The O.C. (or O.C. California, as it's called in Germany) did get off to a good/great start. The characters were refreshing, they did work with/against one another and you had fun watching it. Even if you're not used to the lifestyle of the rich and beautiful. OK not everyone is rich in this series of course (but they do look "astonishingly" enough very pretty ...
Seriously though: What works kinda nice at the beginning starts to wear off ... Season 3 was weak, so it was no wonder, that the show got canceled. It was more of a wonder, that they even got the go-ahead for a (shorter) fourth series (finale). Or in other words: There's only so many problems that you can go through without them repeating themselves.
But enough about the bad things. The humor was always a big plus on the show and it worked out quite well. And it did exactly what it promised: Entertain it's target audience (and then some) -> teenagers (especially girls of course), and for that it receives my 7/10 points!
Seriously though: What works kinda nice at the beginning starts to wear off ... Season 3 was weak, so it was no wonder, that the show got canceled. It was more of a wonder, that they even got the go-ahead for a (shorter) fourth series (finale). Or in other words: There's only so many problems that you can go through without them repeating themselves.
But enough about the bad things. The humor was always a big plus on the show and it worked out quite well. And it did exactly what it promised: Entertain it's target audience (and then some) -> teenagers (especially girls of course), and for that it receives my 7/10 points!