The Leaving Song (May 2004)

The knowledge that Dan actually requested joint custody over Lucas but was turned away by Karen makes Keith doubt her and the Scott boys, who now train together as friends, how their lives ... See full summary »

Director:

David Carson

Writer:

Mark Schwahn (creator)

Stars:

Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Chad Michael Murray	...	Lucas Scott
James Lafferty	...	Nathan Scott
Hilarie Burton	...	Peyton Sawyer
Bethany Joy Lenz	...	Haley James
Paul Johansson	...	Dan Scott
Sophia Bush	...	Brooke Davis
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Deb Scott
Barry Corbin	...	Coach Whitey Durham
Craig Sheffer	...	Keith Scott
Moira Kelly	...	Karen Roe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brett Claywell	...	Tim Smith
Stephen Delaney	...	Policeman
Henry Garrett Droege	...	Messenger
Richard Fullerton	...	Security Guard
Bryan Greenberg	...	Jake Jagielski

Storyline

The knowledge that Dan actually requested joint custody over Lucas but was turned away by Karen makes Keith doubt her and the Scott boys, who now train together as friends, how their lives would have been growing up as brothers. Peyton and Brooke loose Jake's baby daughter Jenny in the mall, and find Nikki picked her up. Haley is furious when she finds porn sites on Nathans computer, even though everybody else considers cyber-sex innocent fun, no competition for her. Since coach Whitey must have an operation, Dan manages -to his fury- to be made Ravens coach for one match, and works the boys like a penal company. Jake thinks he'll lose a custody battle against Nikki, so he considers moving to family in Savannah and gets Peytons support. Lucas comes to a decision which worries both Karen and Keith.

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 2004 (USA)

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Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Bethany Joy Galeotti, the script for this episode said "Kiss Nathan, preferably with tongue." It is in the scene where Peyton drives Haley home in the rain and Nathan is apologizing for having pictures of Peyton on his computer.

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Quotes

[Brooke is drinking alone. A guy sits next to her. She gives him a fake smile then looks away]
Guy: Buy you a drink?
Brooke: Okay, guy in need of a clue. Here's one. Women send signals. That was a brush off. Before you dip into your shallow pool of wit let me paint us a picture and save us both the trouble. Here's your evening. You are going to slink back off to your buddies, laugh this off, get wasted, go home, and make nice with yourself. But don't be thinking of me, because even your fantasy of me, isn't ...

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Soundtracks

"Through The Blue"
(uncredited)
Performed by Evan and Jaron

User Reviews

I want to leave Tree Hill

I get the feeling that now we are just moving onto the next teenager topic: pornography.

Hayley and Nathan seem to have opposite values, how can they think this will work out in the long run. Oh, thats right, teenagers don't think about that. They must have some serious chemistry going on to put up with the gaps between them.

I don't have kids, but I've seem parents getting around with way more than one small bag when they take kids anywhere, even if only for a few hours. How it is possible that Jake leaves forever with hardly anything to look after his daughter with?

Also Lucas all of a sudden wants to leave. Where did this story line come from? Not very believable, and I doubt it'll really happen.