The Chrismukk-huh? (14 Dec. 2006)

When Ryan and Taylor have an argument over where they stand with their whatever relationship they have, they both fall off a ladder while Ryan is putting up Christmas lights and both wake ... See full summary »

Director:

Ian Toynton

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
Adam Brody	...	Seth Cohen
Melinda Clarke	...	Julie Cooper
Rachel Bilson	...	Summer Roberts
Autumn Reeser	...	Taylor Townsend
Willa Holland	...	Kaitlin Cooper
Chris Pratt	...	Ché
Paula Trickey	...	Veronica Townsend
Tate Donovan	...	Jimmy Cooper
Wayne Dalglish	...	Brad Ward
Corey Price	...	Eric Ward
Craig Susser	...	Ham Guy / Santa / Journalist / Caterer
Mark Daniel Cade	...	Security Guard

Storyline

When Ryan and Taylor have an argument over where they stand with their whatever relationship they have, they both fall off a ladder while Ryan is putting up Christmas lights and both wake up in a alternate reality of what life is like had Ryan never came to Newport: Sandy is the uptight mayor of Newport Beach and married to Julie Cooper; Kirsten is married to Jimmy Cooper; Seth is still a socially awkward geek and Summer is a mindless, narcissistic party animal who is engaged to Chester "Che" Winchester, whom is having a fling with the sex-addict Julie. Ryan also learns from Kaitlin that Marissia in fact died from a drug overdose three years prior during the road trip to Tijuana, and Ryan was not there to save her. Back in the real world, Seth tries to arrange his annual Christmukka party and then tries to move it to the hospital where the comatose Ryan and Taylor are. Also, Julie and Katilin are planning to go to Riverside to visit Julie's parents, but get detoured when they try to ...

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | christmas | holiday | mayor | overbearing mother | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

14 December 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Agoura Hills, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References 24 (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Into Dust"
Performed by Ashtar Command
Written by Mazzy Star (uncredited)

User Reviews

The other world...

In this episode of The O.C in the beginning Ryan will find a letter from Marissa that she wrote a day before she died and he will get a bit upset.Taylor bought him a present but he didn't wanted it so they will start arguing.Together they will fall from the roof and they will be in a coma but they don't know that but later they find out that they are in another world.There Sandy is married to Julie,Kristen is married to Jimmy and Summer is about to get married to Che they have to get every thing back to normal so they can go back!Meanwhile in the real world Julie and Kaitlin are trying to convince Taylors mother to come to the hospital.But in the other world Taylor tells her mom what she really thinks about her and it turns out thats what she was supposed to do to get back in the real world!