Girlboss does a lot of things right when it comes to the Netflix series based on Sophia Amoruso’s clothes flipping brilliance in 2006. It’s funny, it’s got a strong message of female ambition, and it makes for a great binge. But what it really nails, so, so hard, is the night of Thursday May 18, 2006.

After Sophia (Britt Robertson) drops a wedding dress off at the cleaners and races against the clock to get it into the hands of a very particular bride, she joins her pals on the couch to watch the season three finale of The O.C.. They stare on wide-eyed as Ryan (Ben McKenzie) carries a limp Marissa (Mischa Barton), a memorable wink back to the season one trip to Tijuana, away from a car as it blows up after a run-in with the evil Volchok (Cam Gigandet) in “The Graduates”, when Sophia suddenly gets up to take a phone call. This girl is ALL business, so much so, that she walks away from the scene where Ryan tries to shake Marissa back to life!

To be fair, Sophia does state that Seth (Adam Brody) and Summer (Rachel Bilson) are “way more interesting” and looks forward to them hugging “Peter Eyebrows” (Peter Gallagher) and then jumps up to talk shop. Annie (Ellie Reed) can’t take her eyes off the screen, while her boyfriend Dax (Alphonso McAuley), asks out loud, “What’s wrong with Melissa?” Annie is holding out hope, dropping a Chrismukkah reference as the nerves build.

“Oh shit, she’s dead?” Shane (Johnny Simmons) gets out in between bites, and the ever clueless Dax dares to ask if “That Melissa chick important?” Fighting back tears, Annie accurately explains, “She’s not just a character on a show, ok? She’s also really pretty.” She then has the unfortunate job of telling Sophia that “those monsters killed her,” and Sophia has to grapple with the fact that she just missed “the most significant TV event of our lifetime” due to a work call.

“I hope this means they make Taylor Townsend (Autumn Reeser) a regular next year, “ Shane weighs in, with Annie angrily asking, “Who the fuck likes Taylor Townsend?” This exchange remains hilarious because that is indeed what they did, turning Taylor from an annoying classmate to an incredibly likable core crew member. Her relationship with Ryan can be pointed to as one of the high points of the show’s final season.

But let’s examine why Girlboss captured such an important pop culture moment so perfectly. Did they browse through our journals from that fateful May night for accuracy? Because they really did it justice. In May of 2006, many young people were indeed gathered around their TVs taking in this season finale. DVR and Tivo existed, but it’s unlikely that the bartender and band manager roomies would be splurging for that technology just yet. Sophia took a call and missed it all. No rewinding, no clip on YouTube just yet. And the worst part? The next day it’s all anyone could about. It’s the first thing out of her pal Nathan’s (Cole Escola) mouth, explaining how he “literally just stopped crying” and how his mother already created a Save Marissa petition online.

These were the exact conversations we were having that week: who these characters were, why they were important, and what would it mean for the world if they were no longer part of our favorite TV show? Could they actually be getting rid of the pretty girl from this popular show!? For Sophia, missing a moment like that was a bummer, yes. For anyone else who didn’t have their mind on starting a business, and only that, it would’ve been devastating. But there was no pop culture moment, even Marissa Cooper’s super sad passing, that could get in the way of what was truly important to Sophia, and that was being on top of her game when it came to being an entrepreneur. Peter Eyebrows would be proud.

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