Last night brought us the premiere of the 4th season of The O.C. and I might be one of eight people watching. FOX is showing faith in the show by letting it ride against Grey's Anatomy, CSI and Deal or No Deal (soon to be Scrubs and 30 Rock) believing that the youth audience will tune in. I'm not the Amazing Kresken but I'm guessing they're about to get served. But enough about ratings, with Studio 60 on the cutting board I'm clearly out of step with the American TV audience, let's get on to the show.
Season 3 was actually a bright spot for me back in Orange County. A lot of fans showed indifference but I really liked it. Sure killing Marissa was crowd pleasing but that didn't happen until the last ep. My love came from new characters like Taylor who went from a caricature to a character by the end. Imagine my joy when she joined the regular cast in the opening credits. I also liked the sudden aging of Marissa's kid sis Kaitlin. She came off as a slightly less chemically dependent version of her sister without that nagging morality, truly her mother's daughter. Anyhoo I was pumped for the season premier tonight (fuck you baseball for making us wait).
In many ways, with show creator Josh Schwartz back at the helm, tonight felt like a pilot episode. We were introduced to the core crew 5 months after last year's finale and as such we've got some backstory to rub out. I've heard that by episode 4 we'll be in season 1 type shangrila but in the mean time we got enough mind numbing stuff to hold us over. Different viewers got different things. For the ladies it was watching Ben McKenzie's Ryan sweat and be shirtless in slo-mo. For the older crowd (if an older crowd actually watches The OC) you got to watch the highly underated Melinda Clarke deal with her failing marriage and her grief. For those of us that watch the show for the wit and humor we got Summer becoming a hippie to deal with her grief. As always the steady Peter Gallagher and Adam Brody brought enough funny to remind us why The OC became a hit as fast as it faded. I'm not saying this is the best show on TV folks but in a season of 34 procedurals and 15 new game shows, The OC deserves some attention and tonight it reminded some of us why.
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