All That You Can't Leave Behind(Season 1, Episode 5)
Peyton is in a very dark place. It's the seventh anniversary of her mother's death and she's surly and short tempered(well, more than usual anyway)and she storms out of cheerleader practice after she explodes at Brooke. More importantly, she's taken to idling at traffic lights in her Mercury Comet, waiting for them to red, and accelerating straight through. Very dark.
Peyton lets her guard down with Whitey. Whitey finds Peyton at her mother's tombstone. He's there visiting his wife's grave, and he comforts Peyton with stories of their marriage.
Peyton keeps running red lights. She tells Lucas she can't understand why she avoids crashing so many times while it only took once to kill her mother. During her latest attempt she is almost hit by another car, and breaks down in tears. IT"S AN EPIPHANY, I TELL YOU!
Lucas is troubled by Haley and Nathan acting so buddy buddy. Haley swears that here's absolutely nothing at all going on(besides you know tutoring) but appearances suggest otherwise. Haley is all getting all dolled up when she's with Nathan, and she's still wearing that cracker jack bracelet.
Dan reminisces about the past. He confesses to wife Debra that his high school basketball days were the best time of his life. You know, even better than getting married and having a kid! Ouch. A father-son basketball game(meant for FUN) at the high school gives him a chance to relive his glory days, and he insists on taking it seriously. So much so that he prevents his own son from scoring the winning basket! You suck, Dan. You punk ass bitch.
What's in a name? Lucas is tired of Dan Scott, Nathan Scott and the Scott name in general. He considers filing to have it legally changed. But Scott is also the name of his beloved Uncle Keith, and Lucas has a change of heart when his mother reveals that Lucas' birth is the only time she saw Keith cry. Aww. Cue that 'A Touching Moment' song from Lost.
Another voice over from Lucas. This time a John Steinbeck quote: “It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of
thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live for
our death brings no pleasure on the world."
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