Season finale. Kirsten finds her father’s secret: he was embezzling from his own company. The adult betrayal mirrors the teen chaos.
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Tip: Watch with original English audio for the best music cues, but the Spanish dubbing (done in Mexico City) is notably high-quality for dramatic scenes. The OC - Temporada 1
You cannot discuss The OC - Temporada 1 without discussing the music. Before The OC, TV shows used generic rock or pop. After The OC, every show wanted a "sad indie montage."
Music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas (who later did Grey’s Anatomy and Twilight) turned the show into a discovery engine. Season finale
Season 1 introduced millions of teenagers to bands like Death Cab for Cutie, The Dandy Warhols, and Rooney. The four official soundtrack albums sold millions of copies. You couldn’t walk into a Hot Topic in 2004 without seeing an OC mix CD.
You cannot discuss Season 1 without its music. Music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas (Grey’s Anatomy, Twilight) turned the show into a tastemaker. Every episode ended with a “montage” set to indie rock: Phantom Planet’s “California” (the theme song), Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” (Ryan & Marissa’s sad goodbye), Joseph Arthur’s “In the Sun” (Seth sailing away), and South’s “Paint the Silence.” The show single-handedly boosted careers of bands like The Killers, Rooney, and Death Cab for Cutie. As of this writing:
Visually, the show was sun-drenched but blue-tinted—a California of endless pool parties, morning commutes in convertibles, and the melancholy of a lonely beach at dawn.
The show launched the careers of bands like The Killers ("Smile Like You Mean It" appears later) and revived interest in alternative rock.