The O.Sea (12 May 2005)

Seth and Zach squabble over who should take Summer to the prom and who will meet George Lucas for dinner over the publishing of the graphic novel. Meanwhile, Sandy takes drastic actions ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Lange

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (creator), J.J. Philbin

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
Mischa Barton	...	Marissa Cooper
Adam Brody	...	Seth Cohen
Melinda Clarke	...	Julie Cooper-Nichol
Rachel Bilson	...	Summer Roberts
Alan Dale	...	Caleb Nichol
Michael Cassidy	...	Zach Stevens
Marguerite Moreau	...	Reed Carlson
Logan Marshall-Green	...	Trey Atwood
Nikki Griffin	...	Jess Sathers
Matt McKenzie	...	Prom Announcer
Cynthia Avila	...	Eva
Navi Rawat	...	Theresa Diaz

Storyline

Seth and Zach squabble over who should take Summer to the prom and who will meet George Lucas for dinner over the publishing of the graphic novel. Meanwhile, Sandy takes drastic actions with a recovering Kirsten. Ryan starts to piece together what happened between Trey and Marissa, while at the same time, Ryan run into his old girlfriend Theresa. Also, Julie decides to murder Caleb to avoid going broke. But her attempts to poison Caleb take a surprise turn.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Did You Know?

Goofs

Near the start of the episode, Summer and Marissa are walking through the school campus. As they sit on a bench Marissa is holding a book and a bottle of water in her left hand, the camera then changes and the book is gone.

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Quotes

Summer: My dream involved a date. A hot guy in a tux with a carnation pinned to his lapel. Instead, I'm drawing straws between nerd boy and ass clown.

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Soundtracks

"Cava Del Rio"
Performed by Senza

User Reviews

For Seth, it's clearly a perfect episode.

Seth and Zach squabble over who should take Summer to the prom and who will meet George Lucas for dinner; Sandy takes drastic actions with a recovering Kirsten; Ryan starts to piece together what happened between Trey and Marissa, courtesy of Theresa; Julie's attempts to poison Caleb take a surprise turn.

Seth must make the toughest choice of all: meet George Lucas, or take Summer to the prom! Kirsten still gives the impression of that never-grown-up cheerleader, or daddy's little girl, or whatever. She is wearing pink and she is not really as sexy as Julie and she's definitely not as mature as Julie or so.

George Lucas' presence in "The O.C." was stellar, he talking with Seth was really cool. It's nice that he agreed to represent himself on a T.V. show. I loved Sandy's irony about "Shawn of the Dead" being a very nice zombie romantic comedy.