Fans of The O.C. spent the summer counting down the days until their beloved teen drama returned to their air for its third season. With the show back in full swing after its season premiere earlier this month, O.C. fans may soon be counting down the days until the show is done forever.

Adam Brody, who plays Seth Cohen on the show, and most of the other principle actors signed six-year contracts when the show started in 2003. Since the O.C. has given these actors many opportunities in film, they may bolt once their contracts run up.

“We all have six year contracts, so there’s at least that. Then who knows,” Brody told andPOP in an interview last week at the Star! Schmooze party.

Brody was in Toronto promoting “Thank You for Smoking” as part of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Brody was careful with his words, but when asked if he could see The O.C. lasting beyond his contract, he paused. He raised his eye brows and put his lips together.

“Umm,” he said, “I don’t know. I’d have to see when we get there. That’s something that’s unanswerable right now.”

Brody may be the actor benefiting most from the success of the show. Earlier this year, he had a part in the blockbuster “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” He will be starring opposite Meg Ryan in “In the Land of Woman,” due out next summer.

He’s also made a difference on pop culture, whether he admits it or not. When Seth displayed a Death Cab for Cutie poster on his wall, the band woke up the next morning with an enlarged fan base.

Brody shrugs off his impact on the band’s success, even though a search of his name and the band’s name together brings up over 11,000 results on Google.

“I don’t think I had anything to do with it,” he said. “Maybe it has like half a percentage to do with the show. Indie music in general has become not even indie music anymore, but in a good way.”

Brody is now back at work on The O.C. Only a handful of episodes for the third season have been filmed so far.

“4000 things are going to happen in the next few months,” he promises, “and I can’t even begin to speculate (what those are).”