Blaze of Glory

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B>Johnny Messner Online</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#888888" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Johnny Messner Online"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mallpisode"><U>mallpisode</U></A>   |   <B>Blaze of Glory</B>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brothers Grim"><U>Brothers Grim</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Rager"><U>The Rager</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="O.C. Confidential"><U>O.C. Confidential</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Blaze of Glory</I></div> <div> <B>The episode begins outside the Harbor school. Seth rehashes how great last year was, with the two couples dating, </B></div> <div> <B>but Ryan instructs him not to live in the past. Summer also tells Seth not to meddle with Ryan and Marissa, but by then,</B></div> <div> <B>the young Mr. Cohen has already started scheming. The school's spring pep rally is coming up, and Seth senses the </B></div> <div> <B>opportunity to get them back together. With the debut  issue of </B><I><B>Newport Living</B></I><B> magazine in the works, Julie is visited</B></div> <div> <B>again by former "colleague" and current blackmailer Lance. He reiterates  his demand for $500K, or else her '80s skin</B></div> <div> <B>flick will soon stream live on the Internets. Desperate, Julie swallows her pride and begs Sandy  for help. At school, </B></div> <div> <B>Seth convinces Marissa to ask Ryan for help creating the bonfire for the pep rally. She asks, and the former arsonist </B></div> <div> <B>agrees. Summer is still upset with Seth for his plotting, while Alex is increasingly anxious with Marissa's absence. </B></div> <div> <B>At this point, everybody is on the move. Julie stops by Alex's apartment to convince Marissa to come home. Not</B></div> <div> <B> happening. At the sametime, Alex pays Seth, who inadvertently lets it slip that Ryan and Marissa spent the night</B></div> <div> <B> in a tent during last week's "Mallpisode." Enraged, she storms out and heads home. Sandy drops by Lance's bachelor</B></div> <div> <B> pad to discuss a settlement. No dice there. Ryan goes over to Alex's place for a meeting with Marissa about the bonfire, </B></div> <div> <B>with Captain Oats in tow - the equine stud will be used to help created a scale model of a trojan horse for the fire. </B></div> <div> <B>Upon arriving back at her apartment, Alex confronts Ryan on his way out the door. A beer can is thrown, and the</B></div> <div> <B>Chino native is shoved three times and told to stay away from Marissa. For good measure, she goes inside and confronts </B></div> <div> <B>Marissa as well. Back home, Ryan gives Seth a much-deserved punch in the arm. Seth's mother, meanwhile, is becoming</B></div> <div> <B>more and more intrigued by the freelance editor, Carter, whom she hired to work on </B><I><B>Newport Living.</B></I><B> After he steps down</B></div> <div> <B> from the project, Kirsten pays a visit to his home and leaves a copy of an old magazine he used to run at Berkeley - along</B></div> <div> <B> with a mysterious note. Ironically, the mag came from Sandy, a big fan back in the day. Desperate to bring her daughter </B></div> <div> <B>home, but aware that she has no control over her, Julie enlists Ryan to help. Once again caught in the middle, he ventures</B></div> <div> <B> back to Alex's and is again threatened by the beer-swilling blonde. Ryan catches up with Marissa at school, much to the</B></div> <div> <B> delight of viewers (and dozens of confused students constructing the bonfire's horse replica). Ryan proceeds to whip his </B></div> <div> <B>staff into shape and get the show on the road, stringing together a record number of complete sentences. Enlightened by</B></div> <div> <B> Kirsten's discovery of the old magazine, Carter agrees to come back aboard the </B><I><B>Newport Living</B></I><B>team. One gets the</B></div> <div> <B> impression that Kirsten is attracted to more than his editorial prowess, but we will have to wait and see. Sandy returns</B></div> <div> <B> to see Lance, announcing that he and Julie are prepared  to buy the rights to the film for his half-million asking price. </B></div> <div> <B>They sign a contract, giving Julie a month to raise the cash. Just as the bonfire preparations are completed, Alex and</B></div> <div> <B> a pair of thuggish friends arrive to show Ryan who's boss. All parties are ready to throw down, but  Marissa intervenes.</B></div> <div> <B> As much as she wanted it to work out between them, Marissa tells Alex, it just can't. </B><I><B>This... this is her life (tear)!</B></I><B> They </B></div> <div> <B>share a tear-filled embrace, completing the most civil breakup on O.C. history. Seth and Summer arrive to find that </B></div> <div> <B>his wish has come true - Ryan and Marissa are happy and full of school spirit. Smiles and witty lines are exchanged, </B></div> <div> <B>the fire ignites and as the horse is engulfed in flames, the screen fades to black. Captain Oats could not be reached for comment.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Review by JANIE</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>