One Tree Hill Pilot Written by Mark Schwahn Directed by Bryan Gordon REVISED PRODUCTION DRAFT March 17, 2003 March 19, 2003 - blue pages March 28, 2003 - pink script April 1, 2003 - yellow pages April 13, 2003 - green pages August 1, 2003 -~ goldenrod (includes re-shoot pages)

One Tree Hill Pilot Goldenrod Script CAST LIST LUCAS sCOTT NATHAN SCOTT PEYTON SAWYER HALEY REED KAREN PRYOR KEITH 3COTT DAN SCOTT WHITEY DURHAM Jake Jagielski Skills Taylor Tim Smith Mouth McFarland Jimmy Edwards Junk Moreti Ferguson “Fergie” Thompson Principal Turner Melody Officexr

One Tree Hill Pilot Goldenrod Script SET LIST Interiors Lucas's House Bedroom Nathan's House Nathan's Garage Peyton’s Bedroom Closet Karen’s Café Tree Hill High School Gymnasium Library Whitey’s Locker Room Keith’s Body Shop Scott Ford Peyton’s Car School Bus Exteriors Lucas’s House Nathan’s House Karen’s Café Rooftop Keith’s Body Shop Tree Hill High School Tree Hill Downtown Tree Hill Waterfront Park Tree Hill Neighborhood Scott Ford Country Road

TEASER FADE IN: EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL - NIGHT 1 STEADY TRAFFIC filters into the parking lot of a modern high school under a starry, winter sky. We hold on the scene and we HEAR it before we SEE it. The SYNCOPATED RHYTHM of a BASKETBALL striking the pavement. A SOLITARY FIGURE enters frame, dribbling a worn BASKETBALL past a bus load of visiting FANS, eager faces aglow behind charcoal-fogged frosty bus windows. INT. PEYTON'S CAR - NIGHT 2 The guitar onslaught of REMEDY by HOT WATER MUSIC slams in as PEYTON SAWYER pilots her Comet at break-neck speed. Clad in a white, black and blue CHEERLEADER'S UNIFORM, she careens through the night -~ one eye on the road, the other on the rear-view mirror as she applies a last-minute touch-up to her femme fatale/homecoming queen features. EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL ~ NIGHT 3 dribbling, the figure leaves the school behind, working his way up stream like a salmon against the tide. INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - NIGHT 4 A BASKETBALL rifles through the rim. Moments before tip-off and the GYM is PACKED as NATHAN SCOTT, dark hair and swagger, nonchalantly warms up. Then from the sideline, a VOICE calls. DAN (0.S.) Nathan. We find DAN SCOTT, mid 30's, athletic. Nathan steps to him. DAN (cont’'d) Remember. Twenty shots. No less. NATHAN I got it, Dad. Just then, COACH WHITEY DURHAM bisects them. 62 in people years. 120 in coach years. He speaks without looking up. WHITEY Quit yakking and warm up. (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 2. CONTINUED: 4 Whitey continues past. Dan watches him go. Then we SMASH TO IMAGES of the game as Nathan dominates. He scores on a SWEET SLAM and we ANGLE on the back of his jersey, ADORNED with SCOTT. EXT. WATERFRONT PARK - NIGHT 5 The back of the figure's oversized sweatshirt is also emblazoned with SCOTT -- KEITH SCOTT BODY SHOP. But the letters are cracked and faded, in sharp contrast to Nathan's jersey. The figure comes upon a full-court slab of concrete with weathered rims at each end. Finally we ANGLE ON the boy. LUCAS SCOTT. His eyes are kind and a bit wise. On the court, three HIGH SCHOOL BOYS mill about. They include SKILLS, African-American, engaging, and FERGUSON, a quiet kid. Nearby, two others, MOUTH MCFARLAND and JIMMY EDWARDS, sit atop a court side picnic bench with a TAPE RECORDER. Mouth is slight and bright eyed. Edwards is pudgy and disheveled. Lucas arrives and greets them with hugs, fives, and smiles. Mouth and Edwards engage the recorder. MOUTH {into recorder) And here he is, ladies and gentlemen, Lucas Scott. 137 and 3 going into tonight's contest. JUNK (0.S.) He sucks. JUNK MORETI joins Mouth and Edwards on the picnic table. At 5'6", he has the face of a smart ass and a sharp tongue. MOUTH aAnd as a special bonus, we're joined in the booth by Junk Moreti. JUNK You don't have a booth. EDWARDS Actually, he’s 138 and 3. Lucas. JUNK Geez, Edwards. You can remember that, but you can’t remember to run a bar of soap under your pits? EDWARDS What? (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 3. CONTINUED: 5 JUNK You smell bad man. Ripe. Edwards looks to Mouth who SHRUGS, then SNIFFS himself. INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - NIGHT 6 WHITEY You guys are stinking up the place! TIME-OUT. Whitey shouts in the huddle, displeased. WHITEY (cont’d) What in the hell's going on out there? NATHAN Relax, Whitey. We're up by nine. Whitey rubs his neck as if he has a pinched nerve. WHITEY Tim. Go in for Nathan. TIM SMITH, chiseled, enters. In the stands, Dan’'s jaw THROBS with concern. Nathan SKULKS to the end of the bench and hunkers down in front of a wall emblazoned with the words "WHITEY DURHAM FIELD HOUSE -- HOME OF THE TREE HILL RAVENS." He spies Peyton as she enters, late. The game resumes and Whitey walks the length of the bench and speaks with his back to Nathan. WHITEY (cont’d) What'd I tell you about this? I don't care if we're up by five or fifty, I'm still the coach. You understand? This is my team, not yours. Nathan ignores Whitey, focussing on Peyton's entrance. NATHAN Whatever you need to believe. Without Nathan, the Ravens struggle against a full-court press. At mid-court, they turn the ball over, and the Visitors race past Whitey and score. Whitey glances at the clock, pacing and grinding a program in his weathered hands. Again a STEAL and a SCORE. Then IMAGES of a RALLY by the VISITORS. Whitey walks the length of the bench, never raising his eyes. In front of Nathan he lingers, facing the action. Finally... (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 4. 6 CONTINUED: 6 WHITEY Go on. Nathan takes his time. This is his team. He knows it, the fans know it, and deep down, Whitey knows it, too. Nathan re- enters the game to CHEERS. He swaggers to the baseline to inbound the ball as Peyton steps forward from the group of CHEERLEADERS and leans into his ear. PEYTON Don't bother showering tonight. Nathan takes the ball from the Referee and inbounds, his mouth screwed up into a fiendish smirk. 7 EXT. WATERFRONT PARK - NIGHT 7 In the park, Junk has teamed with Skills. Lucas's teammate is Fergie. Lucas waits for Fergie to set a pick, then calmly drains a 3 as Mouth narrates the action into his RECORDER. MOUTH 14 - 13, game point for Team Scott. For those of you at home, Lucas wears black shorts tonight with his traditional white high tops. EDWARDS He’s currently playing without a show contract, Mouth. Lucas checks the ball and slings it to Ferguson. Then he runs Junk into Skills, springing free 25 feet from the rim. MOUTH Luke flashes through the paint. Fergie finds him out top... Skills and Junk run at Lucas as he releases the shot. MOUTH (cont‘d) Scott for the game! 8 INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - NIGHT 8 Nathan drains a SHOT at the BUZZER as the CROWD ERUPTS and... 9 EXT. WATERFRONT PARK - NIGHT 9 ..silence as Lucas slips into his hooded sweatshirt, post- game. The GUYS mill about, warming down. (CONTINUED)

