The Man of the Year (4 May 2006)

Sandy is voted "Man of the Year" by Riviera magazine due to his work for the hospital, but at the same time is having some trouble with the law for his connections to Henry Griffin when Mr.... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Wharmby

Writer:

Josh Schwartz (creator)

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
Rachel Bilson	...	Summer Roberts
Navi Rawat	...	Theresa Diaz
Michael Nouri	...	Dr. Neil Roberts
Cam Gigandet	...	Kevin Volchok
Willa Holland	...	Kaitlin Cooper
Lucy Hale	...	Hadley Hawthorne
Brock Kelly	...	Trevor Knightley
Lamont Thompson	...	Greg Hoades
Kimberly Oja	...	Taryn Baker (as Kim Oja)

Storyline

Sandy is voted "Man of the Year" by Riviera magazine due to his work for the hospital, but at the same time is having some trouble with the law for his connections to Henry Griffin when Mr. Griffin's mob connections are made public. Although Seth is happily back together with Summer, he is not out of sorrow: His mom struggles with alcoholism again and Sandy finds out that Seth lied about being accepted into Brown University. Meanwhile, Marissa visits Kaitlin at her posh boarding school, who needs her help to get out of trouble with another student. After Ryan brought Volchok to the hospital after he nearly and inadvertently tried to kill him, Volchok wants Ryan to help him with some illegal activities; which includes some burglary and the theft of a car, otherwise he will bust Ryan to the cops.

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Plot Keywords:

boxer shorts | undressing | underwear

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Wattles Mansion - 1824 N. Curson Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Theresa's line "It's hard for a 28 year old to get Prom." is an in-joke to both Ben McKenzie and Navi Rawat being in their late 20s when this episode aired.

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Quotes

Hadley Hawthorne: I get so horny in the summertime.
Kaitlin Cooper: Oh honey, you're always horny.
Hadley Hawthorne: Shut up!
Kaitlin Cooper: You shut up!
Marissa Cooper: Okay, both of you shut up.

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Soundtracks

"The Pioneers"
Performed by Bloc Party

User Reviews

~*-Love you sis!-*~

Ryan and Volchok make a deal after a fallout at prom. Sandy is chosen as Man of the Year, but this sparks the DA to dig deeper into his involvement with the hospital problems. Marissa goes and sees Kaitlin at her boarding school and Seth visits the Newport Group HQ and lights up the joint.

Seth confronts his father and stands up for his mother. Kirsten needs help and luckily her son is there. But in which parallel universe is Sandy? It's really cool to have Kaitlin in this episode, she's totally fun, and it was an episode with a chance for Marissa to get out of the O.C. That's what she needed, a family moment, with all her Volchok drama. Unfortunately, Ryan always feels like he must take care or her business, and that includes what's happening in this episode.

And it seems, it's Seth's turn to leave a Newport Party with the handcuffs on.