The Outsider (2 Sep. 2003)

Ryan takes a job at the Crab Shack diner where a co-worker, named Donnie, might mean bad news for the Newport kids when he takes Ryan and Seth out to party queen Holly Fischer's parties ... See full summary »

Director:

Jesús Salvador Treviño

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg, Josh Schwartz (creator)

Stars:

Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Ben McKenzie

Cast

Episode cast overview:
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
Paul Wesley	...	Donnie (as Paul Wasilewski)
Kimberly Oja	...	Taryn Baker (as Kim Oja)
Ashley Hartman	...	Holly Fischer
Kimberly Stanphill	...	Betsy
Devin Mills	...	Karen
Robert A. Guthrie	...	Crowbar Kid (as Robert Guthrie)

Storyline

Ryan takes a job at the Crab Shack diner where a co-worker, named Donnie, might mean bad news for the Newport kids when he takes Ryan and Seth out to party queen Holly Fischer's parties where drugs and alcohol flow freely. Ryan asks Marissa out on a date, and when Luke again tries to intervene, Donnie decides to take matters in his own hands when he tries to starve off Luke... with a gun. Meanwhile, Sandy attempts to help Jimmy sort out his life, and gives him some bad news that be may go to jail for his unauthorized loans to cover his tracks. Also, Julie reveals a long-held secret to Kirsten about her past.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hermosa Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

Donny keeps calling Luke (Chris Carmack) "Abercrombie & Fitch". This is an inside joke because Carmack's biggest credit before 'The O.C.' was being an Abercrombie & Fitch model.

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Goofs

While Marissa and Luke are talking at the Crab Shack on a table, Ryan and Donnie are talking at the bar by the register. When the camera focuses on Marissa and Luke, the spot where Ryan and Donnie are talking, can be seen behind Luke, but there's no sign of Ryan nor Donnie, until the camera focuses again on them.

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Quotes

Seth Cohen: I do think from now on though, we gotta stick together because united, we're unstoppable. But divided, its like...
Ryan Atwood: People get shot.

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Soundtracks

"Let's Get Retarded"
Performed by Black Eyed Peas

User Reviews

Shows some great development.

Ryan takes a job at the Crab Shack diner. A co-worker at the diner might mean bad news for the Newport kids. Ryan asks Marissa out on a date. Sandy attempts to help Jimmy sort out his life, and gives him some bad news. Julie reveals a long-held secret to Kirsten. Disaster strikes at another one of Holly's parties.

In this episode Marissa and Ryan finally spend some good quality time together on a date at the Cohen'house. No improvements on the Seth/Summer love plan, but Seth starts to learn how to make friends, besides the ones his father brings home for him. We don't get to see much Summer in this episode, she's only there to comfort Marissa.

Near the ending there was this cute moment, in the scene when Donnie was threatening Luke with the gun, Seth was protecting Summer, but it was shown only for a few seconds.