One Tree Hill (TV series)
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| File:OTH Title Sequence.jpg The Title Screen of One Tree Hill | |
| Created by | Mark Schwahn |
| Starring | Chad Michael Murray James Lafferty Hilarie Burton Bethany Joy Galeotti Sophia Bush |
| Opening theme | "I Don't Want to Be" |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 79 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Schwahn Michael Tollin Brian Robbins Joe Davola |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 42 minutes approx. |
| Original release | |
| Network | The WB (2003-2006) The CW (2006-present) |
| Release | September 23, 2003 – present |
One Tree Hill is an American teen television drama. It premiered on September 23, 2003 and aired on The WB in the United States until May 3, 2006. On September 18, 2006, The WB merged with UPN and formed the The CW, so One Tree Hill kicked off its fourth season on the The CW on September 27, 2006 at 9/8C, and now airs weekly. One Tree Hill is filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Its theme song is "I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw.
Main characters
External links
One Tree Hill Website Episodes
Lucas Scott (played by Chad Michael Murray): Lucas is the son that Dan never claimed, although Keith more than made up for the lack of a father figure in his life. He and Nathan start out as enemies but bond as friends and as brothers as the show progresses. Lucas' best friend is Haley and he is a romantic interest for both Peyton and Brooke. Lucas has a serious heart condition known as HCM, which he concealed for a long time. Aside from basketball, his greatest passion is literature and quotes from the books he reads are used on the show.
Nathan Scott (played by James Lafferty): Nathan, a stereotypical "jock", is the son that Dan did claim, although his relationships with both his parents are strained at the best of times. Nathan marries Haley in Season One and again in Season Three and is about to become a father to her child. He and Lucas start out as enemies but bond as friends and as brothers as the show progresses. Nathan is the star player of the Ravens and is named MVP in Season Four. Basketball has always been his greatest passion and he sees it as his "way out".
Peyton Sawyer (played by Hilarie Burton): Peyton is an interesting and unusual girl. Her two greatest passions in life are music and art; she is an expert in the punk-rock genre and uses her art to express the issues that play out in her life. Peyton's father Larry works on a dredging boat and is never at home and her mother Anna is dead. In Season Three, she discovers that she is actually adopted. She has never met her biological father although she has met his son, her half-brother, Derek. After getting to know her birth mother Ellie, she loses her to breast cancer. In Season Four, Lucas and Peyton finally admit their feelings for each other and begin a relationship while Peyton's broken friendship with Brooke slowly starts to mend.
Haley James Scott (played by Bethany Joy Galeotti): Haley is Lucas' best friend. She marries Nathan in Season One and again in Season Three and is about to give birth to his son. She is an extremely intelligent young woman with high morals. In Season Two, she leaves Nathan to tour the country as a musician but realises that her marriage is worth more than her dream and she returns to him.
Dan Scott (played by Paul Johansson): A once great basketball player, Dan is father to both Nathan and Lucas, although he never wanted anything to do with the latter. After his marriage to Deb crumbles and she and Nathan try to rid themselves of him, Dan's evil comes to the forefront. After Dan finds Deb sleeping with his brother, Keith, a war begins between the two brothers, culminating with Dan fatally shooting his brother in Season Three, believing that Keith had set his car dealership alight. Since discovering that Deb was actually behind the fire, Dan has tried to make amends by for murdering Keith by supporting Karen through her pregnancy and appears to have turned over a new leaf.
Brooke Davis (played by Sophia Bush): Brooke is Peyton's former best friend and captain of the cheerleading squad. Feisty and flirtatious, she has fallen for Lucas twice but both times, their relationship didn't work out because of Lucas and Peyton's closeness and infidelity. Brooke has recently moved in with Rachel, her one-time nemesis, having lived in several different places since her parents moved to California without her.
Deb Scott (played by Barbara Alyn Woods): Deb is Dan's neurotic ex-wife and Nathan's mother. Married to Dan for seventeen years, they eventually divorce in Season Three, her hatred of him driving her to attempt to kill him at one point. Deb battles a painkiller addiction in Season Two and again in Season Four, alienating her from those who care about her.
Marvin "Mouth" McFadden (played by Lee Norris): Mouth is one of Lucas' oldest friends, originating from the River Court. He is somewhat unlucky in love, being the victim of Brooke's unrequited love in Season Two, being dumped by Erica when she becomes popular and falling for Rachel, only to get sidelined for the older Cooper. He begins dating GiGi, his co-Sports announcer in Season Four, only for her to announce that she wants to break up with him after they get together. Mouth hopes to be a Sports Commentator and commentates at the Ravens' games.
Antoine "Skills" Taylor (played by Antwon Tanner): Skills is one of Lucas' oldest friends, originating from the River Court. He takes on a more prevalent role in Season Four when he fills Lucas' vacancy on the Ravens. He dates Bevin Maskey, a cheerleader.
