One Lonely Tree Hill
Caitlyn Daczyk
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Entertainment
I remember my high school days like they were yesterday: they mainly consisted of school uniforms, Hilary Duff, "The O.C." and "One Tree Hill." Well, my school uniform is lost somewhere in my closet, I no longer hear Hilary Duff's voice on MTV, "The O.C." suffered a tragic death when Marissa died… but what about "One Tree Hill?" In the words of Justin Timberlake, they're "dead and gone."
When "One Tree Hill" started its run in 2003, it was your typical teen soap opera: popular rich kids whose parents don't love them and struggling teens that just don't feel they belong. Despite being the perfect stereotypical teen drama, the show was quite good. It introduced so many different ideas of music and fashion into our small teenage minds, and for that I am grateful.
"One Tree Hill" led me to discover bands like Keane and Augustana, and personally, I do not know where I would be without them. Many of us felt like an outsider in some way during high school, and "One Tree Hill" was there for us whenever we felt inadequate.
Unfortunately, six years later I am no longer that awkward high school student; nor am I married and needing to worry about silly scenarios like psycho killing nannies. If you stopped watching the show after season four, you made a very wise decision. Season four would have ended it with a BANG! Instead, the show continues with a blah.
If you're still watching "One Tree Hill," I feel your pain. In the recent seasons, the later years of the Tree Hill gang, the show has dealt with situations very similar to "Dawson's Creek"-terminally ill main characters, bad marriages, sensitive boys coming into fame, etc. As if that wasn't bad enough, "One Tree Hill" has added some extra unnecessary drama, such as Carrie, the crazy nanny or Brooke getting robbed and beaten in her store.
Currently on "One Tree Hill," Lucas and Peyton are happily engaged; however, Peyton may kill herself and her baby if she goes through with the pregnancy. So like most rationally thinking person, she wants to have the baby. And I can't forget about Nathan and Hailey, who are also happily married-they're just in separate states (we all saw how well that worked out the last time). Brooke is taking in poor, misunderstood children as if she's an orphanage. And if that wasn't bad enough, Stephen from "Laguna Beach" is still on the show.
I just wish "One Tree Hill" would look to all other teen dramas that went before them-"Beverly Hills, 90210," "Dawson's Creek" and even "Boy Meets World." There is only one lesson to be learned here: quit while you're ahead. Unfortunately for "One Tree Hill," like these preceding teen dramas, they will be quitting while they are very, very far behind.
3/5 stars
When "One Tree Hill" started its run in 2003, it was your typical teen soap opera: popular rich kids whose parents don't love them and struggling teens that just don't feel they belong. Despite being the perfect stereotypical teen drama, the show was quite good. It introduced so many different ideas of music and fashion into our small teenage minds, and for that I am grateful.
"One Tree Hill" led me to discover bands like Keane and Augustana, and personally, I do not know where I would be without them. Many of us felt like an outsider in some way during high school, and "One Tree Hill" was there for us whenever we felt inadequate.
Unfortunately, six years later I am no longer that awkward high school student; nor am I married and needing to worry about silly scenarios like psycho killing nannies. If you stopped watching the show after season four, you made a very wise decision. Season four would have ended it with a BANG! Instead, the show continues with a blah.
If you're still watching "One Tree Hill," I feel your pain. In the recent seasons, the later years of the Tree Hill gang, the show has dealt with situations very similar to "Dawson's Creek"-terminally ill main characters, bad marriages, sensitive boys coming into fame, etc. As if that wasn't bad enough, "One Tree Hill" has added some extra unnecessary drama, such as Carrie, the crazy nanny or Brooke getting robbed and beaten in her store.
Currently on "One Tree Hill," Lucas and Peyton are happily engaged; however, Peyton may kill herself and her baby if she goes through with the pregnancy. So like most rationally thinking person, she wants to have the baby. And I can't forget about Nathan and Hailey, who are also happily married-they're just in separate states (we all saw how well that worked out the last time). Brooke is taking in poor, misunderstood children as if she's an orphanage. And if that wasn't bad enough, Stephen from "Laguna Beach" is still on the show.
I just wish "One Tree Hill" would look to all other teen dramas that went before them-"Beverly Hills, 90210," "Dawson's Creek" and even "Boy Meets World." There is only one lesson to be learned here: quit while you're ahead. Unfortunately for "One Tree Hill," like these preceding teen dramas, they will be quitting while they are very, very far behind.
3/5 stars
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