i think this was kind of a lame re-cap. the story of ryan as a fisherman at face value was predictable, but it was handled in a really funny way. summer's parrot squaking especially. there was a lot of good emotion and humor in this episode, which i think the recapper overlooked. overall, it was a good solid effort. seth and summer were awesome and so was sandy c! and taylor might still be around... not the best episode of all time but a solid 8 out of 10!

More Taylor! More Taylor!

She's better then that ugly redhead from last year.

Ha, Taylor makes me laught, but that whole Dean/Taylor affair was increadibly predictable.

I think Seth and Summer are cute together. Although, I wish they would bring Anna back. She was my favourite :(

i think you kinda spoiled the episode j unit, because i thought it was probably the best episode this season.. and i personally feel that this recap was pretty lame.. your jokes and stuff about seth and ryan, ....

but anyway, i think they should really get marissa's mad lover from the first season back, and also anna.. cuz they both really made the story line alot more interesting! and they should start revealing a little more information about theresa too...

Summer and the parrot impression at dinner was really funny. And Taylor is much better than the wooden Lindsey.

I am surprised that J-Unit didn't mention Oliver in this re-cap. Previews for next week show that Marissa is all, "Johnny just understands me." Just like Oliver "understood" her. Anyone?

I agree that the recap was lame, but I don't agree that the episode was any good. In fact, this is the kind of episode that makes me want to give up on this show altogher. The writing is either lazy or just plain incompetant. They aren't even trying to have the plots make sense (Julie believes that somebody would buy her a condo? Dean Hess doesn't ask to see the pictures? Seth not believing Summer is very Oliver.) It's not that I want the show to be realistic, but it isn't even unrealistic in a fun way anymore as it was in season 1. This show has characters a cast and a setting that should make it very easy to write a great show, but the uninteresting storylines and the inability to create any interlocking sotrylines or even ones that last more than two episodes; the whole thing just comes off as lazy. The OC just flat-out sucks now.

i thought it was a fine recap. and the whole ryan plotline sucked the big one, it was boring and predictable and this was the worst episode of the OC this season.

frankly, the whole charlotte plot is boring. its been 4 weeks and we don't know anything besides they're trying to scam money from people (why?) and why is she still trying to get to kirsten when she knows that kirsten has no money! julie cooper has no money! these people are the worst con artists in history. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE, charlotte! geezus.

LAME recap. man i almost did not want to finish reading it. there was no humor. I think bside needs to take over writing for the oc.

So, I am not sure where you guys were watching The OC, but here in reality, where I live, the plot entire show was devoted to the idea that Ryan was somehow entitled to go to some top 10 school because he now lives in Newport. And further, we were supposed to believe that his life would no longer be worth living if he didn't get into HYP or something. As a result, Ryan once again becomes a whiny bitch and everybody else on the show is consumed from saving him from his whiny bitchiness. All of that for one parrot joke? You are fucking kidding me. Ryan has already tried to run away from his problems once this season and we already saw his friends prevent him from throwing his life away. I don't need a repeat of the entire fiasco every month to hammer the point home.

And I'm sorry if you think that my jokes about Seth loving Ryan are out of line, but Seth is the one that said Ryan should be a fluffer. After a fluffer is finished, he or she does not put a mint on your pillow. Calling Ryan a jizzmopper would have been one thing, but calling him a fluffer means that there is some sort of thought process going on with Seth that went unexplained.

The most egregious part of this whole thing is that they don't have to write that Ryan is going to go away just so Seth and Summer save him by exposing Dean Hess and Taylor. Summer wanted to break that couple up even if Ryan had never come to Newport in the first place.

chandan,

First you'll have to get b-side to watch the OC. This might break your heart, but last time I saw him, he said "I'm over it".

Is it really the end of the world if he doesn't get into the Ivy League?

said the ivy league blogger. haha, but seriously--this episode was pretty good, but i am SO TIRED of the whole ryan cant just sit there and finish school crap. a fisihing boat? eww. and summer as parrot was v v funny. but ryan: GO AWAY, NO ONE CARES!! STOP TELLING YOUR STUPID STORY!

