One Tree Hill (2003–2012): Season 8, Episode 21 - Flightless Bird, American Mouth - full transcript

Previously on One Tree Hill...

Guess where I'm going?

Please don't say
South Africa.

I got an offer to shoot a job
in Puerto Rico.

We're saying
at the El Conquistador.

They still developing
those condos

at that basketball court
of yours?

The Rivercourt.
Yeah.

Two words --

Snipey Plover.

It's a bird.



All my life,
I've wanted to fly.

And lately,
I've been feeling...

A sense of obligation.

I needed to take that drug test
to join the Air Force.

And I took
a pregnancy test.

We're pregnant.

Baby!

I knew you could do it.

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen,

and welcome to an historic
night of basketball.

I'm Mouth McFadden,

along with my gamey partner,
Jimmy Edwards,

and, Jimmy, we're in
a for a treat tonight.

♪ To see the sun ♪



♪ somewhere I could
see the sun ♪

♪ see the sun ♪

It's a bird --
the Snipey Plover.

It's endangered.

How do you
know these things?

I go to school, dad.

Well, that's good.

You stay in school.
Don't do drugs.

What else do you know
about the stripey plumber?

Snipey Plover.

It eats insects
and worms and stuff,

it has orangey legs,

and it lives in tall grassy
areas, near water.

Like the Rivercourt.

Yeah.

So, you sure
they're endangered?

Uh-huh.

Miss Lauren
took us on a field trip,

and I remember
she said it was endangered

right before Chuck threw up
a bunch of chocolate milk

he chugged on a dare.

Why?

Because Chuck is an idiot.

No -- why does it matter
if it's endangered?

Because if we can find
your Snipey Plover,

we can save the Rivercourt.

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooooh ooh ♪

♪ ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooooh ooh ♪

♪ ooooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ where we wake up
in the afternoon ♪

♪ spending evenings
staring at the moon ♪

So, wait -- what magazine
are you shooting for, again?

B. Davis.

I told her to take it since
I'm back at the company.

But now that --

I'm not back yet,
but I will be soon.

But I thought since...

I forgot
what I was gonna say.

Anyway, it's not
the cover for sure.

They have a lot
of photographers shooting,

and then the best shot wins,
so...

Have you guys
ever stayed here before?

No, but I've heard...

Great things.

Oh, yeah, this'll do.

♪ Ooh ooh ♪

♪ I don't want to be anything ♪

♪ other than what I've been
trying to be lately ♪

♪ all I have to do
is think of me ♪

♪ and I have peace of mind ♪

♪ I don't want to be anything ♪

♪ other than what I've been
trying to be lately ♪

♪ all I have to do
is think of me ♪

♪ and I have peace of mind ♪

♪ I'm tired
of looking 'round rooms ♪

♪ wondering what I gotta do ♪

♪ or who I'm supposed to be ♪

♪ I don't want to be anything ♪

♪ other than me ♪

♪ One Tree Hill 8x21♪
Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Original Air Date on May 10, 2011

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

Camping?
Yeah.

I figured since training camp
got pushed,

you could
hang with us instead.

Except not in that shirt.

Who are you,
Brian Boitano?

Brian Boitano won the gold
in men's figure skating.

That's my point exactly.

Yeah. The thing is
that Quinn's gone,

and I kind of made plans.

Like what plans?

Like I dragged my favorite chair
up from the garage,

put on my favorite shirt
that you just made fun of.

I have some magazines to read,
my laptop,

and a cooler
full of drinks.

Clay, the refrigerator's
right there.

True, but here's something
you don't know about me --

I love a drink from a cooler,
but not just any cooler.

The ice has to be melted
just right --

so it's half-ice, half-water,
total refreshment.

You're really
a strange guy.

I know.

No, seriously -- you're stranger
than I thought you were.

You're just now
noticing this?

I'm a weird dude.

I'm an odd duck.

Why don't you just have Jamie
camp out by the pool?

We're trying to find a bird
to save the Rivercourt.

Yeah,
I'm not feeling that.

Don't make me roll out
the secret weapon.

Ple-e-e-e-ase?

♪ California isn't home ♪

♪ but it's all I've got right now ♪

♪ And all of my friends
are back in Oklahoma ♪

Oh, yeah, that'll do.

