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Goodbye, Cohens, Coopers, Atwoods, Bait Shop, Ironist,
Kid Chino & Little Miss Vixen!! The Last OC Ever!!

I am – Hercules!!


And I am not a big fan of the soaps! Never could be bothered with “Dallas” or “Dynasty.” Bored to tears by “Desperate Housewives.” Ditto “90210.” “Melrose Place” corralled into its cast some of the most beautiful women ever birthed, but the words – the words coming out of the hot girls’ mouths were so stale and clichéd and idiotic I could not stand to watch more than five minutes at a time.


But “The OC,” which airs its final episode tonight? I loved. Loved from day one, when Luke slugged Ryan Atwood and called him “bitch.” Never stopped loving it through four relentlessly disparaged seasons. For me, there was never an episode devoid of entertainment value. And some episodes sent me into bawling fits, so strongly did I come to identify with these characters and their romantic travails. Series mastermind Josh Schwartz is one talented dude. He has two pilots in the hopper for next autumn and I hope they both get picked up.


Chief among “The OC's” thespianic virtues we hail Adam Brody as indie-loving comic-book ubernerd Seth Cohen. Seth was always way more “Freaks & Geeks” than “One Tree Hill,” and Brody can get laughs out of the phone book. And I came to love the haughty object of his affection, Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson), just as aggressively.


And yes, I came to love the grown-ups: Seth’s parents, the big-hearted Sandy and Kirsten Cohen, and scheming neighbors Jimmy and Julie Cooper. And I came to love a litany of characters who paraded in and out of the Cohens’ lives. Summer and Fightin’ Ryan first and foremost, but also Anna Stern, Luke Ward, Theresa Diaz, Hayley Nichol, lesbianic Alex Kelly, Lindsay Gardner, Taylor Townsend, Kaitlin Cooper, Winchester of Brown, Princess Sparkle and Captain Oats.

I even liked Kevin Volchok, Caleb Nichol and Oliver Trask. Mostly because his name is almost Boliver Trask. You heard me!

The club where all the underage kids hung out was called The Bait Shop!!

This show also gave us Chrismukkah, which kicks Festivus hinder.

Tonight’s finale is said to be set six months in the future. I love that. I think all series finales should jump ahead in time. Let us know how everything turned out, “American Graffiti”-style.

I think my two favorite characters, Seth and Summer, are marrying.

I’m wrong a lot.


Tape “Grey’s Anatomy.” TiVo “CSI.” Watch “The OC.”

9 p.m. Thursday. Fox.








