a car drives passed blocking Ryan's view of the boy, then when the car moves out of the shot the boy is gone. Ryan walks away - Ryan is back inside, he stands in the doorway and watches Theresa who is in a pink robe standing at the stove. Marissa goes to put her hand on the door handle.
Plan: A: the end of summer; Q: What is quickly approaching in THE O.C.? A: tension; Q: What fills the air in THE O.C. as the end of summer approaches? A: The Cohen family; Q: Who is desperate to convince Seth to return home? A: Seth; Q: Who ran away at the beginning of the summer? A: Ryan; Q: Who is working construction in Chino? A: Theresa; Q: Who is pregnant in Chino? A: Newport Beach; Q: Where is Summer? A: Seth's disappearance; Q: What is Summer trying to deal with? A: the world; Q: Marissa is trying to distance herself from what? A: her problems; Q: What is Marissa masking by reverting to old habits? Summary: With the end of summer quickly approaching, tension fills the air in THE O.C. The Cohen family is desperate to convince Seth, who ran away at the beginning of the summer, to return home. Meanwhile in Chino, Ryan is working construction while a pregnant Theresa waits at home. Back in Newport Beach, while Summer is finding ways to deal with Seth's disappearance, Marissa is distancing herself from the world and masking her problems by reverting to old habits.