On this episode of the OCD, Ryan's uptight father, Mike, comes for a visit along with his new girlfriend, Taylor, a 24-year-old model. Mike does not hesitate to speak his mind and immediately angers both Greg and Ryan, and browbeats Taylor, with constant criticism about their backgrounds, while Ryan makes a move on himself. Ryan finds his job at Mike's company, YourPopFilter.com, in jeopardy, while Mike considers making a change. Meanwhile, Intern Steve approaches Ryan and tells him that he want...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min
THE OCD 100: Celebration Anniversary Blowout!!! It's the 100th episode of The OCD, and it's time to celebrate in full OCD- style, by talking about The OC just a little bit! There's too much celebrating to do to just sit around and talk about the seminal and underrated prime time soap of the early aughts. Mike and Ryan have their tuxes on, and of course have to invite Cassie and Katelynn from The Unnatural 20's to party with them! First up, the guys get the girls' opinion on the season 2 finale, ...
May 23, 2020•1 hr 7 min
THE OCD 98: The Dearly BelovedPart 3 On an all-new The OCD, Mike and Ryan continue to discuss the season 2 finale, The Dearly Beloved! On a very special episode of The OCD, Ryan continues to hit rock bottom after Mike's funeral, prompting Cassie to finally take action by staging an intervention. Meanwhile, Greg still returns to Newport and almost immediately renews ties with a still mourning Ryan, while Mike continues to also return to town for the funeral. Cassies's partner-in-crime Greg still ...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 3 min
THE OCD 98: The Dearly BelovedPart 2 On an all-new The OCD, Mike and Ryan continue to discuss the season 2 finale, The Dearly Beloved! On a very special episode of The OCD, Ryan hits rock bottom after Mike's funeral, prompting Cassie to finally take action by staging an intervention. Meanwhile, Greg returns to Newport and almost immediately renews ties with a mourning Ryan, while Mike also returns to town for the funeral. Cassies's partner-in-crime Greg bullies him into participating in a drug d...
May 02, 2020•34 min
THE OCD 97: Dearly Beloved On an all-new The OCD, Mike and Ryan discuss the season 2 finale, The Dearly Beloved! On a very special episode of The OCD, Mike hits rock bottom after Ryan's funeral, prompting Greg to finally take action by staging an intervention. Meanwhile, Cassie returns to Newport and almost immediately renews ties with a mourning Mike, while Ryan also returns to town for the funeral. Greg's partner-in-crime Cassie bullies him into participating in a drug deal that turns into a s...
Apr 25, 2020•49 min
THE OCD 96: The O Sea Part II On this episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan continue to discuss the second season episode of The OC, The O Sea. On a very special episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan still squabble over who should take Greg to the prom, and who will meet Cassie for dinner over the publishing of the graphic novel. Meanwhile, Taylor continues to take drastic actions with a recovering Ryan. Mike still starts try to piece together what happened between Greg and Cassie, while at the same tim...
Apr 18, 2020•50 min
THE OCD 95: The O Sea On this episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan discuss the second season episode of The OC, The O Sea. On a very special episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan squabble over who should take Greg to the prom, and who will meet Cassie for dinner over the publishing of the graphic novel. Meanwhile, Taylor takes drastic actions with a recovering Ryan. Mike starts to piece together what happened between Greg and Cassie, while at the same time, Mike runs into his old girlfriend Taylor. Als...
Apr 11, 2020•41 min
THE OCD 94: The Showdown, Part III On this episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan continue their conversation of the second season episode of The OC, The Showdown! This week, Mike and Ryan continue to declare war when they compete against each other for Greg's affections. Meanwhile, Taylor is still still reeling from getting attacked by Cassie, and continues to refuse to confide in Mike about the incident. Ryan still confronts Greg when his drinking problem becomes very apparent. Also, Cassie continu...
Apr 04, 2020•31 min
THE OCD 93: The Showdown, Part II Photo by c.warner Br/Everett/REX[/caption] On this episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan continue their conversation of the second season episode of The OC, The Showdown! This week, Mike and Ryan continue to declare war when they compete against each other for Greg's affections. Meanwhile, Taylor is still still reeling from getting attacked by Cassie, and continues to refuse to confide in Mike about the incident. Ryan still confronts Greg when his drinking problem b...
Mar 28, 2020•49 min
THE OCD 92: The Showdown On this episode of The OCD, Mike and Ryan discuss The Showdown from season 2 of The OC! This week, Mike and Ryan declare war when they compete against each other for Greg's affections. Meanwhile, Taylor is still reeling from getting attacked by Cassie, and refuses to confide in Mike about the incident. Ryan confronts Greg when his drinking problem becomes very apparent. Also, Cassie hands divorce papers to Taylor. All of that, and so much more, on an all-new OCD! Also do...
Mar 21, 2020•51 min
THE OCD 91: The Return of the Nana Mike and Ryan continue to discuss episode 221 of The OC, The Return of the Nana! Mike, Ryan, and Greg still travel to Miami, Florida to visit Mike's mother, the Nana, after she tells Mike she is getting married to a much younger man. Back at PopFilter Studios, Cassie, still unable to go to Miami with Mike because of work, is left on her own to deal with her feelings for Taylor. Mike continues to misterpret Ryan's friendship as a sexual advance. Also, Greg invit...
