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| The O.C. |
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Series 1, Episode 26
"The guys head out to Las Vegas"
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Opens in the dark with Seth asking if Ran is asleep. He is but Seth wakes him up and starts to go on about Summer and what he says as the inevitable dumping of him. They move on to talking about the Theresa Marissa situation. Seth gets Ryan worrying and they head off to talk to Theresa.
They arrive in the pool house and Theresa tells them she isn’t going to be staying too long. Theresa and Ryan agree to meet up tomorrow and Ryan and Seth leave. Theresa pulls a pregnancy test out of her bag and takes a long hard stare at it. Roll opening title scene.
Next day Julie is handing Caleb brouchers on where they could marry. Julie, Kirsten and Sandy begin questioning Caleb on where he has been recently as he has been avoiding them. Caleb says he is heading out of town to Las Vegas but they bust him about actually having a bachelor party.
Sandy mentions how he loves Las Vegas as does Seth and they begin planning a trip to take Ryan there. After a quick waterfront scene Sandy arrives to see Jimmy who shows him the new house he is planning to buy. Sandy tells Jimmy about the trip to Las Vegas to crash Caleb’s bachelor party.
Someone arrives at the door and Sandy opens it. The women introduces herself and gets on to how Caleb is going to make a fortune selling the restaurant on for some new mall development. At school Marissa tells Ryan about her idea to kill Caleb and mentions that she still hasn’t Jimmy about her moving out.
Ryan tells Marissa about the bachelor party. Ryan says he isn’t going to go but Marissa says she will look after Theresa. Elsewhere Julie talks about her Hen party and insists that there are strippers. Kirsten isn’t big on idea but Julie tries to talk her into it. Kirsten eventually agrees to one stripper.
Seth talks to Summer about the trip and they move on to talking about their relationship. Seth ends up leaving after they talk about her dad. Ryan enters the pool house to talk to Theresa who says she is going to Atlanta to crash with her cousin. She goes on to talking about money and says she needs $2000. Ryan offers to get it for her but she says no.
Ryan goes to talk with Seth and Marissa about the problem and they suggest that Ryan takes a load of money to Vegas and does some quality card counting. Seth reveals his fake ID’s that he has prepared. Marissa says the two should go and if they fail Theresa will never have to know.
They eventually agree and everyone heads off to Vegas accompanied by some quality music and aerial shots. Ryan and Seth enter and take a look at the casino floor followed by Caleb, Sandy and Jimmy. One of the Hard Rock hosts, Amy, come other to see them and Seth greets her. She says the Penthouse is ready for them. Sandy asks him about it and Seth says he put it on Caleb’s card.
They all look around and although Caleb isn’t happy everyone else loves it. Amy offers them a tour and Seth and Ryan jump at the chance. She asks them for ID and they pull some out but she mentions fake ID’s and they quickly put their ID’s away. Ryan suggests that they find a new casino – Ryan seems to know where to go.
Downstairs Caleb is gambling and gets a phone call. It is clearly about the party but Sandy interrupts and tells Caleb about what he and Jimmy are going to do with the money Caleb is paying them for the restaurant. Caleb mentions that Marissa is planning on moving in with himself and Julie.
At home, Hailey, Marissa and Summer are sitting around watching TV. Summer moans about her dad not approving of Ryan but Marissa and Hailey mention their fathers do not approve. Kirsten goes to talk to Hailey and asks her to find a stripper for Julie. Hailey agrees to do it saying she knows just the man, with an evil gleam in her eyes.
In Vegas, people are playing around in the pool when Seth and Ryan arrive on the beach with a drink. Ryan sends Seth off to talk to women but Seth backs out of it. A girl comes up and kisses him to make someone else jealous though and they get talking although Seth is interrupted by a call from Summer. She kiss him again and Summer overhears though and hangs up.
Marissa suggests that they have a girl’s night out. Jenn (aka the girl) says that she has a car here as she goes to the local university or something, end result she offers to give them a ride. She tells them a couple of guys from her class are running an intense poker game and they agree to go.
Sandy comes up to talk to Jimmy and they talk about how Caleb is really out here to talk to the mall developer guy. Jimmy says that he doesn’t care due to the offer Caleb made them but Sandy tells him about Marissa’s plan to move out. Back at home, Marissa and Theresa are hanging out. Marissa stumbles on Theresa’s pregnancy.
Jenn leads them through a bar mentioning they are playing Texas Hold’em $250. Jenn disappears off and Ryan and Seth discuss the game. Ryan is having second thoughts although Seth hands him the money and Ryan joins the table. Back at home Theresa is telling Marissa about the pregnancy.
