We love you Summer: Rip The OC

OC Finale Spoiler alert

Seth let Summer go... and she came back to him. The greatest love story of all time ended with the perfect wedding. And no, scarily, I'm not being sarcastic.

In Australia we had the last 2 episodes back to back... the earthquake episode was a bit weak, but I thought the finale was pretty good. The full-circle thing with Ryan reaching out to a troubled kid was a nice touch.

There were some crappy elements, but overall The OC remains the best teen drama since 90210. First season Dawson's Creek was pretty good, but you can't beat beautiful but troubled californians for classic television. Summer, Seth and Sandy were all awesome characters. Caitlin was shaping up into a pretty cool character, and of course Julie had her charms. Obviously Kirsten and Marissa sucked. But the most interesting aspect is that after, what, 4 seasons I still can't remember the name of the actor who played Ryan. Like the character, he has totally flown under the radar and left basically no impression.

Heroes

Only two episodes in (in Australia), and I am hoping Heroes can keep it up... loving it so far.

In a hard-to-put-my-finger-on kind of way it feels very emblematic of 'now' - which means that it may not last, but that it will hopefully have an awesome Season One (and if I'm lucky a pretty good Series Two).

And in the meantime the show appears to have created a folk-hero in Hiro - see interview here.