10 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 5. CONTINUED: 9 JUNK I had you tonight, Luke. SKILLS Junk, he was killing you. JUNK So? Lucas smiles and gives Junk a boost. LUCAS You played well tonight, Junk. I had to work for it. Junk sneers at Skills, then he and Lucas slap hands. LUCAS (cont’d) You too, Fergie. Fergie NODS. eyes Skills. LUCAS (cont’d) Skills, you were horrible. The guys crack up. Lucas grins. LUCAS (cont’d) All right. see you in the morning. The guys offer good-byes as Lucas engages his MP3 player and dribbles away. A BEAT, then Skills rolls his eyes at Junk. SKILLS You had him. INT. SCHOOL BUS - NIGHT 10 MUSIC BLARES. Something like 50 CENT as a mobile PARTY within a SCHOOL BUS has reached a FEVERISH PITCH. A KEG has been tapped, COUPLES make out. The GUYS wear LETTER JACKETS. We find Nathan at the wheel of the bus, TIM riding shotgun. TIM (over the party) Tell me we didn’'t just steal a school bus! Cause this feels like we just stole a school bus... (CONTINUED)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 6. CONTINUED: 10 NATHAN C'mon, man. We borrowed it. INT. PEYTON'S CAR - NIGHT 11 Recklessly driving, Peyton turns up the VOLUME on her CAR STEREO then searches the car’s messy interior for a CD. She spies it through the REAR VIEW in the fold of the BACK SEAT. EXT. TREE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT 1z Lucas now dribbles home. In the distance, Peyton’s car RAPIDLY APPROACHES. EXT. COUNTY ROAD -~ NIGHT 13 Meanwhile, the bus rolls along as we ANGLE a set of railroad tracks, a TRAIN approaching in the distance. INT. PEYTON’'S CAR- SAME 14 STRAINING to retrieve the HOMEMADE DISC, Peyton reaches into the Comet's back seat. INT. SCHOOL BUS - NIGHT 15 The bus approaches the dimly-lit tracks. A PRETTY GIRL, MELODY, pops up over Nathan’s shoulder. MELODY So, Nathan? Where'’'s Peyton? NATHAN Who knows? Why? Melody leans in and plants a LONG KISS on Nathan as the bus nears the tracks and the FREIGHT TRAIN screams through the crossing, directly in front of them. INT. PEYTON’'S CAR - NIGHT 16 Peyton snatches the CD as Lucas appears through the car's front windshield, head down, hooded sweatshirt RESTRICTING his VISION. INT. SCHOOL BUS - NIGHT 17 TIM Lookout! Tim spies the TRAIN just YARDS away as NATHAN swivels back and LOCKS UP THE BRAKES.

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 7. INT. PEYTON'S CAR - NIGHT 18 Peyton does the same, sending the Comet into an angry slide and deflecting her eyes from certain impact. EXT. COUNTY ROAD - NIGHT 19 The BUS slides to a stop, a few feet from the passing train. EXT. TREE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD - NIGHT 20 The Comet also comes to rest -~ mere INCHES shy of Lucas. INT. SCHOOL BUS -~ NIGHT 21 Kids are sprawled about as we ANGLE ON NATHAN. A BEAT and he actually GRINS. INT. PEYTON'S CAR - NIGHT 22 Peyton opens her eyes and takes in Lucas. A BEAT, then Lucas removes his sweatshirt hood and his MP3 earphones. The TRACK in his EARPHONES, EVERLONG by the FOO FIGHTERS matches perfectly the EXTERNAL BLARE from Peyton’s car. SAME SONG, SAME VERSE, perfectly SYNCHRONIZED. EXT. COUNTY ROAD - NIGHT 23 Nathan still GRINS as the TRAIN passes, revealing a SQUAD CAR resting on the opposite side of the tracks, an OFFICER standing nearby. Nathan'’s grin dissipates. EXT. TREE HILL DOWNTOWN - NIGHT 24 Peyton and Lucas take each other in, then Peyton SNEERS and EXTENDS HER MIDDLE FINGER. Lucas BLINKS back and is away, dribbling the ball into the shadows. “OVERDUE” by the GET UP KIDS and our OPENING CREDITS roll. FADE OUT: END OF TEASER

