The Beginning Of The End
Updated 2007-02-13 16:00:00
Kirsten takes a look around and finally realizes that Newport might not be the best place to raise a child. It's nineteen years too late for Seth, but I'm sure he'll appreciate it. For now, he's too busy trying to make an artsy film after Summer dares him that he can't. It turns out that she was right. Kaitlin has had enough of Frank and his omnipresence in Dr. Neil's house and her mother's life, and sets about getting rid of him by planting Clown Porn in his bag. Which was amazing. Kaitlin continues to rock when she gets a chance to do some real acting as she tearfully tells her mother that she's sick of losing people. Julie pays attention and tells Frank to back off for a while. Ice creams for everyone!
Meanwhile, Taylor decides that even though she said she was going to work on not needing to hear "I love you" and try to develop as her own person, she now needs to hear Ryan say "I love you" so that she can go off to Berkeley with him. To that end, she tries to get him drunk to loosen his tongue. She gets drunk instead, but he does say he loves her. I have no idea why, but he does. Then she stupidly (or at least, drunkenly) spills the beans about wanting to follow him to Berkeley, and he starts feeling a little weird about everything. The next day, she can't remember much of what happened and he's freaked out enough to replace her romantic birthday present with a dictionary. And then he gets over it and they make up just in time for a big ol' earthquake to hit town.