This article contains spoilers for The O.C. So if you haven't started or finished the show, do that first, then pop back and give this a read.
During the early '00s, The O.C. was the biggest teen show on television.
The series introduced us to some of our favourite characters – Seth and Sandy Cohen, Marissa Cooper, Summer Roberts and Ryan Atwood – and made the actors who played them famous.
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It's been 16 years since the fourth and final season aired, but there are plenty of behind-the-scenes tidbits that you probably didn't know about the show.
Here are 12 things you didn't know about The O.C.
1. Mischa Barton wanted to leave the show.
During the season three finale, Mischa Barton's character, Marissa Cooper, was killed in a car crash. Fifteen years later, Barton finally shared the real reason she exited the show.
In an interview with E! News, the actress, now 37, said she experienced bullying on set.