The O.C. (season 2) Quotes

The O.C. is a television program that first aired in 2004 on Fox Broadcasting Company. The O.C. completed its run in 2005.

The O.C. lasted 24 episodes.

The O.C. Quotes

• (Caleb) "Do you hear a clicking on the phone? Every time I try to dial and I swear, I hear a clicking."
• (Julie) "Okay, Nixon. Paranoid, much?"

• (Sandy) "I never knew you to be an impulse shopper."

• (Kirsten) "Colored lights, no way. White lights only because colored lights remind my father of a carnival. And he hates carnies."
• (Sandy) "Note to self: hang with carnies."

• (Seth) "Sievy Sebulsky of Menlo Park. It's nice to meet you. Have you met my associate, Marty Navis?"

• (Kirsten) "Sometimes you make it hard to hate you."
• (Sandy) "I know, it's part of my charm."
• (Kirsten) "And sometimes you make it easy."

• (Sandy) "Hey, how are ya?"
• (Sandy) "I'm Sandy."
• (Danny) "Why don't you take a shower?"
• (Sandy) "Pardon me?"
• (Danny) "Jus- just kiddin. I-I like ya dirty."
• (Danny) "Sandy, dirty. Sandy, dirty."

• (Summer) "We're not having sex, by the way."
• (Seth) "Excellent. There's not enough pain and suffering around us already."

• (Marissa) "So, I'll make you a deal. Whatever song comes on the radio next will be our song."
• (Ryan) "Okay."
• (Ryan) "Oh, yeah. That's definitely us."

• (Summer) "Do you remember that movie we saw about the two gay guys on the mountain?"
• (Marissa) "Lord of the Rings?"

• (Jimmy) "If there's one thing you know how to do, it's get money from rich old men."

• (Theresa) "But I guess life's not really like that, is it?"

• (Ryan) "Okay, I screwed up yet again. So now what? You're going to kick me out?"
• (Sandy) "You think you can mess up so bad we'll just give up on you? You can't. You are part of this family now and you're going to feel the full weight of that. You're going to wish we threw you out."

• (Kirsten) "My dad is marrying Julie Cooper. Julie Cooper -- is my step-mom."
• (Jimmy) "Maybe we'll get you another bottle."
• (Sandy) "Yeah, drink up."
• (Kirsten) "This is an unholy alliance. This is two storm fronts colliding. This is the apocalypse for us all."

• (Jimmy) "Don't you remember when we were kids? No one could keep us apart."
• (Julie) "Ok, first of all: it is not the same thing. Second of all: am I the gardener in this scenario? I think not."
• (Jimmy) "My parents threatened to cut me off if I didn't break up with you."
• (Julie) "You never told me that."
• (Jimmy) "Why hurt your feelings?"
• (Julie) "What did you tell them?"
• (Jimmy) "I told them to go to hell. I told them I was in love with you. I was."
• (Julie) "Well, I was easy to love back then. I was beautiful and much nicer."
• (Jimmy) "Jules, come on, you're still beautiful. And we both know you were never nice."

• (Seth) "Mom, on the other hand, Waspy McWasp."
• (Sandy) "We're so proud."
• (Kirsten) "I am not a Wasp."
• (Seth) "Sure you're not."

• (Sandy) "We suck."
• (Kirsten) "That was not very smooth."
• (Sandy) "I told you this was a bad idea."
• (Kirsten) "No, you didn't."
• (Seth) "I don't wanna know. Don't care."

• (Seth) "So you guys will be in here and I'll be on the other side of this soundproof wall."
• (Summer) "Are you OK?"
• (Seth) "Yeah, just an allergic reaction to the universe."

• (Seth) "Wow, he came back, people never leave and come back."

• (Seth) "In fact, having you around to defend me, I've kinda gotten soft. Without anybody picking on me, there's really been no need for the Seth Cohen retaliatory zinger."

• (Seth) "Summer and I are at war."
• (Sandy) "A pirate war?"

• (Sandy) "It's great that you hung in there after all the foreplay."
• (Seth) "Fore-what now?"

• (Seth) "You know what I mean?"
• (Ryan) "Hardly ever."

