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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3683
Released: October 24, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Senior year. Prom. Graduation. College visits. Old friends. New problems. And plenty of Korean popstars. Ryan's savior complex becomes a recipe for disaster. Seth and Summer's relationship hits the rocks thanks to Seth's compulsion to edit the truth. As Kirsten attempts to put her life back together, Sandy assumes leadership of the Newport Group and finds himself the heir-apparent to Caleb Nichol's legacy of scandal. Marissa spirals out of control after little sis Kaitlin - a Julie Cooper in the making - returns home to stir the pot. And speaking of Julie Cooper, she's cast out of her Palace - into the slums of the OC.
DVD Features:
Music Video:Making of The Subways music video
Featurette:What's In a Name?
Featurette:From Script to Screen - The Party Favor
Gag Reel
Other:Pass The Remote - Scene surfing Commentary.
Description of The O.C. - The Complete Third Season:
Welcome to the dark side. At the end of The O.C.'s second season, Marissa (Mischa Barton) shoots the troubled Trey to stop him from strangling his brother, Ryan (Ben McKenzie). She saves her boyfriend's life, but it leads to her expulsion from Harbor High--just as she was to begin her senior year. Meanwhile, Ryan's guardian, Kirsten (Kelly Rowan), is doing time in rehab. It won't be easy for her to stay dry with two-faced resident Charlotte (Jeri Ryan, Shark) making every attempt to take advantage of her vulnerability. Ever the hothead, Ryan recovers in time to punch out the mean new dean (Eric Mabius, Ugly Betty), who expels him next. So, Kirsten's husband, Sandy (Peter Gallagher), hires a tutor, while Marissa attends public school where she falls in with the surfing crowd, including the besotted Johnny (Ryan Donowho). Arguably, Marissa's newly widowed mother, Julie (Melinda Clarke), is hit hardest when she finds that husband Caleb (Kirsten's father) didn't leave behind as much money as expected. Then the mansion is repossessed, and wild child Kaitlin (Willa Holland) returns from boarding school. And that's just the beginning of Julie's woes.
By the finale, two of these people will be gone forever, but it wouldn't be The O.C. if there weren't some bright spots along the way. College-bound couple Seth (Adam Brody) and Summer (Rachel Bilson) are still full of quips, the Tracy Flick-like Taylor (Autumn Reeser), who plays a bigger role in the next season, is a welcome addition, and the soundtrack is jam-packed with material from the likes of MIA, Gang of Four, Sufjan Stevens, Lady Sovereign, and the Subways, who appear in "The Anger Management." Sadly, this would be the last full season of The O.C. as only 16 episodes were produced for the fourth and final year. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
The O.C. - The Complete Third Season Reviews:
No Chrismukkah? Ewww! 
2009-11-11 - The third season of The O.C. was a huge disappointment after the wildly successful first season and the pretty good second season. This year, the kids are seniors and college is on the horizon. Ryan romances a dull newcomer, acts like he's 40 years old, and has way too little screen time. Marissa, once the queen of Harbor School, goes to public school with some unsavory new friends. Summer and Seth spend most of their time bickering, as do Sandy and Kirsten. Only spunky Julie Cooper stays true to her character as she merrily copes with new-found poverty and an unexpected new love.
What made the show great in the beginning was seeing Ryan adjust to the Newpsies and the on-again, off-again romances of the "Core Four" and their parents. Sadly, this season that all took a back seat to tedious guest-star story arcs featuring unlikable and off-putting characters.
Even with all its shortcomings, though, this season is a must for OC fans and it does end in a surprisingly exciting finale. 3.5 stars.
OC, Oh So Good. 
2009-08-30 - Arguably the most controversial season of the four to date. I bought this Season a few years ago from Amazon because I didn't want to wait any longer here in Australia! And I'm glad I did because the casing is much fancier than our local editions, here.
I was a late bloomer with the OC, only watching it when a friend let me borrow his pirate copies once season 4 had already began on TV. That wasn't enough for me, I HAD to have my own legitimate copies and have not regretted my decision.
The OC is dramatic, interesting and yet fun and humourous. The characters all compliment eachother and none leave the viewer rolling their eyes and fast-forwarding to the next episode in boredom. I've watched the series twice now and will watch it again down the track. There's something magical about this show, something that 'just works'. Check it out, suitable for a wide audience. 10/10.
The OC
2009-06-25 - Wonderful. The item came in better condition than i even expected. (it still had the plastic on it!) Wonderful!
A Tale of Two Halves 
2009-05-24 - I found the third season to be a tale of two halves. The first half was very disappointing. It was hurt by new irratating and implausable characters. (Johnny, I thought, was boring. Jim Cooper, an old character, was pathetic. I would have preferred to see that he grew and learned from his mistakes.)
Some of the story lines were also implausable and weak. I suspect this was partly because there was no great conflict in the series. Ryan had become assimilated into Newport and was no longer at odds with it. (I think a nice twist would have been to deepen the conflict between Marissa and her new public-school world.)
In short, I no longer knew what the series was about, or what important goals its characters had.
I found the the second half of the season much better, especially because the series seemed to take a deeper, more dramatic turn. (It was certainly an adult drama as much as a teen one.) Yes, there were some problems - I felt Seth's pot smoking happened too fast and wasn't developed - but I like the way Julie's character seemed to grow and the way Kristen battled her alcoholism.
It seemed the good, likeable characters - to me the most endearing part of the series - had a more central role.
Finally, though I know some will disagree, I think Vollcheck, a perfect, believable rival to Ryan, brought a much needed sense of good vs. evil. I now had someone to root against.
And so I again became addicted to The O.C.
The O.C. - The Complete Third Season
2008-06-15 - I enjoyed the third season of the O.C. It did go quite a bit heavier that the previous seasons, but most shows do. Although a lot of this show does not deal in what I would call reality, it does deal well with some real-life situations realistically. Kirsten's alcoholism, Marissa's experimentation in a same-sex realationship and the fall out from Marissa shooting Ryan's brother Trey. Spoiler alert! Obviously it sucks that Marissa was killed off, but think about it, what more could she do. She is one of the most tragic characters ever on prime time TV. Overall, this was a great season of The O.C. and I would definitely recommend it.
