Who was nice in this episode! They went to Venice Beach and Audrina marveled at how it was sooo different from the little enclaves of Hollywood that she usually rattles around in. She had the sorta-frustrating but mostly charming serenity of someone contently in love. They chatted about Holly, Heidi's chipmunkish sister who was crashing at Lauren's for the time being, and Audrina seemed vaguely surprised but mostly just happy that she no longer had to deal the protracted silliness of the whole feud. Lauren and Audrina went for drinks at a noisy bar (lots of annoying dubbing in that scene!) to talk about how they should talk more, now that Audrina has abandoned her little hermitage at Conradshire to live in a sprawling apartment of her own. An episode as quiet-yet-busy as life itself. We were greeted, as always, with the swirl of mountains and late afternoon sun and the glittery title card that said 'One Last Chance.' The goal of the episode, I guess, was to figure out for whom was there a last chance? Was it Lauren's last chance to show the producers she still cared? Heidi's last chance to work at SBE? Audrina's last, best hope with grumbly Justin Bobby? Holly and Spencerina's last chance to be characters on the show? Spencer's last chance to not ruin his fake relationship's slim credibility with his relentlessly unforgivable assholishness? I think, really, it was all of those things. there's a lingering late-summer feel to the whole affair these days, and last night's typically melancholy proceedings were no exception. There are still a couple of miles to go before they sleep, what with Heidi and Spencer needing to have some sort of spectacular meltdown (or, shudder, make-up), and Whitney needing to pack her steamer trunk and herd on over to New York City for good. Does anyone else feel like The Hills might be, gulp!, wrapping up? I mean, with Lauren barely in it anymore, Heidi and Spencer not even bothering to act like they don't completely hate each other, Audrina all content, finally, with Justin Bobby.

Almost over the hill