• (Kirsten) "Is everything okay?"
• (Seth) "Hmm? Yeah, it's fine."
• (Theresa) "I'm pregnant."
• (Seth) "Well, except for that."

• (Kirsten) "Julie, are you okay?"
• (Julie) "Duh. I don't need any steak knives. Do you want some coffee cake?"

• (Anna) "So I guess you and Mrs. Cohen have a lot in common --"
• (Sandy) "Sure sure, we both love, uhh -- Seth."

• (Jimmy) "Well, we've basically blown through our entire budget."
• (Sandy) "Well you're really not so good at managing the money are you Coop?"
• (Jimmy) "No, I'm -- really not."

• (Seth) "No. What about the Ryan and Seth go to Europe money, my man? Get back in there. We could get Vespas."

• (Seth) "Wait. Hang on. I'm not goin' anywhere until somebody tells me what happened last night. Mom, would you please fill me in?"
• (Seth) "Mom. I- Oh, I get it. I'm just here for the comic relief."

• (Ryan) "Maybe you have the Summer flu and you should take some Annabiotics."

• (Sandy) "There's no need for sarcasm."
• (Seth) "I'm not being sarcastic."
• (Sandy) "Well, it's hard to tell sometimes."

• (Julie) "Can I ask you a question?"
• (Kirsten) "Mmhmm."
• (Julie) "Do you like that he calls you Kiki?"
• (Kirsten) "Hate it."
• (Julie) "'Cause he kept calling me Juju, like that candy that gets stuck in your teeth. I begged him to stop."

• (Ryan) "It's almost 3:30. Isn't your interview at 4?"
• (Seth) "What are you talking about?"
• (Ryan) "Are you ready?"
• (Seth) "Am I ready? Do me a favor."
• (Seth) "Go ahead and feel that. Feel that puppy right there."
• (Ryan) "No."
• (Seth) "Okay. You don't want to touch another man, I get it. You find my slender swimmer's body, um, intimidating."
• (Ryan) "Something smells."
• (Seth) "No it doesn't. No it doesn't. But they, uh, they say that the first sign of a, um, brain tumor, is, uh, phantom smells so you should lie down."
• (Seth) "Hey. Hey, you solved it. You're a mystery solver. You're like; you're like Encyclopedia Brown. Remember when Encyclopedia Brown went on down to Texas --"
• (Seth) "-and solved the mystery of the great shootout? Hey; how about this for a change. A cage match; Encyclopedia Brown versus the Great Brain; to the death."
• (Ryan) "Are you high?"
• (Seth) "Am I high? No. No. Come on, man, I love it when you go for the comedy but I would not; I would not quit your day job beating up people. I would."
• (Seth) "I don't know how that got there."

• (Sandy) "You handle Marisa and I'll handle the Colonel."
• (Julie) "That's a Boogie Nights reference."
• (Sandy) "Expect a lot of them."

• (Summer) "No, see Zach and I? We're just hanging out. He is not my boyfriend. I do not want a boyfriend, okay. I had a boyfriend, he sailed away."

• (Seth) "Ryan, I was Nemo, and I just wanted to go home."

• (Seth) "Look at all these people, these normal, non-traumatised people; in relationships, in love."

• (Seth) "That's right. It is complicated. It's complicated by the fact that there's an Eddie, and this Eddie still obviously has feelings for Theresa. In fact that would actually make this romantic triangle more of a romantic -- rhombus."

• (Seth) "The timing in this house is a thing of beauty."

• (Seth) "Yeah, it's too bad you're leaving. We never eat like this."
• (Kirsten) "That's not true. I cook all the time."
• (Seth) "Dad --"
• (Sandy) "I'm sorry, honey."
• (Kirsten) "Let's just eat."
• (Sandy) "We're not saying we want you to cook more."
• (Seth) "Oh --"
• (Seth) "Hell, no. You remember the meat loaf incident of '98?"
• (Kirsten) "That was brisket."
• (Seth) "Yeah, that's my point exactly."

• (Seth) "Yeah -- yeah, I should apologize. It's just my pride."
• (Ryan) "What pride?"
• (Seth) "Yeah, I guess there's nothin' standin' in my way."

