One Tree Hill

Anchors Away!

By Ragdoll | Aired on 05.10.2004

The Games That Play Us - Previously on One Tree Hill: Whitey has to miss the Ravens' first playoff game due to eye surgery. Dan smells the first sign of weakness, and bribes the poor buggers over on the Athletic Council into letting him coach...

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1-22 Recap	Anchors Away! The Games That Play Us - Oh, wait. Wrong show. Perhaps I've blocked out the utter cheesefest that happens to be the OTH season ender. First, the Ravens lose their first playoff game. Next, Dan peaks and has a heart attack. Then, just as Nathan and Luke start acting like brothers, the latter leaves town to "find himself." Oh, and last but not outrageously least, Nathan and Haley get hitched.	05.10.2004	C	Ragdoll
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
1-21 Recap	Life Lesson: Everyone Take Off! The Leaving Song - Luke can't take Tree Hill anymore. He decides to bolt with Keith after finding out Dan wanted joint custody. Jake hops aboard the Larry Sawyer express and hightails it out of town to avoid a Psycho Nikki showdown. Deb gets her divorce, Karen gets to decree him an asshat, and Haley gets to mope around a lot about Nathan looking at web porn.	05.03.2004 05.09.2004	C+	Ragdoll
1-20 Recap	24-Hour Party People What Is And What Should Never Be - Haley throws a party at Nathan's apartment. It's a "rager" that proceeds to get Nathan arrested and Peyton beaten up.	04.26.2004 05.02.2004	C+	Ragdoll
1-19 Recap	The Death of the Cliffhanger How Can You Be Sure? - So, in the end Brooke's not really pregnant, and Karen says no to Keith. Dan acts like an asshat and gives both his sons bad advice. Oh, but Haley and Nathan declare their love, so that's at least something sweet.	04.19.2004 04.25.2004	C+	Ragdoll
1-18 Recap	The Fabulous Life Of... To Wish Impossible Things - Just about everyone's fabulous lives come to a crashing halt with the annual Boy Toy auction. Nikki confronts Jake about wanting to be in Jenny's life. Luke sees Nathan kiss Peyton, but he doesn't tell Haley. Oh, and Brooke tells Luke she's pregnant. Now, everyone put their hands to their faces and feign surprise.	04.12.2004 04.17.2004	C	Ragdoll
1-17 Recap	My Life as a Cheerleader Spirit In The Night - Brooke leads the Tree Hill Ravens cheerleaders in the Sparkle Classic competition. They lose, but it gives Peyton a good excuse to act like the friend she should have been months ago. The boys win their game, and Luke bemoans the loss of his shoulder over and over and over again. Oh, and Keith finally quits his own shop; he's had enough of being Dan's whipping boy.	04.05.2004 04.10.2004	B	Ragdoll
1-16 Recap	Carnival of Carnality The First Cut Is The Deepest - Well, you can't really call it a roller coaster of love that Lucas went on with the sultry woman who turned out to be Jenny's baby mama. Also, it's a carnival of contempt between Brooke and everyone, and everyone towards Dan.	03.01.2004 03.05.2004	C+	Sobell
1-15 Recap	The Qi to Lucas's heart Suddenly Everything Has Changed - ...is not in home decoration. He dumps Brooke so he can mack on her best friend. Meanwhile, Nathan is one manipulative parental moment from wishing he was an orphan.	02.23.2004 02.29.2004	B-	Sobell
1-14 Recap	A Surreal Sort of Homecoming I Shall Believe - Karen arrives home from Italy to find her son in the hospital, the man she depends on a drunk, the man she hates human, and her whole world upside down. And she was only gone for six weeks!	02.16.2004 02.19.2004	B-	Ragdoll
1-13 Recap	When It Rains, It Pours Hanging By A Moment - The weather turns this week, as Luke and Peyton try to tell Brooke about their feelings for one another. Whitey packs up his stuff to quit coaching, but Nathan convinces him to stay. Keith gets into a bad accident on the way to get Karen from the airport, which lands Lucas in critical condition. Not to worry, though -- Dan's at the scene, and he saves the day. Yes, that's right, I said "Dan," and he did save the day.	02.09.2004 02.14.2004	C+	Ragdoll
1-12 Recap	One Squall Equals A Fatal Flaw Crash Course In Polite Conversation - Peyton's father goes missing when a bad storm hits Hilton Head. If that's not bad enough, the Coast Guard wants her to identify a body. Luke offers to take her, and they end up making out. Dan and Keith's parents show up carrying birthday presents and twenty-year-old secrets. So much for a celebration -- it's more like the dinner from hell. Poor Dan. He's getting old and his life sucks more now than it ever has.	02.02.2004 02.07.2004	B-	Ragdoll
1-11 Recap	Is There Life After Basketball? The Living Years - After much soul-searching, Nathan finally stands up to Dan and flat-out quits the basketball team. It's a mature, rational decision, but you know Dan's not going to see it that way. Peyton's dad comes home, and St. Luke forces the two of them to be honest with one another. Oh, and then Brooke gets jealous of the fact that Luke and Peyton are such good friends.	01.26.2004 02.01.2004	B	Ragdoll
