One Tree Hill 6x1, 6x2, 6x3
Added 2025-03-20 04:04:08 +0000 UTCComments
I was equal parts excited and scared for the first few eps of season 6 as SO much happens and you were bang on with it feeling like the end of a season. Thank you so much for covering episode 3 in this upload - Q’s death is so deeply devastating and this episode was devastatingly beautiful. Also devastating is that Q’s actor revealed on the OTH girls’ Drama Queens podcast that he was going to be a recurring/regular character in season 6 but contract negotiations fell through…
Lisa
2025-03-22 22:31:19 +0000 UTC*Deep breath* 'See Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.' is possibly the best episode of the entire series. The school shooting episode is up there for sure, but even though Jimmy's story was tragic and Keith's death was as well, there was at least a small amount of buildup to it. The episode prior introduces us to the new version of Jimmy and we see that he's having a hard time and it only gets worse throughout the course of the episode. As far as Keith goes, he and his brother had been at odds for a long time, and Dan was running around literally thinking that Keith tried to kill him, then seeing him with Karen living a life that he thought he deserved...Dan killing Keith was awful and shocking in the moment, but when you think about it, not exactly surprising. Q's death, on the other hand, was absolutely unfathomable and seemingly out of nowhere. I feel like when you rewatch it knowing what is about to happen, there is foreshadowing for sure with the conversations with Nathan and Haley, but in the moment it just feels like an extension of Q's growth and arc. He had so much potential and drive. Seeing him being shot in the back by some piece of shit robbing a convenient store is absolutely gutting and surreal. How could they kill off his character? He had so much left to do! But that is what makes it so powerful. Just like they said several times throughout the episode, life is short and unpredictable and we aren't guaranteed anything in this life, even another day in it. Q's death was senseless. It felt like his story wasn't over because it wasn't. Until someone stole it from him. I have a son right around the same age as Quentin, so rewatching these last couple episodes this go around were even more emotional than my previous watches. The way that they handle grief on this show has always been really wonderful. Even when it's not pretty, (I'm thinking specifically of Karen after Keith died. It was tough to see her treating Lucas like that.) it's real. This time there was the added element of Jamie. It's one thing for a group of adults or even older teens to have to navigate grief. It's another to have to explain to a five-year-old that they're never going to see someone again who meant so much to them, someone they just saw the day before looking so vibrant and whole. I thought the conversations Jamie had with Nathan and Haley were perfect. The scene at the grave with the cape and Sam's voiceover will never not make me break down and sob. I'm tearing up right now just thinking about it. There are a lot of things to side eye about this show (*cough*, seemingly never-ending cycle of trauma with Peyton, oversexualization of most of the female cast, Deb being largely a caricature of herself after season one, etc. *cough*) but storylines like this are the show at its best. As for some of the other things going on... 1. Deb and Skills is definitely a little bit ick. I hate the scene in the pool naked when her freaking grandson is at home. I also get really annoyed at the whole 'Nanny Deb' thing. You're his grandmother. It's going to be okay. It doesn't make you less hot. That said, I do like that it give us more skills and I've enjoyed seeing Deb acting a little more grounded these past couple episodes. Her scenes with Brooke have been really nice to see. 2. Paul Johansen and Torrey DeVitto do a great job as Dan and Carrie, but I'm ready for this storyline to move along. It's the one thing sort of marring the brilliance of the third episode. Although it does tie in when we learn about Carrie's son. There's a line somewhere in the episode about not knowing how a parent is supposed to move on when something like this happens. Quentin had a community of friends and family around him who loved him. They're all able to grieve together and hopefully heal, at least as much as a person can heal. Carrie seemingly had no one and so all that grief turned inward and festered. Obviously it doesn't make anything she is doing okay, but it's an interesting juxtaposition. 3. The scene between Brooke and Nathan is perfect. I wish we'd gotten more scenes of them being friends.
Desiree Mclaughlin
2025-03-21 16:09:37 +0000 UTCI love that scene too.
Desiree Mclaughlin
2025-03-21 15:11:01 +0000 UTCI agree, especially when she's wearing the dress she wears at the funeral. You can see what to me are clearly the bruises left from hands grabbing her arm.
Desiree Mclaughlin
2025-03-21 15:10:26 +0000 UTCS6 Ep3 is one of the saddest and most tragically beautiful episodes of the series. 💔 Thank you for the 3 episode upload.
