As a lot of people know that tonight, April 4, 2012 is the series finale of the WB/CW's "One Tree Hill". I know I have blogged about this before, but before the show is over, I feel that I need to express my sincere devotion and appreciation of this show. It really is an end of an era. In between commercials of this special two hour event, I'll be commenting, going over favorite parts of the series and parts of the show that I'll never forget. This show has touched many people out there, and I am one of them. There is something so special about the cast, the crazy story lines, the heart, the emotions of the characters and the amazing quality of acting these actors have given. Just a small recap for anyone that has never seen the show, it revolves around two half brothers from Tree Hill North Carolina, Lucas and Nathan Scott. Nathan was claimed by their father Dan, while Lucas wasn't and lives with his mother. Dan and Nathan live in a nice house and have tons of money. Lucas' best friend Haley James, who becomes Nathans wife, Peyton Sawyer starts out as Nathans girlfriend but in season six becomes Lucas' wife and Brooke Davis, Petyon's best friend and party girl, added to the cast after the pilot to add comedy to the show. Lucas and Nathan are constantly battling each other but in the end, end up being very close. Along the way, there is a lot of turmoil in these characters lives. If you have never seen it, watch it. You can even get the first eight seasons on Netflix watch instantly right now!
The last episode hasn't aired yet but there is an hour of behind the scenes with the making of the show and interviews with the cast and creator. I personally love the flashbacks, That is what is so amazing about the first part right now. They are showing great moments and talking about the decisions to make these episodes and moments and choices for the characters. I will never forget the night it premiered. As I mentioned in my last OTH blog, I didn't see a preview for the show until 15 mins before it premiered. It was almost as though there was a voice inside my head that said "You will love it!" Before this, I would watch tv from time to time, but I didn.'t LOVE many shows and never the way I loved this one. I'm SO glad I was home that night and watching tv. This is so special and I can't even find the words to express it. I wish I could. I wish I could find words to do the show justice to show how awesome it is. There is nothing like it on tv, I don't think I will ever love any one show as much as I love this one. I wish everyone would give it a try. There is something so great about how you feel and the way it can play on emotions of the fans and make them truly feel for these characters. I feel like the world could be a better place if everyone watched the show and got the messages that come across. Especially when the characters come right out and say that money, jobs and other things don't matter, because all the need to be happy is their loved ones. I've always thought that that is what life is all about. There are so many bad things in the world, but if people only concerned themselves with their loved ones and stopped harming each other. And yes, I think watching One Tree Hill could do this.
Finale starts in...10 seconds....
And the finale has started. This is definitely a sad sad sad day. This season has been one of the best they have ever had, I really hope that the finale lives up to the rest of the season. Let's see what happens...so far this isn't what I've expected but who knows...anything is possible.
Stuff that was awesome:
I knew it! I knew Brooke and Julian were gonna move back to the house she grew up in! I wondered a few years ago why she didnt try to purchase it the way she did her first house when she moved back in season five.
Gotta love how Haley told Jaime that "There is only One Tree Hill, and it's your home" just like Karen said to Lucas in season one. I also love that the tradition of making predictions on the top of Karen's Cafe is going to live on thru Jamie.
I'm glad Haley is signing Chris Keller. There were rare moments in season one and tow where you would see them together having a mature conversation.
Of Course, Gavin Degraw is on stage at Tric singing the theme song. Every time I hear that song I have this HUGE smile on my face b/c all I can think is ONE TREE HILL!
Gotta love that the new Tree Hill generation is throwing water balloons off of the roof at Karen's Cafe.
As the cast sings along with him for this song, and they said "I don't wanna be anyone other than me." all I can imagine ist hat they are thinking "I don't want to be anyone else in the world. This has been an amazing place to be. "
I also figured that they would end with Jamie as a teenager and playing basketball. He's a Scott, it's expected.
Now that all might seem like a crazy person wrote it, but I want to leave it as is. That was what I was seeing and thinking during the last moments of my beloved show. To be able to relive that moment over and over again and just let time stand still when I think of it. It was truly heart breaking to see all the actors at Tric singing along with Gavin Degraw, they just had "This is the end, and we're apart of it!" expressions on their faces.
I guess why it's so sad is I was able to relate to the characters and feel the same emotions. It also reminds me where I was in my life when the pilot aired. And now that part of my life is over, and now the show is over as well. If there was ever a project in this world I would love to be apart of, it would have been this one. I know that when Julian was making a movie with Alex, before they started shooting he said "Now let's go make someones favorite movie", I totally got that because I've always wanted to work behind the scenes in television. My goal was to make someone's favorite tv show. When OTH came around, all I could think was wow, I would love to make a show that someone could watch and love as I have this one and feel this way. My friends think I'm nuts for having this much compassion for the show, but there are soo many special aspects of the show. For now this is all I'm going to say. Tomorrow I will write another blog about OTH but will be more about everything going on thru all nine seasons. So for now, all I can say is Thank You One Tree Hill cast and crew for the amazing gift you've given us!! I don't think a show will ever touch me this way again and I am so glad the show had such an amazing run!
