[ SECRET POST #5186 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5186 ⌋

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[fscom]

07. https://i.imgur.com/iAa64ts.png

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it was!

Some of the teen shows of that era had legitimately good eps and plots early on. The fact that most descended into ridiculousness does not change that.

[meadowphoenix]

i feel like the tv critics agree that the entire first season was amazing because it was a comedy soap and did that very well. and then went off the rails.

[(Anonymous)]

OP - The thing is, I'm not generally a fan of soapy shows and therefore I actually don't consider most of S1 "good" in the strictest sense. Like, I can agree it was succeeding at being the show it was trying to be (and I did enjoy it at the time), but as an adult I can't handle the soapiness of most of it. The first seven episodes manage to cling to the edge of something resembling a quality narrative, IMO, but after that it goes downhill precipitously for me.

But I can still go back and watch the first episode, and even with my snooty adult taste in television, I think it's good. Like, the entire stretch from when Sandy and Ryan leave to drive back to Chino and Ryan sees Marissa in the driveway waiting for Luke, to the end of the episode where Sandy finds Ryan standing in the abandoned house and there's just nothing he can say but "Come on, let's go" is gorgeously executed television, IMO.

[(Anonymous)]

Why do all the actors in these teen shows look so bland?

[(Anonymous)]

I agree they look bland in that picture. I disagree they looked bland on the show. The OC actually cast actors with a lot of character to them, IMO. Official promo images just always look horrid and soulless.

[(Anonymous)]

My embarrassing OC secret was that I only watched it for the parents. Sandy & Kirsten were my jam.

I mean... who watches a teen show for the adult characters?