How Can You Be Sure?

Season 1, Episode 19, Aired
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Lucas finds out that Brooke is with child and must make a decision regarding the pregnancy. Brooke gives Lucas the cold shoulder regarding the situation. Meanwhile, Haley considers giving her virginity to Nathan.
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  • Season 1, Episode 19.

    10
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    By Wanted23, Nov 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    Lucas finds out that Brooke is with child and must make a decision regarding the pregnancy. Brooke gives Lucas the cold shoulder regarding the situation. Meanwhile, Haley considers giving her virginity to Nathan. Wow, the pregnancy drama was EXCELLENT. Karen turns down Keith's proposal! :( The pregnancy test was positive! Nathan sees Haley's tattoo! I hate Lucas! His little accusation toward Nathan was unbelievable, but understandable. "Yeah, that's my life. Notice who's not in it?" Haha, Jake will never let that go. "Since you got my jersey number tattooed on your ass." LMAO! "Maybe you can pull a Dan Scott and knock two girls up at once." LMAO. Good episode!moreless

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  • a fantastic episode.

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    By Jensen_Briana, Nov 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really liked this one. It was really great. Brooke tells Lucas that she thinks that she is pregnant, and they are both scared. She takes a pregnancy test and it's positive but then she calls the doctor, and they say she's not pregnant. She lies to Lucas and tells him that the baby is his. You find out at the end that Brooke lied to Lucas, and that the doctor said that she's not pregnant. Keith proposes to Karen, but she says no. Keith decides that he's going to leave town because what Karen said made him decide that Tree Hill didn't really feel like home now.
    Nikki, Jake's ex thinks that there's something going on with Jake and Peyton. Peyton continues to babysit Jenny.
    Haley thinks about having sex with Nathan a little bit. She decides not to. Nathan sees Haley's tattoo of his jersey number, 23, on her lowerback. He gets freaked out. Near the end, he tells her that he doesn't want to pressure her, and that he doesn't want to drive her away. He tells her that he loves her, and even though it scares him a little bit, he does. Haley is surprised, and she's like wow. They kiss, and she tells him that she loves him too.
    I thought that the Nathan & Haley parts were really cute. I personally love them together as a couple.moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show one tree hill lucas thinks brook is pregnant but thing is she keeps giving him the cold shoulder on the subject and does not want to talk about it. also in this ep haley is tring to make the desion if she should sleep with nathan and him to be herfirst time. and lucas and brook go and find out she is not pregnant. at all this was a really good ep and it had alot of emotions and alot drama about the usuly teen subejects . and it was a good one and that is why i gave it 8.5moreless

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  • I thought it was great!

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    By VGFreak8, Jan 08, 2008 Report Abuse
    Brooke and Lucas are very scared about the pregnancy. Lucas tells Karen and Dan finds out. Karen says no to Keith about the proposal. Keith leaves Tree Hill. Nicki threatens Peyton to stay away from Jake. Haley considers having sex with Nathan, but ultimately decides to wait. Nathan finds out about her tattoo. Deb tells Nathan more about why she cheated on Dan. Lucas learns that Dan wanted to have him aborted. Brooke confesses that she was lying. At first, she thought she was, but when she found out she wasn't, she didn't tell Lucas.

    This was a great episode! I felt really sad when Karen slapped Lucas and the rest of that scene! I also feel sorry for Keith. I'm glad Haley decided not to have sex and I'm glad that Nathan doesn't want to pressure her into to it. I really want Peyton and Jake to get together, but Nicki complicates it. This episode gets a 9.5 out of 10!moreless

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  • Brooke thinks she is pregant. She takes a test and it is posotive. She goes to the doctor who tells her she is not pregant but she tells Luke that she is and later she tells him that she lied and she is not pregnant. She succeeds in her goal to hurt him.moreless

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    By brucasis4ever, Sep 06, 2007 Report Abuse
    That is the best episode of the whole series. To see them go through something like that together was awsome. Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray both pulled that off amazingly. Lucas was so cute when he told Brooke that he would be there for her and the baby! I wish she would have really been pregnant because then Brooke and Lucas would probably be togehter know and their baby would have been SOOOOOOO cute. It was sad to see them both so torn up about it. Their fight in the middle of the episode was sad too.It was my favorite episodemoreless

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    • When Nicki is looking at Jake's photos on the fireplace mantel he has his back turned to it. If you look right behind him before the scene ends, you can glimpse a picture of Bryan Greenberg (Jake) with OTH creator Mark Schwahn. Edit

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    • This episode features an unaired scene on the season 1 DVD set. It is between Dan and Whitey. Aside from that, Barry Corbin (Whitey) didn't appear. Edit
    • Featured Music: "Someone Like You" by Master Source "Coming Undone" by Highwater Rising "Spitting Games" by Snow Patrol "Wrecking Ball" by Viva Voce "Broken" by Hathaway "Heaven" by The Fire Theft "Love In December" by Club 8 "Everybody Hurts" by Dashboard Confessional Edit

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    • Lucas: I'm just as scared as you are. But I want to help. Please. Just, trust me. Brooke: Yeah, cause that worked out so well for me the last time. Edit
    • Karen: Tree Hill is such a small part of the world, and maybe it's where I belong, but there's so much more out there. Italy was the first time since Lucas was born that I've spent anytime alone. I realized I only knew myself as Lucas's mother. I've gotta find the rest of me. You mean the world to me Keith, but I'm sorry. I can't marry you. Edit
    • Nathan: What? I just don't feel like making out, that's all. Haley: You realize you just said that, right? Since when? Nathan: Since you got my jersey number tattooed on your ass. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Episode Title: How Can You Be Sure? How Can You Be Sure? is the title to a song off Radiohead's single, Fake Plastic Trees and it can also be found on the Japanese version of The Bends. Edit

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