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The OC Series Finale

Written by sdettorre

A little less than a year ago I ended a three year relationship in this very space. It was a difficult conversation but I broke up with The OC in May. They say that time heals all wounds so come September I decided to sit down and talk with Summer, Ryan and the gang to see if maybe all we needed was a few months apart. Well whoever said time heals all wounds is probably the same guy who said popped collars is a good look or is the same girl who said she’s never done this type of thing before. The point being it was a lie. While season 4 of The OC had some interesting plotlines and story developments, once it was announced the show was cancelled, the show got a good look at the shark tank as it leaped over the water.

In the last few weeks of the show some unbelievable twists and turns occurred. And not the unbelievable twists like Ryan is Kirsten’s baby’s father but more like Julie decided to get married for the 4th time on the show. Here are some more ridiculous happenings from a season that was about as successful as most exes trying to reconcile not named Dylan and Kelly.

Ryan’s Journey
When the season started Ryan was living in a bar and participating in a pseudo-fight club to try to exorcise the demons he had stemming from Marissa’s death. In a few short months he was rescued again by the Cohens, got a job bussing tables at a Mexican restaurant, met his father only to reject him for Sandy, fall for Taylor Townsend (who makes Marissa look like Elphaba, especially here ), deferred acceptance to Cal and finally almost died in an earthquake but was saved by Seth’s generosity in the giving blood department. Of course as the show came to an end, Ryan was retrospective on the last four years and we get a chance to see where he ends up, which is as a real estate developer. That path makes sense since we all know Ryan’s lifelong dream was to be an architect, much like this man who has struggled to find work since his cash cow went off the air in an uninspiring series finale.

The Cohen Baby
Sure Sandy punched out Ryan’s dad after he found out Mr. Atwood wasn’t being honest about his health in order to see his son, but did he really need to show off his machismo by getting his near-menopause wife pregnant? More importantly, didn’t Josh Schwartz, McG and whoever else is in charge of writing the scripts learn that when TV shows introduce a new kid or unlikely pregnancy to the show that it is doomed and the light at the end of the tunnel is nearby? A few examples of shows trying to bring along new cast members through the womb include Growing Pains, Family Ties and to some extent The Cosby Show. The years when the kids are out of the house are looked forward to by parents for 18 years. I know mine were counting down the days my brother and I would be on our own from an early stage, probably the day after I drove the car down the driveway with my brother in the passenger seat at age 3. Makes for a cute story but also makes for my mom running to the hospital to have her uterus taken out without anesthesia.

Julie’s Men
When the season began Julie Cooper was either married or engaged to Summer’s dad, Dr. Roberts. She and Kaitlin were trying to mourn Marissa’s passing but once Julie found out Dr. Roberts was spending time with an ex-wife she kicked him out of the house, which is tough seeing how she was basically just living there and had no right to it but it worked for K-Fed so why not for Julie. Then Julie began a campaign that only Paris Hilton could rival. Well maybe Britney Spears and Lohan too but why split hairs. In the next few months Julie, in her typical mother of the year fashion, opened an escort service, spent time with a billionaire, had a secret tryst or two with Ryan’s dad and was spotted by her daughter in a compromised position at a nightclub after one too many tequila shots. As time went on Julie was proposed to two more times, once by Mr. Atwood and once by the billionaire. By the time the show ended Julie was pregnant with an Atwood baby but was at the altar with the billionaire. She decided on neither of them and went back to college to get her degree. And probably try to become the world’s oldest freshman after Thornton Mellon. I’m sure Triple Linding had a different meaning in her freshman dorm.

Seth & Summer
If there is a more boring couple on TV I am at a loss to name them. Summer went to Brown but got caught up in the dangerous underworld of student protests and liberalism, which are probably not too hard to find at Brown incidentally. She eventually was thrown out of the school for breaking into a science lab and moved back to Newport. Seth, spending his semester off as a comic book store clerk really didn’t do much except propose to Summer after he thought she might be pregnant. There’s nothing like a good old pregnancy scare to drive home the idea of lifelong commitment. Summer was just a little late, but wouldn’t it be interesting if Seth got Summer pregnant the same time Sandy did? Or I could just rent Parenthood and not feel like I wanted to build a DeLorean to go back in time and get that hour back, like I did so many times at 10:00 on Thursday nights this year. In the end, Seth and Summer got married. That’s about as predictable as this guy and this girl being as skilled at parenting as Bostonians are at pronouncing their Rs.

As most reconciliations tend to end, my attempt at giving The OC another shot was a foolish decision. For too long I decided to stay with the girl who preferred going to Church on Sunday when all along the sultry brunette from Louisiana who likes to watch football and wear makeup was sitting there on ABC. Hello Grey’s Anatomy, my name is Steve…do you come here often?

If you have a comment, email me at tvdinner90210@yahoo.com.