Amy’s Reaction:

In general, this was a good episode but it seemed pretty…how should I say…dramaless.  I didn’t feel as if it moved any plots along very far.  I did like to see the old Nathan back tonight.  While his transformation back to old Nathan did seem quite abrupt, it was nice to see NHJ acting like a little family and Nathan being so sweet to Haley.

Lindsey is a hard girl not to like.  While I’m an LP fan, Lindsey IS nice.  And I’m thinking Mark is doing all this plant stuff with Peyton so we can learn to like Lindsey along with Peyton.  I do have to say the plant thing was a bit high schoolish no?

Brooke’s revelation of her mother being Victoria was quite shocking I suppose except I had heard that already through spoilers.  I like the scene in the house where the homeowner asked if she could take her cat.

As for Lucas, yay, he’s inspired by Peyton!

And finally Mouth and Skillz were funny tonight and Mouth and Alice were hot, as they and Paris Hilton might put it.

Oh, and more thing, I really liked seeing Dan this episode.  I thought he did a great job and it looks like jail has helped him with his evilness.  He seemed quite normal and nice.

As I said, that episode was quite drama-less.  I’m looking forward to next week hoping we get some juicy stuff.

Heather’s reaction:

Did anyone else find themselves seriously questioning the future of this show?! I have been a HUGE fan for years now and at one point last night I felt like mourning the end of the series. If last night’s episode is anything like what we are in store for in the rest of the 10 episodes, we’re all in trouble when it comes to being picked up for season 6. I actually think I should of just gone to bed early instead of watching this. NOTHING HAPPENED! I guess if you didn’t know that Victoria was Brooke’s mom, that would be something. But who didn’t know that?! I feel like the writers are setting us up for all these secrets/story lines but with only 12 episodes we won’t know the answers. I really thought that there would be more to the K-Fed character last night so I was disappointed at how little of a role he played. On a side note: I just finished reading an article on K-Fed and it mentioned that he has been a fan of the show since his friend Antwon Tanner was cast. I didn’t know this. Back to my ramblings….Lindsey, really, can she just GO AWAY! There’s something about her acting that just drives me NUTS! I did LOVE seeing Dan though. He actually made it feel like the old OTH. Nathan really just needs to cut his hair. I really love my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and don’t mean this irreverently but seriously, does Nathan not look like he’s getting ready to play Jesus in your Easter play at church?! I’m still in love with Jamie. Nanny Carrie seems like she one of those people who just “happens” to either have done everything before or can magically just do it. Thought it was a little far fetched that she had done physical therapy before. Mouth, I like him and his boss together. She needs some Mouth in her life! Brooke needs Chase! Peyton needs Lucas! Quentin needs a beat down by the old Nathan! Haley needs to be careful not to be getting in between everybody’s business. And finally my favorite character, Skillz. I love whoever writes for him. He is so funny. I really like him and Lucas together as coaches. I’m so glad those boys seem to be getting better, they were really bad. Well I guess that’s it for this week.

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