This is gonna be a blast,
huh, Clay?

Yeah,
this is real awesome.

♪ 'Cause it's sad
and lonely... ♪

How come
he's wearing mom's shirt?

♪ ...To die there ♪

♪ I don't ever
want to live back in Utica ♪

♪ not another holiday in Utica ♪

♪ but I call it home ♪

Hey, Skolnick, get back here
and carry something!

Fine. Geez.

♪ Ho-o-o-me ♪

Snipey Plover!

Adams, Baker, and Skolnick --
it's like a bad law firm.

Thank you.

♪ I call it home ♪

Chuck!

Nathan.

What's up,
my fellow ornithologists?

I'm kind of "hornithologist"
with Quinn being out of town.

Yeah, Brooke's gone,
too.

Alex, too.

♪ We ended up
in San Francisco ♪

I mean...Why would I care
if Alex was gone?

Nice try.
Uh-huh.

Yep, just hanging out in a swamp
with a bunch of dudes

looking
for an endangered bird

while my girl takes pictures
of supermodels in bikinis.

Well, at least you look fabulous
doing it, Brian Boitano.

You know
how those things are --

from the inside,
it's not so glamorous.

How much better
could it be?

♪ I called it home,
I called it home ♪

♪ I called it home ♪

This is amazing.

Really amazing.

I know, right?

Hey, what are we
gonna do tonight?

Well, I have to shoot,

but then, uh, later we can
go to dinner or whatever.

I vote Sushi.
Ooh, I second that.

And then we could go dancing
or have drinks or whatever.

I vote all three --

drinks, dancing,
and all kinds of whatever.

That sounds perfect.

Brooke?

Sure. Why not?

All right, well, I better
go make sure everything's good.

I'll text you guys later.

Perfect.
Okay. Okay.

I'm gonna go get some mojitos.
You guys want anything?

No, thanks.

Thanks for inviting us, Quinny.
Yeah.

I'm so glad
you all could be here.

I'll see you later.
Bye! Bye!

Really?

What?

Drinking and Sushi?

Ohh, right --
total bun in the oven.

Why don't you just tell Lauren
and Quinn you're pregnant?

I can't.

It's too early,

and Julian and I agreed
we wouldn't tell anyone yet.

Well, it's fine.

I'm an actress, you can fake it,
and I will help you.

♪ I would call it ho-o-o-me ♪

Whatever happened to honesty,
to honor,

and to being a good neighbor?

Now, I may not look like it,
but I am a reasonable person.

And every morning I get up,
and maybe I'm a little late.

So I rush out of my place,

and I end up dodging dog poop
in my yard.

Dog poop.

Do I have a dog? No.

So I have tracked
the irresponsible offenders

to this address.

This is the Hays residence,

and payback is a female dog.

Clean up your doggy mess,
you mongrels!

Curb your dogs, people.

It's the right thing to do,
and it's the law.

I'm Millicent Huxtable,
and, boy, am I pooped.

"I'm Millicent Huxtable,
and I'm pooped"?

Where do you
come with this stuff?

I don't know.

It just...
Comes from my mouth.

Well, here's the thing --

they're getting rid
of the morning news

and they're going with
a morning show,

and your rants
have got their attention.

Really? That's great.

Tomorrow you're gonna
go live again.

Okay, now, consider that
your audition,

but, Millie, they've seen you
do funny,

and they've seen you
do angry.

Maybe switch it up a bit, give
them something sweet or serious.

I can totally do serious.

Maybe don't go with the costume.
Got it.

So pretty.

Quinn, this is so cool!

This is awesome.

Thank you.
Where's Lauren?

Uh, she went
back to the hotel --

a little bit too many mojitos.
Erhn.

Ahh, look at how bad-ass
you are! This looks amazing.

I want to be photographed
out here and look awesome.

Right?

Look at all this stuff.

I bet you could
make anyone look good.

Hey, Clothes Over Bros
fashion shoot? Hello?

Not you.

I'm just saying,

a lot of the models
that we used on our shoots

were kind of strange-looking
in...person.

Yeah. She's a dog.

Wow.

Quinn?
Hi.

Taryn.
Hi. It's so nice to meet you.

I'm such a big fan.
Ohh.

These are my friends
Brooke and Alex.

Hi.
Hi. Alex Dupré.

