One Tree Hill (2003–2012): Season 4, Episode 10 - Songs to Love and Die By - full transcript

Merry Christmas!

- Merry Christmas!
- Merry Christmas, George!

Merry Christmas, movie house!

Merry Christmas, Emporium!

Have you ever wondered
what marks our time here?

If one life can really make
an impact on the world?

Or if the choices we make matter?

Sometimes in order to move forward,
you have to go back.

In this case, just a few minutes.

So the doctor said you're fine?
You and the baby?

Yeah. We're fine.



We are all gonna be fine.

Listen, there's a reason
that I played so bad tonight at first.

What do you mean?

Nathan, look out!

Haley!

Haley! Haley!

Haley! Oh, God!

- What happened?
- They just hit her, man.

I'll call 911.

Lucas, stay with her.

Son of a bitch!

What did you do?

Nathan!

He's dead.



You killed him, Son.

- Go on.
- Dad?

Haley needs you, Nathan.
Your child needs you.

Go!

She's been hit by a car.
You gotta help her.

She's pregnant.

- What's her name?
- Haley.

- How long has she been pregnant?
- I don't know exactly.

A few...

Come on, Haley.

A...

He passed out. I got him.

Hold on.

Heart's not beating.

I got a full cardiac arrest,
requesting backup.

Hey!

Hey!

Excuse me.
Can you tell me what's happening?

Hi, Luke.

Keith. It's you, right? I mean, you're alive.

- Not exactly.
- What do you mean, "Not exactly"?

All in good time, Luke,
we don't wanna be late.

Late for what?

Haley. What happened to her?

You don't remember?

I... There was an accident.

No. It was no accident.

I was right there with Haley.
I was standing right there.

My heart.

Your heart isn't the only one
that's breaking right now.

Come on.

There's been an accident.

Lucas and Haley are in the hospital.

It's bad, Peyton. It's really bad.

Come on, I'll drive.

It's not fair.

Peyton, all these bad things
keep happening to her.

Oh, good things happen to her, too, Luke.

Like you.

Okay, look, I don't understand this.

I mean, what are you, Keith?

An angel? A bad dream?

More like a guide.

A guide? To where?

Luke, you just had a heart attack.
You're not even breathing right now.

So what? I'm dead?

Not yet.

- Well, then you...
- No, I'm... I'm dead.

Sorry.

And what about Haley?

Haley's not good.

Nathan?

Nathan?

What's happening? How's Haley?

She's being prepped for surgery.

She has multiple fractures of the legs,
some head trauma,

a possible collapsed lung, broken ribs,
and a good deal of internal bleeding.

What about the baby?

Well, with this kind of severe trauma...

Look, we're gonna do
everything that we can.

But right now
our priority is saving your wife, okay?

So is she gonna be okay?

Is she gonna lose the baby?

Well, that hasn't been written yet.

No, you know what? This sucks, all right?

All these decent people
and bad things keep happening to them.

I mean, you were a good guy, Keith.

- So?
- So... You got shot for it.

Peyton lost both mothers.
She gets shot and attacked.

- Haley's now in surgery.
- Meaning what?

Meaning what's the point in being
a good person if this is how it goes?

And so you're asking if,
by being a good person,

have you changed anything?

You know, considering apparently
I'm lying on my death bed right now, yes.

Well, let's take a look.

You recognize her?

No.

Is it Brooke?

- What happened to her?
- Why don't you go ask her?

It's okay, go on.

Hey, Brooke.

What's wrong?

Get away from me.

What's wrong?

I said get away from me.

Hey, what is this?

This is the world that would've been
if you had led a different life, Luke.

What about real life, huh?

Real life is still there.

Nathan. How's Haley?

She's in surgery.

And Lucas?

I don't know.

- It should've been me. It was all my fault.
- No, it wasn't.

- It was an accident, like the bridge...
- No, it wasn't.

And now Haley's in surgery
and even if she makes it, the baby could...

She could still lose the baby.

And Lucas could die.

My dad's in jail.

Nathan.

I wish I would've died under that water.

None of this would have happened.

It's okay, Nathan.

Why'd you have to save me, Keith, huh?

If I would've died, then there's no Daunte
and there's no accident.

And Haley and the baby are fine.

Come on, Keith.

You can save me,
but you can't answer me?

Thanks for nothing.

