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When Summer and Marissa run into Grady Bridges, the star of Summer's favourite prime-time soap 'The Valley', he invites them to an LA party, and they accept. On the road trip to LA, Seth, Summer, Marissa, and Ryan run into Hailey, now working at a strip club. Jimmy and Sandy present their restaurant to Newport's finest and approach Caleb for some financial help. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Josh Schwartz

Director:: David Barrett

Stars:: Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan Atwood); Mischa Barton (Marissa Cooper); Adam Brody (Seth Cohen); Rachel Bilson (Summer Roberts); Peter Gallagher (Sanford "Sandy" Cohen); Kelly Rowan (Kirsten Cohen); Melinda Clarke (Julie Cooper-Nichol); Tate Donovan (James "Jimmy" Cooper); Chris Carmack (Luke Ward)

Recurring Role:: Alan Dale (Caleb Nichol); Amanda Righetti (Hailey Nichol)

Guest Star:: Al Sapienza (Club owner); Marc Perkel (Bartender); Steffany Huckaby (April); Stu 'Large' Riley (Ed); Hans Raith (Bouncer); John David Conti (Manager)

When Summer and the actor from The Valley are caught by his girlfriend, Summer makes a comment about how them dating wouldn't be good for the show. Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody were dating at the time. edit »
Goof: Marissa says to the star of The Valley that she had never seen his show. In fact, she watched it in the episode "1.20 The Telenovela" and this scene also appears in the beginning of the actual episode, in the "Previously on The O.C." edit »
Goof: When Luke comes over at the end of the episode to tell Ryan that he has broken up with Julie, it seems weird that he did not run into Seth and Summer who could tell him that Marissa was there, and Kirsten didn't tell him that Marissa was there. I know this is part of the show, but it seems pretty unbelievable edit »
Goof: When Marissa comes by the Cohen house to talk to Ryan about them taking some time apart. When Ryan opens the door you can see a car on the driveway (Marissa's 4WD) but when they change view to the outside and you see Ryan walk out there is no car there. edit »
Goof: The words that Ryan uses when he leaves the phone message for Luke don't match the words that Luke hears when he listens to the message. Ryan says "I want to make sure you took care of it... take care of it!" and Luke hears "I'm just calling to make sure you took care of it... take care of it!" edit »

The song played in the trip to LA is "How Good Can It Be" by The 88, and is the same song used to open the episode "The Heights." edit »
Music:
"Ride" by The Vines
"How Good Can It Be" by The 88
"Born Too Slow" by The Crystal Method
"Road Leads Where It's Led" by The Secret Machines
"Start a Fire" by Radio 4
"To Get Down" by Timo Maa
"Get Krunk" by K-Dub
"All The Boys" by The Plus Ones
"Espionage" by Kid Gloves
"Out of LA" by Jude edit »
Seth makes a comment about self indulgent actors with instruments. Adam Brody has his own band called Big Japan. edit »

Kirsten (about Caleb): He could be a silent partner.
Sandy: A silent assassin, he would ruin everything. edit »
Seth: I like to leave the watch on Ryan, I like to leave it on and see how I'm doing, if I'm beating my own time. The thing is it's sort of a sex marathon, not a sex sprint. edit »
Seth: Right on. I'm hoping for a little Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, maybe Kate Bosworth myself- (Summer smacks him) Ow! What? It's okay for you to pine over Legolas?
Summer: Yeah, he's an Elf. He saved Middle-Earth. That is a huge part of European history. edit »
Kate: Relax. All you L.A. chicks are so lame.
Summer: We're not from L.A. We're from Orange County.
Kate: Orange County? Ew! edit »
Marissa (pretending Ryan is an actor): You are actually a little shorter than I imagined. edit »

Orange County Theme
This whole episode is a take on the Orange County movie. Obviously, there is "California" in the opening credits, which is the end credits music for the movie. Colin Hanks, who starred in the movie, guest stars and as we all know, The O.C. stands for 'the Orange County'. edit »

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The L.A.
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
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The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
The LA is one of my all-time favorite episodes! ...Continue »
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unitedalex
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The Bottom Line: "Well written"
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Almost every episode for these guys is an adventure ...Continue »
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