Over in Summer's dorm room, Taylor is looking for pictures of the old gang, but like K-Fed in a divorce settlement, she comes up empty. When Summer's slutty roommate enters (was I the only one who assumed Summer was in a single?), Taylor asks her if Summer's mentioned her boyfriend to her. The roommate, Amber, assumes that Taylor is referring to perpetually Summer-bound Che, but Taylor is not. It seems that Amber hasn't even heard of this "Seth" she speaks of. The wheels in Taylor's head start spinning, presumably bilingually.
Seth finishes his doodie duty (tee hee!) and finds Ryan gone. This leads Seth to start checking out the bars for his buddy, but entangles him with a group of booze guzzling Marines led by one of the world's most repugnant people, Jackass' Steve-o. Seriously, what was the point of this cameo? Is there some God awful promotional synergy coming up that we don't know about? I shudder at the thought. This of course leads to Seth getting wiggity wiggity wasted with his new Marine pals (in his defense, if I had to hang out with Steve-o, I'd probably get wasted myself).
Later Seth stumbles to another bar and asks for Volchok. It's the same bar that Ryan was at earlier. Seth is told that Volchok was adios'd, but his inquiry is overheard by a barmaid who has the stench of Volchok all over her. She says she knows where Volchok is and gives Seth an address.
Oh yeah, in his drunken stupor we find out that Seth got a tattoo, which we later find out is of Seniorita Vixen. Classic.
At the Clothing drive, Kaitlin and Julie seem to finally finding some common ground as they are making fun of the fancy clothes that are being dropped off for charity. Like the poor people being slaughtered in Darfur are in desperate need of Sandy Cohen's old leather jacket? Speaking of Sandy, in walks Kirsten, who is so bored now that she's sober she is getting uber-philanthropic, as Julie notes her kids don't even go to Harbor anymore. Kristen says she needed something to take her mind off trouble at home. You know the usual: roof is leaking, laundries piling up, Seth and Ryan ran away to Mexico. Julie is shocked to hear the news that Ryan is joined by the lanky and somewhat useless in a fight (unless it's a quip-off) Seth.
On the east coast, Taylor has seen enough to know she's seen too much, as she marches over to the literal tree hugging screeching "Move it, hippies!" She demands Summer's attention, and pulls her over to ask her what the deal is with Seth. Taylor takes out her cell phone and orders Summer to call Seth immediately, which she does, unfortunately getting a random Mexican guy (Ryan threw out Seth's cell after he figured out Seth called his parents). Since the attempt was a failure Summer heads back to the tree. Oh and we learn that Taylor is also fluent in Spanish.
The next morning Taylor has packed up her things (save for the Espresso Machine she bought - I love her), and is heading back to Newport, but not before she gives Summer a piece of her mind. Summer's not in the mood because she just spent the night outside for the first time: "Have you ever slept outside? There is so much grass and you can't turn off the stars." She tells Summer that she is going to ruin things with Seth, especially if anything happens with Che. You can see the old Summer struggling to come out as Summer almost forms those three magical letters "Eww" at even the prospect of cheating on Seth with Che. It's a testament to how far this show has already come this season (yeah, yeah, it's only episode 2), that I'm not even remotely annoyed by the self-knowing comment Summer makes about the false-appearance of a Seth/Summer/Che love triangle. "This isn't a love triangle! I don't DO love triangles, anymore." And I hope she's right. I like Che's character and what he's bringing out in Summer, but I hope it remains plutonic. I'm really buying the tension between Seth and Summer - I mean, long distance relationships are hard enough, add on the tragic death of a best friend? These kids barely stand a chance. They don't need Summer falling for someone else, which I really don't think she is.
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Comments (10)
This show has gotten SO much better. I really tuned out last year, but thought I'd check it out now that Olive Oyl is thankfully gone. Glad I did.
It would really be a shame if it gets cancelled now that it's back on track.
Great recap Umnata!