Rachel Gatina (played by Danneel Harris): Rachel moves to Tree Hill in Season Three. After joining the cheerleading squad, she instantly clashes with Brooke as she pursues Lucas, although Brooke and Rachel have now become friends and Brooke has moved into Rachel's house. Rachel gets close to Mouth but sidelines him for Cooper, who dumps Rachel when he finds out she lied about her true age. After Nathan and Haley's wedding, Cooper and Rachel have an altercation in the limo which causes it to veer off the Mollina Bridge and into the water. Nathan rescues Rachel and she develops a crush on him but backs off when she discovers that Haley is pregnant. It is revealed that Rachel was once overweight and unattractive and has had major plastic surgery to make herself look the way she does now.
Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham (played by Barry Corbin): Whitey is the Ravens' coach. He and Dan have never seen eye-to-eye and often bicker over their differing opinions on the team. Whitey often laments the death of his wife Camilla and the fact that he didn't spend more time with her while she was alive. He coached the Ravens for 35 years yet only won the coveted State Championship in his final game as coach. 18 years earlier, the Ravens made the State Final but lost after star player and captain Dan Scott refused to play after a disagreement over tactics with Whitey. However, his two sons Lucas and Nathan are instrumental in Whitey eventually winning the State Championship in his final game.
Karen Roe (played by Moira Kelly): Karen is Lucas' mother. Dan abandoned her after she became pregnant in High School and with a lot of help from Dan's brother (and in later years, Karen's lover) Keith, Karen raised Lucas alone. She runs a small café in Tree Hill and along with her business partner and friend, Deb, she owns an all-ages club named TRIC. Karen is devastated by Keith's death in Season Three but has had some happiness in the discovery that she is pregnant with his child.
Other characters
Keith Scott (played by Craig Sheffer): Keith was Dan's older, kinder, under-achieving brother. After Dan left Karen pregnant in High School, Keith supported her and acted as a surrogate father to Lucas, although his feelings for Karen always ran much deeper than friendship. He began seeing Jules, even getting engaged to her but she jilted him at the altar. After discovering Dan had hired Jules to get back at him for sleeping with Deb, a devastated Keith left Tree Hill. He finally returned months later. By then, Karen realized she was in love with him and they began seeing each other, but Dan believed Keith to have started the fire at his dealership in an attempt to kill him and shot Keith, killing him instantly. Keith comes to Lucas in a dream following Lucas' heart attack in Season Four and shows Lucas how his kindness has touched so many lives, including Edwards', who is thaught to have killd him. Keith currently makes appearences on the show in his ghost form, both as an adolescent and an adult, haunting Dan for murdering him.
Jimmy Edwards (played by Colin Fickes): Edwards was a former friend of Lucas and Mouth from the River Court. In Season Three, he takes the school hostage with a gun, which he eventually turns on himself. Edwards, as he predicted, is remembered as a monster as the general consensus is that he killed Keith, when in actual fact, Dan murdered Keith after Edwards had killed himself. In Season Four, Lucas starts to realize this.
Junk Moretti (played by Cullen Moss): Junk is one of the players from the River Court, though slightly older than the rest of them.
Fergie Thompson (played by Vaughan Wilson): Fergie is another one of the players from the River Court.
Tim Smith (played by Brett Claywell): Tim, nicknamed "Dim" for his lack of intellect, is Nathan's best friend. Tim disappears in mid-Season Three and it is later explained that he moved to a "special school".
Bevin Maskey (played by Bevin Prince): Bevin is a ditzy cheerleader and Skills' girlfriend.
Theresa (played by Sarah Edwards): Theresa was one of the cheerleaders in Seasons One and Two, who fell ill with chickenpox at the Sparkle Classic and put Brooke's nose out of joint by wearing the dress she bought at Brooke's Yard Sale on her date with Brooke's "Friend With Benefits", Felix.
GiGi Silveri (played by Kelsey Chow): GiGi is Mouth's co-Sports announcer, who lusts after most of the Ravens. She and Mouth begin dating in Season Four.
Jake Jagielski (played by Bryan Greenberg): Single father Jake was a player on the Ravens who left Tree Hill to flee to Savannah with his daughter Jenny when her mother Nicki returned to fight for custody. He returns in Season Two and begins dating Peyton but is forced to leave again when Nicki kidnaps Jenny and runs away with her. Peyton tracks him down in Savannah in Season Three. He and Nicki are sharing custody of Jenny and Jake sends Peyton back to Tree Hill after he discovers she still has feelings for Lucas.
Jenny Jagielski: Jenny is Jake and Nicki's daughter, now a toddler.
Nicki (played by Emmanuelle Vaugier): Nicki was Jake's ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter, Jenny. She sleeps with Lucas in Season One, neither of them aware of who the other is. She and Jake battle for custody of Jenny and are currently sharing custody in Savannah.
