Season 5 5.02 Spoilers

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“Racing Like A Pro”

Written By: Mark Schwahn
Directed By: Paul Johannson

Scheduled Air Date: January 8, 2008

 

General Plot

THE GROUP GATHERS TO SUPPORT JAMIE AT HIS RACE — Tensions run high as Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) must face his past and choose his future, while he discovers the demands of being the coach of the Tree Hill Ravens. Haley’s (Bethany Joy Galeotti) decision to hire a nanny (guest star Torrey DeVitto, “Beautiful People”) brings much-needed help into their home, while her first day of teaching turns out differently from what she expects. Jamie (guest star Jackson Brundage) sets his sights on a Soap Box derby race and enlists Skills (Antwon Tanner) to help him out. Meanwhile, Mouth’s (Lee Norris) excitement about his new job is tempered by his demanding new boss. James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush also star. Paul Johansson directed the episode written by Mark Schwahn.

General

(Source for following)

- Mouth goes to a TV news station to apply for a job but it immediately turned down.

- Haley has her first day of teaching at THHS and it doesn’t go very well. She has to deal with students acting up and not following directions.

- Peyton tells Brooke that she hasn’t been with Lucas in 3 years and that she didn’t come back to Tree Hill because of him.

- Lucas has his first basketball practice as Head Coach of THHS with Skills as his assistant.

- Peyton and Brooke go to visit Nathan who is in horrible condition at his house. This is where they meet his son, Jaime, for the first time.

- The girls plan a night out while the guys prep for Jaime’s soap box car for the race.

- Haley interviews for nannies and hires Carrie… a young, smart, drop dead sexy female.

- The guys take Jaime’s soap box car on a test run and it wrecks.

- Peyton will meet Lucas’ girlfriend, Lindsey. And it becomes very awkward.

- Lucas gives Peyton a huge office inside Tric to start her own record label out of.

- Mouth ends up getting a job at a TV station.

- Brooke will purchase a familiar building in Tree Hill to open her own Clothes Over Bros store. This is against the advice of Victoria, her manager.

- Nathan will have a revelation about life… which will end this episode.

-The ending V.O. is about choices and how the choices they make shape their lives. Haley says it.

-Lucas gives Peyton a huge office inside Tric to start her own record label out of.

-There is a Haley/Jamie scene where they’re at the gym with Lucas, Skills, and Quentin.

The following 2 (credit to lukenpeyton@othforums):

-I just got back from Wilmington and we found them filming on location. We couldn’t see what they were filming, it was in a leased out store in a strip mall with paper covering the windows but their trailers were there and Hilarie, Chad, and James were there. Hilarie was wearing a peach halter dress, James didn’t look so good with his long hair, and Chad looked really hot. It was episode 2 for the new season. So, maybe some LP scenes.

-Hilarie was wearing cowboy boots with her dress and her hair was really curly and cute.

The following (credit toRebecca):

-Peyton does take Nathan to rehab, but Nathan is very negative about everything, not seeming to want to make any progress and just generally feeling sorry for himself.

-Quentin’s last name is Fields. Quentin does not make the 12 man roster for the team, basically because of his behavior in Haley’s class. Quentin kinda threatens Lucas, and Lucas warns him about acting up in English class.

-At night, Lindsey comments to Lucas about meeting Brooke for the first time. She says that Brooke is gorgeous and seems great. This is when Lucas tells her that Peyton is back in TH. She processes the news, then she makes a joke about calling one of her exes and inviting them to town. She’s like, “Luke, everyone has a past.” (scene 16)

-They also shot a scene with Lucas, Fergie, Antwon, Junk and Jamie. I think its supposed to be the night before the race when they show Jamie (Jackson) the car, the “Red Racer”, and they ask him if he wants to try it. He shakes his head, so they just push it down the hill and it crashes.
(credit to xoxmichxox)

At the RC
-Peyton and Brooke were in a shot then Brooke leaves, Peyton is alone then Lucas comes up and says something to Peyton, she says, “It wouldn’t have worked out anyways” and Lucas walks off.
(credit to seagull88@othforums)

-(VIDEO from filming credit to meaghan416@youtube)

-At the beginning of the scene, Brooke & Peyton are walking across the river court talking normally. At least it looked like. Then Peyton sat down on one of the picnic tables. Brooke was talking to her. It kind of looked like they may have been upset with one another, but i’m not sure. Then Brooke left and a few seconds later Lucas came over to Peyton. They talked for a few seconds and then Lucas left. The scene ended with Peyton dropping her head down into her hands like she was sad/upset. (credit to lastnite@othforums)

-Chad, Hilarie, and Michaela(Lindsey) filmed a scene in a bookstore that will serve as a flashback of one of Lucas’s book signings.
(credit to janes34@othforums)

The following (credit to Krystal):

-We know the book signing is a flash back. We know that Lindsay and Lucas are initially there and then Peyton arrives.

