Jerri wrote:

This show is the BOMB!!! Please dont cancel it:(

posted at June 15, 2006 11:34 AM

Caitlin wrote:

killing marissa was a mistake... now the show is basically ruined

posted at June 16, 2006 12:57 PM

Heather wrote:

The writing on that show has gone so down hill, you can set your watch to when the comercial brakes are going to happen. Let us not even get into the predictability of it.

posted at June 17, 2006 09:06 AM

Kristin wrote:

Unfortunately without Mischa, I'm affraid the show won't last long.

posted at June 18, 2006 03:35 AM

Megan wrote:

It really sucks that everyone thinks this show is over now that Mischa Barton left. The character of Marissa wasn't even that interesting anyway, it's Seth and Summer that make that show, and it still has a few years left in it if everyone will just let Marissa go.

posted at June 20, 2006 05:06 AM

Kayta wrote:

I love the showbut, I seriously cannot believe they killed Marissa off. I really do think the show is nothing without her. It just won't be the same. But, i hope it doesn't get cancelled. I may cry if it is. :'(

posted at June 20, 2006 04:29 PM

brian wrote:

mischa barton is uglier than people let on, never watched the show won't miss it...

posted at June 20, 2006 04:35 PM

tenley wrote:

this show was amazing the first 2 seasons but by season 3, i lost all interest. it became completely predictable, lame, and just plain boring. with or without marissa the show sucks now and that's a shame cause i loved it when it first came out!

posted at June 22, 2006 12:36 PM

knowledgable source wrote:

IT IS over now that marrissa is gone...and she is definately not ugly...we will always have the memories of the first 2 seasons on dvd and we all know we will watch UNTIL it is cancelled...you just cant help it

posted at July 4, 2006 09:56 PM

Nichole wrote:

What happened to this show. I use to look forward to watching it every Thursday. It's getting so lame that I don't even care if I miss an episode or two... or three. The writers need to get their as*** in gear or my love, Adam Brody, will be unemployed by Christmas!!!

posted at July 5, 2006 07:52 PM

Lana wrote:

Okay, This show sucks. I am sorry for those of you that like it. But everything on that show is over dramatic. It will not last with everyone going off to College. Marissa was a waste of writing she cannot act. It is a good thing she is a model for Bebe all she has to do is stand there and do nothing. So good luck to the show I am praying for it to tank big time!! That will be a moment to celebrate!

posted at July 6, 2006 03:54 PM

Ignacio "nacho" wrote:

NO! THEY CAN'T DO THAT!

posted at July 7, 2006 02:37 AM

Lisa wrote:

I really look forward to watching OC every Thursday-they could still do a lot with it if they had the writers willing to do it. Then again I liked the Reunion and look how long that lasted!

posted at July 7, 2006 06:47 PM

Kate wrote:

I've been watching the OC since it's first airing. And I like it, still do. I like the way that the show is growing.
I think what most people on this message board are missing is that the OC is not a TV show. It's a primetime soap opera.
If you look at it that way then the shows predictability and the death of a main character can both be explained by it's genre.
Has anyone on here ever watched a soap? I can catch a soap like once a month and still be able to figure out what's going on. And main characters? Most die at least once and some ome back from the dead or as secret "nicer" twin because the actor is awesome.
The OC follows the soap drama patterns while still being a prime time show. It can be predicable, which I actually like because I will occasionally miss a show and it makes it easier to catch up, characters come and go, someone has come back from the dead (ie Sandy's ex-girlfriend), and finally a main character has been killed off.

Anyway, I thought you guys needed some clearity and I hope the show isn't cancelled.

posted at July 8, 2006 06:02 PM

Brian wrote:

haha, Lana, I totally agree. I can't wait to see this show go more rotten than it already is. So I can see my friends cry. Is that wrong of me?

posted at July 9, 2006 10:02 AM

Lindsey wrote:

THis show bites. Now we've got 50 million OC clones because of it.
Please...Cancel it!!!

posted at July 9, 2006 04:19 PM

Megan wrote:

i don't think that killing off marissa was a mistake and i don't think that it ruined the show. i think that it will be better without the drama that marissa brought.

posted at July 9, 2006 07:14 PM

Suellen wrote:

l really hope the show gets back to the rails it was on before season 3!! What happened? It was like one week FAB, the next week....whatever....
Marissa's character really didn't have anywhere else left go but die......tragically.......
l was a real fan but even l was bored by the end of last season...like, who cares??........actually l do!
Trully hoping they can pull the show out of it's current hole or the whole show doesn't disappear into the grave with Marissa!

Come on Seth, Ryan & Summer!!

posted at July 10, 2006 10:56 PM

Michelle wrote:

wow i cannot believe some of the comments you all have left, yall arent fans if you lose faith in the oc that quickly because marissa died. No other show has ever had me off my feet like this show, Im so freakin excited for the new season to start, it may be the last season but im staying a true OC fan until the very end.. and if your a true fan you will too

posted at September 19, 2006 06:38 PM

Jacks wrote:

Now that they killed off Marissa they might as well kill the show.

posted at September 20, 2006 10:09 AM

Kimberly wrote:

I love the O.C. I am so happy they killed off Marissa. Everyone has been getting tired of the show because they were sick of her whining and crying every single week. Now that shes gone, its time to get back to the fun and the characters that O.C. fans love.

posted at September 20, 2006 10:17 AM

Rob wrote:

Heh, I watched this show when it first came out for a few eps, and quit after Samaire Armstrong left. She rocked! Anyway, I was a little surprised the writers would kill off a main character....in the beginning they made it out to be all about Ryan and Marissa. If they had stuck to that formula the show might have worked better, y'know draw out the sexual tension and the attraction two or three seasons - make a payoff for viewers who stick thru the blossoming relationship, instead of plateauing right at the start and breaking them up and showing their misery or whatever (seemed like it just turned into sh!t after the first season.) Moral of the story: Hot blondes rock!

