Hilarie Burton (Peyton Sawyer) and Barry Corbin (Coach Whitey) don't appear in this episode. This is the only episode in which Hilarie Burton does not appear.

Haley: Sorry about your hair.
Taylor: Sorry I slept with your husband.

Taylor: You’re home early.
Haley: You’re home all the time. What’re you doing on my laptop? Cruising for jail bait?
Taylor: Excuse me?
Haley: Well, I heard your specialty is deflowering freshmen!
Taylor: So the Boy Scout told you. Quite a coincidence, huh? Eh, but look, look at it this way, now we can compare notes.
Haley: It's not funny, Taylor!

Nathan: All right. My first time was at this party at my parent’s beach house. I was pretty wasted and I never really saw the girl again. Until now.
Haley: Until now?
Nathan: Haley, listen, I swear, I hadn’t even heard of you when this happened, okay?
Haley: Taylor?
Nathan: I’m sorry, I just, look she threatened to tell you and I just thought you should hear it from me.
Haley: You slept with my sister?
Nathan: This was like two years ago! I look, I didn’t know you. I didn’t even know there was gonna be a you.
Haley: I should go.

Anna: It’s just that you like girls, or you like guys. Trust me, I wish it was like that for me. Be a lot easier if I could just pick a team.
Lucas: Well, not necessarily. Look, maybe you shouldn’t feel so much pressure to define yourself.

Nathan: It’s a long story. Actually, it’s not a long story, uh, I kinda told Haley that I slept with Taylor.
Lucas: Oh! Wow. Guess I’m not the only one who doesn’t want to go home.

Jules: Family dinner was never part of the arrangement.
Dan: It was my wife’s idea.

Lucas: Remember when we were in Charleston? And you said you’d done some things you weren’t proud of?
Keith: Yeah.
Lucas: Was it Deb? You and Deb?
Keith: It’s, um, it’s kinda complicated, Luke.
Lucas: No, not really! I mean, there’s some lines you just don’t cross!
Keith: It was a mistake, I know. I know it’s no excuse but I was lonely. Your mom had just turned down my proposal and, and it just sorta happened.
Lucas: (angry) Look, its bad enough it was someone’s wife but Dan’s wife?! He’s never gonna let that go!
Keith: I know you’re disappointed in me, Luke. I’m never gonna make a mistake like that again. I’m with Jules now. And I’m not gonna do anything to mess that up.

Nathan: What the hell are you doing?
Taylor: Shopping. But, apparently, I’m the only James that got the good taste gene.
Nathan: You know what I’m talking about. We agreed to keep what happened between us a secret.
Taylor: Relax, Nathan, Haley doesn’t have a clue.

Andy: Hey, Lucas.
Lucas: Hey, Andy. Uh, okay, um, if you need anything, you know, stereo, Playstation, clean underwear, check the garage.

Taylor: Hey, what happened to the whole "tattoos are for sluts and burnouts" sermon that you gave me?
Haley: Uh, 23 is Nathan’s jersey number and you permanently marked your body with some random spider.

Taylor: How about you, Nathan? Were you in love the first time you had sex?
Haley: Tay!
Taylor: What?! We're family now, we shouldn't have secrets.
Nathan: It's not really any of your business, but the truth is whoever my first was wasn't nearly as important as my last.
Haley: Thank you. (kisses him)

Episode Title: Between Order and Randomness

"Between Order and Randomness" is the title of a song by Shane Mills from his Some Assembly Required album.

Lucas: Remember when we were in Charleston? And you said you’d done some things you weren’t proud of?

The time that Lucas is describing occurred in "The Desperate Kingdom of Love" when Lucas and Keith moved to Charleston to get a fresh start, but move back after hearing about Dan's heart attack.

This episode is a good example of how much Brooke has grown in character since the last season. During this episode, she faces her money problems head-on and gets her first job, and in season 1, the character of Brooke wouldn't have dreamed of having to work. In addition, at work she fights for more rights as a worker for both her and her co-workers, a drastic change from the self-absorbed Brooke of season 1.