Seth visits Ryan in the pool house, and they begin to talk about some of the aftermath of the previous night. Summer now hates Seth and Zach, but Seth knows that it has always been her dream to go to prom, so he has to come up with a way of convincing her. Ryan thinks Seth should just leave Summer alone. He got in a fight with Marissa, so he isn't going either. They are just about to go off on another little tangent when the phone rings. It's Sandy, and he tells them that Kirsten had just been in an accident.

Usually, we get some sort of joke or quip before the opening credits, but this time we cut just as we see this look of worry and doubt on Seth's face. "My mom was in an accdient?!". This would have been a lot more dramatic moment, except we already knew Kirsten was in an accident, so there was no suspense about what the phone call might be.