1-10 Recap	Peyton Plays The Blues You Gotta Go There To Come Back - Peyton pouts her way through an episode when Lucas chooses Brooke over her. Dan drags Nathan on a "boys" weekend only to completely humiliate him on the golf course. Yeah, Nathan actually stands up for himself. Deb maintains her hard line with regard to her husband, and Keith ends up looking like a fuddy-duddy when he tries to talk to Luke about s-e-x.	01.19.2004 01.25.2004	B-	Ragdoll
1-9 Recap	The Blame Game With Arms Outstretched - Nathan feels pressure to perform both from Whitey and Dan, so he decides to enhance his performance by using amphetamines. The speed makes Nathan all wonky, not to mention angry, surly, belligerent, mean, and dehydrated. He collapses during the game, and decides to make some positive changes in his life, starting with treating Haley better -- aw. Also, Dan acts like an ass, Deb kicks him out of the house, Whitey pulls the plug on b-ball until further notice, and Luke gets drunk, makes out with Brooke, and then finds out that Peyton's been pining for him all along.	11.17.2003 11.22.2003	A	Ragdoll
1-8 Recap	Coma Boy Comes To Life The Search For Something More - Everwood's Colin subscribes to the lather, rinse, and repeat WB acting school and shows up in Tree Hill as a skanky jerk who drugs Peyton at a college party. Luckily, Brooke has her wits about her, rescues Peyton, and then calls Luke for help. In other places, Karen finds a way to make her dreams come true and heads off to Italy for six weeks. And Nathan and Haley seal their non-tutoring relationship with a sweet kiss.	11.10.2003 11.16.2003	B+	Ragdoll
1-7 Recap	It's His Party, He'll Cry If He Wants To Life In A Glass House - Dan's worst nightmares come true at his annual basketball appreciation party when Deb befriends Karen. Keith refuses to meet Dan halfway. Nathan moons over both Peyton and Haley, and Luke tells him off in true abandoned-child fashion. The lone bright spot of the night is a drunk Brooke in a hot-like-fire red dress making her own fun by playing tricks on just about everyone.	11.03.2003 11.09.2003	B	Ragdoll
1-6 Recap	The Things Rule The Earth Every Night Is Another Story - Luke and Nathan get into a brawl on the court. Whitey chucks them off the bus and makes them walk home, only some guys on the opposing team who call themselves "Things" kidnap them. This forces the brothers to work together for once. Haley and Peyton bond while taking care of a stoned Brooke. Karen and Keith attend a formal function, only to find a belligerent Dan sitting at their table. Talk about bringing the mood down, man.	10.27.2003 11.02.2003	B+	Ragdoll
1-5 Recap	What's Your Name, Little Boy? All That You Can't Leave Behind (aka Where I End And You Begin) - The annual father/son basketball game stirs up a lot of emotional issues for everyone in Tree Hill. Luke contemplates changing his name. Keith contemplates being a good father figure, and Dan acts like a giant jackass. Oh, and Peyton bemoans the anniversary of the death of her mother.	10.20.2003 10.27.2003	C+	Ragdoll
1-4 Recap	The House of the Rising Mom Crash Into You - Nathan's mom comes back into town, causing all kinds of problems for Dan's parental puppet show. Karen has plumbing problems. Luke and Haley attend an after-party at Nathan's beach house, and it's not pretty. Nathan crashes Peyton's car and just walks away. Thankfully, she finally grows a spine and dumps him.	10.13.2003 10.18.2003	B-	Ragdoll
1-3 Recap	Let The Games Begin Are You True? - Luke and Nathan are at it again, only this time, the battle takes place outside the courts. Nathan gets pissy when Whitey swaps his position with Luke's, so he gets the team to haze the kid beyond all good reason. It's awful for Luke, but fun for us -- we get to see CMM naked!	10.06.2003 10.11.2003	B-	Ragdoll
1-2 Recap	Blame It All On The Ball The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most - Lucas sucks. So he wants to quit the team after only one game. Nathan gloats over his half-brother's failures. In fact, so does Dan. In the end, it's basketball that wins as Luke comes to his senses and gets back in the game. Oh, and Peyton pouts because she's not a true artist. Shut up, Peyton.	09.29.2003 10.04.2003	B-	Ragdoll
1-1 Recap	He's Got Game Pilot - Lucas Scott's a sensitive, smart loner with mad b-ball skills. Nathan Scott's the star of the Tree Hill varsity basketball team. They're half-brothers who have no relationship at all until they are forced to confront one another on the court. Who wins? Let's just say the game sets up the tension for the entire season as Lucas ends up joining the varsity team.	09.22.2003 09.28.2003	C+	Ragdoll