You might have heard that there was a lot of rain in Los Angeles this year. It is already the fourth wettest on record, and you can sense the change in the mood of Angelinos whenever it turns cloudy. I don't like to say that people in Southern California overreact when it gets a little cold or it starts to rain a little bit, but that is exactly what happens. What those of us who grew up in the northeast know as "sprinkles" people from Los Angeles call "thunderstorms". What we could consider "showers" is better known as a "downpour" and what we would actually call a thunderstorm would result in stretches of highway to close and people to stay inside for fear of getting their hair wet. (But for those of us who do venture outside, we still wear our sunglasses. It is California after all.)

So with this in mind, we see Ryan and Seth, each sequestering themselves inside their houses. Seth wants to talk, but Ryan doesn't want to leave the pool house. Seth has bagels, but Ryan says he needs to clean. Now I finally know why Ryan hasn't moved inside - it would spoil such witty openings such as this one. Seth eventually decides to call Ryan on his phone. Even though Seth's parents are too cheap to buy him a car, there is still plenty of money left around for the pool house to have its own line. They discuss the rain, and Seth mentions that it's like the opening scene from Day After Tomorrow, which is kind of funny because that is the term I have picked up to describe all the rain in Los Angeles. Problem is, the opening scene from the movie took place in Antarctica, the rain didn't come until much later. Some writing assistant should be fired over that mistake.