The Hills Season 1 Episode Recaps

Episode 1: New City, New Drama

Lauren makes her way to Los Angeles and meets her friend and roommate, Heidi, at their new apartment. Just as Lauren is about to explore her new home, Teen Vogue calls, changing her interview time from 5 that afternoon to whenever she can get to their offices. Lauren heads out and interviews with West Coast Editor Lisa Love for the internship position.

After the interview, Lauren goes back to her apartment, where Heidi introduces her to a new friend, Audrina. Later that evening, the three--along with Lauren's friend David, Heidi's boyfriend Jordan, and Jordan's roommate Brian--head to Geisha House for sushi.

The next day, Lauren and Heidi head to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and meet with school administration. While is Lauren called "a together gal," Heidi is asked if she is in the right school. Back at the apartment, Teen Vogue editor Blaine calls Lauren to offer her the internship.

On her first day at Teen Vogue, Lauren meets Whitney, another intern. Lisa Love talks to both girls about what is expected of them during the internship. Their first task is to address envelopes for an event celebrating the magazine's just-released Hollywood issue.

Lauren explains her internship and the upcoming party to Heidi that evening. Heidi asks Lauren if she can sneak her and her friends in, but Lauren doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize her internship. The next day at work, Lisa lets Lauren and Whitney know that they will be working at the party this weekend and sets down the rules - you are there to work, not party.

On the night of the event, Blaine explains to Lauren that she will be reserving a section of seats for celebrities. As soon as he leaves, Lauren receives a call from Heidi. She is waiting outside with Audrina, Jordan, and Brian and asks Lauren to sneak them into the party. Though Lauren tells them no, they insist. Lauren asks Whitney if she can let her friends in and Whitney does. As soon as they are in, Brian immediately sits down in the section that Lauren is supposed to be reserving. Heidi and Jordan begin fighting and Blaine comes to ask Lauren about the "drama at the door." To make matters worse, Lauren's friends are all seated in the reserved section when Lisa Love passes by. Lisa reminds Lauren that no one is supposed to be sitting there and tells Lauren that they will "discuss this on Monday."

Episode 2: A Change Of Plans

Before heading in to Teen Vogue, Lauren sets down a new rule for Heidi—no more crashing work events. At the office, Lauren and Whitney discuss Saturday night’s events. Across town, Jordan and his roommate, Brian, play ball and discuss Saturday. But while Whitney and Lauren wonder if they will get in trouble, the boys discuss Heidi’s actions and relationships. Blaine tells Lauren that Lisa wants to see her in her office. Lisa reprimands Lauren and asks her how her friends got into the party. Lauren says she didn’t let them in a she didn’t know how they got in. Lauren returns to her desk and tells Whitney what happened. Whitney feels bad for letting Lauren’s friends in, and suggests that maybe she should have said no.

Later that evening, Audrina, Lauren, Heidi, Jordan, and Brian decide to go clubbing at LAX. Once inside, Heidi wanders off and the others can’t find her. She comes back and tells everyone that she met Brent Bolthouse, of Bolthouse Productions and has landed an interview with him. While Heidi is jumping up and down with excitement, Lauren mentions that they have school in the morning and says she’s leaving, but Heidi says she’s staying until closing time.

The next morning, Lauren goes to wake up Heidi for school, but she and Jordan are still sleeping. They still make it to school on time, but before they get inside, Heidi is talking about wanting to skip classes. Lauren spends her day in lectures and meets up with Heidi afterwards, but Heidi tells Lauren that she didn’t finish her classes that day. Later that evening, Heidi and Jordan go to Café Tartine and Heidi tells Jordan she doesn’t feel like school is for her. She also tells him that Lauren doesn’t understand that she isn’t meant to do what Lauren does.

The next morning, Heidi tells Lauren that she’s skipping class to go to her interview with Bolthouse and, if she gets the job, she’s going to “push back” school indefinitely. Lauren tells Heidi that she thought they were moving to LA so that they could go to school together, but if she believes that this is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, that she should go for it.