258 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 8. ACT ONE FADE IN: INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL (LIBRARY) - DAY 24A The LIBRARY is now peopled with PARENTS and VARSITY PLAYERS. Before them stands PRINCIPAL RED TURNER, 39, flanked by POLICE OFFICER WAYMAN. Whitey lingers near the door. TURNER Some of you parents see this latest incident as tomfoolery. A little prank. Personally, I see a little breaking and entering. (BEAT) Chief Wayman sees possession and consumption by minors and a smidgen of Grand Theft Auto. Among the crowd, Dan Scott’s JAW begins to tighten. PRINCIPAL TURNER (cont’d) That said, I think it’s time we send a message. Call it long overdue. The room is silent as Turner eyes a list. PRINCIPAL TURNER (cont’d) The following players were not involved and will not be reprimanded. Jake Jagielski... We DRIFT through the SOLEMN FACES of the PARENTS and PLAYERS. PRINCIPAL TURNER (cont’d) Ruben Gutierrez... We settle on Tim, who looks a bit worried. Then... PRINCIPAL TURNER (cont’d) Tim Smith... EXT. COUNTY ROAD (FLASHBACK) - NIGHT 25A Now we FLASHBACK as Tim exits the bus near the train tracks, stepping into the SPRAY of the OFFICER’S spotlight. OFFICER Hold it, son. Tim slumps as NATHAN also steps into the spotlight’s BEAM. (CONTINUED) * % 3 * ¥ % % ¥ * * * % * ¥

25A 25C 26A ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 9. CONTINUED: 25A PRINCIPAL TURNER (V.0.) ...and Nathan Scott. The Officer eyes Nathan, then motions for him to FLEE. Nathan smirks, expecting the preferential treatment, then grabs Tim and saunters into the shadows. INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL (LIBRARY) - SAME 25C PRINCIPAL TURNER As for the rest of you, all players involved are suspended from extra- curricular activities, specifically basketball... For the rest of the season. A CHORUS of PROTESTS. Dan slumps as Turner wraps it up. PRINCIPAL TURNER (cont'd) That’s it. Thanks for coming. forget to tip your waitress on the way out. We ANGLE ON WHITEY who stands near the door, arms folded, wearing an almost WHIMSICAL expression. A BEAT and he slips from the room. OMIT 25 OMIT 25B OMIT 26 EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL - DAY 26A Whitey exits onto a covered sidewalk when a VOICE calls. DAN You just walk away. Whitey stops, and turns to find Dan Scott waiting. WHITEY Dan Scott. DAN Half the team is suspended, Nathan'll get tripled-teamed the rest of the year, and you say nothing. WHITEY Nobody asked me. (CONTINUED) * * A * 4 * Xk

26A 27 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 10. CONTINUED: 26A DAN Well I‘m asking you now. Whitey eyes Dan with a SHRUG, then nearly grins. WHITEY The inmates will not run the asylum. Dan narrows his eyes and steps toward Whitey. DAN What's this really about, huh? It’s not about beer or busses or any of that nonsense. It's about you, me, and Nathan. WHITEY C’'mon now, Danny. It hasn’t been about you since the buzzer sounded on your senior season. How ’‘bout you let it go and leave the game to Nathan. With that, Whitey turns and starts away again. DAN You’'re despicable, you know that? Letting the dreams of good kids just vanish. You’'re so full of crap. WHITEY Comes with old age, Danny. Constipation. Whitey pads away, leaving Dan alone in the dim corridor. EXT. WATERFRONT PARK - DAY 27 On the faded Waterfront Park court, Junk stands under the basket, retrieving Lucas'’'s shots. Mouth and Edwards occupy their picnic table, flanked by Skills and Fergie. JUNK You guys remember Tom Dugan from grade school? LUCAS He lived next door to you. Lucas continues draining shot after shot. We ANGLE ON HIM. (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 11. 27 CONTINUED: 27 JUNK Yeah. Some guy snapped him with a wet towel and he lost a testicle. The guys CHUCKLE and dismiss Junk with rolled eyes. JUNK (cont’d) I'm serious. He lost one of his eggs. SKILLS Junk... JUNK Tom Dugan lost a testicle from a wet towel-snapping. (BEAT) I'm just saying what I heard. Skills steps in and catches Lucas’s next swish. SKILLS So Luke, whatcha reading these days? LUCAS Steinbeck. The Winter Of Our Discontent. SKILLS Let’s hear a little. LUCAS Nah. SKILLS C’'mon man. You know I read vicariously through you. Lucas continues to shoot. A BEAT. LUCAS What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can read only a few, and those perhaps not accurately... Just then a CAR SQUEALS around a nearby corner. Lucas finally misses. Peyton’s CAR races past. EDWARDS Peyton Sawyer. (CONTINUED)

