Charlotte Morgan

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name = Charlotte Morgan
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caption = Jeri Ryan as Charlotte Morgan deletable image-caption
portrayer = Jeri Ryan
creator = Josh Schwartz
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gender = Female
first = The Aftermath
(episode 3.01)
last = The Anger Management (episode 3.07)
cause = Scam foiled
episode = 7
age = 30s
occupation = Con Artist
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spouse = Glen (partner)
children =
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Charlotte Morgan is a fictional character from the third season of the FOX television series "The O.C.", played by Jeri Ryan.

History

eason 3

Charlotte was introduced to viewers in the season 3 episode The Aftermath as a recovering alcoholic, but in later episodes, it turned out she was a con artist.

She at first tried to get money from Kirsten Cohen. However, this failed and she was forced to try Julie Cooper-Nichol. They planned to throw a fund-raiser. This was a ploy by Charlotte to steal all the donations, although she was found out by Julie when she went into her handbag at a restaurant and found numerous credit cards in different names. Charlotte gets Julie in on the scam, however in The Anger Management 6 episodes later, Julie does the right thing and asks people to write checks to the charity so Charlotte could not steal the money. With her plan foiled, she departed from Newport.

Concept and creation

In July 2005 it was reported that Ryan was joining "The O.C." in a seven-episode arc as "a mysterious woman Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan) befriends in rehab". [cite web|url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/633/633164p1.html|title=Jeri Ryan Joins The O.C.|last=IGN FilmForce|date=2005-07-13|publisher=IGN|accessdate=2008-09-29]

Reception

Rob Lineberger fo DVD Verdict "thought Jeri Ryan made a compelling bad girl". [cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/ocseason3.php|title=The O.C.: The Complete Third Season|last=Lineberger|first=Rob|date=2007-02-05|work=DVDVerdict.com|publisher=Rob Lineberger|accessdate=2008-09-29] Derok Hanson said that Ryan's addition was a to get the "14–24 demographic excited", but stated that Charlotte Morgan had "a terrible storyline, that just didn't sit quite right." [cite web|url=http://www.derok.net/derok/the-oc-season-3-rachel-bilson.html|title=The OC Season 3 Review - Part 2|first=Derek|last=Hanson|date=2006-05-31|publisher=DeROK.net|accessdate=2008-09-29]

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