AND WHERE IS DR KIM?!?! i love her, and they need to show more of her.

J-Unit, ignore all those choads who're bitching about the recap. The O.C. is getting pretty damn lame, so it's hard to recap something that is already a joke in and of itself.

My biggest qualm with the O.C. as of late is that their conflicts rarely extend to more than one episode. The problems arise and are solved all in a single show. How it that supposed to keep us wanting more the next week?

can we please talk about how marissa is not looking into college because she 'goes to public school now'. i didn't know that public high school equaled not going to college. because my public high school education from a school in a large city (chicago) got me in to northwestern university just fine. also, the fact that ryan now comes from a family with a name and money would definitely assure him a spot at USC- the university of spoiled children (kristin cavallari anyone?).

j-unit...i appreciate your work! i for one really enjoyed hearing summer squawk like a parrot. best moment of the show, perhaps of the season thus far! ryan & marissa's communication style leaves no hope for the future of their relationship. he's just like my boyfriend--right down to the grey hoodie, woe-is-me victim complex and unfortunate haircut. Use Your Words, Ryan!

This is the first OC I've seen this year and it reminded me of why so many viewers quit watching it. It's so boring. Ryan, get on the boat and take all the storylines with you. I honestly can't remember what I used to see in this show. It's not funny or fun or sexy or suspensful. The writing is comatose.

This recap sucked big time. The only complaint I have about the episode was that the end of the Taylor/Dean Hess story line was the definition of anti-climactic.

I never understood why Ryan never had a paternity test. She was with that other guy the same time as him.

Great recap. My husband was besides himself with Marissa in that outfit on the dock.

I agree with all the user comments. Most people in the US have a hard time paying for and getting in college. Just b/c you go to public high school or go to a public university doesn't mean your life is ruined. I went to a crappy public high school in KY and got into a top 20 university with scholarships...so PLEASE. If I hadn't gotten in, I would've gone to the state university, and lived the same successful life. You don't have to be rich or privately educated to go to a good college people.

ryan wasnt running away; he was getting a job. they even made a joke about how he wasnt running away when seth walked in and thought he was. and now people are complaining that the plots are too self contained when last year they bitched they went on for too long. Ryan wasnt blue collar uncomfortable in Newport enough last year, this year people are griping that he is. This is a show that (as this site pointed out last year) takes its time to build. Everyone complains every week about the show and yet everyone I know still watches. You want to complain about a show - complain about Lost. As Bill Maher said last week, I know when I'm watching Lost 'cause I'm bored. Besides, recapper dude, last episode you were singing the OC's praises to the rafters. After one episode you've turned back? Maybe you need some meds. Or maybe you need to get off 'em and write a recap that's more than just a beat by beat synopsis. And dont be so sensitive if people aren't kissing your ass. This is a public site; we are all entitled to our opinion of yours.

It seems like Sandy is only interested (obsessed) in getting Ryan into college.

What about death breath Seth, man? Doesn't he need to think about college too? Or is he planning to work at that fishbait shop after Harbour?

It seems like Sandy is only interested (obsessed) in getting Ryan into college.

What about death breath Seth, man? Doesn't he need to think about college too? Or is he planning to work at that fishbait shop after Harbour?

I don't think the issue was not getting into college because Ryan or Marissa went to public school so much as they were kicked out of private school. If they'd been there the whole time, it wouldn't be an issue.

On another note, I have a theory that goes like this: They shoot Mischa Barton like she's pregnant because her hips are disproportionate with torso-- thus the Golden Girls clothes. They almost never shoot her full body from behind.

said the ivy league blogger.

said Ivy League Blogger who went to public high school.

Mike,

I almost forgot about the Laws of Television. I'm glad your reminded me that if I like one episode of a show, I must always like every other episode of that show. I sometimes forget that shows you like never have bad episodes.

Also, thanks for the reminder that the site is public and people have a right to listen to your opinions as well as those of the writers. I was pretty sure when I created TVgasm that was my intention, but I'm glad that there are people like you to remind me.