While Lauren is telling Whitney about Heidi’s interview and Heidi’s plans to drop out of school, Heidi goes to meet Brent Bolthouse. As Brent is interviewing Heidi, he tells her that he hates drama and that he wants as little as possible. Heidi pauses and then nods in agreement. A little while later, back at Teen Vogue, Lauren receives a call and it’s Heidi calling to let her know that she got the job. Lauren congratulates Heidi, and then hangs up on her, softly singing, fashion school drop out, no graduation day for you.

Episode 3: An Unexpected Call

It's morning and as Lauren is getting ready for another day at Teen Vogue, Heidi attempts a conversation. She wants to know if Lauren is mad about her dropping out of school for the job at Bolthouse. Lauren says that she thought the whole reason they were moving to LA was so that they could go to school together, but if this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, then Heidi should take it. But Lauren warns Heidi that she will have to work. At Teen Vogue, Blaine calls Lauren into his office to give her an assignment: go home and get ready to take a red-eye flight to New York City - she's got a dress to deliver to Lisa Love. Meanwhile, Audrina is also about to receive a surprise at work. Brian shows up at Quixote to pay her a visit. Audrina gives Brian a tour of the studio and as he's leaving, he asks Audrina out for dinner. She accepts and they make plans for the next night.

Heidi tells Audrina about dropping out of school and Audrina agrees that school isn't for everyone because she also dropped out. Heidi is still excited that, at 19, she's landed her "dream job."

The next day Heidi meets with Brent where he tells her that the position is full time and that, in this company, it's "sink or swim." Heidi seems confused about the job hours and not overly-enthusiastic about the task at hand.

On the other side of the country, Lauren lands in New York and makes her way to the Marc Jacobs show to deliver the dress to Lisa Love. Lisa thanks her and tells Lauren that she needs to leave now to return to LA. While in a taxi on the way to the airport, Lauren and Heidi share a phone call to discuss their days. Heidi tells Lauren that the job wasn't what she thought it would be and that she finds it boring. Lauren tells her that she needs to give it time.

At the end of her first day, Heidi asks to speak with Brent and explains to him that the job isn't what she thought it would be and that she had believed that the position was part-time and not full-time. Brent tells her that if she wants to do "night-club stuff," then she needs to be dedicated 100% and seems unbelieving of her attitude. It's date night and Brian takes Audrina out to dinner. Things seem to be going well and later she invites him to hang out at her place.

The next morning as Heidi is getting ready for work, Jordan attempts to pull her back into the bed and tells her not to go to work that day. He then suggests she quit. Heidi silently considers the option, but makes her way to work anyway.

Lauren arrives home from her whirlwind trip to New York. As she checks her voice mail messages she is stunned by what she hears. It's Jason. He's now also in LA and he wants to see her. Episode 4: Lauren And Jason, Take Two A huge flower arrangement for Lauren is delivered to the girls’ apartment. Heidi thinks it might be from Lauren’s mom, but when she snatches the card from Lauren she discovers it’s a note from Jason. Apparently he misses Lauren. At Teen Vogue, Whitney and Lauren start talking about relationships. Whitney says she isn’t seeing anyone and Lauren talks about her past relationship with Jason. Lauren tells Whitney how Jason kissed his ex-girlfriend in front of her and how she couldn’t be with him after that. Across town, Heidi is inundated with filing and phone calls and is quickly falling behind in day’s work.

Later that evening, Lauren receives another voice mail from Jason with a request to get together to “catch up on old times.” Looks like Lauren has conceded as she meets Jason for dinner. It’s awkward at first and Lauren asks why Jason called her. They discuss how and why they broke up. Jason tells Lauren he wants to “start fresh.”

At Bolthouse, Brent is holding a staff meeting and announces that there will be a weekend event in Vegas with a huge after-party. Heidi brightens, but is quickly crushed when they tells her that she will not be going because she’s not 21.

