The Mallpisode with Karla Stevens Flanigan

Beyond the OC (Welcome to the OC)

Melinda Clarke

Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are joined by Costume Designer, Karla Stevens Flanigan to discuss Season 2 Episode 15, “The Mallpisode.” Karla gives insight into how she became a costume designer and how Warner Brothers approached her to create a line of clothing inspired by The OC. She discusses what details she put into dressing certain characters and how the explosions of the Ugg boots came about, thanks to The OC. Rachel talks about her one memory from filming this episode and it may involve Brad Pitt. Hear about their deep love for McDonald’s Breakfast. Melinda discusses how she really felt about the Porn Identity and of course Julie’s iconic style. What happens in the mall, stays at the mall! The Mallpisode Synopsis: Ryan is heartbroken over Lindsay and Seth convinces him to join Summer and Marissa at the mall as a way to distract himself. But when the “Fantastic Foursome” gets locked in the mall, old feelings emerge for Marissa as she and Ryan spend time together after a long time apart. Seth and Summer bicker over a postcard sent by Zach. Meanwhile, we meet Carter, a publisher sent to help work on Newport Living. Julie is blackmailed when a blast from her past, Lance, shows up asking for money or he releases a porno she was in! Sandy and Caleb team up to help find a symbolic ring for Kirsten after hers is lost. Or so we thought.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the OCBitches. Welcome to the OCBitches. Season 2, episode 15. The mall
0:24.0	episode. The mall episode has that word had had ever been created before this. I don't
0:29.5	see a reason why it would have. No. A.K.A. the Beckisode. Yep. Beck, the artist, music,
0:37.9	artist. We got lucky. I guess he was premiering an album, was released on March 29th, the show aired
0:46.0	on March 10th. So this music was five new songs of his plus one other song. Yeah. We'll get into
0:52.8	that. Yes. We will. Some iconic stuff. Yeah. So everyone this week, our guest is the lovely
1:00.0	and talented Carla Stevens Flanagan. She was our costume designer for season two. Her other
1:07.0	incredible credits include state of Georgia, the neighbors. And currently she's on Bob Hart's
1:11.8	Abishola and on CBS. And call me Kat on Fox and recently finished an eight year run on mom
1:18.9	CBS with Allison Janie and Anna Ferris. She's taken time out of her very busy schedule to be here
1:25.9	today. Thank you so much and welcome Carla. I'm so happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
1:30.7	It's so nice to see you. I mean, it's been so long. It's been a long time. But it doesn't feel like
1:35.9	it's been that long until you say the years out loud how long ago it was. Then it feels like a
1:40.3	long time ago. Right. But yeah, we're just so happy to have you here with us. And you know, a lot
1:45.7	of this show, it focuses on fashion. And the show is known for its looks and style. And I'd say
1:52.3	Marissa in particular. Well, I guess everybody on their own, right? Carla and I had a huge amount of
1:58.3	fun in this season. And we did. We spent a lot of, there was so much about my character that was
2:05.9	really motivated by the clothing. Yeah. And we put a lot of, in fact, there's an outfit in this
2:12.3	episode that was planned, like pre-plan for a long time. Yeah. Which one? Oh, we're going to
2:18.3	get to it. I guess. But so listen, what we love is exploring each different, you know,
2:27.6	job title in this industry. We found that it's really fun for the listeners to understand.
2:32.9	How does one become a costume designer? So I have a kind of a long history with that. I went
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