From what I understand when Peyton arrives at the signing, she immediately sees something that makes her leave. Observes something between Lucas and Lindsay. Having said that, I don’t know if LP are still together at the time of the signing or what the state of their relationship is at the time, or if what she observes is a fluke or meant to be more innocent or…

But, it’s something. I believe she observes some type of kiss that prompts her to leave.

Quentin completely humiliates Haley on her first day of school. He’s rude and vulgar, and eventually the other students even start to mimic Haley. She’s so mortified that she leaves the classroom in tears. Later Principal Turner tells Haley that he is going to sit in on her class for a few days. Towards the end of the episode, on her second day, Haley starts to give a speech to the class, and Quentin gets up and tries to incite the others to leave the class. Haley threatens to fail all of them. Quentin leaves anyways, but the other scared students remain. Then Haley starts the voiceover which, of course, connects with the other scenes. Her speech is about making choices and how those choices shape our lives.

Peyton does take Nathan to rehab, but Nathan is very negative about everything, not seeming to want to make any progress and just generally feeling sorry for himself.

Remember how this episode is the soap box derby thing for Jamie? Well, before the race, Nathan is in his room looking at himself in the mirror. He’s a mess…unshaven, unkempt hair. Haley thinks they’re all going as soon as B/P get there. Nathan pitifully states that he’s not going, and Haley’s upset. Nathan doesn’t want to go because he doesn’t want others to see him the way he is. Haley reacts with an awesome line about how the race thing has nothing to do with him…it’s about Jamie, who’s going to be upset without his father there.

Jamie wants his racer to be blue like the Raven blue, so Brooke says that he should go for it and paint it blue. Jamie says that he’s glad she’s his godmother. Later Jamie proudly shows off his new racesuit to his mama. Haley tells Jamie that Daddy isn’t feeling well and that’s why he’s not going to the race.

During Haley’s voiceover, Nathan is sitting next to the pool (which has a basketball painted on the bottom), and he suddenly wheels himself in the pool. It’s supposed to be some kind of epiphany for him. In fact, he takes his first steps in the water.

Haley is going by Mrs. James-Scott.

Quentin’s last name is Fields. Quentin does not make the 12 man roster for the team, basically because of his behavior in Haley’s class. Quentin kinda threatens Lucas, and Lucas warns him about acting up in English class.

Didn’t Brooke take Jamie to get ice cream or something after the race? Well, he is with her when Brooke calls Victoria to tell her about staying in TH and not going back to NY. They are at the cafe, because this is when Brooke tells the realtor that she is buying Karen’s Cafe.

Earlier in the episode, Brooke/Mouth are reunited, I guess, because they share a hug and he is all happy to see her.

At night, Lindsey comments to Lucas about meeting Brooke for the first time. She says that Brooke is gorgeous and seems great. This is when Lucas tells her that Peyton is back in TH.

Tric. Morning after race. Peyton tells Lucas that she was at the book signing and was so proud of him, but she was nervous because they hadn’t seen each other in so long.She also assumed that he and Lindsey were a couple. (Lucas has been in this writing drought, remember?) Well, Peyton then asks him what he said way back when Lucas came back to the court after his disastrous debut with the Ravens. (1.02) Lucas quotes the line about how her art matters because it got him there. Peyton then says that he touched her soul with her words. Peyton says that when she read his book, his words saved her again after she was ready to give up. She thoughfully says that his “art matters” and that it got her here. Peyton reassures him by saying that he’s not the guy who can’t write his second book; he’s the guy who wrote his first. Lucas is noticeably touched.

Filming Spoilers

“We know the book signing is a flash back. We know that Lindsay and Lucas are initially there and then Peyton arrives. From what I understand when Peyton arrives at the signing, she immediately sees something that makes her leave. Observes something between Lucas and Lindsay. Having said that, I don’t know if LP are still together at the time of the signing or what the state of their relationship is at the time, or if what she observes is a fluke or meant to be more innocent or… But, it’s something. I believe she observes some type of kiss that prompts her to leave.”
(Credit: Krystal)

“When I was watching filming tuesday night they also shot a scene with Chad, Fergie, Antwon, Junk and Jackson. I think it’s supposed to be the night before the race when they show Jackson the car, the “red racer”, and they ask him if he wants to try it, but he shakes his head, so they just push it down the hill and it crashes.”
(Credit: xoxmichxox)

Side Summaries

Side for Manny, an applicant for the nanny job: Haley is interviewing nannies along with Peyton and Brooke. Skills and Lucas build Jamie a soap box derby car.

Side for Starter at soap box derby: Jamie decides not to race his car in the derby. Haley sees Nathan sitting by the pool at night.

Side for Carrie, Jamie’s nanny: Carrie and Haley have a short discussion before Haley leaves for the day. Carrie saunters outside in front of Lucas.

Revised side for Carrie: The scene starts with Haley playing the piano. Carrie tells Haley about her childhood.

Side for Quentin, hot shot TH basketball player: Lucas has a “chat” with one of the Ravens’ star players, an arrogant shooting guard named Quentin.

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