season 4 sucked, otherwise the show would still be on. marissa wasn't the drama queen by choice... her parents split, her long term bfriend was cheating on her, then he slept with her mom...her father ran off... but her death was stupid... do you not remember that she and seth were the only ones who invited ryan into their lives, even though for the rest of OC he was just white trash... i am watching/downloading season 1, and it is very cute how ryan felt for her.
and though they had to kill marissa, they should have put some other girl, cos even though taylor is hilarious, seeing her and ryan was just so wrong. people think that coop was not realistic...what about seth and summer? they were so perfect as a copule, they seemed like it's some fairytale.
marissa may have been over troubled but she had big heart, and that is why i liked her. she loved ryan, she always wanted her familly to get back together, she was just gorgeous and damaged.