Season 1 - Episode 1 - Pilot
Air Date: Sep 23, 2003
Description: Except for basketball, Nathan and Lucas Scott have nothing in common, but their mutual father will forever connect their lives in ways they could never imagine. Their father, Dan Scott, chose to abandon Lucas and raise Nathan in his image , a life of luxury and Tree Hill High Ravens basketball. Lucas, on the other hand, was raised by his single mother, Karen, share ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 2 - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
Air Date: Sep 30, 2003
Description: Lucas takes the court in his first varsity game for the Ravens, but his performance is worse than he had hoped. His lackluster performance, along with escalating teasing by Nathan and the other players, makes Lucas decide to quit the team. Meanwhile, Nathan and Peyton continue to drift apart and Keith helps Karen deal with her issues with Dan after Karen refuses to ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Are You True?
Air Date: Oct 7, 2003
Description: Lucas' rising popularity among the school and the team makes Nathan increasingly angry at his brother. When constant hazing fails to make Lucas quit the team, Nathan goes after his one weak spot -- Haley who Nathan asks for tutoring after receiving an F in English. Meanwhile, Lucas submits Peyton's drawings to a local magazine without her permission, but Peyton is t ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Crash Into You
Air Date: Oct 14, 2003
Description: Haley makes Lucas go to the basketball after-party at Nathan's family's beach house hoping that Nathan and Lucas will settle their differences. However, the beach house makes Lucas think about the life he never had, prompting him to ask his mother why Dan was never a part of his life. Meanwhile, Deb, Nathan's mother, comes to Karen for advice after Nathan continues ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 5 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Air Date: Oct 21, 2003
Description: Lucas asks Keith to play in the annual Father and Son Ravens basketball game and soon realizes that not having Dan in his life may have been for the best. Meanwhile, Peyton struggles to cope on the anniversary of her mother's death, but finds an unlikely shoulder to lean on when Nathan fails to remember the anniversary.
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Every Night Is Another Story
Air Date: Oct 28, 2003
Description: Wanting Nathan and Lucas to reconcile their differences after taking their frustrations out on each other on the court, Whitey throws the brothers off of the bus 30 miles from home. When they encounter a group of rival basketball players, Nathan and Lucas are forced to team up to out-smart the group and get home in one piece. Meanwhile, Brooke, who was injured durin ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Life In A Glass House
Air Date: Nov 4, 2003
Description: At the annual basketball appreciation party thrown by Dan and Deb, old scars are reopened and new friends are made as Keith and Dan once again square off and Karen finds an unexpected ally. Lucas finally gets the opportunity to make a move on Peyton, but when he wants too much, too soon, Peyton backs away. Meanwhile, Haley admits her feelings for Nathan to Lucas, bu ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 8 - The Search For Something More
Air Date: Nov 11, 2003
Description: In what they thought would be a harmless night of fun, Brooke drags Peyton to a college party, but things take a turn for the worst when Peyton is slipped a date rape drug. Brooke calls Lucas for help and the two get to know each other better as they take turns looking after Peyton while she sleeps. Meanwhile, Haley forgives Nathan and gives him as second chance as ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 9 - With Arms Outstretched
Air Date: Nov 18, 2003
Description: After a bad fight with both his father and Haley, and while dealing with the constant pressure to be the best, Nathan takes amphetamines to improve his game. However, the drugs take a serious toll on Nathan mentally and physically and they soon land him in the hospital. Meanwhile, Peyton decides to take a chance on Lucas and goes to restart their relationship, but f ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 10 - You Gotta Go There To Come Back
Air Date: Jan 20, 2004
Description: Lucas is forced to choose between Brooke and Peyton when both show interest in him. Meanwhile, after the fallout of Nathan's collapse on court and other issues plaguing the team, Whitey cancels practice to force the team to refocus. With no practice, Dan takes Nathan on a father-son weekend in order to try to make-up with both his son and Deb; and Deb and Haley work ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 11 - The Living Years
Air Date: Jan 27, 2004
Description: When Nathan decides to quit the basketball team, he has more free time to spend with Haley. However, Nathan's old ways begin to rub off on Haley and she skips class to go with Nathan to his beach house where she gets drunk. Meanwhile, Brooke becomes jealous when Lucas and Peyton become closer friends and the Scott family go to a counselor to attempt to sort out thei ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Crash Course In Polite Conversations
