Walking In Clouds

I can't believe it...! I've just watched the last episode of The O.C. - and I totally can't believe that it's the end of this!

It was nice to watch O.C. It wasn't so much complicated and sure, there was a lot of drama (well - maybe even more than "a lot" if you come to think about it. Hey, every season ended with a thunder/earthquake - not literally, at least not until recently - /end of the world!) but there was much more fun and humor. All that Seth's comments, Summer's attitude, than Taylor's, all Julie's stuff... And yes, I'm some kind of esthetically sensible person, and I can't say that it was bad-looking show - hell no. Marissa was a pretty girl with a great sense of fashion, same as Julie and Summer and Kirsten - hey, it was Newport! Plus lovely Ryan (I have a thing for blond guys I guess). Yes, it was definitely a good-looking show. So I liked it. It was like watching some sort of a fairytale, with rich people, good looking people, whose only problem was what to wear for the next party, yet they all had some problems (real life sucks, huh?) - Marissa's and Kirsten's alcoholism, Seth's education's problems, the whole Ryan-bad-boy storyline. A bit like modern Beverly Hills 90210 (not that I've watched this - I guess I was a bit too young at the time).

So, getting to the last episode - I was touched. Really. I wasn't a big fan of The Fourth-Season O.C - seriously, is it the same show without Marissa and her problems (es. with Ryan...)? Well, I guess that it wasn't really so bad. Taylor was awesome - that girl talks even faster than I, just like she had some sort of a machine in her, and that was really funny. Kaitlin is not so bad I guess, but hey - I preferred the eldest ms. Cooper. And those gays living in the old Cohen's house - it was priceless, those two guys rocked! But I have to admit that I was crying at that episode. First - when Summer gave Julie the necklace with Marissa's photo. And I was crying at the end - when Ryan was saying goodbye to the house. God, it was sad! His memories of those first days, and the emptiness of the rooms - it really bring tears to my eyes. And that scene from the first episode with Marissa watching Ryan leaving Newport with Sandy - oh, come on! And those little scenes set into the future - nice, but it didn't really touched me so much. I loved Sandy teaching, guy knows his stuff:) Julie graduating - yay Julie, you was always my favorite! Kaitlin was OK, and the marriage of Seth and Summer - well, I'm sorry, I'm not buying that. But I was touched when Ryan walked to his car with plans in one hand (an architect...? Yay!) and he looked at that kid and saw himself. It was... well, cute.

I have to admit that I was touched. And I cried, even when usually I don't do it (I hate crying in fact). And it's kind of hard to believe that it's the end of The O.C., but again - it's better to end it this way, than to pull it for another five seasons without a plan and just "because people liked it... some time ago". Actually, I'm sad but I'm happy. At least it had ended with honor.

And there is one more thing that bugs me - Julie. Look how much her character has changed. At firs she was - well, Julie Cooper, glamorous and alluring woman of Newport, for which her social position was the most important thing in the world - with newest shoes from Manolo Blahnik and new manicure. Then she was Kirsten's stepmother (she married Caleb, so... yeah. Mrs Julie Cooper - Nichol) and businesswoman with her own magazine and everything, and now she just graduated from a college... And that's what's called a metamorphose! :)