Very good recap except for your comments about LC. I still love her and her style!

I hope Chrissy is good to Clay this time. After what she did with first Chase and then Billy, she didn't deserve a second chance.

I was also dumbfounded when I realized Clay's beach house and his regular house were not the same. The captions at the bottom of the screen were different for each house. So weird! Was Chrissy this annoying during the regular season? I honestly cringe whenever there is a scene with her. I wonder if Sasha is starting to feel the same way. I bet Clay gets come modeling gigs once he graduates high school.

Gotta love how Chrissys headband kept coming on and off at the part-- did anyone else notice it was different in each camera view?? That whole "I'm gonig to USC" bugged me too-- don't you need to apply, be accepted, etc-- since when can you just decide over thanksgiving weekend you are changing schools?? Made no sense! But Clay is still adorable...

PS-- Just went to Sejours website, good ol Art didn't get his money from the restaurant. Seems he was a big attorney in AZ and sold an investment firm he started before coming to Newport to "retire" and open a restaurant as a hobby. Must be nice!

Great recap, I have to admit as embarassing as it is that I got so sad in a couple of the episodes and all misty eyed eek. Anyways, it looked like Sasha was getting tired of her sidekick role and listening to Chrissy whine all the time. She should just hook up with Clay and give Chrissy the boot. Sucks that it's over. Oh well.

So is this it or is there going to be another season? Anyone know?

Great recap -- although I am of two minds with regard to this 4 episode season. On the one hand, it was SO very staged, and too 'neat' with the story arc. Especially given the timing (it was all happening at Thanksgiving through Christmas break, and it was basically aired beginning Christmas break). On the other hand, Clay was exceptionally cute about how he felt about Chrissy, and he is in no way a good enough actor to be able to give the very sweet looks he was giving her when they 'got back together'. Very sweet looks -- I've always been struck by how much he seems to like Chrissy.

(I used to like Chrissy, but I don't like think she like put together like a coherent sentence in, like, the whole 4 episode arc.... know what I, um, like, mean? On the other hand, I kind of liked the good natured ribbing the sorority sisters were giving her about being a party animal ('yeah, right, CHRISSY is going to stay home' - seemed real to me, unlike the fake Thanksgiving dinner (as if those kids parents would let them be away for Thanksgiving).)

So, questions for those out there in cyber land: Is Chrissy transferring to USC -- and why? She seemed to have a lot of friends at UCSB and liked it... And, of course, are Chrissy and Clay really together?

And, is Sasha in college or she is still in high school? Because she is my favorite character.

Heee! I love you HG...totally agree about LC 100%.

Yeah I have the same thoughts as rjfrankel.. SO much of the show was staged (not quite to The Hills level, but more than LB3 even) but Clay is not good enough of an actor to fake liking Chrissy. I don't really get how the UCSB-USC transfer happened just like that either.. someone needs to go dig their myspaces!

I don't watch this show or read the recaps, but I was bored, and this was definitely worth it. Funny recap, and awesome captions.

Now for questions: is Kylie wearing giant gold peace sign hoop earrings in that picture? And a side-ponytail? And a mesh... vest? With lace trim? And a dream-catcher on her wrist? Please don't say no and ruin my joy.

I don't watch this show or read the recaps, but I was bored, and this was definitely worth it. Funny recap, and awesome captions.

Now for questions: is Kylie wearing giant gold peace sign hoop earrings in that picture? And a side-ponytail? And a mesh... vest? With lace trim? And a dream-catcher on her wrist? Please don't say no and ruin my joy.

I'm at least glad to see a guy being a doormat on this show, although chrissy's no kristin, that's for sure.

Clay is adorable and seems genuine enough (like maybe the producers talk him into all this Chrissy drama, and he goes along with it cause he likes her and knows how their arc will end).

I am from California, and know all about colleges here. UCSB is not so hard to get into, but USC is much much harder. I don't understand how Chrissy, who uses "like" every 10 seconds could get in.
And of course, there are indeed deadlines for transfer. Could all of this perhaps be staged? Because there was no mention of USC whatsoever in the previous episodes. If MTV just made up the whole "USC" thing to add another tear jerker to the story, that would be really embarrassing

I am from California, and know all about colleges here. UCSB is not so hard to get into, but USC is much much harder. I don't understand how Chrissy, who uses "like" every 10 seconds could get in. Besides how much time does she even get to study? All we see her do is party.
And of course, there are indeed deadlines for transfer. Could all of this perhaps be staged? Because there was no mention of USC whatsoever in the previous episodes. If MTV just made up the whole "USC" thing to add another tear jerker to the story, that would be really embarrassing.

I can't even begin to express how disgusted I am. Well I guess I can lol. Thank goodness this is staged because Clay deserves so much better than Chrissy. I'm really over her. I pray that Chase doesn't stay in Newport and get back with Taylor. She is too cute to be messing with a douche like him.