27 28 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 12. CONTINUED: 27 JUNK You guys seen her web cam? (BEAT) In her bedroom. I heard she’s naked on it like, all the time. The guys simply shake their heads. JUNK (cont’d) What? I hear things. Lucas steps to the line, dismissing Junk’s gossip. LUCAS I saw her the other night. She almost ran me over. SKILLS She’s pretty fine, huh Luke? LUCAS She’s all right. The guys SNICKER at Lucas's casual observation, forcing him to grin. He tries to duck it. LUCAS (cont’'d) Just shoot for teams... INT. WHITEY'S LOCKER ROOM OFFICE - NIGHT 28 Whitey now slumps in his cramped office. A weathered RADIO plays a BALLAD, a large TABBY TOMCAT lounges nearby. The SONG and the loneliness of his surroundings wash over him, finally interrupted by a KNOCK on the door. KEITH SCOTT, late 30’'s, looks in. Whitey BRIGHTENS. WHITEY Keith Scott. Whaddaya know? Keith enters with a wry grin. KEITH Hey Coach. Got a second? WHITEY Got a lot of seconds. Or haven’t you heard? KEITH Yeah, I heard. Keith unveils a flask of whiskey and locates Whitey's cup. {CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 13. 28 CONTINUED: 28 WHITEY No, no... A little more. Keith stops his pour, but then Whitey beckons for a bit more. Keith tops him off. Whitey takes a slug. His eyes go wet. WHITEY (cont’d) I saw your little brother today. Danny. Called me despicable. Said I crush the dreams of young men. KEITH And was he talking about Nathan or himself, do you figure? WHITEY Oh...both I suppose. Whitey takes a hearty swallow. Keith eyes a TEAM PHOTO on the wall. Whitey follows his gaze. WHITEY (cont’d) (off photo) What’'d you average for me that season? KEITH ‘Bout five fouls and six beers a night. WHITEY Well... At least you were consistent. Keith is forced to grin. Then... KEITH You know Lucas plays. WHITEY Dan’'s other son. KEITH Karen’'s son. Dan’‘s on the birth certificate, but they never married. WHITEY Plays where? KEITH Park near the river. WHITEY C’'mon now Keith, you’'re not drinking with a street ball fan and you know it. (MORE) (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 14. 28 CONTINUED: 28 WHITEY (cont’d) Those kids had any love for the game they’d be in the gym with the real players. KEITH You mean like Nathan? (BEAT) Take a drive with me, Coach. 29 EXT. WATERFRONT PARK - NIGHT 29 We RETURN to the park where Lucas and the guys now play. MOUTH and EDWARDS call it from their courtside picnic bench. MOUTH (into recorder) Lucas Scott with the ball at the top of the key. Currently milking a 32 game winning streak. EDWARDS Speaking of milking, you ever milked a goat? (BEAT) Have you? (I saw a guy milk a goat once.) MOUTH (ignores him) Luke goes right. He looks sharp... JUNK He sucks. Lucas pulls up and DRAINS a jumper over Junk. JUNK {(cont’d) Ass. We DRIFT to KEITH'S CAR sitting in the shadows of the court. WHITEY (BEAT) What's his head like? KEITH He's smart as hell out there. WHITEY How when he's not out there? KEITH He's always out there. Wrestling with a past he had nothing to do with. Lucas draws a double team and finds Fergie for an easy layup. Whitey rubs his neck, massaging an imagined pinched nerve. (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 15. 29 CONTINUED: 29 WHITEY Lets say I'm interested. And I'm not saying I am. Why put him through it? KEITH He should know he's good. Not playground good, but good period. He could use that in his life. WHITEY We all could use that in life. KEITH Yeah, but we had our shot. We ANGLE ON LUCAS dribbling circles around Junk. WHITEY So you and Karen... REITH Friends. the kid’'s Uncle. I'm in their lives. (BEAT) It is what it is. Keith goes for his flask. WHITEY You should go easy on the sauce. Keith begins to put the flask away, buy Whitey snatches it. WHITEY (cont’d) I said you should. Whitey takes a plug from the bottle. WHITEY (cont’d) I remember when Danny came to me and told me Karen was pregnant. Summer after their senior year. He pauses, navigating a faded past. WHITEY (cont’d) I told him to honor his scholarship and go to college...but I knew Karen was pregnant. And I liked her. (BEAT) I don’t know. Maybe I was being too much coach and not encugh human being. (CONTINUED)

29 30 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 16. CONTINUED: 29 KEITH Well... Dan’s version of the story is that he felt trapped by Karen. That falling in love with his wife Deb that first semester in college changed everything. Keith SHRUGS as we ANGLE ON LUCAS. KEITH This much I do know. You did Karen a favor. And Lucas, too. They watch Lucas as he BOLSTERS Junk’s spirits. Whitey considers Keith's words, chasing ghosts. Then... KEITH (cont’d) Now you could do me one. INT. KAREN’S CAFE - NIGHT 30 We ANGLE ON KAREN, mid 30’s. She’s a tired version of pretty -- a smile and a good rest shy of stealing your heart. She patrols the counter of a quaint cafe. The walls of the cafe are LINED with BOOKS and MAGAZINES amidst comfy chairs and reading lamps. A LARGE CHALK BOARD bears the DAY’S SPECIALS in COLORED CHALK. Lucas enters and calls to her. LUCAS Hey Mom. KAREN Hey, honey. Lucas flips a CLOSED SIGN in the window, then LOCKS the door. He steps behind the counter and gives his mother a peck. LUCAS You change your hair? KAREN If by “change” you mean dragging a brush through it, then sure. LUCAS Well it looks nice. Just then we HEAR a GIRL'S VOICE. HALEY (0.8.) Ew... {CONTINUED) * * * * ok * % % * * *

30 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 17. CONTINUED: 30 Karen grins, scoops up two BOWLS OF CHILI and exits frame as HALEY REED appears. She’s pretty -- in a loud sort of way. HALEY The magazine pages are sticky again. Little pervs... She spies Lucas, then proffers the magazine. HALEY Oh. Hey Luke. You been reading this? LUCAS I don’t know, Haley. Is that the “why do I hang out with these people?” issue, cause you’'re on the cover of that, right? HALEY Actually it’'s the “my best friend is an idiot” issue and-- Haley pretends to spy Lucas’s picture inside. HALEY (cont’d) there you are. From a table near the cafe windows, Karen calls. KAREN Haley, you want to join us? HALEY Hell yes. You know my mom can’t cook. Haley goes for some Chili as ILucas joins Karen at the table. KAREN (to Lucas) So honey, how was your day? But Haley drops down at the table. HALEY GOOD! Lucas and Karen exchanged looks of bemusement. HALEY (cont’d) I mean good is relative, right, I mean considering a third of the world is starving, which still doesn’t change (MORE) (CONTINUED) * * * % * % * % * * ok ¥

