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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: Fox Network
Salesrank: 2670
Released: August 23, 2005 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Hook up with what's coming down as the Core Four romances of Ryan-and-Marissa and Seth-and-Summer may (or may not) go from very over to very on, Sandy and Kirsten face choices that could trainwreck their 20-year marriage, felon (and Ryan's brother) Trey gives Newport living a try, Julie's lurid past comes back to haunt her, and other new hunks and hotties become part of the coastal scene. Live. Laugh. Lie. Cheat. Grow. Share. Connive. Love. In California's beach paradise, they do everything under the sun.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary on The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't
Documentary:Beachy Couture: How O.C. Fashion Is Made
Gag Reel:From Seasons One and Two
TV Special:The O.C.: Obsessed Completely Retrospective TV Special
Description of The O.C. - The Complete Second Season:
The drama was poured on aplenty in the second season of The O.C., as the sun-dappled denizens of Orange County found their lives massively upended and then some. At the end of the first season, the Cohen household had been reduced to two--parents Sandy and Kirsten (Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan)--as the boys had flown the coop, moody Ryan (Benjamin McKenzie) back to Chino and goofy Seth (Adam Brody) for the wide expanse of the Pacific (somehow ending up in Portland, Oregon). Once the prodigal sons returned home, thanks to a lot of persuading, both tried to mend relationships with their former girlfriends, Marissa (Mischa Barton) and Summer (Rachel Bilson). While friendships were solidified, everyone was dating someone else: Seth was with sultry club manager Alex (Olivia Wilde), Summer with sensitive polo jock Zach (Michael Cassidy), Ryan with smart girl Lindsay (Shannon Lucio), and Marissa with her family's pool guy and a bottle of vodka.
That's just the first half of this year of The O.C., and we haven't even gotten to the adults yet. Both Sandy and Kirsten found themselves tempted away by more-than-willing suitors, and wicked Julie (Melinda Clarke), Marissa's mom, cheated on new husband Caleb (Alan Dale) with ex-husband Jimmy (Tate Donovan). An extremely tangled web was woven, one from which the show almost didn't recover: the Lindsay storyline started out strong but went nowhere, Sandy's ex-girlfriend (Kim Delaney) was a bit of a bore, and the same-sex relationship between Marissa and Alex never really gelled. All seemed like sure-fire character additions, but it was the later peripheral characters, including Billy Campbell as a magazine editor smitten with Kirsten and the menacing yet sexy Logan Marshall-Green as Ryan's ex-con brother, who injected The O.C. with energy, and helped steer the show back on course. Brody, who became the show's de facto poster boy, got to show off his comedic talents with the wonderful Bilson (who rode the Zach-Seth-Summer romantic triangle most smoothly), and the heretofore sullen McKenzie got to lighten up quite a bit, until the show's violent yet effective season finale.
Forsaking a good amount of its comedy for drama, The O.C. got a little too seriously soapy, but its characters were so compelling you couldn't stop watching--even waiflike Marissa grew some edges. Clarke's scheming Julie was a constant pleasure to watch, and Rowan turned Kirsten's late-season downturn into a steely yet heartfelt portrayal. Despite the bumps, The O.C. remained one of the most exciting shows to look forward to week after week, a soap with smarts thanks to its fresh dialogue, gifted cast, and careening plot arcs. --Mark Englehart
The O.C. - The Complete Second Season Reviews:
great 
2008-06-23 - The DVDs play great, all the artwork was included like it said and everything was in really good condition. It arrived to the house in really great time too
Great! Better than I expected!
2008-05-19 - I hadn't the opportunity to watch it when it was on air. I started watching this Serie from 2nd season. And I really loved this First Season, how it starts, the story, the places, it is very well produced and everything.. it's not the life of some stupid kids, it has a lot more to offer.
season 1 was hard to follow 
2008-01-28 - i love, love the oc, never wwatched it on tv, but i bought season one and i was hooked, this is an amazing show, but i have to say season two was a bit boring, still entertaining but,the stories were a bit weak in comparison to season one, im hoping season 3 will be better, im still a fan though, those families are just too cute for words, i love the drama!! and how cute is seth cohen????? he cracks me up, lol!!!
OC Review
2007-12-24 - Was in very good condition and was recieved three days after ordering. Very happy with purchase
I can't believe I am actually writing this 
2007-10-04 - I ragged on this show to no end when it was on. Who cares about attractive people and their stupid problems? This is a glossy piece of junk.
Turns out that person is me, I am embarrassed to admit. Sure, I got into the show after it was on the air, but I am absolutely and totally hooked. I am halfway through the second season and had to keep watching to find out whose the drugs were during the episode where Marissa had the birthday party for Trey and it got out of control and a girl overdosed and ended up in the pool. Oops, spoiler, but this show is like video crack.
But I know why it is. The acting is quite good, the writing is clever and the reactions of the characters to the sometimes crazy situations on the show are genuine. I particularly like Kirsten and Sandy. Sandy isn't self righteous and Kirsten could have been written as a rich bitch, but she isn't. I like Ryan too. Sure, Benjamin McKenzie is really nice to look at but his character is interesting and you want to know what he is going to say and do next. I agree with one of the previous posters. The kids talk normally and whatever they say isn't overloaded with pop culture references they themselves do not seem to understand and wouldn't make in real life, like on the once good Gilmore Girls or the horrid Dawson's Creek.
Good show.
