Talk:List of The O.C. episodes

merge with The O.C. episode plotlines
Okay, so - there are two episode list articles for this series, Episodes of The O.C. and O.C. Episodes. This article has more information, so any extra stuff in the other one needs to be copied across, and then "O.C. Episodes" needs to be deleted. I have no knowledge of this programme so i cant really do it myself. I think this one then needs to be renamed to "List of The O.C. episodes" as its a more conventional name for episode lists (which i cant do because theres already a redirect page there). -- jeffthejiff  ( talk ) 15:04, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

I realise people are spending a lot of time on this page; it's good work. I don't want to interupt and mess up your work. However, is there any way someone could put per-series episode numbers in here? It would probably be more useful than the overall episode number in most cases. For example; "s03e17" as well as "68".--CalPaterson 21:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Cal on the S(season)E(episode #) idea. I also think that we should create a suitable template and start making episode articles.--Rikkyc 03:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I have added the merge tag to The O.C. episode plotlines and after a few days, if I have no arguments, I will just use the content from this article and redirect that one to this. Masterpjz9 00:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The O.C. episode plotlines has been merged with this one and redirected here. There was no info from the other page that I found would be useful here. Masterpjz9 12:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Season 3
Anyone know when/what the last epsiode is ? --DragonWR12LB 04:11, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe you should read the article? The final episode is on May 18.  Also, Wikipedians don't like people discussing an article's subject on its Talk Page.  The Talk Page is only for discussing the article itself. --Fozi999 15:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I did read the article also what the hell is the point of even having an article if you don't discuss the issue? --DragonWR12LB 02:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Season 4
Should season 4 episodes start being included in the list? Seeing as they haven't aired and rumours still surround the plot, possibly making the episode summaries lack factual accuracy  -- Ryan2807 18:02 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The current text doesnt really spoil anything and is sourced from a reliable source. It also does not reveal much. It has been okay in other Lists.. so it should be o.k here.  Matthew Fenton  (Talk | Contribs) 18:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I still don't think season 4 episodes should be added yet. Iorek85 made a good point on the talk page of the main O.C. article by stating that the source of the season 4 spoilers isn't even appropriate for Wikipedia and that verifiable facts and viewpoints should be presented, not unconfirmed rumours, and especially not as fact. Furthermore, stressing the fact that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Therefore I think the season 4 episodes should be removed from this article for now, until the season 4 episodes have aired, only then when all the facts be known. -- Ryan2807 13:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Reveretd and isnerted {Future television}. User:MatthewFenton (talk • contribs) 13:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What was the reliable source? FOX is a reliable source, but none of the fansites or spoiler sites are. The titles for the eps are fine, they seemed to be accurate enough last season, but the details are just rumour, unless, as the template says, they came from interviews or preview clips. (Even then, it's kinda murky; This is Wikipedia, afterall, not TV.com... Iorek85 23:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Individual Episode Pages
Everyone of the episode pages needs work. There are no cites, extended plots, and information that is best left out all together. Whoever is monitoring this page and those pages should read this Centralized discussion/Television episodes. This is the policy created to establish guidelines for episode pages. If you do not have well referenced material try developing Seasonal pages until you do. Bignole 12:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

