californication

(Spoilers for The O.C. ahead - don't say I didn't warn you. Although if you're at all acquainted with this thing I like to call "the Internet", you probably already know anyway.)

So.

The O.C. killed off Marissa last night.

And even though it was the most slap-dash, montage-filled episode ever (which is saying a lot for The O.C.) ...

THEY FUCKING KILLED MARISSA.

Yeah, sure, I was knew it was coming, but nothing was able to ruin the experience me - I just added "when I'm dead" every time Marissa spoke. Surprisingly, it never got old. Which is a rare thing when Mischa Barton is involved.

I do admit that I would have preferred if Marissa's body had still been in the car when it burst into flames, if only so I could have some idea as to the flammablilty of Marc Jacobs when mixed with cocaine, but still, if that wasn't one of the most satisfying hours of television I've seen in ages, I don't know what is.

All that being said:

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY, I BEG OF YOU, PLEASE - NO MORE COVERS OF HALLELUJAH. I've said it before and I'll say it again. And again. Until somebody, somewhere in television realizes that's it's really fucking old. There are other desperately sad songs in the world, I just know there are. And anyway, doesn't Josh Schwartz have Modest Mouse on his speed dial?

Maybe he does. In which case the conversation probably went something like this:

Josh: Hey, Isaac, so we need, like, a crazy sad sort of ballad thing - you got anything?
Isaac: No, man, we're too fuckin' busy working on our next record.
Josh: Yeah? What's it called?
Isaac: We don't have a title yet, but I've been reading a lot of Ayn Rand lately. We'll come up with something.
Josh: Well that's great and all, but shit, what am I supposed to do then?
Isaac: How about that song - ?
Josh: Which one?
Isaac: You know, that really fuckin' sad song - ?
Josh: You're not helping me here.
Isaac: Hosanna or some shit.
Josh: You mean Hallelujah?
Isaac: That's the one!
Josh: Hasn't everybody already used that, though? Haven't we used that before?
Isaac: So find another cover.
Josh: Not just any cover - an alternative, indie cover. Sung by a girl! Urban Dictionary is right, Isaac - you are a genius!

FIND ANOTHER SONG, PEOPLE. You may have won me over last night, but you can only kill Mischa Barton so many times. Move the fuck on. (More)