While USC is considerably harder to get into than UCSB, it is possible and if anyone remembered, Chrissy was a 4.0. student in H.S.... if i remember them informing us... so I'm guessing that carried on to college. And due to the magic of editing these days, they don't have to show us everything that has been said. While it was a random and sudden announcement, maybe that's how the story editors wanted it to go down. And crazily enough, you can be as obnoxious as you want went it comes to using the word like, and still be book smart. Miracles never cease.
great recap, altho i must confess, I'm still an LC fan!

as a male, i can appreciate the genuine side of Clay when it comes to his feelings for Chrissy. he's young and probably doesn't know many girls outside of his newport bubble, and at that age we have all had that 1 girl that we think we are totally in love with. once he leaves for college next year (which i doubt will be in arizona, as indicated in an earlier episode) he will meet many new girls who will be dying to be with him.

a random note here, but chrissy's last name is schwartz and clay's last name is adler....where i'm from every person with those last names are jewish....kind of funny to see them celebrating christmas if they are jewish.

g-thing is so lame with his act about being hard with chicks, he tries to tell clay what to do and don't take her back and blah blah blah....if the roles were reversed and we were talking about g-thing and taylor....he'd be on his knees begging her to come back to him. dudes who act like he does, get no pu**y, and with the cameras around 24/7 we have video proof on g-thing.

kylie is annoying and not cute. she has an abnormally small head and face, she looks like an ewok. wouldnt surprise me at all if they was a lesbian...there is just something masculine about her but i cant put my finger on it.

g-thing is right....billy is a complete douche.

here's to hoping for a new season in a few months.

I loved how Billy just got cast aside with that random phone call..Funny how Chrissy "needing to take care of stuff at home" translated into "things are definitely over with Billy." That was one hell of a Thanksgiving weekend, with Swanskie's party (or whatever his name was - I'll just call him FNL Landry), then Allie's parents moved and staged a party at their new crib, Chrissy found time to apply to and be accepted at a new college (and go out and buy a sweatshirt), and decorated Clay's boat and won him back! Thank god she had a flapper outfit already - she definitely wouldn't have had time to shop for one that crazy weekend!

Honey Gangsta is hilarious; your screencaps are the best. Chrissy annoyed the hell out of me this entire mini-season, and Clay deserves better. It's amazing how she went from being fairly likeable in the regular season to an annoying and self-centered whiny brat in 4 short episodes!

I am also shocked and dismayed that Chase and Kylie's "cruising" did not lead to a serious and meaningful relationship. SHOCKED!

My brother just graduated from UCSB and he's been telling me for ages that Chrissy wasn't attending the school (based on stories from his friends still in school and other); according to him, she was attending a community college. At UCSB, apparently community college students can live in the dorms. She was probably accepted in the Spring 2008, instead of Fall 2007 and only took classes that would transfer (Math, English) at community college. People do it all the time. I knew plenty of people in college who did that for a semester or even in the summers.

My brother just graduated from UCSB and he's been telling me for ages that Chrissy wasn't attending the school (based on stories from his friends still in school and other); according to him, she was attending a community college. At UCSB, apparently community college students can live in the dorms. She was probably accepted in the Spring 2008, instead of Fall 2007 and only took classes that would transfer (Math, English) at community college. People do it all the time. I knew plenty of people in college who did that for a semester or even in the summers.

Your brother's been telling you for ages? She's only been at the school for 3-4 months! As much as I disliked the girl this season, according to past shows she did well in college. I doubt she would "go away" to community college and live on campus. I mean the sorority thing could be all fake, but I would think you would need to be enrolled in the school to be a part of the sorority.

oops - I meant she did well in high school...also I just looked them up on Wikipedia and they were all born in '89...even Grant and Clay...kinda weird.

if that story about chrissy is true and she never attended UCSB then she is the biggest poser ever. how embarrassing.

My friends and I who graduated from UCSB and sadly still watch this high school show have all said that the campus she is on does not look familiar but looks like SBCC (city college). The dorms at UCSB usually had a floor dedicated to the city college kids so that would explain it. Why Chrissy wears UCSB sweatshirts all the time is beyond me.

On a side note, I liked how Chase tried to shut Kylie up when she kept going on about them being "whatever". Someone was a little embarrassed about being practically dumped in front of the cameras...

To Mr Sandiegoisonfire- I married into a big catholic family with the name of Schwartz. People assume often that we are Jewish, but it happens not to be the case.

Why would Chrissy want to change schools to be closer to Chase if he's only going to be around for another year, and then off to Arizona? Don't people put more thought than that into where they'll attend school? Shouldn't you pick your school based on what you plan to major in, and the reputation of the education there????????? I guess I'm just old fashioned...

@ EstelleHairball:

Why the fuck would you think Chrissy is moving to be closer to Chase? I thought it was pretty clear that she was moving for Clay. Too bad everyone can't be as smart as the Cheez Whiz! I'm fucking awesome! Hands up, all of you who love me!

relax, she just accidentally typed "Chase" instead of "Clay"

Ok, here's the deal. I am a student at USC and it is in fact true that Chrissy is now a student here. She is currently enrolled in one of my classes. I was also very confused when she announced her plans to transfer from UCSB because freshmen cannot just randomly transfer into USC in the spring semester. Applications were accepted for fall only, but a few hundred freshmen were put on a spring admit list because of limited space in the fall. This means that they were accepted to USC, but could not start classes here until spring 08. I don't know for sure if Chrissy is one of these spring admits, but it makes sense.