Dan refuses an investigation and plea's guilty, forbids Nathan to confess, willing to bring a supreme paternal sacrifice atoning for his failings and to pay for his other sins. Dan is released after the autopsy shows that Daunte died from the shock of the crash, even before he was beaten. Seeing how worried Haley was for Daunte's grieving family, Nathan has already confessed to her about his panic deeds. Even Lucas can't convince her he only acted out of unconditional love, so she moves in with Karen. Brooke haughtily took her calculus test without cheating, but got an F, so she and Rachel break in at school to falsify her score, get caught and have to pretend they came to join Shelley's Virgins for Life. Deb tries to escape from rehab before she realizes she can just sign out. Gigi dumps Mouth because he's going to college next year. Nathan tells Haley what he can and won't do to get her back. Peyton makes up her mind about Lucas, who takes Keith's advice.
—KGF Vissers