Marissa Cooper dying in The OC is not really the problem ... Trey in the face in the season finale, Episode 24, "The Dearly Beloved". They fight, and Trey is on the verge of killing his brother.

The most memorable moment in O.C. history — for fans and non-fans alike — came at the very end of the second season when Marissa shot ... The fact that "The Dearly Beloved" begins with a ...

this one was ultimately a tribute to the good old days of The OC, and came at a rare time when Ryan and Marissa weren't annoying the hell out of everybody. "The Dearly Beloved" is probably better ...

Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, creator and executive producer of The O.C., have admitted that they regret killing off beloved Marissa Cooper, who was played by actress Mischa Barton.

Mischa Barton portrayed Marissa Cooper in the beloved teen drama ... look at an upcoming episode of their podcast Welcome to the OC, Bitches!, Bilson and Clarke welcome former castmate Mischa ...

Thanks to the fact that Summer and Seth are the light characters, and Ryan mostly just punches people in the face, Marissa of "The OC" is left to embody all of the many traumas of high school.

Kirsten locks herself in a closet! Marissa thinks about eating a latke!), but The OC lampshades the whole situation by having Marissa and Summer engage in a frank conversation about just how ...