The drama all started outside the Bolthouse offices when (coincidentally?) Speidi ended up at Ketchup, the very same trendy restaurant where Lauren and Jason were dining. (Side note: I can't help wondering if there is perhaps a sister restaurant called Mustard.) Judging by the way Lauren reacted when the ominous couple walked in, I really felt that this cataclysmic event wasn't (for once) orchestrated by MTV. Or is that just too naive of me to believe? Either way, you could've cut the tension in the room with a piece of Beavis' facial hair.

Who knew that the Ketchup confrontation was actually the very first time Spencer and Jason had met face-to-face? I was surprised that was the case because of the way Spencer ever so politely and nonchalantly commented, ''It's great to see you guys back together. It's heartwarming.'' Spencer's maturity has obviously rubbed off on his darling puppet, Heidi: ''Maybe they're back in the moviemaking action,'' she said while pretending to look at the menu. Then Heidi went on to complain how baffling it was that Lauren would even so much as sit with Jason after everything he put Lauren through. Attention, Heidi: He never spread rumors about a sex tape, now did he? That was most likely your doing.

It's too bad the Lauren and Jason reunion dinner was rudely interrupted, because for a second there, Lauren was finally relaxed and being herself. Well, maybe until Jason zoned out and checked out another girl during Lauren's random rant about wanting to put red lights in her room. (Did anyone else want to hear her finish her sentence about what red lighting does? I certainly did.) I don't really mind seeing these two hang out again — as friends, of course — so long as Lauren promises to never use the baby voice she used when she said to Jason, ''I know you better than anybody.''

I got the slight feeling Lauren wants the Jason revival to be a more-than-friends thing, especially by the way she acted giddy around him (''I'll have sober nights with you. We can go bowl-ling, and we can go to moo-vies, and we can go to like a comedy club!'') and confided in Whitney about it (''He's the one I told everything to, you know what I mean? And you don't get that many people in your life that you can just tell everything to''). Though homegirl's going to have to get over her ex (again!) real soon, because as we saw in previews for next week, he's going to announce his engagement to USC student Katja. Not that we really know enough about Jason's relationship to judge, but why do these reality stars feel the need to rush to get engaged at such a young age? (Or in Speidi's case, ''engaged.'') Twenty bucks says Jason calls it off within the next month. Who's with me?

All right, kids, it's your turn to tell me your thoughts: Is it just me or does Lauren always sound like she's about to lose her voice? Should we start a petition to get Elodie promoted at Bolthouse? Do you think Teen Vogue is a little annoyed at how much they've taken a backseat this season? Finally, can we have more 95-percent-Audrina-free shows in the future?

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