One Tree Hill: The Goonies and gold stars
Victoria tries some tough love on Haley
Something unprecedented happened this week on One Tree Hill: We totally loved Quinn. No, really! She was awesome! First off, she introduced Jamie to The Goonies, which is a fantastic movie. Then, she got Jamie to act all kid-like, which he doesn't often get a chance to do. And finally, for a brief moment at the beginning of the episode, we thought she'd taken care of the StalKatie problem and was burying her body in the woods. Two out of three ain't bad...
What we loved
The treasure hunt
Now this is the way to use Jamie -- have him be a genuine kid, and intersperse his antics instead of making it one long, loooooooong KISS homage. We really felt for the kid when he was trying to please Haley and she just couldn't deal, so we were happy that Quinn came up with a great way to distract him. He was believably excited by the treasure hunt, and even his precocious moment at the end didn't feel spackled on. Well done.
Clay's fake-out
We'll admit that we were worried about Clay at first -- was he finally buying StalKatie's line of crap? Yes, he was very firm with her that Sara was dead and not coming back, but then he seemed to regress, poring over his wedding video and basically living in the past. So when Katie ended up on the pier, and Clay called her his wife, we were worried. But it was all an act! He was just making sure that Katie didn't jump, and once the cops grabbed her, he was happy to disabuse her of her happily-ever-after fantasies. We're hoping this means that Katie will be safely committed.... and that Clay gets a restraining order as a backup.
There's lots more after the jump -- keep reading!
Haley's friends and fam step up
Finally. We finally get a bit of movement on the part of Haley's loved ones. Nathan tries his best to be there for Haley, and at least makes reference to her seeing a shrink. (Granted, he's saying she's stopped going, but hey, it's something.) Brooke takes Haley out of her house, and is also there to see how Nathan is doing. Even Quinn steps up -- her Jamie treasure hunt is as much about giving Haley space as it is about entertaining Jamie. It's about time!
Victoria
Seriously, we love Victoria. Always. We love her when she's staggering out of the back room after sucking face with Alexander. We love her reacting to Brooke's reaction. And most of all, we love her tough love with Haley. She doesn't care if Haley hates her. Yes, you're in the depths of despair, she tells Haley, but you also know you're making choices. Think about what your mom would want you to choose. She wouldn't want you to give up. We're guessing that may be the one piece of advice that gets through to Haley.
What we're not so thrilled about
The continuing stooooooory of Grubbs and Miranda
How many ways can we say "we don't care"? Because really.... we don't care. At all. The only good part of this storyline was when Miranda told Grubbs she didn't want him to come with her. We almost hope she's married. Or a nun. Or possibly a married nun. Just so long as she goes away and we don't have to deal with these two again.
Broken hearts and bad ideas
So, Mia broke up with Chase, and Miranda broke up with Grubbs. This does not mean we should see Grubbs and Mia getting together. Ditto Chase and Alex. The show seemed to be hinting that our heartbroken heroes may find love in each others' arms. No, thank you.
Josh's attitude
Look, Josh: You're the one who released a sex tape so you could stay in the closet. That means you don't get to act all assy about hanging out with Alex. She's doing you a favor, at personal cost. So shut it, ok?
Other notes
- We'll admit to being confused about Haley at the bottom of the pool. Continuing suicidal fantasy? Or did she actually jump at the end?
- Haley's been leaving long, despairing messages on her dead mom's cell phone. That's... not good. (We did, for a moment, hope she was talking to Lucas on the phone. Oh well...)
- Congrats to Julian for getting into the film festival. However, since we've known for ages that the season finale was filmed in Utah, it wasn't exactly a surprise, you know?
Next week is the big season finale. What do you hope to see happen? Talk about it in the comments!
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Comments
Great eppy!
Loved the treasure hunt with Quinn&Jamie and how Clay got rid of Katie. That was a great plan!
I'm also really excited for next week!
Hope there will be more Clinn scenes! It was a shame that there weren't any Clinn scenes in this episode. I really love them together!
GIVE OTH A SEASON 8!
Posted by: Tess | May 12, 2010 1:05 AM
Goshh, so it wasn't a bad episode! I gotta admit that I DID like some stuff!
I was hoping she was with Lucas at the phone anyway! lol ... I just think it's SAD all she's going through, she really should use her best buddy!
I think Nathan's doing good though!I really like this supporting side of his; Go Nate!!
But then ... Haley should try too, not saying she's not but .. I don't know! ... I want things to be okay and she's just SO hopeless!
Really wondering what's gonna happen in the season finale. How is it gonna end if the limbo keeps going? ... I think It'll be a lame end whether it happens to be in fact the END ... they'll surely rush a bunch of stuff which I wouldn't appreciate!
Up until this episode I wasn't completely rooting for an 8th season (LP sucker, can't help it, the show's not the same for me without them haha) .. but I don't know .. after this episode I just think the show should have more time to properly wrap things together!!
Overall I think it was an okay episode; I'm reallyyy looking forward for next week's.
Oh .. don't think Haley threw herself in the pool anyway ... or maybe yes, but I don't think it'll be such big of a deal ... another SF with a husband rushing her wife to the ER? I Don't think so LOL
Posted by: Steff | May 11, 2010 11:13 PM
an amazing episode courtesy or none other then Schwan. KEEP ONE TREE HILL there are still stories to be told!
Posted by: Mars | May 11, 2010 3:58 PM
I was pretty surprised it took them such a long time to figure out Haley was calling her mom's cell phone--with the "I have to go call my mom" line at the end of last week's and the fact that she was talking about death so much, I thought it was obvious. It would have been a little lame if she was talking to Lucas after all. I get that he's her best friend and people miss him, but they wouldn't have showed him since Chad's not coming back, and what would have been the point in that?
Posted by: Trai | May 11, 2010 2:51 PM
this episode was amazing <3
i loved every minute of it okay minus the two minutes of miranda and grubbs but whatever 40 minutes out 42 aint bad i just finished watching it for the second time and cried like crazy
cant wait to hear your podcast :)
this is the way oth should be every week
leave it to schawan to write amazing stuff .. DO NOT LET OTH GO SAVE OUR SHOW
Posted by: Kianna | May 11, 2010 2:12 PM
Great episode! They cannot let ONE TREE HILL end yet. We are beating so many shows in the ratings, how don't we have a season 8 yet? Hear that CW? We are still waiting for our season 8 renewal!
Posted by: Michelle | May 11, 2010 1:58 PM
LOVE THIS SEASON WE WANT SEASON 8 SAVE OUR SHOW
Posted by: shelly | May 11, 2010 1:24 PM