I have started an OC rewatch

I didn't know Doug Liman directed this pilot

iconic

this soundtrack was so good they dropped a Mazzy Star song in the pilot

this plot line hits different now

2004 was actually a century ago

we are ancient

I can't think of anything that says the mid-2000s to me more than puka shells

tweeted too soon

I need to know what Paris Hilton thinks about Inherent Vice

finally a Springsteen reference

Sandy and Kirsten are so horny

there is an Iron & Wine song playing during this scene, so now I'm in a full on nostalgic existential breakdown

This first season was TWENTY-SEVEN (27) episodes long. It didn't have to got that hard.

he was credited as Benjamin the whole first season, but now he is a simple Ben

I have to say now that this show is as old as I was when it first aired I have a different perspective on some of the characters. Sandy is still my fave and I still find Seth annoying, but I have newfound love for Marisa and Kirsten

love Julie and Summer as much as I ever did

Captain Oats, a gentleman

now we've got a Sufjan Stevens song (rudely the lyrics are not represented in the closed captioning)

never thought we'd hit an election cycle where I'm less enthused about a presidential ticket than I was when my first election I was old enough to vote in I had to vote for Kerry/Edwards

Olivia Wilde has entered the picture

still a big fan of this hairdo

Brandon Flowers is an infant here

the closed captions on HBOMax have decided that lyrics don't need to be included (rude!) but this is Mr. Brightside

bisexual icon Marissa Cooper

I'd forgotten they played three whole songs from Hot Fuss

now it's a Modest Mouse show, a band I saw twice in college.

once at the same Not So Silent Night concert that also featured The Killers.

truly few things distill my college experience as precisely as The O.C.