So it was you.

No. It was him.

Most people are stronger than they know.

They just forget
to believe in it sometimes.

It's my fault.

I wanted to win the State Championship.

I could've let him lose that game.

I should've been more supportive
of him and Haley.

Right.

Well, let's take another look at that world.

You know,
the one where you're a lesser guy?

Come on.

Come on.

Do you have the new Haley James album?

On vinyl.

Nice.

Yeah, I got a promo copy.

Right here.

- You know she's from Tree Hill?
- Yeah, I know.

So I take it you're not a fan.

She never went back, Luke.

I don't believe it.

They loved each other.

Yeah, they did.

But you never went to New York
to ask her to come back.

That doesn't mean she didn't love him,
or that they weren't meant to be,

but without you, Haley stayed out on tour,

and by the time she came home, well,

Nathan's pride was just too much
to overcome.

Man, pride gets in the way
of a lot of good things in this life, Luke.

Journey.

Man, I used to love Journey.

Keith.

Oh. Yeah.

You remember
when you went to that... the beach party?

And how you took the time to go
and talk to Nathan?

That mattered, Luke. It all matters.

Come on.

All right, step away from the Cure albums.

- Hi, Max.
- Hi, Peyton.

So I heard about Lucas. How's he doing?

He's not so good.

Haley's not so good, Nathan's not good.
Nobody's good.

I guess I should be in church or something,
but somehow I ended up here.

Hey.

First time you ever came in here,
remember what you were looking for?

No, and hopefully you don't, either.

Like A Stone by Audioslave.

At least that's what you said
you were looking for.

I kind of always thought
you were looking for a little faith.

Most days, I think you still are.

Then again, I'm 32, I live with my parents.

What the hell do I know?

I just wanna believe everything'll be okay.

Lucas and Haley and the baby.

I just really, really wanna believe
it's gonna be okay.

Yeah, I know.

Hey, tell you what.
Middle bin, four albums in.

That's where your answers are.

La Toya Jackson?

All right, five albums in.

La Rocca?

Track ten. It's on me.

And Peyton.

You're way too young not to believe
it's gonna be okay.

Thank you.

Seeing your mom
still takes my breath away.

Even though technically
you don't have any breath?

I do.

I just saw myself in the hall.

At least I'm still breathing for now.

She feels guilty for letting you play.

It was my fault. I didn't take my pills.

Yeah, you know what?

That was a pretty stupid thing to do, Luke.

I was trying to win a State Championship.

Anyway, are spirits allowed
to call people stupid?

I'm dead.
I can say whatever the hell I want.

Yeah, well, it wasn't very nice.

Not taking your pills wasn't, either.

Yes. I know that,
but you don't have to call me stupid.

Oh.

So what if I don't wake up?

I don't know, you tell me.

You don't know.

You know, for a spirit, you suck at this.

What do you want me to say?

Well, I wanna know if there's a heaven.

I wanna know about eternal life
and all that stuff.

I wanna know

if we're ever gonna see each other again.

Well, we're seeing each other now, right?

Oh, man. You really suck at this, Keith.

All right, get out.

Hey, what are you in such a hurry for?

- We're running out of time.
- For what?

Reason I came here.

Why are we in the high school?

Keith.

Bodies. What is this?

No, I don't wanna be seeing this.
Take it away. Take it away.

What is this?

This is where I was murdered, Luke.
You know that.

But why are you showing this to me?
I don't wanna see it.

We gotta talk
about what happened here, Lucas.

There are things you need to know.

Do you remember what you saw that day?

When you carried Peyton
out of the school?

I saw Jimmy pointing a gun at you.

I still can't believe he killed you.

- Then why do you?
- God.

Yeah, I shouldn't have gone
back into that school.

- Luke...
- No. You would still be alive

if I just stayed away.

No, Luke. I wouldn't.

How can you say that?

You still can't see it, can you?

That's okay.

You will.

Thought I'd find you here.

I remember when I found you down here
after your mom died.

That was eight years ago.

You know, Ellie used to watch us
down here.

She told me that once.

It's not gonna be like that
this time, Peyton.

You're not gonna lose Lucas and Haley
the way you lost Ellie and your mom.

Or like I lost you?

I miss you, Brooke.

I'm still here.

Can we be friends again? Please?

Sure.

Like before?

