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The O.C. :: The Case of the Franks (04x13)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Case of the Franks
Episode #: 04x13
Production Number: 3T5263
Original Airdate: Thursday February 01st, 2007
9/10 (2 Votes cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Norman Buckley
Writer: J. J. Philbin
 
Episode Summary
 
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Taylor concocts a plan to make things right between Ryan and his father. Julie continues to further her relationship with Bullit but when Julie and Frank run into each other in front of Ryan and Taylor it becomes apparent that Julie is having a secret affair with Frank. When Kaitlin finds out that Ryan and Taylor are working to get Julie and Frank together, she goes out of her way to make her mother like Bullit, forcing Julie to choose between Frank and Bullit. Meanwhile, Summer begins to question if Seth is the one for her after she and Seth get a psychic reading.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Gary GrubbsplayedGordon BullitRecurring (5th appearance)
Kevin SorboplayedFrank AtwoodRecurring (4th appearance)
Cathy Lind Hayes (3)playedTeacher 
Ellen HollmanplayedYoung Kirsten 
Graham Miller (1)playedYoung Jimmy 
Max GreenfieldplayedYoung Sandy 
Viji NathanplayedPsychic 
Co-Guest Stars
Corey PriceplayedEric WardRecurring (10th appearance)
Mel FairplayedNewscasterRecurring (second appearance)
Patty OnaganplayedMimaRecurring (third appearance)
Wayne DalglishplayedBrad WardRecurring (10th appearance)
Bella ThorneplayedYoung Taylor 
Chelsea SmithplayedYoung Summer 
Connor WebbplayedYoung Luke 
Joseph Anthony (1)playedLuis 
Kerby MooreplayedYoung Holly 
Michael SchurplayedPaul 
Samantha FiguraplayedYoung Taryn 
Tristan PriceplayedYoung Seth 
 
Main Cast
 
Peter Gallagher (1)playedSanford "Sandy" Cohen
Kelly RowanplayedKirsten Cohen
Benjamin McKenzieplayedRyan Atwood
Adam BrodyplayedSeth Cohen
Melinda ClarkeplayedJulie Cooper-Nichol
Rachel BilsonplayedSummer Roberts
Autumn ReeserplayedTaylor Townsend
Willa HollandplayedKaitlin Cooper
 
Episode Notes
 
The working title for this episode was "The Destiny".
 
Ratings: 2.5/4
 
In the original script for this episode, flashbacks featuring a young Julie Cooper and a young Ryan Atwood were planned, but they did not make the final cut for the episode.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Frank Chacksfield & His OrchestraTheme From Picnic (Moonglow) 
The Midway StateUnaware 
R.E.M.Talk About The Passion 
Youth GroupStart Today Tomorrow 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Julie: Ryan Atwood is worried about me?
Taylor: Yeah.
Julie: How about that.
 
Seth: Now I know that psychic has a lot of credibility. She works at a kiosk, and she doesn't appear to charge for her services, but I think I am a better judge of whether you and I are meant to be together, than her and I bought proof.
 
Kaitlin: What's up, nerd?
Bullit: Wow. Who you calling nerd, bird legs.
Kaitlin: You, nerd.
 
(to Ryan about dinner with his father)
Taylor: There has never been an awkward silence I could not fill.
 
(a limo pulls up to the hotdog stand)
Frank: Tell me that's her.
(Julie steps out of the limo)
Ryan: It's her.
Frank: I'm ... suddenly nervous.
Ryan: It's gonna be great.
 
Seth: But this mermaid poem, it's our roots, it's our mythology.
Summer: What if our mythology is a sham? Something that we invented? What if we are each others Jimmy Cooper?
Seth: What?
Summer: You know, the one before the one. The one that you think is right before you meet your Sandy Cohen.
Seth: Wait, are we saying that because Taylor wrote the poem she's my Sandy Cohen? Because as delicious of a twist as that would be it's not gonna happen.
Summer: No, what I'm saying is what if we're not destined to be together? That's your cue, Seth, to say that I am wrong. I'm wrong, right? Cue. Say it. I'm wrong, right?
Seth: I don't know anymore.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
When Taylor visits Frank at the hotel, the pillows on the bed behind them change arrangements between shots.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Julie: What are you guys, the KBG?

The KBG was the name of the USSR's secret police force and intellegence agency during from the mid 1950s until the demise of the USSR in 1991.
 
 
Episode References
 
"I Wish I Was A Mermaid"

Summer's "I Wish I Was A Mermaid" was first mentioned in "The Girlfriend".
 
 
Analysis
 
 

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