Yes, yes, as much as it embarrasses me, I have to admit that I have now been converted to one of those people who watch The O.C. Man, I used to laugh at the people who watched that particular series. It’s just so…dramatic. They’re all beautiful people who happen to be living in the lap of luxury and yet they manage to entangle themselves into these stupid-ass problems.
But then again, I guess that’s basically the premise of about fifty more series on air out there.
The one thing that made me hate The O.C. so was Mischa Barton. I hate, hate her. It’s nothing personal or anything, I just hate the way she talks. Her voice is so freakishly low that it sounds like it belongs to a man, for creep’s sake. It’s because of her that I didn’t give the show a chance whatsoever. It’s just that whenever she goes on screen, a blanket of darkness drapes over my mind that I am literally forced to switch channels.
From the glimpses that I’ve caught from teasers and the more-than-one accidental channel landings, I figured that the heaviest of all dramas involved her character. Okay, she’s basically the face of the series, but come on. I guess I’m just one of those people who aren’t affected by her charms. It really is the way she speaks, I tell you.
No matter how much I tried to watch it before, I just couldn’t. And when I heard that her character’s been killed off, I actually rejoiced for the series. Still no intention of watching it though.
That all changed when one groggy Sunday morning (after coming back from the Acquaintance Party) that I flopped onto the bed and flipped on the tube for some channel surfing. I caught one of those episodes from the last season, the one where Taylor pretends to be a sleep therapist.
It’s so cliché. It’s so cheesy, almost disgusting. But I was hooked. Boy, am I hooked.
The whole pairing was just so different from the Marissa-Ryan drama saga that I just couldn’t help but like it. It’s so airy, so light, so…fluffy. There’s just something so right about the fact that she’s a motor-mouth who pushes through even though he’s got this huge barricade up.
It’s too bad that it’s the last season of the series though. Just when I converted too. I actually pledged to watch the series from now on. Imagine my devastation when I heard that it’s been cancelled. Bleeh. I blame Mischa Barton for this. Damn her and her character. It actually seemed that the producers and directors were actually trying to get a fresh start on the whole series, because they significantly lightened up on the drama. It actually felt like it was a brand new series all over again.
To make a long story short, I am now one of the series’ fans. I can’t help it. I’m actually so addicted that no matter how tired I am, I actually go to Chen’s house (and impose) to watch it every Thursdays. Pathetic? Not really. Just a Taylor and Ryan fan ^__^.