Mar 13, 2020•30 min
THE OCD 90: The Return of the Nana Mike and Ryan discuss episode 221 of The OC, The Return of the Nana! Mike, Ryan, and Greg travel to Miami, Florida to visit Mike's mother, the Nana, after she tells Mike she is getting married to a much younger man. Back at PopFilter Studios, Cassie, unable to go to Miami with Mike because of work, is left on her own to deal with her feelings for Taylor. Mike misterprets Ryan's friendship as a sexual advance. Also, Greg invites Cassie to home-cooked dinner at h...
Mar 06, 2020•40 min
THE OCD 89: The OC Confidential, Part II Mike and Ryan continue to discuss episode 220 of The OC, The OC Confidential! On a very special The OCD, Mike, Ryan, and Taylor continue to devise a plan to save Greg from going to jail after he took the fall for supplying drugs at his birthday party. Meanwhile, Mike and Ryan, still fulfilling more than their editorial duties, continue to take a trip to Featherbrook's winery for a wine tasting party. All of that, and so much more, on an all-new The OCD! A...
Mar 02, 2020•32 min
THE OCD 88: The OC Confidential Mike and Ryan discuss episode 220 of The OC, The OC Confidential! On a very special The OCD, Mike, Ryan, and Taylor devise a plan to save Greg from going to jail after he took the fall for supplying drugs at his birthday party. Meanwhile, Mike and Ryan, fulfilling more than their editorial duties, take a trip to Featherbrook's winery for a wine tasting party. All of that, and so much more, on an all-new The OCD! Also don't forget to Listen to the Unnatural 20's po...
Feb 23, 2020•39 min
THE OCD 87: The Rager, Part 3 Mike and Ryan continue to continue to discuss the second season episode of The OC, The Rager! On Mike's 21st birthday, Ryan, anxious to help Mike and Greg forge a relationship, still continues to throw a birthday party for Mike at PopFilter studios that turns out to be a RUMBLE when one girl nearly drowns from a drug overdose. Meanwhile, Ryan continues to still be left in hot water by both Mike and Taylor. Mike continues to still want to continue his friendship with...
Feb 16, 2020•26 min
THE OCD 86: The Rager, Part 2 Mike and Ryan continue to discuss the second season episode of The OC, The Rager! On Mike's 21st birthday, Ryan, anxious to help Mike and Greg forge a relationship, still throws a birthday party for Mike at PopFilter studios that turns out to be a RUMBLE when one girl nearly drowns from a drug overdose. Meanwhile, Ryan is still left in hot water by both Mike and Taylor. Mike continues to want to continue his friendship with Ryan, leaving a confused Greg. All of that...
Feb 08, 2020•32 min
THE OCD 85: The Rager Mike and Ryan discuss the second season episode of The OC, The Rager! On Mike's 21st birthday, Ryan, anxious to help Mike and Greg forge a relationship, throws a birthday party for Mike at PopFilter studios that turns out to be a RUMBLE when one girl nearly drowns from a drug overdose. Meanwhile, Ryan is left in hot water by both Mike and Taylor. Mike wants to continue his friendship with Ryan, leaving a confused Greg. All of that, and so much more, on an all-new The OCD! A...
Feb 01, 2020•54 min
THE OCD 84: The Risky Business, Part II Mike and Ryan continue to discuss the second season episode of The OC, The Risky Business! On a very special episode of The OCD, Ryan reluctantly still agrees with Mike to serve as host/auctioneer at yet another PopFilter benefit. Meanwhile, Ryan continues to lie to Mike to prove that he can be self-dependent when he steals an auction exhibit, leading Mike and Taylor on a mission to recover it before anyone finds out. Greg is still reinvigorating Mike and ...
Jan 27, 2020•38 min
THE OCD 83: The Risky Business Mike and Ryan discuss the second season episode of The OC, The Risky Business! On a very special episode of The OCD, Ryan reluctantly agrees with Mike to serve as host/auctioneer at yet another PopFilter benefit. Meanwhile, Ryan lies to Mike to prove that he can be self-dependent when he steals an auction exhibit, leading Mike and Taylor on a mission to recover it before anyone finds out. Greg reinvigorates Mike and Ryan's comic book dream, much to the annoyance of...
Jan 22, 2020•43 min
THE OCD 82: The Brothers Grim, Part II Mike and Ryan continue to discuss the second season OC episode, The Brothers Grim! On a very special episode of The OCD, Mike's brother Ryan still gets out of jail and continues to give Mike a call. Their family still gives Ryan a warm welcome, but Mike continues to know nothing good can come from this. Greg still returns from his trip to Italy and continues to tell everyone he has a new girlfriend, which makes Taylor curious, although Mike isn't sure what ...
