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Oddjack sets odds on developments on this season's The O.C. (the first episode of which is waiting for us on our TiVo's 120-hour hard drive):

Fun with the Over/Under

Number of shitty bands you’ve never heard of that show up to perform at the Bait Shop and become one-hit wonders to high school seniors everywhere— 7

Number of times Seth and Summer are officially “on” as a couple 2.5

Number of times Seth and Summer are no longer speaking (must occur for at least 22 minutes in a single episode for action)— 2

Number of substances Marissa abuses, season— 3.5

Number of times Ryan washes his hands of Marissa, claiming her abuse and his mother’s abuse are just too interrelated— 1.5

Number of Newpsie soirees thrown by the Cohens, season— 5.5

Number of drinks the lazy writers have recovering alcoholic Kirsten Cohen drinking at said soirees, non-relapse plot point beverages only—3.5

Number of Sandy Cohen quizzical glances in first three episodes— 44