To no one’s surprise, The OC is dunzo. The season finale in February is also the series finale. Expect a lot of hilarious plot twists (the ones they were sitting on for the last few years), and in all likelihood a wedding AND a funeral before this thing is over. I feel much the same that I did about West Wing‘s demise last year–I have enjoyed this show despite some serious problems in the middle of its run, and I think this is the right time to blow it up. I’m pretty sure that Josh Schwartz, the show’s wunderkind creator, will never have another hit again. Oh well.
I’ll probably write about the show again before it ends, if only out of a misguided reverence for what it never really was, but in the meantime let’s all just be happy that it lasted long enough for Marissa’s death scene.
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