Alexandra "Alex" Leah Murrel (born 27 January 1987 in Orange County, California) was featured on Season 2. She was best friends with Taylor Cole. Alex M. played a part in this season's love triangle, which included Jessica Smith, Jason Wahler, and herself. Jason was going out with Jessica until Alex went to Winter Formal with him.
Alex M. currently shares an apartment in West Hollywood with fellow cast member Alex H. and close friend Britt Delano. She also modeled for a Bongo campaign with fellow cast members Kristin, LC, Stephen, Jason, and Talan. She is trying to make her mark in music. She is currently recording her debut album, which is said to be released September 26, 2006. However her Album was put on hold then soon canceled by her label "Eyecon Enterprises" This has been confirmed by eyecon themselves. However not confirmed on Alex's music page. The Album was canceled due to a scandal involing Alex's co manager Brad white, Employing a group of hackers known as "The Wraith" to make DDoS attacks against eyecon enterprises. The Wraith however turned in the logs of Brad and Alex colaberating to attack there own label.With Season 1 seniors gone, Season 2 focused on Kristin and her "power clique." This clique included supporting cast members Alex H. and Jessica Smith, both of whom shared the camera last season (Jessica as Dieter’s girlfriend and Alex as Kristin’s best friend). This season followed the expected "Battle of the Cliques" and various love triangles experienced by the "power clique" members.
Another Season 2 storyline followed the love life of Season 1's LC. Having left college in Northern California, she returned to Laguna Beach and found a new love interest toward the end of the season in the form of Jason, playboy extraordinaire. Stephen made an appearance surprising LC with chocolate and flowers around Valentine's Day.
Season 2 marked the advent in the change of filming style that MTV used for this show. The show took on a narrative tone and was filmed with multiple cameras. Critics remarked that with the aforementioned changes and other notable departures from the traditional documentary genre, they were skeptical of the veracity of this MTV reality show. However, MTV still maintains that this show is about real people and real situations.Talan Christopher Torriero (born 2 November 1986 in Markham, Ontario) was an original cast member in Season 1 as a high school junior. Although he had professed his love for Taylor at the beginning of Season 2, he continued to hook-up with Kristin on numerous occasions including the night he simultaneously revealed his deep feelings to Taylor. This made Taylor extremely angry and led to argument while the two were at the beach, though they still ended up as each other's date to the winter formal dance.
Talan was engaged to Kimberly Stewart, only to break the engagement days later.
He has subsequently appeared in a cameo on Kathy Griffin's Bravo TV reality show "My Life on the D-List".
Lauren "LC" Katherine Conrad (born 1 February 1986 in Newport Beach, California) was one of the principal characters of Seasons 1 & 2 and became a reality show celebrity for MTV. Her father, who is an architect, built the family home in Laguna Beach, California where LC, her younger sister, and younger brother were raised. On the show, she was the narrator and major character who nursed a crush on cast mate Stephen Colletti. Her other, more recent, love interest was castmate Jason Wahler.
Her interest in fashion design began in the seventh grade, which led her to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for one semester before trasferring. She earned an intern position for Teen Vogue Magazine in Los Angeles, and now lives in L.A. to attend FIDM where she majors in her dream subject, Fashion Design.
She now stars in her own reality show, The Hills, which is also on the MTV network. The Hills was recently renewed for a second season, which LC has been quoted as saying should air in early 2007.
Charles Trey Phillips (born 15 September 1986 in Los Angeles, California) was a senior and Season 1's "the thinking girl’s hunk." He has been friends with fellow cast member Stephen since they were both toddlers. He is passionate about politics and activism, and attended Bard College for two years after he had graduated from Laguna Beach High School. Season 1 showed Trey promoting his non-profit organization, Active Young America, and holding fashion shows to raise money for charity causes. He also appears in Season 2 of Laguna Beach a few times. The show's debut season primarily featured the love triangle between Stephen, LC, and Stephen's girlfriend, Kristin. Stephen and LC have been lifelong friends, and the show alluded to romantic drama earlier in high school when Stephen juggled both Kristin and LC. Now, in LC and Stephen's senior year, LC plans to get Stephen for good, much to Kristin's dismay. The rest of the cast served as supporting characters that helped to further or complicate this love triangle.
The show also portrayed the daily life of LC along with best friend Lo, described as "Laguna Beach’s very own Paris Hilton."
Season 1 finale ended with Kristin and Stephen staying together as a romantic couple, despite the fact that Stephen and LC were heading off to college together in San Francisco. Stephen went to San Francisco State University, while LC attended the Academy of Art University, also in San Francisco, to study fashion design.
Season 1 was filmed by MTV in the style similar to its other reality shows, such as "The Real World" and "Road Rules." Cast members were not instructed to be in certain locations or filmed by multiple cameras. Season 1 was an extremely successful show for MTV with outstanding viewer ratings. Kristin Cavalleri & LC emerged as break-through reality show celebrities, garnering media coverage beyond the Laguna Beach context.
