One Tree Hill/The Same Deep Water as You

The Same Deep Water as You
Season 4, Episode 1
Airdate	September 27, 2006
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The Same Deep Water as You is the first episode of the fourth season of One Tree Hill, and the sixty-eighth episode overall.

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Plot Overview

The episode revisits the whole limo accident. After Nathan jumped in the river to rescue Rachel and Cooper from the limo, Karen and Lucas show up, finding an upset Haley. It seems Nathan can't go out of the limo, so Lucas jumps in the river too. Later, at the hospital, Nathan and Rachel wake up but Cooper's life hangs in the balance. Rachel feels really guilty about the accident and has also to deal with the fact that Cooper might die. And if Reckless Red Hair feels guilty, so does Nathan, who feels as if he didn't do the best he could do to save Rachel and Cooper. Meanwhile, Brooke isn't exactly thrilled about Peyton and Lucas' friendship. Anyway, breaking news for Goldilocks, who has just found a letter explaining that she has a brother. At the same time, Nathan is released, so he and Haley head to their apartment, where Haley finds Nathan's surprise: he re-decorates the apartment for her. Haley has a surprise too: she got into Stanford. Nathan is happy but he is also worried because they spent all their savings for the wedding. Haley assures him the only important thing is that they're together. Skills would like to join team Ravens and asks Lucas to talk to Whitey about it. Lucas promises he will. Back to the hospital, there is a close up of Rachel who is next Cooper's bed. As soon as Haley comes over, Rachel asks her to thank Nathan for saving her life, but Haley prefers getting straight to the point. Yep, Rachel had better stay the hell away from Cooper, Nathan and all of them. Rachel looks hurt. In the meantime, Dan is still haunted by Keith's ghost. Lucas asks Karen if she is happy to be pregnant. Then, he tells her he will attend Tree Hill university since he want to stay with her and Keith's baby, but she doesn't agree: he doesn't have to give up on his dreams because of her. Brooke shows up in Rachel's room and they have a nice and witty talk. In the end, Rachel offers Brooke to move in with her. "So, this is what it looks like when hell freezes over?" is Brooke's comment. Then they both smile. Later someone else stops by Rachel's room: Mouth, who arrives exactly when Rachel is packing to run away. Mouth tells her to stay there because she needs to face her responsibilities, if she really wants to change her life. Brooke breaks up with Lucas, pointing out their problem are not about Peyton, but they're only about them. She figured the bitter truth: "It never seemed like you missed me. And I guess because of it I stopped missing you." Lucas says he's sorry, and so is Brooke. Nathan can't sleep because he keeps thinking about the accident. Meanwhile, Mouth comes back to Rachel's room and it's empty. He thinks she has run away but it turns out she is in Cooper's room.

Notes

• Barry Corbin (Coach "Whitey" Durham) does not appear in this episode, although he is featured in the opening credits.
• All the episodes of Season 4 are not a new year but a continuation of Nathan, Lucas, Brooke, Peyton, and Haley's senior year.
• As of Season 4, James Lafferty (Nathan) is the only cast member to have appeared in every episode.
• The doctor mentions to Nathan that his knee should be okay in a few days and then you see Nathan limping after he gets off the examination table. In the 401 Commentary, Mark Schwahn says that James actually hurt his knee on some stairs in his home before filming and James is truly limping not acting. He had just gotten out of the hospital before filming started.
• There is a commentary for this episode as an episode of the OTH Writers Podcast. Mark Schwahn, Hilarie Burton and Lee Norris are the commentators.

Quotes

Lucas: (voiceover) My name is Lucas Scott. I'm a senior at Tree Hill High School. I play basketball -- at least I used to. I have a girlfriend -- at least I used to. And I have a best friend. Tree Hill is just a place somewhere in the world. Maybe it's a lot like your world, maybe it's nothing like it. But if you look closer, you might see someone like you. Someone trying to find their way. Someone trying to find their place. Someone trying to find their self. Sometimes it seems like you are the only one in the world who's struggling, who's frustrated, unsatisfied, barely getting by. But that feeling's a lie. And if you just hold on, just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay. Because we all need a little help sometimes-someone to helps us hear the music in their world, to remind us that it won't always be this way. That someone is out there. And that someone will find you.

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Brooke: I'd like to talk to my boyfriend, alone. Nice job not hitting on him.

Peyton: Luke, I'll get those CDs later. Thanks for the sex.

(Peyton leaves)

Lucas: She was just kidding.

Brooke: Listen, I know it's been difficult for you lately, losing Keith and your heart condition and giving up basketball. I feel like I've been keeping you close to me to try to protect you from those things. Like I'm hanging onto the two of us for you, but not for me.

Lucas: I'm sorry I kissed Peyton. I should have told you.

Brooke: It's not about that Luke. It's not, I mean I thought that it was, but this is not about her. This is about me. I love you Lucas, and I probably always will, but we go days without having a meaningful conversation. And I used to miss you so much when that happened but it never seemed like you missed me. And I guess because of it I stopped missing you. I mean look at today, there was a horrible accident and you haven't even called me...it shouldn't be like this, Luke. I'm sorry. I can't do this anymore.

Lucas: Brooke, I'm sorry.

Brooke: Yeah, me too.