The Hero Dies In This One(Season 2, Episode 13)

Dan swears he's going to let Keith and Jules be happily married. There's a catch though: Lucas must move in with Dan. Dan seems to be playing nice: he throws Keith a party at the dealership! And he wants to pay for the wedding!

Lucas has inherited Dan's heart condition(HCM). Dan has the means to pay for the expensive medication, which means he has Lucas by the balls for the foreseeable future. Karen is unaware of this of course. She just knows her whole world has been turned upside down!

Whitey's surgery apparently went well. He's coaching again. He offers to help Jake catch up on his school work. Peyton and Jake are officially a thing now, as they are living together in Peyton's house. Yay?

Taylor has worn out her welcome. Her ploy of getting rid of Chris Keller didn't work: he still e-mails Haley constantly. Haley doesn't want to break off contact with Chris because of their "connection to music." Speaking of Chris he just happens to show up at Tric. He's touring with The Wreckers(special musical guest!) a country music duo that was briefly popular at the time. They only had one album.

Michelle Branch(one of the Wreckers) wants Haley on the tour, so says Chris. So Haley goes, and it's for real this time and not a dream or some shit.  Nathan throws a temper tantrum and claims he's done with Haley! He doesn't call her  a poopy head though, sadly. Haley is done to, she takes off the bracelet Nathan gave her and leaves it at the apartment.

Oh, That Brooke! Brooke's success with the crab shack thing gave her confidence to run for class president. Her competition is good two shoes overachiever named Erica Marsh. Erica Marsh quickly goes the negative route and publicly accuses Brooke of doing horrible things like rigging the homecoming queen election and stuffing her bra. Okay those things are true. But she's growing as a person now! Brooke's campaign posters can be considered a form of trolling, I think.

Lucas gives Brooke a speech by John F. Kennedy that is sure to help her kick ass. This makes Felix jealous! Yes, he's still around, dammit.