posted at October 9, 2006 12:41 PM

jon wrote:

lol basically marissa is going to be miraculously revived. the end.

posted at October 9, 2006 07:29 PM

Michael wrote:

I don't know what I think of the show anymore. During the first year, I didn't talk about anything other than the OC. It was amazing. Every character seemed so realistic even crappy ol' Marissa. I can't even describe how much the decline of the show has hurt me. They add a new character and then seven minutes later they're gone. It kills me! The show went down hill right when they began the second season. I blame all of this on boring old Lindsey. She played an instrument! I don't want to see that on TV. I hate her.

posted at October 10, 2006 07:22 AM

Lily wrote:

This show was reasonably good the first two seasons, but the third season brought stupid plots, seth and summer's idiotic antics and plans, like matchmaking people or whatever, and i got so sick of all the references to "the valley"! The only person i thought was hot was Johnny, but he died. Then Marissa started whining even more, and by the end i found myself not caring about these stupid characters. If you want to watch a good show, try to watch the full season of My So-Called Life on dvd with Claire Danes and Jared Leto. I have honestly never seen anything half as good as this, and Jared Leto makes Seth and Ryan look like they don't even deserve to breathe the same air as him. Best. Show. Ever.

posted at October 10, 2006 07:21 PM

chase wrote:

I love the OC! I will die if it gets cancelled. Please dont get rid of it.

posted at November 10, 2006 01:48 PM

kat wrote:

I admit total OC obsessive fan from the start. Met the cast, watfched tapings, had O.C. viewing parties.... the whole bit. My bday gift was a signed pic from Adam Brody ( swoon). But season 3 really saw the show going sooo down hill, from a show with great plots and catchy one liners, to barely keeping my attention ( which is saying a lot). I always hated the 'marissa' character, and since I know for a fact that they had serious contract issue with Mischa Barton I doubt she will ever return to the show (WHOA!!). But I hate the turn the show has taken. Hopefully if they focus on Seth and Summer, really the only reason anyone should watch it now, then they can return this show to the glory it once had.

posted at November 10, 2006 11:25 PM

Jake wrote:

They probably killed Marissa off because Mischa wanted to move on with her movie career, which is a good move for her in my opinion. The first season was golden, but it's been getting progressively worse ever since. I thought they'd get better without Marissa, but the latest few episodes are just plain bad. If they'd actually had Ryan kill Volchek, things might have actually "heated up" as they keep proclaiming in their commercials each week. But they're stuck on making him a sissie now.

posted at November 11, 2006 09:36 AM

brutony wrote:

I used to LOVE this show, but come on, after viewing the first 3 eps, you got to do the right thing, FOX, and put a fork in this baby, its DONE! Killing off Marissa could only harm this, and this season, once again, has let us down, AGAIN! Ryan starts out as a fighter in Ep 1, by Ep 3 he wimps out? Summer as a tree hugging lib? We got one in Sandy-how about a conservative character? After all, the kids in the O.C. got more money than God! Its just over with here, sad to say! Whens 24 and AI start?

posted at November 12, 2006 01:03 AM

Rebecca wrote:

the show was amazing...and without mischa barton it is absolutely horrible...the o.c. will never be the same again :'(

posted at November 19, 2006 08:40 PM

Elizabeth wrote:

I must be in the minority, because I believe the following: 1) Mischa Barton could act--really well at times; 2) killing off Marissa doesn't destroy the show--one of the things that's struck me this season is how well they are portraying the absolute depth of pain people are in rather than giving it lip service for half an episode before moving on. It's realistic that when you lose someone it affects your life for a long time to come. 3) I like what's been going on with Summer--I think it's exactly what happens in reality that when someone goes off to college they change and grow, which is what has happened with her--the old Summer is still in there, but she's finding that some of the new Summer is really her, too. Cool. 4) I didn't expect it, but I'm actually a bit touched by the hopeless (or is it?) crush Taylor has on Ryan. I did want to see the sexy French husband, though. 5) I don't think people going off to college is going to hurt this--either they'll all end up magically at the same school (Berkeley?) or they'll all be on airplanes so much it won't matter. 6) Finally, anything they decide to do this season will be better than some of the stupid storylines from before: namely, Marissa and Oliver; Marissa and Johnny. Feeble.

posted at November 20, 2006 05:12 PM

Carin wrote:

I cant believe they want to cancel the o.c it is the best show ever i hav 3 series on d.v.d i hav 3 books and my bedroom is covered with there posters Im only 13 and im hooked on the o.c i nearly cried when i missed an episode imagine what cancelling it for good will do to me

posted at December 3, 2006 10:19 PM

ryan wrote:

this show is the best and i still love to watch it every thursday. I never thought marissa was that important. she always mad things complicated.; its all about seth and summer! THE O.C. ROCKS!

posted at December 7, 2006 10:34 PM

danielle wrote:

i think the oc is the best show on earth and your making a big mistake cancelling it!!!

posted at January 3, 2007 06:48 PM

stephanie wrote:

I think marissa leaving the show was definately damaging to the show, but im sure ratings will get back up with they spice up the show with new faces to get over the marrisa drama.but definately, get over the marrisa drama already.

posted at January 3, 2007 11:17 PM

Lindsey wrote:

This show was amazing and all though it did start to somewhat lack i the past season and a half it could have been fixed if fox would just give it a chance. I hate to se it end.

posted at January 4, 2007 04:11 AM

kiersten wrote:

i heard on the radio this morning that they're cancelling it. im definitely emotionally attached and i dont know what im gonna do without it...

posted at January 4, 2007 05:47 AM

juliana d wrote:

can't believe dat dis show is cancelled.....!!its the best show goin 4 young people?! wat are we goin 2 do now?!?!?!? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

posted at January 4, 2007 09:03 AM

Kaite O wrote:

