One year before the OC debuted on FOX, I remember 3 evening dramas (or whatever kind of show the OC is) coming out:

Fastlane

John Doe

Firefly

I've never watched Firefly but it obviously has a huge cult following. I don't know why it never appealed to me.

John Doe seemed really cool - Dominic Purcell (Prison Break) wakes up with amnesia but has newfound super intelligence and tries to unravel his own mystery - I only caught a few episodes.

Fastlane I watched entirely and bought on DVD later. It was made by McG, like the OC, and takes place in LA, where Peter Facinelli (Twilight) and Bill Bellamy are two cops who get pulled into "The Candy Store" - a secret unit of the LAPD where they use all of the repossessed weapons money and vehicles to infiltrate even bigger criminals, by Tiffany Amber Thiessen (Saved by the Bell). It's honestly got a similar fun vibe to the OC in a way, being of that time and similar location and production. It's got really entertaining banter, and there are serious moments with backstory from the main characters that keep things interesting and multidimensional. Apparently it's on Tubi in the USA and Hoopla in Canada if you have a library card.

They all were canceled after 1 season, all ended on cliffhangers or were unresolved.....I would say in a way that The OC owes it's creation to them not continuing!

Has anyone got a Google drive link or something similar with the whole show ? I’m struggling to watch this show ad free even with a subscription to so many services.
Any help would be appreciated:)

Was going through my storage unit and found these. I printed out the Season 2 promo photo of Marissa and had it hanging on my wall, and my best friend drew the sketch of her for me.

Never watched The OC when it was on but it quickly became one of my favorite shows. Keeping in mind that I am a 30 year old male, would One Tree Hill be a good show to pick up? I’ve seen it compared to the OC a lot I’m curious what fans of The OC think I would also like.

I was looking forward to this being a tearjerker. I had the tissue box ready for my tears, but it didn’t bring me there. It was written as a trope. The writers couldn’t take it seriously and had to make every storyline comical. I appreciate the humor in the series. I loved how the couples ended up together but I just didn’t feel that the journey there was organic. I wish there was a little bit more seriousness added. Is it just me? I am a new watcher. I loved the series, but am I missing something?

The premise of a teenager from a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood being thrown into a wealthy community is such a strong idea that I think it has the potential to be much more than just a teen soap opera.

I could easily imagine HBO making a great drama series based on that concept. You could spend much more time establishing where the protagonist comes from, exploring his environment, his family, and the hardships he has faced. He could also be portrayed as more troubled, damaged, and involved in criminal activity than Ryan was in The O.C.

Then a Sandy Cohen-type character takes him into his affluent neighborhood. Maybe, unlike in The O.C., he doesn't do it purely out of empathy, but because circumstances force him to. At first, the kid causes far more problems than Ryan ever did, struggling to adapt and repeatedly falling back into old habits. Over time, however, he slowly changes, matures, and becomes a better person.

I think there is a lot of dramatic potential in exploring the clash between those two worlds in a more realistic and mature way.

I’m finally on season 3 after I first started watching earlier this month (ik I’m so late to watching this show, granted it came out a year before I was born 🌚) I’m just gagged at how much cheating goes on. Like almost every single character has cheated like it’s out of control 🤣🤣

Jag kommer alltid alltid alltid att älska Marissa Cooper från The OC, och om du hatar henne har du en STOR brist på empati. Hon var den här tjejen som aldrig brydde sig om sig själv och bara försökte hjälpa och hjälpa, och jag tror att det är därför hon dog. Om du hatar Marissa är du bokstavligt talat bara ond, jag bryr mig inte.

Hi there, I'm new here, and out of curiosity I looked to see if there was a community for this show and what a surprise! ♡ I absolutely love The O.C☆♡♡, it's one of my favorite shows, except for season four—I feel like the changes to some of the characters were a bit drastic. I totally loved Captain Oats and Princess Sparkle jajahjah

Just turned on the TV and a random episode of Friends was on. Jimmy was staring me in the face and I shuddered a bit! 😆

Notice Kevin Volchok was never mentioned? C.J. Gigandet claims "I didn’t stay in touch with the cast and I had a negative experience on the show".

Said, "He's just trying to be nice " and defended a guy who would later put her through one of the most traumatic experiences of her life... I would have at least 3 nickels. I'm a first time watcher and I'm only on season 3, but I can already tell this is going to be a recurring theme.

There is this concept ”pitchblack playback” who organises listening parties for old albums at movie theaters, in complete darkness. I got a ticket to Jeff Buckley’s Grace.

As fans of the O.C. we know ”Hallelujah” is played on the series in two extraordinarily heartbreaking scenes, and I was NOT ready for the nostalgia trip it sent me to. I was expecting to get emotional during ”lover you should have come over”, but the second I heard the hallelujah intro I bawleeeeed my eyes out.

What an experience, this full movie theatre sound system, sitting in darkness (they even give you a blindfold, which catched all my tears lol). Wow.

So if you ever get a chance like this and you are a fan of the O.C., go!!!! I literally felt like I was in these scenes myself.

Im curious what demographic makes the majority of The O C. viewers. I wanted to go deeper with age, ethnicity ect.but unfortunately could only add so many options. If you are curious too, put your demographic and we'll find out :)

Just sharing my thoughts as a first time watcher, but man, really? Marissa dies? After everything she's been through and they then kill her off? How could they? Not that this show has been all easy going and feel good, but Marissa's death has a finality to it and there's no coming back from that.

I've also been through Red Rising which has been good but also so hard, and so now for the show I'm watching too to have depressing death on top of all of that feels like gut punch.

Hear me out: Kirsten and Rachel especially, they have the same hair, and often while watching the OC, I feel like Kirsten would be so perfect as Rachel's mom. And Monica & Julie kinda come like a pair. Althought Rachel & Monica had much better relationships.

Another parallel I can think of is Lily and Eleanor from Gossip Girl. What do u think?

I really wanted to see Ryan crashing out and going after the guy the killed Marissa but instead we got some 5 minute scene in Mexico with Seth trying to make it a comedy funny scene like his best friend didn’t get killed it just seemed like the the friend wasn’t angry enough or grieving at all except Marissa’s mum off course like the sister didn’t even care either

1 week later: Goes drinking in TJ, assaults a guy in a nightclub

2 weeks later : Bails out of his entrance exam to help somebody escape psychiatric care

3 weeks later : 5 mins into the new school year " Let's get out of here , just get in your car, head down the pier ".

In S3E3 Jimmy get's beaten up as he owes money to some people. I remember as a teen I was quite shocked to see him this way. Nowadays this would not even be considered violent.

This is not really related to the OC but kinda crazy how television changed.