The Best Episodes Directed By Gregory Prange

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #1 - With Arms Outstretched

   S1:E911/18/2003

   After fighting with his father and Haley, Nathan succumbs to the pressure he is feeling and takes amphetamines to help his game. However, he isn't prepared for the destruction the drugs do to both his body and his family. Meanwhile, Peyton goes to Lucas to rekindle their relationship, but when she arrives at his house, she catches him with Brooke.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Some You Give Away

   S4:E911/29/2006

   As the Ravens prepare for the championship, Lucas learns Nathan intends to throw the game and decides on a risky plan to even the odds. Karen insists Deb show up for her son's final game and tries to help her get there. Also Dan makes a last plea with Daunte.

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   8.5/10(6 votes)

   #3 - The Games That Play Us

   S1:E225/11/2004

   Lucas and Nathan bear the brunt of Dan's abuse as he coaches them into the playoffs, pushing both of them to their breaking points. Haley is stunned after Dan threatens her, causing her to reconsider her relationship with Nathan. Meanwhile, Whitey learns that his medical condition may be more serious than he first expected, and Dan learns a shocking secret from Deb.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #4 - I Shall Believe

   S1:E142/17/2004

   While holding a vigil at Lucas' bedside as he lays in a coma, Karen meets her son's new girlfriend and learns from Deb that she is divorcing Dan. Most shocking of all, Karen is horrified to discover that Keith was drinking while driving at the time of the accident. Meanwhile, Nathan tries to win Haley back after she dumps him.

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #5 - The Desperate Kingdom of Love

   S2:E19/21/2004

   After Lucas and Keith learn that Dan had a heart attack and is still in the hospital, they decide it is best for them to return to Tree Hill. When Deb learns about Haley and Nathan's marriage, she grows hostile. Meanwhile, angry that Lucas left Tree Hill without saying goodbye, Peyton and Brooke try to mend their friendship.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Messin' with the Kid

   S6:E710/20/2008

   Nathan and Haley must team up to help Jamie deal with a school bully. Meanwhile, Lucas and Peyton continue to adjust to life as a live-in couple. Elsewhere, Mouth tries to get his old job back.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #7 - You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight

   S6:E173/16/2009

   Peyton and Lucas deal with shocking news about Peyton's pregnancy as Brooke and Julian face a crossroads in their relationship. Meanwhile, Nathan and Haley celebrate their anniversary, with Dan and Deb babysitting Jamie; and Mouth and Millie work to redefine their relationship.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Forever and Almost Always

   S6:E235/11/2009

   Lucas and Peyton's wedding day finally arrives, bringing some surprise guests along with it. Haley finds herself playing an unexpected role in the ceremony, as Skills and Brooke try to control Jamie and Nick. Meanwhile, Nathan continues to hope to be drafted into the NBA.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #9 - The Other Half of Me

   S8:E132/1/2011

   Brooke and Julian’s wedding day is finally here. Dreams become reality, secrets are revealed and wedding hookups are inevitable.

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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Leavers Dance (2)

    S2:E235/24/2005

    In the second part of the this seamless 2-hour Season Finale of "One Tree Hill," things heat up between Lucas and Brooke since he finally tells her what he feels about her. Nathan and Deb conspire to desert Dan for good, leading to an explosive conclusion when he discovers their plan. Peyton has a shock. Meanwhile, Karen decides to spend the summer holiday in New Zealand. And at the climax of Dan's numerous deceptions someone sets the dealership on fire with him in it.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Like a Virgin

    S3:E19/29/1999

    Dawson returns from spending the summer in Philadelphia with his mother, and on his way home meets a beautiful young woman who brings trouble to his otherwise ho-hum life. Meanwhile, Joey, who has frozen Dawson out all summer, realizes she is still reeling from their unexpected break-up when she sees him again, but may have found an unexpected new friend for their junior year; Jen gets more than she bargained for when she takes on the fascist head cheerleader; Mitch accepts a new position as Capeside High's varsity football coach; and although Pacey tries to be brave, he has had a lonely summer without Andie.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Coming Home

    S4:E110/4/2000

    Pacey and Joey return from their summer vacation on "True Love". Now they have to deal with Dawson's feelings, who has been deeply hurt for the past months. At first, he doesn't want to talk with neither one of them, but Jen convinces him to talk to Joey. Meanwhile, Pacey's older sister, Gretchen, arrives in Capeside and moves in with Doug, making Pacey homeless. But he won't live with his parents anymore, and so he asks Joey to let him crash at her house for a while. Dawson tells Jack about Gretchen, for whom he had a secret crush a few years ago. Andie meets 2 foreign guys, and she is attracted to them. Dawson and Joey talk, and he says he'll be ok, but it takes one day at a time. Everybody is wondering if Pacey and Joey did it while on the trip, and they don't confirm or deny. But Joey secretly tells Dawson nothing really happened.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Bostonians

