OC Friday Morning Quarterback: The Crystal Ballpisode

I laughed out loud. Three times actually. Not that it's a huge deal, but rarely do I laugh out loud while watching any sort of TV, much less a show that isn't outwardly a comedy such as our beloved OC. But yes indeed, I laughed out loud at the conclusion of the opening scene which saw Seth ask Ryan if he and Marissa are together and have Ryan answer that "we're taking it slow." Enter Sandy who explains that Marissa will be staying with the Cohens while Julile and Caleb go to Europe. "That'll help taking it slow," or something along those lines is how Seth responded. It was funny dammit.The other scenes that I found hilarious were the encounter between Ryan and Marissa at school trying to figure out if her being at the Cohens would make things awkward and again when Ryan walked in on Marrisa changing in the pool house when he was looking for Trey. Seth approached Ryan, finding it amusing and stated, "C'mon man, Trey's in the house...he's wearing a shirt." Maybe you had to see it, which I'm hoping you did.Other than that, all in all, a pretty solid episode, but not nearly enough Summer. The anticipated Ryan/Marissa reunion didn't actually happen....yet, but i'm guessing it will before the end of the season. Trey couldn't avoid trouble again, this time stealing the crystal ball from the movie "Risky Business" to help cover the security deposit for his apartment (Alex's old pad) that he's moving into. Ryan and Seth had to play superhero and go get it back. Watching Ryan begrudingly let Seth come along with him to retrieve said egg was a great scene when Ryan tosses the car keys at Cohen, and it was like Seth didn't even react to having something thrown at him. Like that kid you went to school with that never played sports.The bottom line here folks is that I realized how great it was to watch a new episode again after a week off. And (thankfully) The OC is new again next week. The Hangover will go on...