Is Sterling Point the best YA soap since The OC?

In this week's episode, Alan & Kathryn discuss the teen hit of the summer - Prime soap Sterling Point - including lauding the talents of Ella Rubin. Then, we look back at soap history to the early 2000s, through the lens of Josh Schwartz's opus The OC.

00:00 Introduction

1:07 Hayden Panettiere

04:40 Kathryn's throat, and various teams

05:30 Lanterns timeline watch

09:15 Every Summer After ain't no Sterling Point

10:23 Sterling Point

38:33 The OC

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