“Selling the O.C.” has always distinguished itself from its older, cooler sister “Selling Sunset” by being slightly worse in almost every respect: the fashion, the characters, the politics, the drama. In season 3, that continues. The “Love Island”-inspired, Shein-designed outfits, the flatly unpleasant people, the thinly veiled bigotries, and the warmed-over storylines make for an uninspiring season. Still worse, the biggest central stories now seem irrelevant, given how many key characters have left the show since this season filmed.
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'Selling The OC' S3 Is An All-Villain Affair
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'Selling The OC' S3 Is An All-Villain Affair
The vibes are repellant, the romantic leads are just doing it for the screen-time, and no one wants to be there.
May 10, 2024
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