The O.C. (2003–2007): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Girlfriend - full transcript

Previously on The O.C.

My dad is in
real estate development.

You guys bought the,
uh...the mall?

Mm-hmm. And I'm in charge of
residential development.

You're here with him?
We're not here together.

We're done.

Go after her.
Tell her how you feel.

Want to do something tonight?

I'm taking
you with me.

You can start over.

You can start a new life.



I see you and the girls
in eight to ten years.

Who's the bitch?
(screaming)

Call an ambulance,
somebody!

You're going to be okay.

Are we worried your
dad won't love us

if we don't
feed him enough?

Alright,
starting now

no more digs
at my dad.

Honey, that wasn't a dig.

Seth!
No.

When he called him
a heartless bastard,

that was a dig.

You sold me out.

See, they're like puppets,
and I am the puppet master.



World domination to follow.

Maybe you guys can make
peace this weekend?

Okay.

Oh, oh, no,
wait, we can't!

Why?
I'm still Jewish.

Just getting it out of
my system, I promise.

Wonder what his
new girlfriend's like.

I am sure
she is very well-paid.

I am on fire.

Look at you.
You're wired.

Seeing your parents should make
you feel guilt, not terror.

Don't forget,
I'm also her boss.

Dad!

Speak of the devil and
the devil, he doth appear.

Shalom, Sandy.

How long
have you been here?

Not long. The Leer Jet reached
quicker than I expected.

I used my key to get in.
So, Caleb.

Where's your new girlfriend?

She's taking a swim.
Where's my grandson?

So, your grandpa,

he basically
owns Newport, right?

Yes and much like yourself,
he comes from humble beginnings.

You guys will hit it off.

I burned down
one of his homes.

But it was an accident.
He owns a million of 'em.

It's probably not
even on his radar.

Hey, seriously,
do not worry about it.

Okay, look.
My mom runs the company now.

He's got a brand-new girlfriend.
He's very mellow.

Seth.
Hey.

Hey.

How you doin'?

You're still not
a football player.

Oh, yes.
No, but thank you.

Uh, Grandpa,
meet my friend Ryan.

This is the kid that
burned down my house.

Come on.

You ought to see my pictures
from Spain and promise me

you'll go to Barcelona
while you're still young.

Alright.

You want to take those and
put 'em around by the grill?

Hey.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Gabrielle.

I'm with Caleb.

Oh, my God, that
could be my grandma.

(piano and acoustic guitar)

* California, here we come

* Right back where
we started from *

* California

* California...

* Here we come

* Oh

S01E06
The Girlfriend

Is it twisted to find my
potential grandma really hot?

Not when she
looks like that.

CALEB: Gabrielle?
Yeah?

We're going to sit,

drink some wine, catch up.

Okay. Do you want me to, uh...?

Hang out in the sun.
Get some color.

Try to stay out of trouble.

Can I join you guys?

Yeah!
Yeah. Come on in...

Ooh! It's warm.

So, what's up?

We were, uh...
You...

You were talking about...

You were telling...
Yeah, that thing.

So, this birthday party
for Caleb, it's...

like, a who's who
of Newport?

Should be wild, huh?

I'm being sarcastic.

Ah, Yes. We don't get
a lot of that here.

So, who are you guys bringing?

I'd say no one, really.
Yeah, same.

You're kidding, right?

There are no girls
you want to bring?

Two young, hot guys
like yourselves?

Are you still being sarcastic?

No.
Her name is Summer.

And? Did you invite her yet?

It's not that simple.
I mean...

She can't say yes
if you don't ask her.

That is very wise, Gabby.

What about you?
(sighs)

Did you ask Marissa?
I haven't talked to her.

I don't think she'll go.

And why not?

Uh...

Her family's kind of
falling apart. Uh...

She's got this boyfriend
she may be back with.

It's a long story.

They've been going out
since fifth grade.

Fifth grade?
She needs to change it up.

She's known that guy
since he was eating paste.

I think he still does.

(knocking)

Hey, babe, you decent?

Hey. What are you doing here?

Oh, I just, uh, came from the
doctor's. Got my stitches out.

Thought we could celebrate
by hitting the beach.

