So long to THE O.C., bitch!

One of the few shows I followed (semi)regularly ended it's relatively brief run tonight. THE O.C. was not only great soapy drama, but very funny, often very real, and will hold the unique distinction of paralleling/defining a very particular era of my life. It's bittersweet to see it go.

I enjoyed the final show. Not TOO This Is Our Final Episode Ever melodramatic. It was very well done, juxtaposing the present with the very first episode via flashbacks. It's funny...before they even showed it, I vividly recalled one scene...and then, there it was -- Ryan looking out the passenger side window of Sandy's car as Marissa stood on the sidewalk, draped in blinding, end-of-day California sunlight. It was such a great scene in a purely visual sense. Super brief, but super evocative -- missed opportunity/youth/promise/California all rolled into one. Ahhh. So great. I shall miss you, Cohens, Coopers, and Atwoods. I'd like to live my OWN soapy CA drama.