The show revolves around two upper-class families in the
southern California city of Newport Beach, in Orange County.
The story follows Ryan Atwood, a troubled teenage boy
from a dysfunctional family in Chino, California, who
is transplanted to a high-class society focused on wealth
and reputations. He is taken in under the care of Sandy
Cohen, a successful lawyer who himself rose from humble
roots; and his wife Kirsten, daughter of enormously-wealthy
Orange County real estate mogul, Caleb Nichol. Ryan becomes
good friends with the Cohens' geeky misfit son Seth, and
falls in love with beautiful girl next door, Marissa Cooper.
Unlike other family-friendly teen shows, The O.C. takes
on the gritty issues of the rich and wealthy in soap-opera
style. As Seth remarks to Ryan as they enter an extravagant
Newport party, "Welcome to the dark side."
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