Don't you think
it's too soon?

You should probably
go home and rest.

Oh, no, no. That's all
I've been doing.

Luke, you got shot.

Yeah, I know.

I know how lucky I am
to have a second chance.

That's why I don't want to
waste any more time.

Well, what do you mean?

I've been an idiot.

I never should've broken up
with you in the first place.

And now, with everything that's
going on with your dad...

The thing is, you were there for
me when I was in the hospital.

And now, I want to
be here for you.

It's all just
been so crazy.

I just wish we could
be together like it was.

I...

I don't know.

Oh, you don't have to.
I mean, we can take it slow.

Tell you what. Let's just
hang out here today.

We'll sit by the
pool, or, uh...

or watch a movie
or something.

Whatever you want.

Okay.

Gabrielle--
she seems...

She's 24.

I'm sorry?

Oh, she seems so mature
for her age.

These birthday festivities--
we're keeping them small, right?

It depends what
you mean by small.

Well, just the family
four of us, Gabrielle.

Right. The four of us...

Gabrielle, Ryan, and 150
of your closest friends.

Cal, she's been working
overtime on this thing--

the menus, invitations...
on top of the mountain of work

she's been buried under.

Is it too much?
No. Work's great.

We're on track
with new developments.

After your boy out there
nearly burned it to the ground.

We've had a few setbacks.

But the accident insurance more
than covered the damages.

And then, I hear
that you've commissioned

an architect that I never
approved to do the redesign.

I commissioned a design

but I would never build
without consulting you.

Honey, you don't
need my approval.

After all, you adopted the boy
without consulting me.

I would've, called you
about Ryan, Dad,

but there wasn't
enough time.

I get it. I'm pushing you
too hard.

Things are slipping
through the cracks,

which is why I've decided
to scale back

your responsibilities.

You're demoting me?
I want to get more involved.

Give you a chance to spend
time with your new family.

Your new son.

Now, then, tell me
all about Jimmy Cooper.

Son of a witch lost $4 million?

I took Kaitlin by the stables
to say goodbye to China.

Guess she won't
be needing these anymore.

You know, I think China
was her best friend.

China's a horse.

Maybe to you.
Hey, you know...

I don't feel good about this.

Well, you shouldn't.
What do you...

What do you want from me?

I think I want a divorce.

I'm sorry, honey.

I just don't see any other way.

Hey.

I was on my way
to work, um...

and we hadn't
talked in a while.

I was going to call you.
No, it's cool.

So, Kirsten's dad's in town.

They're having this...
LUKE: Hey...

Hi.
Hey, how you doin', man?

Uh, fine.

Yeah, um...

I never got a chance
to thank you for...

taking me to the hospital,

and, uh...

giving Marissa a call.

Yeah. No problem.

Hey, do you have some
aspirin or something?

My arm's killing me
from the stitches.

Yeah, check
in my parents' bathroom.

Thanks.
Hey, take it easy, guy.

So, what's going on?

I was going to see
if you wanted to...

I was going to see
how you were doing.

You seem to be
doing good, so...

I'm going to get
to work. Later.

Hey.

Oh, hey.

Seth and Caleb are sailing.

I've never seen two people
more excited about boats.

Seth said you worked here,
and I could use a cocktail.

Uh...

I can't serve you.

Right. You're not legal.

(chuckles)

Uh...how about
a cranberry juice?

That I can do.
Alright.

From the flight.
I hate flying.

You?

I've never been
on a plane.

My first time, I was 15.

My mother sent me to Japan all
by myself to do some modeling.

I guess she figured it was
easier than her getting a job.

I can relate.

I've heard.

So, uh, how'd the modeling
thing turn out?

Well, when you're a teenager,
and you're living

in a house with a bunch
of girls with no parents,

things can get a little insane.

By the time I got clean,
I was 22--retirement age.

You must think it's weird,
me with an older guy.

I live in a pool house.

Mmm.

(clears throat)

So how'd it work out
with your girl?

(sighs)

Paste-eater?

They have a past.

Excuse me.
Some more water.

Oh, Kirsten,
come on, honey.

You could not have done
more or done better.

I just don't understand.

