'O.C.' Deathwatch: What about the zombies?
Feb 16, 2007, 04:42 PM | by Annie Barrett
Categories: Television
There are no zombies, silly! But that doesn't mean Taylor and Summer (pictured, freaking) shouldn't be afraid of them. Dear Marissa Cooper's handbag collection in heaven, I adored this second-to-last-ever episode. The details (Taylor's gun-toting acrobatics), the inside jokes ("Night Moves," Sadie vs. Lindsay, how much Johnny sucked, Ryan-Seth body swap could have saved the show, etc.), and chunks upon chunks of exquisite Seth-Ryan dialogue... I was a grinning idiot.
I must have played minutes 52 and 53, wherein Ryan intuits "thank you" to Seth without really saying it, because blood brothers (!!!) are bonded by a deep understanding and don't need to verbalize such things, at least 10 times. I'm sure there's nitpicky stuff to say; I just don't feel like doin' it. Some things about last night I loved the most:
- A lot of scenes made the ep feel more like a thoughtfully shot suspense movie. There were those The Birds-esque sound effects (wind, waves) instead of music that began most of the segments, not to mention the lone pelican perched eerily amidst the rubble of Casa Cohen. Did I just compare Josh Schwartz to Hitchcock? Totally!
- Gold Medal Ribbon! I loved how the ice cream store wasn't specifically Baskin-Robbins, but Kaitlin used a BR-like hot pink spoon anyway.
- Is that Marissa in the attic? No, it's just Dr. Roberts' old skeleton from med school. I want to hug whoever came up with the name "Uncle Alistair." So choice.
- Stricken Sandy in the hospital. Awww. Crisis Sandy, I'll admit, was a little over-the-top — I'd much rather listen to him preach to a few fam members in the kitchen than organize a mob of dimwitted Newpsie earthquake survivors. Let 'em rot!
- The thought of never watching Sandy make an earnest point about schmearing ever again just made me shiver.
- :*-(
- Kaitlin clipping Frank's hair with Julie's previously mentioned nail scissors while walking out of the hospital! Ew, Frank, I know — but so cute.
- Darryl, acquiring a $70,000 car and immediately taking a nap in it. The pounding guitar chords during his section of the music montage made his dive into the trunk even more rock star-like.
I can't go on naming every single high point, so drop a few of your own in the comments. And let's get nostalgic — what would you pick as your favorite O.C. moment... ever?
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