Right before everybody leaves, Sandy is giving some final instructions to Kirsten. He tells her the safe word should the alarm go off ("greased lightning"), and he asks her if she has any money. Last time I checked, she did make like ten times what he did, and we haven't actually seen any of his clients really pay him, but that's fine. She waves goodbye as they leave for the airport in a taxi (come on writers, you know they would use a car service). Kirsten is alone in a huge empty house. Any guesses at the first thing she does? No, she doesn't run around doing Karaoke in her underwear and socks., she calls the office to see what Carter is doing.

Now, I never saw the huge chemistry between Carter and Kirsten. I always thought we were sort of supposed to believe it was there. To me, Kirsten was either trying to get back at Sandy or curious what the feeling would be like. You know a little mystery. After years of marriage and sleeping with the same person, maybe you yearn for the touch of somebody new. Apparently, she is still really hot for him, and so she is devastated when she gets to the office and learns that he has a new job in New York. They share an awkward hug, and it looks like we can finally put an end to that drama and those awkward shots they had to use to try and make Billy campbell look like he didn't tower over all of his other costars.

The guys arrive in Miami at their hotel(using a car service, I might add), and Will Smith is playing. Some of us would have preferred the theme to Miami Vice or even some Gloria Estefan, but Mr. Smith is a rapper that won't scare away any white people, and the song is more recent, so I guess it works. Seth complains about the abundance of "tan, young, healthy people". Uhhh, you live in Southern California, Seth. It's not like you are in Fresno or Riverside, Newport Beach is full of tan, young, healthy people. Isn't that the point of the ENTIRE SHOW?

In order to avoid all of the good looking folk, they decide to visit the Nana. Now that I remember, remind me to call the writers and let me know which flight they took that left in the morning in California and got them in Miami before lunch. I want to see if that airline has similar flights to New York. And don't give me that shit about the international date line, I know it's the other direction.

I had wondered why they wanted Seth to know all of his grandmother's condo friends, and it was clear about two minutes after they were there. It would be great if Seth was in some polyester pants and wrap around sunglasses, and acted like he was old and retired. What a great way for Adam Brody to ad lib. By the way, if any of you people out there think it would be funny to go to Rite-Aid and buy a pair of those wrap arounds and wear them in Hollywood because you are a hipster, I hope I don't see when I am drunk, because I'll punch you in the face.

When they all flew to Miami on such short notice, I thought it was for an actual wedding. As it turns out, there is no wedding just an engagement. The wedding is in June. And sorry, while I am in a ranting mood, why did Sandy think it was "so soon" for an engagement when he was on the phone in Newport? His mom hadn't been married since he was young, and he didn't know how quickly the ceremony was this time. Anyway, he is happy for her until he hears that they the person she is marrying is twelve years younger than her, a chiropractor(I guess only a real doctor is good enough for his mom), and the kicker - they are going to move into that million dollar condo he bought for her right away. Sandy smells scam, and his mom knows it, but he assure him that is not how it is at all.

How are things back in Newport? It seems that everybody is making plans for when the guys are away. Zach comes to check in on Summer, who is now listening to headphones while she does her heavy bag, and she accidentally punches him. She hits like a girl, so he is not that damaged. But while Seth is gone, he says that he wants to cook her dinner. She agrees, and they make a date. Kirsten is also hungry, so she invites Carter over for dinner at her house to celebrate his new job. And then there is Trey and Marissa. Trey has been seeing Jess, the girl who was nearly dead in Marissa's pool at his party. When I say "seeing", I guess I should really say "when they see each other they have sex". Jess is still into drugs, and is starting to corrupt Trey. He begins to do some coke, and is right between a snorting/sex session when Marissa comes in and wonders about going job hunting. He cleans himself up and they go out. Surprise, surprise, they need somebody to clean toilets and do a little barback at the Bait Shop. To celebrate his new job, they also decide to do some dinner and a movie, which translates into Margaritas and DVDs at Trey's apartment.

Posted by J-Unit on May 8, 2005 7:51 PM