I've-I've worked so hard for
him. I've killed myself for him.

The man is a bottomless
pit of need.

You think you can fill it?
You can't.

Oh...

You're amazing.

If he can't appreciate
you, screw him. Quit.

(whispering)
Quit.

You've never supported me
working for him.

You've never liked him.

You're right. I haven't.
Not since our wedding day.

When I watched you walk
yourself down the aisle.

He was in Singapore.
There was a monsoon.

Oh, baby, we changed the date
three times for his schedule.

He makes the world revolve
around him, including you.

Sandy, he's my dad.

He's ruining
your life. Quit.

I can't.

So you're living
in a pool house.

And then...so what's
next for you?

What's next for you? A Lear Jet
to London? Paris in the fall?

Perhaps.

Be right back.

Hey.
Hey.

Got a minute?

What's up?

I wanted to talk
to you before, but...

Luke was there.

Right.

Um... he wants
to get back together.

What did you tell him?

I told him I needed to think about it.
Uh-huh.

I don't know what I should do.

I don't know either.

I know. I just...

Look, if you came here
for me to help you choose...

Of course not.
Good.

Why don't you let me know when
you've made up your mind, okay?

Okay.

* We got more bounce
in California *

* Than all y'all combined

* We got more bounce
in California *

MARISSA:
If he just said something.

I mean, I just wanted
him to say anything.

You can't expect him to choose.

He comes from a place
where they have knife fights

drag racing, sex
on the hood of a car.

That's from
Fast and the Furious.

Well, that movie
was based on a true story.

No, it wasn't.
Whatever.

All I'm saying is, you
have to do the choosing.

Not him or Luke.

* First in new directions

* 'Cause Cali leads the way

* We got more bounce
in California *

* Than all y'all combined

* We got more bounce
in California *

* We like to party
all the time *

* We got more bounce
in California *

It's fate, it-it's destiny.
Look, we both like burritos.

You want to eat
somewhere else?

Who's winning right now,
me or my hair?

I'm going to get us some salsa.
Okay.

Hi, Summer.

Seth Cohen.

Could you give me a hand?

Over here.

Okay...

I...

I know you got to figure
some stuff out. I get that.

But, in the meantime, there's
this party at, uh...

well, it's for
Seth's grandfather.

I know. I'm going.

Luke asked me
this morning.

Cool. Well, um...

I'll see you...
and Luke tomorrow, then.

Yeah. See you.

Two salsa verdes--
aggressive.

Pico de gallo--
that's a classic.

Holy jalapeno!
Somebody came to play.

Eww! Are there any napkins?

No.

Lick it.
What?

I just got my nails done.
It'll ruin the polish.

You lick it.
I don't like picante.

It's for Marissa.

Thanks.
It's good.

Now, aren't you going to invite
me to your grandpa's party?

I'm sorry, Summer. Could
you please repeat that?

Your grandpa's having
this awesome party.

It's at your house. And I
thought we were friends.

Wait a second.

Do you want me to ask you
'cause you wanna go with me,

or just 'cause
you want to go?

Fair enough.
I'll see you at 8:00.

Hey.
Hey. How was court?

I was distracted all day.

I couldn't help but think, if
you quit, you know what we'd do?

I'm not quitting.
No, hear me out.

We could find out who's living
at our old house, buy it back.

You loved that house.
Seth loved that house.

That house had bad
plumbing and termites.

It was a fixer-upper
that we never got to fix up.

(chuckling):
I know.

We moved 'cause your mom got
sick. We never planned to stay.

If you quit, we could
do anything we want.

We could go anywhere.
No, we can't.

Why not?

Seth's been planning his exodus
from here since he was six.

Ryan wouldn't care.

You could get that little
gallery in Sausalito

you've always dreamed of,
or the Mission.

You could put your art
history degree to good use.

I haven't thought about
that gallery in years.

So...

Think about it.

Think about it.

Is this too slutty to wear to
an old guy's birthday party?

I don't want the dude
to have a coronary.

I can't believe you're
actually going with Seth.

Aloha.

Caleb Nichol is like
the Donald Trump of the West.

Do you know how many hot, rich,
20-something banker-brokers

are going to be there?

