The End's Not Near, It's Here (22 Feb. 2007)

Six months after the trauma of the Newport earthquake, Ryan and the rest of the Cohens struggle with their living arrangements in the aftermath of the destruction of their house. Both Ryan ... See full summary »

Director:

Ian Toynton

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (creator), Josh Schwartz

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
Kevin Sorbo	...	Frank Atwood
Gary Grubbs	...	Gordon Bullit
Brandon Quinn	...	Spencer Bullit
Todd Sherry	...	Todd
Jim Pirri	...	Patrick
Daniel Graves	...	Justice of the Peace
David Paluck	...	Inspector

Storyline

Six months after the trauma of the Newport earthquake, Ryan and the rest of the Cohens struggle with their living arrangements in the aftermath of the destruction of their house. Both Ryan and Taylor struggle with their feelings for each other despite knowing that they have nothing in common. Seth feels he's keeping Summer back from her activist work programs, but does not want to let go of her. Meanwhile, Julie, whom is now three months pregnant herself, is planning her upcoming wedding to Gordon Bullit, but Kaitlin realizes that she is not over Frank Atwood. Seth and Ryan visit the old house that Sandy and Kirsten lived in before there move to Newport Beach. When they pressure Sandy and Kirsten to visit their old house, where a gay couple now resides there, Kirsten happens to go into labor, and soon, Julie's wedding becomes the scene of the place.

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Plot Keywords:

gay couple | planning a wedding | newspaper clippings | train ride | pregnancy | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min 43 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several details in the final montage indicate that Seth and Summer have a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, including the canopy (chuppah) under which they get married, the yarmulkes that Seth and Ryan both wear, and the glass that Seth steps on at the end of the vows.

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Goofs

Ryan's Jeep Wrangler got destroyed in ep. 4.14 - during the earthquake the huge concrete lamp fell on it while Seth and Summer were escaping. In this episode, Ryan used it in few scenes.

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Quotes

Seth: I've been doing some checking-up on your new roommate. His favorite book and movie are Da Vinci Code. He's no me.
Ryan: You say that like it's a bad thing.
Seth: At least I leave you funnier than when I found you.
Ryan: I'm a lot better off than when you found me.
Seth: Me too.

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Connections

References The Da Vinci Code (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Life is a Song"
Written & Performed by Patrick Park

User Reviews

Not an amazing series finale... but they did try!

The thing that mostly bothered me about the series finale was the fact that we'll never get to find out for sure if the child Theresa gave birth to is Ryan's or Eddie's. Sure enough Theresa said flat out to Ryan that it wasn't his baby, but she lied about having a baby at all at first, so this could've been another lie as well because she didn't want Ryan to leave his happy life in Newport now that he had a family and all.

The series finale was far from amazing but I think they gave it the best they could, having to write an end to the series much earlier than expected. Anyways, the series finale still gets a 9 out of 10 from me because it has been my favourite show since it aired for the first time.