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DVD The O.C. - The Complete Second Season
The drama was poured on aplenty in the second season of The O.C., as the sun-dappled denizens of Orange County found their lives massively upended and then some. At the end of the first season, the Cohen household had been reduced to two--parents Sandy and Kirsten (Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan)--as the boys had flown the coop, moody Ryan (Benjamin McKenzie) back to Chino and goofy Seth (Adam Brody) for the wide expanse of the Pacific (somehow ending up in Portland, Oregon). Once the prodigal sons returned home, thanks to a lot of persuading, both tried to mend relationships with their former girlfriends, Marissa (Mischa Barton) and Summer (Rachel Bilson). While friendships were solidified, everyone was dating someone else: Seth was with sultry club manager Alex (Olivia Wilde), Summer with sensitive polo jock Zach (Michael Cassidy), Ryan with smart girl Lindsay (Shannon Lucio), and Marissa with her family's pool guy and a bottle of vodka.
That's just the first half of this year of The O.C., and we haven't even gotten to the adults yet. Both Sandy and Kirsten found themselves tempted away by more-than-willing suitors, and wicked Julie (Melinda Clarke), Marissa's mom, cheated on new husband Caleb (Alan Dale) with ex-husband Jimmy (Tate Donovan). An extremely tangled web was woven, one from which the show almost didn't recover: the Lindsay storyline started out strong but went nowhere, Sandy's ex-girlfriend (Kim Delaney) was a bit of a bore, and the same-sex relationship between Marissa and Alex never really gelled. All seemed like sure-fire character additions, but it was the later peripheral characters, including Billy Campbell as a magazine editor smitten with Kirsten and the menacing yet sexy Logan Marshall-Green as Ryan's ex-con brother, who injected The O.C. with energy, and helped steer the show back on course. Brody, who became the show's de facto poster boy, got to show off his comedic talents with the wonderful Bilson (who rode the Zach-Seth-Summer romantic triangle most smoothly), and the heretofore sullen McKenzie got to lighten up quite a bit, until the show's violent yet effective season finale.
Forsaking a good amount of its comedy for drama, The O.C. got a little too seriously soapy, but its characters were so compelling you couldn't stop watching--even waiflike Marissa grew some edges. Clarke's scheming Julie was a constant pleasure to watch, and Rowan turned Kirsten's late-season downturn into a steely yet heartfelt portrayal. Despite the bumps, The O.C. remained one of the most exciting shows to look forward to week after week, a soap with smarts thanks to its fresh dialogue, gifted cast, and careening plot arcs. --Mark Englehart
Review(s): DVD The O.C. - The Complete Second Season
A Solid Show
Great To Watch and very addictive. This season wasn't as good as the first but the girls are hot and it's solid entertainment.
Season two delivers more fun and more twists!
If you loved the first one then you'll most likely want more! The show is incredibly addicting, because it's so well done, fun dramatic writing and acting. What's different with this season compared to the last one? The actors have grown more into their characters, before it had made more teen angst; this one has more adult angst. Sandy and Kirsten are by far still the central unit in The O.C., but even they begin to have some obstacles and troubles thrown into their rock solid relationship. Kelly Rowan "Kirsten" does some of her most finest acting work for the show in this season, taking her character to dramatic heights noteworthy of critical appraisal. Ryan ended the second half of the first season by becoming a little too meddling into everyone's affairs, and making bad relationship choices, but he then slowly gains a little bit of your trust on him again in the second season, by taking it down a notch. Seth was once the most entertaining one has now become a little on the annoying side in this season. You want him to stop rambling and back away, let the other characters shine. Marissa's character actually gets better in season two; she becomes much edgier, a little more self aware and much cooler. You get the feeling she is completely in tune with what's really up with everybody. The gay rights activists should applaud "The O.C." and Mischa Barton for crossing the gay line to a huge teen audience in a positive way. Julie was the ultimate villain in season one, now you almost feel like maybe she doesn't mean to be so bad, and actually does have heart, but then you hesitate to make that assumption, she teeters on that fine line of being good and being bad, making it all the more fun to watch! This season is darker, more drama, more twists, and more added characters to complicate matters, a definite must see if you enjoyed the first season.
Dissapointing second season with some good moments
Overall I found the season to be a big bore. I am not a hugh fan and season 1 was pretty good but not great but I had to watch this season and will continue to watch the other season's. The season started good but went downhill fast becouse nothing happend you can miss all season adn it will be right were you left off. There are good moments like the last few episodes were really good. Overall not a great second season.
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