The Girlfriend

Episode aired Sep 9, 2003
TV-PG
44m

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8.0/10

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Mischa Barton and Chris Carmack in The O.C. (2003)

Comedy Drama Romance

On his birthday, Kirsten's father pays a visit to Newport with his 24-year-old girlfriend, but things get messy when the girlfriend makes advances towards Ryan.On his birthday, Kirsten's father pays a visit to Newport with his 24-year-old girlfriend, but things get messy when the girlfriend makes advances towards Ryan.On his birthday, Kirsten's father pays a visit to Newport with his 24-year-old girlfriend, but things get messy when the girlfriend makes advances towards Ryan.

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Trivia
The actress who plays Gabrielle, Caleb's girlfriend, is the same age as the actors who play Seth and Ryan. Her character is supposed to be quite a few years older than Seth and Ryan. Her character is 24, whereas Seth and Ryan are 17.

Goofs
Jimmy tells Julie that when he was in junior high, Caleb tried to convince him to marry Kirsten, yet in the previous episode Jimmy told Sandy that he met Kirsten when he was 16. 16 is long after junior high. Subtitles say junior high but Jimmy actually says Junior in high school.

Quotes
Summer Roberts: What are you doing? I need you to introduce me to...
Seth Cohen: Hey, you know what Summer? No.
Summer Roberts: What?
Seth Cohen: All you've done this whole evening is use me to meet rich, older guys.
Summer Roberts: Ok, that is not true
[Seth looks at her]
Summer Roberts: Ok, maybe a little.
Seth Cohen: Do you have any idea how depressing it is to listen to you babbling away about mergers and acquisitions while some guy just stares at your boobs?
Summer Roberts: Which guy was staring at my boobs?
Seth Cohen: Who cares. The point is that none of those guys really knows you. They don't care about who you really are. In fact, I'll bet they have no idea that every day of third grade you shared your lunch with that little skinny squirrel who kept getting his nuts stolen by that big fat squirrel.
Summer Roberts: I hated that mean squirrel.
Seth Cohen: And, none of those guys was there the day you had to read your poem aloud in class and your hand was shaking because you were so nervous and you cared what the other kids thought.
Summer Roberts: Poem? What poem?
Seth Cohen: "I... wish I was a mermaid"
Summer Roberts: You remember that? That must've been, like, sixth grade.
Seth Cohen: "I wish I was a mermaid, and friends with all the fish, a shiny tail and seashells, that's-
[Summer kisses him]
Seth Cohen: what I would wish"