Recap: The OC: A Two Night O.C. Event: Part 1: Mexican't? - 
by Umnata
Fox says: "We're giving you two episodes of The O.C. this week," and I say: "Yes, please!" But here's the question at hand: if a once great show, stumbles for 2 years and then makes an incredible creative resurgence, does anyone care? If the ratings are any indication, it would appear not. Last week's season premiere was watched by, I think, me, the 14 people who commented on the recap, my best friend Carla, her boyfriend John, a cackling-at-the-moon Mischa Barton, and that's all. So Fox thought they'd try something out and plug the show in on Wednesday at 9 PM to get it out of the way of two little shows called, Grey's Anatomy and CSI (maybe you've heard of them). Where this was a good idea in theory, in practice it put the show up against the Lost "fall finale" and the ludicrously popular Criminal Minds starring Inigo Montoya, who I suspect is looking for the man who killed other people's fathers. Prepare to... be investigated! The O.C. took a hit on Wednesday as well, watched by fewer people than One Tree Hill. That's right, more people want to watch Chad Michael Murray trick another one of his costars into marrying him, than care about the Newport Gang. And it's a shame, because these two episodes really kicked ass. I mean, if that nifty piece of photoshop, didn't get people tuning in, I fear nothing will! Here's the recap for Wednesday's episode, with Thursday's Thanksgiving themed recap coming up shortly.
Seth is on the phone trying desperately to find out why Summer skedaddled in the middle of then night after her last visit. When he picks up the phone to give his girlfriend a call he accidentally overhears Julie and Ryan having a little chat about the whereabouts a one Mr. Kevin "I'm Bad to tha Bone" Volchok. You remember Volchok, right? Tall, blonde and bad boy-riffic. He's the punk who Marissa was doing bumps of coke with during her "slut spiral" and ended up running Ryan and Coop off the road at the end of last season, effectively killing Marissa Cooper, and freeing us all from Mischa Barton. For that we thank Volchok.
This not so secret phone call strikes me as odd. Julie is a manipulative genius and Ryan is no slouch in the sneaky department, so why would they be speaking to one another about such sensitive material on the Cohen family phone? Not like the phones are tapped or anything, but in the past three years has anything in these families been kept a secret? When ever I plan an act of clandestine vengeance, I always use my cell phone. That's just how I roll.
Anywho, Seth overhears that Ryan is on his way to Mexico to find Volchok and do unspeakable things to him. Like, perhaps, force him to bathe. Seth intercepts Ryan, who is in full-on Death Wish-Charles Bronson mode, and asks to tag along. After all Ryan claims that he's not going to kill Volchok, pashaw!, he just wants to inform the police to his whereabouts. In fact, he's even thinking about taking Volchok on a man-date complete with eyebrow waxes and Football jersey shopping. Seth sees this as the lie that it is, but Ryan is stuck between a rock and skinny Jewish kid place, so he stops fighting Seth and lets him come along.
At Brown, Summer is running head first into another Save the Planet tactic with Che, her hippie leader of freedom. This time the protest is against the Board of Trustee's who want to cut down a tree. I say good. I hate trees. You can never tell what they're thinking. Summer is all for it - anything to keep her occupied - so she heads up to her room to prepare.
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