30 31 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 18. CONTINUED: 30 HALEY (cont’d) the fact that I've got this horrible bite on the inside of my arm that’'s oozing this sort of nasty, crusty-- KAREN ~-Haley. HALEY Too graphic? Too graphic. I’1l be quiet. KAREN So Luke, I got you something-- HALEY ~-Actually I found it. I mean sort of. I mean not that I was looking specifically for you which would imply some hideous Joey loves Dawson scenario and completely creep me out, just that we saw it and... Just give him the book. Karen slides a book to Lucas. He eyes it. LUCAS Julius Caesar. We spy the book, a FADED copy of Shakespeare’s JULIUS CAESAR. KAREN “There’s a tide in the affairs of men...” Something like that. HALEY Nice... Haley holds out a fist for Karen who punches it. LUCAS Wow. ‘Thanks, guys. Karen smiles, pleased. Haley dismisses the moment. HALEY Whatever. If that’s what you’re into. INT. PEYTON'S BEDROOM CLOSET - NIGHT 31 We ANGLE ON a TURNTABLE where YOUR BOYFRIEND SUCKS by the ATARIS blares. WIDER, Peyton sits at a computer in a TINY black-walled room lined with ALBUMS. She has a DIGITAL CAMERA attached to her computer as she PHOTOSHOPS an image. (CONTINUED) * * * * ok ¥ % Kk % * *

31 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 19. CONTINUED: 31 On the LEFT is a GOTHIC IMAGE of a TOMB of SKULLS. On the right, a digital snapshot of a MAN SMILING as he prepares to SHOVEL SNOW. Peyton cuts the MAN from the snow and PASTES him into the tomb. Just another happy skull shoveler. NATHAN (0.S.) What are you wasting your time at, now? Nathan appears over her shoulder. Peyton smiles tightly. PEYTON I didn't hear you come in. NATHAN Imagine that. Ya know nobody listens to this crap. Nathan switches off Peyton's old MARANTZ receiver and exits the tiny room. We discover that the room was Peyton's walk- in closet -~ converted now into a study. Peyton leans against the doorway to her closet/study and folds her arms as Nathan checks the window. PEYTON So I waited for you tonight. NATHAN The guys wanted to tip a few. PEYTON Did you even think to let me know? NATHAN That's why I came by. You wanna' come? PEYTON With the guys. NATHAN And me. PEYTON And the guys. NATHAN Ya' know, Peyton. I’'m getting real tired of this. I came by to spend time with you. PEYTON Yeah. Me and half the time. {CONTINUED)

31 33 34 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 20. CONTINUED: 31 NATHAN Whatever. You wanna' be a bitch? Fine. Just sit in your closet and listen to your loser rock. I'll see you tomorrow. PEYTON How 'bout don't see me tomorrow? NATHAN Fine by me. Like I don’'t have options. A STANDOFF ensues, then Nathan softens. He speaks SOFTLY. NATHAN (cont’'d) I'm sorry. Most of the guys are suspended so it’s like, this stupid bonding thing. (BEAT) I wish it was just you and me, but I wanted you to come anyway to make it more bearable. OK? A LONG BEAT passes, then Nathan grins and wraps her into an embrace. She lets him. INT. WHITEY'S LOCKER ROOM OFFICE - NIGHT 32 Meanwhile, Whitey has returned to his office where he studies GAME TAPE. On the screen, we see the DISAGREEMENT that Whitey had with Nathan in our OPENING GAME. Whitey pauses and rewinds the argument. Then repeats it. Again and again. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL - DAY 33 Tree Hill High under a crisp, glorious fall day. INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY (STUDY HALL) - DAY 34 Lucas sits at a study hall table transfixed by Peyton who sits with Nathan, Tim and a couple GIRLS. Sensing Lucas's gaze, Peyton turns her notebook toward Lucas, revealing an expertly drawn MIDDLE-FINGER. Then... WHITEY Scott! Whitey peers into the library, drawing the attention of all. NATHAN 'Sup, coach? (CONTINUED)

34 35 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 21. CONTINUED: 34 WHITEY Not you. (to Lucas) You. Whitey motions to Lucas, then turns and dismisses Nathan. WHITEY (cont’d) You read a book or something. INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - DAY 35 The GYM is POLISHED and empty. Whitey crosses to the stands, leaving Lucas behind at half-court. Whitey pays him no mind. Instead he casts his eyes about the quiet gym, catching momentary glimpses of seasons past. WHITEY Nice, isn't it? Most people like their gyms loud, but I like it this way. Quiet. Clean. Like a church. (BEAT) ‘Lotta praying done in here, anyway. Whitey allows the silence to swirl around him for a BEAT as Lucas’s eyes drift to a WALL BANNER emblazoned with DAN SCOTT'S ALL-TIME SCORING STATISTICS. WHITEY (cont’d) You played in grade school. Why'd you quit? LUCAS I didn‘t. WHITEY Well...four kids in the park isn’t exactly basketball. LUCAS Then what do you think we’re doing out there? WHITEY Maybe planning a bank job. Lucas half-smiles at the line, then shifts uncomfortably. WHITEY (cont’d) I got an opening in my lineup. Varsity. Chance of a lifetime. Whitey throws a ball to him on a bounce. (CONTINUED)

35 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 22. CONTINUED: 35 WHITEY (cont’'d) Whaddaya say? Lucas rotates the ball in his hands, then takes in the gym. LUCAS I say those people that pray here? They’'re wasting their time. (BEAT) God doesn't watch sports. Lucas drops the ball and retreats. The BOUNCING of the ball echoes through the gym, accelerating into a decrescendo. FADE OUT: END ACT ONE

