Once a week, the members of The OC Round Table will deliver their uncensored, unabashed, unwavering views on various issues affecting the show and its characters. Not so much knights as raucous fans of this FOX phenom, these pundits will comment on every aspect that hits the airways, from Ryan‘s bird-like facial expressions to Luke‘s transition from hotheaded jock to complete and utter loser. Agree with their views? Disagree? Send in your thoughts, comments, questions or harassing diatribes to any or all of the supposed sages. They‘ll publish viewer feedback in each subsequent edition of the Round Table. Now, it‘s time to pull up a chair, meet our panelists and dissect their takes on the shocking twists and turns that comprise The OC.

The panel:

Name: Matty Rich Favorite character: Sandy The OC words to live by: Kirsten: So what do you want to be, now? Ryan: Seventeen. Contact: Private Message	Name: Max Power Favorite character: Hailey The OC words to live by: Puuuuuddding!	Name: Mr. Blue Favorite character: Kirsten The OC words to live by: Sandy: Face it, your mom‘s a hottie. And I got her. Contact: Private Message
Name: Darkly Noon Favorite character: Ryan The OC words to live by: Juile: We're celebrating my new position. Sandy: I'm not gonna touch that one.	Name: Leighton S. Favorite character: Seth The OC words to live by: Seth: What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico. Ryan: What happens in Mexico? Seth: I don‘t know because it stays there! That‘s why we must go! Contact: Private Message

What career path should Sandy follow?

Matty Rich: Dr. Phil is condescending, conceited and bald. Dr. Sandy, however, will be patient, self-deprecating and awash in bushy bales of hair and eyebrows. The opportunity for Sandy to counsel relationship problems of all kinds on national television is too tempting to dismiss as "bad." It's quite good in fact. This understanding, loving problem-solver even has the ability to croon out a chorus of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" in order to motivate his minions.

Max Power: Marriage therapist. ÊSandy, super father who can solve any family problem should expand and deliver his moral high ground to the rest of the community. ÊEspecially in the Newport environment, this could be a potentially lucrative occupation. ÊDownside would be being forced to listen to Julie Cooper complain about all of her husbands - past, present and future.

Darkly Noon: If Sanford wishes to lend his services to a worthwhile cause, but chart a new course professionally, he should start his own environmental law office. In battling his own wife's tyrannical real estate firm over conservation land, he has shown flashes of brilliance in this field. More than anywhere else in this nation, Southern California's air quality, plant and animal life and natural resources need a passionate advocate. Mr. Cohen, The environment on Line One...

Leighton S.: Sandy should teach. Probably high school, but I'm sure he's qualified for college. Look at the influence he's had on the lives of his sons and their friends. Sandy is what makes this show more than the biannual cleavage-fest flop that Fox pumps out. He's the dad we'd all love to have. If that doesn't work out, he should be a pimp - talent pool, charm, start up cash, all the elements are there.

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How would you react if your girlfriend had a girlfriend?

Darkly Noon: I would most likely be too busy imagining the pillow fighting possibilities to care.

Matty Rich: Huh? Don't all girlfriends have girlfriends? If Sweet Valley High has taught me anything, it's that females constantly walk around topless and have sleep overs together. Isn't that basically all that is involved in a relationship? So I'd just bring my nail polish, learn how to make a French braid and join the fun.

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Max Power: Is there anything else you would want in a girl? ÊNow you know that your girlfriend is a bit experimental, so anything goes in the bedroom. ÊAnd that's all that any guy wants, a lady on the streets and a freak in the bed. No, but let's look at it seriously. ÊWhenever you see your current girlfriend's ex you can pick out any flaws that you see in him to make you feel a bit better. ÊHow do you do this when the ex is a girl, especially an attractive one? ÊYou lose your ability feel as though your better then the ex, so if that happens, go to the first statement and run with that thought.

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Random thoughts/questions (Part I)

• Why did Lindsay ask Ryan how he met Marissa? Didn't she watch the first season?
• Seth has seen most of The Banger Sisters. So Alex will end up like ... Susan Sarandon?
• Seriously, is the Bait Shop the only place these people can hang out at?
• Summer acted like "Psycho Bitch 2000?" Wake up and smell the millennium, honey, it's 2005!

Pen the tag line for Newport Living magazine.

Leighton S.: Newport Living - Live White.

Max Power: Newport Living - Where your next emotional trauma could be your next door neighbor.

Darkly Noon: Newport Living - The Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty.

Matty Rich: Newport Living - Get busy Newport living or get busy dying.

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Does Lindsay have a drinking problem?

Darkly Noon: Yes, although the only issue was that she made it look like amateur night at the Bait Shop. Lindsay, your reputation took a small hit last night. You're never going to become a true party animal if you keep this up. Come on, girl! If you can't run with the anorexic, alcoholic dogs, stay on the porch. You've got to be cool! Stay within yourself. Stumbling uncontrollably, bursting into laughter for no reason and professing undying love to people you barely know are instant giveaways that you have a problem. A problem holding your liquor.

Leighton S.: Save for those few sips of her mom's Zinfandel, this is Lindsay's first time getting polluted, right? Everyone's entitled to their first time, except maybe when it's with Marissa. First drunken endeavors should not include injecting Vodka into your eyeball. Trust me, I saw the outtakes. Lindsay's cute but in trouble. But mostly cute. In trouble. Cute.

Matty Rich: I didn't see her spill anything on herself, so I don't think she does. She may have a humor problem, however; I failed to see what was so funny when she banged against the bar table. She may have injured herself or, even worse, she may have injured someone else.

Max Power: Of course not, she's just a bit of a lightweight. What else could she have done in that situation? ÊEx's and current girlfriends are not made to hang out, unless there's a much longer hiatus (like eight years). Anything less then that would drive anybody to the sauce.

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Random thoughts/questions (Part II)

• Yeah, we all saw the burger in Marissa's hands. We're not buying it.
• It was an In & Out burger. Is that the name of the fast food chain or the process involving that food and Marissa's stomach?
• I can't wait for Johnny Zero, starring Frankie G., playing Johnny Calvo.

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