EPISODE
SEASON
The OC - Season 1
A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.
21 July 1968, Longwood, Florida, USA
29 October 1975, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
30 January 1963, Long Beach, California, USA
15 November 1991, Simi Valley, California, USA
1 January 1973, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
4 February 1985, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
22 October 1977, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 August 1979, Lubbock, Texas, USA
January 29, 2015
What gives The O.C added spice is that it also borrows from older films, including, most incongruously, My Man Godfrey.
January 29, 2015
The series reflects the youth and intelligence of its writer and succeeds by quickly getting viewers past what would seem an insurmountable obstacle -- caring about what happens to rich white kids in Orange County.
January 29, 2015
Fashioned crudely to appeal to teenage masochism, the series plows old ground in the tritest possible way.
January 29, 2015
Somewhere in all the high-stakes soapiness and often deft and subtle drama, there is a pretty wicked satire of baby-boomer values.
January 29, 2015
The O.C. stands for a not-too-shabby soap opera with honest-to-goodness screenwriting and actors.
January 29, 2015
The O.C. looks to have enough heart, talent and wit to generate a few seasons' worth of luxurious suds.
January 29, 2015
Much here depends on McKenzie, an unknown. But his efforts at Russell Crowe-like brooding play more as blankness.
January 29, 2015
Most of all, The O.C. presents a father figure who is decent, smart and generous. Gallagher embodies those qualities with ease -- he's the kind of father that television sorely needs.
January 29, 2015
[It] looks like it'll hit the mark with the young target audience, and this early-summer start will help generate buzz, as it did when 90210 took off.
January 29, 2015
Nothing in the opener is especially fresh or intriguing except the relationship between Ryan and Seth.