It’s one of the craziest episodes in The OC history, Season 4, Episode 7, “The Chrismukk-huh?” Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined today by not only the writers of the episode, JJ Philibin and John Stephens but drunk Santa himself, Craig Susser pops by as well. Spoiler alert, Craig actually played four different characters in “The Chrismukk-huh”! Craig talks about how he was cast in The OC, he actually plays various characters in Season 3 and appears in two more episodes in Season 4. JJ and John discuss how they came up with the word, “hajoinks” and how much fun they had writing this episode. John also shares a very funny story about writing this episode that involves the late and great, Regis Philbin. The Chrismukk-huh synopsis: Ryan and Taylor both fall off a ladder and are transported to an alternate universe, where we see what life would be really like if Ryan Atwood never came to Newport. If you have a question for the OC Bitches, leave them a message at https://www.speakpipe.com/ocbitches or via email at [email protected]

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