Episode 9

In last Tuesdays episode, a troubling conflict was resolved after a lockdown in Tree Hill Highs library involving Peyton, Brook, Haley, and lindsey. This brought back a lot of bad memories about the time Peyton was shot inside the library and later saved by Lucas as well as the death of Keith and Johnny that occured on the same day. At the beginning of the episode there was a lot of tension between Lindsey and Peyton after they found out they were going to be stuck in the library together for who knows how long. They tried to call people to let them out but no one had reception of their cell phone inside the library, so Peyton came up with a smart idea of ordering a pizza online through one of the libraries computers (how the pizza guy would know to deliver it to the library? I don't know...). When the pizza guy got there it turned out to be one of their old highschool friends Tim. Unforunetly, since he decided to sneak up on them and let him in the library himself, the door slammed shut behind him and all hope was lost. After a lot of bickering between Lindsey and Peyton, they actually realized how stupid they were being and knew they couldn't go on hating each other and they're going to have the same group of friends. They were finally let out at the end by Tim, who knew all along how to open the library door. Tim's reasonings was that he just wanted to spend some time with his old highschool buddies... but if it wasn't for that, I doubt Peyton and Lindsey would have settled anything.

Episode 8

Lucas proposes to Lindsey. I know...it's such a shocker, and as hard as Peyton tried to stop it she couldn't get lucas to admit his love for her. Everyone was surprised when they heard the news, and I think most of them knew he was making the wrong choice. But of course they are going to support lucas' decision, which means telling Peyton to stop getting in the way of his happiness. Finally, Peyton decides to try and let him go, and let lucas know that she's going to stop loving him and stand to the side. Haley attempted to get out of him that he still loves Peyton but she had no luck. Back at the Scott's, things are really starting to heat up between Nathan and the nanny. Although Nathan seems to be very faithul to Haley and his son, the nanny managed to get him alone once again and threw a kiss at him while his eyes were closed, because he apparently had paint on BOTH his eye lids and needed help getting it off. This probably wouldn't have bothered anybody if he had even tried to stop it, or atleast got a little angry at her. Although Telling Haley the truth would probably be the best idea, he decides to let it go...for now hopefully.

Episode 7

In Episode 6, the whole entire show was filmed inside a club. The nanny becomes more flirty with Nathan, and attempts to get closer to him by trying to get him drunk. Luckily Nathan did well at keeping away from the drinks that night. It didn't help though when he caused a bit of a scruff with a guy at the end of the episode. He ended up getting punched out by Clinton (the troubled basketball player who's life pretty much resembled Nathans teenhood), but although Nathan resisted starting a fight with him, Haley was not proud and wonders if Nathan has actually changed. While Brook is trying to flirt with the hot bar tender, Victoria (Brook's mom) shows up at the club. Although the bar tender doesn't show any interest in that she's the successful owner of one of the most popular clothing lines in New York and can't seem to impress him no matter how many people come up and ask for her autograph, there's some diffinite sparks between the two. Peyton is showing a lot more hatred towards Lindsey and Lindsey's getting more and more fed up with her attitude, as well with the fact that lucas is still trying to help her and won't let their friendship go.

Suggested songs from episode 7:

A Fine Fenzy - Ashes and Wine
Feist - I Feel It All
Kate Voegele - I Won't Disagree

Episode 6

In this weeks episode, Peyton visits her old house and later has a mental breakdown infront of Lucas. Victoria (Brook's mom) also visits her new studio that she's renting out which Brook is funding with her and her moms money. Victoria was not very impressed with Mia's performance, who later went M.I.A. Tension starts to heat up between Peyton and Lindsey, after Lindsey finds out Peyton's true feelings towards her. On the Scott side of things, Haley's growing a bit more jealous of the new nanny everyday. We deffinetly start to see a side of the new nanny that we've never seen before, especially after she insisted on helping Nathan put on his pants while Haley was gone grocery shopping. Near the end of the episode we notice a little temptation coming from Nathan as he watches the nanny come out of the pool NAKED, who clearly knew who was watching. Brook's mom Victoria starts to get more and more impatient with Brook's lack of knowledge in the bussiness side of things of the clothing line. At the end of the episode, Brook attempts to confront her mom in hopes of getting the same sort of response. After showing her appreciation for all her mom's hard work and telling her that she loves her, the response that she hoped for turned into more of a "whatever, im going to bed." Poor Brook, but she's not alone because it looks like everybody is just as unhappy with their lives at the moment.

Songs from Episode 6:

Griffin House - Better Than Love
Griffin House - The Guy That Says Goodbye
Missy Higgins - Where I Stood
Broken Social Scene - Cocain Skin

I definetly recommend these songs, especially the first 3. I wasn't able to listen to any of the other songs from this episode because I couldn't get a hold of them, so if you want to try then go to the One Tree Hill website.

