The New Kids on the Block (The O.C. episode)
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"The New Kids on the Block" is the 30th episode of the FOX
television series, The O.C.
The episode was written by Stephanie Savage
and was directed by Lev L. Spiro
. It originally aired on Thursday November 18, 2004. The Walkmen
made a special appearance playing at the 'Bait Shop'.
After Sandy picks Caleb up from jail, he drives him to meet Kirsten at the Cohen house. He tells Caleb to make a move and step down from his CEO position at Newport Group and appoint Kirsten. At the house, Julie shows up and asks Caleb to let her help in his recovery, she doesn't want their marriage to fall apart. He tells her she can order him some food, and that Kirsten will have everything under control.
At school Seth and Ryan are ordering their morning coffees when Ryan accidentally walks into a girl and spills his iced coffee all over her. Summer and Marissa discuss how perfect Zach is. When he joins them in the lounge, he makes it even more clear how perfect he is by listing the newspapers he reads. Summer is attracted to his brain, and asks him out.
In class, Ryan is the last student to find a seat and ends up sitting beside the girl he spilled his coffee on. She is less than thrilled to see him. When the lab teacher reads out who will partner with whom, Ryan is shocked to hear that his partner is Lindsay Gardner, the very girl he was sitting next to. Both were not amused.
After school, Seth and Ryan make their way to the new club called The Bait Shop, where The Walkmen will be performing that Friday. Seth wants to get two tickets to the concert for Summer, to prove his "friendship". It turns out that the tickets are all sold out, but that employees of the club can get tickets for free. When Seth sees a "Help Wanted" sign, he asks for a job. The manager of the club, Alex, tells Seth that if he starts working right away and doesn't screw up by that night, he can have the job.
The next morning, a lot of reassuring is going on. Kirsten and Sandy tell Ryan and Seth that Caleb's situation isn't going to affect their day to day lives, or the future of The Newport Group. Their nervous glares at one another might suggest otherwise. Meanwhile Julie is saying the same thing to Marissa, assuring her that their family will stay together this time. Marissa says that it's a shame, because if their life ended, she'd be able to move back in with her father.
At school in Physics class, Ryan and Lindsay talk about their assignment. Turns out Lindsay already completed it and handed it in without any contribution from Ryan. She thinks he might not be as smart as her, and insists she did it because she wants her grades to be good so she can get into Yale. Ryan tells their teacher about the lack of team work and he gives them another assignment to do together or they will fail.
At The Bait Shop, Seth and Alex discuss his plan to win back Summer's "friendship". Alex tells him that Summer will see right through his plan, and that it is obvious he want to win her back. She gives him the free tickets, and he immediately leaves to give them to Summer. When he does, she is confused, but accepts the gesture.
The next morning, Marissa is having breakfast with Jimmy on his boat. She vents about how horrible her mother is, and how much she hates living with her. Julie shows up then to pick Marissa up. While Marissa gathers her things, Julie admits to Jimmy that her and Caleb's life is falling apart. She tells him that she married Caleb for the money, but she married Jimmy for love.
At school, Ryan and Lindsay are working on their new assignment, but decide they can't work together because they just don't like one another. Lindsay thinks Ryan is a stupid rich kid, while Ryan sees Lindsay as a cold snob. They agree to split the assignment and meet on the weekend.
At Summer's before the concert, Zach questions Seth's motives behind the free concert tickets. He thinks Seth wants to get back together with her. Summer insists Seth is just trying to be friends and that he has changed. Zach asks Summer to go to the concert and try and figure things out with Seth before continuing a relationship with him.
Over drinks at the Cohen's, Caleb drops the bombshell announcement that he is appointing Julie as the new CEO of The Newport Group effective the next morning. That is a position that Kirsten was expecting, and Julie has no experience whatsoever, so Sandy and Kirsten are shocked. As Caleb and Julie leave, Sandy tells Caleb to find a way to make it up to Kirsten, or he'll lose them both.
