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One Tree Hill 8X22: This is My House, This is My Home
🕑 Added 2024-12-30 23:53:39 +0000 UTCUm, am I the only one who was pissed that Brooke, after dying to get pregnant and have children, only got one fucking episode for it? We just watched Haley be pregnant for months. We couldn't have given Brooke more than one episode for her greatest goal in life?!? Also, how did they not figure out it was twins until she was, like, 6 months pregnant?
That said, I'm wondering if they were sort of told last minute that this was going to be the series finale and then the ended up getting another half season. There were just way too many things that made it seem like a series finale. The original theme song, Karen's Cafe with Haley turning the sign over, Jamie in the Keith's Auto Body hoodie, everyone getting a happy ending.
Anyway, I thought it was pretty low key for a season finale, but if this was intended to be a series finale, I get it.
Here's my biggest issue. I don't care about most of these characters. I don't care if Chase and Alex (or Mia) end up together. I don't care if Millie and Mouth have a morning show. I don't care AT ALL about Chuck. (Plus, for a finale, there was way too much emphasis put on the romance of two children). I'm really hoping that S9 focuses mostly on the Nathan and Haley's family, and Julian and Brooke's. I'm totally fine with some Clay and Quinn as well, but we don't need any other characters.
After all this time, I truly don't know how I feel about Dan. I'm in sort of two camps: he's doing exactly what he should be, staying away and not bothering anyone; but also because he hasn't really been on the show and it's out of sight, out of mind, I kind of forget about all the shitty things he's done. When he was on the show more often, I was regularly reminded of them and I continued to hate him for them. But, now, I don't know if I feel like giving him some credit, or if I've just not been thinking about how awful of a human he is. But, I will say, Nathan showing up did seem to bring him a lot of joy. And he didn't say anything awful to Nathan, so maybe there's hope for him yet.
And, going back to how pissed I am that they only gave Brooke one episode for her pregnancy and birth, I will say that I'm relieved. You knew, the second she was on that box in those heels, she was going over. But, unlike if this season two, we have this all wrapped up in, like, 5 minutes. Several seasons ago, this would have been the entire focus of the finale. And we'd spend the whole episode waiting to find out if she and the kids are okay. I'm grateful they didn't make me do that.
Also, I really liked that Walk on the Ocean cover.
Comments
Melissa
Yes...this could have served as the series finale, had they not been picked up, but by the time this aired, they already had the mid-season pick-up for a final season, but when they began writing the episode and then filming it, they wrote it this way just in case this was it. But thank God it wasn't...because after you see S9, you will be oh so glad that there was more story to tell, hehe. And yes...the one downside or con if you will of the episode, is that 8x22 spanned the course of a year, and so Brooke's pregnancy was all told in the span of 1 episode, lol, but the bigger story for her is for her to be a mother, and with what's planned for S9....you won't be disappointed that the babies are here and we get to see her and Julian as parents instead of her being pregnant for the entire season. It just wouldn't have packed the same punch at all with the story, so they needed to get those babies here and advance the plot...which is why we saw an entire year play out. Trust me when I say that you won't be disappointed with it, hehe. We also see baby Lydia grow from an infant into a toddler as well. I was laughing so hard when you were freaking out that Nathan had the baby on the raft in the pool, hehe. She's obviously been a fish from practically her birth, lol, and it's fitting for a Naley child since they have an affinity for the water and the rain, hehe. But that scene between father and daughter was adorable...I love it so much, and all the other Nathan/Lydia scenes as well. And Nathan telling her that she can't leave the house until she's at least 30 or 40...to discuss it with her mom, kills me every time, lol. He's so funny with his little girl. And when Nathan brings her to the cafe to see Haley and he's singing and dancing onstage with her to "Mah Na Mah Na"...so damn good and funny. Those two are golden indeed. It's always so great getting to see Nathan with his little girl. Same at the opening of KC when he takes the baby from Haley while she's performing, and Nathan and the baby are playing in the background of that scene. They stole the scene, hehe. And of course, when Nathan comes home from the road and goes and gets Lydia out of her crib and then goes and sits on Jamie's bed, and Haley wakes up and joins them...and it's the adorable family of 4. Love that shot of The Scott Family. It's amazing how far they have come. And speaking of how far they have come....so glad that Nathan ended up going to Dan and giving him a picture of Lydia and Jamie's baseball from his first hit...a game winning double. Nathan needed to do that for himself more than anything, because as he told Haley, it's been eating him alive that their children can't be around him the way a normal grandparent would, so with Haley's encouragement, he listened to her and finally went to his diner. And Paul and James always shine so bright in their scenes together, and it was a really beautiful and poignant moment between Dan and Nathan, and you could tell meant so much to Dan to have a reminder of his family to hold on to. And getting to see Jamie run to Haley at the end in the cafe, and then go and bounce his ball over the bridge just like Lucas in the opening and it's a callback to the pilot, with the next generation....I thought it was a fitting way to end the episode as well, but like I said, so glad that it wasn't the end of the series, and we get more indeed. Enjoy S9, and it's hard to believe that you are almost at the end, but not quite yet....so definitely enjoy what you have left :)
Ali M
I am so glad season 8 is over 😄 No doubt my least favorite. Lots of filler characters/content and not much drama. On to season 9! 😊
heather
So after season 6, they got picked up for both S7 and S8, which is why this could’ve served as a series finale and they tried to wrap up everything in this episode. Later, they got renewed for 13 more eps (S9). Most fans hate how quickly we saw Brooke’s pregnancy. So much build up to all be shown in one episode was annoying, but I’m glad Brooke finally got to have kids. This is my least favorite season bc of all the filler and too many kid storylines. (I love Jamie but we don’t need so much Chuck lol). I also hated the afterlife stuff with Clay and Quinn at the beginning of the season. Excited to see your season 9 reactions though- it’s one of my favs and quite different than the rest of the show.