Cooper Lee (played by Michael Trucco): Cooper is Deb's twenty-nine year old brother, a professional racecar driver. His attempts to help Nathan come to terms with Haley leaving him go pear-shaped when Nathan attempts suicide by crashing one of Cooper's race-cars. Cooper returns to Tree Hill with Deb in Season Three and begins sleeping with Rachel but tries to end things with her after discovering she is only seventeen. This has near-fatal consequences for Cooper when Rachel causes an accident, almost killing herself and Cooper. After coming out of his coma, Cooper takes the blame for the accident to protect Rachel and leaves Tree Hill.
Larry Sawyer (played by Thomas Ian Griffith (Season One), Kevin Kilner (Season Three)): Larry is Peyton's adopted father and is rarely at home due to working on a dredging boat. His wife Anna died in a car accident when Peyton was a child. Larry briefly dates Karen in Season One, but realise that they are better suited as friends. He returns in Season Three after Peyton finds out the truth about her adoption and again when Peyton is shot in the School Shooting.
Ellie Harp (played by Sheryl Lee): Ellie was Peyton's biological mother, a reporter and music fanatic. She arrives in Season Two and finally tells Peyton who she is, justifying giving her up for adoption by explaining; "At the time I got pregnant, I liked drugs more than I liked you". It is revealed that Ellie had secretly been monitoring Peyton since her childhood, although Peyton never knew about this. Ellie dies from breast cancer and she and Peyton release a benefit album in aid of breast cancer research.
Derek Sommers (played by Ernest Waddell): Derek is Peyton's half-brother. Prior to Season Four, Peyton didn't even know of his existence. He gets to know her after she is attacked by her stalker (who pretended to be Derek in an attempt to get close to Peyton) and explains that his mother was African-American, hence the reason why Derek himself is black. Derek and Peyton's father walked out on Derek and his mother when Derek was young and hasn't been seen or heard from since. Derek works as a Marine and teaches Peyton self-defence; thus helping her overcome the fear caused by her stalker. Derek was deployed to Iraq but before leaving her, he promised Peyton they would see each other again.
WATCHMEWATCHU (played by Matt Barr): This is Peyton's online stalker who first comes to light in Season Two. WATCHMEWATCHU is his instant-messenger screen name. He impersonates her half-brother in Season Four. When Lucas and Peyton's actual brother Derek throw the stalker through an upstairs window, he disappears before the police arrive but is later caught and thrown in jail.
Chris Keller (played by Tyler Hilton): Chris is a musician who kisses Haley and persuades her to tour the country with him in Season Two, taking her away from Nathan and Tree Hill. Haley returns and Chris isn't far behind her; Nathan pays him to help Haley with her music, which he does. Chris has a disastrous one-night stand with Brooke in Season Three. After selling his beloved guitar to pay for Haley's CD, Chris leaves Tree Hill for good.
Erica Marsh (played by Katherine Bailess): Erica lost out to Brooke in the run for Student Council President in Season Two. Despite being fiercely competitive and antagonising towards Brooke during the election, she shows herself to be a gracious loser and she and Brooke become friends. Erica dates Mouth but dumps him over the summer when she becomes popular and in doing so, decides that she doesn't need him anymore.
Felix Taggaro (played by Michael Copon): Felix moved in next door to Brooke in Season Two. Initially, they were "Friends With Benefits" but later started seeing each other exclusively. Brooke dumped Felix for vandalizing Peyton's locker in a hate-crime. His sister Anna finally told Felix she was gay but Felix, a homophobic, turned his back on her and was sent to military school by his parents.
Anna Taggaro (played by Daniella Alonso): Anna was Felix's younger sister. She dated Lucas but he broke up with her because of his feelings for Brooke. Anna revealed to Lucas that she was gay and rumours about this drove her out of her old Boarding School and she moved to Tree Hill to get away from the rumours. After kissing Peyton in a misunderstanding, Anna came out to her parents and to Felix and felt relieved after doing so. She left Tree Hill to go back to Boarding School with her girlfriend, Darby.
Taylor James (played by Lindsey McKeon): Taylor is Haley's wild older sister. She visits Nathan and Haley in Season Two and Nathan recognises her as the girl he lost his virginity to, years earlier. While Haley is on tour, Nathan visits Taylor in Georgia. After nearly sleeping with her, he returns to Tree Hill.
Andy Hargrove (played by Kieren Hutchison): Andy was Karen's Business Professor and later lover when she went back to college in Season Two. He and Lucas conspire to take Dan down after finding a ledger of his illegal activities. Andy is forced to leave Tree Hill and go back home to New Zealand to look after his ill mother. Karen spends the summer with him in New Zealand but when she returns, they are no longer an item as Andy wanted to start a family but Karen didn't want any more children.
