One Tree Hill

Ahh back to our favorite Carolinians:

-So this episode involved the casting of Lucas' film, which of course has to happen in North Carolina and involve all the 'real life' characters being involved. Hilarity ensues, for example:
i) The casting assistant doesn't believe the 'real' Peyton is actually the real person and not some method actress, so she has to spend time with all her teenage doppelgangers, this is show is Charlie Kaufman-esque.
ii) The actress playing Brooke decides she needs to spend all her time with Brooke, and follows her around to learn how she was such a slut in high school. Again Hilarity ensues
iv) We learn that James Van Der Beek's character previously made a film called Trouser Hound'
Actress: I Loved Trouser hound by the way
Van Der Beek: He loves you too (glints eye, snaps finger and points)
v) Montages of various actresses reading for Peyton while reciting what I'm sure was important lines from earlier seasons.

-More Van Der Beek Gems: 'Go with the girl with the nice rack,' 'This place is dead anyways - Swingers' (that's right they have him talk in movie dialougue), plus my favorite after Brooke walks out on Julian he leans over and says 'Don't worry I know where you can find five more that look just like her.' I'm so happy his career was dead enough to take this job

-Man Jaime is annoying. This time his subplot has him trying to pick up a fellow four year old in his pre-school class, and of course the ex-con brother killing Dan is helping him do it. I can't emphasize how annoying this character is, and I mean even annoying for a little kid actor. Somebody needs to run him over with a steam roller. Seriously.
-Of course he ends up inviting his teacher over and tries to hit on her at Dan's beach house ('so when you stop to think of it when does the sidewalk end'), did I mention how much I hate this chracter. It even gets more tedious when he gets mad at Dan for moving in on his woman (yelling 'He was in Prison' and running off).
-The basketball subplot continues to amaze as the D-League team coach decides to start Nathan over the 20 ppg best player, because he is a team player and the other is guy is just concerned with making the NBA. And instead of just benching the guy, the coach cuts him outright. Riiiiight, I'm sure the NBA team playing the other guy's salary is extatic about that about that development. Because we know the D-League exists to put together cohesive teams and not develope talent. Plus we learn the guy has a small child and a baby on the way, so nathan of course has conflicted feelings.
-Skills (the shows one recurring black chracter) is of course the town's baby proofer (seriously this is a job? And this is something that's never been mentioned before. Of course he does it in a hip manner. I'm still deciding if this the chracter's portrayal is racist or not.
-In the episodes 'very special' storyline, Haley has to decide whether to publish Sam's essay in the paper against the principal's wishes (too many mature themes, plus the principal's name is Remkiss somehow that seems appropriate). Of course she publishes it, Sam gets a boost of self confidence, but will there be ramifications for Haley??? Stay tuned
-Hey I just learned from the fun fact box that Skills was a passenger in the infamous "Da, Da, Da" Volkswagen commercial. I'm not sure this show is a vertical move (who am I kidding of course it is)

-Of course the Fray is playing underneath the last scene.

So anyways this episode's score out of ten: 14