Since Marisa died it just went downhill from there. I AM A TRUE O.C. FAN FOR LIFE! I dont want it to go away.

posted at January 4, 2007 11:04 AM

Wayne wrote:

Hey, yeah I think people are over reacting about the whole Marissa thing. Personnaly I'm starting to like the whole Ryan & Taylor relationship and what buddy said up there is right. It's not Marissa who made the show, she wasn't that interesting, she was weird. It's Summer and Seth who make the show man. Don't cancel it, keep it goin' for the true fans who still likes it.

posted at January 4, 2007 11:55 AM

MArcus wrote:

Cancelling the oc is absolutely wrong, i can't believe that it's happening :S I really hope that they come up with a good turn now and get people to watch it again. i have pinched myself but unfortunatly it really is reality :( :( :(

posted at January 4, 2007 01:06 PM

Stephane Viau wrote:

Blaming the show's cancellation on Marissa's death is only going to feed Mischa Barton's ego. Solidifying that the show couldn't survive without her.

The unfortunate truth is that viewers don't want to see the characters split up and go there own ways... It happened on Dawson's Creek and now history repeats itself with the O.C.

It's too bad, but it was bound to happen.

posted at January 4, 2007 01:34 PM

Jeanine Muise wrote:

I love the oc. I have watched it from day one that it has been on, even though some of the show is exagerated it is all real things that happen in life. Some people do actually get shot in real life, and others do have Sex when they are yung and yeh it chose that all your actions have consequences. I dont understand why you think not a lot of poeple watch this show i have about 500 people in my school and at lest 250 watch the show, male and female. I even no teachers and parents that watch this show. We live in Canada so i doupt the people that think there is not enough people that whatch this show have even survaid Canada! Please dont cancel this show!

posted at January 4, 2007 01:55 PM

danielle wrote:

i didn't even like marissa anyway, the show is way better without all of her drama. she was too fake. seth and summer are my favorite and i think this season is going great. i dont want it to be cancelled :(

posted at January 4, 2007 01:57 PM

Katelyn wrote:

I LOVE THE O.C. Yeah they killed a Character off, but that creates more drama, I mean isn't that what the shows about anyway. I loved Marissa's but I also love Seth and Summer... And ryan of course. This show is still amazing!

posted at January 4, 2007 02:10 PM

Craig wrote:

Hi,

After the first season the OC went down hill and it didn't really bother me if it got canceled or not however, the new season without Cooper is soo much better. She was really annoying anyway! I think this season was going to be a good one.

posted at January 4, 2007 02:12 PM

Amanda wrote:

OMFG you can't do this the oc is the best show plz read everything people have wrote do not cancel it

posted at January 4, 2007 02:18 PM

Lynn wrote:

I just found out today that the last episode of the OC is 2/22/07 what the hell is that all about. Just because Mischa is out doesn't make the show suck if anything it's better. With the new romance between Ryan and Taylor things were just starting to heat up. BOOOO! to the fans who stopped watching and lowered the ratings! We can only hope another network will pick up the show and produce it. Totally bummed OC fan Lynn

posted at January 4, 2007 02:23 PM

Ben wrote:

If you cancel this show people will riot. Just promise to return the show next year.

posted at January 4, 2007 02:41 PM

Meg wrote:

I started watching the O.C. from the first season. It became a huge hit. It was my favorite show for the longest time. It all began to go downhill between breaking up great couples, making marissa a lesbian, bringing in that red-head who was supposed to be Caleb's daughter, making Summer a hippie, Caitlyn Cooper a slut, making Mr. Roberts a main charachter, killing off Marissa, killing off that hottie Johnny... etc. etc. I thought the third season was bad... but this season this season is just embaressing. Im sorry to say that it needs to be cancelled to save the good old O.C. from embaressment.

posted at January 4, 2007 03:00 PM

carly wrote:

mischa barton is an evil whore!!!!!!!!! i love the oc more than a fat boy loves cake!!!!!!!!! nobady liked marissa any way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE THE OC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted at January 4, 2007 03:02 PM

caroline wrote:

i am so fucking mad!!!!! i've always hated marissa! she did nothing to the show & killing her off was a good idea! the oc shouldnt b cancelled! im gonna mess up who eva cancelled it! i

posted at January 4, 2007 03:07 PM

hannah pleaze wrote:

hagsdfkdf. Now that Marissa iz dead the show iz way better taylor towndsend iz making it super funny, and her and ryan are so cute. I live for this show and if it iz getting cancelled I might have to protest by eating everyones faces. I love the OC untill the day I dieee. xxx byecutiez.

posted at January 4, 2007 03:08 PM

shellie wrote:

omg! your CAN NOT cancel the OC !!!!!
they shouldn't have killed marrissa but the shows is still good to be taken over by kaitlyn
they CAN NOT cancell it
its the OC!!!!

posted at January 4, 2007 03:28 PM

amy wrote:

the o.c. is the best show ever made. a petition should be started to save it

posted at January 4, 2007 03:53 PM

kate quigs wrote:

okay im obsessed with the oc and i think if the directors were smart they would take it all the way back to seth having a dream and waking up on graduation day WHEN MERISSA IS STILL ALIVE!!!

posted at January 4, 2007 04:46 PM

Maria wrote:

Whoever said that on october 10 is completely wrong! first off my so called life? what is that! It SUCKS! and second the O.C is good! it may have gone down-hill with Marissa's death but still! at least finish the season! don't just cancel it! in fact im liking this season the beginnig started of a bit rocky but with ryans dad coming back and taylor and ryan together it just works! so finish the season for the people that ;ike the show!! and for the people that don't! they can suck it up! the show is GOOD so DEAL WITH IT!!

posted at January 4, 2007 04:56 PM

Maria wrote:

