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Let\u2019s go back \u2026 back to the beginning<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2004, MTV debuted a new reality show about a group of teens living in an affluent Southern California beach town. Laguna Beach<\/em>, which ran for three seasons, was an aspirational watch for millennials who didn\u2019t have daily access to jaw-dropping views of the Pacific Ocean and sprawling Tuscan Mom-coded<\/a> mansions \u2014 and whose closets weren\u2019t filled to the brim with Chanel, Dior, Billabong and Quiksilver.<\/p>\n But beneath the black-and-white parties, trips to the nail salon and stellar pop-punk soundtrack was a particular storyline that kept millennial viewers tuning in week after week. It was a question that divided teens and tweens across the country in the early aughts: Should Stephen be with LC or Kristin?<\/p>\n \u201cThis was really the first high-profile show that focused on high school kids,\u201d Danielle Lindemann, a sociology professor at Lehigh University and author of True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us<\/em>, told Yahoo. \u201c[Teens and tweens] could really see themselves or it could be aspirational for younger viewers. They love it, you know, watching it and seeing the glamorous world of these older kids.\u201d<\/p>\n The majority of Laguna Beach <\/em>Season 1 \u2014 and a decent amount of Season 2 \u2014 revolved around the love triangle that was Stephen Colletti, Lauren \u2018LC\u2019 Conrad and Kristin Cavallari<\/a>. Laguna <\/em>fans definitely know the lore, but ahead of the 20th anniversary special, The Reunion: Laguna Beach<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> out Friday, allow us to refresh your memory.<\/p>\n In what felt like nearly every episode, an age-old question was posed to Conrad and Cavallari by their respective friends: \u201cSo what\u2019s going on with you and Stephen?\u201d<\/p>\n Colletti and Conrad were childhood friends who first hooked up when he and Cavallari were on a break. Conrad was always pining for Colletti, who was always pining for Cavallari, who was really just concerned with prioritizing her autonomy as a high school senior. Colletti and Cavallari were on-again, off-again for most of the show, but it was clear that they were, at one point, very in love<\/a>. Colletti often ran back to Conrad and the comfort of that situationship whenever Cavallari\u2019s interest in him waned. Obviously, the back-and-forth was confusing for Conrad, who, for the longest time, only had eyes for Colletti.<\/p>\n