As the concert gets underway, Seth is happy to see Summer arrive without Zach. Outside, Ryan and Marissa talk about Seth and Summer's relationship, and they are unsure if it will last. The undertone is that they are also discussing their own relationship. Back inside, Seth tells Summer that he started working at the club to get the tickets for Summer. He wanted to show her he is selfless so that she would like him enough to be friends. Everything goes well until he leans in and kisses her. Summer storms out in disappointment. Seth chases after her and Summer tells him that if they can't just be friends, they might have to end their relationship altogether.
The next morning, Seth is feeling awful about the night before with Summer. While Seth sulks, Ryan has to leave to meet with Lindsay to work on their physics project. Inside the house, Sandy attempts to make Kirsten feel better about being snubbed by her father. She is devastated, and decides not to go in to the office. Kirsten tells Sandy she can't quit, because she isn't a quitter and can't justify working her entire life to just end up quitting.
Over at the Nichol house, Seth shows up to talk to Marissa about what happened with Summer. Marissa tells him that he screwed up, and should just apologize. She tells him that she's at the Club having lunch with her father. When Marissa asks where Ryan is, Seth tells her that he's at school.
Back at the Cohen's, Caleb comes to mend fences with Kirsten. He apologizes for the upset he has caused her, saying that he needed to make Julie feel wanted. He offers to appoint her as the new Chief Financial Officer. Everyone knows that the CFO is the one that actually controls a company. Kirsten knows that, and seems to agree to the offer, while still loathing the idea of working with Julie.
At school, Lindsay apologizes to Ryan for treating him badly earlier. The both acknowledge that their work on the project was good work, and that they had a bad first impression of one another. As they begin to kid around, Marissa walks into the school and sees them together. She leaves the school in a broken state, again.
At the Club, Seth is dressed for lunch, to meet Summer and her father. But when he finds their table, he sees Zach sitting with them, and Zach is hitting it off with Mr. Roberts, something he himself failed to do. He leaves the restaurant to find Marissa sitting alone on a bench on the waterfront. He sits down with her telling her that he can't believe they are the loneliest people in Newport.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
television series, The O.C.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
The episode was written by Stephanie Savage
Stephanie Savage
Stephanie Savage is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series, Gossip Girl from the novel series, and being an executive producer of the Fox series The O.C....
and was directed by Lev L. Spiro
Lev L. Spiro
Lev L. Spiro is an American television and film director. In addition to multiple episodes of shows such as Weeds, Arrested Development, Ugly Betty, Gilmore Girls and The O.C., he directed the television films Minutemen and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie.-Early life:Spiro earned dual...
. It originally aired on Thursday November 18, 2004. The Walkmen
The Walkmen
The Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer...
made a special appearance playing at the 'Bait Shop'.
Guest starring
| Actor / actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Nouri Michael Nouri Michael Nouri is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including NCIS as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer Ziva David, The O.C. as Dr... |
Dr. Neil Roberts Dr. Neil Roberts Dr. Neil Roberts is a fictional character on the FOX series, The O.C., portrayed by Michael Nouri.A plastic surgeon in wealthy Newport Beach, California, Neil is the father of Summer Roberts. He was married to Summer's mother until his daughter was 13 years old, when Summer's mother left for... |
| Michael Cassidy Michael Cassidy (actor) Michael Cassidy is an American film and television actor. He attended La Salle High School in Milwaukie, Oregon and graduated from the Two-Year Conservatory program at The New Actors Workshop in New York City in 2003.... |
Zach Stevens Zach Stevens Zach Stevens is a fictional character in the second season of The O.C., portrayed by Michael Cassidy.-Conception:Creator Josh Schwartz described Zach as someone "who's sort of the WASP Seth, a.k.a. the anti-Cohen, and a formidable potential opponent for Seth"-Season 2:Zach joined Seth's fledgling... |
| Shannon Lucio Shannon Lucio Shannon Lucio is an American actress who played Lindsay Gardner on The O.C..Lucio is a graduate of the University of Southern California and was cast in the lead female role of the CBS television drama Moonlight , but was replaced by Sophia Myles in April 2007... |
Lindsay Gardner Lindsay Gardner Lindsay Gardner is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Shannon Lucio. Featured only during the first half of season two, Lindsay is the illegitimate daughter of Caleb Nichol by his former secretary, Renee Wheeler... |
| Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde is an American actress and fashion model. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles in the serial-drama The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She portrayed Dr... |
Alex Kelly |
| Perry Anzilotti | Mr. Greenburg |
| The Walkmen The Walkmen The Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer... |
themselves |
Plot
The morning after Caleb's arrest, all Seth can do is worry about his bad haircut, which causes him to realize that he is too self-centered. He vows to change that and be a better, less selfish person. His official stance is that he only wants Summer back if she wants him back.After Sandy picks Caleb up from jail, he drives him to meet Kirsten at the Cohen house. He tells Caleb to make a move and step down from his CEO position at Newport Group and appoint Kirsten. At the house, Julie shows up and asks Caleb to let her help in his recovery, she doesn't want their marriage to fall apart. He tells her she can order him some food, and that Kirsten will have everything under control.
