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11-03-2005, 15:37
EPISODE 15 – “The Mallpisode”
3/10/2005

It’s bright outside but gloomy in the pool house, where Ryan’s sleeping off a broken heart from Lindsay’s recent departure. Seth tries cheering him up with the prospect of pancakes but pancakes can’t fix what’s wrong. He’s had a lot of people up and leave him in his life. He thought those days were over.

In the big house, Kirsten and Sandy are sharing an awkward moment in the kitchen. Their rhythm is all off. Kirsten spills coffee all over Sandy and when she tries cleaning it up, he notices she’s not wearing her wedding ring. She guesses she lost it, maybe while washing dishes, maybe while gardening, who knows?

Seth and Summer meet at the dinner and attempt to come up with a Cheer-Up Ryan strategy. Suddenly Seth has a brainstorm… now that he and Summer are back together and Lindsay’s out of the picture, maybe there’s hope for Ryan and Marissa again. Maybe it could be like old times! Great, except Summer reminds him that a) Ryan and Marissa were the worst couple ever; and b) Marissa’s happy now. Seth asks if by “happy” she mean “gay.”

Back at Alex’s place, domestic life isn’t going so well. Marissa just turned an entire load of laundry pink. Innocent mistake. But Marissa consoles Alex by telling her that pink is the new black. She read it in W. Marissa’s bored and tries coaxing Alex into going out and with her but people like Alex don’t have the luxury of skipping work or not knowing how to separate whites and colors.

Caleb stops by the Cohen house to talk to Sandy, but Sandy’s under the sink playing plumber in the hopes of finding Kirsten’s ring. Caleb confides that he made a mistake with Lindsay and now he misses her, worries about her, thinks about her all the time and doesn’t know what to do.

Seth drops by the pool house and discovers a note but no Ryan. He tracks Ryan down at the bus station. Turns out Ryan’s not really running away, he just wants to surprise Lindsay in Chicago for the weekend. Seth thinks maybe Lindsay’s had enough surprises for a while. He convinces Ryan to come to the mall with the gang instead.

Julie and Kirsten are looking over photos of Julie. Kirsten wonders if maybe once in a while they should experiment with putting something other than Julie’s face on the cover of the magazine. Carter, the new editor of Newport Living, shows up and Julie makes no attempt to hide the fact that she doesn’t like having the publisher foist an outsider on her magazine. Fortunately, Carter makes no attempt to hide the fact that he’d rather not be there either. So, that noted, anyone want a ****tail?

Back at the mall, the gang discovers they’re locked in the department store. Ryan and Seth go in search of an escape route while Marissa and Summer catch up on each other’s lives. For better or worse, Summer really feels connected to Seth. She asks if Marissa feels that way about Alex. Actually, the only person Marissa’s ever felt that way about is Ryan. She misses him every day. And speaking of Ryan, he’s crawling through the air conditioning duct and has overheard the entire conversation.

After momentary concern at being trapped in the store, Summer realizes that her ultimate fantasy has come true. The gang agrees to the old adage, “What happens in the mall, stays in the mall.” Summer calls home and pretends she’s sleeping at Marissa’s; Marissa calls Alex and pretends she’s sleeping at her mom’s; Seth calls home and tells the truth – he and Ryan are trapped in the mall and they’re spending the night. In the sporting goods section, they set up a hockey game and play for who sleeps in the Ethan Allen showroom and who sleeps in the tent.

In a nice restaurant, Kirsten, Julie and Carter sit down for a business dinner when Julie suddenly sees a ghost from her past sitting at the bar. She excuses herself and heads to the bar where she attempts to discreetly find out what Lance, her first… but not her first love, is doing there. Turns out Lance has a tape for Julie to look at. He tells her to get back to him and let him know how much it’s worth to her. Julie tells Kirsten and Carter that she’s not feeling well and bolts out the door.

At home, Julie’s watching the tape, which turns out to be a little video called “The Porn Identity” staring a slightly younger Julie Cooper, when Alex walks into the room. Don’t worry, her lips are sealed. Anyway, Alex is looking for Marissa, who said she’d be here. Julie seems slightly pleased when she realizes that she’s not the only one Marissa lies to. Alex admits that Marissa hasn’t been happy lately. Julie tells Alex that Marissa and happy parted ways long ago. Julie explains that she’s not trying to be mean when she tells Alex that she’s just this week’s yard guy, just another weapon of torture to inflict on Mom. Marissa’s only been in love once, and he looked a whole lot different in a wife-beater.

Meanwhile, back at the mall, Seth and Summer are fighting about a postcard from Zach and Ryan and Marissa are reminiscing about old times… when the mall cops suddenly arrive and the gang has to make a quick getaway.

Back at the restaurant, Kirsten and Carter polish off a bottle of wine while discussing his divorce and her missing wedding ring. Suddenly Carter thinks Newport living might not be as bad as he thought.

Julie gets a follow-up call from Lance and she offers him $50,000 for the video to go away. But he’s actually thinking of something more like $500,000.

Kirsten returns home late and Sandy showers her with apologizes and a plastic egg with the fake ring in it. When Sandy’s out of the room, she opens the drawer to her bedside table, pulls out her real ring and puts it on.

Ryan and Marissa sit in the diner while Seth and Summer make up in the car. They realize they’ve been apart longer than they’ve been together. They’re like strangers. Maybe they should get to know one another again?