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Posted by: haro1d Last night’s OTH wasn’t the most explosively hilarious, but at least some stuff happened. We found out that Peyton’s dad is indeed the not-so-sober Mick (John Doe — still can’t believe he’s on that show). She’s not exactly as thrilled as she might have been, but she always has such dramatic expectations anyway, doesn’t she? In the end, they parted mutually agreeably at the paths their lives had taken. Mick was proud of his daughter, and she ultimately was appreciative for his having allowed her to have a different life than the one he would have given […]

Posted by: haro1d What is it about corn fields that’s so darned creepy? It goes back further than Stephen King’s Children of the Corn — at least to that Twilight Zone episode with Billy Mumy wishing everyone into the corn field. No matter how you feel about gun control, it’s starting to get to the point at which anyone might wish they’d start exercising a bit of it in the script writing at OTH. Last night was the night the Nanny Carrie plot finally boiled over. More on that in a minute. First, the rundown: The focus of last night’s […]

Posted by: haro1d Boy, what an unsatisfying ending to a pretty unsatisfying season. Things started out like they were going to be neato or something, with Jackson Brundage (Li’l James) plunking out the old OTH themesong with Gavin DeGraw. Then we got into the episode, and here’s what went down: Lucas woke up from his big booze binge with a mohawk, which Haley insisted on shaving off. Brooke had to return Angie eight days early and wept when she did. Dan Scott paid another visit to Reverend Carter, the fellow who was ahead of him in line for a heart […]

Posted by: haro1d Royal Tenenbaum once said, “I’m dying, Etheline. I’m sick as a dog. I’ll be dead in six weeks.” Or something like that. This week OTH delved deeply into the “Dan is dying” issue. But before we get into that, an update on what else went down in Tree Hill: Peyton tried to convince Lindsey that Lucas only has eyes for her (Lindsey, that is). Lindsey subsequently tried to convince Peyton to read Lucas’ new manuscript, giving it to her without Lucas’ consent and in the process violating virtually every sacrosanct moral/ethical law for publishers, not to mention […]

Posted by: haro1d Well, that was interesting. In one of the most comical episodes of OTH in the series’ entire run: 1) Lucas’ mom returned — with Andy, the multi-gazillionaire (Knew he would show up again.) and Lucas’ little sister. 2) It was the big day. Lucas’ and Lindsey’s wedding. A lot of fretting went on beforehand, a lot of talking to Peyton, hoping she wouldn’t flip out. (And naturally, they showed the version of the wedding WITH Peyton flipping out, then showed that it was only going on in Peyton’s mind.) And after all of that hubbub — and […]

Posted by: haro1d The comedy just keeps on comin’. Last night’s OTH episode did not disappoint. To recap: Nanny Carrie continued her home-wrecker crusade, jumpin’ in the shower with Nathan just in time for the scene to be discovered by Haley. Peyton’s old boss showed up to steal Mia away, but with some clever theatrics, they managed to trick him into offering her promotion and distribution, publishing rights and maybe the moon, if I heard correctly. Quentin has a hairline fracture from punching out K-Fed and is likely to be benched for the season … if he lets the coaches […]

Posted by: haro1d Last night’s recap is quick and easy: While Lucas, Nathan and Skills tried to helm a victory for the Ravens, the ladies — Peyton, Brooke, Haley, Mia and Lindsey — managed to get stuck in the school library. There, things turned part John Hughes movie, part ’70s sitcom, as Mia tried to get background on everyone in the room, and Peyton and Lindsey tore each other apart and put each other back together again. Oh, and Nathan was on the brink of telling his wife about the Nanny’s inappropriate conduct, but Carrie stepped in at that moment […]

Posted by: haro1d Another storied night on “Peyton Place” — I mean, “One Tree Hill.” We got to see Lucas’ proposal to Lindsey. Haley flipped out over Peyton’s attachment to Lucas and spent a little too much time at the recording studio. Nanny Carrie got called “mama” by little James for the first time not in a dream sequence; Nanny Carrie smooched her boss and he STILL didn’t fire her. Mouth’s boss got fired for sleeping with pretty much the entire staff, resulting in his not only getting to keep his job but getting promoted to on-camera work. Oh, he […]

Posted by: haro1d For what my wife calls a filler episode, a lot of cute little things happened on this week’s episode: Peyton set up shop for her new record label and signed her first band. Lucas and Skills made the Ravens run laps until they decided to get their free throws down. Lindsay handed out lucky bamboo plants to all of Lucas’ ex-girlfriends. Mouth got fired and then got laid. Haley had a bad day, Brooke impulse-bought a house on the water — oh, and her mom finally showed up after all of these seasons away — and Nathan […]

Posted by: haro1d I can’t believe that it’s back. Really. I can’t BELIEVE that it’s back — that “One Tree Hill” could survive into a fifth season is a testament to something, but I still can’t figure out what. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you know that tonight’s two-hour season premiere put the “Tree Hill” gang four years ahead of when we last saw them groping each other at senior graduation. The biggest surprise? That there was NO surprise. I have to say that for a show this creatively incredible (READ: ludicrously fictitious), I find the trajectories on which […]