The OC Friday Morning Hangover: Season Three Premier'pisode

I AM HUNGOVER! And it feels good don't it? Thursday nights have meaning again. And my friend Josh Schwartz came out slinging right out of the shoot. Here's my first sports reference of the evening: The OC is in mid-season form. And they look like a playoff team. One equiped to go deep into the postseason too dammit. This is the episode after Trey tried to kill his brother, Ryan and by the time the credits were ready to roll we were already feeling a little compassion for him. By the way, since great episodes from years past featured Oasis songs, I'm thrilled to disclose that from here on out it looks like great episodes will feature Bloc Party tunes. Yes, a great episode this was. Let's get to the aspirin and bloody's shall we?

I'd say I'm surprised that Trey didn't die, but I'm not and niether is anybody else. What I didn't see coming was Julie Cooper-Nicol-Cooper swanking her way into his hospital room and threatening to kill him via the pillow stiffling if he didn't publically say Ryan shot him instead of Marissa. If he complied she'd cut him a handsome $20,000 check. You've got to hand it to Julie, for a mother that has screwed over her daughter countless number of times, she pulls a lot strings trying to keep her happy. I should mention that I'm not using the word screw tightly either. Of course Trey lies to the feds so Ryan is looking at hard time. Of course he pulls the "I'm running away card" but he gets caught. Smooth Ryan. But apparently his future wife, Marissa Cooper can be stealth just like Seth and finagles her way into Treys room for the elder Atwoods round two with a Cooper female. Surprise, surprise, she gets Trey to confess that Julie offered Trey $20,000 (he should have demanded $500,000 ) to lie. Looks like Julie might be the one serving time with the Big Boss Man.

In a surprisingly touching moment early on in season thrice, during the closing moments, Ryan tries to catch up to his bro who checked himself out of the hospital and boarded a Greyhound bus to who knows where, to supposedly thank him for coming clean and (finally) doing the right thing. Trey is already on said bus, but watching the two polar opposite siblings acknowledge each other through a bus window followed by Ryan actually showing sadness by leaning on and embracing Sandy.

Could Jeri Ryan's character be any creepier? She's like a blond, female version of Oliver. Ok, a little much, but for a character just introduced, she's already just appearing in doorway's in the dark? Yeah, creep with a capital C.

Now, the three people that might actually read this are probably wondering how in all that's humane have I not so much as mentioned Summer Roberts yet? Well, keep your pants on. But I'll say this, was I the only one just baffled at the scene of the Fantastic 4 on the sailboat and on the island or wherever they were? First of all, for the truly attentive, you would have noticed that almost all of the short clips from shows that are featured during the starting credits came from that scene. But I'm not done yet...no, not even close JG so stop bouncing right out of your seat. In this same scene we actually witnessed an actual sailing scene, two years after we discovered that Seth is an avid sailor. We saw Ryan with no shirt on. We saw Seth tossing what at least resembled a football around. Ryan and Marissa were along embracing on the rocks. Seth and Summer were alone cuddling on the beach. They were all sitting and talking around a campfire. THEY WERE ALL ACTING LIKE NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ENJOYING THEIR LAST DAYS OF SUMMER AS HIGH SCHOOLERS! Ryan was mockingly talking like Summer, they were enjoying each other's company, just hanging out and not complaining. I'm just stupified. Dumbfounded. I F'ING LOVED IT! It may have been the first time in the last week or so I've desired to be anywhere close to an ocean.

And how bout our hero Sandy just throwing daggers at James Cooper. "Yes I will question your motives for being back." And you know what, if you took anything away from the previews, he's right. I'm still pulling for that Sandy Cohen action figure they hinted at once in season two.

Feels good to be back folks and if I didn't love postseason baseball I'd be furious that The OC is taking the month of The OCT. off to gracefully let The Joe Buck call The WS. I'll catch you The NW (Next Week Filzen, Next Week.)

QUESTIONS FROM THE COUCH
1. Ryan cut his hair in between the finale and this episode. In the opening scene, which was flashbacks to them at the hospital when Trey was admitted, he had short hair. I can see it now. "I almost got killed and now my brother may be dead, shot by my girlfriend. Yeah, this calls for a little SuperCuts before I hit the hospital." I can't be the only one thinking this can I?

2. Have we seen the last of Trey?

3. Will the writers unveil that Oliver is Jeri Ryan's son?

4. Bloc Party has at least nine solid songs, so are we promised nine great episodes? I am taking this Bloc Party thing too far?

5. How many times did JG get angry during the episode? Gaddis, a little help.

6. Was this a fantastic premier or what?

A FEW LAST COMMENTS:
1. We will see more sailing scenes this season.

2. Sandy will actually be cast in an actual courtroom.

3. I'm leaving the door open to JGs Cohen divorce theory.