The show isnt that bad, sure it went downhill with Marissa's death but Taylor and Ryan make a good team! and with Ryans dad, that amde an episode that i found interesting and coming up with the parellel universe? sounded stupid to me at first but when i SAW the episode its been one of the good ones! For the sake of the people that like the show, at least finish the season!

posted at January 4, 2007 05:00 PM

Miaa wrote:

OMG I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH DO NOT CANCEL IT PLEASE ITS SO GOOD!!!!!!

posted at January 4, 2007 05:01 PM

Fran wrote:

i love this show! finish the season please! i really hope it turns around for the sake of everyone! just at LEAST finishe the season!!

posted at January 4, 2007 05:01 PM

Melanie wrote:

THE OC IS THE GREATEST SHOW EVER!!! I OWN EVERY SEASON

posted at January 4, 2007 05:06 PM

Cher Dobbin wrote:

This Is The biggest mistake you could ever make.. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeze dont cancel the OC... it's the best show in the WORLD.. i will be LOST without it.. oh dear.. you just cant do it... i will kill myself.. please don't do it.. PLEEEESE.. i never loved a show so much in my LIFE.. is there anything someone can do so it wont be cancelled?... :( :( :(

posted at January 4, 2007 05:12 PM

olivia wrote:

i am soooooooooooooo pisssssssssssssssssedddddd off

the oc is the best most dramatic awsome show-if it is cancelled i am going to die along with all my friends. we sit at lunch and discuss it and i have all the seasons and watch them till 3 in morning! please please please please do not cance this show it is my baby! i will pay people to get the ratings up!

posted at January 4, 2007 05:16 PM

Joe wrote:

The OC is actually quite good, Ive seen most of series 4 now and its not bad. I agree with most though...Mischa Barton cannot act to save her life. She could cry well though...I enjoyed seeing her cry...

posted at January 4, 2007 05:22 PM

marie wrote:

i really l0ost intrest in season 3 but i still watched it i lost intrest becuase u just cant kill off a main chracter mischa barton made the oc and now that shes not on there anymore it just not hte oc anymore its not hte same

posted at January 4, 2007 05:59 PM

marie wrote:

but i still love the oc its my num 1 show i cry for uahges when marissa died becuase she is my idol shes gorgous and i dont understans why she left if i had a contrat when a show like that i would neva leave

posted at January 4, 2007 06:01 PM

elyse wrote:

I'm sorry but marissa was a crap character! summer is so much better! Mischa can't act! they should keep the show going, the other characters are so much better. love taylor now. but i think the ryan and taylor relationship seems a bit forced.

posted at January 4, 2007 06:11 PM

Codi wrote:

omfg! i am obsessed with the oc if you cancel it i will cry! heck i am crying......='[

posted at January 4, 2007 06:15 PM

Hannah wrote:

i think this season was good but defiently doesn't compare to the others, but i still watch it every thursday casue its my favorite show. i really don't want it to get canceled i'll be so sad if it does

posted at January 4, 2007 07:09 PM

Kimberly wrote:

PLEASE don't cancel the OC!!!! Personally, I have loved this season and I am glad that Marissa died last season. She had far too much drama and what else could they possibly do with her character, she had already experimented with the same sex, been a drunk, and a druggie (more than once), I was tired of her stupid behavior. This is the only show that my husband and I agree on, it will be sad to think we won't watch anything together on TV again. :( I love the OC!

posted at January 4, 2007 07:17 PM

Adam wrote:

an official Save the O.C petition has been made by Fox

http://www.fox.com/oc/savetheoc/

Everyone please sign,every signature counts.

posted at January 4, 2007 07:44 PM

Laura wrote:

They didn't just boot her for no reason, Mischa chose to leave the show to move on to better things. The writers tried to make the best out of it by doing something shocking, give them some credit...

i do agree that it certainly isn't as interesting now though, and has become very predictable, they could do a lot better in creating good story lines...after awhile I guess you run out of problems for people to have every week though.

posted at January 4, 2007 07:50 PM

Paige wrote:

FRIG!! I AM SO PISSED, PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THE OC. Okay okay.. i know i sound pretty desperate but im in love with the oc, it cant be cancelled:(. i will never watch Fox ever again. ARGGG

posted at January 4, 2007 08:12 PM

Elizabeth wrote:

Please don't cancel The O.C. I love this show and I have bought season 1-3 the day they came out on DVD. If you cancel this show tons of people with boycott Fox and will be deeply disappointed. This is one of the only good shows Fox has produced. Don't make the worst mistake you could make! Please let there be a better end than this!

posted at January 4, 2007 09:51 PM

Stefanie wrote:

I will cry if the O.C. is cancelled!! So what if Marissa died, she wasn't even my favorite charactor anyways. Ryan and Taylor make a way better couple! Please don't cancel the O.C. I don't know what I would do!!

posted at January 4, 2007 11:08 PM

Help Save the OC wrote:

I can't help but think that a few new writers could make for a good new season..but they do have some serious work to do to keep it alive. They should keep it alive and personally I am doing whatever I can to save the O.C.

posted at January 4, 2007 11:23 PM

Brody wrote:

Marissa was killed because she admitted she didn't care about the show anymore and was always showing up late or not at all. But the show has been cancelled and will only be going until Feb. 11

posted at January 4, 2007 11:50 PM

Mikayla wrote:

In a report on a new website (sorry i cant member it) it said that the OC finale is set for the 22 February US. It also said it would be fun and emotional and the finale that they have always bin planning for.