"Jules" (Emily Chambers) (played by Maria Menounos): Jules, real name Emily Chambers, was hired by Dan in Season Two to make Keith fall in love with her and then break his heart, as part of Dan's revenge on Keith for sleeping with Deb. Lucas discovers the truth about Jules but decides to keep it to himself when he realises that Jules has actually fallen in love with Keith for real. After Karen discovers the truth right before Keith and Jules' wedding and threatens to tell Keith everything, Jules jilts Keith at the altar and flees Tree Hill.
Nick Chavez (played by Reynaldo Valentin): Nick dated Brooke briefly in Season Four, despite being her English teacher. Brooke dumps Nick after finding him with another woman.
Daunte Jones (played by Rick Fox): A desperate Nathan borrows money from Daunte in Season Four and becomes indebted to him. Daunte agrees to have the debt cleared if Nathan throws the State Championship but Nathan refuses and when the Ravens win, Daunte tries to run Nathan down with his car but pregnant Haley pushes Nathan out of the way and is hit herself instead. Daunte then proceeds to crash into a construction site. Nathan pulls him out of the car and proceeds to beat him. Dan arrives and realizes that Daunte is dead. He takes the fall for Nathan but Daunte's autopsy results show that it was the accident, and not the beating, that killed him.
Shelley (played by Elizabeth Harnois : The clean teens' leader. She has had an abortion and regrets it, which is why she tries to prevent other teens from having sex and living what she went through.
Plot
Season 1: 2003-2004
Tree Hill is a small town in North Carolina, home to the famous High School basketball team "The Ravens" and to half-brothers Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty). The two brothers have grown up in the same town, but have had little or no contact with each other due to the influence of their mutual father, Dan Scott (Paul Johansson). Dan dated Lucas' mother Karen Roe (Moira Kelly) in High School but left her and his unborn child (Lucas) behind to go to college and pursue a basketball scholarship. In college, he met Nathan's mother Deb (Barbara Alyn Woods) who also became pregnant. Dan married Deb and provided her and Nathan with a stable home and rich lifestyle. In stark contrast, he never once tried to become a part of Lucas' life. Lucas was raised single-handedly by Karen, with a lot of help from his paternal uncle Keith (Craig Sheffer), the father figure in his life. Nathan plays for the Ravens, just as Dan did in his High School days but Lucas is forced to confine his talent to the River Court, until an opening in the lineup gives Keith an idea. He recommends Lucas to the Ravens' Coach, Whitey Durham (Barry Corbin) who asks Lucas to play. This adds to the tension between Lucas and Nathan. Nathan, encouraged by Dan, tries to make life on the team difficult for Lucas, especially since Lucas has his eye on Nathan's girlfriend Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton). Peyton dumps Nathan when she tires of his attitude towards her, towards Lucas and towards the fact that Nathan is using Lucas' best friend Haley James (Bethany Joy Lenz) to get at Lucas. To Nathan's surprise, he falls in love with Haley and she with him, although their relationship puts a strain on Lucas and Haley's friendship. Lucas starts dating Peyton's best friend Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush) but his feelings for Peyton resurface and they end up being unfaithful to Brooke, who wants nothing more to do with either of them once she finds out. Brooke has a pregnancy scare later in the season, putting Lucas in Dan's position. Lucas understands for the first time why Dan did what he did and decides that he doesn't want to do the same thing so he offers to be there for Brooke and the baby, leading a guilty Brooke to confess that she lied about being pregnant to punish Lucas for cheating on her with Peyton. Peyton gets close to single father Jake Jagielski (guest star, Bryan Greenberg) and his baby, Jenny but the return of Jenny's mother Nicki (guest star, Emmanuelle Vaugier) and her decision to battle Jake for custody drives Jake out of Tree Hill and leaves Peyton on her own. Karen heads to Italy for a few weeks and leaves Lucas in Keith's care. Lucas almost dies in a car accident because of Keith's drinking. He also sustains a very serious shoulder injury and Karen's potential romance with Keith is destroyed as a result. Deb tires of the pressure Dan puts on Nathan and seeks a divorce from Dan. But things turn nasty and Nathan is caught in the middle of his warring parents. After learning that Deb once had an affair, Nathan emancipates himself and moves into his own apartment. Karen and Deb become friends and go into partnership together at Karen's café while Keith is forced to sell his Auto-Shop to Dan to pay Lucas' medical bills. Keith proposes to Karen but she turns him down so he decides to leave Tree Hill and move to Charleston. In the season finale, the Playoffs have arrived and with Whitey in hospital having eye surgery, Dan is now coaching the team. Lucas and Nathan form a united front against their father but end up losing the Playoffs and their season is over. Lucas decides to move to Charleston with Keith and he and Nathan part on good terms. Haley decides that she wants to sleep with Nathan and is ready to lose her virginity to him. They make plans to do it after the game. Dan walks in on Keith and Deb sleeping together and then suffers a massive heart attack the next morning as a result. Brooke and Peyton reunite and concoct a plan to get rid of Nicki. Brooke tells Nicki that Jake took Jenny to Seattle (he actually took her to Savannah) and Nicki sets off, leaving Brooke and Peyton delighted. They vow never to let another guy come between them again. Lucas comes to Nathan's apartment to say goodbye to Haley and discovers that they slept together. He confronts Haley about it and is astounded when she announces that she and Nathan got married the night before. Following this groundbreaking revelation, Lucas and Keith leave Tree Hill.
