The O.C. (TV Series)

The Pot Stirrer (2006)

Ben McKenzie: Ryan Atwood

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• Ryan : [Seth has been smoking pot due to stress of going to college]  Well, it's-it's-it's almost 3:30. Isn't our interview at 4:00?

  Seth : [high]  What're you talking about?

  [looks at clock] 

  Seth : Hey, how'd that happen?

  Ryan : Well, are you ready?

  Seth : Am I ready? Do me a favor.

  [pulls up shirt sleeve and feels bicep] 

  Seth : Go ahead and feel that. Feel that puppy right there.

  Ryan : No, dude, no.

  Seth : Okay, you don't wanna touch another man. I get it.

  [Ryan frowns and sniffs the air] 

  Seth : I get it. You find my slender swimmers body, um, intimidating.

  Ryan : [confused]  Something smells.

  Seth : No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't. But they say the first sign of, uh, a brain tumor is, uh, phantom smells, so you should lie down.

  [Ryan finds can of air freshener] 

  Seth : Hey. Hey. You solved it. You figured it out. That's- You're mystery solver. You're like Encyclopedia Brown. Remember Encyclopedia Brown? He went on down to Texas to solve the mystery of the Great Shootout.

  [Ryan raises his eyebrows] 

  Seth : Hey, how bout this for a change? How bout in a cage match, Encyclopedia Brown versus The Great Brain

  [Looks at Ryan completely straight faced] 

  Seth : to the death.

  Ryan : [pause]  Are you high?

  Seth : Am I high? No! No, come on, man. I love when you go for the comedy.

  [Ryan looks at Seth and goes over to the desk] 

  Seth : But I would not quit your day job beatin up, uh, people.

  [Ryan moves the book off of the ashtray] 

  Seth : I wouldn't.

  Seth : [Ryan picks up ashtray and holds it out to Seth]  I don't know how that got there.