36 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 23. ACT TWO FADE IN: EXT. WATERFRONT PARK ~ DAY 36 SKILLS (0.S.) So were you gonna tell us? Lucas sinks a free throw under close scrutiny from the GUYS -- Skills, Junk, Fergie, Mouth and Edwards. LUCAS It’s nothing. SKILLS Whitey asks you to play on the team and it’s nothing? LUCAS It’s nothing because I'm not playing. Not with those quys. SKILLS Luke. I've been guarding you almost every night since we were twelve and I’'ve won how many games? A BEAT, then Edwards can’t help himself. EDWARDS Seven. I mean, since I’'ve been keeping stats. Junk eyes Edwards and simply shakes his head. SKILLS Seven. Seems like a waste to me. LUCAS Well it doesn’t to me, OK? You guys ever think that maybe this is where we belong? SKILLS No. This is where we belong. You never belonged here. LUCAS Thanks a lot, Skills. (BEAT) Just shoot for teams. Lucas tosses the ball to Skills who lingers. (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 24. 36 CONTINUED: 36 SKILLS Ya know Luke, you’re one of my best friends, and nothing gonna change that. But let’s face it. We’re not shooting for teams. We're shooting to be your excuse. And I don't want to be a part of that. Skills and the guys stand their ground. 37 INT. NATHAN'S GARAGE - DAY 37 In a garage weight room, Nathan pumps out reps on a bench press, HIP HOP blaring. Dan jogs up and SILENCES the music. DAN Your mother phoned. She’ll be home next week. I didn’'t want to interrupt your workout. (BEAT) Whaddaya slingin’? NATHAN ‘Bout 160. Dan NODS, then slides two ten pound weights onto the bar. DAN What do you know about Whitey inviting... NATHAN ...your son to play? DAN Don’t call him that. NATHAN He has our last name, Dad. Nathan raps out a rep at the new weight. DAN Nathan, I know I haven’t spoken much about this kid in the past, but the fact that he shares our last name was wishful thinking on his part. We were young. Summer after High School. We made a mistake. NATHAN You made a mistake all right. The guy’s a zombie. (CONTINUED)

37 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 25. CONTINUED: 37 DAN Dan adds twenty pound weights to each side of the bar. NATHAN Well it‘s kinda screwed up, Dad. People talk about it. Nathan tries to heft the weight but loses the fight. Dan rescues him from the bar. DAN All right. Get out of there. Nathan rises. Dan takes his place and pumps a couple reps. DAN (cont’d) I want you to talk to this kid. Encourage him not to play. NATHAN I'm not afraid of him. DAN Well you should be. We’ve worked too hard to have anyone coming in now. Disrupting the offense. Taking away shots. (BEAT) And anyway, this has more to do with Whitey and me than you. NATHAN Why do you say that? DAN It’s a long story. Dan pumps another couple reps, then rises. DAN (cont’d) One 1’1l tell you some day. For now you go to this kid and you talk to him. And trust me when I tell you there’s a bigger picture here, Nathan. Your picture. Dan wipes his brow with a towel, then throws it to Nathan. DAN (cont’'d) And this kid‘’s not in it.

38 39 40 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 26. EXT. LUCAS‘S HOUSE (BEDROOM ENTRANCE) - DAY 38 Lucas finds a PACKAGE propped against his door. INT. LUCAS’S HOUSE (ADJACENT HALLWAY) - SAME 39 Karen exits her room and passes Lucas’s open bedroom door. There, she SPIES SOMETHING and catches her breath. We REVERSE to Lucas, standing in front of his bedroom mirror, wearing a RAVENS basketball jersey with the name SCOTT emblazoned on the back. He spies his mother’s reflection. LUCAS Somebody left it at my door. KAREN (BEAT) Take it off. EXT. LUCAS’'S HOUSE ~ DAY 40 Lucas finds Karen under a golden sky. LUCAS Mom. You OK? KAREN Yeah. Do you know who left it? LUCAS Coach Durham, probably. (BEAT) He asked me to play. KAREN Maybe you should. LUCAS Now you sound like Skills. You know those guys refused to play today. They said they didn’'t want to be my excuse. KAREN And how'd you feel about that? LUCAS Honestly? I was pissed. Those guys are supposed to be my friends. KAREN They are your friends. (BEAT) Remember this? (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 27. 40 CONTINUED: 40 Karen slides a photo to Lucas. He’'s forced to GRIN. LUCAS My first leather basketball. That was the year Skills's father told us there was no Santa Claus. Lucas grins, remembering. We PUSH IN on Karen. KAREN Yep. I tried to talk you out of it. But then you said something I’'1l never forget. You said you felt bad for the kids who never figured it out, because when they grew up and had kids of their own, there wouldn’t be gifts on Christmas morning. Karen also smiles at the memory, then slides an arm around Lucas. KAREN (cont’d) You’'re a good kid, Luke. But sometimes I feel like you're sitting out your life on account of me, and I don’'t want that for you. (BEAT) My past isn’'t your future. OK? Karen smiles at Lucas. He NODS and returns it. 41 EXT. WATERFRONT PARK -~ NIGHT 41 Lucas now shoots at the court alone. Therapy. 42 INT. NATHAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT 42 Meanwhile, Tim trails Nathan through Nathan’s house. TIM So your Pops finally mentioned the bastard spawn. (Nathan NODS) They say he’s got game. Maybe we could use him. NATHAN Please. I can get us to state with three blind guys and a cripple. Practically what I got now with you and left. TIM Nice. what are you gonna do? (CONTINUED)

ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 28. 42 CONTINUED: 42 'I' NATHAN Let‘s go to the park. 43 EXT. WATERFRONT PARK - NIGHT 43 Lucas continues to shoot as Nathan and Tim pull up. Nathan strides to the court and retrieves a SWISH. NATHAN Nice shot. Think you can hit it against a double team, down by two, a packed house telling you ya suck? ILucas doesn’t answer. Nathan glances at Tim. NATHAN (cont’d) How ‘bout with just two people telling you ya suck? LUCAS Whaddaya want? NATHAN What do I want? What do you want? Nathan begins dribbling, circling Lucas. NATHAN (cont’d) I mean other than my girlfriend and my spot in the lineup? Nathan enjoys the moment, sizing up his prey. Waiting... NATHAN (cont’d) Look, none of us want you on the team. I don’t want you, the guys don’t want you, and my girlfriend sure as hell doesn’t want you. Nathan crosses over his dribble once, then again, then fakes a chest pass at Lucas who doesn’‘t flinch. A BEAT. NATHAN (cont’d) But here’s the deal: You and me. One on one. You name the time and place. (BEAT) 1If you win, I’'ll quit the team. But if I win...you crawl back into your hole and remember your place in all this. Nathan palms the ball and extends it to Lucas. (CONTINUED)

