O.C.: the first two discs

before last night i had actually only seen fragments of the first season: the debutante ball, basically. i knew the general plot tho, but its good i saw this. it was really, really weird at first, because life for everyone was really different before Ryan came to Newport. it was summer, and the girls (marissa and Summer (calling her sum now) were spoiled, rich, drunk brats. i understood marissa, a bit, but Sum- was horrible. once ryan gets there, sum and cohen get together, and sum is a bit nicer, and marissa has a friend. but then her parents divorce, and her bf luke's been making out with every girl in Tijuana, and she attempts suicide. it wasnt a really, really good scene- a bit over but overdone- but it worked. i felt like murdering Julie Cooper tho. that lady- tries to keep Ryan away from Marissa (altho he's the only thing keeping her sane) marries seth's grandfather when marissa's dad goes bankrupt- poison.