I'm sorry, Peyton. I don't think so.
"Like before" is gone.

Yeah.

They should let it go.
Trust me, life's too short.

Besides, no one ever lost any sleep
from being too kind or forgiving.

That Brooke you showed me at the school.

She was so angry.

What happened to this Brooke?

You happened to her.

What do you mean?

Whose grave is she standing at?

You never went back into the school
that day, Luke.

At least, the selfish version of yourself
never went back.

Peyton died that day

and Brooke never forgave herself
for leaving her behind.

So the next time you think that being the
best version of yourself doesn't matter,

you look into Peyton's eyes.

And every time you do,
you'll know that it has.

And that it does.

I don't like this world, Keith.
I can't be here.

- You shouldn't be here, Dad.
- It is what it is, Nathan.

Dad, I know what I did, okay?
You don't deserve this. I'll turn myself in.

- Nathan.
- We'll tell them about Daunte.

He tried to run us down.
It was self-defense.

Listen.

Most of your life, I failed you as a father.

- Dad...
- I had the best of intentions for you.

But I haven't always set the best example.

In many ways, I'm right where I should be.

No. I don't believe that.

You've made mistakes, Dad.
We all have. But you didn't...

You didn't kill anybody.

- Dad...
- How's Haley?

She's out of surgery.

And the baby?

We don't know.

It's a boy, by the way.
Supposed to be a boy.

A son.

Go on, Son.

Go be with your wife. I'll be fine.

Dad, I love you.

Guard.

No place like home.

God, I miss this old garage.

- This place was pretty good to us.
- Yeah.

Seems like another lifetime ago.

Actually, it was another lifetime ago.

- Peyton's car.
- Yep.

I remember
when I sent you on that service call.

All you had to do was fill the radiator.
You could have done that on-site.

Yeah, I know.
I just wanted to see her again.

Then she caught you
looking at her sketches,

scared the hell out of both of us,
all curly hair and venom.

And you told her that her art mattered.
And she needed that.

She needed the quiet satisfaction
of knowing that someone believed in her.

I did believe in her.

Yeah, yeah, but you didn't have to say it.

And you didn't have to send
her sketches to thud.

But you did.

And because of that,
Peyton's a better person.

You know, Luke, it's an easy thing,
saying "I love you" to people that matter.

You never know
when you might lose them.

Or when they might lose you.

You're always saving me.

Please let me find a way to save you.

Hey, baby.

You know how you're always telling me
that you're not going anywhere?

Well, I need to hold you
to that right now, okay?

I just need you to come back to me.

Listen,

just move one of your fingers
if you can hear me, okay?

Just move one of those beautiful fingers

and let me know
that you're still here with me.

You picked the wrong day
to haunt me, Keith.

Go away.

Well, I'm afraid I can't do that, Danny.

Well, well, it's about time you showed up.

The kid version of you is
just annoying at this point.

You just gonna stand there
or you gonna say something?

Suit yourself.

Well, you know, it won't go away, Danny.

The guilt that you feel
every second of every day, the shame,

it's just gonna keep on getting worse.

I made a mistake, okay?

I'm trying to make it right
by protecting Nathan.

From what?

He killed Daunte.

- Are you sure about that, Danny?
- I was there. I know what I saw.

I don't know, Danny,
you've been seeing a lot of things lately.

Painted walls and strange e-mails.

Dead brothers.

Except you know what?
Maybe I'm not just in your head this time.

You know,
she's never gonna love you, Danny.

Hey, do you remember that time
Mom and Dad went out

and left us home alone?

And you went out in the backyard
and you cut your hand?

And Dad beat the crap out of me

because I was supposed
to be watching you?

- Do you remember that?
- Stop it.

Or how about the time that you got
Karen pregnant and you abandoned her?

- Do you remember that?
- Shut up.

Or how about the time
that you murdered me?

Do you remember that?

I said shut up.

What the hell do you want?
Just tell me what you want.

There's something
I never had a chance to tell you.

I forgive you.

Take it back.

Look, I forgive you, Danny.

- You take that back.
- I said I forgive you.

You take that back, you son of a bitch.

I forgive you, little brother.

I forgive you.

Guard.

But hell won't.

Strange, isn't it?

Each man's life touches
so many other lives.

When he isn't around,
he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?

I've heard of things like this.