• (Seth) "Well, if you need anything, I'll take the graveyard shift."
• (Ryan) "I think we'll manage."
• (Seth) "I was afraid you'd say that."

• (Marissa) "It will be fun."
• (Summer) "What's more fun than watching a neurotic freak bat his eyes at perfect pixie chick?"
• (Marissa) "I was being sarcastic."
• (Summer) "So was I. Which neither one of us was before Cohen came along and taught us all irony -- Jackass."

• (Marissa) "I think he hates me."
• (Summer) "He doesn't hate you."
• (Marissa) "He turned down sex."
• (Summer) "He might be onto something --"

• (Summer) "Hey, skank."
• (Seth) "You were expecting someone taller? Blonder, with a pageboy haircut?"
• (Summer) "Welcome to the Terradome, Townsend. You're busted."
• (Taylor Townsend) "For what, exactly?"
• (Summer) "Hmm. A little extracurricular activity with Dean Hess? Yeah. I saw you two making out at the dance."
• (Taylor Townsend) "So what if we did?"
• (Seth) "She makes one hell of a poker player. I mean, she's pretty good."
• (Summer) "Yeah, well, unless you and the Dean want this little thingamajig --"
• (Seth) "Indiscretion."
• (Summer) "to go public, we have a few demands. Don't we?"
• (Seth) "Yeah."
• (Summer) "Starting with the lifting of the ban of Ryan Atwood from Harbor."
• (Taylor Townsend) "You can go ahead and tell anyone you want. No-one's going to believe you."
• (Seth) "She's like a block of ice."
• (Summer) "You willing to bet your squeaky little reputation on that, Taylor trash? 'Cause I've got a huge mouth and an even bigger buddy list. Mmm-hmm."
• (Summer) "See this right here? Sidekick. Walkie-talkie of the twenty-first century. Who should we radio first?"
• (Seth) "How about my dad?"
• (Summer) "Yeah. 10-4, good buddy. So what's it going to be? You can either tell Seth's dad the perverted truth and save your sorry ass, or you can roll the dice. Over and out."

• (Sandy) "Don't ever get married."
• (Ryan) "I've heard that from you before."
• (Sandy) "Oh, you'll hear it again. I'll be at the bar."

• (Unnamed) "It's kind of hard to meet people when you can't let anybody know who you really are and can't stay in one place too long."
• (Sandy) "I can see how that might "salt your game"."
• (Unnamed) ""Salt your game". Is that how they talk in Orange county?"
• (Sandy) "Stick around. You'll be saying "Rad" in no time."

• (Julie) "Real classy, Gus."
• (Gus) "It's them big gulps. They go right through me. Sneak up on me too."
• (Julie) "That's a nice final image."

• (Seth) "If you were this sensitive and neurotic when we were daing maybe things would've worked out."

• (Sandy) "Just because you're leaving doesn't mean I'm letting you go."

• (Seth) "Its kinda hard to apologise if I don't know what it is I'm apologising for."
• (Summer) "Well its kinda hard to forgive you if you don't know what you're supposed to be apologising for."

• (Tom Willington) "Sandy Cohen, working on the weekend."
• (Sandy) "Tom Willington, as I live and breathe."

• (Summer) "Lost my mind there, didn't I?"
• (Marissa) "Little bit."

• (Ryan) "Thought you wanted to sleep?"
• (Marissa) "Suddenly not so tired."

• (Caleb) "What is a booty call?"

• (Sandy) "Nobody needs to know, we can say you're taking a trip."
• (Kirsten) "In this town a trip is always rehab."

• (Zach) "Look Seth, I've always liked you but if I have to sacrifice our friendship to be with Summer, I'll do it."
• (Seth) "Amazing, all this time I thought you were a nice guy."
• (Zach) "Wake up, I'm a waterpolo player, we're never nice guys."
• (Seth) "Well looks like I won't need to worry about adding you to Atomic County, you're already there; the demon Water Polo player, the ironicists nemesis."
• (Zach) "And its gonna take a little bit more than quick-quips and pop-culture laden bromides to win little Miss Vixen."
• (Seth) "So its war."
• (Zach) "Its war."

