One Tree Hill: The Leavers Dance (2)

Karen decides to spend the summer with Andy in New Zealand, but is shocked when she sees Keith for a brief moment outside of her cafe. Brooke prepares to move to California, but before she does so Lucas confesses to her his true feelings for her. Meanwhile, several citizens' tensions mount against Dan, someone seeks their revenge on him by drugging Dan then setting the dealership on fire. Elsewhere, Haley quits the tour and arrives home at Nathan's doorstep.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 2x23
Production Number: 224
Airdate: Tuesday May 24th, 2005

Director: Greg Prange
Writer: Mark Schwahn

Guest Stars

Bryan Greenberg As Jake Recurring	Emmanuelle Vaugier As Nicki Recurring
Katherine Bailess As Erica Marsh Recurring	Kieren Hutchison As Andy Hargrove Recurring
Lee Norris As Mouth Recurring	Sheryl Lee (1) As Ellie Recurring
Tyler Hilton As Chris Keller Recurring

Co-Guest Stars

Eric Hissom As Guard Recurring	Jennifer Peña As Girl #1 Recurring
Joe Inscoe As Teacher Recurring	Johnny Alonso (1) As Joey D. Recurring
Spencer Cain As Guy Recurring

Main Cast

Chad Michael Murray As Lucas Scott	James Lafferty As Nathan Scott
Hilarie Burton As Peyton Sawyer	Bethany Joy Lenz As Haley James Scott
Sophia Bush As Brooke Davis	Paul Johansson As Dan Scott
Craig Sheffer As Keith Scott	Moira Kelly As Karen Roe
Barry Corbin As Coach Whitey Durham	Barbara Alyn Woods As Deb Scott

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Episode Notes

This episode aired as a two-part, two hour finale special with "The Tide That Left and Never Came Back".

Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
Andrew Paul Woodsworth	Fight For Your Right (to Party)
Athlete	Wires
Audioslave	Be Yourself
Bosshouse	Cracks In the Sky
Husky Rescue	The Good Man
Susie Suh	Petrified To Be God-like
The Veils	Lavinia
The Wreckers	The Good Kind

Episode Quotes

Lucas: (voiceover) Tennessee Williams once wrote "We all live in a house of fire. No fire department to call. No way out. Just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns down the house with us trapped, locked in it".

Peyton: (to Ellie) As a matter of fact, it's half-past the crazy bitch so leave me alone.

Nathan: (hands Peyton a photo) This is us at the beginning of the year. You were never happier.
Peyton: You were never hornier.

Peyton: Brooke, I'm sorry. I know you had feelings for Lucas.
Brooke: Phantom feelings. Like, when you lose a leg and try to scratch it. Lucas was my gangrene infected amputated limb.

Brooke: Well, well. First Lucas, then Jake and now Nathan. I guess slutty is in season.
Peyton: And why is bitch being a Brooke?
Brooke: Because! I'm leaving tomorrow for the summer, possibly forever, and my best friend is off giving interviews and having psuedo-innocent foreplay with kind-of married guys!

Ellie: My name is Elizabeth.
Peyton: Great! So even your name is a lie.
Ellie: Like your middle name, Elizabeth. That's how you got your middle name.
Peyton: Who are you?
Ellie: I'm your mother.

Deb: Do you need help with anything?
Nathan: No, I just, I have one more bag in the car.
Deb: Okay.
(Nathan opens the door to go back outside and freezes when he sees Haley, teary-eyed, in the doorway)
Haley: Hi.

(to Peyton on the beach)
Lucas: Looks like it’s just you and me this summer.

Peyton: (to Nathan) Are you not helping me move you because it brings back bad memories or because you're a lazy pile of crap?

Episode Goofs

It's stated in this episode that Peyton's middle name is Elizabeth, but in past episodes Brooke has referred to her as Peyton Marie Sawyer.

When Peyton helps Nathan pack, she comes across a picture from the beginning of their school year, which would have taken place in the beginning of last season. However, in the picture Peyton has the hairstyle she had during season 2, not season 1.

Cultural References

Episode Title: The Leavers Dance

The episode title comes from a song of the same title by The Veils.

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