One Tree Hill (2003–2012): Season 4, Episode 18 - The Runaway Found - full transcript

Previously on One Tree Hill.

You saved me.

You saved me, too.

I borrowed some money from these guys,

so they asked me
to shave a few points in the last game.

- Everyone get away from the door.
- Oh, Jimmy, what did you do?

Go.

What are you doing here, Lucas?

I don't think Jimmy killed Keith.

Keith's dead, okay? He's not coming back.
Open your eyes.

Open your eyes, Luke. Open your eyes.



Hey, Skills? You know this girl?

Yeah. That's Abby.
She was in the tutor center.

Jimmy let her go.

Sometimes I wonder
if anything is absolute anymore.

Is there still right and wrong?

Good and bad?

Truth and lies?

Or is everything negotiable?

Left to interpretation? Gray?

- Who is it?
- My name's Lucas Scott.

I was wondering if I may talk to Abby.

There's no Abby here.
You have the wrong address.

Well, no, no, no, I was just...

Thanks for nothing.



Sometimes we're forced to bend the truth,

transform it,

because we're faced with things
that are not of our own making.

And sometimes

things simply catch up to us.

Coach Durham, can you address
the allegations of point shaving

and illegal activity within the Ravens?

Look, I'm gonna say this one time
and one time only.

This is the best group of boys I've had
in 35 years of coaching.

These are not cheaters.
They're champions.

Every one of them.

There's only three things
I'm afraid of losing in this world, Haley.

You, our son and the game.

How bad will it get
if they find out about you and Daunte?

They'll take my scholarship for sure.

And I probably won't play anywhere, ever.

Hey!

- Sorry.
- It's fine.

Hey, Brooke,
I heard about that stalker thing.

I tried calling you, but I never heard back.

Yeah, it's...

Where's your Clean Teen T-shirt?

Things change, you know?

Yeah, I know.

I'll see you later.

- Hey. Do I have any blood on me?
- No, why?

Because I just saw Chase
and it feels like I got my heart ripped out.

I think you'll be okay.

- Do I look insane?
- No, why?

I saw him again. This time in the shower.

Peyton, you gotta stop
doing this to yourself, okay?

Fake Psycho Derek,
whatever the hell his name is,

he's locked up. You know that.

Yeah, that's what they said last time,
or what he said.

I don't know, maybe if I just see it

with my own eyes
that he's actually behind bars, I...

Maybe.

Come on.

Hey.

You know what? I'm gonna
have to catch up with you, okay?

Okay.

Hi, baby.

I knew you'd come.

Well, they said that you wouldn't,

but I knew that you would.

I wanna know why.

Why me? Why did you pick me?

You love me.

No, I don't.

I hate you.

Don't you get that?

You are just a deranged, pathetic psycho
and I never, ever wanna see you again.

Okay?

Then why'd you come?

Have I been in your head?

You asked me
to come into your life, Peyton.

You got undressed

- in front of your webcam...
- What?

...because you knew
it would make me want you.

You posted those pictures online.

- You are wrong.
- Am I?

Is that why you're dressed like that today?

Are you a tease, Peyton?

Dressing sexy?

Wearing that perfume, making me ache
for you and then saying no?

Stop.

Are you a tease, Peyton?

Because that would
really be disappointing.

- I did not do this. You did this.
- No! You did this!

- You did this to me, Peyton!
- Open the gate, please.

It's all your fault!

You did this to me! You did this!

Tease!

I thought you'd look a lot worse,
considering the walls are closing in.

- What do you mean?
- The point shaving, Dad.

Right.

- What are you hearing?
- Nothing. You think it's Bear?

No. No. If it was Bear,
he'd have pointed them right to us.

Sounds like the whispers
of someone who lost a lot of money

but isn't close enough to know the details.

Well, they're asking questions
about Lucas now, and it's not right.

He only missed those free throws
because of me.

Okay, but that's the only time
I ever wanna hear you say that out loud.

Look, first you won
the State Championship

and every postseason game
that Lucas played in.

So they're grasping at straws.

- You don't think it's serious?
- No, it's serious.

Because if they find proof,
your future's in jeopardy.

But I don't think
they're gonna find any proof.

So what do I do?

You stay cool, deny everything

and pray no one uncovers the truth.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.
I didn't mean to scare you.

My name's Lucas Scott.
We go to school together at Tree Hill.

Do you know me?

My uncle was Keith Scott.

And I know that you were
in the tutor center that day,

and I know that Jimmy let you go.

So...

Listen.

I have to know what you saw, Abby.

Okay? You gotta tell me.

Did Jimmy Edwards kill Keith?

What is this?

- What the hell is this?
- Look, Mrs. Brown, I can explain.

Get out. Get the hell out of my house
or I'll call the police.

And tell them what?

