Premiere

Episode aired Aug 5, 2003
TV-PG
45m

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8.8/10

1.8K

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Comedy Drama Romance

A troubled teen boy's life is forever changed when, upon landing in jail for a crime his brother committed, a public defender from Orange County, California decides to take him into his home... Read allA troubled teen boy's life is forever changed when, upon landing in jail for a crime his brother committed, a public defender from Orange County, California decides to take him into his home.A troubled teen boy's life is forever changed when, upon landing in jail for a crime his brother committed, a public defender from Orange County, California decides to take him into his home.

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10fedesle

PERFETTO

Bellissimo pilot per descrivere la generazione 2000.

9Jerique

"Come On...Let's Go."

In the final words of the episode, Sandy opts to take Ryan back home. If anyone out there listened to the audio commentary, Josh Schwartz says The Pilot is actually more so a 3-part. Ryan isn't actually adopted by the Cohens till The Gamble (1.03).

It's really an emotional beginning to a quality show. Young stars are brought up behind established well-known talent of Peter Gallagher, while the young talent that is partly known such as Mischa Barton rises higher in the fame charts.

The O.C. starts off with a bang and really develops the principle characters well early on. Marissa does a lot of drinking which could foreshadow a lot of trouble ahead, Ryan's background foreshadows his challenge to overcome who his family is, Jimmy's got some dark secrets and Seth needs a good friend.

It's really a great opening episode to a great show and it has you on your heels and toes the entire 43 minutes. California...here we come!

Trivia
At 26, Josh Schwartz was one of the youngest people in network history to create a series and become its showrunner.

Goofs
Unless all of the characters were held back a year in school, their ages do not match their grade. In the first season, Marissa says she is 16 and her mother says Marissa was born in 1988, even though she is an incoming Sophomore, and should only be 15. This is also evident in the fact that Luke, Summer, and Marissa can all drive cars with no legal drivers.