Episode 5

In this Tuesdays episode, it included a series of flashbacks, as lukas remembered the time after graduation. It explained a lot that we didn't know, since the series skipped 4 years between highschool and now. It turned out that lukas actually proposed to Peyton in LA, and after her rejection was when Lukas started dating his new girlfriend, lindsey. Linsdey, who is also Lukas' editor, called lukas just as he was leaving LA, changing his flightplans to NY to meet her about publishing his new book. In New York, Luke ended up meeting up with Brook, as she was there with victoria (her mom) working on trying to get her clothing line off the ground. There were also flashbacks to lukas' and Nathan's final basketball season, as well as Nathan's and Haley's life before his dream was shattered. At the end of the episode it flashs back to regular time, and lukas goes for a walk to Brooks knew house hoping to run into Peyton. After finding out she wasn't there, and after a short chat with brook, brook asks lukas if he still loves Peyton. Luke never ended up saying yes or no, which means things might start to get interesting in the Peyton, Luke and Lindsey triangle. A possible breakup? I wouldn't doubt it, we all know Luke and Peyton are pretty much meant to be.

Episode 4

So Nathan has FINALLY cut his hair. It really looks as if he's made a full 180 degree turn and managed to finally pull it all together. But of course this would never had happened without his lovely wife Haley who talked some darn sense into him. In last Tuesdays episode, Haley also talked Nathan into trying to have a little chat with a troubled young basketball star (just like the one and only Nathan scott back in the day) from one of Mrs. Scott's classes. Clinton, who appears to have a bright future in basketball has been causing quite a bit of trouble on and off of the court. Not being seen as a "team player" he got booted off the team, but hopefully with a couple of Nathan's wise words and being that Nathan was in a similar situation, he'll be able to get through to that hard head of his. Meanwhile, there's been some jealousy brewing. Lindsey and Peyton...Peyton and Lindsey, and surprisingly Haley and the new "hot" nanny, whom she realized is starting to get closer with her own son then she is. I'm not really sure what the deal with Lindsey is, although they make it seem like she's totally cool with the fact that Peyton's back in town, she probably secretly has her on her radar 24/7...carefully watching every step she makes closer to lucas. I would say Lindsey has some tough competition, considering how close Peyton and lucas were when they drifted apart. But while we're on the subject of Peyton, her new record label is off the ground. In this episode she signed her first band, which in the end all but one band member left. Mrs. Scott (also Peyton's new bussiness partner) assured Peyton all the other members were getting in the way of her sound anywase, and that she was the real magic of the band. Being that (and we JUST found this out) Haley has apparently gone on tour with her piano, had a major record deal and a top single sometime in the past 4 years, Haley assures her that she knows what she's doing. And last but not least, there's Brook. The opening of her clothing line in Tree Hill seemed to be an absolute failure. In last Tuesday's episode we were finally introduced to Brook's mom, who was sort of the back bone to the company. It was no surprise to Mrs. Davis that she didn't sell one expensive item on her opening day. But with Brook's determination to remain in Tree Hill with her friends rather then going back to New York and running her bussiness with her witch of a mother, still seems to be going pretty strong.

Suggested songs from episode 4:

The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go
Kate Voegele - Kindly Unspoken
*Matt Nathanson - All We Are
Ben Lee - Ripe

If you liked the soundtracks from The OC, I assure you that you will enjoy the music from One Tree Hill as well. And if you've never listened to either...then just check it out, you might be able to add a few new favorite songs to your list.

Season 5, Episodes 1-3

So since I started this blog 3 episodes after the season started, I'll just do a quick overview of what has happened up until last Tuesday's episode.

The first episode of season five took place 4 years after they had graduated from Tree Hill. Brook was in New York who had started her own clothing line, Peyton was in LA working as an “assistant to the assistant” at a snazzy record label, and the rest of the gang was back in Tree Hill. It was also no surprise that Luke and “Skills” were the new coaches of the Tree Hill basketball team, “mouth” was working on his audition tapes for a new sports broadcaster position, and Haley was a new teacher at Tree Hill. Unfortunately not all of them ended up with their dream job. The first episode began with Nathan in a wheel chair looking like he hadn’t taken a shower or shaven in days. I think we all felt for Nathan when we found out he didn’t get his dream of playing in the NBA, but what would the show be without the drama of crushing the only person’s dream that was the most clear to us? Near the end of the first episode and the beginning of the second, Brook and Peyton had taken a flight back to Tree Hill after they realized how depressing their lives were. Brook decides to run her business from Tree Hill, and Peyton is convinced to start her own record label. Lindsay (Lucas’ new girlfriend) worries that Peyton will threaten their relationship. It is very clear that Peyton and Lukas have some unfinished business, and I’m looking forward to seeing what the writers have in store for them. Meanwhile, there’s a bit of trouble in paradise at the Scott’s. After Haley told Nathan he might lose them if he didn’t step up and start acting like a father, Nathan realized how much he had to loose and began practicing getting up on his feet again. In the next episode things changed around for Nathan Scott...hopefully it'll stay that way.