Well didn't they almost have it. So close. It was in their grasp. Almost an episode to rival the greats. But no, they couldn't quite do it. They couldn't follow it through.
"Darkness of the Edge of Town" was the name of the episode, which enticed me greatly as a Springsteen fan. Started off nicely with the actual One Tree Hill theme tune, instead of those weird versions they have been doing of late. A good sign. Its the theme tune, leave it. People hear that song and associate it with the show, do not diverge from this age old format.
Then the classic storm. You know something is brewing in American TV shows when a storm rolls in. A storm combined with a returning mass murderer is certainly an intriguing combination. Four entirely unoriginal situations arise, we have Nathan and Hayley driving home, we have poor Jamie and his annoying friend and girlfriend riding with the teacher, we have Brooke and Julian fighting and of course Quinn home alone, Clay of course being unable to travel due to the weather. Slightly odd that Jamie should choose to ride with his teacher for no reason and Julian and Brooke should have a fight on this most inhospitable of evenings.
Nathan and Hayley get a flat tyre. At this point I was expecting werewolves or zombies to appear, which would have resulted in the turning off of One Tree Hill forevermore, but fortunately such fate was avoided. Then Brooke and Julian fight and she drives off. She then finds Jamie and the gang turned over at the side of the road. BRILLIANT. This delighted me greatly. The teacher looked gravely injured, but the children seemed fine. Two got out, then miraculously the teacher escaped but Jamie was trapped so Brooke helps him by getting into the car. She also lets the teacher, who clearly is not adept at coping with such adverse weather conditions when driving proceed to take the other children to the hospital, despite suffering a major gash to the head. Julian arrives and more genius occurs as a car driven by an unknown driver knocks the stricken vehicle into the water below. AMAZING. At this point my mouth was hanging open and I was thinking Christ Almighty they've actually nailed it.
Meanwhile, over at Quinn's the murderer has bided her time and found Quinn in bed, Quinn hides under the bed (stealth) but is soon found and a cat fight breaks out. Quinn makes it to the car but a huge tree has blocked her path. Now I don't know where this tree came from, but I have never seen any trees of that size near to a beach. Alas. Quinn is in the car, and could simply reverse over her attacker. No, she decides to hurry back into the confinement of the house, where further scrapping ensues, resulting in them both falling through a balcony and into the pool. The murderer seems to come off best and the audience is led to believe Quinn is dead. Great I thought. There is going to be at least two tragedies tonight.
Back at the bridge, Jamie, Julian and Brooke are now trapped in the car. Then the levee breaks and more water enters the scene. How Peyton would have loved the Led Zeppelin references. Oh the irony! Julian frees Jamie and goes back for Brooke but can't save her. Brooke Davis dead. Fantastic. So great. People love the tragedies in these shows, its what its all about. Hayley and Nathan arrive and Jamie says it aloud "Aunt Brooke is dead", Julian sobbing in the foreground. The end. Black screen. Finish. Please watch next week....
Oh no wait. This is One Tree Hill, nothing bad can actually happen. Both death victims then suddenly awaken and are fine. Quinn even finds the time to shoot the murderer and tell her she is "her storm", whatever that means. Almost there One Tree Hill. You nearly had it. At least Mouth wasn't in it.
Ta la x
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