• (Seth) "So what's the GP, RA?"
• (Ryan) "I have no idea what you just said."
• (Seth) "Game plan, Ryan Atwood."
• (Ryan) "You're just using initials now?"
• (Seth) "Yeah, it saves time."
• (Ryan) "Well, not if you have to translate."
• (Seth) "GP."
• (Ryan) "Game plan?"
• (Seth) "Good point."

• (Ryan) "What are you doing for dinner?"
• (Theresa) "Nothing."
• (Ryan) "Don't say you're not hungry, I know you."
• (Theresa) "I didn't say I wasn't hungry. I'm starving. Why do you think I'm being such a bitch?"

• (Sandy) "If all we're gunna do is send them to their room and make them do homework, what are they going to learn?"
• (Kirsten) "Their homework."

• (Caleb) "What is that flower truck doing in our driveway? I get the feeling that it's been there every week."
• (Julie) "Because it has."
• (Caleb) "We get flowers delivered every week?"
• (Julie) "Yes, Cal. They're living things. They die."

• (Seth) "Hey man, they raised me, okay? Proof, pudding. Speaking of pudding, Mother, do we have any tapioca on tap?"

• (Summer) "Just so you know, you and your friend the Dean may have won this round, but the war is not over."
• (Taylor Townsend) "Well, unless you have an exit strategy, don't even get out of the boat. I am a human quagmire."
• (Summer) "What's a quagmire?"
• (Summer) "Hello?"
• (Summer) "What's a quagmire?"

• (Seth) "Too complicated for banter about boats and Hanson?"

• (Seth) "Let's recap. I got disco'd by two girls in one night. And, unfortunately, not the first time that's happened."

• (Summer) "Are you making fun of me?"
• (Anna) "Most of the time, Summer, you do my job for me."
• (Summer) "Again -- not tracking."

• (Kirsten) "Is it over?"
• (Sandy) "I promise you, it never started."

• (Caleb Nichol) "I've come to ask a favor."
• (Sandy) "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
• (Caleb Nichol) "You didn't hear me?"
• (Sandy) "No, I heard you, I -- I just want to make you say it again."

• (Sadie Campbell) "So what are you gonna tell your folks about your face?"
• (Ryan) "Sandy and Kirsten are used to it."

• (Seth) "Who is this?"
• (Summer) "No-one."
• (Seth) "I'm not no-one."
• (Summer) "Princess Sparkle, what do you want?"

• (Taylor Townsend) "You know, it is so great that you guys have each other."
• (Summer) "Thanks."
• (Taylor Townsend) "'Cause everyone knows that Marissa was the popular one, and Seth, no judgment, but it's not like you got any cooler in the last two years. I mean, everyone just acted that way because they were afraid of Ryan Atwood. I mean, even as a senior, you're still pretty much the biggest geek in Newport."
• (Summer) "Oh-ho, no. All right, listen to me, skank, just because you're saying really mean things in, like, a really nice voice, doesn't mean that we don't realize that you're just some stupid little skank."

• (Ryan) "I appreciate you driving me down to Chino, but I can take care of this myself. This shouldn't have to be your problem."
• (Sandy) "Hey. If it's a Ryan problem, it's a Cohen problem."

• (Summer) "Go away, I'm studying -- naked."
• (Seth) "That's supposed to keep me away?"

• (Seth) "Name me ONE thing about Newport that isn't evil."
• (Ryan) "I will name you two."

• (Sandy) "Why don't we give up? Oh, give up with me, honey. We could let the Gruesome Twosome destroy our careers, or we could sit here, enjoy obscene amounts of Dr. Phil, and destroy them ourselves."

• (Summer) "You've got to admit, Coop."
• (Summer) "Whatever happens, Ryan facing off with Trey to avenge your honour; God, that is so freaking hot."
• (Summer) "In a mythic, biblical, Samurai Western kind of way."

• (Seth) "When they announce my name, uh, could you not do that cheer you did for me when I won Capture the Flag at parents' weekend?"
• (Sandy) "W-which cheer was that? Oh. Oh, oh, oh. Check out my boy Cohen. Can you believe how he's growin? The competition away he's blowin."
• (Seth) "That's the one. Please don't do that. Ever."

• (Summer) "Who let you in?"
• (Taylor Townsend) "I speak fluent housekeeper."