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how about "on demand CSI"
by Bob C. Cock
Feb 22nd, 2007
01:37:25 AM
farewell to the OC, bitch:
by newc0253
Feb 22nd, 2007
04:06:39 AM
...and good riddance!
by Flim_
Feb 22nd, 2007
04:20:23 AM
IF only Josh Schwartz did not sell out seasons 2 and 3.
by LordEnigma
Feb 22nd, 2007
04:54:05 AM
Great first season
by barnaby jones
Feb 22nd, 2007
05:20:34 AM
Amen.
by AllieJamison
Feb 22nd, 2007
05:24:59 AM
Gonna miss it!
by theBigE
Feb 22nd, 2007
05:31:44 AM
Them letting go of Mischa Barton...
by Pennsy
Feb 22nd, 2007
05:58:54 AM
OC SUCKS BALLS!!
by wolvenom
Feb 22nd, 2007
06:03:51 AM
Tonight I'm watching The OC for the first time, ever
by lethalegg
Feb 22nd, 2007
07:37:17 AM
Hey YackBacker, sod Rachel, you got me convinced...
by Big_Bubbaloola
Feb 22nd, 2007
08:11:30 AM
I notice you didn't mention Marissa...
by Lissa-Triana
Feb 22nd, 2007
08:27:43 AM
Cage fighting
by Nice Marmot
Feb 22nd, 2007
08:28:53 AM
You never stopped loving it?...
by DanielKurland
Feb 22nd, 2007
08:52:15 AM
Shame this show was canceled.
by godzillasushi
Feb 22nd, 2007
09:05:54 AM
The OC
by Black Satin 2
Feb 22nd, 2007
09:29:29 AM
the myth of the OC's decline:
by newc0253
Feb 22nd, 2007
09:59:37 AM
Brody back to Gilmore Girls?
by jimbojones123
Feb 22nd, 2007
10:25:13 AM
Good Riddance
by purplemonkeydw
Feb 22nd, 2007
10:27:39 AM
So long Califooooooooorrrniaaaaaaaaaaa a...
by zer0cool2k2
Feb 22nd, 2007
10:31:27 AM
wolvenom, you ignorant slut.
by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly
Feb 22nd, 2007
10:51:57 AM
YackBacker
by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly
Feb 22nd, 2007
11:17:17 AM
I DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HERC SAYS
by brianroberts101
Feb 22nd, 2007
11:23:46 AM
jimbo, a Dave-Zak-pregnant Lane love triangle would...
by ExcaliburFfolkes
Feb 22nd, 2007
12:20:27 PM
brian101, I totally agree with you regarding Herc/GGs.
by ExcaliburFfolkes
Feb 22nd, 2007
12:30:03 PM
People who tuned into the show simply for Marissa
by Big Jim
Feb 22nd, 2007
12:38:41 PM
' Tape “Grey’s Anatomy.” TiVo “CSI.” Watch “The OC.
by Big Jim
Feb 22nd, 2007
12:42:33 PM
it's hard being awesome, Excalibur...
by brianroberts101
Feb 22nd, 2007
12:51:02 PM
Xmukkah over Festivus?I ought shove this aluminum pole
by George Newman
Feb 22nd, 2007
01:30:14 PM
A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
by Abin Sur
Feb 22nd, 2007
02:03:04 PM
The cancellation of The OC...
by glodene
Feb 22nd, 2007
02:13:34 PM
Luke/Lorelai
by brianroberts101
Feb 22nd, 2007
02:30:19 PM
correction
by brianroberts101
Feb 22nd, 2007
02:34:28 PM
These kids wouldn't last a DAY in the 'creek
by Big Bad Clone
Feb 22nd, 2007
02:34:40 PM
Watch "...Earl"...
by zer0cool2k2
Feb 22nd, 2007
03:13:51 PM
Best comic geek on TV
by chavee
Feb 22nd, 2007
03:42:48 PM
Marissa was the problem
by tiger_robot
Feb 22nd, 2007
03:47:12 PM
Marissa constantly made bad choices
by FlowCytometer
Feb 22nd, 2007
03:56:52 PM
the lesbian thing was great
by punto
Feb 22nd, 2007
04:17:23 PM
"she had nowhere to go but the afterlife"
by newc0253
Feb 22nd, 2007
04:28:55 PM
Season 2: Trey # 2
by The Boz
Feb 22nd, 2007
05:14:51 PM
Good riddance
by torgosPizza
Feb 22nd, 2007
05:15:11 PM
DAMN YOU CANADA!!!!
by Kash18
Feb 22nd, 2007
07:10:03 PM
How about not watching Grey's Anatomy at all.
by Pennsy
Feb 22nd, 2007
07:42:13 PM
AICN will cover this shit, but not Friday Night Lights?
by jimmy_009
Feb 22nd, 2007
08:55:14 PM
Fuck FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS!
by LordEnigma
Feb 22nd, 2007
09:09:30 PM
Good finale...
by Pennsy
Feb 22nd, 2007
10:04:24 PM
Didn't watch any of season4, but I watched this one...
by DanielKurland
Feb 22nd, 2007
11:26:37 PM
Proud to Say
by Professor Krapp
Feb 22nd, 2007
11:39:33 PM
Big Bad Clone
by slder78
Feb 23rd, 2007
01:09:15 AM
That gay kid from Dawson's would have owned Ryan's ass
by Big Bad Clone
Feb 23rd, 2007
08:04:57 AM
Friday Night Lights
by Flem_Snopes
Feb 23rd, 2007
11:06:49 AM
Damn, gonna miss this show...
by NYC
Feb 23rd, 2007
12:09:36 PM
I doubt that it was as good as "Everybody's waiting"
by Novaman5000
Feb 23rd, 2007
12:47:36 PM
FNL
by jimmy_009
Feb 23rd, 2007
01:55:51 PM
AICN will cover this shit, but not Girlfriends?
by glodene
Feb 23rd, 2007
02:12:28 PM
F*ck the Oliver haters
by Devil By The Deed
Feb 23rd, 2007
05:16:57 PM
FNL
by mpfanatic
Feb 23rd, 2007
07:15:02 PM
Josh Schwartz and the OC
by Itblowstherobot
Feb 23rd, 2007
10:26:36 PM
Herc Loves Buffy and the OC
by FrodoFraggins
Feb 24th, 2007
01:59:50 AM
Good riddance
by Toby___Wong
Feb 24th, 2007
08:53:23 AM
Where's the Fire Serpent talkback??!
by chrth
Feb 24th, 2007
02:34:22 PM
The Trey storyline saved Season 2
by Devil By The Deed
Feb 25th, 2007
03:55:36 AM
"Is that show still on?"
by Big Jim
Feb 25th, 2007
11:18:06 AM
synergy
by vaterite
Feb 25th, 2007
12:44:12 PM
Re: The first Trey
by Devil By The Deed
Feb 26th, 2007
12:27:22 AM
Nothing wrong with herc being a girl
by FrodoFraggins
Feb 26th, 2007
01:36:22 AM
They Did a Good Job
by Flem_Snopes
Feb 26th, 2007
11:30:02 AM

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