Season 2: 2004-2005
After Lucas and Keith learn of Dan's heart attack, they return to Tree Hill and Dan decides he wants to get to know Lucas. Lucas cautiously enters into a relationship with his father and after Dan learns that Lucas has contracted HCM, the genetic defect which caused Dan's own heart attack, he convinces Lucas to move in with him and pays for his medication, keeping his condition a secret. Dan also agrees to stay away from Keith and his girlfriend Jules (guest star, Maria Menounos) as Lucas discovers that Dan hired Jules to make Keith fall in love with her to get back at Keith for sleeping with Deb. However, Jules jilts Keith at the altar and he leaves Tree Hill with a broken heart. Nathan and Haley's marriage is soon tested with the arrival of Chris Keller (guest star, Tyler Hilton), a musician who convinces Haley to leave Nathan and Tree Hill to come on tour with him. In despair, Nathan attempts to kill himself by crashing a race car but a dream makes him realise that he has to get on with life without Haley and so he allows papers to be drawn up to annul their marriage. Peyton starts an all-ages club named TRIC but at the same time, finds herself tempted to take drugs and enters a dark place in her life, which Jake helps her out of when he returns. Jake and Peyton fall in love and begin a relationship, but Jake is forced to leave Peyton and Tree Hill once again when Nicki kidnaps Jenny and disappears with her. Brooke begins the season by forming a "Friends With Benefits" arrangement with her new neighbour, Felix Taggarro (guest star, Michael Copon) but after her parents lose all their money, Brooke discovers an inner strength she never knew she had. She runs for Student Council President and is elected over her bitter opponent, Erica Marsh (guest star, Katherine Bailess). She dumps Felix after discovering he vandalised Peyton's locker and Felix is sent to military school by his parents. Brooke gets close to Lucas and moves in to his old bedroom after her parents move to California. Lucas dates Felix's sister Anna (guest star, Daniella Alonso) but ends things with her after realizing that he still holds a torch for Brooke. Anna's break-up with Lucas leaves her confused about her sexuality. After kissing Peyton in a misunderstanding, Anna starts coming to terms with the fact that she is a lesbian and after coming out to her parents, she returns to her old Boarding School to be with her girlfriend. Deb develops an addiction to painkillers which she tries to overcome by going to rehab. Karen dates her Business Professor, the much younger Andy Hargrove (guest star, Kieren Hutchison), who makes an enemy out of Dan. In the season finale, Andy is forced to return to New Zealand and look after his ill mother. Karen decides to go after him but is concerned that he hasn't checked into his hotel. Before Karen leaves Tree Hill, she thinks she sees Keith on the street opposite the café. Deb is discharged from rehab and learns that Dan tried to make Nathan feel guilty for her addiction. Deb tells Nathan that she wants them to make a fresh start away from Tree Hill and Lucas gives her the ledger of Dan's illegal activities, which Andy uncovered. Dan blackmails Deb into giving the ledger back to him and disowns Lucas for betraying him. Nathan ends his friendship with Lucas because he is angry with Lucas for interfering in his family. Dan learns that Whitey has been telling Deb and Nathan a few home truths about him and threatens to have him fired. Lucas finally tells Brooke how he feels about her but she leaves for a summer in California without telling him how she herself feels. Peyton receives chilling messages from someone named WATCHMEWATCHU and believes that it is the mysterious reporter, Ellie Harp (guest star, Sheryl Lee). Ellie comes to Peyton's house and shocks Peyton by telling her that she is her mother. Dan finds a white substance on the rim of his bottle at the dealership and discovers he has been poisoned. Before Dan falls unconscious, a black-clad figure enters his office and sets it alight. Nathan moves back in with Deb but gets a surprise when he arrives home to find Haley on his doorstep. Lucas and Peyton find themselves alone on the beach together and realize that it's just the two of them this summer...
