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The idealist. A liberal Jewish lawyer trapped in a world of conservative WASP wealth. He was the ultimate TV dad: flawed, funny, and emotionally available. His bromance with Ryan is one of the purest relationships ever written. When Sandy tells Ryan, "You don't have to earn it," regarding the Cohens' love, it’s a gut-punch of genuine emotion.
– Ryan and Marissa run away to a motel in Tijuana. It’s romantic, naive, and ends in a violent confrontation with a local thug. It’s the moment the show stopped being a comedy-drama and became a genuine thriller. The OC - Season 1
In the autumn of 2003, the television landscape was dominated by reality dating shows, forensic procedurals, and the lingering echoes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Then, from the mind of first-time creator Josh Schwartz, came a show that nobody expected to work: a glossy, hyper-articulate drama about a troubled teen from the wrong side of the tracks who gets adopted by a wealthy public defender and his family in the gated community of Newport Beach, California. The idealist
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