And now it's dead. Maybe it was my general bad mood and compromised health, but last night's O.C. finale didn't move me as much as last week's ("The Night Moves") did. No, I think that, even at full strength, I need a higher earned sentiment to contrivance ratio.
Basically, the first 45 minutes were, although intermittently pretty funny, more water to tread. The Ryan-Taylor split was never explained and ultimately led nowhere. The Julie-Bullit-Frank story was slightly better because it led to a true pay-off. The whole Berkeley house thing made me feel awful for that very understanding couple. Does amniotic fluid stain? "This is not the bathroom" was a nice line. The Summer-Seth thing really seemed to come out of nowhere.
I liked the very end, though. I liked Ryan saying goodbye to Seth and to the house. I liked the flashbacks. I liked the flashforwards.
Overall, though, maybe last week's episode was a better series finale?
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