I guarantee the moment you open this thread, thoughts of flaming, criticizing, or laughing at "The OC" will pop into your head.

I've heard the following about the show BEFORE I watched it:

"It's such a girly show."
"What's the point of it? Just another stupid high school drama."
"Eh, don't watch it. I heard it sucked."
"There's no frigging plot."


And, what I thought AFTER watching it:

• The plot is very well written
• The show deals with some controversial issues teenagers have to face in quite a few of the episodes of season 1+
• It doesn't suck if you actually watched it
• Most of the time the show takes place out of school, so don't assume it's a 90210-esque TV show.
• The OC is actually not girly at all.

THE STORY?:

The story starts off with Ryan Atwood and his brother stealing a car. Ryan ends up in jail with his brother, and then he meets his lawyer named Sandy Cohen. Sandy sees his younger self in Ryan Atwood, and decides to bail him out of jail and bring him to Newport, a town in the Orange County (OC) of California.

Ryan meets Sandy's wife Kirsten, and their nerdy son Seth (and by nerdy I mean NERDY, he goes to ANIME conventions). Kirsten is iffy about taking Ryan in, and she really doesn't want to let him stay at the house.

The whole rich community begins to talk when Ryan causes ripples in the gossipy little town of Newport.
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Does anyone watch it? If not, then watch the first episode, and if you don't like it, then at least you'll know about the show instead of assuming things about it.

This show is surprisingly good and Seth is a very manly man.

Originally posted by Dragon master

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This show is surprisingly good and Seth is a very manly man.

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Seth is awesome XD.

"Hey, you just got beat up and didn't fight back! You're a Cohen now!"
"Uh, mom... If this is about the vase..."

"Welcome to the Cohen family. Now get ready for paralyzing self-doubt and shrinking confidence!"

Hilarious part of the show

My sister watches the O.C., I can tolerate the show due to the fact Rachel Bilson is on it..

My ex girlfriend watched it, i became hooked. Decent acting, decent story line, interesting setting. The only part that bugs me is they are supposed to be in high school and theyre all 20+ years old.

Yeah, unfortunately many high school dramas take a hit for the students being like 20+ years of age.

I LOVE this show! My mom bought a season of it for herself and I looked at it and thought "Dear God it's another Gossip Girl. I sat down one night by myself and watched it and I was instantly hooked. It was really well thought out and I could acually relate to it. I love the sarcasm mixed with the drama. It makes for an awsome show. I give it a 5 stars.