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Released: May 22, 2007 |
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High school is over. Time to move on. But events conspire to reunite Ryan Seth and Summer in posh seaside Newport. And there may even be a new Core Four. Because after Taylor Townsend says a quick if not passionate au revoir to her education in France she just might pursue Ryan until he catches her. Time too for the series to move on with these 16 Final Episodes. Seth marries Summer? (Maybe.) Ryan goes through life like it's a steel-cage brawl? (Sometimes.) Kaitlin tries to hook up her mom Julie with a billionaire? (Well the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.) But things happen sometimes quite unexpectedly. Time to hit the beach for all the surprising events of a cool compelling and revealing conclusion of The O.C.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 085391153801 Manufacturer No: 115380
The O.C. - The Complete Fourth Season Reviews:
MUST HAVE!!! 
2008-07-10 - I have always loved the OC and overall this is the best season out of the 4. I definatly recommend that all OC fans buy this season.
Not awful but it still hurt 
2008-05-21 - The season started out awful and there were only a few glances of the show from past.
Ryan is a cage fighter!!! Come on, yes you heard me right a CAGE FIGHTER. Isn't this the same person who gets beat up almost everytime he got into a fight with someone? I also think that no matter how good of a speech Sandy Cohen can give you, if you go months trying to locate someone to kill them you aren't going to find them and only punch them.
Summer decides as a way to avoid dealing with Marissa dying she will go to Brown and become a hippie activist, and apparently stop grooming.
Julie must have some secret power which she uses on men. How do you throw a man out of his own house and him apparently just accept it. Also you go from a state of cationic to being alright about your daughter's death in a span on 2 episodes.
Taylor just seems to be filler. She shares too much with people that she barely knows. She just moves into Summer's room and no one seems to notice or care that she is there.
Kaitlin comes home so she can rule the school since Marrisa was going to be graduating, but and scenes they show of school most people don't really like her unless she is throwing a party, except for the twins.
Seth is just Seth
I usually I have to fight to go to bed cause with the show I want to see the next episode and with this season I fought to get through it just so I can be done with it
I must admit this season brought me much relief
2008-05-19 - I must say, this was probably the best season yet. Of course, it was pretty much an entirely different show, seeing as how the characters were no longer in high school, and it just went in an entirely different direction than the previous seasons (it reminded me of 90210 after they had all graduated high school, and the cast was almost an entirely different group of people) but it was, in all honestly, the first season where all the characters were actually likeable. The only downside being that some of the episodes were extremely corny (come on, the christmas episode was completely ridiculous)
And Ok, I know a lot of people will probably hate me for saying this, but I was kind of happy that Marissa was gone, and I was interested to see what the show would be like without her. I've always had an extreme love/hate relationship with her character. Ill admit, that in some ways, the show really wasn't as good without her on it, and at times I missed her, but at the same time it was a big relief, and a much needed change with the depature of her character.
I'm sorry, but it was always the same old story with Marissa. Every season, she whined and cried about how hard her life was, and always, ALWAYS there was some guy that would fall in love with her, come between her and ryan (think oliver and johnny!), and Marissa, the ditz that she was, would always deny it, even though everyone told her different and it was extremely annoying. I really don't know why ryan kept going back to her to be honest!
But don't get me wrong, she wasnt the only character that I disliked.
Summer (although I love her now)was extremely annoying in both the first and second season. In the first season she was annoyingly ditzy, and completely different than the summer you see in later seasons. the entire love-triangle between summer, seth, and anna during season one was extremely irritating.
Need I even mention Oliver, who was, and probably always will be, the most annoying character I've ever seen on a TV show.
Then in season two you have the extremely dull Zach, who bought nothing of interest to any of the storylines, and of course there was Jess, the character you wanted to just reach through the screen and bitch slap.
Ryan was irritating, just for the mere fact that all during the first three seasons, he did nothing but get in fights with people. I actually lost count of how many fights he got into during season one alone!
Julie Cooper was also a highly despicable character, especially during season one. She came to grow on me as her character changed little by little, until she finally became a great character in season 3, and especially during the 4th season. You can't help but be touched as you watch her grieve over the loss of her daughter, yet you also can't help but feel bad for kaitlin, the daughter she ignores.
Seth is the only character I've actually liked during all four seasons. The show definitely wouldn't have lasted as long as it did without the humor you get from his character.
Another good thing was Taylors transformation, from being one of the most annoying characters ever on the show (I despised her during season 3), to becoming an actual likeable character. During this season I found her to be quite funny, and found myself actually coming to appreciate her presence.
I think my favorite character of them all is Kaitlin Cooper, who is as different from Marissa as day and night. The only thing I didn't understand was why they didn't show her, along with the rest of the characters, grieving over the loss of her sister. You get no emotion from her whatsoever on that particular issue, which is extremely odd.
All in all, the fourth season is one I would definitely recommend. The first episode is briliant. Even my mom, who has never liked the show, was impressed with the way they did the first episode. Everything from the characters grieving, to the music they play, is nothing short of amazing.
I believe that the show could have gone on even longer than it did, atleast for a season or two more, but nevertheless, I was satisified with the series finale, as well as the rest of season 4.
Back on track
2008-05-12 - It's unfortunate that the OC got cancelled during this season because it really seemed to be getting back to what made the show great in the first place. If you love the 1st season, you'll love the 4th.
New Season, New Beginning 
2008-04-18 - ****SPOILERS****
The O.C. is a great show, but this season loses that O.C. feeling. It's a good season, it just feels like a different show. With the death of their best friend Marissa, Ryan, Seth and Summer must cope with the tragedy. Julie is affected greatly also. Let me say that the third season finale with Marissa's death TOTALLY shocked me. I couldn't even believe that it was happening...literally. I don't understand why they had to kill her. I mean, why her? She was awesome! But if you loved her also, you will be affected by the emotion of this season.
Everyone's trying to deal with her death and it really upsets you as a viewer. The dialogue is sometimes heartbreaking, and even being a guy it is really sad. Taylor becomes a main character this season and having her and Ryan have a serious relationship is kind of upsetting. I guess he has to move on and everything...but I mean come on, Marissa is his girl and will always be his girl. They were soul mates. I mean really, on TV dramas like this, you usually know who's gonna end up with who. Before Marissa died, you totally thought that by the series finale they would be together. But in this case no. Some of the relationships are kind of disappointing (Julie-Frank, Taylor-Ryan). I like Julie and Frank and all...but it just doesn't seem like The O.C. It feels like they were pushing it a little.
That being said, this season is really good and has really good episodes, all good storylines. The best episode this season is The Cold Turkey. It's really sad and really affects you if Marissa was your favorite character.
P.S. I still can't believe The O.C. is over. It was described as such a "phenomenon." But phenomenons don't last only 4 seasons. I still think it was because Mischa Barton leaving.
