Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Season 4, Episode 3, Aired
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Peyton spends more time getting to know her newfound brother, Derek. Meanwhile, Lucas gives up on his love for Brooke and Rachel tries to start a romance with Nathan.
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  • Season 4, Episode 3.

    10
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    By Wanted23, Aug 18, 2008 Report Abuse
    Great episode! Peyton is starting a friendship with her brother, which I liked. Brooke getting her revenge was pretty great. She kissed Derek, thinking he was Peyton's date. When Peyton told her, she made an uncalled for remark that her mother slept around more than she did. I like the little Brooke/Peyton war. I like that Rachel is going after a married Nathan. There are such great storylines on this show. I'm glad I started watching. I can't wait to collect the DVDs, and watch the season 6 premiere (the final season) on September 1. Great episode of a great show. It all fits in perfectly.moreless

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  • The Ravens come back!

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    By VGFreak8, May 12, 2008 Report Abuse
    Skills plays in his first game and he is really good. The Ravens win! Nathan is still shook up about the accident. Dan awards him a valor award. Rachel comes onto Nathan. Haley is jealous. Lucas realizes that he isn't the guy for Brooke. Peyton spends time with her half-brother, Derek. He seems cool. Mouth is tired of girls calling him a good friend. Rachel thinks that Brooke is pregnant. Derek is stalking Peyton, as we see tons of pictures of her in his room from before they met. Dan wants Young Keith to stop haunting him.

    This episode was great! The ending was creepy with Derek. Very weird. Skills seemed a little cocky after the game though. This episode gets a 9.5 out of 10!moreless

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  • To bad for bad news

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    By ro2n, Nov 25, 2007 Report Abuse
    Very good episode with everything in it! I really like it ...What will happen with Brooke I'm so concern...i hoped the child would be Haley's but she is the "lucky one"! :(

    This new guy..at the beginning I thought he is so sweet but I was wrong! What is it with him? And the biggest question did Ellie knew about his "passion"? If yes why would she wanted for them to meet?!?!?

    I liked what Mouth sad: he wished everything remain like it was in the past, that's what I often think! Sometimes things were better in the past but I always forget that this present will be the past of tomorrow... important is the present!!! Live it!

    Pay more attention for those which are near me..."Just think you could be a big part of someone else's life, and not even know it" (so true!!!)moreless

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  • Another amazing episode!!

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    By alibeth25, Oct 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    In this episode Brooke is still not talking to Lucas. Peyton gets closer to her half-brother, Derek. Skills plays his first game as a Raven, wearing Lucas' old number (3). Rachel has an infatuation with Nathan, and Haley doesn't like it. Also, Mouth has a drunken rant. This episode also leaves you creeped out by the end, with a wall of pictures of Peyton taken by her supposedly half-brother. This episode is another great installment of the series. I love this show and the characters. The one storyline I can't wait to find out what happens next in the Peyton and Derek storyline. Through out the episode I had a bad feeling about Derek. I think he is a stalker and not her half-brother. I'm dying to see what's going to happen next. Another storyline I want more of is, Dan be haunted by a younger Keith. I'm hoping young Keith's spirit keeps coming until Dan confesses to what he did. This show keeps getting better with each episode. I can't wait to find out what happens next. The actors do a wonderful job of portraying their characters.moreless

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  • Peyton meets her brother Whilst Lucas gives up on his romance with Brooke.

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    By xcharmedkx, Apr 24, 2007 Report Abuse
    So Peyton meets derek her brother who seems surprisingly clued up on her and how she would think.He seems ok and for once Peyton seems happy.Her interaction with Lucas is always good and she seems to know how to talk to people evident with Nathan.

    Rachel has gone back to Manipulative **** in my eyes firstly calling Hayley names then trying it on with Nathan.she won't suceed they have been through too much and yet she seems determined on trying.She is however quite intelligent working out Brooke is pregnant.

    Lucas gave up on him and Brooke after realising it wasn't going to happen, she's way to stubborn and he's tried to many times before.

    Love the Nathan and Hayley interaction as always their scenes always had a little calm to the episodes.

    Shock scenes at the end with Mouth accidentally discovering Brooke's pregnancy and a sight of Derek's bedroom.Scary.Thousands of pictures of Peyton and her obviously not realising gives him another.Was her Podcast an oppurtunity to let him stalk her or is he truly her brother.moreless

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    • The house used for the party in this episode is the same as in the Dawson's Creek, episode "The All-Nighter". Edit
    • At 6:35, as the camera pulls up away from Dan, the pole for the boom-mic is visible in the upper left. It hits a branch when it is yanked out of the shot. Edit
    • At 6:05, as the old man starts to stand, the front of another camera is visible in the shot, at the top right. Edit

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    • There are two additional scenes on the season 4 DVD set. The first is a weird sequence in Dan's head as he is undergoing a CAT scan where everything seems normal to the doctors. The second is between Derek and Peyton at school. They talk. Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Italy: Thursday, October 25, 2007 Greece: Saturday, November 24, 2007 on Star Latin America: Sunday, September 9, 2007 UK: Sunday, April 22, 2007 Sweden: Sunday, January 14, 2007 Turkey: Friday, October 12, 2007 Edit
    • Although credited, Barbara Alyn Woods (Deb) didn't appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Peyton: You know it's just too bad I ran out of time cause I really wanted to show you the place where I buried my prom date... kidding. Derek: Thank God, it would be really weird if we had another thing in common. Edit
    • Dan: Anything I can do to help? Karen: Yeah, leave Deb alone. Edit
    • Dan: I'm not doing anything. Karen: You're always doing something and it's never good. Edit

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    • Peyton: Here comes the Brookie Monster. It's a rhyme off of the Sesame Street character, Cookie Monster. Edit
    • Episode Title: Good News For People Who Love Bad News Good News For People Who Love Bad News is the name of the 2004 album from the band, Modest Mouse. Edit

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