autumn reeser

(S04E01) The OC is back with a vengeance... big time. After what I think most considered to be a lackluster third season, I think both die-hard and casual fans are going to be impressed with what this show still has to offer. We pick up five months after the death of Marissa Cooper and everyone, especially Julie and Ryan, has had to adjust their lives in the wake of her passing. Corny as it sounds, nothing is going to be the same.

This show has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. I didn't watch it during the first season though. I waited for the DVD. Needless to say I was glued to the TV set for a whole weekend once I got it. Let me go on record as saying that the first season of The OC is one of the best seasons of television I've ever watched. That first season? Yeah, it's that good. Then came the sophomore slump. Not bad but not great. Then last season? A stinker? A bomb? I could be harsher, but the general consensus seemed to be that season three wasn't all that good. At least I didn't think so. To top it off, Mischa Barton killed the finale for die-hard fans when she blabbed about Marissa's death days before the episode aired. Frankly, that didn't bug me and I was glad to see the demise of the ever-moody Cooper sister. So going into this season, I don't think expectations are too high, especially since FOX has only ordered 16 episodes as of right now. Well let me cut to the chase and dash away all The OC naysayers. I've screened the first four episodes of the new season and they are impressive.

Veronica Mars isn't the only one that's heating up the pages of this month's Maxim. My roommate almost dropped his remote when he saw these sexy pics of  Autumn Reeser, who plays Taylor Townsend on The O.C., in black bra and panties. On the show, she's a control freak/goody goody, but in real life -- she's just a super hot girl who dreams of one day having a Man Wing in her own home. It's not too much of a suprise that Autumn is a hottie. (Those dorky capri pants and pink cardigans can only hide so much.) But I'm just hoping that we see more of this side of her on The O.C. I always thought that she gave up on Seth too easily, and I remember her once "threatening" to pleasure Seth for hours with tube socks and hot wax. As horribly cliche as it would be, I really would have like to see Dominatrix Taylor reveal herself. I think Seth would be into it.