    S5:E110/10/2001

    Dawson is a freshman film student in Los Angeles, while Joey starts college at an Ivy League university in Boston. Instead of focusing on the new lives they have worked a lifetime for, they find themselves distracted by the distance between them and their unsettling last kiss.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Kids Are Alright (1)

    S6:E110/2/2002

    Dawson returns to Boston after working as an assistant director in Los Angeles over the summer and reunites with Joey who has spent a relatively angst-free summer in Capeside. Audrey and Pacey return from L.A. with a surprise passenger, Audrey's childhood friend Jack Osborne.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Near Wild Heaven

    S2:E310/5/2004

    Although Nathan and Haley are already married, Tim insists on throwing Nathan a post-wedding bachelor party, while Brooke throws Haley a bachelorette party. Meanwhile, Lucas tries to decide whether he should visit Dan in the hospital. Karen decides to go back to school. Nathan gets a job working for Keith at Dan's dealership.

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Like You Like an Arsonist

    S3:E110/5/2005

    In the third season premiere, we finally discover Dan's fate after the fire. Besides the situation with his father, Nathan also has to deal with Haley's reappearance in Tree Hill and the future of their relationship. Meanwhile, Peyton tries to find the truth about the mysterious woman who pretends to be her mother. Also, Lucas looks forward to Brooke's return after a summer apart.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - It Gets the Worst at Night

    S4:E175/9/2007

    When Mouth and Rachel's road trip goes wrong, the other teens go out to their rescue. While on the trip, Nathan and Haley get a second chance to enjoy their Prom and Peyton and Lucas decide to take their relationship to the next level. Finally, Brooke reveals the truth about the stolen calculus exam to Haley.

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    #18 - One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning

    S6:E29/8/2008

    Tree Hill residents are surprised to learn that a couple will indeed get married. Brooke tries to adjust to life after the robbery at "Clothes Over Bros". Nathan and Haley receive devastating news and Nanny Carrie's return creates more blanks than answers, after she kidnaps Dan - whose life is in jeopardy.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - How a Resurrection Really Feels

    S3:E912/7/2005

    It is revealed that Lucas knows who tried to kill Dan and he confronts the guilty party. Brooke, Peyton and Haley find themselves behind bars. Peyton finds her guilty conscience on the surface. Chris Keller convinces Nathan to be his wingman at a high-stakes poker game. The residents of Tree Hill finally choose a mayor.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - The Birth and Death of the Day

    S4:E206/6/2007

    As graduation approaches, Haley prepares for the recital of her valedictorian speech and motherhood. Nathan must adjust to life without basketball, while Brooke makes a confession that may have great consequences. Lucas confronts Dan after Karen's life is threatened.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Unopened Letter to the World

    S2:E152/22/2005

    When Tree Hill High does a time capsule project, the gang confesses their most intimate secrets to an anonymous video camera. Nathan's anger over Haley's absence continues to grow, landing both Lucas and Nathan in jail. Peyton and Jake's feelings for each other heat up, while Felix throws Brooke a party to celebrate her new gig as student body president. Meanwhile, when brought to court, Lucas opts to live with Dan and Deb rather than Karen.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - 4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days

    S5:E11/8/2008

    It's four years into the future and the Tree Hill gang has finished college. Now, their lives have taken completely different directions. Lucas has written and published a book, Brooke has made it big in the fashion industry with her brand "Clothes Over Bro's", Peyton is pursuing a career in the music business, and Nathan and Haley continue to raise a now older James.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - In Da Club

    S5:E72/12/2008

    The Honorary Title performs at Tric and Mia plays her song there as well. Carrie tries to get closer to Nathan. Brooke sets Mouth up on a blind date with her assistant and Lindsey confronts Lucas about Peyton.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul

    S8:E205/3/2011

    As Nathan, Julian and Clay coach Jamie’s first little league game, the situation regarding the accident comes to a head. Meanwhile, Chase asks Alex to take a drug test for him, and Quinn gets an offer to shoot in Puerto Rico.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - The Same Deep Water as You

    S4:E19/27/2006

    The residents of Tree Hill must deal with the aftermath of the shocking accident that left everyone without words. In the midst of all the chaos, Dan extends his help to Karen now that she is pregnant, Lucas and Peyton's friendship continues to grow stronger, and once rivals Brooke and Rachel move past their differences and manage to become good friends. Brooke has a difficult decision to make about her relationship with Lucas and Skills decides to try out for the Ravens.

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