Season 3: 2005-2006
Three months later, things pick up where they left off at the beginning of the summer. Lucas and Peyton spent their summer together and are hiding a secret from Brooke when she returns from California and proposes a non-exclusive relationship with Lucas. Brooke takes pity on a homeless Haley and takes her on as her roommate. Haley tries to win back Nathan, who has spent the summer at High Flyers, however Nathan isn't ready to trust Haley again. He pays Chris to come back to Tree Hill and help Haley with her music. Chris causes even more trouble this time round when he sleeps with Brooke, almost destroying her relationship with Lucas. Nathan and Haley get back together as do Lucas and Brooke and Chris leaves Tree Hill for good. Peyton tries to come to terms with the fact that Ellie is her birth mother and the fact that Ellie is terminally ill. They make a benefit album together in aid of cancer research but Ellie dies before the album is finished. Dan survives the fire at the dealership and it is revealed that Lucas rescued him. Dan decides to run for Mayor but gets a nasty shock when Karen announces that she is running against him. However, Dan wins the election and Deb flees Tree Hill when Lucas tells her that he knows she tried to kill Dan. Keith returns and he and Karen start seeing each other, even getting engaged. Dan is convinced that Keith tried to kill him and sets about plotting his revenge. Newcomer Rachel Gatina (Danneel Harris) tries to come between Lucas and Brooke before setting her sights on Mouth. Mouth falls for Rachel only to discover that she is seeing Nathan's uncle Cooper (guest star, Michael Trucco) who is oblivious to Rachel's true age, 17. Rachel also opens the Time Capsule recorded in Season Two and exposes it to the whole school in an attempt to cause trouble, but neither Rachel nor anyone else is prepared for the damage it does cause; Lucas and Mouth's former friend, Jimmy Edwards (guest star, Colin Fickes), bullied and tormented for voicing his contempt towards other students on the Time Capsule, takes the school hostage with a gun. Peyton is shot in the leg and Lucas takes care of her in the library, where Peyton kisses him. Edwards turns the gun on himself, despite Keith's attempts at talking him round. Dan finds Keith kneeling over the student's dead body and still believing that Keith tried to kill him, Dan picks up the gun and shoots his brother. Keith's death affects everyone; Nathan and Haley move back in together and get engaged, Peyton has a brief romance with Pete Wentz of "Fall Out Boy" before going to find Jake in Savannah, Lucas finally admits to Karen that he has HCM and can no longer play basketball and Dan is haunted by visions of Keith as a child. Peyton proposes to Jake but Jake discovers Peyton's feelings for Lucas and sends her back to Tree Hill to deal with them. Brooke is outraged when she discovers that Peyton still has feelings for Lucas. In the season finale, Nathan and Haley renew their vows in a beautiful ceremony. Deb has by now returned to Tree Hill and when she discovers that Dan thinks Keith was responsible for the dealership fire, she sets the record straight and tells him that she tried to kill him. Dan realizes he murdered his brother for no reason and breaks down at his grave. Later, Karen tells Dan that she is pregnant and he promises her that he will be there for her this time. Brooke is not speaking to Peyton and when Lucas lets slip that he and Peyton kissed on the day of the school shooting, she is devastated and tells Peyton that as far as she is concerned, their friendship is over. Rachel is bitter over Cooper's rejection and drunkenly tells everyone at the reception that Cooper slept with her even though he knew that she was only seventeen. Rachel takes off in the wedding limo with Cooper and his attempts to talk her round eventually work. As Lucas and Karen leave the reception, he finds a pregnancy test in someone's purse. He asks his mother if she is pregnant and she tells him that she is - but that's not her purse. Rachel asks Cooper if there is anything that she can say to keep him. He solemnly tells her that there isn't prompting Rachel to reveal something that causes a ferocious argument between them when Cooper refuses to believe her. Rachel grabs control of the wheel and after a near-collision with Nathan and Haley (en route to London for their honeymoon), the limo veers off the bridge and into the water. Against Haley's wishes, Nathan dives in to save them but ends up becoming trapped and stuck for air himself. And when Dan gets home, he finds the word "MURDERER" smeared on his wall - someone knows what he did.
