A Recipe For a Cultural Phenomenon - 
by J-Unit
In the January 24th issue of Newsweek, they bring up the issue of a possible homoerotic connection on The OC. No, we aren't talking about the now-cofirmed, and TVgasm breaking story on Marissa and Alex. We are talking about the seemingly more obvious, but perhaps unintentional, sexual tension between Seth and Ryan. While I haven't personally seen anything on the show to give me the same idea, I do know that all of the guys on the show have turned completely spineless. You expect people to walk all over Seth, but it shouldn't happen to Zach. You expect Sandy to act like a 45 year old, you don't expect it from Ryan. And it's Newport. Somebody, somewhere, should be doing cocaine.
The writers decided to switch things up this week. Usually, we are used to the breakfast intro. Ryan walks in from the pool house just as Seth is pouring some cereal. They say "Hey" to each other, and talk about their problems at school, but most likely girl problems. Then Sandy and Kirsten walk in drink their coffee and bagel, complain about Caleb and Julie, then wait for Seth to have some sort of witty response, and then cut to the credits. This week, there is no breakfast, but rather a some takeout from "Typhoon", which is the name of a place in Santa Monica that will serve you, among other things, grasshoppers and ants. Or maybe it was "Taiphoon", since they seemed to be ordering mostly Thai food. The writers were a little obvious where they were going when Kirsten exclaimed "That's enough for a small army". Maybe you should invite some people over Kirsten, which is exactly what they did, or at least what they had Ryan and Seth do.
It turns out that Lindsay is with her mom, but it gives Seth plenty of time to get to the Bait Shop and ask Alex, who seems a little nervous. Seth asks her to come and have dinner with his parents, which she would love to do, but has to, you know, manage the club. OK, so that didn't happen, it was way too straightforward and simple for them to use on the show. Actually, the real reason Alex was hesitant was that her ex was in town. And to make things a little more awkward, it turns out that Alex and her ex never really broke up, which is the reason why she is there in the first place. Yes, I said she. Although Seth didn't stick around to find out, we learn that Alex's ex is a girl named Jodi. I am not sure what Jodi was away from Alex in the first place, but she must of learned her days as Jamie Lynn Discala's body double might have never materialized.
The next day, we see that Sandy and Kirsten are having a little bit of an intimate moment. Kirsten is great when you can't see her gross sternum and all the ribs attached whenever she wears a low cut dress. She gives Sandy a bit of a message, and then tells him she needs some ideas to change the image of the Newport group into one that is more respected. Sandy, showing that Berkeley is still alive and well inside his body, suggests building some low-income housing. Kirsten thinks it's a great idea, but when she gets to the CEO's office, Julie reveals that she has decided to take the matter into her own hands and create Newport Living, a lifestyle magazine with the sole purpose of promoting Julie Cooper the Newport Group. Sandy and Caleb aren't too thrilled, so they all decide that they are going to create a united front and face her together.
Back at Harbor, Seth is still thinking about Alex's ex at school. He is still imagining Alex's ex as some sort of ex-con that would kick his ass at with no trouble at all. Perhaps he doesn't understand that anybody in the school could kick his ass. He should just stop worry about an possible pounding, and just get his bruising out of the way early. Lindsay is also freaking out about an ex, namely Marissa Cooper. She knows that Marissa and Ryan have a history, and she is beginning to worry that their breakup might simply be a phase.
For Summer, her problems with Zach continue. Although teenage girls around the country melted(Awwwwww!) when Zach brought her a cupcake in celebration of their six month anniversary before then asking her to a romantic dinner, Summer really has an itch to be scratched. To make matters worse, she has never been in a relationship for as long as she has with Zach, which is plenty to make you nervous.
Ryan, since he is perfect in every way, tries to play like the UN and get Lindsay and Marissa to be friends. They can all just "hang out". Why Ryan believes he can do the "hang out" with his ex and his new significant other, I have no idea. Seth tried, and he failed. Ryan circa early season 1 would have had enough of a spine to realize that the two should never mix, by season two Ryan's standards, they should all be friends, so he tells Lindsay to sit with Summer and Marissa at lunch while he attends an emergency comic book club meeting.
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