"The O.C." The End's Not Near, It's Here (2007)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Ian Toynton

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (creator) and
Josh Schwartz (writer)

TV Series:

"The O.C." (2003)

Original Air Date:

22 February 2007 (Season 4, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Six months after the trauma of the Newport earthquake, Ryan and the rest of the Cohens struggle with...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Couple | Loss Of Home | Pregnancy | Rekindled Romance | Graduation

Cast

Peter Gallagher	...	Sandy Cohen
Kelly Rowan	...	Kirsten Cohen
Ben McKenzie	...	Ryan Atwood
Adam Brody	...	Seth Cohen
Melinda Clarke	...	Julie Cooper
Rachel Bilson	...	Summer Roberts
Autumn Reeser	...	Taylor Townsend
Willa Holland	...	Kaitlin Cooper
Kevin Sorbo	...	Frank Atwood
Gary Grubbs	...	Gordon Bullit
Brandon Quinn	...	Spencer Bullit
Todd Sherry	...	Todd
Jim Pirri	...	Patrick
Daniel Graves	...	Justice of the Peace
David Paluck	...	Inspector

Runtime:

43 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Trivia:

Several details in the final montage indicate that Seth and Summer have a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, including the canopy (chuppah) under which they get married, the yarmulkes that Seth and Ryan both wear, and the glass that Seth steps on at the end of the vows.

Goofs:

Continuity: Ryan's Jeep Wrangler got destroyed in ep. 4.14 - during the earthquake the huge concrete lamp fell on it while Seth and Summer were escaping. In this episode, Ryan used it in few scenes.

Quotes:

Seth: I've been doing some checking-up on your new roommate. His favorite book and movie are Da Vinci Code. He's no me.
Ryan: You say that like it's a bad thing.
Seth: At least I leave you funnier than when I found you.
Ryan: I'm a lot better off than when you found me.
Seth: Me too.

Movie Connections:

References The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Soundtrack:

Life is a Song

Not an amazing series finale... but they did try!

The thing that mostly bothered me about the series finale was the fact that we'll never get to find out for sure if the child Theresa gave birth to is Ryan's or Eddie's. Sure enough Theresa said flat out to Ryan that it wasn't his baby, but she lied about having a baby at all at first, so this could've been another lie as well because she didn't want Ryan to leave his happy life in Newport now that he had a family and all.

The series finale was far from amazing but I think they gave it the best they could, having to write an end to the series much earlier than expected. Anyways, the series finale still gets a 9 out of 10 from me because it has been my favourite show since it aired for the first time.