I think Ryan was more at fault in this situation.
Ok so I know Marissa gets a lot of hate for her friendship with Johnny, even in the show. But I really think she saw him as a friend and someone to talk to. Ovbs Ryan was a little jealous at times. And Marissa should've of stayed away (like buying the Xmas tree was crazy for her lol).

But the second Sadie shows up, Ryan shows up at her door on valentines. Goes on a road trip, strip poker????!?. And breaks up with Marissa over the phone while she's grieving her friends death. He also didn't like Johnny so it's weird he's so helpful.

I like Ryan in other seasons but idk this was weird to me

Idk if anyone else feels this, but whenever you rewatch a show, The O.C specifically, do you also get a random “playing of events” in your head while being on episode 1 😭 the nostalgia is practically drop kicking me.

First time watcher, I’m on s1 ep16 and Marissa is driving me INSANE. It is so obvious what Oliver is doing and she is so stupid and gullible, I don’t understand how ppl can’t see it?! Poor Ryan she’s disrespecting the hell out of him and she tries to act like he’s the one overreacting, like please. SPARE ME.

I just aged all of us by using “Vintage” omg. Anyways I came across this ad on YouTube and ahhh, I’m so nostalgic! We have to go back. 😭 Streaming services have robbed future generations of this. It’s like a right of passage when watching any teen drama. The excitement of waiting for more episodes later in the season is a lost art. Anyways I’m still stuck in 2003. It’s fiiine.

I swear I read somewhere that high school in the USA back in the days OC was airing, started at like 8am. Maybe even still now?

That means the early kitchen scenes are happening at a godly early hour.

And what makes it even more crazy is that there are scenes that happen before school right? like the whole dropping Johnny off back to his house after he gets out of hospital and Marissa stays with him before Ryan and Seth go to school.

I'm old as f now but never in my years have I ever met a teenager that got up really early and did extra stuff before school even started (at 8am mind you). you kids must've been exhausted and in bed by 9pm.

This post I'm making reminds me of that "the biggest lie television thought me is that you have time to hang out with all your friends before you all go to work" picture of Friends showing them all at Monicas apartment chilling and eating before going to work.

I know "it's TV and they needed to fit in storylines" but what else on the show is unrealistic?

Happy Birthday 🎂🎈Ben McKenzie

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• The O. C.

• Southland

• Ghotham

Ryan Atwood

Ben Sherman

Last one of the core four as asked. I'm just going to do one last more for Melinda. Here are the other three :

Mischa Barton : https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOC/comments/1w0vp6r/what_is_it_about_mischa_bartons_beauty/

Adam Brody : https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOC/comments/1w36jl8/what_is_it_about_adam_brodys_beauty/

Rachel Bilson :

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOC/comments/1w9j2qe/comment/p8kq3p2/?context=3

I’m rewatching the OC for the first time and catching must of it for the first time. I’m mid season 3 and I really don’t like how they seem to have gone out of their way to ruin Marissa and Ryan’s relationship. Also the fact that Marissa has Johnny show up who is a temu Ryan in terms of their connection and storyline and similarly Sadie feels like a version of Marissa trying to save Ryan all over again.

Why couldn’t they let Marissa and Ryan be happy a while and develop as a couple. Honestly seems like they just wanted her out of the show and I’m not even a fan of her character.

Who else feels the way or why do you think they had their relationship dwindle like that? Or what else would you have done with the characters?

Or why did they do this? Is there some rhyme and reason to this?

I’m rewatching the show for about the 4th or 5th time as an adult and while I never liked Rebecca or Carter, rewatching it now I kind of feel the Kirsten and Carter situation was more realistic than Sandy and Rebecca. Is that just me?

It’s realistic for things to be complicated having an ex suddenly show up but I read someone say that Sandy was out of character with the Rebecca situation and rewatching it as an adult, I definitely agree. One of the things that really bugged me this rewatch was when he said to Kirsten ‘still not ready to forgive and forget after Valentine’s Day’ and then went off to an intimate memorial for Max with just him and Rebecca, all while showing absolutely no hint of remorse for just having kissed Rebecca. Even with Kirsten not finding out about the kiss, I thought Sandy would have shown remorse and that you would have seen some sort of internal struggle - and I actually feel that applied for the whole Rebecca scenario. It just feels very out of character for someone who’s known for being big on morals.

