You Gotta Go There to Come Back

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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Lucas is faced with an impossible decision: should he date Brooke or Peyton? Elsewhere, Whitey makes a controversial choice by canceling practice to help the team refocus. Meanwhile, Dan takes Nathan on a weekend outing in an attempt to reconcile with his wife and son, and Deb and Haley plan an open-mic night at Karen's Caf.moreless
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    9.5
    "Superb"
    By Sarah_LOST, Oct 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    Lucas is faced with an impossible decision: should he date Brooke or Peyton? Elsewhere, Whitey makes a controversial choice by canceling practice to help the team refocus. Meanwhile, Dan takes Nathan on a weekend outing in an attempt to reconcile with his wife and son, and Deb and Haley plan an open-mic night at Karen's Caf. I love the firsy scene with Lucas on his own, and then he speaks to Keith, but then Brooke walks in and they finally meet. I love the storyline with Nathan and Hayley, they are amazing together. I love the scene with Hayley and Lucas talking about Lucas's decision.I love the scene with Jake and Lucas and then the whole basketball team with Whitey. I love the scene with Peyton and Lucas at ll her car. I love the scene with Hayley and Deb.I love the scene with Peyton and Brooke with the scene in her bedroom. I love the Riverside scene with the basketball game and then Brooke comes along. I love the scene with Lucas, Deb and Brooke, hilarious! I love the scene with Deb and Keith. Oh, and I love the way Hayley asks Peyton for the posters type thing. I love the scene with Lucas and Keith, amazing scene. I love the way Dan always has something to say to Nathan. I love the Jake and Lucas scene, where he shows Lucas his daughter. I love the scene on the golf course when Nathan tells Dan about the drugs for him, I do love them together.I love the Cafe scenes, pretty awesome scenes especially with Brooke and Peyton with the whole Lucas thing. And also with Jake coming to play guitar and shows everyone his daughter. I love the scene with Hayley and Nathan back together. I love the scene with the Basketball team all go down to the Riverside to have a fun game of Backetball, pretty cool scene with Keith and Whitey watching too. All in all another Awesome episode.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 does not know which girl he should date either peyton or brook. and he has to make a desion . and in this ep dan is trying to spend some time with his son nathan and deb to make things better for the family and whitney decides to cancal basketball practice to get everyone back into focas . this was a good ep i thought it had some excitement and it caused some problems between how bad the situation really is in the family with deb and dan . also in this ep karen is having a open mic night in the cafe and haley and deb are helping out to have it. this was a good epmoreless

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  • Season 1, Episode 10.

    9.5
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    By Wanted23, Dec 14, 2008 Report Abuse
    Lucas is faced with an impossible decision: should he date Brooke or Peyton? Elsewhere, Whitey makes a controversial choice by canceling practice to help the team refocus. Meanwhile, Dan takes Nathan on a weekend outing in an attempt to reconcile with his wife and son, and Deb and Haley plan an open-mic night at Karen's Caf. Ah, the beginning of many, many seasons of Leyton/Brucas drama. But YAY for Naley! They're such a hot couple! I loved when Lucas talked to Jake!
    "Late night? Who's the girl?" "You don't know her." I loved that. The writing on this show is so witty and good! Great episode!moreless

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  • This episode was very average but it was still an awesome episode. This had many good moments like when Deb and Haley partnered up to make Karen's Cafe the bomb. Dan is still the bad guy and in this episode he shows us how much more we can hate him.moreless

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    By nsalaices, May 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    You Gotta Go There To Come Back is the tenth episode of the first season and the tenth episode of the whole series. It aired on the WB on January 20, 2004. This episode is about the decision Lucas makes by choosing Brooke over Peyton. Dan treats Nathan like if he's a disappointment He was a complete jerk when Nathan tried to kill himself. He is really a bad father and a bad man. I like when Peyton, Haley, and Deb teamed up to make an open mike night since Karen was in Italy. Then Jake opened his secret to the audience and told everybody that he had a baby named Jennie. This episode was really cool but it was average and not an episode that stood out.moreless

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  • one of the best episodes of the first season it really focuses on music which is why i love this show. In my opinion.

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    By DjMusicKc7443, Mar 15, 2008 Report Abuse
    this has to be one of Bryan Greenberg's best performance's ever I thought Jenny is addoriable i wish they would come back for season 5 and start thing off with Payton again. i thought him and Payton did well together Bryan and Hilary have very good chemistry but i'll always be a fan of Chad and Hilary don't get me wrong. I loved the song that he sang to his daughter and i loved how the camera panned into the end while the boys were playing at the rivercourt playing basketball. i wish they would've shown Gavin Degraw though i was very happy that he made a guest apparence well that it for me..moreless

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    • Haley references the previous episode's dropped plot about Peyton and the orphan. She tells Peyton she needs her help but says, "don't worry it doesn't involve orphans..." Edit
    • That's actually Bryan Greenberg's (Jake) voice singing the song "Lonely World" at Karen's Cafe. Edit
    • During the scene where Whitey tells the team that practice is canceled indefinitely, Brooke mysteriously appears and disappears. In every shot where Whitey is talking you can clearly see Brooke standing in the front, but each time the camera cuts back to the team she is no longer there. Edit

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    • This is the second time the theme song "I Don't Wanna Be" is played during a scene. However, it's the first time we actually see song writer Gavin DeGraw playing it. Edit
    • Although credited, Moira Kelly (Karen) doesn't appear in this episode. Edit
    • On the season 1 DVD, there is a bonus video of Gavin Degraw singing Chariot in Karen's Cafe. Edit

  • Quotes

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    • Haley: (referring to Peyton's taste in music) You're all over the place. Peyton: I kinda got a lot of moods. Edit
    • Haley: Nathan, about last night? Nathan: Hey, look it's not about sex with me, okay? When you're ready, I'll be too. (they kiss) Edit
    • Lucas: Haley, I'm not the bad guy here, ok? Peyton's just too... hard. Haley: Unlike Brooke, who I understand is nice and easy. Lucas: Excuse me! She makes me laugh. She's honest. She's not afraid to be herself, ok? Plus, she's not covered head to toe in issues. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Episode Title: You Gotta Go There to Come Back You Gotta Go There to Come Back is an album from the band Stereophonics. Edit

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