Johnny's dead. He's a big splat mark on the sandy beaches of Newport Beach. You can tell from the title of this episode that he fell off a cliff. It wasn't exactly a surprise; Keith had the scoop about a week and a half ago. And even if you missed that special Spoiler's Anonymous, the commercials were less than subtle. Any time you see a commercial with a seasonal character stumbling around the top of a cliff with a bottle of tequila, you know things are gonna go bad. Especially when the ads plead, "DON'T MISS THE LAST FIVE MINUTES!" Okay, okay, I won't.

I'm not really surprised that they killed off Johnny nor do I care. Let's face it, being a love interest of Marissa Cooper is a death sentence. Johnny's dead, Oliver's in the nuthouse, and Luke is living in Seattle with his gay dad. I could care less about Johnny and Oliver, but I'm still a little bit shocked that they wrote Luke off so easily. He really was the best arch nemesis for Ryan.

In case you missed the last five minutes, (and they warned you not to), I'll clue you in on what happened. After some encouragement from Chili, Johnny decided to confess his love for Marissa. It was his final attempt at throwing his hat into the ring. At the same time, Ryan confronted Marissa about her feelings for Johnny and told her that they couldn't see each other anymore until she figured it out. Of course, Marissa was perplexed. In a surprise move, it was actually Kaitlan who guided her sister in the right direction by using an extended ice cream metaphor, involving ice cream flavors that I'd never heard of. Kaitlain's advice in a nutshell -- stick with Ryan. He's a good guy, and you already love him. Stick with the one you're with. Marissa wrote a letter to Johnny telling him her decision to stick with Ryan. We didn't get to see the exact contents of the letter, but it looked like the shortest Dear John(ny) letter I've ever seen. Seriously, it was like 4 sentences long. It didn't even take up the small piece of stationary she was using.

Johnny, upset about Marissa's decision, picked up Kaitlan and her mom's bottle of tequila, and headed to the beach for a bonfire. Kaitlan wanted to make-out, but Johnny wanted to get drunk, cry about Marissa and go rock climbing. He made it to the top and dropped right back down to the bottom. Splat. Goodbye Johnny.

Seth continued to be a pothead this week. Ryan busted him out by the pier at the crack of dawn trying to buy a dime bag. But instead of picking up some weed, Ryan convinced Seth to confess to Summer about missing the Brown interview. Seth agreed, but when it came time to do it, he wimped out. Summer is intimidating. Instead of coming clean, Seth tried to re-scheduled his Brown interview by lying and claiming there was a massive car wreck on the day of his interview. Summer finally got wind of his lying and bitch-smacked him into confession. But he didn't confess to his new drug habit. At the very end of the show, Summer went snooping into his room and found the biggest bag of pot ever. Seth couldn't possibly be smoking all that alone, could he? Captain Oats must be helping him. They didn't show Summer confronting him about the pot, but I'm sure it will happen in next week's episode.

Meanwhile, Julie and Kirsten hatched a plan to win back Dr. Roberts. Kirsten figured that if they tried to set him up with a lot of Newport high society broads, Dr. Roberts would be put-off by blind dating and would want to reconnect with Julie. Instead, Dr. Roberts was excited by the idea and took a local socialite out for a fancy dinner. Julie Cooper decided to spy on the two by wearing a scarf over her head and sunglasses and sitting at the very next table. It was absolutely ridiculous. It reminded me of the scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan where Miss Piggy spies on Kermit. Julie looked exactly like Miss Piggy in her disguise. It was pretty cute, but that sort of stuff only happens on TV. Of course, she got busted and ran out of there embarrassed, but not before running into a waiter. In the end, Dr. Roberts showed up at the trailer to confess that yes indeed, he did want to be with Julie. Ahhhhhhhh.

Love (and death and weed) are in the air. Just in time for next week's Valentine's episode.