They talk about Eddie and then move on to who else’s the baby could be – of course there is only one other possibility. In Vegas the guys are knocking back shots while Seth drinks through a straw. Across from them, Seth is still at the table – he cleans up with two aces and walks away. Seth tries to talk him into going back but Ryan stays firm.
They get talking to Jenn again and Seth invites her back to their hotel. She mentions her and her girlfriends have always wanted to go to the penthouse and Seth invites them all. Back at home, Kirsten is in the middle of throwing Julie’s party. Hailey arrives with some firemen who begin to give a performance. Two of them pick Julie up and everyone gets dancing.
The phone goes and Kirsten answers it – it’s Sandy and he asks Kirsten if she finds it suspicious that Caleb couldn’t get the liqueur licence. Sandy goes on to say Caleb didn’t get the licence because he wanted to buy them out cheap and sell it to Robert Campbell. Seth, Ryan and Jenn arrive back at the hotel.
Seth and Jenn head off while Ryan heads over to talk to Jimmy who is leaving a message on Marissa’s phone. Jimmy questions Ryan on Marissa moving in with Caleb. Ryan lets slip about the blackmail deal. At the registration desk, Summer arrives and asks where Seth is staying.
In the penthouse, Seth is looking out at the view when Jenn emerges and takes off her dressing gown, leaving only her bikini. She walks over to Seth and they begin kissing when Summer arrives to see them kissing, Ryan comes in after her. Next Jenn’s friends arrive to join the party.
They are followed by Lucas and a much bigger guy following him. It comes out that Jenn is a prostitute and Lucas wants payment before the party. He also says they had Jenn all afternoon and asks them for $5,000. The rest begin bowling while Seth, Ryan and Summer discuss their situation.
Seth and Summer discuss their relationship and get some issues out in the open. Seth mentions that between his and Theresa’s money they only have $3,000. Summer gives them $500 leaving them $1,500 short. Jenn suggests that they have another card game considering they paid for them until midnight.
Back at home Julie gets talking to one of the firemen. He asks her what she is doing after the party and she heads off to get her purse. She gets talking to Kirsten though and mentions that Hailey set that all up. Julie confronts Hailey about it but Hailey denies any plan and it degrades into a bitch fight ending when them in the pool. Kirsten downs her drink.
Sandy comes into the restaurant to join the dinner between Caleb and Richard Campbell. Sandy reveals the whole plan though and mentions how the joke is on Caleb though as the property will be tied up in civil litigation for months, maybe years. Sandy and Caleb stare off but Jimmy stops anything from happening before punching Caleb himself about him manipulating Marissa.
At the poker table, Ryan bails after losing $3,000 and asks Jenn to lend him some money. She eventually lends him some money and he returns to the table. Next thing Ryan is walking along after winning Angry Trucker Hat guy’s angry trucker hat. They end up paying the guys off but Seth and Theresa lost their money after all. Seth throws the trucker hat onto a boat passing under the bridge and the three walk off into the Vegas nightlife.
Sandy arrives home to find Kirsten in bed. They discuss their respective days and Sandy tells Kristen about Jimmy and Caleb. Ryan turns up to see Marissa and she confronts him about telling Jimmy about her moving out and about Theresa’s pregnancy although Ryan didn’t know about it. She tells him that it might not be Eddie’s. |
| Quotes |
Theresa: “I can’t impose on Seth’s parents forever”
Seth: “Sure you can, I intend to”
Caleb: “Good god there is a bowling alley”
Casino host: “Yes sir, it’s in your room”
Seth: “I love the hotel, I want to marry the hotel and have little gambling addicted alcoholic kids with it”
Hailey: “The boys are in Vegas while we are stuck here watching the Valley marathon”
Marissa: “Hey, it’s Summer’s favourite show ok”
Marissa: “You can’t drink, you can’t have sushi, what are you, pregnant?”
Seth: “He’s not angry at you, maybe he is angry because he found out people don’t wear trucker hats anymore”
Seth: “Well you know what they say, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”
Summer: “I thought that was Tijuana?”
Sandy: “I do love the Vegas” |
| Analysis |
I knew it! Last episode the tune didn’t seem to fit what I thought it was, they’ve changed it again, they got rid of a California. Why can’t they just stop messing with the title screen I mean Sopranos have stuck with the same one for five series and yet the O.C. has changed it twice.
But enough about my insecurities of change. To an extent I knew what was coming this episode as I had already heard rumours of pregnancy due to the way our modern society makes it impossible to avoid all spoilers. For once it wasn’t line by line predictable although it was see thru enough.
Why quite Seth, Ryan and Summer actually paid up rather than just running for it I am not quite sure but overall it was quite an entertaining episode. I missed the days when I was finding it hard to type during the episode as my hands were shaking from excitement; the episode brought a lot of memories of when I first started watching it – so cool episode. |
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