43 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 29. CONTINUED: 43 NATHAN (cont’d) Time and place, baby. Time and place. Nathan chucks the ball deep into the darkness beyond the court and walks away with a smirk. FADE OUT: END ACT TWO

44 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 30. ACT THREE FADE IN: EXT. KAREN'S CAFE (ROOFTOP) - DAY 44 Lucas works on an UNSEEN PROJECT. Haley hovers nearby. HALEY So Nathan challenged you. You gonna play him? LUCAS I don't know. It’s not like I have anything to prove. HALEY Yeah I guess. Lucas rises. WIDER we see that he’s just completed a LOOP DE LOOP out of an old TIRE for a HOMEMADE ROOFTOP MINI GOLF COURSE. HALEY (cont’d) Nice. get the clubs. Haley starts away, then turns back. HALEY (cont’d) Hey Luke. Don’t you want to show ‘em sometimes? Ya know, just--— She reaches around a CORNER and a LARGE NUMBER OF PIGEONS SWOOP BY, nearly beheading her. HALEY (cont’d) -~damn, what is this? Last week I got attacked by a flock of crows. Lucas grins at Haley’s struggle as she returns with the clubs and balls. HALEY (cont’d) I'm serious. She sets the ball down and prepares to putt. LUCAS By the way, it’s a murder. Haley is confused. (CONTINUED) * * % * % * % * % * * % * * * % *

44 45B ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 31. CONTINUED: 44 LUCAS (cont’d) More than one crow is a murder. She concentrates on her shot. HALEY I know what the hell you’'re talking about. Lucas A parliament of owls. An exultation of larks. A murder of crows. HALEY This is why people think you’'re weird. She putts and the LOOP works perfectly. Lucas steps up to line up his shot. A BEAT passes. Then... LUCAS Sometimes I‘'d like to show him what a mistake he made, ya know? HALEY Dan? LUCAS (NODS) Mostly for Mom. And sometimes for me. Haley NODS through the silence. Lucas putts and drains it. HALEY So Luke, what are Ravens? You know, more than one. WIDER now, we see that the entire course has been built on a ROOFTOP with a spectacular view of Tree Hill. LUCAS (BEAT) unkindness. EXT. KEITH'S BODY SHOP -~ DAY Lucas arrives at Keith’s body shop. The SONG continues as.. . OMIT 45 EXT. TREE HILL COUNTY ROAD -~ DAY 458 ...Peyton’s COMET rests on the shoulder or a DESOLATE COUNTY ROAD. sShe tries the engine, but it won’t turn over. (CONTINUED) * * % * ¥ * ok o * * N E * * %

45B 46A ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 32. CONTINUED: 45B PEYTON Oh, come on... She tries again, to no avail. OMIT 45A, 46 INT. KEITH'S BODY SHOP ~ DAY 46A Keith works beneath a raised CAR. Lucas works nearby. KEITH Why wouldn’'t you play? LUCAS I do play. Every night. KEITH It‘s not the same, Luke. LUCAS Why? What makes it less of a game if people don’'t see it? KEITH I’11 tell you why. (BEAT) When I was a kid my Father took me to Raleigh to see David Thompson play. I'm 9 years old, and I couldn’t have cared less about basketball. So Thompson takes the court and young and he’s guick and he’s so graceful. Keith pauses and marvels at the ghost of Thompson. KEITH (cont’d) Anyway, I was mesmerized. I couldn’'t take my eyes off him until late in the game. And that’s when I notice that my Father is crying. 14,000 strangers and my Father has tears in eyes. Because it was so beautiful. This kid who played the game with such poetry, and made us feel like we were a part of it. Keith smiles at the memory. Then... KEITH (cont’d) You have a gift, Luke. And it’'s a crime to rob people of the chance to feel that. To hide that inspiration in (MORE) (CONTINUED)

46A 47B ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 33. CONTINUED: KEITH (cont’d) the park. TIt’s a damn shame. (BEAT) That’s why. Reith eyes Lucas. A BEAT and the PHONE RINGS. Keith wipes his hands and answers. KEITH (cont’d) Body shop and towing. OMIT 47, 47A, 48, 49 EXT. TREE HILL COUNTY ROAD - DAY 47B Lucas locks Peyton’'s car to the tow truck while she hovers nearby, her SKETCH BOOK in hand. A BEAT, then... LUCAS (without looking up) That’'s me inside your head. PEYTON What? Lucas looks up, then motions to Peyton's SKETCH BOOK where she has a NOFX band logo among many COLORFUL others. LUCAS NOFX. me inside your head. It’s a lyric from-- PEYTON —-I know the song. Peyton goes for her cell phone as Lucas takes a CLIPBOARD and begins filling out a TOWING ORDER. A BEAT and Nathan answers. PEYTON (cont’d) Nathan. My car broke down so you‘ll have to pick me up. (BEAT) So practice is over, get off your ass... She distances herself from Lucas as he climbs into the truck. PEYTON (cont’d) (into phone) Look, it 1l take you ten minutes. I‘m on River Road near the curve. (BEAT) Yeah, well, sucks to be you. Peyton hangs up the phone. Lucas proffers the clipboard. She takes it and scrutinizes the form. (CONTINUED)

47B 50 51 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 34. CONTINUED: LUCAS You sure you got a ride? I mean, I can wait if you want. PEYTON Yeah. That’'s what I want. (she signs the form) Just have your Dad call me with an estimate. LUCAS My Uncle. PEYTON If your story. 478 She returns the clipboard and steps away. Lucasg crosses to the cab of the truck, then calls to her. LUCAS Hey. Can I ask you a question? PEYTON a free country. LUCAS Why’d you become a cheerleader? I mean...no offense, but you’'re about the least cheery person I know. With that, Lucas climbs into the truck. EXT. KEITH'S BODY SHOP - DAY 50 ANGLE ON DEALER PLATES as a CAR pulls to Keith’s Body Shop. INT. KEITH'S BODY SHOP - DAY 51 Keith works in the office. He hears SOMEONE enter. KEITH How'd it go? (BEAT) Luke? Keith steps from the office to find Dan waiting. DAN How you been big brother? Keith NODS to himself, as if expecting Dan‘s visit. REITH Not bad. You? (CONTINUED )