OC is the best showww.

posted at January 5, 2007 03:02 AM

Emma wrote:

Omg how can people say that now that marissa has left that the show is spoiled. This is my favourite season soo far. I like it how ryan and taylor are together and i love how summer and seth are together as well. The last episode that i saw before it was cancelled was when they got engaged now they have cancelled it.. what the hell. i love this show please put it back on

posted at January 5, 2007 04:05 AM

Seffie wrote:

Guys, first of all the O.C is a good show and if it is going to be cancelled they will do it in the next few weeks, which probably wont happen. Marissa'a character was important but it was a pinacle to the show. As long as Seth has lines the show will do fine. And personally to everyone who says there are a million O.C clones out there is rediculous. People acted this way before the show came out, its nothing new.

posted at January 5, 2007 04:39 AM

Dennis wrote:

They killed Mischa Barton and you really expected the show would go as if nothing ever happened?

posted at January 5, 2007 09:38 AM

Dennis wrote:

They killed Mischa Barton and did you really expect the show would go as if nothing ever happened? No way!

posted at January 5, 2007 09:38 AM

3WG wrote:

I think the ratings are down because marissa was killed off. I think a lot of people watched the show because she was on it.

Bad move by the creators.

posted at January 5, 2007 09:55 AM

Tawnie wrote:

The O.C can't be cancelled! It's the best show in the world! It's better without Marissa, she was stupid. And now Ryan and Taylor are getting it on. Plz it can't be cancelled!

posted at January 5, 2007 10:41 AM

Dan wrote:

Here's the deal, people.
The O.C. started off great. Very rarely does a show come along as summer TV filler and really grab your attention the way it did. The first couple episodes were tremendous, and the following episodes, i.e. the rest of the first season, continued to shine (despite the unfortunate episodes with Oliver, which in retrospect weren't so bad).
The second season struggled, though. No one can deny that turning Marissa into a lesbian and killing off Caleb (the J.R. of the show and easily the most morally complex character) were flawed choices. Ultimately, that's what would bring about the death of this show: bad choices.
I won't even comment on the third season, because the truth is, if you watch it and are unable to realize how truly flawed it was, then you have no business watching TV in the first place. The cherry on top was Marissa's death...by that I don't mean why it was done, but HOW it was done. Her death was one of the single most ridiculous sequences ever depicted on television. It was embarassing and showed, above all, how the show had become a CHARICATURE of it's former creative and trend-setting self.
Now, there's no denying that this season has had some quality moments. Taylor has become a breath of fresh air for the show, and thus makes it watchable again. But the fact remains that the show remains UNEVEN at best, as the mainstay characters/relationship of Summer & Seth lacks any sort of energy it once had. Like the actors in real life, the love is gone...in the show's case, it just happens to be the writing's fault.
In the end, one can only appreciate the fact that an out-of-left-field teen show managed to keep up truckin' for almost 4 complete seasons. It's an impressive feat in today's TV climate, and, more over, the fact that the show will ALWAYS exist as culture-defining show during its height is something the creators, actors, and us, as fans, should be proud of. So, in appreciation of the way it welcomed us in the first place: "Thank you for The O.C., bitch!"

posted at January 5, 2007 12:27 PM

allison wrote:

duh ok the person above me is stupid, the OC is the BEST show ever! Like seriously i there isnt any show in the world half as good as this one. The OC rocks! But it def. was a mistake killing Marisa off but whatev. I love this show and i really wish it wouldnt get cancelled. The show has alway been good, from the first season to this one. And johnny wasn;t that cute so yeah -person above me- can shut her mouth.

posted at January 5, 2007 01:29 PM

IronAddict wrote:

The show is not being cancelled because of Marissa being killed off, give me a break, Micsha Barton was the worst actress on there, that is why she is doing stage in England now, that is where actors go to get better, she will be there a while I suspect!

The worst thing the writers did was bring Katelyn on, annoying, and just alienates us adults who watch it. Taylor is a little hotty, and she can act. So get over Marissa being dead, besides if she did not want to be there she would bring the show down anyway, I will say at least she had the insight to get off the sinking ship. But long live Peter Gallagher and Adam Brody, those two make the entire show for me.

posted at January 5, 2007 01:43 PM

ashley wrote:

im glad marissa is gone though, she was annoying. but i think the show is GREAT. it shouldnt end!

posted at January 5, 2007 04:43 PM

Megan wrote:

The OC is officially cancelled! I'm pretty mad, I watch this show religiously. It's been cancelled due to "low ratings". Killing off Marissa looked to be a good thing, an interesting twist, but I think it ultimatly made the ratings go down. Between Seth Cohen and johnny, last season was a pretty good one, though I have to say the first and second seasons were the best. Thursday nights on TV are gonna suck without the OC. Everyone I know is pretty mad about the OC being cancelled....maybe if the show got better as opposed to getting worse, they ratings might not have dropped so much. Bottom line is, Fox sucks and if a new teen drama isnt made soon, we all might be in for some prettyboring Thursday nights.

posted at January 5, 2007 07:12 PM

tim wrote:

This hsow is awsome evern though its getting cancelled atleast its gonna have a proper ending

posted at January 5, 2007 08:23 PM

Imogen wrote:

I personally was completely against the O.C. when it first came out. I had never watched it, but by the way girls would be like 'OMGSh lolz the O.C. is on tonight!' I was revolted. But then I was graced with a lovely think called appendicitis. yeah, my appendix actually ruptured, and I had to just lie on my couch for a month. So my sister was like 'hey Ig, watch my season one and two of the O.C.!' I wasn't exactly enthusiastic but I watched anyways. and I was HOOKED. so what if it's a bit predicatble at times? I want to see how just everything falls into place. I am addicted to Seth and Taylor. It probably doesn't help that I'm a hopeless romantic, but I just get obsessed with all the romantic pairings. I know when I say 'I love the O.C.!' the people with brains look at me like I'm the dumbest thing out there. well, manily they look surprised. because, I have affectionately been labeled as a 'goth'. and everyone's like "You watch teen soap operas?! I thought you spent your time crushing baby skulls!' but hey! It's the O.C. How can you NOT love it?

posted at January 5, 2007 08:23 PM

Ryan wrote:

This show is what dreams are made of. It's been great and to cancel it would be a bigger mistake for fox. To say that the show has had problems and that the content and characters have become weaker is slander. What has happend is due to time changes and day changes its made it harder for the target market (high school/college students-depending when you started watching) to follow... but this wasn't the fault of THE OC, it was FOX. Keep the show alive, viva Le OC! You don't take a piece of candy away from a baby do you? So why are you taking this show away? If this show does truely end my friends and I have already begun discussing how to honor The OC and its final episode... the only way The OC deserves to be honored on its death bed... on h*ll of a party!

