One Tree HillScreen Writer’s Blues
Original Air Date: Feb 2, 2009
Kara – TwoCents Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com
This week, Lucas, Julian and Dixon, the director (James Van Der Beek), set out to cast An Unkindness of Ravens. Peyton attempts to put together a crib and cope with Lucas’s busy schedule. Nathan gets a boost in his basketball career and Haley has a tough choice to make. This episode was directed by none other than One Tree Hill’s own Bethany Joy Galeotti! She did a wonderful job, if you ask me. She acts, sings, directs -- what can’t she do?
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This week, Lucas, Julian and Dixon, the director (James Van Der Beek), set out to cast An Unkindness of Ravens. Peyton attempts to put together a crib and cope with Lucas’s busy schedule. Nathan gets a boost in his basketball career and Haley has a tough choice to make. This episode was directed by none other than One Tree Hill’s own Bethany Joy Galeotti! She did a wonderful job, if you ask me. She acts, sings, directs -- what can’t she do?
ReplyDeleteTric gets taken over by dozens of Nathans, Peytons and Lucases for the movie casting. Peyton walks in, looking for Lucas and gets sidelined and handed a script by someone working on the movie who doesn’t believe she’s the real Peyton Sawyer. She sits next to a possible Peyton, who says to our own Peyton, “Who do people always leave?” She’s horrified. Yes, Peyton, it does sound just that bad when you say it too. The real Peyton goes in to audition as a joke and Dixon says she’s too old to be Peyton but maybe she could play Deb. Dixon and Lucas fight over who should really play Peyton, as Dixon wants the one with “the nice rack” and Lucas wants someone with substance. Lucas finally makes a choice when Dixon’s Peyton offers to sleep with them both for the part and chooses the other Peyton.
Haley chooses Sam’s essay, Homeless in High School, as the winner of the contest and plans to publish it in the school’s paper. Sam is elated and proud of herself for once. She even shows it to Brooke, who showers praise on her and puts a copy of the essay on the fridge. Sam is having a good week, until she finds out the principal has threatened to fire Haley if she puts it in the paper. The principal thinks it’s got too many references to sex and drugs, even though it’s an honest, real story of Sam getting to a stable life. Despite the principal’s threat, Haley decides to put it in the paper. Right after receiving compliments from fellow students passing in the hall, a beaming Sam sees Haley get dragged into the principal’s office. Oh, dear. I’m glad Haley stood up for the essay and for Sam but I hope she doesn’t lose her job.
Peyton spends the episode worrying. She recruits Mia to help her put together the crib Karen and Andy bought for her but the instructions are in Italian and they succeed in creating a death trap. Skills, who apparently moonlights as a baby proofer, points out to Peyton just how many death traps there are in Lucas’s house. A lot. Peyton gets overwhelmed at the idea of planning the wedding, the baby shower and for the baby’s arrival and leaves a tearful message on Lucas’s voicemail. The recording cuts her off and she records a more upbeat one in its place. She goes for the sonogram and is surprised when Lucas shows up. It’s a nice moment and I’m glad Lucas isn’t too distracted to remember things like that are important.
Nathan gets asked by his coach what he thinks of Devon and Nathan is honest. He says Devon scores a lot of points but since he doesn’t play as a team, they’ll never win a game. The coach tells Nathan he’ll be the new starter and Nathan is excited, until he discovers Devon has been cut from the team. He sees Devon crying and feels badly, especially when he finally meets Devon’s pregnant wife and daughter. It’s okay, Nathan. Maybe he should have tried to work with his teammates instead of thinking they were worthless to him.
Brooke gets stalked by movie Brooke, who is a method actress. She goes so far as to wait, sans clothes, for Brooke in the back of Brooke’s car. That would be when Brooke discovers the breakdown of her character for the movie, one that only cares about three things: sex, sex, sex. She goes to confront Lucas and smacks a fake Lucas before she finds the real one, who tells her Julian wrote the character description. Brooke throws the Tree Hill letterman jacket she made for Julian at him and snaps at him that she’s not the Brooke she was in high school and that that Brooke participated in many non-sexual activities. Julian finds her later in the diner and shows her the breakdown for the Brooke he’s looking for. It’s a beautiful and sweet list and she gets emotional while reading it out loud. She asks him if he’s going to make sure movie Brooke knows these things and Julian says, “I’m going to make sure everyone knows.” Oh, okay. Julian is sort of winning me over. Sort of! Just a little bit.
Somehow, Jamie has been left to spend all day with Dan, who is having increased chest pain. Uh oh. Dan gives Jamie advice on girls, which has got to be the worst idea ever. Jamie invites the girl he likes over to Dan’s house after school for a date and Dan is shocked to discover it’s Jamie’s young, blonde teacher. Dan talks a bit too much to the teacher and Jamie accuses him of trying to embarrass him and ruin his date. He also calls Dan mean and says he knows why Lucas and Nathan don’t talk to him. No, sweetie. They don’t talk to him because he killed Uncle Keith and is usually a vicious, insensitive bastard. Dan apologizes and continues to try to be a reformed man.
So, what did you think? The whole movie idea has been done a bunch of times before and on Dawson’s Creek, no less but I like it on One Tree Hill. Brooke and Julian may be growing on me (slightly!) but are they growing on you? Tell me your TwoCents in the comments!