I stopped watching The O.C. last fall, but I plan to tune back in April 20 when Anna and Theresa (from season one) return.

Anyway, I caught a promo for Thursday night's episode in which Marissa, apparently, receives a large envelope from Berkeley.

[pause]

Only on television.

That Cal would ever accept Marissa Cooper or that Marissa could thrive in Berkeley/Oakland is comically absurd.

SpoilerFix.com on the 4-20 episode:

Ryan visits Berkeley, where he is paired with Wes Seifer, a student. Marissa is visiting the same college. While Ryan is visiting the Architecture Department, Marissa spends time with Wes.

I stumbled onto sides for said episode. Not sure if they're legit. I hope not.

Excerpts:

WES: Got one roommate from Bangladesh. Other's from Partridge, Kansas. Population 300.

WES: Miguel's the first in his family to go to college too.
RYAN: Is it hard? I mean, do you ever feel like you shouldn't be here?
MIGUEL: All the time. But hell, here I am. Long as I keep my grades up, I figure I belong here as much as anyone else.
As Ryan takes this in, liking the simple logic of this…
WES: Wow. I mean. Wow.

WES: Most people at this school want to change the world, I want to change the NASDAQ.

WES: Hey guys, this is Marissa. You wanna roll out the welcome wagon?
BERKELEY GUY #1: Course. We're not stingy.
He offers her a mirror, a line of coke spread across it. Marissa shakes her head.
MARISSA: No thanks.
WES: You okay?
MARISSA: Yeah, I just thought… I didn't think you guys did that here.
WES: Why, because I got a 4.0 last semester? How do you think I manage that? Work hard, play hard. (then, looking around) Welcome to college.

True blue.

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