The OC has my back and I have its, I'll stand by its side for as long as I breath.. OC you're a brother to me and I'll defend it with all my heart!

Long live THE OC!

Ryan J.

posted at January 5, 2007 09:14 PM

anna. wrote:

so i read the comments on here and i really dont care what everyone else thinks. this show has made me a happier more carefree person. it deals with so much that plenty of people could deal with [a few things, perhaps not] but still, this show is like, the beginning of an era. even if it is ending, it still is. im completely devastated about the show ending because its basically my life. and i could tell about every single character, episode, song at a part of an episode, remember an outfit, and summarize the entire season into a conversation. this show has really been the best thing that has happened to me, but you know, more things come after it. this show has started others like it already. so over all, i am going to miss The OC because well, im overly obsessed [actually, that's quite an understatement] and it's an amazing show. so im looking forward to anything else quite as unique, emotional, and funny like it in the future.

posted at January 5, 2007 10:45 PM

D wrote:

I started watching in season 3. I remembered seeing the trailers for it a few years earlier, but it really isn't the kind of show I would usually choose to see. But after friends at school would discuss for hours on friday after the thursday-airing show, I decided to start watching. It was okay, definitely fully of the angst-y ness that usually turns me off--especially the cliched Ryan who needed to use violence to protect everyone and the whiny Marisa. But I kept watching. When Marisa died, I felt sorry for Ryan, but I was actually glad that the show could go in a new direction other than the worn out "Ryan and Marisa" aspect. Now, in Season 3, with Taylor and Ryan growing closer, when I actually genuinely love the show, they cancel it. It's tragic, really. Now, I haven't seen season 1 or 2, but....it's a sick joke that right when the show is at it's peak it is decided to be pulled from the air.

posted at January 5, 2007 11:31 PM

Scott wrote:

Argh. This show is great! why would they cancel it? I'll admit that the 3rd season was starting to get really predictable and overly dramatic, but the 4th season is so good! Taylor is awesome, so much more interesting then Marissa ever was. Ryan finally gets to be normal and more seth-ish, and everything is funny! gah!

posted at January 6, 2007 02:34 AM

manda wrote:

after reading all these comments i really dont care what people have to say. i think this is the dumbest thing to ever happen. the oc is the greatest thing known to mannn. marissa is not needed to make the show. ryan is all that matters. the show is still good and it definitely shouldnt be cancled. i have no idea what you people are talking about the third season was just as good as the rest. marissa needed to die. she did everything she could have on the show. her character was everything possible. all i have to say is. this shit is retarted and someone is gunna die if this show gets cancled. RYAN AND TAYLOR BABY. k bye.

posted at January 6, 2007 10:14 AM

Marvin and Tamara wrote:

Hey Bitches!!!!
Marvin and Tamara here!!!! We thought the O.C rocked!! We have both had plastic surgery to make ourselves look like Mischa Barton and Adam Brody. Some times we act out scenes from the O.C and pretend that we are the characters of Marrisa and Seth. We perform this for our friends and family and any one else who will watch. One time at O.C. camp we hired out a hall and performed for the town. We live in Sunnyvale California, and we have a large fan base here. We are having a memorial service for the O.C at Sunnyvale Public Library at 8pm on January 10. All O.C fans welcome. Please let us know if you plan on coming, so that we can prepare for enough numbers. O.C rules forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted at January 6, 2007 01:08 PM

ALEXIS, LIMA - PERU wrote:

i think that kill marissa was a mistake.. now they don't know what to do with the show... they are doing episodes so stupids and without sense... for me the best seasons were the 2nd and 3rd...
LONG LIFE TO THE OC!!!

posted at January 7, 2007 01:40 AM

Lizzie wrote:

Killing Marissa was a terrible idea. Even though it created a huge emotional episode, and they wonder why people aren't watching their show. The millions of people who have been watching the show for the 4 years it has been playing, have dropped emensly. Each year, ratings were lower. I think that killing Marissa was the last thread. It was hard to still watch the show but i remained loyal to it anyway. The OC's very last episode will air Feb 22 Thursday at its usual time. I suggest you all watch it. It will be a very good closure.

posted at January 7, 2007 10:30 AM

kyle wrote:

uh please the show died when they killed off marissa just admit she was the bomb of teh show, her and ryans relationship, her and summers freindship and the orginal fanatastic 4. trying to replace her with taylor and even killing her off in teh first place was a stupid ridiculouse mistake and josh is now paying for it. god teh show just makes me want to hurl now. it is sooooooooooooo boring without marissa. seriousley what were they thinking killing her. o well thier loss......................................

posted at January 7, 2007 10:56 AM

Anonymous wrote:

This show was excellent during the first season. Second was ok, the fans continued watching it. The third season was so-so but the show had lost A LOT of viewers by then. Then came the fourth and last season, which basically, SUCKED ASS. After Mischa Barton decided to leave the show and try the movie industry, the producers had to make Marissa died. After that, it seemed like they were trying to hard just to find a story for the show.

posted at January 7, 2007 01:29 PM

Holly wrote:

OMG! The OC is the best tv show ever, killing off Marissa pissed me off...but cancelling the show, that sucks. Now how many people are going to watch FOX? Now the cast from teh OC might go poor cuz you guys pretty much freaking FIRED them....i LOVE the OC

posted at January 7, 2007 01:38 PM

Ananomous wrote:

i think that the o.c. should not be cancelled. its the best show ever and who cares if misha was kicked off its still really good right now. i loved her character marissa but she had a lot of issues to work out. i hope it dosent get cancelled and if it does i dont know if i will ever love another show like the o.c. again.....