Meanwhile, Jason continues to woo Lauren, showing up at Teen Vogue with yet another bouquet of flowers and taking her to lunch. During the meal he asks her out to a movie. What’s with all the flowers, though? Although Lauren’s father has always told her that flowers mean “I’m sorry,” Whitney thinks their might be something a little more romantic behind Jason’s gesture. This interpretation suits Lauren, as she isn’t willing to let Jason go yet.

Back at the apartment Heidi and Lauren are lying by the pool. Lauren is texting someone, and when Heidi asks who, she is surprised to learn that it’s Jason. Heidi warns Lauren, but Lauren claims that “it’s different this time” and that her guard is up now. Still, Heidi swears she’ll “kill him” if he hurts her again.

The next day, Brent asks Heidi to pick up lunch for him. When she returns with the order, Brent points out that she’s forgotten his drink. Further dejected, Heidi runs back out to pick it up and later calls Jordan and tells him how much she hates her job and how she’s thinking about quitting. Jason and Lauren go out on their movie date, after which he drives her home. As he opens the door for her, he tells her how nice it’s been seeing her. They’re saying goodbye and he leans in and gives her a kiss. He asks her to go to dinner sometime and she agrees.

Episode 5: Jason's Birthday

Jason’s birthday is coming up so Lauren and Heidi head to a pro shop to pick up some golf clubs for him. At Teen Vogue, Lisa Love brings fashion director Gloria to talk to Whitney and Lauren about a fashion shoot on Wednesday, the same day as Jason’s birthday. Whitney has class at noon and won’t be able to go to the shoot, so Lisa tells Lauren that she will need to be there. Lauren agrees to go, but tells Whitney that she’ll have to cancel her daytime plans with Jason.

That evening, Audrina tells Heidi about the date she’ll be going on with Danny. When Heidi asks about Brian, Audrina says that they hung out but didn’t “take it to the next level.”

Jason comes to visit Lauren at the apartment. When Lauren breaks the news to him that she won’t be able to spend the day with him on Wednesday she can tell he’s upset.

The next night, Danny comes to pick up Audrina for their date. After some small talk they arrive at the restaurant, where Danny promptly begins checking his voicemail, saying he has a message from his agent. Heidi calls during dinner to check up on the date, telling Audrina to say that “the food is great” if Danny is “cute and sweet.” Audrina’s response: “the food is greasy.”

Meanwhile, Jordan, Heidi, Lauren, and Jason go out to dinner themselves. Heidi mentions that Brian is meeting up with them and that he doesn’t know that Audrina is on a date. Lauren says not to mention the date, but as soon as Audrina shows up, Heidi starts asking questions. Audrina talks about it vaguely, but when Heidi says she wants more details, Brian cuts her off and the subject is changed.

At the Teen Vogue photo shoot the next day, Lauren starts out by organizing shoes, steaming skirts, and constantly checking the clock. At the golf club, Jordan asks Jason to look for his gloves in the back of his car. But when Jason opens the hatch, he finds the golf clubs Lauren bought him. Stoked, he calls Lauren and thanks her for the gift and tells her he’ll pick her up for dinner.

By 3:30 Lauren is ready to call it a day. Unfortunately, nobody seems to know when the shoot is going to end. At 6:30 Lauren is invited to one last shot at the beach. She declines, saying that if they don’t need her, she has things to do.

Jason picks up Lauren and tells her he wished he could have been with her all day and that if she wants to go home after dinner, she can take his car. Lauren asks him if he has plans after dinner and he says that he doesn’t know what he wants to do, but he wants to go out.

At the restaurant they meet up with the gang for Jason’s birthday dinner. Jason sits beside Lauren, but doesn’t stay in one place for long and moves down to the other end of the table to talk to other guests. Lauren keeps looking down the table at him, waiting to see if he’ll come back. Jason stays away all night, but while Lauren is pissed, she doesn’t want to fight with him on his birthday.

Outside, Jason asks why Lauren is upset. She tells him that she’s going to go home and he asks her again. Jason then walks past her and talks to a friend. The two get into a car with some other friends, leaving Lauren standing with his keys. She drives his car home.
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