Season 4: 2006-2007
Nathan, Rachel and Cooper all survive the accident and Cooper makes a low-key exit from Tree Hill after taking the blame for the accident to protect Rachel. Nathan is left confused over how they managed to get out of the water and a series of traumatic images leaves him believing that he saw Keith in the water. It later comes out that Nathan had a vision of Keith in the water and it was this vision that gave him the strength to get out. Brooke breaks up with Lucas and Peyton finds a note from Ellie informing her that her biological father has a son. Peyton's online stalker, WATCHMEWATCHU (guest star, Matt Barr) impersonates her half-brother but soon becomes dangerous and attempts to rape Peyton before she is rescued by Lucas and her real brother, Derek (guest star, Ernest Waddell). The stalker escapes and Derek teaches Peyton self-defense and how to fight back before returning to the Marines. Brooke has a short-lived relationship with her English teacher Nick Chavez (guest star, Rey Valentin) before trying to reignite her romance with Lucas. However, Whitey's speech about his First Love at the Ravens' basketball banquet leads Lucas and Brooke to realize that they were not right for each other and they decide that they are better off as friends. Lucas realises he still cares for Peyton romantically when she finally confesses her own feelings to him. As the crowd celebrate the Ravens winning the State Championship, Lucas and Peyton kiss and after his stint in hospital, they become a couple. Dan is tormented by guilt for murdering Keith, especially since someone knows about it and has written it on his wall. He tries to make amends for it by supporting Karen through her pregnancy and they become close, with Dan coming to terms with the truth - that he is still in love with Karen. Karen even wonders if perhaps she could love Dan again as he appears to have changed. Meanwhile, Deb starts taking pills again and buys a gun to protect herself from Dan after he threatens her, alienating herself from those who care about her, especially Nathan and Karen. Eventually, Karen takes matters into her own hands and books Deb back into rehab, only for her to leave shortly afterwards. Realising that she has hit rock bottom, Deb attempts suicide by taking an overdose. There are many twists and turns before it is revealed to the viewers who else is pregnant. It transpires that Rachel told Cooper she was pregnant and his refusal to believe her was what sent her over the edge and caused the accident. Brooke and Rachel develop a friendship and with Brooke no longer speaking to Peyton, Brooke moves in with Rachel. Rachel connects the dots and makes the assumption that Brooke is pregnant, but Haley eventually owns up and admits that she is actually expecting, leading Rachel to quit her pursuit of Nathan. Nathan initially reacts badly to the news of Haley's pregnancy as it coincides with a scholarship offer for him to attend Duke University. However, after he comes to terms with his impending fatherhood, he and Haley are happier than ever, but in severe financial difficulty, Nathan turns to loan shark Daunte (guest star, Rick Fox) who provides him with money but then puts pressure on Nathan to throw the State Championship to clear his debt. Skills joins the Ravens and Lucas is granted permission to play for Whitey. Lucas and Skills unite against Nathan's attempts to throw the game and after Nathan learns that he and Haley are having a boy, he is inspired and plays the game of his life. The Ravens win the State Championship but Nathan pays the price for it afterwards when Daunte tries to run him down but Haley pushes Nathan out of the way and is hit herself. Nathan pulls Daunte out of his car and in a rage, he proceeds to beat him. Dan arrives and discovers Daunte is dead. Believing the beating from Nathan to have killed Daunte, Dan takes the fall to protect his son and ends up in jail, but is released when Daunte's autopsy results show that it was the car accident and not Nathan that killed Daunte, leaving a guilt-free Nathan and Haley to get on with their lives. As Lucas kneels beside Haley, he suddenly suffers a cardiac arrest as a result of not taking his heart medication before the game. While his life hangs in the balance, Lucas receives a visit from Keith who shows him that it is important to be the best you can. Keith takes Lucas to the scene of his murder and tries to show him what really happened. Given the choice between living and dying, Lucas decides to live so that he can tell Peyton he loves her, but as he wakes up, he achieves a revelation as to the nature of Keith's death. Rachel discovers that Brooke is failing calculus and is in danger of not being able to graduate with her friends so the pair hatch a plot to steal the tests so that they can cheat and end up becoming members of the "Clean Teens", a group of teenagers at school who believe in living a clean life, particularly regarding sex. One of the members, Shelley (guest star, Elizabeth Harnois) reveals to Brooke that she had an abortion, hence the reason why she was so against Brooke having an abortion when the rumours that Brooke was pregnant were circulating around the school prior to Haley's admission of her pregnancy. Brooke meets Chase, a "hot virgin" who she begins seeing, although he is unaware that she cheated her exams and lied about being smart in an attempt to get to know him better.
Episodes
There were 22 episodes in Season One. Season Two also had 22 episodes although the season finale was a double-episode, causing debate as to whether Season Two had 22 or 23 episodes. Season Three had the usual 22 episodes although for Season Four, The CW have only ordered 21 episodes, just one shy of the usual 22.
Movie
As stated on Disc Three of the Season One DVD, creator, Mark Schwahn originally planned for One Tree Hill to be a feature length movie, under the name of "Ravens." He pitched the idea around town but at the advisory of a WB front man, he revised the movie into an hour long teen drama series. The show got its name from a U2 song, One Tree Hill. The reason why the show is called One Tree Hill is explained when Karen tells Lucas in Episode 121 that "There is only one Tree Hill - and it's your home."
Music
The show has a long list of artists that have participated in the show; Gavin De Graw, Sheryl Crow, The Wreckers, Jimmy Eat World, La Rocca, Fall Out Boy, Nada Surf, Jack's Mannequin, Michelle Featherstone and Lupe Fiasco. Both Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley James Scott) and Tyler Hilton (Chris Keller) have also performed on the show. Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz appeared in an episode after the band's performance as himself, in a storyline where he became a love-interest for Peyton.