posted at January 7, 2007 01:49 PM

krystal wrote:

the oc is one of my favourite shows. i will miss it dearly!

posted at January 7, 2007 04:05 PM

lauren wrote:

i think that this show was amazing and i love it so much. i think that it did so bad because mischa left for other reasons, because she was the favorite of them all, she made the show the best. ill miss the oc like crazy. it started getting good cause taylor and ryan got together and summer and seth and everything, and they were going to get married and stuff. ahhh i cant believe it! every thursday night i get a bowl of ice cream, go in my room close my door and watch the oc and nothing i mean nothing will stop me, i always watch it and have never missed it. ahhh rip the oc and marissa cooper

posted at January 7, 2007 04:46 PM

tabi wrote:

ok
I LOVE THE OC. And i think they should re open it next year look how many ppl are upset over this! let the writers have time and make the 5th season the best of all! and re open!

posted at January 7, 2007 06:56 PM

Tori wrote:

Do Not Cancel The OC!
This show is amazing and comon people get over the fact that Marissa died! The show is growing great and is still full of exciting new drama! I look forward to it every week! My friends and I have OC parties every week! I will miss them... And the writers are amazing to! I love all the characters personality's! Its like you know them. I will miss this show greatly. I think this show has alot of good lessons for life in it as well! KEEP THE OC!

posted at January 7, 2007 08:57 PM

frankie wrote:

Ok, so what if they made some mistakes with murdering marissa, oc can get back on their feet without her! Someone else can take her place. And they have MANY more viewers than 4 million(which is still an ok amount). How many people outside America watch OC??? I'm from Cyprus and everyone knows of the OC here, we just have to watch it on dvd though when it comes. Why not just redo the 3rd season adn continue? Easier said than done i guess

posted at January 8, 2007 05:38 AM

Kris wrote:

Don't even TRY to cancel the OC!!!!! I love it and so do my friends! PLEASE don't stop filming it in mid-season. At least finish the third season. OC is like the best show I've ever watched...

posted at January 8, 2007 05:40 AM

char butler wrote:

The OC is my favourite show and i watch it religiously every Thursday that they put it on, and cry when they randomly dont. lol. Yes Marissa was a main character and for a while it felt weird not seeing her on the show.. but you have to remember that Barton CHOSE to leave the show.. she wanted to expand her opprtuities. which was stupid.Its just starteing to get really good again. This show has been huge, and the ratings may have dropped...but WHO CARES. there are still some die hard fas out there...for god sake look at all of us writing how much we DONT want you to take it off the air!!! I LOVE RYAN, SUMMER, SETH, I LOVE THEM ALL...and u will ruin my Thursday nights. CHANGE YOUR MIND!!!lol.

posted at January 8, 2007 11:01 AM

CHELLE GRACE wrote:

i know... cancelling the show is a big mistake... so plz go to this site

http://www.fox.com/oc/savetheoc/

maybe it'll amke a difference...

posted at January 8, 2007 03:01 PM

Jessica wrote:

Ok for all you who are all "This show sucks!" Than why are you on here writing how you fill why dont you wirte a petiton for a show you liek instead of tomping all over our favorite... This is the best season of the OC why stop now? People are telling you that this is a GREAT show and all your doing is oo no sorry we cant... GEEZE i thought that stations were all about the veiwers and what they like right? well in this situation your not even letting anyone have a say! The oc has got to be the best show in all FOX history! OMG like NO ONE watches degrassi right? THAN WHY THE HELL DO THEY KEEP IT ON? Why not get rid of that instead of the OC. Now all you people who are high up in the Fox station LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!!! they are the ones watching!!!!

--Jessica B.
BIGGIST FAN!!♥

posted at January 8, 2007 06:46 PM

darkamor wrote:

HOO-f'n-RAY !!!

This show is NOTHING to do about life "behind the orange curtain" .... how about a show that deals with the O.C. back in the day [late 70's - mid 80's] when teens were struggling to seek their identity during the Ronald Reagan in the White House Years without being killed due to their alternative appearance/dress ?

The O.C. is more than just a small population in Newport Beach / Corona Del Mar ... it encompasses the working class from Huntington Beach to Westminister [with diverse ethnic groups who are loyal to their communities] !!!

Bring back BUFFY [or MILLENIUM] ~

~(^)~

posted at January 8, 2007 07:04 PM

kim bright wrote:

i think they should just move on... and start fresh with caitlin, then they can slowly develop a freind network and bring in new characters. I mean it was gonna have to go downhill if they kept following the same group of freinds around.
love kim xx email me with any comments...(kimmy_jayne@hotmail.com)

posted at January 9, 2007 01:19 AM

Jessica F wrote:

I think that canceling the oc is a HUGE mistake but if fox is willing to make this very influential career ruining decision than so be it!! i love the oc as do MANY ppl an i will miss the show ~terribly~!!! heres to you~oc cast members!! ~good luck with your lives-i wish you the best!!!~ thanks for so many nights of tears-LAUGHS~and many learning experiences we will miss you all so much!!! R.I.P. OC!!!! farewell
p.s. SCREW YOU FOX~MAY YOU DIE IN TV HELL!!! :-)

posted at January 9, 2007 01:45 PM

holly wrote:

UGHHH IM SO MAD THE OC GOT CANCELLED. yeahh marissa dying was def. a BIG mistake. but um now i hear the same producer of the oc is going to make a show based on the gossip girl books? yeahh that would be cool but hes gonna have to find the right people or else its gonna suck.

posted at January 9, 2007 03:12 PM

olivia cohen wrote:

well since they killed marisa cooper the show has gone down hill and they changed the charicters like summer hippie soo diferent, ryan cold hearted. its all changed!!!!!!!