Kelsey
2025-03-21 14:25:26 +0000 UTCSophia Bush has said that it was actually James who pushed to have a scene between Brooke and Nathan. He saw how similar the two characters were and thought the writers were missing an opportunity. He was right. That scene between them is one of the best scenes of the whole show.
Nicole Alves
2025-03-21 01:46:33 +0000 UTCAnd I know people like to say they didn’t believe her but were trying not to push but I’d like to believe Peyton would have offered more emotional support were that the case 🤷🏽♀️
ipsssen
2025-03-20 21:18:23 +0000 UTCI will never ever understand everyone buying Brooke’s stairs story. It’s honestly insulting to everybody’s intelligence
ipsssen
2025-03-20 21:14:43 +0000 UTCI am not ready to watch this again... episode 3 from season 6 is the saddest TV-show episode I have ever seen
Rene Lentsch
2025-03-20 19:55:10 +0000 UTCmy sister used to watch oth when i was younger and i would catch a few things from it and two episodes that always stuck out to me was when the limo went off the bridge in s3 and when q gets shot, for the longest time too i was so scared to enter gas stations, but really watching it when i was older made it hurt more in an entirely different way that i wasn’t ready for
fry
2025-03-20 18:52:55 +0000 UTCAww, man, there will never be a time when I don't cry during these episodes. I even watched clips on YouTube to prepare, but nope I was still crying at 3 in the morning. Q was one of those characters that just make you fall in love with their story and arc. But to have it end is just ... heartbreaking. I remember watching this the first time when it was airing and I didn't want to believe it. I think I took his death harder than Keith's, but that might be because I didn't watch the first three seasons as they aired (I started watching during season 4). One of the great things about One Tree Hill is that they don't make you feel like you're watching a show. They make you feel like you're living in the moment with the characters like you're right by their side. And that is why I think episode three hits so hard. Not only are we watching those who were close to Q deal with the grief, but we're also dealing with it as well ... right by their side. I agree with Portia on loving that they had Sam do the narration. It hits so hard having someone who doesn't know Q or who won't get the opportunity to know him to be the one to talk about it. From the second the episode starts with her talking ... that's it. Tears are falling. Every single time. They set it up so well with these episodes. And I'm glad that they didn't just time-jump to later on and let us watch it all play out. Powerful way to open Season 6. Now, with the whole Nanny Carrie thing. I couldn't wait until you saw who hit Dan with the car. 😂 Leave it to One Tree Hill to keep the psychos around. Next, with Skills and Deb. Still so weirded out by it, but again they're consenting adults and they do what they do. I think the moment when Deb goes over to Skills at the funeral was beautiful because she knew he was alone. Everyone had someone. Lucas had Peyton. Haley and Nathan had each other. The basketball players had each other. Who did Skills have? No one, which goes back to the moment when they were in the room together ... he was like "You should be with Nathan, Haley, and Jamie. I'll be fine," and I think that's when Deb realized that no, he wouldn't be fine. Brooke ... oh, Brooke. So heartbreaking for her. But I'm glad that you picked up on the fact that she is who she is. She's going to hide her pain, hide what happened to her, so no one else has to deal with it. Honestly, I never thought Peyton believed the falling story, but knows her best friend so well that she's going to let Brooke do what Brooke does and maybe she'll eventually go to her. Same with Nathan and Haley. But I'm glad she had Deb to talk to. But we'll just have to wait and see what happens next with this storyline. AND BRING ON LEYTON!!! I never once believed he was calling Brooke. I mean, could he have? Sure. But let's be real. Wow. What an upload. But we were waiting for it. And it was worth the wait. Can't wait for the next one! 🧡
CGoerlich
2025-03-20 16:53:30 +0000 UTComg i’m not ready to watch this ugh Q😭😭
fry
2025-03-20 16:37:13 +0000 UTCOne Tree Hill did an incredible job building up Q’s character in such a short time. His impact was undeniable, making his loss feel so raw and real. I love Sam’s voiceover in that episode. We could have had a reflection from someone who actually knew him, but I don’t think it would have hit as hard. Instead, having Sam—someone who didn’t know Q personally—deliver those words gives us a different perspective. It reflects something universal: the way death affects all of us, even as bystanders. We see loss every day—on the news, in our cities, in our neighborhoods—and whether or not we knew the person, we feel it, we see the impact. And that brings me to one of my favorite themes thay gets brought up in One Tree Hill: What’s the point? It’s a question I think about often. If everything ends anyway, then what does it all mean? But Q’s character reminds us of the answer: The point is the lives we touch along the way. His time was short, but his impact is lasting.
