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Ryan is upset about Lindsay, hiding under his purple
duvet and shouting at Seth. He decides to leave, giving
him the excuse to put back on the Chino-jumper and ditch
the polos. But it doesn't last long. Seth finds him in the
bus stop and persuades him not to go to Chicago for the
weekend, and to come to the mall with him and Summer (and
Marissa) instead.
Earlier,
Summer was reading a postcard from Italy when Seth came
to share his match-making ideas.
SETH:
Now that Lindsay is out of the picture, who knows, maybe
Marissa and Ryan will get back together?
SUMMER: Are you crazy? They were the worst couple ever.
And besides, Marissa's happy now.
SETH: Okay, and by happy, you mean gay?
Funny,
Cohen. They make like cupid throughout the episode, while
making out with each other. The four of them go to the mall
to collect some clothes for charity, and get locked in.
The only way out seems to be a heat vent, so the two boys
crawl around in a Goonies-meets-Die Hard
scene until Seth falls--literally--upon the answer. Ryan
crawls back, just in time for him to hear the conversation
between Marissa and Summer.
SUMMER:
[talking about herself and Seth] … for better, for
worse, you know? Do you feel that way about Alex?
MARISSA: Well, truthfully, the only person I have felt
that way about is...
SUMMER: Yeah. (they nod) Because I know, you're like,
into chicks now and everything, but do you ever think
about getting back together with him? I mean, Lindsay's
gone now..
MARISSA: Yeah. Lindsay's gone, and he's heartbroken.
SUMMER: Do you miss him?
MARISSA: Every day.
At
this point, Seth barges in, and Marissa sees Ryan in the
open-vent entrance, and realizes that he has heard them.
Also, the catch phrase for this episode seems to be "What
happens in the mall stays in the mall", which seems
to include playing hockey with roller skates (in which Rachel
Bilson/Summer further demonstrates her cuteness) and scavenging
for food.
Seth
tries to read the postcard, and gets caught by Summer. While
they are arguing and making up the bed they are going to
sleep in, Ryan and Marissa are in the faux-wilderness, complete
with tent. Apparently, this is "roughing it,"
although Alex and Marissa's apartment (as Marissa referred
to it to Ryan) was a lot worse than a patch of fake grass
and a fake fire. They go into the tent, talk about Seth
and Summer, and remind the audience about Ryan's brother
Trey (a future guest star). Eventually, the security guards
arrive, although they manage to get away by placing mannequins
in the tent and playing The Valley at full volume. They
decide to go get cheeseburgers, and Seth and Summer work
it out in the car--the postcard was harmless, and they make
out more.
The Elders, meanwhile, have enough trouble of their own.
Sandy and Kirsten are uncomfortable with one another, and
Kirsten has 'lost' her wedding ring. This leads Sandy to
find comfort in alcohol and Caleb, and to try and win a
crappy plastic ring at a fair, like the ring he first gave
Kirsten when he was el pooro. Julie gets a reminder of her
modest beginnings when Lance, a creepy guy, comes to visit
her, armed with a porn tape starring the Queen of Newport
Living. He wants $500,000, she wants him gone.
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