The Return of the Nana

Season 2, Episode 21, Aired
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Sandy, Seth and Ryan travel to Miami to visit the Nana after she tells Sandy she is getting married. Unable to go because of work, Kirsten is left on her own to deal with her feelings for Carter. Trey misinterprets Marissa's friendship; Zach invites Summer to a home-cooked dinner.moreless
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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Jun 08, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show the oc ryan and sandy and seth go to miami and they go and see the nana and thing is she is getting married and sandy thinks the guy is bad and he gets scared away but while down there its spring break and seth gets shown on tv while there and summer finds out about that and summer is with zack for a home cooked meal but realizes she does not know anything about politics and kirsten is at home and to deal with her feelings for the magizne guy this was a good ep i thought and very interestingmoreless

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  • Coke, wine, gnoochi, whip cream, and bible study bozos, nothing good ever happens when Seth, Sandy, and Ryan are on vacation.

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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Dec 14, 2009 Report Abuse
    Well, what is there to say? It feels like all of life's worst moments besides murder was wrapped up all in one episode. Sexual assault, borderline adultery, sketchy engagements, getting whip cream showered all over you by bible study university students of all people, The Notebook, boxing while playing Eye of the Tiger, I mean damn so much happened in one episode that it was hard to recall with everything that happened. At the same time with all of this drama and conflict, this episode should have been better than it was, but that was also the problem. TOO much drama, every single story in here was about a conflict and drama. Half of the stories should have been comic relief or something, because it gets a little too depressing when nothing but bad is happening all around you.moreless

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  • The O.C. Orange County, It's where all the beautiful people live.

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    By unitedalex, Apr 13, 2007 Report Abuse
    Sandy, Seth and Ryan travel to Miami, Florida to visit Sandy's mother, the Nana, after she tells Sandy she is getting married to a much younger man. Back in Newport, Kirsten, unable go to Miami with Sandy because of work, is left on her own to deal with her feelings for Carter. Trey misinterprets Marissa's friendship as a sexual advance. Also, Zach invites Summer to a home-cooked dinner at his house.

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  • Although fun & fantastic, it could have been a thousand times better, basically a less quality version of The Strip.

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    By Charmed1408, Dec 26, 2006 Report Abuse
    Although fun & fantastic, it could have been a thousand times better, basically a less quality version of The Strip. And although I love them I am really quite tired of 'special fun episodes' like The Risky Business was phenomenal, The O.C. Confidential was fantastic but risky & this was just tiring & completely off-track not in a good way like The L.A. either! Although the reason for not getting a 8.2 was simply the Summer / Seth / Zach development which was while repetive, original & hilarious! The nana storyline was ok, but left me confused & disappointed with how it ended.moreless

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  • Fu**ing Trey

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    By rubberdude, Nov 07, 2006 Report Abuse
    god.. i hate him.. how could he do this to Merissa?.. like.. i thought Trey and Jess were just doing it.. u know.. but.. when they were doing it they were high?.. moranes... like he\'s here.. thanks to Merissa.. and now this?.. Merissa and Ryan were just getting along.. we\'ll see what happens.. Nana and some guy?.. i was like shoked.. and getting married?.. hoped it\'s not gonna happen.. thank god Sandy went over
    Seth is totally screwed.. like its kind of the worst thing.. to see your boyfriend is licking some girls body and then.. god.. looks like Seth and Summer are done for this time.. and Summer and Zach is trying again..moreless

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    • Goof: When Ryan speaks to Marissa (the scene where the drunk teenager flashes in front on him), you can see Marissa's toilet paper padding. Edit
    • Goof: So, when did punching bags start punching back? Or does Summer use mouth protection cause she fears someone will rush into her room and start boxing with her? Edit
    • Goof: When Ryan jumps onto the stage, you can see that he was running and jumped on. After that, the security was probably ready and more alert for people leaving the audience area, which is why they stopped the other guys from rushing Seth. Edit

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    • Music: "Na Na Na Na Naa" by Kaiser Chiefs "Love Underground" by Robbers On High Street "Night Groove" by Marc Durst Trio "Questa o Quella" by Rigoletto "Get Down" by Cham Pain "Bring Em Out" by T.I. "Kids With Guns" by Gorillaz "Adios" by Alan Paul "Step Aside" by Efterklang "I Turn My Camera On" by Spoon "Miami" by Will Smith "Shadowland" by Youth Group "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor Edit
    • Originally scheduled to air April 28, 2005, at the show's normal 8:00pm ET/PT timeslot, but was pre-empted for a "Presidential Press Conference." The episode aired as planned on April 28th, 2005 on CTV in Canada. Edit
    • Most of this episode was shot on location in Miami Beach. One of the locations was the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort during the week of March 14th, 2005. Edit

  • Quotes

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    • (Kirsten asking Sandy about the Nana) Kirsten: What happened? Seth: Is everything all right? Sandy: The Nana... headed for the altar. Edit
    • Seth: The only thing I'm gonna be drinking is Metamucil. Edit
    • Summer: Look, just go. Go sow your oats. Get all of your Cohen-y Cohen-ish Cohen-isms out of your system. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Summer: You had me at buon giorno
      "You had me at hello" is a famous line from yet another Tom Cruise movie: Jerry Maguire (1996). Edit
    • Sandy: The code word is "greased lightning"
      Peter Gallagher was in the broadway production of Grease. "Greased Lightning" was one of the popular numbers from the movie musical. Edit
    • Sandy: In the immortal words of Will Smith...'Welcome to Miami.'
      Will Smith's song, "Miami," is playing when Sandy says this. Edit

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