'The O.C.' Turns 20: How Seth Cohen Ruined a Generation of Women

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/EverettTwenty years ago, I was 18, freshly graduated from high school, and had long forced my friends into watching movies and TV shows together, whether it was Y Tu Mama Tambien or Degrassi: The Next Generation. On one fateful night, crammed in my friend Caitlin’s parents’ basement, I made everyone watch the premiere episode of The O.C., Fox’s new teen drama about a teen boy (Benjamin McKenzie’s Ryan Atwood) who ends up under the wing of the

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