You've got me in some kind of a spell
or something.

Well, I'm going to get out of it.
I'll get out of it.

I know how, too. I...

The last man I talked to
before all this stuff started happening...

Hey, it's me.

Hey, it's me.

Look, I know you've got a lot going on
right now, and just so you know,

Karen is a mess.

Nathan's a mess.

Well, you gotta wake up soon

'cause I need you to take care of Brooke.

You've gotta wake up soon
because I need you to take care of Peyton.

I just... I can't do it anymore.

And it's not like we can leave her
with Rachel.

Besides, you're really good for her.

And I'm not sure she can find her way
without you.

What do you say?
How about you wake up and help her out?

- And could you not tell her...
- And could you not tell her...

...we had this conversation?
...we had this conversation?

- Thanks.
- Thanks.

It's okay, Nathan. Just breathe.

It's gonna be okay.

I know I did a horrible thing, okay?

But I deserve to be punished for that,
not Haley.

She's a good person,
and she'd be a great mother if...

Look, I know it must suck
how people are always asking for things

and never giving anything back.

And I know that Keith saved me
at that bridge.

But Haley saved me
long before the accident.

There has to be a miracle left for her.

Please.

Please don't take her from me.

Don't take our child from her.

It's okay, Nathan. Just breathe.

It's gonna be okay.

Nathan.

Hi.

Hi.

Jeez, what's a guy gotta do
to get some flowers now and then?

Sorry.

You know, my mom really wants to come,
but it's just hard for her.

What about you?

I just figured it was a waste of time.

Look, I didn't believe Nathan
when he said that you rescued him

because I didn't believe in you.

When you died,
I didn't believe in the idea of you.

It's okay, Luke.

I didn't come here
to make you believe in me.

I came here to make you believe in you.

You know you got a lot of good things
in this life, Luke.

You got family, friends, love.

Those are the things
that are worth believing in.

Is there a heaven, Keith?

I don't know, is there?

You know, you really suck at this.

Because if there is,

I was kind of wondering
if I could go with you.

Well, Luke, that's up to you.

Your future right now is... It's unwritten.

But I want you to understand,

if you go back, there are gonna
be tough times, you know?

Some heartache and pain.

But there's also gonna be love, laughter
and a life full of accomplishment.

It's up to you.

Who's the woman at Peyton's grave?

Someone who used to know her.

But it's not Peyton's grave.

What do you mean?

Well, Peyton lived
because you saved her that day.

Then whose grave is it?

It's your grave, Luke.

If that's what you choose.

And the woman?

- Peyton.
- She lived a good life, Luke.

But she could never let go of you.

I have to go back.

Are you sure?

I never told Peyton I love her.

I wanna go back.

Okay.

Well, I guess this is the hard part.

- Keith...
- Luke, you know I love you.

And I always will.

But I'm afraid it's time for me to go.

- I don't want you to go.
- Luke, it's okay.

God. I am gonna miss you so much.

Why? I'm with you every day.

I'm with you every day.

Besides, we'll see each other again.

We will?

You believe that.

Now,

this is gonna hurt a little bit.

I love you, kid.

We got a heartbeat.

It's okay, Lucas. Just breathe.

It's gonna be okay.

You understand
there are no guarantees in medicine,

but as long as we can locate a heartbeat,

there's no reason to expect
that this baby won't be perfectly healthy.

Have you ever wondered
what marks our time here?

If one life can really make
an impact on the world?

Or if the choices we make matter?

I believe they do.

And I believe
that one man can change many lives.

For better or worse.

I still don't believe
that Jimmy killed you, Keith.

Well, then, why do you?

Jimmy Edwards was your friend, Luke.

You knew him. You were kind to him.

After everything we've seen,

don't you think that
that kindness had an impact?

But if it did, then you would still be alive.

Do you really believe that, Luke?

Look, look into your heart, okay?

It may be flawed physically,
but it's a good one.

And it's what makes you, you.

Luke, you've changed other people's lives
by opening it up.

Don't close that off.

Luke, just look around this hallway.
You were here that day.

What did you see?

I didn't see anything.

Open your eyes, Luke.

Open your eyes
the way you've opened your heart.

Open your eyes, Luke.

Open your eyes, Luke.

Open your eyes.

Open your eyes, Luke.

Open your eyes, Lucas.

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