Everyday Is A Sunday Evening(Season 3, Episode 20)

Now that Lucas is off the team indefinitely, he must step up(he even says so in a voice over!) Nathan is killing it! Haley is pleased. But she isn't so pleased with being hit on by a pompous jerk from a rival team.

Peyton is in Savannah spending time with Jake. We learn that Evil Nicki did indeed get custody of Jenny, and Jake only gets a couple visits a week. He's still very cool about the whole thing. 

He's also cool about Peyton's dating Pete WhathisName from Fall Out Boy. He shrugs it off with a joke about  how he dates Shakira. It's incredible how he lets everything slide right off of him. Jake is a singer too! He performs at a club as a second job.

The happy reunion causes Peyton to have feelings of euphoria! She wants to stay with Jake, and even asks him to get married. This is reinforced when Jenny calls her "mama." I should have put this as a cliffhanger. Oh, well.

Dan visits Debra, seeking pity over Keith. This doesn't go so well, because Cooper is present, and the two almost come to blows. Nathan arrives and demands that Dan vacate immediately. Dan is suddenly all anger and venom. He claims that's he's the mayor and can do ANYTHING he wants, including burning his(former)house down with everything inside. He also calls Haley "Hades." He's obsessed with fire now! That's not good.

 Oh look, it's Rachel wearing a bikini and washing her car in slow motion! Well played One Tree Hill. Mouth arrives to share his disapproval with being rejected, but they are interrupted by Brooke, who soaks Rachel with a garden hose. Well played again. 

Brooke is very dismayed to learn that Cooper is dating Rachel, but quickly realizes she can sue this to her advantage to help her and Mouth get revenge. You see, Cooper thinks Rachel is a 26 year old model. Oh,boy!

Nathan confesses to Haley that he's completely wiped out from carrying the team. He doesn't know if he can go against the other team led by Damian(the dude that hit on Haley)Dan is listening in one this, and he tries to get back in Nathan's good graces by attempting to destroy Damian when he once again harasses Haley before the game. It's too late: Dan's blowup at the house convinces Nathan and Debra to get a restraining order. The cops force Dan to leave the gym.

Fireworks at the game:  Damian fouls Nathan, causing Nathan to sustain an injury that requires stitches. Damian pushes Haley and calls her a bitch! 

Brooke taunts Rachel, telling her that Mouth is too good a guy for her conniving ass.  Brooke is a good friend.  Rachel agrees with this, but still continue to see Cooper. He knows she's only 17 now, since he saw her cheerleading at the game, but he is powerless to resist her. This will not end well.

Dan is listening to the game in the parking lot. He has a flashback, in which we see him forcing an exhausted young Nathan to shoot free throws over and over until he gets it right. The radio goes out, and Dan misses his son win by the game(by shooting a free throw, of course.) Well played, One Tree Hill....

(I just realized...Lucas does not appear in this episode! And everyone got along just fine.)