The O.C.
The Heights
TV Flash files “The Heights” as hour 9 of 92 in the TV Flash guide — The O.C. (2003–2007) on Fox, season 1, episode 9, aired 2003-11-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E09: listed hour 9 of 92 in the The O.C. guide, hour 9 of 27 in season 1. It aired 2003-11-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Rescue” (S01E08). Next is “The Perfect Couple” (S01E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Calculus. AP English. History. The ways of the human heart. Not everything learned at Harbor High is on the schedule of classes. The Cohen casa is a house divided when Sandy takes an environmental case against Kirsten's father.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Heights sit in the The O.C. guide?
S01E09 is listed hour 9 of 92 — hour 9 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 9.
When did The O.C. S01E09 air?
The Heights aired 2003-11-05 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is The O.C. required before Gossip Girl?
Not required, but it is the mid-2000s teen-drama template Schwartz later carried uptown — soundtrack as branding, outsider in a wealthy house.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Welcome to Newport: a Chino kid lands in a wealthy house and detonates every carefully lit marriage. The O.C. is teen soap with Cohen-family heart, Chrismukkah as ritual, Adam Brody making nerdy charming, and a soundtrack that branded the lifestyle as hard as the plot.
Fox found a Chino kid, dropped him in a wealthy Newport house, and detonated every carefully lit marriage on a weekday night. The O.C. (2003–2007) is Josh Schwartz's soundtrack-forward teen soap: Benjamin McKenzie as Ryan Atwood, Mischa Barton's Marissa, Adam Brody's Seth Cohen making nerdy charming mainstream, Rachel Bilson, Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan. Cohen-family heart. Chrismukkah as ritual. A mix CD doing half the marketing. Four seasons, 92 episodes, and a lifestyle export that later CW glamour still…
Filed against
- Benjamin McKenzie as Ryan Atwood
Benjamin McKenzie’s Ryan Atwood detonated The O.C.’s carefully lit marriages — a Chino kid in a Newport house, Cohen-family heart, Chrismukkah as ritual, Adam Brody making nerdy charming, a soundtrack that branded the lifestyle as hard as…
- Mischa Barton as Marissa Cooper
Mischa Barton’s Marissa Cooper made The O.C.’s Newport look like a carefully lit marriage waiting to detonate — 2000s teen soap, Cohen-family heart, Chrismukkah as ritual, Adam Brody making nerdy charming, a soundtrack that branded the…
- Adam Brody as Seth Cohen
Adam Brody’s Seth Cohen made The O.C.’s Newport a nerd with a soundtrack — Chino kid in a wealthy house, detonated marriages, Chrismukkah as ritual, teen soap with Cohen-family heart. Lifestyle branded as hard as the plot. TV Flash files…
- Rachel Bilson as Summer Roberts
Rachel Bilson played Summer Roberts on The O.C., 2000s Newport teen soap — a Chino kid detonating carefully lit marriages, Cohen-family heart, Chrismukkah as ritual, Adam Brody making nerdy charming, a soundtrack that branded the…
- Peter Gallagher as Sandy Cohen
Peter Gallagher played Sandy Cohen on The O.C., 2000s teen soap with a Chino kid landing in a wealthy Newport house and detonating every carefully lit marriage. Cohen-family heart, Chrismukkah as ritual, Adam Brody making nerdy charming,…
- Kelly Rowan as Kirsten Cohen
Kelly Rowan's Kirsten Cohen was The O.C.'s adult heartbeat in Newport — a Chino kid landing in a wealthy house, Chrismukkah as ritual, teen soap with Cohen-family warmth. Soundtrack as lifestyle brand. TV Flash files her as 2000s craft:…