Teen Drama Series
INTRODUCTION
The O.C is a teen drama show that is about a boy named
Ryan, from the poor part of town and is already starting
to be involved in the crime life. His lawyer named Sandy
Cohen takes him home to live with his family in the rich
part of Newport Beach. Ryan doesn’t know anyone around
that area, until he meets Sandy’s son Seth, and his
neighbors daughter Marissa and develops feelings for
her. Ryan can still manage to get in trouble though.
This teen drama series basically follows the lives of
the Cohens, and the Coopers (Marissa’s family), as they
deal with life in Newport.
SETTING
The show takes place in Newport Beach and it is a sunny, rich beautiful area
with sandy beaches & clear gorgeous water.
The scenes mostly take place at Ryan or Marissa’s house. This setting for the
show tells us that this is a rich area and it sets up a cozy feeling.
CHARACTERS
1)
The main characters you see in the show are as follows:
Ryan
2) Marissa
3)Sandy Cohen 4)Kristen Cohen 5)Seth Cohen
5) Jimmy Cooper 6)Luke Ward
7)Julie Cooper 8)Summer
9)Taylor
RYAN
Ryan is a teen boy who gets in a lot of trouble, in the
poor part of town where he is from. His lawyer Sandy
Cohen brings him to live with his family & try to get
him to be good and to stay out of trouble. He
encounters troubles with boys in the new part of town
& finds “attraction” to the neighbor girl Marissa.
MARISSA
Marissa is a rich girl that lives next door to
the Cohen’s and she becomes friends and
develops feelings for Ryan. She has a
boyfriend and he doesn’t like the fact that
her and Ryan hang out all the time. She is
a good girl and doesn’t like to be in
trouble, but when Ryan doesn’t like living
with the Cohens her devil shines through
to help him stay around.
SANDY COHEN
Sandy is a lawyer who takes Ryan home to live
with him and hopefully change him for the better.
His wife doesn’t like the fact that he is bringing
home “strays” to live with them.
ISSUES & VIEWS
This show has many issues throughout, and it is after all a teen show, there
comes many problems such as love, friend issues, and parental stuff.
Google says that the show had at 700,000 signatures to keep it on.
I think that is a pretty good rating considering that it is a teen show.
COMPARISON
I would compare this show to One Tree Hill, because it is basically the same
thing. One Tree Hill is another teen drama which had almost the same story
line. One Tree Hill has more ratings though and more viewers. It’s like
Degrassi.