1 of 10 | Posted by Ms. Tumnus
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Posted on November 10, 2006 1:35 PM
it makes me sad that no one's watching the oc anymore, it's only 3 episodes in and this season is already kickin last seasons ass! which sucked all season and rocked the last 5 episodes
no matter how much some episodes have sucked i have continued watching the oc b/c i know how good it can b, and when it's good, it's good
it better not get cancelled, especially since it's sooo much better now that marissa's gone, kaitlyn is far more entertaining than her! and actually looks like Julie!
2 of 10 | Posted by Svettylana
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Posted on November 10, 2006 3:29 PM
Wait...this was a two-night thingy? Cuz I tuned in for Thursday's show, thinking that it would be, like, I dunno...
I was busying doing homework and preparing for "Lost". Like, OMG! I am, like, such an idiot!
3 of 10 | Posted by JohnEDowney
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Posted on November 10, 2006 4:56 PM
This season has been so awesome so far. I loved Seth's tattoo, not at all what I expected. lol Can't wait for the next recap Thursdays episode was even better.
Svettylana- I know what you mean. I wish people would just give it a chance again, it's getting soo good. If it gets cancelled I'll be so upset.
4 of 10 | Posted by TakingBackSunday
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Posted on November 10, 2006 5:39 PM
ARE YOY KIDDING ME?
i would SO rather watch Seth Cohen and his geeky love for comics and summer than watch Chad Michael Murray and his squinting.
i like OTH, but its no OC.
5 of 10 | Posted by thatswhack
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Posted on November 10, 2006 7:04 PM
I am proud to say I am one of the 14 people who watch this show!! I really hope it doesn't get cancelled, hopefully people will start watching again and realize the show has returned to it's former glory!
I feel bad for Seth and Summer and really want them to work things out, but Summer's obviously dealing with way more than she can handle. At first I didn't like Taylor but she has definitely grown on me and I'm glad to see she is trying to help them.
Can't wait for the next recap!
6 of 10 | Posted by J-Light
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Posted on November 10, 2006 8:45 PM
Umnata said "the ludicrously popular Criminal Minds starring Inigo Montoya, who I suspect is looking for the man who killed other people's fathers."
I seriously laughed for 10 minutes after I read this cuz I saw this movie today all randomly. I stated to my mom how this use to be one of my all-time fave movies. She seemed to be annoyed that I use to make her watch it all time. Until I pointed out that that was the guy from criminal minds! Hilarious!!! hahaha
Alright...on to something more important--LUVed the recap! I actually didn't know abt the two-nighter, so I just happen to stroll over to Fox on a One Tree Hill commercial (I KNOW!), and saw it on. For some reason I thought it was re-run from last week's premiere (which I missed too! bummer!), but I still watched the last 30 minutes. I am soooo HAPPY for the OC to return, esp. w/out coop! Ohyeah! And u forgot to mention how Kaitlin had stolen like 20 shirts from the drive, and somehow had managed to put them all on! WHAT?! Couldn't anyone realize that she put on like 10 lbs?! Ohyeah! And I absolutely luved seth's tattoo! however, how come it wasn't all bandaged up?! I guess mexico tattoos heal quicker than usa tattoos! Can't wait for the recap pt.2 (which I actually did catch!!!) :-)
7 of 10 | Posted by ckitten
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Posted on November 11, 2006 5:38 PM
I love the OC this season! Everybdy I talk to hates on Hippie Summer, but I think it's a pretty natural/realistic progression considering her best friend died. This season is wayyy better than last season. loves it!
8 of 10 | Posted by dancethefrug
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Posted on November 12, 2006 8:24 AM
is there a photo of Seth's tattoo? I missed it!!
9 of 10 | Posted by tigereye
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Posted on November 13, 2006 9:33 AM
Where's recap #2? I've been waiting for like 3 days :(
10 of 10 | Posted by dancethefrug
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Posted on November 13, 2006 5:10 PM