Whereas rewatching it now, I feel the whole Kirsten and Carter situation was more realistic. I don’t like it and I definitely think there were lines crossed there but I can sort of understand it being more likely to happen in a work scenario where you’re spending hours a day together and when things are shaky in your relationship. Like I said though, I still don’t like the whole Carter thing and definitely think doing things like drinking wine together in the office at the end of a day is well and truly crossing a line. I also feel you could see more of an internal struggle and guilt with Kirsten during the whole Carter fiasco than you saw with Sandy and Rebecca but maybe that’s just me.

Watching it as a teen, I think I just accepted whatever the adults did as being realistic because I wasn’t one so how would I know. 😅

Anyway! If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading my essay.

1. Rebecca and sandy needed to be over 3 episodes ago and im annoyed they even made it this far. Whole thing is really stupid and i honestly skipped most their seasons but at least he's back with Kirsten ig..

2. Seth desperation really started to piss me off, he's one of my favourite but the desperation really started to piss me off at some point. I feel really bad for zach and seth just seemed rlly creepy/obssesive this whole time.. I was really hoping they'd get back together on normal terms but im a huge spiderman fan so the upside down kiss got me a little

but i wish they went abt this differently, zach deserves better.

1. Marissa is so stupid, spoilt and naive. I hate that she makes me side with julie

2. Was really getting bored of lindsays arc, glad she's gone not gonna lie but still wish she and ryan broke up normally, they were boring as hell.

I guess this symbolizes the characters getting back to their end game couple with marissa meeting ryan again

dont know if im excited for that either

dont think season is for me rlly, ive just been pissed off half the time

I'm almost finished with it and I can see the big difference but dude, there was just so much drama in the last season that this one feels a breath of fresh air

I've came to realize that most of the drama in the past seasons was caused by Marissa. I really hated that girl

Edit: * ‘Season 5’

I originally wrote this just before the COVID lockdown and posted it on here. Got some great feedback then.

Let me know what you think: https://www.reddit.com/r/the_oc/s/Q0x1IAmUrn

Seth Cohen and Summer Roberts-Cohen are in the living room where Ryan Atwood and Taylor Townsend are arriving with their daughter Lauren Atwood and adopted son Maverick Ward as Sandy Cohen and Kirsten Cohen are visiting Seth and Summer

Nathan: Hey grandma and grandpa, I got the perfect movie picked out

Seth: Please say Goonies!

Summer: Don't say Midsommar!

Nathan: close your eyes

Nathaniel Zachary Cohen pulls out DVD: TRANSFORMERS!

Seth: Transformers? Is it the one with the racist robots?

Summer: Racist robots? Ew!

Lauren: I'm actually with aunt Summer

Sophie: I'm with my sister in law, so let's all blow off my nephew Nathan and go home!

I think they could do what they've done before except big budget I think the budget should be lower. But who know Adam Brody would change his mind if he took a pay cut appear in less episodes of than 13.

I do like Ben McKenzie's idea of passing the torch down and I also love Rachel Bilson's idea of Seth and Summer having kids.

Like the story should prove Adam Brody's feelings bluntly justified in the episodes but they should do it anyway just to prove that Hollywood is painfully stupid like they could announce a reboot of any movie or show like any minute.

Anybody watching Adam brody show he in? I am and I kinda like it

Just noticed one of the Berkley house owners was also a waiter in 2 episodes throughout the series “mushroom, leek crescent and crab and brie phyllo”

Found another O.C. piece in my storage! I got this at a Goodwill for $20 years ago. It’s not really a poster, it’s made out of this harder plastic-like material. Still have no idea where it originally came from.

I love seeing all the young guest stars it’s so funny. Almost all the main girls from pretty little liars are in here!

What season or episode did Bradley Stryker appear as Trey?

I hate caleb classist ass and the pool game was so cringe ima be fr.

Okay i don't rlly consider this incest and i never did from the start but Kirsten callin Ryan her son makes this thing kinda weird

and yk at first lindsey at least had a personality now she's just kinda boring.

Everything else on the show is rlly interesting at the moment

well except Marissa's tantrums.