Laguna Beach
Season #1
J Episode #1: A Black & White Affair – Their senior year is
winding down and the kids from Laguna
Beach are just getting started for their summer fun…
and drama. Lo, LC, Morgan and Christina are the most popular senior girls in
school. At the Black and White themed party, the fun starts together with the
drama and rivalry. Especially when Kristin starts to go her own way, despite
the negative response she gets from others. Welcome to Laguna
Beach and the life of eight high school friends who
were born and raised in this beautiful seaside town. As the senior girls
prepare for one of their infamous hotel parties, Stephen is in torn by his attraction
to two girls, Kristin and LC. After Kristin confronts him about his night with
LC, sparks fly as they all attend the Black & White party. The first
episode of the show begins with Lauren/LC as the narrator introducing the cast
members and giving some details about them. The first scene opens with LO, LC,
Morgan and Christina sitting around a table eating some chips and planning a
party. They’re trying to decide on a theme, and of course, the all-important
guest list. They finally decide to call it “A Black and White Affair”, and
decide to have it in a swank hotel. When Lo asks if they should invite Kristin,
LC makes a face, but agrees. And speaking of Kristin, the pretty blonde is
relaxing in her Jacuzzi on a water bed. Her cell phone rings and she gets out
of the Jacuzzi and answers it. It’s Alex. The two friends make plans for the
night and Alex asks how her relationship with Stephen is going. Kristin answers
that it’s pretty good. With her man on her mind, she visits the dark-haired
cutie at work. Stephen tells her he’s planning to go Trey’s BBQ and asks her if
she’s going. She flat out tells him that she’s not going anywhere that
Lauren/LC is going to be. Stephen answers the phone while Kristin teases him,
then she says she has to pick up Alex and leaves the store. We cut to Trey’s
house where LC is on her cell phone leaving a message for Lo, complaining that
she is the only senior girl there. Trey is cooking some hamburgers. Dieter is
doing his work as Stephen’s wing man and tells LC that he will get there in a
while. Then Polster approaches them with a strange hat and Dieter says that it
was going to be his hat for the night, but Polster argues that Trey gave him
the hat. Dieter invites LC to go bubble bathing with them and Polster explains
that they are going to pour bubble bath in the Jacuzzi so that it creates a
massive mount of bubbles. LC wants to know they they’d do that, but Polster
responds puzzled, “Why wouldn’t we do that?” Dieter explains that they’re going
to a hotel to pull the prank. LC tells them that’s mean! And they joke about
Polster’s intelligence… or lack thereof.
Stephen enters and hugs LC asking if she’s there alone.
Meanwhile, it’s girls’ night in at Kristin’s house. She and her best friend
Alex are busing painting their nails, talking about boys, and laughing about
how Kristin and Stephen’s babies would look like. Back at Trey’s house, LC,
Stephen, Morgan, Trey, Christina and some others are sitting around a table.
The girls are giving details of their upcoming party and instructions on what they
have to wear. LC and Stephen share some flirty looks and afterwards the two
head off alone to Stephen’s house. The next morning Stephen goes to see LC’s
new house, which is still being built. She shows him her bedroom, bragging that
it’s the best room in the house, and that she has two closets: One for her
clothes and the other one for her shoes and purses. They go outside to the pool
and the Jacuzzi, still under construction. Stephen sits on the Jacuzzi and
imitates the sound of the Jacuzzi when it is turned on. LC shows him Kristin’s
house from where they’re standing. J
Meanwhile, Talan and Kristin are sitting outside some kind of
cafeteria and drinking a coke, talking about Stephen Lauren’s rendezvous the
night before and questioning if they hooked up or not. Kristin says that
Stephen told her that they didn’t, but she still thinks they spend too much
time together. The scene cuts to the hotel where the party will take place. Lo
and LC are talking to the hotel manager about the party and he warns that it
can’t be a dance party, just a get together. Lo assures him that they’re
trustworthy. And now we’re at a store where Trey, Polster and Stephen are
talking about whether they’d date Kristin or LC and imagining the two fighting
over Stephen. Stephen says that Kristin is just a girl to have fun with, but
Lauren is more girlfriend material. Wonder how Kristin would take that? Won’t
have to wonder long… later that night Kristin and Stephen meet at her house for
a date. They go to a restaurant to have dinner and fight about him lying to
Kristin and being at LC’s house. She makes it clear that she doesn’t like LC
and doesn’t trust her with him. J
Meanwhile, LC, Lo, Morgan and Christina are getting ready for
the Black and White party in a room at the hotel and talking about what they
will wear. LC makes fun of the dress she wore to the freshman year dance, and
they all say that Lo’s dress was cute. They wonder how Kristin and the freshman
girls will act. Then Lo says that she wanted to wear a white dress but that she
never found a cute one. Kristin is in her room, wearing a white dress and
picking the right shoes. At Trey’s house the boys are ready to leave and
Stephen is backing up his car and accidentally runs over Dieter’s cologne.