Portia Crain
2025-03-20 15:09:57 +0000 UTCI always forget the Quentin thing happens so early in the season. For some reason no matter how many times I’ve seen the show (which is a lot) I always have the thought that it’s like the midseason finale. I guess it’s because it’s such a huge moment that is something they’d usually save for a big episode like that. And they really make it hurt so much worse by reminding you in those first episode how far Q has come since we met him and how much he’s become a part of the lives of so many of the main characters. And you are not alone in crying during episode 3. I’ve never not cried watching that episode. It’s so beautifully done weaving together all these different versions of grief. Even in the end with Brooke breaking down and finally feeling all the emotion she’s been bottling up since her attack. And I agree so much with you about loving to see Deb have something real to do that’s not silly or comedic. And on a lighter note, going back to the first episode and Lucas’s phone call and which one will he pick. I didn’t want to say this last time and potentially spoil any part of the Peyton reveal for you, but since the season 5 finale aired originally, I have always thought it was such a weird choice to have Brooke be one of the potential people Lucas could be calling. Like they set up them spending a lot of time together and building a solid friendship and talking a lot about being happy that they could be there for each other, and they even had Brooke joke to Peyton that she came back for Lucas too, but I never for a second thought it could even possibly be Brooke that he was calling. First of all, Brooke has been way over Lucas for years. Secondly, she would never do that to Peyton. I could totally buy Lucas calling Brooke in that moment because he’s an idiot and he’s great at blowing up his life with the most horrible choices, but she would never say yes. Especially not this grown up, mature Brooke that we have now who has become the best version of the Brooke we always loved from the early years. I don’t know why this one thing bugs me so much, but it just always has and I just needed to have a little rant about it.
Jared
2025-03-20 08:35:20 +0000 UTCyou’ve never seen carrie??? omg must watch
Kat Alvarez
2025-03-20 07:18:40 +0000 UTCQ's death hit so hard, and it does each time I watch it. They showed how just like Nathan he was such a good guy in his heart he just had a really tall wall up that made him act a certain way. With proper love, respect and care he became such a vital character in Haleys life as a first year teacher, Nathans life while making a comeback into basketball. Jamies life as someone who he looks up to and loves, and Skills life as a coach and a mentor. And so many others lives. What I always gathered from his final scene was that the place got robbed by that guy, and Q would have been able to just get his gas and go, but once he saw the guy and the blood, the guy at the front shot him. As soon as Q saw the body, he knew he was in danger and its terrifying to see a kid in that situation. He didn't tell him to keep going, he said "Have a nice night" and shot him. Its so heartbreaking, it never gets easier watching that scene
Dani May
2025-03-20 05:58:50 +0000 UTCI always thought Nanny Carries explanation of how she hit Dan and then snuck him out of the hospital because he was a Jane Doe made no sense. Tree Hill is a small town, Dan was the Mayor 4 years prior and then was in Prison for killing his brother and also was the father of two of the biggest Tree Hill players only a year prior. Saying noone at the hospital knew him before IDing him makes NO SENSE.. just finished episode 1 and have two more to go but this always drives me crazy
Dani May
2025-03-20 05:05:33 +0000 UTCnot episode 3 😭😭😭
Kat Alvarez
2025-03-20 04:59:39 +0000 UTCOH MYYYYYY
Kat Alvarez
2025-03-20 04:59:32 +0000 UTCI really shouldn't but I'm watching right now!
CGoerlich
2025-03-20 04:44:07 +0000 UTC❤️❤️❤️
Dani May
2025-03-20 04:20:08 +0000 UTCnothing hits like a oth upload after a long hard day at the sad girl factory ♡
ang
2025-03-20 04:09:00 +0000 UTCI know I shouldn’t watch the episodes before bed but I’ve been waiting for them. It might be a cry myself to sleep kinda night.
Rachel Aaron
2025-03-20 04:06:34 +0000 UTCRight?! 😂
CGoerlich
2025-03-20 04:06:23 +0000 UTCRight before bed bev come on lol bed time is over rated anyway
Portia Crain
2025-03-20 04:05:03 +0000 UTC