posted at January 9, 2007 03:19 PM

Junior wrote:

People are definitely not giving the show a chance now that Marissa is gone. The show, I believe, has gotten a lot better since the third season in a different sort of way. The show is focusing more on the complex relationships rather than the excess drama from previous seasons. Yes I do wish Ryan would punch a few more people because that's what made his character to be. Oh well, that's a wrap.

posted at January 11, 2007 01:09 PM

asher wrote:

well the O.C. DID get cancelled. I thought the thing that really killed it was Ben makenzies (Ryan)lack of character. He's just kind of blah. no sense of humor. Very monotone. Plus, the whole back and forth thing in most of the relationships is redundant and boring. Is it just me or was every season a carbon copy of the previous one? I did however like the show for its good qualities, and am sad to see it go.

posted at January 11, 2007 10:34 PM

Deborah wrote:

I LOVE the OC I feel like crying cos they're cancelling it Ryan is soo Hot I'll miss seeing him every week I was upset at Marissa dying but I don't think tht the show should end its not been as interesting as before in the third season but I think this season looks really gd I love it Please dont Cancel it Change ur mind!!!:(

posted at January 13, 2007 05:24 PM

Crystal wrote:

I totally agree, i mean the first season...wow, The OC was like my air, i needed it, and the second season, i still looked foward to seeing it every week, then by mid 2nd season, or beginning of 3rd season, i was just like F this, it really dissapointed me, w/ or w/out marissa, it was going downhill, they cant save it now, its to late, I read on TMZ.com they could have said it was all just a dream, as a way to try and bring Marissa back, now that would have been so sad, it would be funny, ah well, I just hope that finally all those OC wannabee's, will disappear just like the show they modeled. That means you Laguna Beach.

posted at January 14, 2007 07:23 PM

Sophie wrote:

I used to like the OC, I still kinda do, but I think it just lost its...i dont know, flavor. It got blah, it got predictable, it got just plain stupid, and I dont want to bash on it, because it really was a great show, but you cant help but the think, what in the hell were these writers smoking when they wrote this stuff? I dont know, it is sad its ending, but then again, everything that has a beginning has an end, The OC just came to its end sooner than i expected, even if the beginning was awesome.

posted at January 14, 2007 07:38 PM

Selene wrote:

Hi, and so here's the end of OC. From the begging when the two lovers were separated which totally KILLED THE DAMN SHOW!...lol sorry i honestly had to let it out, watching all of the episodes one after another shows a whole different view from seeing one episode a week, well the fact of the matter is, although OC is getting desperado with ideas and such, and the call for cancellation has already been declared, they could have still made a come back, start over and bring back Misha for we all love her being with Ryan. OKAY DAMMIT DON'T CANCELL! ='( The OC:v2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seth, Summer, Marissa, & Ryan those guys were the best people put on a show, c'mon the hottest people, the greatest idea OC RETURNS! DO IT!

posted at January 15, 2007 06:23 PM

Sarah B wrote:

Wow!! I was pissed when i heard my favorite t.v. show was going to be cancelled!! I mean What the heck.. Their are so many shows that suck compaired to The O.C. and they havent been cancelled!!! Ive Watched this show from day one and have nevere missed One episode!! Yea so what if Misha got killed the show is still great no matter what!! i mean she didnt make the show..she was a big part of it but whatever i guess it doesnt really matter anymore cause its been cancelled anyways!! I Still Think This Show IS The Best SHow Yet and I am very sad to be seying it go...

posted at January 15, 2007 07:17 PM

nicknak wrote:

I really liked Season one and two wasn't too bad...but after that, horrible! The big mistake was putting the O.C. on the same night and time as Gray's Anatomy (Best show on TV)Of course it wouldn't last! It's to bad, because it really had two of tv's hottest guys, Adam Brody and Ben Mckenzie!! Now they should get spots on Grays Anatomy and make that show even better than it already is!!

posted at January 16, 2007 05:42 PM

Tiffany wrote:

I really really love The OC me and my husband started watching it when it first came out we just started dating and haven't missed an episode since we love it. We do believe that killing Marissa was bad for the show but they have made it worth watching here in the last few episodes, PLEASE BRING IT BACK

posted at January 17, 2007 08:45 AM

Hayley wrote:

The very first season of the OC was amazing. So was the second one as well, but when the middle of the third season started it just started going downhill. I mean, I still watch it every Thursday, of course. When they killed off Mischa, the show probably lost millions of viewers. But it pretty much revolves around Seth and Summer now. Even though I don't like how Summer started to turn into a hippie.

posted at January 18, 2007 02:05 PM

MIke Dizzle wrote:

People People People What You Need To Get Past Is That Marissa was killed off so what she doesnt carry the show anyway It all about Seth and Summer at the end of the thrid season anyway so who cares this show is still badass ethier way so who cares if the killed off Marissa I was more shocked with Jonny getting killed

posted at January 19, 2007 12:05 AM

Paul wrote:

The OC was rather great in the early series but killing off marissa just destroyed it; even if she wasn't interesting! Personally I thought it was the older cast that made the show such as Julie and Caleb, lets face it the show would have sucked without them!

posted at May 28, 2007 08:14 AM

Milly wrote:

Arrrrrrrr The Oc was the bomb now it's gone!!! Even tho Ryan is the main character, killing of Marissa really sucked coz she is 1 of the main characters too. Killing of Jhonny was a big big mistake too! he was the best!! The OC was my favourite T.V show I love it so much and would do anything to get it bak!!!!! xxxx

posted at December 12, 2007 03:23 PM

Milly wrote:

I know it's been ages since they cancelled The O.C but I still hav'nt let go!! The best show eva needs to be put back on!!!!!!!!!!! please!!!! xxxx

posted at December 12, 2007 04:11 PM