Instead of apologizing he tells Dieter that it’s his fault that he ran over his
cologne. The scene cuts to the Surf and Sand Hotel where the Black and White
party is taking place. Lo and LC are talking on the balcony and Lo is trying to
find Kristin’s phone number to call her because she’s with all the guys. LC
tells her that she called Dieter, and he said they were just going to stop by
briefly and then head over to Polster’s place. Lo is shocked by that news. J
Dieter, Jessica, Trey, Alex, Stephen and Kristin arrive at the hotel
and while they’re walking inside Kristin is complaining about not wanting to be
there. An annoyed Stephen tells her to stop complaining. They get to the room
and knock. LC runs to open the door. They all say hello to LC, except for
Kristin who passes her and goes directly to have a seat. LC notices that
Stephen is not wearing black like he’s supposed to. Christina invites everybody
to start dancing and Kristin sitting on the bed refuses. The rest start dancing
and make plans to go to the beach after that. LC points out that everyone work
black, except for Kristin who was the only one to wear white. During the night,
Kristin and LC exchange uncomfortable glances. Kristin is sick of being there and
spends the entire night whining. Tired of listening to Kristin saying that she
doesn’t want to be there, LC tells Morgan that if she hears Kristin saying that
she wants to leave one more time, she will personally escort her out of the
hotel. Finally, Kristin manages to get everyone to leave and she, Stephen,
Alex, Dieter and Jessica leave the party. Over the closing credits, we focus on
a morose LC, bummed over Stephen leaving the party, standing on the balcony
alone. J
J Episode #2: The Bonfire – A double-date dinner turns from bad
to worse when Stephen gets jealous about phone calls Kristin is receiving from
another guy. LC and Lo drop in on Treys AKA (Active Young America) Open Mic
Night, and the whole gang gathers for a bonfire on the beach where things heat
up between LC, Stephen and Kristin. Stephen thinks he has to teach Kristin how
to surf, something she doesn’t really like. Kristin plays to cook with Jessica
for Dieter and Stephen – a difficult project, when nobody knows how to cook!
Stephen is getting jealous and he wants to talk with her at the bonfire –what will
she say? J
In this episode of Laguna
Beach, things really start to heat up Southern
Cali style. The love triangle between Stephen, Kristin and LC is
becoming more obvious, and each of them is really starting to feel the pressure.
This episode opens with LC and Lo making a trip to their favorite sanctuary –
the mall—to take their minds off boy problems. They end up in the M.A.C. store,
where they have their makeup professionally done for the many festivities they
have planned for the evening. Christina calls her best friend Morgan from the road
to announce her acceptance into SMU for the fall. Morgan congratulates
Christina and tells her she has yet to open her own letter from BYU – the only
college she applied to. The two meet on the beach, so they can read the letter together.
Morgan talks about how much she longs to go to SMU and leave her life in “the bubble”
behind her. She talks about how she cannot wait to get away from “the party
scene” as well as all the “stupid kids screwing up on their parents’ money”. As
Morgan finally opens the letter and begins to read from the page, we find out
she has been declined admission to the only college she applied to. What will
she do now? Like a true best friend, Christina tries to comfort Morgan convince
her everything will be alright – contrary to Morgan’s belief that this “totally
sucks.” J
Kristin and her friend Jessica go the grocery store to pick up
everything they need for the dinner they will be cooking for Stephen and
Jessica’s boyfriend Dieter at Dieter’s house later that evening. As they walk
up the steps to the house, Kristin wonders if Stephen will be in a jealous
mood. (According to Kristin, whenever she isn’t “all over” Stephen, he tends to
freak out, and that really pisses her off.) Back at Dieter’s house, the verdict
is on Kristin and Jessica’s dinner: Not good! Stephen honestly admits he does
not like the food and Dieter shamelessly trips and asks why it “tastes so bad”.
As if the unsatisfactory food wasn’t enough, things start to get tense as
Kristin’s cell phone begins ringing nonstop. Looking quite perturbed, Stephen
asks Kristin why she just does not turn off her phone. Kristin shrugs it off.
When the phone continues to ring, she finally leaves the table to answer it.
Now, Stephen is the one who looks pissed. Unfortunately, the group’s cozy
little dinner for four didn’t quite turn out the way everyone had planned. J’
The evening culminates in a bonfire, and everyone from the
clique is present. Of course, this poses a small problem, considering the
awkward relations between Stephen, Kristin and LC. With relations between them
still tense from last night’s dinner, Stephen and Kristin discreetly have a
quasi-argument. Kristin gets frustrated and says she doesn’t want to talk about
it. While Kristin has stepped away, Stephen and LC have a little talk. Stephen
tells her how he can’t wait to “get the hell out” of Laguna
Beach. He also tells LC how doesn’t regret how they
once hooked up because he feels they have become better friends because of it. LC
says it was fun while it lasted, but she said she could have done without all
the drama that ensued because of it. The entire time of their conversation,
Kristin looks on from afar. Trouble in paradise…