At school Seth and Ryan are ordering their morning coffees when Ryan accidentally walks into a girl and spills his iced coffee all over her. Summer and Marissa discuss how perfect Zach is. When he joins them in the lounge, he makes it even more clear how perfect he is by listing the newspapers he reads. Summer is attracted to his brain, and asks him out.
In class, Ryan is the last student to find a seat and ends up sitting beside the girl he spilled his coffee on. She is less than thrilled to see him. When the lab teacher reads out who will partner with whom, Ryan is shocked to hear that his partner is Lindsay Gardner, the very girl he was sitting next to. Both were not amused.
After school, Seth and Ryan make their way to the new club called The Bait Shop, where The Walkmen will be performing that Friday. Seth wants to get two tickets to the concert for Summer, to prove his "friendship". It turns out that the tickets are all sold out, but that employees of the club can get tickets for free. When Seth sees a "Help Wanted" sign, he asks for a job. The manager of the club, Alex, tells Seth that if he starts working right away and doesn't screw up by that night, he can have the job.
The next morning, a lot of reassuring is going on. Kirsten and Sandy tell Ryan and Seth that Caleb's situation isn't going to affect their day to day lives, or the future of The Newport Group. Their nervous glares at one another might suggest otherwise. Meanwhile Julie is saying the same thing to Marissa, assuring her that their family will stay together this time. Marissa says that it's a shame, because if their life ended, she'd be able to move back in with her father.
At school in Physics class, Ryan and Lindsay talk about their assignment. Turns out Lindsay already completed it and handed it in without any contribution from Ryan. She thinks he might not be as smart as her, and insists she did it because she wants her grades to be good so she can get into Yale. Ryan tells their teacher about the lack of team work and he gives them another assignment to do together or they will fail.
At The Bait Shop, Seth and Alex discuss his plan to win back Summer's "friendship". Alex tells him that Summer will see right through his plan, and that it is obvious he want to win her back. She gives him the free tickets, and he immediately leaves to give them to Summer. When he does, she is confused, but accepts the gesture.
The next morning, Marissa is having breakfast with Jimmy on his boat. She vents about how horrible her mother is, and how much she hates living with her. Julie shows up then to pick Marissa up. While Marissa gathers her things, Julie admits to Jimmy that her and Caleb's life is falling apart. She tells him that she married Caleb for the money, but she married Jimmy for love.
At school, Ryan and Lindsay are working on their new assignment, but decide they can't work together because they just don't like one another. Lindsay thinks Ryan is a stupid rich kid, while Ryan sees Lindsay as a cold snob. They agree to split the assignment and meet on the weekend.
At Summer's before the concert, Zach questions Seth's motives behind the free concert tickets. He thinks Seth wants to get back together with her. Summer insists Seth is just trying to be friends and that he has changed. Zach asks Summer to go to the concert and try and figure things out with Seth before continuing a relationship with him.
Over drinks at the Cohen's, Caleb drops the bombshell announcement that he is appointing Julie as the new CEO of The Newport Group effective the next morning. That is a position that Kirsten was expecting, and Julie has no experience whatsoever, so Sandy and Kirsten are shocked. As Caleb and Julie leave, Sandy tells Caleb to find a way to make it up to Kirsten, or he'll lose them both.