To do..
We need to convert all episode images to wide-screen. We should consider converting to Episode list and getting all episode summaries down to 2 lines maximum.. keeping longer synopses to the individual pages. Matthew Fenton (talk • contribs) 16:04, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What's the best way of converting all the images to wide-screen? I've got ALL the episodes on DVD, so I can do it, but I need to know how big the wide-screen images should be and how I should add them to the article (should I just replace the existing images?) Jayden54 16:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If you have them on DVD that's great - the best way is to upload a new version over the present (click the image and scroll to the bottom) - Generally when getting images I resize to 66.77% of the original (thats around the size of most of these/the season 4 ones) - ones that need doing are: Image:OC-101.jpg, Image:OC-103.jpg, Image:OC-112a.JPG, Image:OC-111.jpg, Image:OC-210.jpg, Image:OC-215.jpg, Image:OC-223.jpg, Image:OC-304.jpg, Image:OC-305.jpg, Image:OC-307.jpg, Image:OC-309.JPG, Image:OC-310.JPG - All the others should be a'okay - When all synopsises are trimmed down and the tables are converted it should start looking pretty good :) - Hoepfully ill be able to do some work converting them soon. Matthew Fenton (talk • contribs) 17:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've just uploaded a new version of Image:OC-210.jpg, let me if that's what you want, and I'll do the others, except for season 1, because I don't have the wide-screen version of that (only the regular 720x480 version). Jayden54 15:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That looks awesome :-) Matthew Fenton (talk • contribs) 15:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I have spent the past few hours converting the article to Episode list. If possible could someone please find a 720x480 pixel image for each of the screenshots, as that would suit the new layout very well. Also could all the episode summaries be shrunk down to 3 lines. Thanks. Stickeylabel 01:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I have spent a further few hours adding new screenshots for the majority of episodes in 720x480 resolution. There are a few screenshots however, of which I cannot find a suitable replacement for. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Stickeylabel 05:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Episode Title Errors
A lot of the episode titles aren't what they should be. It seems like whoever named them tried to sum up the plot of the episode, and they didn't use the actual episode title given by Fox or whoever names these episodes. I fixed it.Seeninator 07:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Title of episode 2.13
Adelyna and I have been in a minor dispute lately about the name of episode 2.13 which I believe is called "The Test", and Adelyna believes it's called "The Father Knows Best". According to the official website it's called "The Test", so I'm almost certain I'm right, but Adelyna claims that the DVD of the second season lists it as "The Father Knows Best", but I can't verify this since I don't have the DVD myself. For now I've reverted all of Adelyna's actions, and will continue to do so under the assumption that it's called "The Test" (which would make more sense considering the plot of that episode). Cheers, Jayden54 07:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I just did a quick Google check, and it appears that the episode is called "The Father Knows Best" on the DVD (see ), but I think we should stick we the original title, which is also listed on the official website. Jayden54 07:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Press release has it down as "The Test". Matthew 07:34, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Single episodes
I plan on redirecting these per WP:EPISODE soon. Information from multiple secondary sources must be present for a single episode to need an article. This includes reception and development. Single plot summaries and trivia don't make a substantial article. I suggest Wikia and tv.com as alternate venues for this information. TTN 21:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Episode naming
I noticed the episodes that need to be disambiguated from other things have the extension (The O.C. episode) rather than the conventional just (The O.C.). I would like to move all of the episodes to conform to the WP:TV-NC standards, but want to make sure I am doing the right thing and that this isn't a special exemption like for The Simpsons episode articles. Let me know. bmitchelf•T•F 05:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry almost none of the OC episodes meet Wikis notability guidelines to have their own articles.
The fact that every single episode has their own article is ridiculous. Almost none of them (save episodes like the pilot, finale, marissa dying, etc i.e. ones with extensive outside media coverage) meet Wiki's notability guidelines, and almost none of them have proper citations or sources. I suggest work be done to merge or prove notability, otherwise most of the articles will be put up for deletion.

Wiki is not a place for extensive plot summaries of episodes or trivia (which is what almost every episode article consists of).24.190.34.219 (talk) 04:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to where. The individual season pages are already all FLs and WP:EPISODE says "Avoid listing episodes for AfD unless they are completely unverifiable and original research." I've already got one of the episode articles to FA, but admitidly it was the series premiere with clear notability. I didn't create any of these episode articles and my biggest concern is that they are mostly PLOT, however each episode of 30 Rock season 2 has become a GA and the series had very similar viewing ratings. Admittedly that series is more recent so online sources are more abundant, however there is no WP:DEADLINE, and I think these episode articles could be similarly improved, they just haven't been yet. Rambo's Revenge (talk)  12:13, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

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