Seth is a half Jewish 17-year-old who lives in Newport Beach in Orange County (O.C.), California. Seth is a very comical and sarcastic character on the show. He is the son of Sandy Cohen and of Kirsten Cohen. He was befriended at the start of the series by Ryan Atwood and has enjoyed a rise in popularity.
GIRLFRIENDS:
Anna Stern was Seth's first girlfriend, who he met during a school dance. They started dating after Seth deciding in her favour during a contest for his affection between her and Summer Roberts. Unfortunately their relationship was short lived as they broke up when Seth made it obvious that he truly wanted Summer instead and had made the wrong choice.
Summer Roberts was a girl Seth had held affection for a long time before they dated, although Summer only realized she loved him more recently. Their relationship has had its high and low points, most obviously when Seth abandoned Summer at the end of Season One when he sailed away on the Summer Breeze (a boat named after Summer), or by the fact that they lost their virginities to each other. The two also having matching toy horses, called Captain Oates and Princess Sparkle, which help to endear the pair to television audiences.
Alex Kelly worked in a club in Newport Beach, had divorced her parents and rented her own flat. She portrayed a tough image, which made Seth believe she was out of his league. Alex, however, found Seth's innocence appealing and the pair started dating shortly after he got a job working in the same club as her. The relation was short lived however. Alex, who was bisexual, dumped Seth for Marissa Cooper.
MISC:
At the end of the first season Seth, apparently feeling depressed after Ryan Atwood decides to return to Chino, left Newport Beach on a sailboat. In the second season premiere, it was revealed that after sailing to Santa Barbara, he apparently ran out of Twinkies, freaked out, sold his catamaran, and took a Greyhound to Luke's house in Portland where he stayed during the summer until Ryan convinced him to go home to Newport.
Seth Cohen is prime time television's poster boy for Indie music. The hipster reference doesn't end there, though. The "Seth Cohen Starter Kit", which contains The Goonies DVD, a copy of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and albums by Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, and The Shins, says a lot about his tastes and pop culture sensibilities. He likens his friendship with Ryan to Kavalier and Clay. He's also a big geek for comic books, citing Brian Michael Bendis as one of the greatest comic book writers of all time.
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