The New Kids on the Block

Season 2, Episode 3, Aired

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After Caleb is released from custody, he must make some decisions about the Newport Group, and his decisions don't sit well with Kirsten. Seth is determined to win back Summer's friendship, even if it means getting a job. Ryan has a string of awkward encounters with a new girl at school, while Marissa faces being alone.moreless
  • this was a good ep

    9.0
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    in this ep of the show the oc mariss is still facing the fac that she is alone and that ryan is talking to another girl that is apart of his class and seth thinks he should get a job to show summer thats it not about him all the time and calob is still haven problems with money this was a good ep i thought and interesting to introduce new charaters and new types of stories with those charaters things we have not seen before and that is why i gave this ep a 9 instead of anything lowermoreless
  • Man oh man, other than the season two premiere, The O.C. just can't seem to disappoint.

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    A very memorable episode that was firing on all cylinders. For once Julie looked like the victim when her and Jimmy were conversating on his boat, and Caleb really had some huge cajones making Julie the CEO to the Newport Group. Caleb is really a love hate relationship, moreso hate. You feel sorry for the guy and he's doing something to make you hate him again. Though none of it was more interesting than what happened with Seth, Ryan, Summer, and Marissa. Looks like there's going to be a new character joining the cast in this Lindsay Gardner girl which actually has potential to provide some great drama. And Zach actually seems like a really great guy, in fact I wouldn't really mind him being with Summer; probably the most mature guy in the entire show, even more mature than the adults. As much as I love hearing Sandy's witty one liners against Caleb and Julie, they are a bit immature.

    Ending took me by surprise; I thought Seth would have pulled off his usual Cohen-ness by sweeping Summer off of her feet, but he willingly backed off after seeing Zach having such a great time with Summer and her dad. And Marissa looks like she's gonna be lonely again, even if it is unnecessary seeing as Ryan and Lindsay didn't do anything.moreless
  • Seth starts to change himself...lol new charactres...I love Alex and hate Lindsay

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    I don't why but I enjoyed this episode a lot...It's so different from season 1, but it's still great...I really enjoyed the introduction to new charactres...but what I like about this episode is the Seth/Marissa interactions...It was soo unfamiliar to watch them talking to each other alone...and the best part of this episode is the ending with Worn Me Down playing...I soo love this scene, when Marissa sees Ryan with Lindsay and Seth sees Summer with Zach and her Dad...I always feel soo sorry for those guys...and the very last scene: although they are sitting there together, you can tell how lonely and heartbroken they are...soo sad scene, but soo awesome...and that's what is OC about...always soo sad, but just soo awesome...
    GREAT EPPY!moreless
  • Sorry I don't know how to delete this! It is the same review as below, I just accidently did it twice!

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    My official first episode of Season 2 as the last two episodes sucked! Still nowhere near Season 1 quality though.
    I really enjoyed watching the love triangle of Marissa / Lindsay / Ryan, the Zach / Summer / Seth one just bores me though! Lindsay seemed really selfish at first, but I can of \"get\" her character & what the character is trying to accomplish at Harbor, she just wants to get focused in work so she can go to Yale, just like I want to get into Columbia! I really kind of feel The O.C. will never be as good as Season 1, but as I remember from TV, I think the second half of Season 2 is much, much better!moreless
  • My official first episode of Season 2 as the last two episodes sucked! Still nowhere near Season 1 quality though.

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    My official first episode of Season 2 as the last two episodes sucked! Still nowhere near Season 1 quality though.
    I really enjoyed watching the love triangle of Marissa / Lindsay / Ryan, the Zach / Summer / Seth one just bores me though! Lindsay seemed really selfish at first, but I can of \\\"get\\\" her character & what the character is trying to accomplish at Harbor, she just wants to get focused in work so she can go to Yale, just like I want to get into Columbia! I really kind of feel The O.C. will never be as good as Season 1, but as I remember from TV, I think the second half of Season 2 is much, much better!moreless
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    • Seth mentions his least favorite season is summer.

    • Summer mentions that Zach is the son of a politician.

    • Introduction of Lindsay and Alex. Lindsay is a transfer student with aspirations of going to Yale. Alex mentions that she is 17, and was thrown out of three different high schools before she left home and got her own studio and a job.

    • Goof: Introduction of The Bait Shop, an all-ages venue for live musical talent to perform, and what will become a hang-out spot for the characters on the show. It was introduced as a non-alcoholic club, but in later episodes, alcohol is served.

    • Lindsay drives a beat-up Toyota Corolla. Her license plate number is 101 PCE.

    • Goof: I don't know how Ryan got in, maybe Alex let him in 'cause he's friends with Seth. But when Summer talks to Zach about going to the Bait Shop earlier in the episode in her bedroom, Zach hands the tickets to Summer and says she needs to talk to Seth. So when Ryan asks Marissa if she wants to go in and see the band, she says she's here for Team Summer, so she probably has Summer's spare ticket.

    • Goof: Near the end, Ryan apologizes to Lindsay for giving her a "black eye", but he hit her in the nose with his elbow, not the eye.

    • Goof: When Julie arrives at the Cohens' to see Caleb, she says she spent the weekend at the spa, but this is the middle of the week, not the weekend.