• (Seth) "Damn it. I'm being sarcastic."
• (Ryan) "So, sarcasm's like breathing for you."
• (Seth) "Yeah, Summer's dad thinks sarcasm is a sign of weakness."
• (Ryan) "Sounds like a smart man."

• (Seth) "So what you're saying is that when you two go to Italy you'll achieve this -- harmony."
• (Summer) "Look I just wanna be straightforward with you so you can plan your freekout accordingly."

• (Marissa) "So, my mum's trying to drag me to cardio bar again. It's her idea of mother-daughter bonding."
• (Summer) "Cardio bar, Coop?"
• (Marissa) "Well, she says it's the new Taibo. So maybe I can learn to kick her ass."
• (Summer) "I don't think you need to do any more cardio."
• (Marissa) "What's that supposed to mean?"
• (Summer) "Nothing. It's just that; well and I mean this in the least scandalous way but you're looking a little thin."
• (Marissa) "I eat."

• (Caleb) "Thank you for letting me spend the night in jail. It was the most vile, most inhuman night of my life."
• (Sandy) "Well, coming from the guy who married Julie Cooper, that's saying something."

• (Caleb Nichol) "It's always cause'a Kirsten. When you railroaded my dinner, was that cause'a her too?"
• (Sandy) "No. That one was for you."

• (Sandy) "What are we fighting about?"
• (Kirsten) "I don't know, but it's serious."

• (Lindsay Gardner) "Maybe I don't want to be Caleb Nichol's daughter."

• (Marissa) "What happens in the mall stays in the mall."
• (Ryan) "You go in the tent, I'll stay out here and look out for bears and store-guards."

• (Sandy) "I promise you, I'd rather send you to jail than get in bed with your father."

• (Kirsten) "It would be nice if Uncle Sean could be here."
• (Sandy) "Not if we have to pay for the bar tab."

• (Kirsten) "Why is that ninja smoking a cigarette?"
• (Sandy) "Honey honey, I don't actually think that's a ninja, ninjas usually wear capes, right?"
• (Kirsten) "oooh so a ninja is like a super hero"
• (Seth) "mom, dad, you two enjoy"
• (Seth) "Ryan"
• (Seth) "give me five minutes"
• (Sandy) "Where you goin?"
• (Sandy) "come on back"
• (Ryan) "Nice work"
• (Sandy) "Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child"

• (Summer) "Your comic has turned these two idiots into idiots."

• (Zach) "Even when you're not a couple you'll always be a couple. You're Joanie and Chachi, Luke and Leia."
• (Seth) "Um, Luke and Leia were brother and sister."
• (Zach) "Yeah, well, may the force be with you."

• (Anna) "Wait. Are you the kid from Chino who steals cars and sets people's houses on fire?"
• (Anna) "So you're saying I'm making my debut into society with Newport's most wanted?"
• (Ryan) "Is that going to be a problem?"
• (Anna) "I can't wait."

• (Zach) "Who's Curt Schilling, anyway?"

• (Summer) "Thanks for almost getting my bathing suit wet, Cohen."
• (Seth) "My pleasure."
• (Ryan) "Cohen, I can't believe that you did that, Cohen."

• (Sandy) "And you know, they do find foster home for kids your age."
• (Seth) "Yeah, because everyone wants a brand new teenager."
• (Seth) "I'm sorry if I'm the only one here that will state the obvious --"
• (Kirsten) "Seth."
• (Seth) "But we have all this extra room, right? We have a pool house. Yet, you guys are going to ship him off to a group home. Am I the only one who gets how much that sucks?"

• (Julie) "Keep that grimy paw away from me. Unless you wanna see what ten years of Cardio Barre can do to your face."

• (Summer) "You know, Cohen, with your two hands on the wheel and the wind blowing through your hair"
• (Summer) "you actually looked kinda hot."
• (Seth) "Let me guess, Summer, you have a"
• (Seth) "weakness for seamen."
• (Summer) "Ewww Cohen, and then there's that."
• (Seth) "Nah, aww."

• (Luke) "You know you're a little far from 8 mile"

• (Marissa) "I love you."
• (Ryan) "Uh -- Thank you?"

