THE O.C. creator out of ideas

THE O.C. creator Josh Schwartz apparently doesn’t know where to take the show after next season when all the leads should be leaving for college. (Actually, shouldn’t they be leaving for college at the end of THIS season?). Here’s what Schwartz told contactmusic.com:

I think we’ve got at least one more good year in us, so we’re going to do some pretty radical stuff at the end of this year. The season finale is going to be the craziest thing we’ve ever done and it will launch the show in a whole new direction next year. So I’m excited about next season. And then beyond, I don’t know. We’ll see.”

As anyone who’s been watching THE O.C. since Season Two can attest, Schwartz has been painfully out of ideas for quite some time. Fortunately for him, he really doesn’t need to worry about it, because I don’t think the show has a snowballs chance in hell of staying on after four seasons. But, any O.C. news is a good excuse to post Rachel Bilson photos, so here you go…