What Could Have Been(Season 2, Episode 21)

Nathan is a hundred grand in debt for medical bills, plus he owes for his rent and everything else(stupid Tim ordered porn while he was in the hospital). Lucas is still concerned that Nathan may have tried to commit suicide, but Nathan is surly and reluctant to speak of this.  Good news, though: Dan pays the hospital bill! Lucas gets Peyton and everyone else to hold a fundraiser at club Tric to help pay the rest, including the porn.

Dan tries to convince Nathan to get his wedding annulled. Nathan resists at first but..surprise!  Dan visits Haley on tour. He shows her the papers with Nathan's signature. Haley is gobsmacked! Nathan pretty much throws in the towel: he gets his married annulled, and he moves out of the apartment and goes back to his father.

The fundraiser is a movie night, film projector style! The films that Mouth brings from the school are all mislabeled, leading him to play one of those car crash education movies(Red Asphalt 2). Instead of being horrified Nathan thinks it's totally awesome. He's obviously in deep denial about...something.

Oh, That Brooke! Brooke's detective work with the invoice reveals Dan's scam! Dan records a sale of a $12,000 car as $9,000, and  presumably pockets the remaining $3,000. He's apparently been doing this over and over for quite a while. Also, Brooke thinks she may have a chance with Lucas again. She gets her heart broken again when she discovers Lucas has kept lots of photos and stuff of Peyton. Oh that Brooke. That's going to be very tense now with them living together and everything.

Debra is in rehab. Jake has cut off contact with Peyton since he went to prison. Karen gets an e-mail from Keith(she hasn't heard from him in a while)!  Andy's investigators discover that Dan is putting his skimmed money in a college fund for Lucas. Haley is sad. She had her last show, and was ready to go home. Now what?

Next: It's the season finale! It's double length. Oh joy.