The show has released two soundtrack albums: One Tree Hill Volume 1 & One Tree Hill Volume 2: Friends with Benefit. Proceeds of the second soundtrack go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, to tie in with one of the show's storylines involving breast cancer.
The show's creator, Mark Schwahn, has revealed that he names each episode after a particular song that has something in common with the theme of the episode. For example, Episode 101: "The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most" is named after a Dashboard Confessional song of the same name. In this episode, Lucas realises that basketball, which had once been his safe place, is now the place that he has come to fear the most after joining the Ravens. For the meanings behind each episode's title, visit: One Tree Hill episode titles
Ratings
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In its third season, The WB moved the show from Tuesday to Wednesday. After it was moved, the show suffered a ratings decline which many thought was due to the timeslot change. Others speculated that the (real-life) separation of series co-stars Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush in September of 2005 contributed to the ratings slump.
A landmark episode in the third season, "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept," which featured two tragic deaths, aired on March 1, 2006, racking in a 2.5/4 rating, which was the highest rating for Season 3. The May 3, 2006 season finale pulled in a 2.3/4 rating with a 1.4 rating for adults 18-49, the show's biggest audience this Season with the exception of the episode on March 1.
With the announcement that The WB and UPN would be merging to create one network, The CW Television Network, rumors of cancellation soon surfaced. This was brought on by The CW executives stating that only the best shows from both networks would be back in the fall. The WB issued statements that they were 100% behind the show and that no cancellation was in the works.
The CW schedule was officially released on Thursday, May 18, 2006, confirming One Tree Hill's place in the program line-up, where it still airs on Wednesdays, but at a later time of 9/8C. Filming started on July 20, 2006, and the Season 4 premiere aired on Wednesday, September 27, 2006. The premiere earned a 2.5/4 rating, which equaled Season 3's highest rating. Season 4's ratings have benefitted from having the hit show America's Next Top Model as a lead-in, especially against strong competition on other networks. The ninth episode in the fourth season, "Some You Give Away", which featured two main characters in a life-threatening cliffhanger, had an audience of 4.15 million which was the highest rating since the 2004-2005 season. [1]The next episode "Songs To Love And Die By" had even bigger ratings being watched by 4.24 million viewers and along with the season finale of America's Next Top Model helped The CW achieve its best day in the history of the network.
DVD Releases
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International
| Country | Alternate title (Translation) | TV Network(s) |
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| United States |
The WB (2003-2006); The CW (2006-Present) | |
| Australia |
Network Ten; FOX8 (old episodes) | |
 Belgium |
Kanaal 2 | |
| Belgium |
Plug TV | |
 Brazil |
'Lances da Vida' | FOX and SBT |
 Bulgaria |
Самотно дърво на хълма ("Lonely Tree On The Hill") | Kanal 1 |
 Canada |
NTV and Fox44 | |
 Croatia |
HRT2 | |
 Denmark |
TV3 | |
 Finland |
Tunteet Pelissä ("Feelings In The Game") | SubTV |
 France |
Les Freres Scott* Template:Fr Les frères scott : épisodes saison 4... | |
 Germany |
Pro7 (2007) | |
 Greece |
Φίλοι για πάντα ("Friends Forever") | STAR |
 Hong Kong |
Star World on Now Broadband TV | |
 Hungary |
Tuti Gimi ("Cool High School") | RTL Klub |
 India |
Star World | |
 maldives |
Star World | |
 Mexico |
Hermanos Rebeldes ("Rebelling Brothers") | Fox LA (Latin America) |
 Iceland |
Skjáreinn | |
 Indonesia |
Jak-TV | |
 Ireland |
TG4 | |
 Israel |
(Migrash Beyti) מגרש ביתי ("Home Court") | yesSTARS; Channel 10 (old episodes) |
 Italy |
Rai Due | |
 Kenya |
Kenya Television Network | |
| Latin America | FOX | |
 Malaysia |
8TV and Star World on ASTRO satellite TV | |
 The Netherlands |
Net 5 | |
 New Zealand |
TV2 | |
 Norway |
TVNorge | |
 Pakistan |
Orbit Network on America Plus Channel | |
 The Philippines |
ETC and Star World | |
 Poland |
Pogoda na miłość | TVN Siedem |
 Quebec |
Les Frères Scott | VRAK.TV; Fox44's WB Time (new episodes) |
 Russia |
Холм Одного Дерева | NTV |
 Serbia |
FOX Srbija | |
 Singapore |
Star World | |
 South Africa |
GO | |
 Spain |
TVE 2 | |
 Sweden |
Kanal 5 | |
 Switzerland |
Les Frères Scott (French title) | TSR2 (French); TSI1 (Italian) |
 Taiwan |
CTS | |
 Thailand |
UBC Series on UBC and Star World | |
 Turkey |
CNBC-e | |
 United Arab Emirates |
America Plus | |
| United Kingdom |
E4 and Channel 4 |