She shouldnt of died in season 3 i didnt like season 4 it wasn't as interesting as when marissa was there... And season 1 finale was seth sailing away and ryan going back to chino and season 2 finale was when trey tried to rape marissa and ryan found out and so it lead to marissa shooting trey and season three was when volchuck caused ryan to drive off the cliff and marissa died and season 4 was the earthquake thing... i still dont think the show should have ended :(