The O.C. 2x17 The Brothers Grim

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First Aired: Mar. 24, 2005 on FOX

Summary: When Ryan's brother comes to visit, Ryan has a feeling that it won't turn out well, but the Cohens gladly welcome Trey into their household. Marissa and Ryan continue to build on their new friendship while Seth and Summer deal with unexpected news. Meanwhile, Julie tells Kirsten about her…
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Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Ryan Atwood	played by Ben McKenzie
Julie Cooper-Nichol	played by Melinda Clarke
Carter Buckley	played by Billy Campbell (VII)
Trey Atwood	played by Logan Marshall-Green
Elaine Stevens	played by Jordan Baker
Lance Baldwin	played by Johnny Messner
Curtis	played by Christopher Backus
Porn Star	played by Shaun Cozzens

Episode Quotes

Carter Buckley: You sound like you have a wonderful family.
Sandy Cohen: I do, thank you, including my mother-in-law, the porn star.

Ryan Atwood: If we haven't gotten Trey out of the store... I swear he would've taken the guy out.
Seth Cohen: So he's got rage issues... like uh... like Summer, or...
Ryan Atwood: He's just got a lot of pride, you know...

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): When Ryan, Marissa and Trey leave the bar after the fight Trey has a pool stick in his hand. As they leave you can hear the sound of his pool stick hit the ground before he actually threw it to the floor.

Trivia

This episode marks the first appearance of Logan Marshall-Green in the role of Trey Atwood. The role was previously played by Bradley Stryker. Trey was last seen in episode 1x11: "The Homecoming".
In this episode, it is revealed that Zach's last name is Stephens.
Sandy quotes the line, "If it's a Ryan Problem, it's a Cohen Problem." This refers to the first episode "The O.C." (2003) {Pilot (#1.1)}.
Seth tells to Zach "Hey man, you came back. People never leave and come back." Seth is referring to other supporting characters that left and never returned. Those were the cases of Oliver, Luke, Lindsay, Alex and Anna.
Arthur Yoria won the "Enter The Mix" contest. The contest had hundreds of submissions from bands trying to get their song on The O.C. Author Yoria's winning song is featured in this episode.