A lot. And now I have someone to
introduce me to them.

Isn't that
a little mean to Seth?

To who?

Kidding.

That was delicious, Kirsten.

Oh, thank you. I order
from them all the time.

With less time at work,
more time for cooking.

Yeah, because there's just no
place Kirsten feels more

comfortable than in a kitchen.

What're you talking about?
Mom can't make cereal.

Thanks, Seth.
I love you, Mom.

I love you, too.

You have a quick wit, Seth.

Amazing you're not better
at skirt chasing.

Oh, well, if by "skirts"
you mean girls--

in your outdated cowboy speak--
I have a little news for you.

Turns out, somebody
has a date to your party.

And it's not a big deal
or anything,

but if you must know,
Summer asked me.

Well, Summer. Wow.
Summer's hot.

You did not just say that.
Say what?

Just go, please.

You go.

What about you, Ryan?

Nope. Going by myself.

Caleb seems to be
in good spirits.

He polished off his
second bottle of merlot.

Now would be
a good time to talk.

I don't know if I'm ready
to have that conversation.

What conversation?
Got any grappa?

Yeah.
Are you adopting another kid?

It's nothing.
Well, actually, it's something.

Didn't know my daughter
needed someone to speak for her.

Maybe you've never gotten
to know your daughter.

If you did, you'd know she's the best
thing that happened to your company.

You wouldn't demote her to the
point where she'd wanna quit.

Sandy!
You want to quit?

No...
Kirsten.

We were talking.

About selling this house
and moving back to Berkley.

You're not serious. You're still
smoking the weed, aren't you?

KIRSTEN: Dad...
Dad, you smoke weed?

Out, now. Private conversation.

Ryan, guess who's a stoner.

Honey, don't be afraid of him.

You keep your mouth shut.

No one here cares
what you think.

Don't talk to me like that
in my own house.

Whose house is this?
Who built it? Who paid for it?

Dad...
This is between you and me, Kiki.

CALEB:
You're gonna do what you want.

Should we, maybe, go?
...marry who you wanted to,

adopting juvenile delinquents...

Maybe, let's just...
Yeah, let's.

KIRSTEN: You're making a much
bigger deal of this.

It was nothing.
It didn't sound like nothing.

In fact...

thanks, Sandy, for letting me
know how she feels.

She would never tell me that.
She never tells me anything.

If you want to quit,
that's fine.

I'll expect your resignation
in the morning.

Now then, the grappa.

So, Gabrielle, I heard
Grandpa's taking you

on the helicopter tour tomorrow.

Yup. He wants to show me
his Orange County empire.

This game sucks.

SETH:
Let me see it.

(sighs)

Ryan, you've been playing
the pirate game?

That's a little bit minty.

What else do you have?

I'll go get you
Pro Skater 3. It's good.

Hey, we gotta go searching for
my dad's bong later, alright?

Hmm?

So... he always
yell like that?

Pretty much.

He's the boss,
and every relationship

is a business
relationship to him.

Even yours?

He'll only ever
really love one woman.

And she passed away years ago.

Now he's just looking
to stay entertained.

Keep from being bored.

But aren't we all?

I am so bored.

D-Do you think...?

Don't think.

CALEB (yelling):
Gabrielle!

We're leaving. Now.

Back to the office.

How's Gabrielle?

I don't know.

Oh, really?

Okay, Ryan,

let me present
Exhibit "A" to you.

She opted to forego sailing
to go to the Crab Shack?

So? Not everyone
likes sailing.

Okay, let's take it to
Exhibit "B" here. Intense.

Some might even say
"Smoldering eye contact

at the dining room table."

She was mad-dogging you.
And, finally, the clincher:

last night, in the pool house,
she chose to sit on your bed

even though there was
an empty chair.

Come on, boys, out of the pool.

Caterers are here.
It's time to get ready.

Okay. I would like some answers.

Yeah, okay. We hooked up.

What?

Isn't that what you're asking
with the whole Exhibit "A"?

I noticed some
heavy flirting, yes.

You hooked up with my grandma?

Actually, that's kind of hot.

How was it?
No one can know about this.

