THE OC DISCUSSION CONTINUES

Alright before I go see the Slits(you know the band with Ari Up) I owe the OC report.
So after much confusion and no promos, The OC had a two night special.(which also led to a confusing comment from J Lee on myspace.) I thought they just did some weird we are skipping episode 2, which pissed me off as I tried to catch it So in my confusion I eventually had to torrent ep. 2.
Ryan is pissed off, brooding, and looking more and more like he's almost 30 in every episode. Julie is depressed and banging hot, sounds like THEY should get it on.(Oh wait Julie already fucked one of Marissa's old boyfriends. so they can't do that again.) But, wait Caitlyn has a problem. A shoplifting problem. Just like Marissa.(So maybe Ryan should just put Julie out of her misery.)
Caitlyn also has another problem. She's saddled with the two lamest characters in television since Will & Grace, Luke's twin brothers. I want all of the peeps to just think about the interesting characters pissed away by this program. Anna, Sadie, Trey, Ryan's mom, Lindsay, Zack, Luke, Alex, Alex's lesbian lover(Emanuelle Chiriqui is the actresses name, dont know the characters.), and of course Oliver. With characters like those you have infinitely more interesting things to build with. Here's the only reason I miss Mischa Barton, because there is no hope that Oliver can't come back and fucking terrorize her character.(His work on the OC made his slaugther and abuse in Chainsaw the Beginning all the more awesome.) We all know I want Anna as a regular, but they have had WAY more interesting characters on the show than the ones they almost seem to be stuck with. They should take a page from Rebelde(aka the Spanish OC) and keep the good new characters that they build as the show progresses and then balance them old ones you love. The best example of this is Cheers which only started to actually be good ONCE they added Woody. And then they added Frasier. And then you got Lillith. And so on.
Summer as hippie is interesting, but it's certainly hurting Rachel Bilson's position as the one who was carrying of show. Her good lines are gone, and now we can't even admire how good she looks in bright colors or her ample rack anymore. Official boo there.
And all this switching between OC and RI is annoying. They totally should've just done the cliched 90210, we all go to the same university storyline. At least, then characters could *gasp!* interact. Didn't Seth used to have good dialogue? Doesn't Taylor Townsend look hot on Stuff this month. Wasn't her character better in doses, rather than having to try and chew scenery in every tableaux.
Of course Sandy and Kirsten were both excellent, but the program is always better served when Sandy has some type of major storyline to participate in. But, that can
I'll admit the episodes were fun to watch, but then again so was OC season 2 at times.(Which we all know I try and forget in the OC storyline continuum.) I don't know why the show is limping so, but here's the answer... Bring back Anna. Ok not really, but it would keep me more interested.