Dawn Atwood
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| Dawn Atwood | |
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| First appearance | Premiere (Episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | The Graduates (Episode 3.25) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Age | Late 30's or early 40's |
| Occupation | Waitress |
| Relationships | Frank Atwood (ex-husband) |
| Children | Ryan Atwood (son) Trey Atwood (son) |
| Episode count | 5 |
| Portrayed by | Daphne Ashbrook |
| Created by | Josh Schwartz |
Dawn Atwood is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., played by Daphne Ashbrook. She is the mother of Ryan Atwood and Trey Atwood. She has a history of alcoholism and of forming relationships with abusive men who also drink. Her husband Frank Atwood is both abusive and an alcoholic. It is not clear if Dawn and Frank are still married or if they ever actually divorced. Dawn is an expert card sharp, and has passed on this knowledge to Ryan.
[edit] Season 1
Dawn first appeared in the pilot episode, where she arrived at a Los Angeles area courthouse to collect Ryan, who had just been released after he and Trey stole a car. Back at their house, Dawn proceeded to argue with Ryan and her then-current boyfriend A.J. about the theft. Eventually, she threw Ryan out of the house. When he returned later with Sandy Cohen, the house was empty. Dawn and A.J. had moved out, and Dawn had only left a note for Ryan. Sandy and Kirsten Cohen hired a private investigator to track her down. When they found her, she seemed geuinely regretful about having abandoned Ryan and returned to the Cohen household to try and repair her relationship with him. However, at a charity casino evening she got drunk again and caused a scene. Realizing she was unable to look after herself, let alone Ryan, she left him with Sandy and Kirsten, knowing they would take better care of him.
[edit] Season 3
Dawn reappeared in the third season, when she had been in trouble with the law for writing bouncing checks. Sandy visited her in jail and got her out and she was supposed to attend Ryan's 18th birthday party. However, she ultimately felt unable to do so and did not show up. Ryan later visited her in Albuquerque, where she was working as a waitress, to invite her to his graduation. When he heard that she had a new boyfriend, Ryan initially feared that this man would be another abusive alcoholic and retracted the invitation. However, after one of Dawn's co-workers explained to him that Dawn's new boyfriend was a recovering alcoholic and that together he and Dawn were staying sober, Ryan relented. In the season finale, Dawn came to Newport to attend Ryan's graduation, and gave him a present of a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV which her new boyfriend had restored. At the end of the episode, the vehicle was destroyed in the car crash caused by Kevin Volchok, which also killed Marissa Cooper.
| THE OC | ||
| EPISODES | CATEGORY | BROADCASTERS | SONGS | WEBSITE | ||
| Primary Characters |
Ryan Atwood | Kirsten Cohen | Sandy Cohen | Seth Cohen Jimmy Cooper | Julie Cooper | Kaitlin Cooper | Marissa Cooper Caleb Nichol | Summer Roberts | Taylor Townsend | Luke Ward |
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| Secondary Characters |
Dawn Atwood | Frank Atwood | Trey Atwood | Taryn Baker | Lance Baldwin Rebecca Bloom | Carter Buckley | Gordon Bullit | Sophie Cohen Theresa Diaz | D.J. | Holly Fischer | Lindsay Gardner | Johnny Harper Alex Kelly | Charlotte Morgan | Hailey Nichol | Neil Roberts | Anna Stern Zach Stevens | Veronica Townsend | Oliver Trask | Kevin Volchok |
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| Places | Newport Beach | Orange County | Chino | Berkeley | Providence | |
| Music | Mix 1 | Mix 2 | Mix 3 | Mix 4 | Mix 5 | Mix 6 | |
| Related | Atomic County | |
| Key Creators | Josh Schwartz | McG | Stephanie Savage | Allan Heinberg | |
