The Dearly Beloved

Season 2, Episode 24, Aired
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Kirsten hits rock bottom after Caleb's funeral, prompting Sandy to finally take action; Jimmy Cooper resurfaces and almost immediately renews ties with a mourning Julie; Jess bullies Trey into participating in a drug deal that turns into a shootout; Ryan finally learns the truth about what happened between Trey and Marissa, leading to a bloody confrontation.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Jun 08, 2010 Report Abuse
    in the season 2 final of the show the oc sandy realizes kirsten has hit rock bottom thanks to the funrale of her father and she is really upset and a old face comes back to the scene of the oc jimmy cooper comes back right away and starts to fall for julie all over again and ryans of what happen to merissa and trey the real situation and trey just causead a drug deal to go bad and ryan is fighting him and trey starts to beat him really bad and the most shocking thing happens merisa shoots him with a gun trey is shot this was a good ep i thought and away to end season 2 of the showmoreless

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  • Alot of people turn up for Caleb's funeral, like Hailey, Jimmy. Marrisa tells summer of whats happened, summer tells seth, seth tells ryan, then theres trouble with trey. Kirsten his rock bottom.moreless

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    By stewie1423, May 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    I think this episode is really good. i think it's fair that kirsten is having a melt down, because of all the things that have happened to her. i think the end was good, just when she shot trey, the music plays. I'm glad marrisa finally told someone! i can't wait for next season!

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  • From the start to the end, this is the best eppie.

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    By geezbones, May 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    omg! it was the first time i actually cried with a episode. It was so emotional everything, the music was perfect also. It's something to remark. Hide & Seek (Imogen Heap) made the perfect mood for the eppie. from the instant those cars where moving across the road and the music started to sound, oh god it was amazing. And the end, when ryan reaches Trey's place...i though trey was going to kill him. really. And the music again streaming and marissa traying to stop both of them...it was fantastic, and i'm still amazed by this eppie, even though i saw it more than a year ago. Definitely an episode to watch over and over again.moreless

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  • Could have been more exciting...

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    By sccergurl2113, May 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode was a great finale but it could have been so much better. With the death of Caleb, they could have brought back so many people. The only person that showed up was Hailey. The writers definitely should of brought Lindsey back! It was his daughter for goodness sakes and she never showed? Not to mention Luke or Oliver or Teresa....there are plenty of others as well. However, besides the lack of character returns, the finale was very good. The final scene just completely caught me off guard and I couldn't wait to see the next season. Definitely a cliff hanger!moreless

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  • Definitely tops the previous episode, which I thought was going to be the best episode in the show, and this tops it in every aspect even if by a small bit. Perfect 10? Nothing's perfect, but how else can you make it better?moreless

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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, May 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    Wow, what can I say? With the whole Kirsten drinking problem popping off the roof in the last episode and Caleb's death, I wasn't sure how else it could have gotten any better than that. Well, I was wrong, and I'm glad to be wrong; if I thought the last episode was close to perfect, what did you think I would have thought about this one? The build up was just fantastic, the drama was rushing at maximum, and my God things just exploded once Marissa pulled the trigger on that gun. It was tear jerking enough seeing Kirsten leaving to the rehab center, but the emotion just reached to a new level seeing Trey fall over with the bullet engraved within his chest. And the best part is that this creates even greater material for next season, like how this will affect Ryan and regretting confronting Trey about it to avoid the conflict, or what will happen to Marissa from now on. Bring on the next season!moreless

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    • This is at least the second TV show that has featured the actor Alan Dale (Caleb Nichol) dying of a heart attack and leaving behind an evil gold digging girlfriend/wife. Dale played Jim Robinson on Neighbours in 1993, who died under similar circumstances. Edit
    • Goof: When Kirsten and Sandy are backing out of the drive-way going to leave, you can see Kirsten has a seat-belt on, but when they show a close-up there isn't one. Then after showing the boys it is back again. Edit
    • Goof: In the final fight scene between Trey and Ryan, when they fall through the coffee table their heads are toward the door. When Marissa walks in they are facing the other way with Trey's back toward the door. Edit

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    • Just under two years later, Saturday Night Live did a spoof of the confrontation from this episode in a Digital Short which featured the refrain from "Hide and Seek" being played over and over again every time a shot was fired. Edit
    • When Jimmy and Hailey were chatting, Hailey asked him about his moving to Hawaii, Jimmy answered her "you wouldn't believe the North Shore" and Hailey said "So I've heard". Obvious reference to the TV Show 'North Shore' of which Amanda Righetti (Hailey) was a regular cast member (Tessa). Edit
    • There was speculation over the return of Oliver (Taylor Handley) for this episode. Though this rumour turned out to be false, Oliver was indeed mentioned briefly when Seth and Ryan were lounging in the pool and talking about how bad things were getting. This was likely an intentional quip to the fans by the writers. Edit

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    • Marissa: Hey, can I call you back? Seth: Actually no, there's a problem? Marissa: What's going on? Seth: Well, we're on our way to Trey's, but you're closer. Maybe you can stop him. Marissa: What are you talking about? Seth: Ryan knows. Edit
    • Ryan: All year, I have tried to be a different person. I can't do that anymore. Seth: Wait, Ryan, what are you gonna do? Ryan: I'm gonna settle this with Trey. Once and for all. Edit
    • Julie: If it would help, I could take over Kirsten Watch for awhile. Sandy: I don't know if anything's gonna help. Julie: So then let her glower at me. I'm used to it. Sandy: Unfortunately, so am I these days. Thank you Julie. Edit

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    • The book Seth is reading is Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman. Edit
    • Sandy refers to Kirsten as a "WASP" living in Orange County. WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Edit
    • (Doorbell rings) Seth: The way things have been going around here, that's probably Oliver. Oliver was a character from the first season of the show, who brought great problems between Ryan and Marissa because he was in love with her, Ryan knew and Marissa didn't believe him. He left Newport and was taken to a mental institution. Edit

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