Tha 3rd Live OC Rant

Chrismakah time. Again.Time for joy. U know the rules about commercials and we get the live recap/opinions.

Is it me or does Ryan look closer and closer to Kirsten's age with each passing episode? He barely seems like he could be her son anymore.
Ryan has found a card post dated from Marissa.
Julie and Caitlyn straight out of Riverside. It's about time they goes back to Julie's hood.
Taylor bought Ryan the George Foreman grill because he likes lean meat. She is indeed lean meat, I saw the Stuff mag, Damn indeed.
Taylor and Ryan fight on a ladder(not Jet Li/Once Upon A Time In China style) and fall to unconsciousness.
Hey a new verion of California, it must be on that cover album of OC tunes. It actually sounds abit better, I'll find our who it's by in break 2.

Break one: Lets Build a Zoo by Saint Etienne

And we are in Bizarro Newport.(I assume Taylor has travelled with him.)
Kirsten(still head of the Newport Group) doesn't recognize Ryan. She banishes him from the house.
Julie does Charity work. It really is bizarro world. I think that was one of the bums from the Thanksgiving episode.
Seth is bullied by Luke's brothers, similar to the ULTRA NERDY way he acted in the pilot episode.
Sandy is the mayor-recognize. He thinks Ryan is stalking him. Ha

Meanwhile in the real world...
Taylor and Ryan are in the hospital.

Meanwhile back in Tron(I mean Bizarro Newport)
Taylor and Ryan find each other and are happy since they at least recognize each other.

Break 2:c'est a lamour by Francoise Hardy and
Side Streets by Saint Etienne(Wow they came up again)

So the cover version of California is by Mates Of States, who I hate, but not as much as fucking Phantom Planet.

Taylor says they are in a parallel universe. She is mad still that Ryan kinda dissed her.
Summer is getting married and is acting like she did in the earliest Summer. And isn't that Holly aka the one who did Luke? She's marrying Che? What? Couldn't it have at least been Luke?
Speaking of Summer it's official. She's lost at least 10 pounds, cuz in the early episodes(just seen again by me while typing the book up) she is crazy tan and buxom. I miss that Summer.(despite Anna being crazy thin and me loving it.)

And now we see Che is a player, he cheats on Summer. Taylor knows it.
Kirsten and Jimmy are married. how did that happen? Wouldn't a divorce have fucked up Sandy's election?
Oh wait, Sandy is married to Julie. Now that is funny. And Che's screwing her on the side.
Taylor sees Julie treating him like a dirty spanking sub.
Marissa is alive and at Berkeley, so they tell us.
Taylor's theory is they must fix what's "wrong" with Bizarro Newport to get back to the original world.

Meanwhile in the real world...
Caitlyn says they will be having "a Britney Christmas." That's a good one.
Kirsten gets the miraculous Marissa letter that fell out of Ryan's pocket in the ambulance

Bizarro Newport
Ah bait and switch on the Marissa thing, It's Caitlyn who is a prodigy and returning from Berkley. She says Marissa OD'd in the alley in Tijuana(because there was no Ryan to pick her up and carry her to safety.I totally just saw that one yesterday)

In a good style thing for this episode, they seem to only be using cover versions of pop songs, ie the Theme and Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

Another break:The world of Sex by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Bizarro Newport
Taylor tells Ryan how much he's done for everyone in the real world.

meanwhile in the real world
Seth thinks they are in a parallel universe as well. He thinks they must accomplish something to get back.(How many times are they gonna say this.)

In Bizarro Newport world
Taylor is a guy. And her ma is still evil. Ha
Bizarro Seth believes Ryan's parallel universe story. So they will work together to get him with Summer. Taylor is trying Kirsten to be into Sandy and vice versa.
How did Taylor know about Kirsten living in the mail truck? Anyway, it works she goes to talk to Sandy

Taylor sees her mom being crappy and calls her a bitch and it seems like she may be on her way back to the real world.
Julie is doing Che in bathroom and they get found by Jimmy. Who tells everyone what is going on.
Sandy and Kirsten realize Taylor is the one who told the lies that got them talking, but as soon as it happens, Taylor is back in the real world, leaving Ryan all alone and now arrested.

Another ad break Cars and Girls by the Dictators

Taylor's mom is mean as ever and seems not to care that Taylor is ok, but Taylor is actually nice to her.
Kirsten gives the letter to Julie, who opens it.
Sandy says the death of Marissa left everyone stuck, just like the show now. I'm sure they meant to reference it in this phrase.
And Caitlyn also says what we are all thinking"Taylor in a coma is a nice break" indeed.

In the real world/parallel universe:
In her letter Marissa wrote that for them to get on with their lives, she had to leave Newport,even though she loved Ryan.
As soon as Ryan read it in the parallel uni, he said goodbye to Marissa. AND not only was he in the old beach/lifeguard tower where they hung out the show went into a bomb cover of the old Mazzy Star Marissa motif/theme.
Ryan wakes up and it's the Christmakuh miracle, and everything is cool according to everyone in the room.
That closes the show.

Last ad break: DIng Dong The Witch Dead by Klaus Nomi
Next week Whoa Hercules is hitting on Julie Cooper. Is Taylor pregnant? Will Summer marry Seth?

The verdict: BEST USE OF MUSIC ON TV POSSIBLY EVER. I'm serious. Cover versions of tunes you've heard on the show before to simulate Bizarro world was a SPECTACULARLY GOOD IDEA. I realize it also works in the lets promote the covers version of our soundtrack that just came out, but it still worked. The episode was fun again, but didn't necessarily build anything crazy. And the bait and switch was semi crappy. And a quick last question. feel free and answer If Seth was still so nerdy does that mean there was no Anna?