- “Welcome to The O.C.
The Oral History” takes viewers inside all four seasons of the Fox drama.
The day was May 18, 2006.

Mischa Barton on ‘The O.C.'.Everett Collection
Millions of viewers were gathered around their televisions to see howThe O.C.was going to wrap up its third season.
Ryan would make it out alive.
But Marissa would not.
- So why didn’t the show open on a funeral?
The Oral History.
Some time and distance was going to be needed to achieve that-in three episodes.
“And that was so horrific.
And, frankly, quite hard to produce.”
In the end, they chose fire instead.
- Welcome to The O.C.
The Oral Historyis out now.