Things are bad for Jake: He ran away, so he didn't know about that court hearing which granted full custody of Jenny to Evil Nicki. Jake seems to have one option left: prison. I knew coming back to Tree Hill was a bad plan!
Felix haphazardly leaves a shirt with red spray paint on it( in a goodwill box!) which Anna finds. It seems Felix is responsible for vandalizing Peyton's locker a few episodes back. Felix explains that he did this in order to take the heat off of Anna, because of those rumors about her sexuality(which turned out to be true). Long story short: Anna turns Felix's ass in. Felix is expelled from school, Brooke breaks up with him., and his parents ship him off to military school. And that is the end of Felix on One Tree Hill! Thank goodness.
Keith is very upset to discover that Lucas and Karen knew about Dan's con and didn't tell him. So upset, in fact he actually considers leaving Tree Hill without looking back. But first: Keith stops by the car dealership and does his best to strangle his brother to death. Dan is positively giddy about ruining Keith's life, which pushes Keith over the edge! Needless to say, Keith is fired from his job(not that he cares).
Karen gives Keith the file on Emily Chambers(Jules' real name) and he leaves in search of her.
Nathan drives and drives...and drives to GET HIS HONOR BACK! He has many flashbacks of happy times with Haley. Haley and Nathan record an answering machine message! Haley and Nathan come home right after getting married! It's a little on the nose.
Nathan finds Haley, only she's not the same person from those flashbacks. She's not wearing her wedding wing and tells Nathan that their marriage was probably a mistake. Then she walks away from Nathan and goes on stage to perform! Sadly, Chris Keller is not hiding in the shadows grinning deviously.
Lucas decides to keep living with Dan, to try to bring Dan down! Lucas tells his mother that he is Dan's "one weakness." I laugh at his naivete! Lucas witnesses Dan putting something(money? documents? Rambaldi artifact?) in the ceiling above his office desk at the dealership, so perhaps the worm will turn!
Oh, That Brooke! Karen talks to Brooke's parents and convinces them to allow Brooke to In Karen's house! Disaster averted. This show know how to toy with the emotions! I guess that means Lucas/Brooke romantic shenanigans again.
Lucas voice over!
"There will always be something to ruin our lives. It all depends on what
or which finds us first. You're always ripe and ready to be taken." (Charles Bukowski)
A very special installment of Adventures Of Keith finds our hapless hero finally getting some happiness. That's right, It's his wedding day! But Keith doesn't know that all of Jules' secrets are about to revealed, leading to tragedy.....
One episode without Haley was almost enough to bring darkness upon the world, but no fear: she's back(but still in diminished capacity, she only has three scenes). Haley calls Nathan and tells him she is doing a tv interview to promote her tour. Nathan is still pissed at Haley but decides to skip Keith's wedding to watch the interview. Debra appears despondent about her(emotional and physical) separation from Nathan: Lucas witnesses her popping pills from a hidden bottle.
Peyton and Jake are a couple, and they do things that young couples in love do. They almost miss Keith's wedding because they're doing those things! Baby Jenny says her first word, which is, of course, "dada." It should have been "run"!
Nathan attempts to buy beer, but Coach is there to put the kibosh on that. Coach tells Nathan to stop being such a whiny bitch about Haley. He doesn't actually say that, but that's what he means. It's all in the tone of his voice.
Chris Keller thinks that he and Haley will sell more records if they pretend to be together. Haley balks at this, but Chris Keller cuts her off during the interview and insinuates that the two of them are indeed involved. Nathan is watching and his heart explodes in his chest.
Nathan promptly gets plastered and goes to the church to convince Keith that the whole marriage thing is a bad idea. After a brief dust up with his parents, Nathan vomits on the sidewalk, and Lucas stuffs him in a cab and sends him packing.
Andy's private investigator has dug up info, but it's not about Dan. Jules' real name is Emily Chambers. Karen first believes Jules is having an affair with Dan, but quickly pieces the whole deception together. Jules insists she really really loves Keith for real. However, when Karen threatens to reveal the whole deception to Keith, Jules feels she has no choice but to skip town. Keith is crushed.
Dan gloats over his victory! He even does the evil bwahaha laugh.
CLIFFHANGER(S)! Jake and Peyton return home from the wedding to find Evil Nicki waiting for them, like some vengeful spirit form a horror movie.
Debra gives Nathan money and tells him to go get Haley. He probably should have done that himself by now, but hey, he's stupid. Give him a break.
Oh, That Brooke! Brooke's father got a new job in California, so she might be moving away. Say it ain't so, show!
