Melodrama Battle Royale!

So, I was up at 1 AM last night and I ran into an old friend on PBS, EastEnders. It had been a long time but the elements taht made me love her orginally were still there. I don't know if it the fact they most of the people look like me (READ: not television attractive), the fact that they have a beer anytime of day, or the fact that the letter "H" doesn't even exsist in speech over in Albert Square, but I just love it for the drama. I caught myself yelling "DAAAAAAAAAM!" over and over again. Which brings me to the ultimate point, can The O.C. stand up to EastEnders in "DAAAAAAM" dept.? Matt, before you go all Matt on me, give EastEnders a chance. Also, Melanie is hot.