Those Cooper Girls Are Really Something - 
by J-Unit
Although I enjoy giving the producers of The OC a good-natured ribbing every now and then, the truth remains that show has really picked up the last few weeks. When Josh Schwartz said things are some great things coming down the pipe, I admit that my first reaction was to laugh, but after seeing this last episode, I may just take his word on it. I don't know about you, but I was still recovering from all of that action at the end of the last episode. In order to prepare myself properly for any more steaminess on screen, I decided to channel my inner Marissa and have a beer or three before getting started. As it turns out, I really didn't need to cool off because the episode wasn't that hott, but
The episode starts with everybody at The Bait Shop. Summer is using her newly discovered knowledge of interpreting body language, which was bestowed upon her after she bought the latest issue of Star magazine. In one corner, she sees that Ryan and Sadie are really starting to look like a couple. The last time we heard anything, the two of them didn't want to put any "labels" on their relationship, but the physical evidence says otherwise, and like Summer says, the bodies do not lie.
Summer is actually happy that Ryan and Sadie are together, but that doesn't mean she isn't worried about her best friend. Marissa hasn't wanted to hang out, so Summer is worried she is sitting home alone and depressed. Then Summer notices that Marissa is definitely not sitting home, because she is at the bait shop. She definitely isn't alone, because Summer sees her talking with Volchok and a couple of other guys who bought the group some beer. What's more, it looks like Marissa isn't depressed because she is sucking face with Volchok. What does Marissa's body language say? Summer says "Eww!” Seth says, "Touch my pooper" and I say "a hilarious opening montage to The OC".
Everybody wants Marissa to be happy, but they don't think Volchok is good enough for Marissa. He's poor, doesn't have an education, doesn't bother wearing underwear most of the time, and, uh, did I mention he was poor? Summer heads over to the trailer the next day and knocks on the door. Marissa would like to answer, but she is happily sleeping on the couch with Volchok, and it looks like she had been drinking so much that it would have made Sam Kinison rise from the dead. And just in case you wondered if Volchok was just a boozer, he brought his bong over to play as well. He even did a nice little wake and bake a little later, which is much easier when you don't have that 10A to worry about in the morning.
What, no vaporizer?
For all of the drinking Marissa has done, it surely hasn't affected her body, as we get a nice little shot of Mischa Barton in her underwear as she gets up from the couch and shoos Volchok into the bedroom while she gets rid of Summer. Notice how the producers don't take a chance with a demi-bra when TVgasm is keeping vigil. Summer says that she is worried about Marissa, who assures her that it was a simple head cold, although Summer is still worried that Marissa might have caught something from Volchok because he is dirty, and, you know, poor. Marissa may have been monogamous with Ryan for almost six months in a row, but she has had her fair share of dudes, and Luke may have been dirtier than Volchok. The two girls would like to argue a little more, but they each get separate phone calls from their parents saying the same thing: dinner tonight at the Roberts' house.
We always make fun of Ryan for being so old and not having any fun, and so when he starts acting almost like a teenager whenever he is around Sadie, people start to notice. As he and Seth are preparing some breakfast, he mentions how much he enjoyed the Bait Shop. It was so much fun, they should go there more often! Ahh, I love it when the writers make fun of themselves, and it's even more enjoyable that they didn't have to use a reference to the Valley to do it. Ryan is having such a great time with Sadie that he decides to visit her house before school. Nothing like a little nookie before first period to get you through that algebra exam.
After seeing the state that Marissa was in, Summer wanted to do something about her and Volchok, but it's not like her and Seth have a ton of experience. Whenever they needed somebody to act mature and dispense advice, they usually called on Ryan, but they didn't want to bother him since he was having a great time with Sadie. They wanted to keep further problems with Volchok off of his radar because he was "Atwood Kryptonite". Further, Summer couldn't even figure out what Marissa saw in Volchok, but Seth was there to help her out, mentioning that Volchok has great abs. Chicks dig it, and Seth should know because he says, "I have a six-pack myself". I was thinking to myself that maybe he is confusing a six-pack with an anime DVD box set, but Summer was there to remind him that what he thought was abdominal definition was just his ribs.
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