We return to the world of One Tree Hill with Lucas and Peyton. (Yay) His recovery from the world of twisted realities was skipped this time around, unlike his car crash back in season one, and thank god because no one needs another wasted episode spent in a hospital room for an hour unless it is on Grey's Anatomy. We move on to Brooke and Rachel discussing stealing the key to the Calculus tests from the tutor center. Apparently, Brooke studied all night for her Calculus test and this kept her from her usual activities with men....Those naughty cheerleaders...and to think of someone cheating on a test in high school, especially beautiful girls, is AWKWARD and completely unheard of! At least that is how Brooke feels as she calls Rachel a traitor, despite the fact that Rachel worked extremely hard to help her math challenged friend. She commands Rachel to give the key back. By now we can establish that Brooke is confused on what betrayal is, and I wonder if she is failing English too? Maybe beloved ex-best friend forever and lover taking back-stabber Peyton has been the cause of this insane confusion of the word "betrayal".
"Brooke I am not a TRAITOR!!!!! It's just LOVE!!!"
This awkwardness can only be toppled by the GIGI and her warning of the immediate dumping of our favorite announcer who never ever gets to stay with the girls, MOUTH. Poor guy is always getting dumped, riding bicycles, and taking taxi car rides with his love interests, and yet he never gets a real one. One day you will win Mouth, ONE DAY!
Teleport over to our car victim Haley James Scott and we are forced to hear her tell Nathan how sweet he really is, if only you knew Haley, if only you knew. Nathan keeps telling her lies as she watches the news, and Haley tells how she cannot BELIEVE that Dan would do such a cruel thing as to kill a man with force...has she even met Dan? We cut to Dan meeting with his lawyer in prison, and he says he will just say that he is guilty and stay in jail forever. Smooth move Dan, that will make killing your brother SO much better!! Maybe he will raise from the dead and thank you some day? (You never know in Tree Hill) Nathan then arrives and tries to have his dad let him turn Nathan in. It is really wierd to see Nathan sacrificing for his father, after all Dan has done, but evil makes love in Tree Hill, evidence Lucas and Nathan, or Nathan and Haley.
At the rehab facility we find Deb Scott, still lost in the magical world of drugs. I love Deb's sense of humor and I think she really makes up for the lack of happiness in Tree Hill, if she is even in the town right now. Watching her misery, while surrounded by other addicts is hilarious, she is not anything like the typical rehab patient. Over in the patio we find Leyton again. They share a kiss, and she locks him out and asks that they don't PDA? Don't tell me this is happening again! Does she never learn? PEYTON YOU PUSH PEOPLE AWAY...her subconscious said it best: "People always leave...or Peyton always pushes them away?" (insert bitchy smile)
Gigi is trying to find the best way to break up with poor Mouth. They chat in class over a videophone, which is highly unrealistic, don't these schools have rules? A virgin club called Clean Teens code for "UGLY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET ANY" is then made fun of by Brachel. Brooke is ready for the Calculus test and is confidant in her abilities to succeed. We believe in you head cheerleader, let us hope extra credit is not the definition of betrayal.
Suddenly we find ourselves in the apartment of Nayley. Nathan finally breaks down and tells Haley everything that he has been hiding from her for most of this season (unless you count him trying to tell her before she got trampled by that car). Of course, if this would have been Dan, he would have hid it for probably more than twenty years from the world. Despite this, Haley does not want to hear anymore of it and things turn dark for our longest lasting Tree Hill couple. What will do if in the yearbook under Best Couple, Haley and Nathan turn out to be broken up when it is released?
Suprisingly enough, Dan is released from prison against his will. Curse the heavens, how can this man be let free! Deb is still in the rehab center and is watching her husband on television, still so connected. As her pills arrive and she jumps up for joy, we see Nathan and Lucas discussing Dan's freedom and Nathan smiles, still slightly upset. As we cut back to Tree Hill High we learn Brooke failed yet another Calculus test, how will she ever graduate? Who will she turn to now? Well obvious the friend that was "betraying" her, Rachel made a copy of the key. Yay for key copyright infringements.
Dan reassures Nathan that it was not his fault. Lucas works his reconciling powers to bring Haley and Nathan back together. I miss the days when Lucas hated Nathan and would always take Haley's side, how the wrath would occur, it is all but gone by now. Haley lets us all know that she is mess...thats funny, seeing scars on her face and her lying in bed was not any indication of that.
Gigi lets Mouth know that she needs to bond with her Sophomore classmates since Mouth will soon be going to college. I guess Mouth should have just stayed with the model who offered him the night of his life, this is what happens when you are a nice guy, take Rachel's advice Mouth, be a jerk! They get girls like Haley! Haley helps Peyton out with her foolishness and doubt.
Night falls in Tree Hill HS, and we find Brachel breaking into the school alias style with some skimpy outfit on, they pass a Clean Teens session and make fun of the fact that virgins have nothing better to do at night, yes the life of a sex addict is so much more pleasing!! I suppose the network is suggesting that Brachel get their freak on every chance they get. Elsewhere, Deb is breaking out of Rehab too, but little did she know that her rehab was VOLUNTARY, how could you have missed that detail? It's true what they say about blondes.
"We'll never get caught in our scheme in this attire!"
Back in Tree Hill HS, Brachel has been BUSTED. Their cover story? They are attending a clean teen meeting of course!! Rachel suggests it is a good cover story and could be fun? Maybe their secret plot is to make all the virgins turn upside down? Who knows.
Lucas, Mouth, and Haley are all hanging out together for the first time ever. Haley suggests Mouth shouldn't have a long distance relationship, she would know having cheated on her husband, and yet why listen to Lucas, he cheats even when he is at home, so Mouth just leaves.
In Nathan's apartment, Deb feels horrible over Nathan and Haley's separation and takes her drug hunt elsewhere. Leyton meets back up and they talk about her evil ways, and Lucas shuts her up with a kiss, thank god for kisses! He finally tells her he loves her, that was fast, in just three episodes, he has released this gigantic thrust of love. Meanwhile, Nathan retrieves his wife with their favorite quote "always and forever", and in the end all is well in the town of Tree Hill. Nathan talks about the ugly person inside of him who has always been there. The version with a nipple ring? I think so.
When Dan arrives back in his house there are newspaper clippings of his murder to most likely Keith on his wall. Karen mistakes them for the murder of Dante, and it just sickens me to watch her hug him and for a second I thought they might kiss, which would REALLY make me sick from my stomach.
The episode ends at Keith's grave as Lucas thanks his uncle, Mouth is crushed by Gigi as she meets with her Sophomore friends (I can't believe the loss he had at that fun night), and Brachel meet with their new Clean Teen friends. Finally, Peyton gets out of her last class and she kisses Lucas in the biggest kiss of the episode, the waiting has ended. Things are finally happy again in Tree Hill.
"Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real, when you woke up you didn't know what to believe? What would you do if what you thought was true wasn't? And what you thought wasn't true was? Would you retreat into your dreams with the hope of finding a more perfect reality? Sometimes life is stranger than a dream and the only way to wake up is to face what lies hidden in yourself. And you can only hope that in the moments of dark reflection that you are not alone."
What were your thoughts of the episode? Favorite moments, least favorite? Songs?
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