That your daughter knows the truth
about my uncle's death?

Your uncle was Keith Scott?

I'm very sorry for you,

but my daughter has been traumatized
since then.

She hasn't been to school.
Her life has become very difficult.

And that is why I lied to you last night.

Listen, Abby told me that Jimmy Edwards
didn't kill my Uncle Keith.

Did she?

Honey, is your name Abby?

Am I your mother?

Are you sure?

Now, I'm very sorry for your loss.

That day changed all of us,
and none of us for the better.

But I'd like you to leave.

And, Lucas, don't come back.
Abby has been through enough.

Hey.

Hey.

- Jeez, you look worse than I do.
- Yeah.

Listen, the thing is that Nathan said

this whole gambling thing's
just gonna go away,

and I don't really know
how much I believe that.

And I just wanted to know
what you thought,

if you think that he's right or...
Do you think he's right?

No. It's not going away.

'Cause he said that, you know,
they're just focusing on you

and then they're not gonna find anything
and nothing's gonna happen.

Yeah, but, see, that's the problem.

You know, yeah, I mean,
I missed a couple free throws.

But I'm a sub.
I played half a season, 15 minutes a night.

No gambler's gonna build
a point shaving scheme around a reserve.

Okay, so what is gonna happen, then?

Well, I think that,
after they're done looking at me,

that they're gonna start
taking a look at Nathan.

And I hate to say it, Hales,
but when they do,

it's gonna end up really bad.

Okay. Okay.

How bad is really bad?

Well, Nathan's not gonna go to jail.

But he's not gonna go to Duke, either.

It's all your fault!

Tease.

Peyton?

Hey, what's wrong?

- I went to see him.
- Who?

Oh, no. Derek?

Lan. His name is lan.

- I know.
- You do?

I've been hiding these from you.

There's been a lot of articles
about the attack.

- I thought you were clipping coupons.
- I know, honey, but I hate coupons.

Come on.

- Did you leave the front door unlocked?
- No.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I have a key.
I didn't know if you were sleeping. Sorry.

It's okay.

You locked the door, right?

- Yes, I did.
- Okay.

I used to love my room.

And he took it from me.
Psycho Derek. It's like...

I really thought if we just fought back,

like, if we attacked our attacker,
that he would go away.

But he hasn't.

It's really gonna take some time, Peyton.

You guys went through
something really traumatic.

Yeah, but what if you have finals
and you can't sleep

and you don't have time?

Well, then hopefully you have a friend

who's gonna tell you
that life kicks you around sometimes.

It scares you and it beats you up,

but there's a day when you realize
that you're not just a survivor,

you're a warrior.

You're tougher than anything
it throws your way.

And you are, Peyton.

You are.

And so are you, Hales.

Thank you. And so are you, Brooke.

Well, thanks.

Come here.

I was hoping for a booty call.

Sorry, Coach.

What's so important
it can't wait till a decent hour?

It's the investigation.

It was me.

I missed those free throws
in the semifinals on purpose,

and I just wanted you to hear it from me
before I held a press conference tomorrow.

I'm sorry, Coach.

You know, I only took a chance on you
because Keith asked me to.

- I know, and...
- He would be ashamed of you right now.

Just like I am.

- Keeping in shape?
- Yes, sir.

Now, Duke's gonna be pretty rough,
especially if you're not in shape.

Yes, sir.

So, there's some reporters
asking questions about gambling.

Point shaving, that kind of thing.

- You know anything about that?
- No, sir.

Well, your brother's name's
not gonna be worth a damn

when this whole thing comes down.

What do you mean?
Lucas didn't do anything wrong.

- Not what he says.
- What?

What the hell is wrong with you?

You're welcome.

Screw that, Luke.
We said we weren't gonna say anything.

- We agreed.
- So what?

So what did you do?

I went and saved your stupid ass
so you can play college basketball

and have everything
you've ever dreamed about.

Well, you know what?
That's a bunch of crap.

We could have beat this thing, man.

It sounds like
you're feeling a little guilty to me.

Yeah, of course I'm feeling guilty.

But you shouldn't have said anything
to Whitey, man.

- That was a stupid thing to do.
- You know what? I don't care.

I'm not going to college
to play basketball anyway.

- It doesn't matter.
- It doesn't matter

that, for the rest of time,
people are gonna talk?

They're gonna say
you disgraced the game, Luke.

That doesn't matter to you?

Let them say
what they wanna say about me.

It's what they say about Jimmy Edwards
that matters to me

and what they say about Keith.

But this?
At least I know the truth about this.

Peyton thinks I'm a martyr.

I can't stop this, Luke. I just...

I'm this close, man.
And I got the baby. I can't.

You shouldn't have said anything.

- What's going on?
- It's a new day.

