Feb 22,2011
8.16 I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here Reaction
Posted by Amy with 40 Comments
If anyone noticed, a took a few weeks off from the reaction but I’m glad to be back tonight to say I thought tonight was a really cute episode.
- You’re not going to believe this but I LOVED Quinn tonight. Her trying to get Haley to Brooke’s and her getting aggravated at Haley was so funny.
- I think they went a bit overboard with Julian and the baseball. Literally chasing a butterfly? Too much.
- I actually liked Ian this week too. I really liked seeing someone else who had issues with their dad and that Nathan could relate to that. I loved the small reference to Lucas. I really think this is what they’re not taking advantage of…using the past of the show in the present. And I’m not just talking Leyton.
- I loved the adoption storyline. I really liked the birth mother. Is that Sloan’s daughter from Grey’s? I liked that she decided to back out and then decided to go for it. I’m really happy for Brooke and Julian. I love that they are timing this so that Brooke and Haley will have little ones at the same time.
- I loved this episode we got to see some great girl time and then guy time. I always like when they are grouped and the storylines don’t feel so disjointed.
The thing that I’m really missing in the show right now is there are no moral struggles, little drama. I don’t feel like there’s a bad guy or anything anyone is really struggling through. I mean, yes, Brooke wants a baby and Haley is having one but that’s not really a moral storyline. And I don’t mean drama like Mia and Alex fighting. Does anyone get what I’m saying? I think I just need evil Dan back. I need something like Lucas and Nathan fighting the fact they have a really bad dad. I’m just rambling here but all I’m saying is I wish they’d step it up a notch with the long-term storylines.
So what’d you think?
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Another great epi!!!!! This show keeps getting better and better…..We want season 9!!!!
Well since Chloe will change her mind I guess we’ll have a little drama there and then Brooke’s going to have her miracle baby by getting pregnant!
@alex how do you know chloe gonna change her mind??
So she is definetly going to change her mind?, What do you mean Brooke is going to get pregnant
FINALLY!!! Such a great episode! Im so glad we got an episode that was storyline driven instead of a filler. It really felt like good ole’ one tree hill again! I think this is my favorite episode of the season so far! I cant even express how much I enjoyed it, and it makes me so excited for what comes next.
alex… can you please stop posting spoilers? This is a discussion post, some of us don’t want to know what’s gonna happen.
First of all, I’m not the “Alex” posting spoilers. Great episode. I loved the opening with all the scenes and no dialogue. It was cool the way they went from scene to scene. Good directing!
I agree, no spoilers please!!!
Haley had the most powerful lines of the season by far when she gave that toast to Brooke. Epic. Best lines in at least 2 seasons.
Yes Amy I miss the morality the show used to have. The good versus evil and the gray areas of life you explore on your way to adulthood and how the choices you make that can come back and haunt you years down the road. With the passing of the high school years the writers have totally abandoned that whole aspect of the series and omitted it from the story lines. That is what a lot of the long time fans miss.. and bitch about quite often.. a lot of the newer fans never experienced the moral side to the show and the angst involved with some of the moral dilemmas the characters fought and struggled with and they try to defend the criticism of the newer episodes while not knowing about the past and the way it used to be.
Another problem with the series was the finality of the Leyton relationship. The constant drama between Lucas and Brooke and Peyton and who he would eventually end up with provided tons of drama and angst among the fan bases. With his eventual choice of Peyton that ended the whole 5 full seasons of suspenseful story line. A huge major arc for the show was wrapped up and put to bed so to speak. The same thing basically happened on The Office. The whole Jim and Pam thing. Now that they got married it killed the whole essence of the show. I was a pretty faithful fan of The Office but after the Jim and Pam wedding episode I have not watched it anymore. That “thing” that interested me in the show just wasn’t there anymore. The same thing happened for me after Lucas and Peyton married. But I stuck around out of respect for the show and the other actors and I have given my support to the show even though it lost that “thing” for me too. I still have a vested interest in seeing the secondary characters and the remaining lead characters and the journeys they take in the fictional world of Tree Hill. The series will never be the same and I accept that, not happy about it, but there’s nothing you can do to change it.
I just want more ‘Tree Hill’ in my One Tree Hill and I don’t feel guilty or bad for wanting that.
Having Naley name the baby Lydia was the downside of the ep. I know that it’s supposed to be sweet and sentimental but it’s not a good name for a baby girl. I think it would have worked better as a middle name.
I agree with eveything you said. Yes this episode was really cute, but I miss the whole, “Omg what’s going to happen next” part of the show.
I did like that we had a little bit more of Naley + baby this week. =]
Loved the episode and agree with “meg” about the name. I was feeling Emily. I have no idea why! lol episode was great very fun but with a plot which it awesome. can’t wait to see more. and i really hope people stop posting spoilers because those of us who actually like waching and being surprised are being shot down. =] Overall happy!
Oh and as for Chloe changing her mind, I don’t think she will back out, for some reason I feel like she means that she wants an open adoption.
