The OC - Season 4 - Oh So Crap!

Two weeks a go, The OC returned to television sets throughout the US for it’s forth season. The decision to run a forth season is a bizarre one to say the least as season 3 obtained the lowest ratings in the shows admittedly short history. If that wasn’t bad enough for the show, then Mischa Bartons’ departure was surely the final proverbial nail in the shows coffin! Now before you read any further, I’d like to state that while I am male, I am also 100% hetrosexual!

Somehow though, the shows writers managed to persuade FOX executives that it was good enough for at least one more season. In what I can only imagine to have been an insane cocktail party, the executives drunkenly agreed to a paltry 16 initial episodes which may be extended depending on the initial ratings.

When episode one was released, I jumped on it and started downloading. When I got to watch it, I was disappointed to say the very least. I know that the (almost) adult male audience isn’t the shows primary target, but in watching the episode, I felt somewhat alienated and for the first time since I started watching the show, I felt as if I shouldn’t be watching it. Watching Kaitlin, the new lead character (played by the 15 year old Willa Holland) prance around in a miniscule amount of clothing and having the camera focus on her ass at every opportunity just didn’t really do it for me. Well, not in the sense that I wanted it to.

It then occured to me that perhaps I’m only noticing all this because there has yet to be a story established for this young new lead. She is, for the moment, merely serving as eye candy. The trouble is that the writers have to establish a gripping storyline for the character that will somehow manage to win back viewers who have instead migrated to alternative shows such as “One Tree Hill”. So if the new characters aren’t up to much, what about Summer, Seth, Ryan and co? We have so far been treated to a slight glimpse as to what they’ve been up to, but there has been no turbulent story lines yet. It seems as if they’re trying to start over!

Time isn’t on their side though, as a decision on the future of The OC will have to made soon, and according to TheOCBlogger, things aren’t looking good for the troubled series, with it’s first two episodes flopping with the US audience.

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10.11.06 / 4pm
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