Move your scrawny butt.

I checked the shower and Psycho lan's
not in there, so you need to be

because, no offense, you're kind of rank.

- Thanks a lot.
- Well, I just call them like I smell them.

Chopitty, chopitty.

- What are you doing?
- I told you. We're warriors.

We kicked that idiot's psychotic ass,
so a new day dawns, P. Sawyer.

Yeah, but when I went to go see him...

Brooke, he said I led him on,

that I led him on with, like,
my podcasts and my webcam

and the way that I dress.

Peyton. So you're saying that every girl
who wears a little bit of lipstick

and a short skirt
is asking to be assaulted and raped?

No, of course not.
But I did give him full access to my life

and now he knows all this stuff about me
and he uses it, you know?

- He uses it to get in.
- Okay.

Then it's time we start learning
a little bit about him.

Get up and fight, warrior.

And take a shower.

- Just the ammo today, sir?
- Yeah, just the ammo.

The only reason I ask
is we just got this baby in today.

.45 automatic.

And if you've got your handgun permit,
you can be shooting her today.

How'd that feel?

Jeez. Who knew
there were so many lan Banks?

Well, maybe we should add "stalker"
to the search.

Really.

So where's your head at
with Chase these days?

I don't know. I think about him a lot.

You know how it is. I start wondering
if he ever thinks about me,

and if he does, is it the same?

Did he leave 'cause of the videotape,
or was he just looking for an out?

You know, same old self-doubt.

Oh, wow, this is him.

- He's not from St. Flora. He's from Texas.
- What?

Oh, my God.
His girlfriend looks just like you, if you...

If I what?

If you were dead.

- I wanna tell someone, Mom.
- Abby.

I'm tired of lying about what I saw

and I'm tired of hiding out
and pretending I'm crazy.

- I wanna go back to school, Mom.
- Honey, you can't.

As soon as I make enough money,
we'll go someplace different. We will.

- But for now, we have to do it this way.
- Why?

Because I say so, that's why.

So, what, then?
We just hide from our lives?

- At least we have lives.
- Not really, Mom.

And you might be afraid of this,
but I'm not.

Abby. Abby. Abby!

- You need to get out of here.
- I wanna talk to you.

- I said get out!
- Just stop it! Calm down!

Just shut up! Will you shut up? Just...

Okay, look, I need you to sit down.

Just go sit down.

Sit down.

You're Abby Brown.

Look, I don't know
what you think you might've seen.

- She didn't see anything.
- Shut up!

Just...

- You made a mistake.
- No.

I saw you. I saw everything.

- Abby! She's not well.
- I know what you did.

And so do you.

My brother, Keith,
was always better than me.

He had a better heart.
People liked him more.

No, they loved him.

Karen loved him.

But

Karen was mine.

She was supposed to be mine.

She was just a girl
who went to school that day.

She's just a girl.

I hope you burn in hell.

So do I.

Well, if it isn't Tease One and Tease Two.

- Did you come back for another kiss?
- Not really, Derek.

Or should I call you lan?

Yeah, we know your real name.

Actually, we know a lot of things
about you.

We spoke to all your teachers
at the Alton Academy

and the girls you used to date.

- You don't know anything about me.
- Really?

Susanna Gold ring a bell?

You know, a lot of teenage boys
have performance anxiety.

I know a lot of teenage girls
who are teases, too.

Is that really the best that you've got?

'Cause we have a lot more
than some podcasts

and a few webcam photos, lan Banks.

- Whatever.
- Boyfriend of Maggie Watterson.

- Or should I say former boyfriend?
- You shut your mouth, you whore.

Hey. What happened to Maggie, lan?

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Really?

Because the accident...
You were driving. It was prom night.

No, it wasn't my fault!

What happened, lan?

Lan?

We were just messing around,

driving fast.

My father never let me drive that car.

He loved that car.

The road was slippery. You lost control.

I tried to wake her up,
but there was just blood.

There was just so much blood.

Her parents said it was my fault. They...

They all said it.

I can't be Maggie, lan.

I'm not Maggie.

We were gonna be together forever.

She loved me. She...

She trusted me.

She forgives you.

She forgives you.

I forgive you, too.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

I'm not gonna be seeing you anymore.

And you're not gonna see us, either. Ever.

Ever.

Goodbye, lan. I hope you find peace.

We talked about not saying anything.

Lucas... He was supposed to do nothing.

- He's really just trying to help out.
- It's just so Lucas, you know?

Trying to be the hero.

I'm not gonna feel guilty about it.
Nobody asked him to do this.

That's not exactly true.

He's doing this for me
because I asked him to.

And if you're not gonna feel guilty about it,
then I sure as hell will,

because he is my best friend
and he's your brother

and he's doing this for all of us,

for you and me and our son.