Your grandpa cannot find out.
Yeah, I agree completely.

How was it?
It was good.

Weird, but... good.

Wh...
Well, what about Marissa?

What about her?

Uh... '73 Dom.

Yes, that's his favorite.
Thank you.

Is there cilantro
in that?

Great. He hates it.

I can't believe you still went
through with this whole thing.

Well, I had no choice.

Even though you tried to
sabotage the entire weekend.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry I jumped
the gun last night. Ready?

Mm-hmm.

Hello.
Hi.

Dad, you made it.
How you doing?

Disappointed?
No.

Nice to see you.

Sandy.
Hey, happy birthday, Caleb.

Thank you.

Can I get you a drink?
Absolutely.

Dad, happy birthday.

Thanks.

Look, about the other night...
Ah, just forget about it.

Make sure that you let me know
when you plan to give notice

so that I can hire
your replacement.

MAN:
Caleb.

Quite a party.

You look, uh... wow.

You clean up good.

You trying to get caught?

Find me later.

I wish Dad would come.

Why? So you can break
up another brawl?

WOMAN:
Julie!

Oh, hi.
How are you?

Hey, Summer.

Ah... you look... yeah.

Hey, Marissa.
Hi, Luke.

Hey.
Cohen, how you doing?

It's good to see you.
It is?

So this is your place?
It's beautiful.

Oh, thank you.
Marissa, something to drink?

Sure.

Okay, he got shot in the arm,
not the head.

Come on. Don't you want
to show me off?

MAN: I'm in private equity and portfolios.

Really? Private equity
and portfolio management.

Sounds fascinating.

It's a great party.

Everybody seems to be
having a good time.

Almost everybody.

Oh, look, look, I...

I wish I could tell you I'm
sorry, but I'm not.

Okay, worst apology ever.
You know I'm no good at those.

Look, the important thing
is it's out there.

You spoke your mind.

No, you spoke my mind.

Oh, I thought we had
an understanding.

I thought this is
what we both wanted.

It is. It was.
I knew it. You're backing down.

He's been doing this
for 20 years.

My dad isn't the reason
we stayed here.

We are. We chose this.

If you're telling me that all
this time you've been unhappy,

that this isn't what you want,

then this is a much
bigger conversation.

How's that going?
It's great.

It's Jimmy.

Excuse me.

I told you not to come. What
the hell are you doing here?!

Hey, hey, I got a plan, okay?
Just take it easy.

A chance for everything
to go back to the way it was.

You built a time machine?

Caleb Nichol employs
thousands of people,

none of them more experienced
or qualified as I am.

How big a leap can it be from
investing in stocks

to investing in real estate?

You're not seriously considering
asking him for a job.

Why not?

This whole community thinks
you're a criminal, Jimmy.

Caleb Nichol owns
the community.

What makes you think
he feels differently?

He loves me since I was a kid.
He taught me how to sail.

Junior high, tried to convince
me to propose to Kirsten.

Please, don't even
think of talking to him.

Look, I'm sorry,

but if there's a chance
that I can save this family,

I'm going to take it.

This party rocks.

I cannot believe
David Manpearl is here.

Who?

He's senior vice-president of
wealth management division

at Mckenna.

You know, the venture
capitalist firm.

He manages wealth...
as a job!

I've been
reading Forbes.

I see.

So, you chose
Luke, huh?

Chino didn't stand a chance.
I told you Luke was the one.

No, you didn't.

Well, I meant to.

You guys are
all over each other.

Did you?
Did it happen?

No.

His willpower is amazing. The
fact that you haven't had sex...

Summer!

Coop, what more
do you want?

He's beautiful, sweet,
totally crazy about you.

What are you
waiting for?

I don't know.

Well, you better figure it out

because he is not going to
be able to wait forever.

What are you doing?
Nothing.

Somebody's hiding.

No, I'm just, uh...

Bored.

Me, too.

I've heard.

She's just a girl.

I know.

So why are you
hiding from her?

I'm not.

I don't believe you.

(moans)

Still bored?

Not so much.

(door opens)

Sorry. I...

I thought...

Sorry.

Hey, babe,
I was look...

Let's go.

Yeah, okay.