Jan 13, 2020•40 min
THE OCD 81: The Brothers Grim Mike and Ryan discuss the second season OC episode, The Brothers Grim! On a very special episode of The OCD, Mike's brother Ryan gets out of jail and gives Mike a call. Their family gives Ryan a warm welcome, but Mike knows nothing good can come from this. Greg returns from his trip to Italy and tells everyone he has a new girlfriend, which makes Taylor curious, although Mike isn't sure what to think. Meanwhile, after Ryan admits his naked mistake to Mike, they both...
Jan 04, 2020•51 min
THE OCD 80: The Blaze of Glory, Part II Mike and Ryan continue to watch and discuss The O.C.' s season two episode, The Blaze of Glory! Ryan again recruits Mike to help him with Burbank School's Pep Rally Bonfire. Taylor continues to accept that he and Ryan are from two different worlds, and knows he is fighting a lost cause. Greg is still stuck, and misses last year's good times, while Mike still disagrees, and tells him it's time to move on. Meanwhile, Ryan still STILL doesn't know what she is...
Dec 21, 2019•1 hr 22 min
THE OCD 79: The Blaze of Glory Mike and Ryan watch and discuss The O.C.' s season two episode, The Blaze of Glory! Ryan recruits Mike to help him with Burbank School's Pep Rally Bonfire. Taylor accepts that he and Ryan are from two different worlds, and knows he is fighting a lost cause. Greg is stuck, and misses last year's good times, while Mike disagrees, and tells him it's time to move on. Meanwhile, Ryan still doesn't know what she is going to do about her blackmailer, and seeks some advice...
Dec 14, 2019•42 min
THE OCD 78: The Mallpisode, Part II Mike and Ryan continue to review the greatest episode of TV history, The OC' s The Mallpisode. On an all-new episode of The OCD, Ryan is still all like "dude...Mallpisode." But then Mike is still like "YES I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE 77TH PODCAST IN A ROW THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP." Meanwhile, Ryan still misses the Fantastic Four (Ryan Fantastic, Mrs. Invisi-rissa, The Sethman Torch, and The SummerThing), as Mike continues to remember them fondly, but thinks ...
Dec 06, 2019•40 min
THE OCD 77: The Mallpisode Mike and Ryan review the greatest episode of TV history, The OC' s The Mallpisode. On an all-new episode of The OCD, Ryan is all like "dude...Mallpisode." But then Mike is like "YES I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE 77TH PODCAST IN A ROW THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP." Meanwhile, Ryan misses the Fantastic Four (Ryan Fantastic, Mrs. Invisi-rissa, The Sethman Torch, and The SummerThing), as Mike remembers them fondly, but thinks their time is done and its time to move on. Mike be...
Nov 30, 2019•42 min
THE OCD 76: Rainy Day Women, Part II Mike and Ryan discuss The OC episode Rainy Day Women! During a rainy day in Burbank, Mike decides to take the DNA test and makes a difficult choice regarding her life with Ryan, while Taylor helps him through it. Meanwhile, Ryan still wants to help Mike with his case and tries to convince her not to run again. He ends up running with him, and they find themselves in a run-down hotel. Taylor is still upset and confides in Greg about her problems and wishes his...
Nov 22, 2019•38 min
THE OCD 75: Rainy Day Women Mike and Ryan FINALLY discuss the greatest episode in TV history, The Mallpisode! After Ryan moves away to Chicago with his mother, Mike is heartbroken and Taylor is confused. Greg, Taylor, and Ryan invite Mike to the local mall to get his mind off things. But things take a turn when they get stranded in the mall after hours. Meanwhile, Mike tries to make amends with Ryan by searching for their wedding ring, or making a grand gesture that will take him back to the tim...
Nov 17, 2019•40 min
THE OCD 74: Music From The OC: Mix 3 Mike and Ryan tackle The OC: Mix 3! Halloween has come and gone, and now it's time to listen to Christmas music. Luckily, Josh Schwarz and The OC crew hooked us up. That's right, eight (8!) songs for all of those moments where you are stringing popcorn for Christmas tree decorations because obviously you're poor and also don't have to worry about Cornin' Rats, the rats that only eat popcorn. They're scary, but far less scary than Rattin' Corn, the popcorn tha...
Nov 09, 2019•36 min
THE OCD 73: The Father Knows Best, Part II Mike and Ryan continue to discuss episode 213 of The OC, The Father Knows Best! On a very special episode of The OCD, Ryan continues to continue to work on Mike's case, while Taylor is still questioning how strong their feelings are for one another. Meanwhile, Mike continues to continue his downward spiral in the aftermath of Ryan and Greg's night together. Ryan is still trying to confront his fear about his relationship with Mike. Also, Mike continues ...
Nov 01, 2019•57 min
THE OCD 72: The Lonely Hearts Club, Part II Mike and Ryan discuss episode 213 of The OC, The Father Knows Best! On a very special episode of The OCD, Ryan continues to work on Mike's case, while Taylor questions how strong their feelings are for one another. Meanwhile, Mike continues his downward spiral in the aftermath of Ryan and Greg's night together. Ryan tries to confront his fear about his relationship with Mike. Also, Mike offers Ryan a place in his family, but not without a paternity tes...
Oct 24, 2019•54 min
