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teddyburges t1_j2813ha wrote

Reply to comment by Morganguy in The O.C was TV drama at its best. by wastedpanda420

The entire of season 3 was a trainwreck that you can thank the network for. They were the ones that forced the writers to dial up the drama. They forced them to make Johnny a regular and keep ratcheting up the drama on that one. They turned the Kirsten rehab storyline in to a thriller plot by forcing the writers in to adding that friend that's trying to steel her money (the network felt that audiences wouldn't be interested if it was a simple alcohol addiction plot).

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sgthombre t1_j28wm7w wrote

> They forced them to make Johnny a regular

Literally one of the least interesting characters in the history of television.

Dude needs knee surgery and rather than accept a check from his rich friends to pay for it he fucking buys a gun to rob a liquor store. Holy shit, just the worst.

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teddyburges t1_j28xrv8 wrote

100% agree. It was like a network executive had been watching a episode of 24 and thought the Kim storylines were amazing and was like "wow, this is amazing writing!. She's getting attacked by stalkers, rapists and murderous baby sitters, cougars, all in the span of 24 for hours. How can we bottle that and make a character like that storyline?" and a writer went away and created Johnny based on their feedback.

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