And it just really sucks.

Damn it.

I'm sorry, Hales.
I'm sorry I put us through this.

I'm sorry I made you ask Lucas
to take the blame.

I'm sorry I've been so weak about all this.

Nathan, you are about to make
every dream you've had come true.

Everybody understands that.

No, it's not worth it.
I mean, what the hell was I thinking?

- You were...
- We're gonna be parents soon.

What would we want our son to do?
What would make us proud?

And what am I gonna say to him someday
when he asks about this?

That it was Dan?

That I put what I wanted
in front of everything else?

Nathan, you're gonna lose it all.

Your scholarship, the game that you love.

I won't lose it all.

I'll still have you,
and we'll still have our son.

And we'll have that feeling that,
in the face of all this,

we didn't lose our way

and we still know right from wrong.

I'm just scared for you.

I love you for this,
but it's not my dream that's dying.

It's yours.

I know it's gonna be hard. I know that.

But the people I admire

are the people that carve a life
for themselves after their dream dies.

My father could never get past it, Hales.

He could never let go
of what he wanted when he was 17.

Look what it did to him.

Open your eyes, Lucas.

Open your eyes.

- Abby?
- I need to talk to you.

I know what my mom said
and I'm sorry she lied,

but I need to tell you some things.

You were hiding in the hallway.

I got scared and I ran.

But I was worried about the others
and Jimmy, too.

I saw it in his eyes when he let me go.
He was just scared, too.

You came back.

What happened after that?
Abby, come on, you gotta tell me.

Please.

Your Uncle Keith, he tried to help Jimmy.

- Please.
- But he couldn't.

- Jimmy...
- Jimmy what? Jimmy what?

No!

Was my Uncle Keith still alive
when Jimmy shot himself?

Who shot him, Abby?

I thought once he realized
someone knew the truth,

he'd come forward.

So I stalked him
with messages and threats.

I thought he'd turn himself in.
I thought I'd be safe.

But he found me.

Who? Who killed Keith?
Who killed my uncle?

Your father.

It was your father, Dan Scott.
He killed Keith.

He was there, and he picked up the gun.

And you know I'm right, don't you?
You know it in your heart.

You have to come forward.
No, you gotta tell somebody, Abby.

Abby, you have to tell somebody!

I did.

I told you.

I'm sorry.

Coach.

I don't how you can look your brother
in the eye, Nathan.

This is a damn disgrace.

Coach, I lied to you
on the River Court yesterday

and during the playoffs.

- It wasn't Lucas.
- I know.

- I'm sorry.
- So am I.

More than you'll ever know.

When I was two years old,
I made my first basket.

When I was six, basketball went
from being a game to a sport.

Since then,
I've played 7,072 official minutes,

probably 20,000 or 30,000 unofficial.

But for 32 minutes this season,
over the course of two games,

I did not compete to the best of my ability.

I regret this.

I regret that the fear
of losing the opportunity

to continue playing the game
that I've always loved

prevented me from standing up

and taking full responsibility
for this sooner.

I apologize to my coach,
to my teammates,

to all the kids who look up to me.

Especially to the kids.

While I never lost a game on purpose,
the truth is still the truth.

You can spin it,
you can shade it, you can bend it,

but there's still right and wrong,

and I was wrong.

And the truth is, I've forsaken a game
that's always been incredibly good to me

and teammates
that have been like brothers

and a brother that was a teammate.

To my coach, my wife,

my father and my family,

I apologize for the burden
I know this will bring.

I know that the integrity of the game
cannot be compromised.

I regret that my own integrity
was not as steadfast.

I'm deeply remorseful
for the choices I made,

but I will accept
whatever consequences there might be.

I love this game

and I'm sorry I betrayed it.

Brooke.

You loved your room, Peyton.

And maybe, like you said,
that's been taken from you,

but we're gonna take it back.

We're gonna take everything back.

Dan?

I've done some horrible things,

unforgivable things.

Lucas didn't need a father. He had one.

He had a person who helped erase
the shame of my cowardice.

Everything I've touched, I've diminished.

Deb's life. Nathan's talent.

Keith.

Look, you are not without redemption.
I've seen it.

- I see it.
- That's not true.

It's not true. I just wanna...
I wanna go back, you know?

I just wanna go back. I wanna take
that little kid that I used to be

and just grab him and shake him and say,
"You stop! Stop! Just stop!"

I wanna wake up from this nightmare,
you know? I wanna breathe again.

I wanna... I wanna breathe again, Karen.

Can you help me breathe?

Can you help me quiet these voices
in my head that tell me I've lost you?

Because I know that I have.

If only I would've stayed with you.

Truth is still absolute. Believe that.

Even when that truth is hard and cold
and more painful than you ever imagined,

and even when truth is more cruel
than any lie.

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