lie.
I want to see Sandy surfing. (Oh face it, I just want Sandy...)
Also, Sandy's ex is Bobby Simone's drunken widow? Kimmy Delany, you're looking rough. Sandy needs to stay with the shiksa goddess that is Kirsten.
Finally, I have a new appreciation for Ryan. He is not cute at all, but the facial expressions that Benjamin Mackenzie makes are dead-on teen boy. I especially loved him playing video games with an open box of Cheerios by his side. Dude is hilarious.
posted by heathalouise at 7:31 AM
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that was kim delaney? she WAS looking rough.
and zack is not as cool as luke. plus, marisa is just like one of those girls who also turned lesbian/ bi in 1992. by the time they got out of college it was like nothing happened. kids, just trying to find an identity besides "bored rich kid" with SOOO much pain.
What I want to know: is Anna gonna show up again this season or not? I remember she was optioned for several episodes this season, but I haven't heard anything about that for a while.
You're almost certainly right about Seth/Summer/Zack and the likely unfolding of events, but wouldn't it be better -- and more true to actual high school kids -- if Seth and Zack both lose patience with Summer and end up banding together, leaving Summer the odd one out as she eventually moves on to some other guy?
Much to my surprise I'm actually enjoying the current Marissa storyline and finding the lesbian sexual tension more believable than I expected to.
Does anyone else think that the storylines for the grown-ups this season are pretty lame? Last season they managed to avoid the pitfall of most teen dramedies: when the parents are on screen, you're basically just marking time until you can get back to the kids. This season the parents are just tedious.
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