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So I am still entertained by the OC, but now I sort of see it as watching animals in a zoo, it is diverting, but there is no coherent story lines there. Actually, maybe the animals are more coherent, so maybe my anology was terrible. But really, this show cannot keep the ongoing coherent story lines of say Americas Next Top Model.

Anyway, major questions from last night's episode:

Why would they only apply to one college?
-- there was even a trend article about this in the New York Times, high school seniors are applying to more and more colleges. So you know, the OC no longer has its pulse on the culture. Well, either way, Seth should not get into Brown just cause he was so stupid as to not apply to Brown without a back up school.

How in the world did Marissa get into Berkeley?
-- didn't she break the computer with her college essay on it in a fit of depression and rage? Also, wasn't she kicked out of school? doesn't she barely attend school now? This is one however I have the best logical explanation for that one. You know how Yale admitted the Osama's driver and said "diversity and he could benefit from a good education" maybe Berkeley feels the same way about Marissa and shooting a man.

Why would Brown send Seth a thick envelope in order to reject him?
--thick envelope/thin envelope good news/bad news. Come on, this is part of our modern folklore or whatever. I understand the need to build suspence, but couldn't they have done with the envelopes themselves.

What is the big deal if Sadie moves to Berkeley?
-- Seth gives this whole long speech to Ryan about how if Sadie moves to Berkeley they would have to live together and pay rent and Ryan won't get to live in the dorms. Um...why? Couldn't Ryan just live in the dorms and Sadie somewhere else and they continue to date? As far as I can tell, people successfully date all the time without living together. It does not seem to be a big deal.

Sadie's speech about pulling Ryan away from his life, wtf?
--ok, so she is sitting on the beach and he joins her and then gives him a speech about pulling him away from his life. What life? this was the whole theme of the Ryan Birthday Episode, Ryan has no friends at Harbor. i mean he does not seem to spend any time there so it makes sense. But if Sadie had not been there he would have either gotten together with Marissa for the 8th time or had to leave from boredome.

They kicked Sadie off the show already????
--if she is gone already, what was the point of their relationship?? They did not develop her character even a tiny bit. And she did not even have plot purpose. She did not break Marissa and Ryan up, Johnny did that. She did not even show that Ryan could date a normal girl, Lindsay did that. She was just killing OC time. I heard somewhere that they are bringing Anna back, but i feel like that will just depressingly point out to everyone that the OC at some point could make you care about the characters.

Kirsten leaves the house in anger?
-- did anyone even catch that storyline. Kirsten has two 3 minute conversations and suddenly she is gone. no build up at all.

Finally, to make matters even sadder, there are rumours that Mischa Barton (Marrisa) is thinking of leaving the show, apparently because they portray her to be a brat and the shows ratings have plummeted.