As the concert gets underway, Seth is happy to see Summer arrive without Zach. Outside, Ryan and Marissa talk about Seth and Summer's relationship, and they are unsure if it will last. The undertone is that they are also discussing their own relationship. Back inside, Seth tells Summer that he started working at the club to get the tickets for Summer. He wanted to show her he is selfless so that she would like him enough to be friends. Everything goes well until he leans in and kisses her. Summer storms out in disappointment. Seth chases after her and Summer tells him that if they can't just be friends, they might have to end their relationship altogether.
The next morning, Seth is feeling awful about the night before with Summer. While Seth sulks, Ryan has to leave to meet with Lindsay to work on their physics project. Inside the house, Sandy attempts to make Kirsten feel better about being snubbed by her father. She is devastated, and decides not to go in to the office. Kirsten tells Sandy she can't quit, because she isn't a quitter and can't justify working her entire life to just end up quitting.
Over at the Nichol house, Seth shows up to talk to Marissa about what happened with Summer. Marissa tells him that he screwed up, and should just apologize. She tells him that she's at the Club having lunch with her father. When Marissa asks where Ryan is, Seth tells her that he's at school.
Back at the Cohen's, Caleb comes to mend fences with Kirsten. He apologizes for the upset he has caused her, saying that he needed to make Julie feel wanted. He offers to appoint her as the new Chief Financial Officer. Everyone knows that the CFO is the one that actually controls a company. Kirsten knows that, and seems to agree to the offer, while still loathing the idea of working with Julie.
At school, Lindsay apologizes to Ryan for treating him badly earlier. The both acknowledge that their work on the project was good work, and that they had a bad first impression of one another. As they begin to kid around, Marissa walks into the school and sees them together. She leaves the school in a broken state, again.
At the Club, Seth is dressed for lunch, to meet Summer and her father. But when he finds their table, he sees Zach sitting with them, and Zach is hitting it off with Mr. Roberts, something he himself failed to do. He leaves the restaurant to find Marissa sitting alone on a bench on the waterfront. He sits down with her telling her that he can't believe they are the loneliest people in Newport.
Music
- "CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
" by Phantom PlanetPhantom PlanetPhantom Planet are an American alternative rock band from Southern California. Formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, the band consists of Alex Greenwald , Darren Robinson , Sam Farrar and Jeff Conrad . The band is best known for its track "California", which became the theme song for the Fox TV series,... - "On the Table" by A.C. Newman
- "Assessment" by The Beta BandThe Beta BandThe Beta Band were a British musical group who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status amongst avid followers of the underground and experimental music scene...
- "No Yes No" by Pet
- "Faded Beauty Queens" by The ThrillsThe ThrillsThe Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their big break came with their debut album, So Much for the...
- "Little House of Savages" by The WalkmenThe WalkmenThe Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer...
- "What's in it For Me" by The WalkmenThe WalkmenThe Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer...
- "Weekends" by The PerishersThe Perishers (band)The Perishers are a Swedish indie rock band. The band began in 1997 composed of six members, and since 2001 has consisted of Ola Klüft , Martin Gustafson , Pehr Åström , and Thomas Hedlund ....
- "Worn Me Down" by Rachael YamagataRachael YamagataRachael Yamagata is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing four EP's and three studio albums...
Trivia
- When Seth walks into Summer's room and says that he has something for her, Summer jokes about a "plutoniumPlutoniumPlutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...
fueled carČarČar is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 296 people.-References:...
" to take her back to the year before so they never start dating. This is a reference to the DeLoreanDeLorean time machineThe DeLorean time machine is a fictional automobile-based time travel device featured in the Back to the Future trilogy. In the feature film series, Dr...
, the carDeLoreanDeLorean may refer to:* John DeLorean, American businessman who founded the DeLorean Motor Company* DeLorean Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer, based in North America* DeLorean DMC-12, the single automobile produced by the DeLorean Motor Company...
/time machineTime MachineA time machine is a fictional/hypothetical device used to achieve time travel. The term may also refer to:-Novels and films:* The Time Machine, an 1895 novel by H. G...
from Back to the FutureBack to the Future trilogyThe Back to the Future trilogy is a comedic science fiction adventure film series written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, directed by Zemeckis, produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. The main plot follows the adventures of a high school student Marty McFly and...
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