J. Schwartz               Yes, well she’s a very different character than Marissa.  I mean I think she’s definitely Julie Cooper’s daughter.  I think Marissa always had a little bit more of the Jimmy Cooper side to her and Kaitlin is much more the strong, not so easily manipulative, not quite tragic figure.  I think she’s a very, very different character.  She’s much more innovative, a young Julie.  So, no, I guess to answer your question.

Moderator               Thank you, and next we’ll go to the line of Glenn Garvin of the Miami Herald.

J. Schwartz               We have Rachel Bilson.  Sorry, Glenn?

G. Garvin                 Yes, hi, how are you doing?

J. Schwartz               Good, how are you?

G. Garvin                 What is Taylor doing there anyway?  I thought she was going to Stanford?  Do I recall that incorrectly?

J. Schwartz               Taylor is actually headed to the Sorbonne in Paris.  Something big happened to Taylor while she was in France and she might – she’s back now with a secret, hiding out, which will slowly reveal itself over time.  Rachel is now on the phone.

R. Bilson                     Hi.

Moderator               We’ll go to the line of Ann Oldenburg of USA Today.

A. Oldenburg            Hey, Josh.

J. Schwartz               Hey.

A. Oldenburg            What big events can we expect to happen since we went through graduation and lots of big events last season?  Is it going to be about big events again?

J. Schwartz               It’s not really as much about big events.  I mean not to say that exciting things aren’t going to be happening and every episode is going to leave you wanting more, but this year – I felt like last year, to some extent, big events were dictating character.  I really want the stories this year to come and arise organically from the characters and have the characters really driving the story, so big things will be afoot.  I don’t think it’ll be like necessarily milestones in people’s lives.  Although, Chris Micka will be back but – or these crazy tragic events occurring.  It’s more the stuff that hopefully will feel like life.

Moderator               Thank you and next we’ll go to the line of Zack Barangen from TeenPeople.com.

Z. Barangen             Hi, Rachel.

R. Bilson                     Hi.

Z. Barangen             Now that Mischa has moved on, do you feel any extra pressure as the show’s primary leading lady so to speak?

R. Bilson                     I’m sorry, who?

Z. Barangen             Mischa.

R. Bilson                     I’m just kidding.  No, we definitely have a lot of strong single characters on our show.  I would never think that my character is in that position because everyone does their fair share and has interesting story lines.  We have a really good female cast, as well as male of course, but yes, I think everyone shares the limelight so to speak.

Moderator               Thank you and next we’ll go to the line of Megan Cherkezian of TV Guide Online.

M. Cherkezian          Hi, Rachel.

R. Bilson                     Hi.

M. Cherkezian          How are you?

R. Bilson                     Good, how are you?

M. Cherkezian          Good.  I’m just wondering how you feel about Summer this season and how she changes?

R. Bilson                     I think it’s really cool.  I really like the direction they sort of pointed her in.  Dealing with her best friend’s death, she turns into sort of a tree hugger, which I think is nice to see on a TV show, especially with such a young audience that it might raise awareness and if they’re not aware of these things, it brings it to their attention and maybe they want to get involved.  So I think it’s cool that it’s that way as opposed to cage fighting or something like that.

J. Schwartz               Hey, easy on the cage fighting, Bilson.  We talked about a Summer cage fighting sequence but....

R. Bilson                     Didn’t fly.

J. Schwartz               Didn’t quite fly.

Moderator               Thank you, and next we’ll go to the line of Valerie Greenberg of Life & Style Weekly.

V. Greenberg            Hi, Rachel, how are you?

R. Bilson                     Good, how are you?

V. Greenberg            Excellent, thank you very much.  So do you anticipate being in Rhode Island the whole entire season or do you think you might make it back to see Seth some time?

R. Bilson                     Well, O.C. is just a plane ride away, so she definitely manages to do her share of visits.  So I don’t know.  Hopefully she’ll get her experience at Brown and just come home when she needs to and he’ll come visit her.

J. Schwartz               Unless something happens.

R. Bilson                     Of course.

Moderator               Thank you.  Next we’ll go to the line of Emily Christianson of Celebrity Week.

E. Christianson         Hi, Rachel.

R. Bilson                     Hi.

E. Christianson         I was curious, how does having a relationship with somebody off-screen impact your dynamic on-screen?

R. Bilson                     I don’t know.  I can only imagine it would be hard, who knows.

Moderator               Thank you.  Next we’ll go to the line of Brian Cantor of Headline Planet.

B. Cantor                Hi, Rachael, how are you?

R. Bilson                     Hi, good, how are you?

B. Cantor                Okay, so I’m basically going to redirect the question I asked Josh to you.  You’ve heard – there’s the pessimism.  You’ve heard people talking about how this will be the final season.  I’m curious, as someone whose big break was this show, how does that affect your morale on the set?  What was filming like, knowing that this could be the final season you work with the various cast members you’ve grown to become family with?

R. Bilson                     No, we don’t know that it’s the final season.  We’re just having a lot of fun and trying to make the best season we can and go from there.  No one thinks it’s over and doesn’t want it to be over, because we have a really great thing and why would you want something like that to end?  So we’re just doing the best we can and having fun doing it.

Moderator               Thank you.  Next we’ll go to the line of Glenn Garvin of Miami Herald.

G. Garvin                 Rachael, when you guys shot here – I guess actually you weren’t in that episode, but when you shot here in Miami a couple of years ago, the guys made it pretty plain to me that they were very anxious to be graduating from high school.  I wondered how you felt about that.  Did you care or are you glad to...?

R. Bilson                     No, I don’t care, because it’s fun to go back to high school and revisit it, but you don’t have to stay there, which is nice.  I look really young and I use it to my advantage and as an actress I think it can be very beneficial.  So it’s fun to do those high school situations because it’s not real so I have fun doing it.

Moderator               Thank you, and next we’ll go to the line of Valerie Greenberg from Life & Style Weekly.

V. Greenberg            Hi again, Rachel.

R. Bilson                     Hi.

V. Greenberg            How will you find yourself necessarily distancing yourself from Seth?  Do you find yourself doing that at all?

R. Bilson                     My character distancing myself?

V. Greenberg            Yes.

R. Bilson                     Well I think because dealing with the death of her best friend, she sort of distances herself from everybody attached to that or related to it, just because it’s such a constant reminder.  So in that way I think she is, but when it comes down to it, he’s her boyfriend and they are going to have to deal with those issues eventually.  So, yes, you know—

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