'One Tree Hill': The girls get high on more than life
Now that Nathan's paternity suit is settled, "One Tree Hill" took a bit of a break from the angst with this mostly lighthearted episode. Lighthearted, that is, except for all of the ghosts, nightmares, paranoia and phobias. It's all just another day in the crazy town of Tree Hill!Dan opens the hour with a bizarre (and amazing) nightmare about getting a heart transplant at a sketchy Mexican hospital. He later does a show on confessions and collapses in the middle of the stage when he sees a bleeding boy ghost in the audience. "OTH" is ghost-er-riffic lately! Dan takes this as a sign to come clean about getting a heart transplant, and finally explains the clock on his set. That big ticking clock in the background symbolizes Dan's borrowed time, since he isn't supposed to be alive. Rachel assures him that coming clean means he'll lose everything he's worked for. I have to agree with Rachel, here. A Million Little Pieces, anyone? Deny, deny, deny! Dan probably doesn't want the story of his heart transplant getting out, especially since it turns out Rachel paid a family to take their kid off life support so Dan could get his heart. Whoa. That is all kinds of wrong.
Haley and Brooke arrange for a "guys' weekend" so Julian can get to know the boys better. Nathan, Skills, Mouth, Julian, Jamie, and that annoying kid from Skills' girlfriend's class all go camping. Their camping includes the requisite "Julian is a city slicker" jokes, a zip line (!?!), scary stories and inevitable Julian/Nathan bonding. I'm not sure why they weren't friends in the first place. Although that seemed a bit contrived, it was mighty amusing to see Skills spill the beans on Nathan and Brooke's sex tape, and it was nice to see Julian and Nathan bond over Jamie.
While the guys are gone the girls have a weekend of their own planned, a weekend that is going to revolve around pot brownies. Apparently, Taylor and Quinn have been secretly drugging Haley for years with these brownies and Haley had no idea. Wow, mean! And hilarious. At Brooke's urging, Quinn finally confesses the secret ingredient and although she's hesitant at first, Haley rolls with it. The ladies have fun being high (Brooke gets paranoid, Haley gets chatty) and eventually decide to call Quinn's psychic for a reading. A psychic reading while high and paranoid does not sound like a good idea. Brooke uses the time to get more paranoid about Julian and Alex (yawn) and Quinn ends up running to help Clay at the psychic's behest.
Clay skips boys weekend to hang out with the ghost of his dead wife, which is mega depressing. I really, really like Sarah but I hate how her only purpose seems to be to push Clay towards Quinn. I don't want to be told two people are meant to be together. I want to see chemistry and proof by their interactions. Like, say, how Sarah and Clay seem to be so effortlessly great together. Quinn shows up at his house but he turns her away, only to chase after her in the rain and confess all about Sarah. Rain scenes are always romantic (especially on this show -- Nathan/Haley, Brooke/Lucas, anyone?) and I want to like Clay and Quinn together...but I just don't. Not yet, anyway. What do you guys think?
Random thoughts:
- Nice continuity callback with Skills not liking nature. Remember when Skills and Bevin got lost in the woods?
- I'm pretty sure that zip line was in Dawson Leery's backyard. The dock in the distance looked mighty familiar.
- Loved Jamie's true-life Crazy Nanny Carrie scary story. No wonder he's so brave!
- There were a few interesting tidbits about Mouth and Skills' futures on the show. Mouth seems to be heading towards building his own internet sports reporting empire, and Skills is leaning towards searching out a career being a sports consultant for television and film.
Favorite quotes:
- "I don't think anyone has had "homies" since 1989." - Brooke
- "Yeah, but the damn woods? With hungry animals and the dude with the hockey mask? - Skills
- "Nathan and Brooke kind of made a sex tape in high school. Okay. Good night!" - Skills
- "I lost my virginity to my sister-in-law. You don't think that makes Thanksgiving awkward from time to time?" - Nathan
- "My father's new wife is my age, and she hit on me after she slept with my Uncle Cooper. Don't even get me started on my dad." - Nathan
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I HATED the pot brownie storyline. I think it is mean (not to mention illegal) and while it may have been funny when they were all back in high school, they are adults now. At least they could've told Haley before she starting eating, so she could make her own decision.
Anyhow, rant over. I agree that Sara and Clay seem good together, but obviously, no happy endning possible. I just am not digging Quinn and Clay, no matter whas Sara says. I still don't like Quinn for dumping her husband just because he got a real job instead of being a "real artist" or whatever. Blech. Clay is a good character, but they should totally dump Quinn and find someone else for Clay.
Loved the camping scenes and boy bonding. Julian is such a cutie!
Totally knew Dan was going to want to go home. That could make some good drama! Wonder what he meant when he said Lucas wasn't doing anything?
I loved that Julian's favorite sports movie was Cool Runnings!
This was a kind of cute, funny, throwaway ep, but not bad.
Joey, agree about the pot brownies. There were several things I disliked about this storyline. First, it just seemed so out of character for the show and the characters. Aside from alcohol, they've really never shown, much less ENCOURAGED, drug use on this show. Quinn basically telling Haley, "you've had a hard week, you deserve to get high" is not a message I'd want kids to hear. It made me disappointed in the writers. Second, I know this is overanalyzing, but having made the brownies, this means Quinn went out and bought pot (or had it) and brought it into a home with a child. Liking her less and less.
Another thing that had me losing respect for Quinn was the fact that she has a psychic. Come on! She doesn't even live in Tree Hill permanently, but she has found a psychic there and really listens to her. Idiot.
Brooke with the psychic was so funny though, the way she was totally leading Zelda and now she's all worried about it.
I loved the beginning when Brooke and Haley were both telling their men that Julian was going on the camping trip, so funny. And Julian won my heart again when he pretended to be afraid so Jamie wouldn't have to go on the zipline.
I love Clay, but after this week, I am pretty sure I'm anti- Clay&Quinn. First, they are just boring together. They have no chemistry. That's one of those things you can't create on camera, you have it or you don't. Second, as stated above, I've lost all respect for Q this week. Third, Quinn should probably get divorced if she's gonna date. And last, where do they go from here? I can't see any interesting storylines coming out of their relationship-it's just so dull. Dump Quinn and bring a new character to the show, cuz this ain't working for me.
Jeeze guys lighten up! i LOVED the whole entire episode! :)
and i looove the whole "brooke being paranoid and haley being chatty" thing. LMAO! :)
bring Leyton back!
I realise this is late but i just caught up on One Tree Hill tonight.
As someone who has had to waste a good deal of his life dealing with stoner relatives and had to watch someone I care about throw his life away on pot,I am utterly appalled that there's anybody out there who still thinks characters who used to be role models smoking pot is funny. Sorry if this makes me uncool but there's nothing funny about it.
I've been a One Tree Hill fan since the beginning but I can't deal with this. I'm done.
Pot has stolen a lot of things I cared about from me but I never thought it would take One Tree Hill...