We can go to my place.
My parents went to Palm Springs.

Yeah, sure. Great.

(tires squeal)

Pharmaceuticals?

Isn't that the largest growing
industry in North America?

Remember the old days, Jimmy?
Where has the time gone?

Great to see you
again. As always.

Hey. Congratulations. Looks like
you got yourself a job, huh?

Oh, yeah. Caleb couldn't have
been nicer

when he said there's no way
he could hire me.

Well, hate to say
I told you so.

No, you don't.

Where you going?

To finish what you started.

Happy birthday, Cal.

Julie, thank you.

I'll call you next week, huh?
How are you?

Oh, well, I'm sure you've heard.

Kirsten's brought
you up to speed.

I'm really sorry...
about everything.

I really liked
your husband.

Soon to be ex-husband.

You can't expect me
to stay with him.

Not after he's lied to me
and left us with nothing.

Nothing?
Yeah.

I suppose I'm gonna
have to get a job

doing God-knows-what.

It's not like I have
any marketable skills.

Oh, I'm sure that's not true.

You know, if there's anything I
can do for you or the girls...

Oh... you're very,
very sweet.

And very busy.

I just wanted to say
"Happy Birthday."

I'm never too busy for you.

We'll have dinner--

figure something out.

I'd like that.

Thank you.

Hey. What are you doing?
I need you to introduce...

Okay, you know what,
Summer, uh, no.

What?

This whole night all you've done
is use me to meet rich guys.

That's not true.

Okay, maybe a little.

Do you have any idea how
pathetic it is to sit

and listen to you babble about
mergers and acquisitions

while some guy stares
at your boobs?

Which guy was staring
at my boobs?

Who cares? Listen to me.

The point is, if that guy
doesn't know you,

he doesn't care about
who you really are.

He has no idea that every day of
third grade you shared lunch

with that skinny squirrel who
kept getting his nuts stolen

by that fat squirrel.
I hated that mean squirrel.

None of them were there
when you had to read your poem

your hand was shaking
because you were nervous,

you cared what
the other kids thought.

Poem? What poem?

Okay, I Wish I was a Mermaid.

You remember that?

That was, like,
sixth grade.

"I...

"wish I was a mermaid and...

"was friends
with all the fish,

"A shiny tail and seashells,
that would be...

...my wish."

Oh, I got to go.

There's that investment banker
from Woodward and McDonough.

It's okay.

I'll introduce myself.

The greatest party ever.

She has no intention
of quitting.

Didn't sound that way to me.

I wish she would so we... could
get the hell away from you.

If you're looking for a fight...
Save it.

We both know the reason
you're punishing her

is 'cause she is doing
so well without you.

You're afraid she'll not
need you to tell her how to run

the company, or her family--
I got news for you.

She's better than you at both.

If you don't wanna lose her, let
her keep doing what she's doing.

You'll stay rich, she'll
be happy, and I'll...

I'll figure out a
way to make it work.

I need a corkscrew.

Have a nice time.

Great party, Kiki.

Your mom would have loved it.

Birthdays, holidays...

she always loved
a good party.

She did.

I miss her.

I know. Me, too.

Your sister--

you ever hear from her?

Wanted to invite her, but
didn't know where to reach her.

The number I have is
no longer in service.

And then there were two.

Aw, you could look
at it like that.

You're all I got, Kiki.

And I'm running you so ragged

you haven't got time
to talk to me anymore.

That's not true,
and you know it.

I love working for you.

I just want you
to be proud of me.

Taking in a stray kid.

That's the sort of thing
your mom would have done.

Yeah, except she would have
done it just to piss you off.

(both laughing)

Don't be late Monday.

Hi.

Hi.

So I guess she likes you, hmm?

I guess she did.

You look so sad. I...

I'd give anything
to be that miserable.

'Cause, if I remember correctly,

that's what it feels
like to be in love.

(panting)

I love you so much.

Do you...?

Are you...?

Okay.

Yeah? You sure?

Yeah.

I want to.

Should I grab a...?

Yeah. Okay.

Do you want me to walk you in?

No. Thanks.

I love you.

Love you, too.

(sighs)

You're too late.

by paulonline