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by haro1d “One Tree Hill” returned last night, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d swear that series creator Mark Schwann has been reading this blog. (But really, if you’ve been watching OTH for any length of time at all, you should have a feel for the ebb and flow of events, and how the waxing and waning of tragedy and euphoria are about as consistent as the tides.) It was an episode of turning points for numerous characters in OTH. As the episode opens up, Brooke storms out of her bedroom in a robe, looking disturbed, telling Julian […]

Posted by: haro1d The gooey stuff got gooier last night, and the problems with Lucas’ movie got stickier. And, as I predicted last week, we got the return of Dan Scott, though he wasn’t necessarily up to his usual trickery and shiggity. Overall, a slow night on OTH, but I expected as much. Here’s the rundown: As the episode opened on the end of a Chiefs’ game, Nathan gets benched by the coach. Devon keeps the ball instead of passing it, goes for the game-winning basket and misses by a mile. Chiefs lose! Devon goads Nathan in the locker room […]

Posted by: haro1d It was a big episode (for once!), so here goes: First off, Peyton’s pregnant! Nathan is Charleston Chiefs’ new point guard! (Does the sun ever stop shining for the Scott families?) Millie and Mouth are smarting over their recent friction after the Gigi phone pic incident, but when Millie admits to Mouth that she lost her virginity the night before, Mouth’s mouth turns upside down. Owen, whom we are being led to believe slept with Millie (I don’t buy it, do you?), is back on the bottle, until Chase comes to offer his assistance by filling in […]

Posted by: haro1d No time for massive introductions, folks, so away we go w/last night’s OTH synopsis: Sam’s friend “Jack Daniels” stays overnight in her bed. Brooke catches him going out the window in the morning (and Sam has complete bedhead). Brooke tries to yell at her, but she’s flummoxed when she catches herself saying, “When I was 15” … because, of course, Brooke at 15 was probably much worse. Sam maintains that Jack just needed a place to crash, and that they’re just friends. (When we see them talking later, it seems Sam is telling the truth.) Lucas meets […]

Posted by: haro1d I’m starting to get really impressed with OTH’s ability to present week after week of filler episodes. I think what’s going on is that there simply are getting to be too many characters and plotlines, and they’re all having to be serviced, so the overall effect is that it feels like not much happens from episode to episode, even if that might not be the case. If you look through the last few synoptic blog entries I’ve written for OTH, you’ll notice that they’re getting longer and more fragmented as things get increasingly complicated and the volume […]

Hey, kids — in case you didn’t see the “Next week on One Tree Hill” promo after this week’s episode, next Monday’s episode will be the big USO gig that Peyton and her bro have magically pulled together in two weeks’ time. (Really — you thought it took time and effort to pull off a large-scale outdoor concert? Ha …)

Posted by: haro1d Sometimes, in a series, a filler episode is necessary. I’m not sure if it was just me, but last night’s filler OTH episode seemed overflowing with relatively inconsequential scenes. After the hyperdramatic first part of the season, with all of the slayings and stalkings, it’s probably good to have a couple of OTH episodes with only minor tragedies. Really, though — was it just me, or did it seem like the individual scenes were really short last night on OTH? I could barely keep up writing down what was going on, which never happens. But I digress. […]