What's up with no episodes for the next month? I hate when they do that...
Also I'm sure someone else has touched on the irony of the situation, but remember when the real dean said the scholl had never had ny shoots? What about the girl who shot someone in the bar last season or the guy who got shot in the leg the first season? Was that all forgotten? And the Dean Hess/ Taylor Townsend thing was way lame... blackmail to get the kids back into the school?

Nice recap and another pretty good episode, but do you really think it's "Chili?" I was thinking it would be "Chilly" since the kid would probably rather be associated with being "chill" than with actual chili...too bad we have to wait until after the baseball playoffs for more episodes.

great episode all around. casey is maureen from a great epsiode of freaks and geeks. to add to your bizarro comments, that guy chili was adam brody's co-star on the short-lived mtv series Now What? Does brody have enough pull to get his homeboys gigs on the OC?

My only complaint about this episode was not enough JC-N. But she'll be back, teamed up with Charlotte it looks like. Maybe she'll reconnect with Lance, too, and she and Marissa can start a whole new line of Taboo videos.

I think you forgot the "Hey!" count again...

The O.C is getting Sooooo good!!! Marissa's new friends are just a poorer version of ryan seth and summer, except the johnnie guy is pretty hot. I suprisingly feel bad for Julie Cooper lately...I mean, her ex-husband almost got killed and left her, she has no money even though she married kaleb for money and now she has to economize and can't $500 pair of shoes every week, poor baby...Taylor and the dean will get caught, somehow marissa and ryan will be allowed back at Harbor and the kids will all get held back from graduating because the show won't let them age correctly...

Sorry, but the TT/Dean EVIL plot is quite possibly the worst The OC development ever. It combines the inexplicability of Kirsten's 24 hour development of alcoholism with the head-slapping stupidity of Oliver. Throw in Marissa's Bizarro friends and I'm officially putting The OC on probation, Dean Hess style.

Hey, The OC, I've got some toilets for you to clean. Now let's go make out with a high schooler.

I hate to be the grammar police, but these made me cringe a little:

"...maybe for once people will right something in her yearbook that would mean something."

"...a well-dressed asisan repo man."

And now for something nice -- that was one of the most detailed recaps ever! I so wanted Summer to just go tell Taylor what she saw, but she's smart for holding it in until she gets more proof. I love Adam Brody and the character of Seth Cohen, but it seems like he's just phoning it in so far this season. He seems to have pained expression on his face every time he delivers a line, like, "Aw, Mom, do I have to?" But I'm a big fan, so I'm definitely going to keep watching after the playoffs.

i too am a great admirer of the RHOMBUS.

god, it just feels good to say RHOMBUS.

ahhhh.

partway through the show i snapped up and said "THATS THE BIZARRO WORLD SHES IN!"

next thing you know, she wont be saying "hey" but "later"

oh, and i'm glad someone else noticed the very wagnerian leitmotif's that the producers seems to work in with charlottes EVIL advice

So I just don't know if I can say enough about Dean Hess and his multitude of contradictions. Although I am sure BJolly will disagree with me I'd like to point one thing out about him this episode.
In the previous episode he threatens to punish Summer and Seth if they don't start showing more school spirit (i.e. participating in the drama club). Ok maybe fair enough, through the threat of punishment he gets both of them to be more active in school.
Now however, upon Summer's admission of guilt, Dean Hess punishes her by REMOVING her from a school club. Thus taking away something she does to show school spirit.
Does this not make sense to anyone else? Can he really not think of any better punishment? I mean I understand he's boning TT and trying to keep her happy but it still doesn't work. Basically Summer and Seth are forced into working for the school, then Summer is forced out of working for the school. Foolish.
I missed the first 10 minutes because of damn LA traffic so I felt out of whack the whole episode, and yes I hate the month long break but it looks like this season might shape up to be a good one after all, as soon as they get rid of Dean Douchebag. (sorry for the bad alliteration)

No real teenagers would be so freakishly nice to someone they just met. They barely even say hello to people they know. Also, how did these teen angels know to find her at Summer's house? That made absolutely no sense.

Even so, I'll still keep watching....

How long has this Dean Hess/TT relationship been going on? The semester just started. Did she just barge into his office the first day of class and get busy?

"I hate to be the grammar police, but these made me cringe a little:

"...maybe for once people will right something in her yearbook that would mean something."

"...a well-dressed asisan repo man.""

Lisa, if you hate being the grammar police why bother pointing out these trivial errors?

alright justin/bjolly, i read you debate last episode and justin, your comment on this one and i have to say i'm siding with justin. this "dean douchebag" has NO concept of punishment or fair-treatment. why did he start off the year with such an odd hatred for marissa/ryan to begin with? yes i understand he's supposed to be looking out for the "best interest of the school" but having such preconceived notions is a bit unorthodox in his position.
bjolly, you were a bit oddly defensive of the dean! someone's made an attachment to a character pretty damn quick! unless of course, maybe you ARE the dean! it's the summer of secrets all over again!

I loved this episode. It's nice to see one without all this awful stuff happening....breath of fresh air!!