J-Unit was correct. It made my day. My favorite line of J-Units was The dinner is very awkward because Marissa felt upset that Ryan decided to leave without telling her, but this is all in his nature. He tries to do things to make life easier for people around him, but in reality, the decisions all draw attention back to him. Sums up the show. I wonder when Ryan will get a nose job?

creator of TVgasm,
stop acting so self-important. your gay jokes are less funny than your attempted political ones- of which you demonstrate limited understanding.

As you can see, I am so much better than you. I bet you just wish I would tell you the website where I post my opinion about things, just so you could be as smart as I am.

Dear J-Unit,
First of all, sweet nickname. Second of all, I hope your chest was all puffed up when you announced to the world that you created TVGASM. Wow, what an achievement. I'm sure your cure for cancer is not far behind. But why get testy with one another. I enjoy your site. I just think your recap lacked humor or insight. It is not fair to critique a show for being boring if your recap is even duller. It's hypocritical. And once again, sweet nickname.

Wow. This is the most traffic I've seen on this site in a while. I wish to stay above the fray here but just want to say that I really liked this episode. I think it's funny that one episode can be one person's favorite and another person's least favorite. I really am loving OC season 3. How many episodes are they doing this year? I thought I heard 30. Thanks!

Mike,

Actually, my chest doesn't puff out when I talk about TVgasm. I'm so proud of myself, I get a boner.

-J

PS Don't be mad with me just because I hate Duke.

Did J-Unit go to Dartmouth? If so, I love you even more.

whoo! gots some negativity all up in here!

i thought this recap was decent--it isn't J-Unit's fault this epi of OC didn't give him much to work with.

i found myself rolling my eyeballs constantly at the predictability of Ry-Ry's over-reacting and flouncing about the place.
but i must admit--i will still go out of my way to watch--if only for the Summer-isms! SQUAWK!

Finally! Somebody else recognizes the fact that the only school Ryan is headed to is OCC! Seriously though....if they want to keep this show going next year they're gonna put Cohen at UCI and since summer is so fashion forward, I'm thinking FIDM. But Ryan and Marisa will (gasp) be at occ together cuz they screw up so much. Agreed?

Why, "J-Unit", do you need to change people's posts? Clearly "Guy" didn't write that.

I thought the episode was decent enough. But next time I need to read a 5,000 word dissertation rehashing exactly what I just watched, complete with lame attempts at political commentary and an anecdote about the time J-Unit almost had a successful conversation with a girl, I'll know where to go.

Also, I am thinking I will just use one name in the future when I post comments. Posting using four different names, who would do that?

Dartmouth Grad,

'01 baby!

Brooke,

UC Irvine would be a good call, but the way they travel in this show, UCSB, UCSD, Fullerton, they are all in play. It will be interesting to see what they do, but you imagine Ryan and Seth have to stay fairly close.

"Also, thanks for the reminder that the site is public and people have a right to listen to your opinions as well as those of the writers. I was pretty sure when I created TVgasm that was my intention, but I'm glad that there are people like you to remind me."

Dear TVgasm readers,
Apparently J-unit's intention when he created TVgasm included changing his reader's opinions on their posts. As a friend of "Guy" and "Mark", who are definitely two different people, I, for a fact, know that both of their posts have been slightly altered. If you have something to say J-unit, write it in your own post, grow some balls by learning to take a few harsh critiques of your recap, and live up to your intention of creating a website where people have the right to listen to each other's opinions.

Apparently, J-Unit thinks it's funny to alter people's post and laugh while they try to get everybody to believe that he has altered them. Asshole. And in case you didn't realize, this paragraph is not sarcastic like my first one. Just to be clear.

aside from the parrot impression, i loved when summer called taylor "taylor trash."

I dont understand the Cohens' obsession with Ryan. And, this education thing... Maybe, just maybe a big donation might get these little smartasses into an Ivy League school.
J-Units writing is pretty good.

OH my gosh!!! the O.C. is finally starting to get good again. Next weeks episode looks so rad, they are back to partying and beating people up, enough of this serious drama. Yea, now I wont miss Laguna so much!!!