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Features: DVD, Widescreen, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Senior year. Prom. Graduation. College visits. Old friends. New problems. And plenty of Korean popstars. Ryan's savior complex becomes a recipe for disaster. Seth and Summer's relationship hits the rocks thanks to Seth's compulsion to edit the truth. As Kirsten attempts to put her life back together, Sandy assumes leadership of the Newport Group and finds himself the heir-apparent to Caleb Nichol's legacy of scandal. Marissa spirals out of control after little sis Kaitlin - a Julie Cooper in the making - returns home to stir the pot. And speaking of Julie Cooper, she's cast out of her Palace - into the slums of The O.C. No sign of senioritis here. All 25 episodes lead to the most schocking season finale yet. With humor, heart, great music and all the teen angst you could hope for (and more), see why "The O.C. has become the John Hughes movie of the 2000s" (PopMatters).
"...it doesn't star Tori Spelling. That alone makes it better than 90210." Scott Weinberg, DVD Talk
"It has secrets, backstabbing, love triangles, and conflict, everything a good soap needs." Shawn McKenzie, Entertain Your Brain!
"The mesh of adolescent and mature drama is perfect." Techtite's TV Reviews
Editor's Note
With its debut in 2003, THE O.C. quickly became the most popular night-time soap since BEVERLY HILLS, 90210. Captivating audiences with its fresh dialogue, clever wit, steamy storylines, and the mesmerizing power of Peter Gallagher's eyebrows, the series became a trendsetting force in terms of popular fashion and music tastes among young viewers. When the third season begins, characters are left to deal with the aftermath of the previous year's events. While Kirsten makes friends in rehab and thinks over when she'll be ready to return home, Sandy shields her from all the drama going on back in the O.C. Still having to explain her role in Trey's shooting, Marissa finds herself in the middle of police accusations and harsh judgment from the Harbor High parent council. Meanwhile, Ryan is encountering the same treatment. As Seth, Summer, and Sandy try to get Ryan and Marissa back into Harbor, several things get in the way, and it looks like Marissa may be leaving her Chanel purses behind for the tough world of public school. In this season, each character must carry his or her fair share of baggage, including formerly saint-like Sandy, who while negotiating some sticky business deals, gets in over his head, and risks what he thought was a rock-solid marriage. As the season progresses, there are college decisions to make, with the gang having to decide whether to stick together or split up. Loyalties are tested, bonds broken, new connections made, and in the final episode of the season, a central character's life is lost.
| Features | Pass The Remote: Scene Surfing Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Featurettes: The Making Of The Subways' Music Video, What's In A Name? & From Script To Screen - The Party Favor | | Gag Reel | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 1089 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 76230 | | UPC: 00012569762305 | | Number of Discs: 7 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.77:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's something guiltily addictive about this modern day 90210." 12/01/2006 p.197The Flick Filosopher 7 of 10
So far, no gorgeous amnesiac who just blew back into town has turned out to be someone's long-lost spouse/child/evil twin, but there's little else that could make this hit Fox series any sudsier than it already is...The idea is supposed to be that Newport Beach society is just as much a jungle as the working-poor life he knew before, where his low-class mom let her live-in boyfriend beat up on Ryan, but that'd be laughable if only this weren't yet another in a long line of aren't-you-glad-you-aren't-rich anti-wish-fulfillment dramas that invites its audience to sneak an illicit peek at the life of the impossibly wealthy while also suggesting that there's no way you'd want to live it. - MaryAnn Johanson
DVD Verdict 9 of 10
There's more to The O.C. than meets the eye; for all of its supposed soap opera trappings, it actually manages to transcend that genre and function at a higher level. That could be because we now live in an age of irony, meaning that the show is self-aware - it mocks convention as regularly as it embraces it (a running gag involving one character's obsession with a show called The Valley drives this home). It might just be the least guilty Guilty Pleasure on television; although some moments of the show are designed with the Guilty Pleasure mentality in mind, it never allows itself to devolve into self-parody or camp - there's enough sincerity throughout to keep everyone involved honest. - Patrick Bromley
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