 6 months after the earthquake the Cohens are living with the Coopers, Julie s marrying Bullet, Taylor has gone back to France, and Seth and Summer have spent the time becoming and "old married couple." Taylor comes back for the wedding and sparks between her and Ryan are still there. Ryan and Seth try to get the Cohen s old Berkeley house back and in that process all of Newport ends up in Berkeley. Kiersten gives birth in their old house when they go to visit. Julie moves the wedding to Berkeley so Kiersten can be there. The owners of the Berkeley home finally agree to sell to the Cohens and they start there new lives there as Seth goes off to Rhode Island and Ryan to Berkeley, but not before Ryan and Taylor get back together at the wedding. The show ends with a glimpse of their lives after the final episode years from now including Seth and Summer s wedding and Ryan working in construction and bringing the show full circle.