    • Goof: The Walkman's show was all sold out, that's why Seth had to get a job at the Bait Shop to get tickets, which he gave to Summer for her and Zach. So how did Ryan get into the club? And why was Ryan able to casually invite Marissa to go in and see the show? They didn't have tickets.

    • Goof: When Lindsey first interacts with Ryan at school, she is walking up to him and people are crossing her path but in the next shot, they disappear.

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    • Seth: (to Marissa) If someone would have told me last year that you and I would be the two loneliest people in Newport I wouldn't have believed them. Well, at least not the you part.

    • Seth: Maybe I can`t just be friends with you. Summer: I guess maybe this is it for us.

    • Sandy:(about Seth) My son doing manual labor, I never thought I`d live to see that day.

    • Seth: God, my back! Personal growth is so painful.

    • Sandy: (to Ryan who`s studying at the table) Check out the new Ryan Atwood studying at the breakfast table.

    • Alex: (about the job and handing Seth the mop) Ok, I`m Alex, you can start right now, if I don`t fire you by the end of tonight you come back tomorrow.

    • Summer: You read the paper? Zach: Just the LA Times, NY Times, Orange County Register and Wall Street Journal.

    • Lindsay: (in the parking lot to a girl walking by) Excuse me, I`m new, is it alright to park here? OC Girl: (looking at her car) Sure, if you`re not embarrased.

    • Marissa: Is it just me or is Zach perfect? Summer: He`s good looking but not into himself, smart but not a showoff, athletic but sensitive, a politician`s son. Hey, he`s like Newport`s Prince William. Marissa: Yeah, the kind of guy parents love.

    • Ryan: (after hitting Lindsay in the nose) Are you OK? Lindsay: Yeah, I have to get a rhinoplasty, but now I`ll look just like all the other girls here.

    • Seth: (about Summer) Oh my God, she is right! (to Ryan) Dude, here I am going on and on about my haircut and my grandfather is in the cooler. I`m like a monster.

    • Summer: (to Zack) Holy Mack! You are, like, such an adult. I mean, you're not insecure. You're not jealous... Are you a robot?

    • Seth Changing urinal cakes. That's how commited Seth Cohen is to the new Seth Cohen. Ryan: Okay, now you're talking about yourself in, like, the fourth person. Seth: It's a whole new dimension of selflessness, Ryan.

    • Sandy: She's agreed to supervised visitation. 20 minutes, max. Caleb: She's my daughter, I don't need to be supervised. Sandy: No, I'm supervising her. I'm afraid she might kill you.

    • Summer: Cohen, that was really sweet. Seth: Pathetic and sweet? Summer: No, just sweet.

    • Caleb: Too much champagne, I get giggly. Sandy: When have you ever been giggly?

    • Marissa: Okay, so then you don't really like Zach? Summer: No. I mean yes! I don't...Ew! Shut up!

    • Caleb: I just had the most vile, inhuman night of my life. Sandy: For a guy who married Julie Cooper, that's saying something.

    • Seth: (to Ryan, when he never heard of CBGB) Come on, what? The only music they had in Chino was the sounds of gun shots and helicopters?

    • Marissa: So you're not over Seth? Summer: Oh, I am! I've divested myself of all of Seth's material possessions. I'm vibrating, Coop, at an extremely Cohenless frequency.

    • Sandy: Face it Caleb, it's time to get your Martha Stewart on.

    • Julie: Caleb, as soon as I saw the paper I walked right out of my seaweed bath and came right here!

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    • Music: "On the Table" by A.C. Newman "No Yes No" by Pet "Faded Beauty Queens" by The Thrills "Little House of Savages" by The Walkmen "What's in it for Me" by The Walkmen "Weekends" by The Perishers "Worn Me Down" by Rachel Yamagata

    • The Walkmen perform at The Bait Shop.

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    • The episode title is an allusion to the band New Kids on the Block that was very popular from the late 80s until the early 90s.

    • Marissa/Julie: "Back to the gulag."
      Russian acronym for The Chief Directorate of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies. The branch of Soviet security that operated the penal system of forced labour camps. Marissa is basically calling Caleb's mansion a labour camp.

    • Sandy: "Face it Caleb, it's time to get your Martha Stewart on."
      Sandy is advising Caleb to step down from his company, as Martha Stewart did when her corporate legal troubles began, which lead to her spending time in prison.

    • Summer: "You're not supose to bug me from 8-9 on Thursdays!"
      That's the time the fictional soap 'The Valley' is on and so is 'The O.C.'

    • Summer: "plutonium-fueled car to go back to last year"
      In the movie Back To The Future, they had a plutonium-fueled DeLorean car to travel into the past and the future.

    • Jimmy: "Nobody puts Julie Cooper in the corner."
      From the movie Dirty Dancing: "nobody puts Baby in the corner".

    • Seth: "That was the new me. I'm back. Cohen-classic."
      A reference to New Coke vs. Coke Classic.

    • Alex: "I have to ask Nat, the owner... but he's never here, so..."
      When Alex hires Seth to clean urinals at the Bait Shop, she mentions the never-seen owner 'Nat'. Nat was the name of the owner-proprietor of The Peach Pit After-Dark, 90210's live music venue.

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