The Model Home (12 Aug. 2003)

When his mother disappears and faced with the prospect of life in a group home, Ryan decides to run away from Newport, but Seth and Marissa convince him to stay and hide in a vacant ... See full summary »

Director:

Doug Liman

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (story), Allan Heinberg (story),

Stars:

Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Ben McKenzie

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Gallagher	...	Sandy Cohen
Kelly Rowan	...	Kirsten Cohen
Ben McKenzie	...	Ryan Atwood (as Benjamin McKenzie)
Mischa Barton	...	Marissa Cooper
Adam Brody	...	Seth Cohen
Chris Carmack	...	Luke Ward
Tate Donovan	...	Jimmy Cooper
Melinda Clarke	...	Julie Cooper
Rachel Bilson	...	Summer Roberts
Ashley Hartman	...	Holly Fischer
Adam Grimes	...	Nordlund
Josh Kloss	...	Chip Saunders
Shailene Woodley	...	Kaitlin Cooper
Dwight Hicks	...	Sheriff
Steven M. Gagnon	...	Arson Investigator

Storyline

When his mother disappears and faced with the prospect of life in a group home, Ryan decides to run away from Newport, but Seth and Marissa convince him to stay and hide in a vacant building project. Meanwhile, Jimmy discusses his recent financial woes with Kirsten, and she offers a solution. After the jealous Luke witnesses a close encounter between Marissa and Ryan, he confronts Ryan and a fight breaks loose in the house where their quarrel accidentally starts a fire. Ryan nearly dies in the flames, until surprisingly Luke returns and saves Ryan's life, which unfortunately reveals Ryan's continuing presence in Newport leading to both him and Luke getting arrested for arson.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 August 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Marissa, Ryan, and Seth are driving to the Model Home in Marissa's car, they are listening to the song 'I'm a Terrible Person' by 'Rooney'. In a future episode the gang will attend a Rooney concert.

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Goofs

During this episode, Jimmy Cooper explains to his wife that the out-of-season basketball game he is watching on ESPN Classic is the 1986 NBA Finals Game 7 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons - however, the 1986 Finals was contested between the Boston Celtics & the Houston Rockets.

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Quotes

Seth: Fair enough. Where are you going?
Ryan: I don't know. New town, get a job somewhere, save some money.
Seth: Great plan. Sounds like you've given it a lot of thought.

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Soundtracks

"Caught By The River"
Performed by Doves

User Reviews

Good friends, amazing life.

In The Model Home, Ryan is taken to Seth's housing developments in an option to keep Ryan around but so that he doesn't have to lose his best friend. Marissa catches wind of their plan and tags along. It's really a great friendship episode as we can watch Seth belittle Marissa but still show compassion for her in the end.

Ryan is developed and we learn a little more about Marissa and Jimmy. We are revealed about Jimmy's secret and Marissa and Ryan begin to connect on a romantic level, while Seth still pines over Summer. Kirsten is trying to understand Sandy's need to play Dad for Ryan. It's got a lot of emotion in the episode, mixed with unanticipated amounts of dangerous drama.