AHHH! YAY BRULIAN! Chloe better not back out, I’d cry!
cant wait for more!
im with you, even though this might be the last season, that doesnt mean they cant put in a nice juicy storyline for us to get our claws into. i mean they def. have the time for it but i feel that they sort of wasted the back 9 episodes.
i enjoyed this episode a lot more than last weeks but i still feel like something is “missing”. i also would’ve like “lydia” to be a middle name. i wish we had some focus back to nathan, which think was more “Tree hill” sort of speak. when lydia is born, i would love to see deb or dan back. they are the kids’ grandparents. the show was mostly centered around the “scotts” and after lucas left, last seaosn became brooke’s world and naley’s world. now this season there’s more interaction but the “scott” presence has diminished.
with regards to morality, i want someone to do something wrong. i want someone to be out of character, it’s what the show needs, the show needs to have some people making mistakes. everyone is too happy right now. i wish they didnt have to make brooke and nathan so self-rightous. i love how mature they’ve become but i wouldn’t mind them reverting back and acting like young mid 20 year olds.
i like the episode but i want drama too.
Great ep yet again! It was over way too fast! Lookin forward to what nxt week has in store!
I thought the episode was ok, I actually sort of liked it.
Haley was so cute, seriously she is just always adorable. I loved her scenes with Quinn, Nathan, and Jamie, and also the small parts where she is chatting with the girls or hugging Alex and Millie. At first, I didn’t like that the baby was going to be named Lydia, I would rather it be a middle name, but I’m actually over that and I’m fine with the name. I just can’t wait to see Naley and Jamie with the baby, I hope they will have at least a few adorable scenes together.
Other than that, I do have to say I miss the drama and I think this season has been a bit too lighthearted, even though I did like this week’s episode, hopefully their will be something coming up in the next few episodes.
What is wrong with the name “Lydia”. Can’t Haley name her baby after her mother who just passed away.
What post of @alex is everyone talking about? I can’t see it!
This is probably my favourite episode of the season. Everyone did a good job.
Haley is the most entertaining pregnant woman i know lol. Her speech to Brooke was beautiful, Or for Brooke I should say. I thought Quinn was really good tonight, she was pretty funny! I loved the end bit with her and Clay flash-backing to when they were in there ‘out-of-body-expierences’!.. Brooke and Julian trying to adopt, yes its happened fast but it will be so good Brooke and Haley raising their babies together!!.. I also loved the male bonding… Nathan/Clay/Julian! Good to see!!!
I did get teary, during Haley’s speech and at the end lol I do love this show
I think it was deleted. Anyway…
Julian trying to catch a butterfly?! Seriously?! I mean, trying to catch a butterfly is cute… when you are 8-years-old. But this is a grown man… how humiliating for Austin and Julian altogether >..< Who knew the Julian that Brooke met in S6 would end up catching butterflies by himself.
Ok, I guess it is cute for Julian to catch butterflies if he was with a child, but I was talking about him doing it alone.
I LOVED THE SCENE WHERE BROOKE JUMPED ON THE BED AND THEN SHE JUMPED ONTO JULIAN AND JULIAN CAUGHT HER AND THEN THEY MADE OUT. So cute!
Please get Quinn OFF this show!!!! Nobody likes her
Boo
If you don’t like her than don’t watch her. She actually have quite a bit of fans. Thank you very much.
I love Quinn, she is my favorite on the show.
This epi does it: OTH ended for me right after 8×13…
I liked the episode, it was better than I expected!
Haley was all kinds of adorable and sweet and abd I’m glad the girls made a baby shower for her. She deserves it and more! And she saved Brooke with her speech
Quinn may I dare to say but I liked her!! I like her when she’s Haley’s sister nothing else lol.
Ok about the name “Lydia” I had a “wth?” moment at first but then I realized it’s an honorable, kind thing to do and I have a lot of friends who named their kids after their parents so.. Why not?!
And I’m also happy about the Naley scenes
Congratulations! The writers finally got an episode right. Sure naysayers are still going to complain, but I truly enjoyed the episode. Julian might be a little over the top with his quirks and being consumed in the Brooke Bubble World but I find him quite enjoyable. The catching of the butterflies was too funny not to mention corny, but I think all these little quirks will make him a fantastic dad. He is not scared to be a kid. I find that very charming in him. Also, with the lack of his father, he only had his mother to influence him, and his true personality is showing (or has been showing all season). But he steps into his knight in shinning armor suit when needed. After all he saved BOTH Brooke and Jamie. I think that this shows that a man can be sensitive and but still a man in the same breath. Him bonding with the guys in the bar was AWESOME. For once they didn’t seem disconnected. They could all kinda congeal with the fact that all their dads SUCKED! Except Clay, we have no clue on his back ground! (That could be a future story if we get a Season 9). I was happy with the final scene between Ian and Nate. I am glad he signed with Fortitude and I can’t wait to see how Papa Bear Kellerman reacts to that.
On a side note I have been to Wilmington and I love when they shoot at places I have seen. And the bar that they went to called The Blue Post is my favorite hang out when I visit Wilmywood! 
