The O.C.

I thought I'd beat the Balgavy to the punch on the O.C. talk. Part of me doesn't want another show to watch. Part of me wants to be one of the crew. Hell, even Jamie watches this show. Should I watch this show every week or should I avoid it? The next hour will answer that question for me.

8:00- Scenes from last year.
Oh yeah, now I remember kind of watching this show while Marc and Youthlarge giggled with glee.

8:01- Youthlarge giggles for the first time of the new season. Is she laughing at the show or at me?

8:02- Youthlarge, "What are you typing?"

8:03- P. Gallagher's wife, "I've had enough of your hippie parenting psychobabble." Is that the kind of cleverness that the NY Times was talking about in today's review?

8:04- Youthlarge starts singing the California song a minute before it is even on. She wonders aloud, "I wonder if Adam Brody's hair will be lighter since he's been in the sun.

8:05- Youthlarge, "Hey, new titles!"

8:08- Youthlarge, "Are you going to be doing this everytime it's on?"

8:09- Summer (?) the brunette is very attractive. The other one in the bikini at poolside is horsefaced. Youthlarge, "Mischa's drunk already, ugh."

8:10- Someone said something about "bitches on boats," I think but I'm distracted by her hoop earrings.

8:11- I finally figured out that Chino is a town. A blue collar kind of get a contruction job kind of town. How red state. Youthlarge, "Ryan has stubble!"

8:12- This talk about hairless ponies is disturbing to me.

8:13- Seth's middle name is Ezekial. Youthlarge laughs. He hangs up on his mom. Is that anyway to treat your mother?

8:14- Beefcake shots of house workers.

8:15- Youthlarge, "Peter's Gallagher's hair is out of control." I'm bored out of my mind. Maybe this is just suffering from the first epsiode of the season is never good disease. But I didn't like any of the other episodes I watched. But maybe that is because I didn't really concentrate on any show. Just like now.

8:16- Ryan and Peter Gallagher are talking, a brunette in a yellow convertible comes up. Youthlarge, "I hate her!" Hey, it's an "Ocean's 12" commercial. Youthlarge gets excited at first but then gets upset at how unsatisfying the ad is. She sings "Calfornia."

8:20- Ryan is on the screen in bed. Youthlarge, "Shave!" A second later, "Gross, he's wearing a wifebeater!"

8:21- A song is on. A song that I know and I think own. But I can't place what it is. I hate when that happens.

8:22- Youthlarge is aghast for some reason when Ryan and brunette kiss muttering something about how they are only 16. What does this mean? That he's too young to be working in construction? Now I'm confused.

8:23- Parked cars, discussions of DA offices, gay dads, uh-oh, Peter Gallagher in the shadows.

8:24- I miss Dave from Gilmore Girls. "Luke has facial hair too!" exclaims Youthlarge.

8:25- Seth said "emasculating." Then he said something about "naked fat guys." The music is bouncy and lighthearted daring me not to like it.

8:26- Youthlarge sings "California" right after the horseshoed girl is talking to Mrs. Cohen.

8:28- Dinner with Adam Brody and Peter Gallagher. Uh-oh, they are fighting. Dad calls him a spoiled brat. "Go back to Newport!" "You let Ryan go!" "You didn't try to stop him!" Damn, Brody leaves. What an ingrate.

8:29- Horsefaced girl drinks vodka at the beach.

8:30- Ryan and girl in bed, Youthlarge is disgusted. Horsefaced girl calls him on phone to say nothing. Cue music. Hey, I just found out that girl is Teresa. The one on the beach or the one in bed with Ryan?

8:33- Commercials, Youthlarge sings "California." I wonder if Marc likes "North Shore."

8:34- Why is this other middle aged dad in the kitchen with Peter Gallagher? Here comes Brody. A talk is going to happen. He's not so beligerent anymore. Tears? "A door is always open for you to come home." Brody has to go sailing. Hug. Youthlarge isn't happy. With Brody? With the show?

8:36- Ryan and girl talk about doctor's appt. that he forgot. She's preggers and upset. Piano tells me how to feel. Youthlarge, "I bet the baby isn't even his!"

8:37- Nice pool. Hey, there is that mom who slept with that squarejawed kid last year. Hey, I just found out that Marissa is the horsefaced girl. Youthlarge calls her a bitch. Mom takes away iPod and grounds the horse. "You want to know what's on my mind" "Yes!" Screams, "AHHHHHHHH!" Now that's good TV! Youthlarge cries out, "Jump in the pool! Throw your mom in the pool!" I vaguely remember last season that every episode involved fights that ended in a pool. Instead, she just throws the beach chair in the pool. Youthlarge worries that her iPod was thrown in the pool but then remembers that the mom has it. That was a close one.

8:38- Some character is talking about frequencies that people emit and physics and happiness and attraction. Did somebody get Jamie's e-mail that was read at his wedding and put it on the OC?

8:39- Ryan reunites with Brody. I should be excited, right?

8:41- Brody and Ryan discussing going back to Newport.

8:43- More singing of "Calfornia."

8:46- Younger sister sent to boarding school, Youthlarge laughs at the convenient way to get rid of a character. Discussion of limber lovers.

8:47- Gallagher is very serious. Not sure what he's talking about. Something serious.

8:48- Ryan gets a call. Girl has lost baby. Girl breaks up with him. All signs point to Newport! Maybe next episode will be good, right?

8:49- Youthlarge points out that Brody's shirt looks like my red Brooklyn Cyclones shirt. Maybe Plumely will refer to me now as "Adam Brody" rather than "Ashton Kutcher" when I wear the shirt.

8:51- Oh snap! Girl has lied to Ryan to get rid of him. Audible gasp from the Korean on the couch! That twist did surprise me, I've got to admit. That MUST be what the NY Times was talking about, right?

8:52- Drama builds, Will the boyz reunite in Newport? There goes Chino in the cab. Youthlarge, "This episode is retarded." Here comes Brody to catch but wait there's Chino at the door. They were both going to get the other one. Are they going to kiss! Here comes the drums, the guitar, the important male vocals! The shots of the beach!

8:53- Everyone's back! Gallagher is happy. "Nobody leaves this family twice," he says. Is that a threat?

8:55- Seth and Brody talk back in the OC. Bedroom. Pool shot. They shoot the shit. Wow, was I bored.

8:56- Youthlarge sings "California."

8:59- Scenes for next week. I will not be there.