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One Tree Hill: The Desperate Kingdom of Love

 

Episode Score

 
9.3 Superb
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Air Date

Tuesday September 21, 2004

Production Code

2T5251

Episode Summary

In the second season premiere, Lucas and Keith learn that Dan suffered a heart attack and decide it is best for them to return to Tree Hill. Peyton and Brooke continue to mend their broken friendship as they both cope with the loss of Lucas. Meanwhile, when Deb discovers that Nathan and Haley have married, she is less than thrilled for the happy couple.

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    8.5 Great

    Naley.... hide show

    Being a huge Naley fan myself you would know that this episode was very special for me :D So many beautiful speeches. Powerful moments,romantic scenes and a simple yet breathtaking wedding. Naley's flashbacks highlighted the episode with unforgettable moments. Some of which were hilarious. I liked Haley's mother. She was funny and sweet. The Keith/Lucas plot annoyed me so much. Their storyline is the reason I didn't rate this episode as a 10. They just left ! They come back straight away ! Coudln't the writers have given the storyline a little more time ?! Dan just had to wake up while Deb and Keith were hugging. Couldn't they have just killed Dan off ?! He annoys me so much. Worst character ever. Lucas annoyed me too during this episode. He convinced Keith to go back for Dan when Lucas hated Dan's guts. Why the sudden change of heart ? Brooke and Peyton had some great scenes. They lightened the episode. From the Naley romance plot to the addition of the " coach is sick " and " Deb feels gulity storylines "...Peyton and Brooke made the episode alot more fun. The episode ends with Lucas showing up to rowen the fun Peyton and Brooke were having, and the coach is told he has a tumor which needs to be removed. As a whole I liked it :) Since I watched the whole season I know that the drama is just getting started.

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    10 Perfect

    Season 2, Episode 1. hide show

    Ah, season 2! =] I liked how the episode began, with the creators trying to make the viewers believe that Dan died. Lucas and Keith are in a new town, and Lucas has a new haircut. Brooke and Peyton are on Day 2 of their hoes over bros reunion. I loved when Deb left Dan and told him to call 911 himself. She has a good heart though, even though she almost let him die. She did eventually call 911. Nathan has a pretty sexy body. The nipple ring kills it, though. Lucky Haley. =] Pretty good episode. Dan has HCM! It causes heart muscles to thicken. =] I like that his life is at risk. I don't like Dan, or Whitey. I'm glad that at least Whitey is gone after the four-year jump.

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    9.1 Superb

    My first thoughts on the show... hide show

    In the second season premiere, 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. This episode is named after a song by PJ Harvey. Dan's heart attack brings Lucas and Keith back to Tree Hill, and Peyton and Brooke patch up theit friendship. But Deb erupts in ager when she finds there's a new Mrs. Scott: her son's wife Haley. This was my first time every watching One Tree Hill, and I thought it was great. I have never seen an episodes before this one, so I was a little confused. All i can say is that I can't wait to watch more.

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    9.5 Superb

    I loved it! hide show

    There are many flashbacks in this episode. It shows Nathan and Haley telling Haley's parents that they want to get married. They approve and are at the wedding. It shows Deb after she arrives when Dan has a heart attack. She argued with him before calling the hospital. It shows Dan before he catches Keith and Deb. He is practicing what to tell Deb to convince her to stay with him.

    Keith and a short haired Lucas find out about Dan's heart attack. They decide whether they should show up or not. Nathan and Haley tell Deb about their marriage and she gets angry. Peyton and Brooke spend the day together and they burn the letter from Lucas. Whitey is going in for surgery. Haley has second thoughts about the marriage, but Nathan reassures her. Keith and Lucas return. Dan wakes up to see Deb and Keith hugging.

    This was a great episode! I like how it starts just a day after season 1 ends instead of a whole summer or something! I think that Haley and Nathan are too young to be married. Deb seemed mean in this episode, to Dan, Haley and Nathan. This episode gets a 9.5 out of 10!

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    10 Perfect

    awesome opener Lucas and keith return after recieving news on dan's heartateck debara Blames Naley when she learns thereMarriedBprecinel there friendship Lucas seeing them running around a fire on the beach dubbleds hates haley hide show

    Lucas and keith return after recieving news on dan's heartateck debara Blames Naley when she learns thereMarriedBprecinel there friendship Lucas seeing them running around a fire on the beach dubbleds hates haley Karen and keith aviod eachother lpb drama is back when peyton gives brooke the letter from lucas after they had spend the whole day together
    keith talks to whitey about his surgrey dan wakes up to he and deb hugging karen finds out about the naley married from deb
    haleys parents cheer her up after deb says she s reuining nathan's life karen closes the cafe great episode

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  • In this episode, Nathan and Haley get married during daytime. However, in the previous episode, they got married in the evening, after the game. []
  • Number: 23.

    The number 23 appears on the moving box where Keith writes the reasons to stay and go. This number appears frequently throughout the series, leading some viewers to believe it may have hidden significance to the writers. []
  • When Haley says "Well maybe so" in response to Nathan saying she's caving on waiting for marriage to have sex during the flashback, her lips are not moving. It's obvious that this scene was shot at least twice and the shots vary during the scene. []
More Trivia
  • Bess Armstrong (Lydia) received the "And" credit. []
  • Hilarie Burton (Peyton) will now be credited during the introduction of the theme song, alongside Chad Michael Murray (Lucas) and James Lafferty (Nathan), thus implying that they're the leading actors. []
  • Featured Music
    "Silence" - Gomez
    "Take Your Mama" - Scissor Sisters
    "Lie In The Sound" - Trespassers William
    "Empty Apartment" - Yellowcard
    "Just As Well" - Emily Sparks
    "She Will Be Loved" - Maroon 5
    "See Me" - Rob Giles []
  • Whitey: Karen, I always pretend to be asleep when the nurse comes in here. She looks a lot like death, only uglier. []
  • Keith: You know Luke, Dan's your birth father and um, even though he's never been in your life it wouldn't be wrong to be concerned.
    Lucas: Would it be wrong to hope he dies? []
  • Brooke: (to Peyton) Come on you fake blonde Goldilocks. Let's go.
    []
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Allusions

  • Keith: (referring to Lucas' haircut) Holy Cow! What happened to your head?
    Lucas: I figured new town, new look.
    Keith: Okay. Whatever you say, Felicity.

    This is an allusion to another WB show, Felicity, whose main character cut off all her hair early on in the second season of the show. []
  • Episode Title: The Desperate Kingdom of Love

    "The Desperate Kingdom of Love" is a song by PJ Harvey off the album, Uh Huh Her. []
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