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{{Infobox Television episode
| Colour = #ffaa44
| Series = [[The O.C.]]
| Title = The Avengers
| Image =
| Season = 4 <br> (2006-2007)
| Caption =
| Episode = 1
| Airdate = November 2, 2006 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]])
| Writer = [[Josh Schwartz]]
| Director = [[Ian Toynton]]
| Production = 3T5251
| Prev = [[The Graduates (The O.C. episode)|The Graduates]]
| Next = [[The Gringos]]
|}}


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"'''The Avengers'''" is the 77th episode and the first episode of the fourth season of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] [[television series]], ''[[The O.C.]]''.
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== Guest starring ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Actor / actress
! Character
|-
| [[Michael Nouri]]
| [[Dr. Neil Roberts]]
|-
| [[Paula Trickey]]
| [[Veronica Townsend]]
|-
| [[Chris Pratt]]
| [[List of recurring characters in The O.C.#Che|Che]]
|-
| [[Wayne Dalglish]]
| [[List of recurring characters in The O.C.#Brad Ward|Brad Ward]]
|-
| [[Corey Price]]
| [[List of recurring characters in The O.C.#Eric Ward|Eric Ward]]
|-
| [[Drew Fuller]]
| Norland
|-
| [[Todd Bosley]]
| Leon
|-
| [[Ben Diskin]]
| Philip
|}

==Reception==
"The Avengers" was the first ever US network drama to be streamed in Canada. It was also the first time ever US series to be premiered on broadband in advance of its television premiere. In less than 10 days, more than 120,000 streams of the episodes were ordered up by Canadians from coast to coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1563274,00.html|title=CTV Inks Landmark Digital Deal with Warner Bros. International Television, Delivering First Wave of U.S. Network Dramas to Canadians on Broadband|last=Henderson|first=Scott|date=2006-11-22|work=[[CTV Television Network|CTV Inc.]]|publisher=[[Time Warner]]|accessdate=2008-09-29}}</ref>
== Plot ==
The premiere picks up five months after [[Marissa Cooper|Marissa's]] death. [[Ryan Atwood|Ryan]] is washing his hands in a small dirty room with his face cut and bruised. He gets a mysterious phone call just as [[Sandy Cohen|Sandy]] arrives at a downtown pub to visit him. Ryan hears Sandy arrive but jumps out the window to visit the caller.

[[Julie Cooper]] is also headed somewhere. After taking some pills, she leaves despite [[Kaitlin Cooper|Kaitlin]] reminding her that she's no longer allowed to drive at night. Ryan arrives at hotel room and the door is answered by none other than Julie herself.

36 hours earlier, and [[Seth Cohen|Seth]] is filling [[Summer Roberts|Summer]] in on what's been happening lately, but Summer's not answering her phone. Instead, she's rallying against cruelty to chickens at Brown.

[[Kirsten Cohen|Kirsten]] visits Seth at his comic book store with a care package and dinner invitation for Ryan. Seth doubts that Ryan will show up but will ask anyway.

Meanwhile, [[Dr. Neil Roberts|Dr. Roberts]] confronts Julie about why she's blocking him out and Summer's protesting is interrupted by a call from Taylor, who claims to be in Paris.

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Kaitlin busts Dr. Roberts with another woman and that night, Ryan opts for a cage wrestling match instead of dinner at the Cohens'. After some calls from Seth, Summer shows up in Newport with a plan to bring Ryan back from the dark side.

Kirsten visits Julie who blows her off after receiving a mysterious phone call of her own. She then rings up Ryan asking her to meet him at the hotel room. Turns out she has information - Volchok's whereabouts. Ryan declines, claiming he doesn't care. Afterwards he goes back to his room and pulls out a box from under his bed containing photographs and memoirs of Marissa. Then he takes the box outside to the dumpster and throws its contents away.

After discovering that [[Taylor Townsend|Taylor]] is still in Orange County, Summer invites Ryan to the comic book store where Seth presents him with a comic book showing how much better their lives are after he showed up.

In a moment of weakness, Summer 'sees' a phantom Marissa but blinks it away before shutting the door to the room she 'saw' her in. Summer decides she's not really over the death of her best friend and can't stay in Newport, while Ryan decides he still cares and moves back home with the Cohens. Ryan also decides to take information on [[Kevin Volchok|Volchok]], and realizes he wants revenge.

== Music ==
*"[[Running Up That Hill]]" by [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]
*"A Bad Dream" by [[Keane (band)|Keane]]
*"Save Me" by [[Jude (singer)|Jude]]
*"Song For Sunshine" by [[Belle & Sebastian]]
*"Mr. Blue" by [[Catherine Feeny]]
*"Bootleg Saint" by [[Sam Roberts]]

==Trivia==
*The Model Home CD that Marissa made for Ryan in [[The Model Home]] was lost in the fire. Marissa made another one for Ryan in [[The Journey (The O.C. episode)|The Journey]] for his birthday, but didn't give it to him on screen. But in this episode, Ryan throws out the CD.
*Marissa's name is only said once in the whole episode, by Seth, when he mentions that Ryan did not go to her funeral.
*[[Luke Ward]] appears only in a cartoon drawing of Seth's when Ryan, Seth, Summer, Sandy and Kirsten are at the comic book shop watching the slide show.
* As of this episode Kaitlin Cooper ([[Willa Holland]]) and Taylor Townsend ([[Autumn Reeser]]) appear in the opening credits.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0880282/ Full Cast & Crew] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [http://www.fox.com/oc/recaps/401.htm Recap from the official website]
* [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a12600/ Recap] from [[Television Without Pity]]
* [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3423780426667466874 Video Clip Of The OC, Season 04, Episode 01]

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