The French Connection (The O.C. episode)

Infobox Television episode
Colour = #ffaa44
Series = The O.C.
Title = The French Connection


Season = 4
(2007)
Caption = Taylor attends a French talkshow
Episode = 10
Airdate = January 11, 2007 (FOX)
Writer = J. J. Philbin
Director = John Stephens
Production = 3T5260
Prev = The My Two Dads
Next = The Dream Lover

"The French Connection" is the 86th episode and the tenth episode of the fourth season of the FOX television series, "The O.C.". It originally aired on Thursday, January 11, 2007.

Guest starring

*Chris Brown as Will Tutt
*Chris Pratt as Che
*Brandon Quinn as Spencer Bullit
*Henri Lubatti as Henri-Michel de Momourant
*Michael Nouri as Dr. Neil Roberts
*Ashley Hartman as Holly Fischer
*Wayne Dalglish as Brad Ward
*Corey Price as Eric Ward

Plot

Ryan questions his relationship with Taylor, when her French ex-husband comes to Newport to promote his erotic book about their marriage. Kirsten finds out about Julie's prostitution ring. Seth flies to Seattle to ask Dr. Roberts for his permission to marry Summer, while Summer has doubts about the marriage. They decide to cancel the wedding. Kaitlin realizes that she likes Will, but fears that she's too superficial.

Music

*"Turn On Me" by The Shins
*"I Spy" by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
*"I Ain't Losin' Any Sleep" by The Sunshine Underground
*"The West Coast" by Coconut Records

Trivia

*When Ryan is leafing through the scrapbook, on his and Taylor's hospital bracelets it lists them as being born on 5 September 1986 & 9 July 1985 respectively, making them both nearly three years older than reality, and getting both their birthdates wrong (Ryan was shown to be born on the 19th March, 1988 and Taylor on the 23rd February)

*The song played during the segment when Ryan was leafing through the scrapbook (The West Coast) has generated a huge online interest in the song, with many people attempting to acquire the song via legal and non-legal means. It is now known that the artist who sang this song is a band called Coconut Records, which Jason Schwartzman, formerly of Phantom Planet, is a part of. The song is available on iTunes, or on the band's album, Nighttiming.

*Throughout this episode there are several references to page 47 of "A Season for Peaches" the book written by Henri - Michel. This may be a reference to the ABC Spy series Alias in which Page 47 was a significant artifact of the works of Milo Rambaldi.

*Though Holly Fischer appeared in "The Chrismukk-huh?", her appearance was non-canonical. This is Holly's first real reappearance since "The Heights".

* This episode marks the last appearance of Dr. Roberts portrayed by Michael Nouri. Though Summer did marry Seth in the series finale, Dr. Roberts was not seen walking Summer down the asile.

* There is a poster for "Big Korea" in the window of the book store, this is a reference to the Band that Summer's Prom date in season 3 was a member of.

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/oc/recaps/410.htm Recap from the official website]
* [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8207480263500702999 Video Clip of The OC, Season 4, Episode 10]