You know, while these kids were at school, I thought it was very nice of them to welcome Marissa. They weren't judgmental and took the time to get to know her. They gave her friendly advice like not to wear Prada and Chanel when all of the other kids shop at Ross and Target. They kept her out of fights; they helped her when people made her cry. Very nice people, this clique. But showing up at her house to drag her out to the school dance. Isn't it a tad bit creepy how friendly they are at this point? Nobody in high school is that nice, not even if you were in the glee club or the pep squad. These kids are too nice for their own good; I can kind of see why that other girl hates them so much. I guess that is all explained by Bizarro world. Down is up, up is down. When people see you they say, goodbye, and when you leave they wave and say hello. I guess in Bizarro high school cliques of kids welcome the new kids at any chance they get instead of sticking tampon strings to their shoes and smashing tater tots in the middle of calculus books, not that I know any jerks that would have done that sort of thing. Or throwing their books into the middle of a six foot snow dune, I don't know anybody who would do that either.

Ryan gets there just as Marissa is about to leave. The whole episode, he has been watching her make new friends. She doesn't need a ride from him every day; she's forgotten a breakfast date they had. Is Marissa over Ryan already? Still, Ryan shows restraint. Marissa REALLY wants to make friends, and he still thinks it is good for her. His heart is kind of broken. Maybe Marissa is doing all of this because he wasn't good enough in bed? Perhaps he didn't please her? Maybe the guys in public school don't have such shallow vaginas? Maybe now that Ryan isn't poor anymore, she doesn't really like him? Think about it. Ryan, DJ, and Alex were all poor or down and out when Marissa fell in love with them. Maybe it's happening again?!

While all of that is happening, Seth conveniently rushes off to take Summer to the dance. When they get there, he is amazed at how Summer has managed to bring the beach to their gym, not like it's that hard since they can see the ocean from their parking lot. She was Seth's own little human tsunami. It was nice and they had an old school surfing documentary on the stage behind the podium, but it didn't blow me away. It was no SnO.C., THAT'S for sure. But let's not take down Summer's moment. She is no longer social chair, but her and Dr. Bootyopolis were there to make sure everybody had fun, except that nobody knew Summer had to do anything with it. Taylor Townsend took credit for the whole thing, and what's worse, she brought up Dean Hess to gloat with her. And for whatever you say about Ms. Townsend, she has a great sense of irony, saying that this dance truly marked "The End of Summer"

Newport Union's dance might not have been as rockin, but the people still came a knockin. Chili went to spike the punch like he always does, and there was Marissa's nemesis. Everybody was staring at her with accusing eyes, and Marissa just couldn't take it. She went to cry in another room, and by this time, we all know that Johnny, Casey, and Chili are all going to come and give her a pep talk, and that is exactly what they do. See, high school kids are like wolves, they can smell your fear. Besides, remember when your mom was having sex with your ex-boyfriend? How can this be any worse? Marissa gets up and decides that she will join the fun.

Seth had seen how upset Ryan was when he saw Marissa with her new friends, so he took it upon himself to call Ryan and make sure he doesn't do anything that would jeopardize their relationship, meaning Marissa and Ryan, not Seth and Ryan. Seth pulls out his RAZR, which is the first one that I believe we have seen on the OC. I am surprised they don't get more things like that to use for the show. For instance, if a company was to give me free electronics, like say, a 42" HD television, I would probably gush about how awesome television looks on it and how everything else can't compare. It's just a suggestion.

Anyway, Seth tells Ryan that he shouldn't do anything. He doesn't want him to look back and remember that moment as the point in time he and Marissa drifted apart. Problem is, the way Seth was saying it made it sound like it was supposed to be reverse psychology. Ryan couldn't tell if Seth was being sincere or sarcastic so he heads to Newport Union in plenty of time to see Marissa enjoying herself. He realizes that he shouldn't be trying to save her all the time, and decides to leave. Just as he is about to go, he bumps into Seth, who apparently used his skateboard to get from his dance to Marissa's. He was there to stop Ryan, and was happy to hear he wouldn't have to cause a scene to prevent him from going in.

Posted by J-Unit on September 30, 2005 12:29 PM