The O.C. (TV Series) The End of Innocence (2005) User Reviews

Kirsten is back, Taylor works her magic and Ryan and Marissa have a magic moment of their own.

[aura772 · 9/10 · 22 March 2008]

Jimmy must once more make the difficult decision to leave or stay with his family; Kirsten returns to the Cohen household while Charlotte has to leave her house; Marissa and Ryan face a possible separation; Taylor lords over the school musical and makes Summer and Seth her stooges.

Sandy tells Ryan he's not allowed to see Marissa for now, which was, maybe the first time Sandy acts like Ryan's father.

It seems that now Marissa and Julie have to get along together, because they only have each other.

Seth covered up for Summer in front of the dean and he got two months detention. He really is maturing. And at the family reunion, it was Seth that carried the groceries Kirsten brought. Usually Ryan does the caring.

The End of Innocence (#3.3)

[ComedyFan2010 · 6/10 · 17 September 2014]

Sandy doesn't want Ryan to see Marissa anymore, Julie and Jimmy want to get married and move to Hawaii with Marissa and she wants to come as she wants to keep the family together. But it doesn't work out since Caleb was broke so Jimmy can't return money to his client, gets beat up and decides to move out of the city instead. Kirsten comes back home and Seth gets two months detention while saving Summer from it.

It seems the writers have given up. They think people are so into the show now that they don't have to try. I have said before that the whole alcoholism story was ridiculous. So was the motel scene in this episode and who the hell was even that woman Kirsten was with and what were her intentions. She seemed to have some "evil intentions" but those never got explained.

The whole thing between Jimmy and Julie was dumb too. Why would he leave, they were leaving together anyways, it is not like staying with her he would have to stay in OC. And it seems out of character for him not to say anything to her. Nor does Marissa make sense, when your dad's face is all beaten up you don't be a little selfish baby. Oh it is soooo hard for her, poor little spoiled brat. In a way it looks like a nice revenge from Jimmy to Julie, as she left him because of lack of money before as well.

Is this the start of The OC's downward spiral?

[jennybower · 2/10 · 18 September 2022]

The two worst additions to the show: the Dean of Discipline and Taylor Townsend. This honestly feels like where the show took a downward spiral and never recovered. Why did the writers feel the need to make these characters and plot lines even more unrealistic (and campy)? In my devoted opinion: don't even bother watching seasons 3 and 4. It feels like a complete180 from the first two seasons. Seasons 1 and 2 were complicated, to say the least. But they were at least very lovely, more realistic, and not cheesy and campy. Such a disappointment because I'm such a huge fan of the show's original story lines.