The Oc - Season 1 ((full)) -

Season 1 Overview

The OC - Season 1: How a Teen Soap Opera From 2003 Changed Television Forever

The Cast:

Ben McKenzie was actually 25 when he started playing 16-year-old Ryan Instagram .

Julie Cooper (Melinda Clarke):

The villain you couldn't hate. Julie was a social climber, a manipulator, and a master of psychological warfare. But Clarke played her with such sharp wit and desperate vulnerability that you rooted for her even as she tried to destroy her own daughter’s life. Her line "Who are you?" / "Whoever you need me to be" is Season 1 perfection. The OC - Season 1