The next morning after Brooke beat the shit out of X and sent him to jail, the cops wrap up the scene and Jack watches on from across the street. He is trying to avoid being taken to a foster home. Sam calls Jack and tells him not to do anything stupid.

Julian who is still playing Mr. Nice Guy to get in Brooke's pants brings coffee by for himself, Brooke and Sam. He asks Brooke to have a meeting tonight to discuss the clothing designs she has come up with for Luke's movie. She says yes to the date and Sam is there to make things awkward. She suggests Brooke wear something really sexy. Brooke tries to figure out how she's going to break this one to Peyton.

Before the break the Tree Hill gang left us hanging with quite a few cliffhangers. Does Peyton have cancer? Will Sam be found before Jack and his brother, X, murder her? Will Luke's movie get made? Will Nathan get his basketball career back? You will get all those answers and much more! Plus, you don't want to miss the return of MTV's Stephen Colletti and singer, Kate Voegele.

Things get better this week in Tree Hill after last week's snoozefest. Dead Quentin is back for some more appearances but they actually make sense this episode. And, believe it or not there are quite a few shockers in this episode, and they may end in the deaths of some of the main stars.

Nathan is apparently going to be trying out for the pro's again. Haley and Jamie are measuring him at the riverside court just for shits and giggles I guess since we all know he's much too short to actually play in the NBA. He is only 6'2" ... I'm not sure he's that good to make up for the height, Nathan even admits he's short for the NBA and that he hasn't grown since he was 17.

After what I would say has been a pretty amazing last season and a half, One Tree Hill seems to be falling off the tracks again. Last week we had Nathan seeing and talking to dead Quentin and then this week the show travels back to the 1940's (not the roaring 20's as I suggested last week). The star of the show, Chad Michael Murray, is the one to blame for this episode. He was the writer behind the episode, which was supposed to be a homage to the films of the 1940's but instead I think is more of a disgrace. I say he should stick to acting and not try writing anymore. No offense! Enough complaining though... I'll do my best to make this a fun recap of a rather horrible episode.

This week is a special music episode, no not a musical, just a music themed episode. Peyton is putting on a show for USO and we get to see the likes of Bethany Joy Galeotti (who plays Haley), Kate Voegele (who plays Mia) and Angels and Airwaves (who play themselves) perform. You don't want to miss this!

Haley is first to perform but she is overtaken with anxiety and can't perform. Before you start feeling too bad though, you'll be happy to know this is all just a nightmare. Haley wakes up from it and tells Nathan her fears of performing in front of such a large crowd again, he reassures her that it will be fine.

The past and the future is facing off this week with the characters in Tree Hill. We begin with Brooke working on new clothing designs for whatever clothing design she's going to start up next. Sam jokes that she was inspired by Peyton's spraypainted dress. Brooke doesn't think that's too funny and reminds Sam of the rules of her grounding. Owen drops by a few minutes later and has flowers for Brooke, and a promise to bring her gifts every day. She definitely won't complain about that. She tells him she loves gold and godiva.

This episode Nathan starts playing for SlamBall and finds out it may not be as painless as he thought, Luke gets a movie offer for his first book from a well-connected producer but the guy may have a hidden agenda, and Sam kidnaps Jamie and takes him to a party making Brooke once again reconsider being Sam's foster parent. You won't want to miss this recap!

After all these years of Peyton wanting Luke back you would think she might spend a few years in the honeymoon phase now that her and Luke are together, but that's not Peyton. Instead, she reads a B. Davis magazine article about living together with your boyfriend and all the bad things that might happen. This literally gives her nightmares.

With the Carrie drama finally over and done with as of two weeks ago we can get back to the basics. Luke and Peyton are still in the honeymoon phase, Brooke is still dealing with the aftermath of her attack and her mom stealing her company, Deb and Skills still getting it on, and Nathan still trying to reclaim his basketball career. Now, let's get to this episode...

This week nanny Carrie sets her evil plan in motion to kidnap Jamie and kill Dan. But, will her plan work out?

We begin with Carrie digging a new grave, presumably for Dan, next to the grave site of her son. Everyone is pondering what happens after death. Do our lives really only matter based on our accomplishments, and what if we fail?