Man, I totally called all this shit. This show is getting so predictable. But I still love it.

You're right that it weird how friendly Marissa's new Bizarro friends are. Why do they care so much about her? I'd be creeped out if I was her.

I'm really interested to see how Julie works out the whole no money thing. Where does Marissa think her mother is staying? Wouldn't you think she'd be curious? And is Marissa's sister going to come back now that they can't afford boarding school? My guess is that'll be forgotten...

I pissed about the month long hiatus. That's lame. They always do that shit. Stupid baseball.

I'm a little surprised that Dean Hess hasn't put Seth and Summer on double-secret probation yet.

Perhaps DS's fling with TT will be exposed at the big toga party when Ryan, Flounder and Pinto mic the two lovers and broadcast their tryst over the school's PA system. Or maybe not.

the above post should read, "Perhaps DH's fling..." Dean Hess = DH. duh.

Lisa, I hate to be the grammar police, but this made me cringe a little:

"He seems to have pained expression on his face every time he delivers a line..."

On a more serious note, did anyone else scream at Summer to use her camera-phone when she found TT and the Dean? It was right there in her freaking hand!

Very good point about the sister coming back from boarding school. How much younger was that sister, I forget? Any chance she could come back older and hotter and want to ride a little Ryan Atwood instead of one of her ponies? That would mix things up a little. I think JC-N should go into DT/DM mode and maybe do a little more porn, hook up with Lance again, start teaching a stripper areobics class to all the Newport moms.
The surfer Johnny dude is hot.
I'm usually the first one on board with a student-teacher getting it on storyline, but TT and DH are already boring me... maybe because I find DH midly repulsive. However, this could be a good springboard for a public service storyline on the dangers of STDs... I'd like to see TT coping with a case of herpes or perhaps genital warts.

D.H's bitch - great ideas all across the board. Marisa's sister -newer-hotter - not riding horses with alopecia anymore... she should make a great comeback real soon. lets be honest, nobody remember what she looks like anymore, so they can pick a young actress that has "blossomed" and she can become evil like JC-N . That would definitely mix it up in newport.

My big bone to pick with you though is about the TT STD's idea. While yes, The OC has not used this teen issue yet, LAGUNA BEACH ( a major power on tv these days/ take off of The OC) just used the STD issue. Hottie Alex just had a "stanky cooch" that was labeled a "hygiene problem". This is in the STD realm and the issues and shows are too inter-related to risk using the issue.

Two lines I would have loved to hear in this episode:

1. Hello Dean, you're a stupidhead.

2. In reference to the quagmire, "Awwwwwwright!!"

Seriously, though, did anyone notice a major continuity error when the Bizarro crowd went to pick up Marissa? When they showed up to Summer's house (or should I say mansion), it was early afternoon. When they left Summer's, it was quite dark outside. Are we to expect that it took several hours for Marissa to get ready?

Other than that, this episode was really strong.

the only thing that really made think what the hell?! is why doesn't summer have some sort of camera phone? other than that it was a good episode.

Ok, good, I wasn't the only one freaking out at Summer to take pictures and use them as blackmail... :D I get a little excited sometimes.

And this "Chilly" character...does anybody else see him for what he is? A faux-Seth Cohen? He's not even funny...what the hell? Can't the writers come up with better ideas than cheap imitations of the main characters?

Maybe instead of focusing so much on the soundtrack, the people involved in the OC should focus on creating an interesting character that sticks around for more than a season...and who isn't some dumb adult that worries about money problems. I'm still missing Zach. For real, where the hell did he go off to? To go bone that tutor in Italy? To get his own horse statuette? Is he never going to make another appearance, like Marissa's sister? :( I dunno, but it makes me mad!

I know this post is coming a little late but my girlfriend grounded me from the computer after my anal sex posting last week... anyway, I have a couple of issues I need to address: Justin, your whole argument about the Dean seems a little forced. I know you're constantly searching for things that are unrealistic and contradictory about the Dean Hess character but what exactly is your argument here? Sure he changed his mind, but where's the harm in that? He obviously didn't expect Summer to take the social chair position from Taylor, but since she did, you know he has to keep the girl he's boning happy, so Summer had to go ( I personally believe that Dean Hess changing his mind is way more believable than Summer transfroming over-night. She went from being completely uninterested into little miss school spirit in one episode).
As for Beccs98, you might be more of an idiot than Justin. I'm not Dean Hess, I doubt that many actors would waste their time pumping their characters up on tvgasm.com like it actually matters. And why can't he come into the position with certain biases? You say its unorthodox but who's the one with the masters degree in education? You or Dean Hess? Thats what I thought.
You people maintain that you want the Dean Hess character gone but I believe he is single-handedly carrying The OC to the next level. Besides, if you got rid of Dean Hess, what would Justin do during those countless hours he spends stretching issues trying to make him sound like a "douchebag".

A really great plot twist might be that Oliver comes back as a student at Newport Union w/ Marissa...

Did anyone care to mention that Dean Hess is freakin HOT! If I were a student there I'd be trying to make out with him too.