Air Date: Feb 3, 2004
Description: After a bad storm at sea, Peyton receives horrifying news that her father may have been lost at sea. Lucas takes Peyton on an overnight trip to Hilton Head where Peyton has to identify the body that had been washed ashore. However, when the road is blocked due to the bad thunderstorm, Lucas and Peyton are forced to spend the night together where Peyton, taken over b ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Hanging By A Moment
Air Date: Feb 10, 2004
Description: Karen returns home from her cooking class in Europe and as Keith and Lucas drive to pick her up from the airport, Keith's vehicle crashes into an oncoming car leaving Lucas fighting for his life. After seeing the accident, Dan rushes Lucas to the hospital and is forced to acknowledge Lucas as his son in order to let the doctors perform life-saving surgery. Meanwhile ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 14 - I Shall Believe
Air Date: Feb 17, 2004
Description: After the accident, Karen refuses to leave Lucas' bedside as he lays in a coma. There Karen meets Brooke, Lucas' new girlfriend and Deb tells her that she's decided to divorce Dan. However, Karen is delivered the most devastating news when she is informed that Keith was drinking and driving the night of the accident. Meanwhile, Nathan tries to win back Haley after ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Suddenly Everything Has Changed
Air Date: Feb 24, 2004
Description: After waking up from his coma and as he deals with the aftermath of his near-death experience, Lucas decides that he made the wrong choice between Brooke and Peyton. Lucas breaks up with Brooke and secretly gets together with Peyton. However, the truth behind their secret relationship comes out when Lucas has to be rushed back to the hospital and Brooke and Peyton c ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 16 - The First Cut Is The Deepest.
Air Date: Mar 2, 2004
Description: In the midst of the bitter divorce between Deb and Dan, Nathan has to decide which parent he wants to live with. Dan decides to push Nathan's hand by bribing him with a new car and threatening to reveal a dark secret that Deb has been keeping. Meanwhile, Lucas hooks up with a beautiful stranger who he might be more connected to than he thinks and singer Sheryl Crow ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Spirit In The Night
Air Date: Apr 6, 2004
Description: The basketball team and cheerleading squad, as well as Haley, head to Charlotte for The Classic basketball and cheerleading tournament. Brooke is determined to beat their rival school, but when Theresa comes down with the chicken pox, Peyton begs Haley to step in as a replacement. Meanwhile, Karen and Peyton's father, Larry, hit it off while chaperoning and Nathan a ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 18 - To Wish Impossible Things
Air Date: Apr 13, 2004
Description: At Tree Hill High's annual Boy Toy basketball charity auction, Lucas, Nathan, Jake and the rest of the team (as well as Mouth) are sold to the highest bidder. The auction pairs up Lucas and Haley, Nathan and Peyton, Jake and Nicki, and Mouth and Brooke for the night, resulting in Haley confessing her true feelings about Nathan to Lucas and surprising developments in ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 19 - How Can You Be Sure?
Air Date: Apr 20, 2004
Description: Lucas steps into Dan's shoes when he learns that Brooke might be pregnant. Not wanting to follow in his own father's footsteps, Lucas promises to be there for Brooke no matter her decision, but Brooke is reluctant to trust Lucas. Meanwhile, Haley considers having sex with Nathan.
Season 1 - Episode 20 - What Is And What Should Never Be
Air Date: Apr 27, 2004
Description: After the guys begin to use Nathan's apartment as party-central, Haley decides to throw a small take back the party party. However, small soon turns into large and Haley panics when things begin to spin out of control. Meanwhile, Nathan gets a job at a pretzel stand at the mall to pay his rent, much to Dan's horror, and Brooke, after finding out that she wasn't one ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 21 - The Leaving Song
Air Date: May 4, 2004
Description: Dan is named temporary head coach of the basketball team when Whitey has to have surgery on his eyes, but no one thinks it's a good idea except Dan himself. Haley finds questionable material on Nathan's laptop, leading Haley to pull away from Nathan and leading Nathan to realize that he's inadvertently pressuring Haley into having sex with him. Meanwhile, after a mi ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 22 - The Games That Play Us
Air Date: May 11, 2004
Description: Dan leads the Tree Hill Ravens in their first playoff game and Lucas and Nathan have to deal with the constant abuse that Dan dishes out to them. Dan also confronts Haley about her relationship with Nathan, and his threats lead Haley to rethink their relationship. Meanwhile, Whitey learns the severity of his medical condition and Dan suffers a medical condition of h ... Read More