51 53A ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 35. CONTINUED: 51 DAN Good. Dealership’s good. I sent you some business not long ago. KEITH Yeah. I meant to call you and thank you for that. DAN Well, we’'re all busy, right? KEITH Right... The conversation trails away to an UNCOMFORTABLE awkwardness. OMIT 52, 53 EXT. TREE HILL COUNTY ROAD - DAY 53A Still parked on the shoulder of the county road, Lucas sits in the cab of the truck, reading from his copy of JULIUS CAESAR. He looks up and peers at Peyton who paces a SHORT DISTANCE away. She checks her watch. Lucas steps from the truck. LUCAS you want a ride? Peyton looks away, trying to ignore him. LUCAS (cont’d) I’11 let you insult me. Another BEAT, then Peyton SNEERS and begrudgingly approaches. PEYTON First of all, you don’'t know me. Second of all, you don’t know me. Lucas nearly grins as Peyton’s rant continues. PEYTON (cont'd) Why are guys such jerks anyway? LUCAS Guys or Nathan? PEYTON Him. You. (CONTINUED)

53A ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 36. CONTINUED: LUCAS I don’t know. We share the same father... Lucas says this plainly but clearly gets Peyton’s attention. Lucas takes PEYTON Yeah. I‘d heard that. (BEAT) He's kind of an ass. (Lucas nearly GRINS) So that must suck. Seeing him around. LUCAS For my mom. I never knew him. PEYTON But she told you he was your dad. LUCAS Eventually. (BEAT) We used to play in the junior leagues together. Me and Nathan. PEYTON Basketball. LUCAS Yeah. I loved it. And I was good at it. You ever had something you knew you were better at than almost anyone else? PEYTON Sex. (BEAT) Joke. LUCAS (BEAT) Anyway, the guys started teasing me about it. That Nathan’s Dad was mine too, so I asked my Mom and she said he wasn’t. But when we got home I heard her crying in her room and I knew it was true. a long BEAT as he marvels at the past. LUCAS (cont’d) So I never went back. I told my Mom it was because I didn’‘t want to have to see his face. But it was mostly because I want her to have to. Then... (CONTINUED)

53A 55 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 37. CONTINUED: 53A PEYTON Why’d you tell me that? We don’'t even know each other. LUCAS Maybe that’s the point. Peyton is forced to NOD. Understands the safety in distance. OMIT 54, OMIT 54A INT. KEITH'S BODY SHOP - DAY 55 We return to Dan and Keith now. REITH So what exactly can I do for you, Dan? Dan holds for a BEAT, then... DAN I wanted to talk to you about Karen’s son. KEXITH Karen’'s son. (BEAT) Well you should talk to Karen. DAN Nathan’s got a real shot here, Keith. A real future. KEITH Yeah? And how ‘bout Lucas’s future, Dan? You ever think about that? Dan lets the moment dissipate a bit. Then... DAN I can’t change the fact that this boy exists, Keith. If I could I would. The truth is, I told Karen I'd take care of it, but she-- Dan stops short and eyes SOMETHING. Keith follows Dan’s gaze to... LUCAS. A BEAT, then Lucas tosses the tow truck keys to Keith, picks up his basketball and exits without a word. BEGIN MONTAGE.

56 57 58 59 60 61A 62 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 38. EXT. TREE HILL - DAY/NIGHT 56 Something like RADIOHEAD’S CREEP plays as Lucas dribbles, HEADPHONES ON, eyes fixed. We SHUFFLE through VARIOUS IMAGES as the DAY concedes and Lucas works his way into NIGHT. OMIT 57 oMIT 58 OMIT 59 OMIT 60 OMIT 61 INT. PEYTON'S BEDROOM CLOSET - NIGHT 61A Finally, in Peyton’s closet, Peyton reaches for her Marantz receiver and flicks it OFF, SILENCING OUR SCORE MUSIC. INT. TREE HILL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - NIGHT 62 In the SILENCE we find Lucas as he steps into the empty gymnasium and faces off with Nathan, who shoots alone. LUCAS Tomorrow night. Midnight. At the riverfront. Nathan returns an almost imperceptible NOD. Then... LUCAS (cont’d) But if I win, I'm gonna want something else. Nathan narrows his eyes and prepares for terms. FADE OUT: END ACT THREE

63 64 ONE TREE HILL Pilot Goldenrod Script 08/01/2003 39. ACT FOUR FADE IN: EXT. SCOTT FORD - DAY 63 A sprawling auto dealership borders the interstate. INT. SCOTT FORD - DAY 64 Dan enters his office to find Karen waiting. He slows, then closes the door to his office and crosses to his desk. He sits and we find a FAMILY PORTRAIT of Dan, Deb and Nathan staring back at Karen. Dan glances at it, then... DAN I’m guessing you're not car shopping. KAREN He's a boy who wants to play basketball. Reluctantly. I find it horrifying and amusing that after all these years, something as simple as that brings you around. DAN I'm just thinking of the kid. KAREN Well you have no right to think him. Not today or any other day of his life. How dare you? DAN (BEAT) Are you finished? KAREN I haven’t even started. Since day one we’'ve asked nothing of you and you've delivered in fine fashion. I’11l expect that to continue. If Lucas decides to play, you’ll do nothing. Anything else might make me angry and detract from the pleasant, cordial side you see now. With that, Karen rises and starts for the door. DAN You know, I understand your son doesn’t exactly fit in. (BEAT) Nathan's all-~ state. I'm just not sure why you’d want to humiliate him like that. (CONTINUED)