• (Seth) "Well he can't have gone that way cause that's the ocean."

• (Kirsten) "Oy humbug."

• (Seth) "Shhh. We're being stealth."

• (Summer) "Ryan. I'm sorry, I thought you were the evil step-monster."
• (Ryan) "She let me in. She seems nice."
• (Summer) "Yeah, well she just switched anti-depressants. Give it a day."

• (Summer) "I'm sorry I don't get references before 1990."

• (Marissa) "Uh, what's that, Seth? Did you say you need a ride to a Star Wars convention?"
• (Seth) "The Star Wars convention? I'm sorry. Her top was off. You couldn't have at least said X-Men for me?"

• (Sandy) "If you're happy, you're not working hard enough."

• (Summer) "You just gotta get right back on that horse, Coop. You gotta giddy up, horsy."

• (Sandy) "So you and Summer seemed pretty chummy yesterday."
• (Seth) "Dad, chummy?"
• (Sandy) "It's okay. You can tell me."
• (Seth) "No, really, I can't."
• (Sandy) "If you can't tell your dad, who can you tell?"
• (Seth) "Gee, I don't know, ugh Ryan -- Mom -- that tree over there."

• (Seth) "Maybe if you paid attention to anything other then that stupid hospital, you'd notice mom's been passing out before dinner."
• (Sandy) "Don't talk to your father like that."
• (Seth) "That would require you to act like my father."

• (Seth) "I'm not self-absorbed, am I, Ryan?"
• (Seth) "Me? Me? Me?"

• (Caleb Nichol) "Just remember, whatever happens in that courtroom, I did what I did for this family."

• (Ryan) "Sometimes I think you talk just to make sounds."
• (Seth) "Well, sometimes I do."

• (Ryan) "Kaitlin's back."
• (Summer) "Mini Cooper?"
• (Seth) "NOT so mini."

• (Caleb Nichol) "What the hell is that?"
• (Sandy) "It's my mother's meat loaf."
• (Caleb Nichol) "Oh God, your mother's here?"
• (Sandy) "Her recipe is. I'm trying out a chef. You want some?"
• (Caleb Nichol) "Actually, I think the sight of your mother's meat loaf has turned me into a vegetarian."

• (Ryan) "Sometimes you've got to let the rich people help you."

• (Summer) "Ugh, this bikini is so uncomfortable. I need to go get a new one. You want to go to South Coast?"
• (Marissa) "Totally. There's a Paul Frank sale there on Wednesday."
• (Summer) "Wednesday? I can't. I have plans with Zach."
• (Marissa) "Oh, more plans with Zach, huh?"
• (Summer) "Yes. The more time I spend with Zach, the less time I have to think about; God, what's his face? Built like a beanpole, curly hair, runs away like a little bitch on a sailboat leaving nothing but a note for his girlfriend who cried and cried over him till the Fourth of July when she decided she doesn't cry over bitches on boats."
• (Marissa) "Seth. His name. It's Seth."
• (Summer) "I know. I'm just doing that thing where I pretend I don't and I have to use a lot of descriptive insults to give voice to my inner pain."

• (Summer) "What do you want from me Cohen?"
• (Seth) "I just want you."

• (Sandy) "We can't give in to threats like that, we don't negotiate with the Newpsies."

• (Seth) "You guys really wouldn't hurt me, because that would be so clichéd."
• (Seth) "I guess you're fans of the cliché."

• (D.J.) "Guess I'd better prepare myself for some drama, huh?"
• (Marissa) "You have no idea."

• (Sandy) "What are you going to do? Steal a car? Burn down a house? Punch out the captain of the water polo team? Those ships have sailed, my friend."

• (Luke) "Just give me the signal, and I'll drop the Great Gatsby."

• (Ryan) "Lindsay wants to hang out with the sister she never knew she had. I can't stand in the way, or make it all about me, right?"
• (Seth) "No, that's something I would do."

• (Summer) "You know, Cohen -- your two hands on the wheel, and the wind blowing through your hair -- you actually looked kinda hot."
• (Seth) "Let me guess, Summer. You have a weakness for semen?"
• (Summer) "Ew, Cohen. And then there's that."

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