Oh Mr. Schwartz, how bored and lonely you must be. You came up with the ingenius plan of having Seth dupe everyone, save for Mr. Fists of Fury, into thinking he's Ivy League material. This is a larger lie than a former UW-L baseball coach saying he's, "clean and sober." But more on Kiki later. The Seth thing was annoying right off the bat, now it's borderline comical. I'm fairly certain he's the first high school kid in the history of America to fly from coast-to-coast to try to salvage 5 minutes of a geek dean's time, pleading to be let into Brown. After a conversation with my colleague JG last evening, we discussed that with three episodes left, there are a lot of loose ends still to be tied up, but it's really growing on us how Schwartz is taking this 'green' thing way to far and recycling all his old story lines. But first, let me proudly proclaim, I'M BACK!
But I'm back for all the wrong reasons. I used to loathe the idea of Schwartz pilfering ideas from me, now I'm throwing him a bone for the sake of my favorite show and favorite television couple in history. If any half-assed OC fan has paid attention to the most valuable source for OC poop (high school girls.....insert your Platta dig here please) you have clearly heard of the two biggest rumors surrounding the end of season three:
1. Sandy dies of a heart attack
2. Summer gets pregnant
JG and I have already vowed that if Schwartz kills off the Sandman, we're out. Maybe I'll read some other kids blog about the show, but season four with no Sanford? No thanks. That's going too far Josh, you know, we all know it. Besides, you'll have noticed in my lead paragraph that I already hit on recycled story lines and that's a good thing because never before have we witnessed the top dog at the Newport Group pass away.
As for the Summer getting knocked up story line? Please, didn't we do this with Ryan and Thersea in season one? Sure, kids in high school get pregnant with "oops" babies these days, nearly everyone knows of somebody...but not every...single...person. But I guess, why not right? I'm eagerly looking forward to next season when Taylor gets knocked up by some French dude. And why stop there? Let's revisit some other stories. Bring Jimmy back and have him bankrupt some folk. Make Dr. Robert's gay. Have Sandy try to build the new hospital on the Balboa Wetlands (that would actually be pretty funny come to think of it.)
And we're supposed to believe that the baby isn't Ryans? Please. I saw the close up head shot of the kid in my OC Insider email. I'm no Hollywood insider either, but I'm guessing that producers usually don't cast a kid just for him to not have any significance at all.
Short and sweet this week folks. But I pose this closing question to you. Will Schwartz have this alledged 'most shocking finale in the history of TV' be another bittersweet/sad ending just like seasons uno and duece? Seems to be the theme around OC central.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COUCH:
1. Is Berkeley and Brown paying for product placement?
2. Did I miss something with Atomic County suddenly being front and center again?
3. What's the first thing a parent whose child is accepted to college says? "Let's see your letter honey."
4. What is Nate Filzen doing these days?
5. How many proms does Harbor High get?
Friday, April 21, 2006
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