How lucky is Madison. She is the only girl on the team!!! I love her and Jamie together. However with the improvement that Chuck made last week, why did he go back to being a tool of a kid this week???
The ladies were just as amazing as the men this episode. Quinn becoming more and more frustrated with Haley was a riot. “You’re smothering me!” How many times have you wanted to say that to a family member??? LOL!!!! The baby shower was fantastic and I believe it held a perfect balance between celebrating Haley’s pregnancy and dealing with Brooke’s adoption drama. I don’t feel like one over shadowed the other at all! So good job to the writing team there. I really want Brooke to get the baby and the boy. It is MUCH needed for her character. She has come the longest way and she needs the biggest reward. It was good seeing the picture of high school Brooke! Brings back happy memories! And how awesome was Haley’s speech. Seeing as how it served two purposes. To FINALLY thank Brooke for saving Jamie and to save Brooke from all the unemployed, drug, rehab, prison talk that was instigated by her friends and family. However beer at a baby shower, I am down with that!
Lydia? Not sure if I like the name itself but I LOVE the meaning behind it. To know Haley’s journey after losing her mother, to now be in this place of calmness and acceptance to be able to pass on the name of her mother to her daughter shows a terrific amount of strength and love. Quinn being accepting of this and her gift gave me chills and a tear. Plus when Nathan said his line that grouped them all together it sounded and felt perfect for Lydia to be her name! So I welcome Lydia Scott into the family!!!
I actually like Quinn and Clays ending this week. Going back to the place of their out of baby experience was great.
I am not ready for these two to take the next step though. I would MUCH rather that couple be Mouth and Millie. I would love to see these two get engaged! I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope we get to see that by the end of the season. These two are like magic to me. I love them together!!!! 
No big drama this episode, but with 7 seasons of nothing but drama, angst and brooding I am glad that we can see closure with the characters we love and the maturity that they have acquired. I want to see Ian become a man with Nate’s help, Haley and Brooke be moms together and grow together, Mouth and Millie get engaged and Clay and Quinn grow in their relationship! I am excited for the rest of the season as long as they progress the stories (the last two filler episodes were HOPEFULLY the last two FILLER EPISODES for the rest of the season)!
The preview for next week looks good. Julian fainting was AWESOME!!!
I hope they wait for Haley to have the baby until we get back from break. If she had it next episode it would feel rushed!!! She can go into labor next episode but not have the baby!! Hopefully Chloe doesn’t pull back her willingness to give Brooke and Julian her baby!
Over all I give the episode an 8.5! Good Job!
Manda
quinn has a lot of fans, you must be joking!! there was a poll on the cw lounge forum a few weeks ago asking who the worst and most boring character was -
quinn 69%
julian 12 %
mia 9%
peyton 6%
rachel 4%
By the way the ratings were alot better this week!!!
They need to get Alex off the show, she keep hanging with them like she fits in but she don’t. Quinn and Clay are making the show look bad, I mean please do something with them!!! It’s the same thing, they aren’t doing anything and I hope she’s not gonna force him to get married again. Somebody please give Mouth a JOB!!! I hate seeing him without one. I love OTH, I really do and I’ll always support the show but some characters needs to get off the show they making it look boring. Bring on season 9…
A poll probably consisting of 100 voters….yeah those numbers Im sure reflect the opinions of OTH fans as a whole (que the sarcasm) lol
@bturner, that lounge is particularly hateful and anti-Quinn so the results are even more untrustworthy.
do you not know how polls work bturner? All percentages have to add up to add, that doesnt mean 100 people exactly voted in the poll….thicko
and that lounge is anti-quinn? Im pretty sure any OTH fan forum you go onto will be anti-quinn … and you know why? because she is the most dispised character ever, she brings NOTHING to the show. shantel is also a terrible actress
It’s been two years although I miss Peyton some fans are actually moving on…But Mia is cool I really like her. I just think Quinn is boring there is nothing really there.
all percentages in a poll have to add up to 100%**
and people arent anti-quinn because leyton left .. i for one was not leytons biggest fan .. but they were part of the show we all loved, and they left and got replaced with average garbage
@oth i dont think thats what bturner meant, and i dont think you should be calling anyone a thicko when im pretty sure you misunderstood what he/she said.
@oth Yes, as a college graduate Im well aware of how polls work. That is why I said it was PROBABLY 100 people, not that it WAS 100 people. Maybe you should take a course in reading comprehension before you go calling people names…..
I guess I should explain my point to some. I was trying to say such a small sample (possibly 100 people) is not representative of OTH fans as a whole. There are many people who like Quinn, me being one of them.
I enjoy coming to this site to discuss a show that I love. I have to say though, sometimes the negativity (sometimes unwarranted) gets tiring….
Guys – opinions are fine but please be respectful to one another! Thank you Amanda
a better episode than the last couple, but still not up to classic OTH standards. feels like schwahn’s heart’s no longer in the series. maybe he’s focusing on whatever his next project will be.
I enjoyed the adoption story line, but everything else was SO boring. There is no drama in the show; it’s become like a sappy comedy. I miss Leyton and have not been convinced at all in the last two seasons that the show should be going on without them.