I recently watched the first series of the O.C. I thought that a teenage American drama wouldn't be my cup of tea but actually enjoyed it. The story follows a rich boy that has few friends and is socially awkward and his adopted brother from the wrong side of the tracks. Watching both brothers understand the area adnd develop friendships and romances is pretty entertaining. The one bad point about the season is its fast changes in story line. While the fast action does keep viewers engaged, missing one episode can leave viewers confused. Obviously if your interested in American teenage drama's this will be the perfect show to watch, if you like something nore English or are interested in serious dramas look elsewhere.

The O.C. is a hit Television series which charts the lives of families living in America's famed wealthy location, Orange County. It shows the audience a different perspective of the so-called 'American Dream', and instead of portraying what everyone classes as a life full of happiness, perfect sunsets and prosperity; it shows us that everybody can have problems, even if they do lead a life of luxury.
The show is mainly based on the character of Ryan Atwood; a hopeless delinquent from a broken home, who ends up with a second chance when taken into the family, by the self-righteous attorney, Sandy Cohen. We are then introduced to the not so perfect lives of the people living in Orange County's Newport society.
At first it appears to be a place full of very wealthy families, lavish champagne parties, and stuck up trust fund children. But beneath the surface we get to see a side of Newport that makes the O.C. not such a wonderful place after all. At student parties, we see teens taking cocaine, binge drinking, and having casual intercourse with other people from each others schools. Tate Donovan's character, Jimmy Cooper, is eventually revealed to be embezzling money from his client's accounts, and Newport's wealthiest man, Caleb Nichol (played by Alan Dale), is found out to be using illegal tactics to earn his endless income. So from the beginning of the series, the audience is shown that from the younger generation, right up to the older age group in this high society, people still do things that are not necessarily within the law.