Hi.
Nice to meet you.

Brooke Davis.
Hi.

Holy hell.
You are beautiful.

Oh, thank you.

Okay, well, you guys
have a great shoot,

and, um,
we'll see you later. Bye.

Bye.

♪ ...Where we can be ♪

My God.

♪ Under the sun
and worry-free ♪

I need a great idea.

What are you doing?

Hey.

What -- what was that?
What?

You were standing on your head.
So?

So, why were you
standing on your head?

I just haven't done it
in a while. Have you?

No, but that's
a little strange, honey.

I know.

So, why do you need
a great idea?

Because they're doing
a new morning show,

and tomorrow my live segment
is my audition.

That's amazing.

Yeah...

But they said they've
seen me be funny and angry.

They want
to see me be serious.

Then you should do that story
on the Rivercourt.

It's local, it's timely,
and you'll be great.

You'll help me?

Of course.
Let's get the camera.

♪ all that I need
is you with me ♪

It was weird that you were
standing on your head, right?

Totally. In case you haven't
noticed, I'm weird, Millie.

I'm an odd duck.

So, what's the plan,
anyways?

We use Julian's camera
and roll it continuously.

Then we'll take turns
switching out the memory cards.

Hopefully, that'll get us some
footage of the snarling rover.

Snipey Plover.

Plus,
it's a full moon tonight,

so we should have
plenty of light.

That's it?
We're just gonna film it?

Man, I thought
we were gonna catch it.

I brought my slingshot!

Chuck, the Snipey Plover's
an endangered species.

So?

So that doesn't mean
you shoot it with a slingshot.

Lame.

Speaking of lame,
where's Clay?

♪ You are just a stranger ♪

♪ with your vodka soda ♪

♪ under the street light ♪

That's perfect.

Now give me
"slightly hung over."

You know, you could have just
come to my room this morning.

It looked just like this.

♪ cigarette ♪

I like that better.

You can relax for a sec.

♪ You look like trouble ♪

You know,
this is really fun, Quinn.

You think?

I just wanted to do something
different than just beach.

If it matters,
it's my favorite so far.

That means a lot.
Thanks.

Mine, too.

It's good, but, um...

♪ Through the smoke
and the ash ♪

...It could be better.

♪ Doo doo do ♪
better.

♪ Doo doo do-do doo ♪

Better not.

I'm just
going to check it out.

You don't have to climb up
if you're chicken.

I'm not chicken.

Then climb.

Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, check it out.

My mom let me borrow her phone
for the camping trip.

Maybe tonight
we can crank-call some people.

Caller I.D.

So? They'll think
it's my mom.

No way.

Don't --
what are you doing?

I just want to see
what happens.

Don't do it.

Jamie! Chuck!

Gotcha!

I knew
you weren't gonna do it.

No duh.
You think I'm crazy?

How good is this Sushi?

So good.

Oh, my God, these mojitos
are like liquid heaven.

Okay, I think I'm a little
buzzed.

Okay, man at 3:00
wearing a blouse.

Don't look yet!

Okay, now.

Oh, bad choice.

Yeah, unless you're Brian Boitano.

I think Clay has that shirt.
Oh, no.

All right, now, this
is what I call roughing it.

Snipey Plover.

Oh, did you find him?
I don't know.

We have to download these memory
cards and check the footage.

But the camera's all set
for another four hours.

Well, I caught us
some pizza in the wild

so we can have some dinner.

Nice.

Wait -- do you guys know why
the Snipey Plover is endangered?

It lays its eggs
on the ground.

I mean, the stupid bird
doesn't even build a nest.

What?

Can I get a drink from your
half-water/half-ice cooler?

It's not so strange now,
is it?

It's still strange.
We're just very thirsty.

Mm.

All right, look --
all I'm saying

is that this is nature's way
of controlling things.

It's Darwinism
on display.

Just build your nest somewhere
high, you lazy bird.

Who knew male figure skaters
were so angry?

Clay, we got pizza, beer --
perfect night.

I mean, I know you wanted
to stay home, but come on, man.

Is there any place
you'd rather be right now?

Puerto Rico.

♪ Last Friday night ♪

♪ Yeah, we danced on tabletops,
and we took too many shots ♪

♪ think we kissed, but I forgot
last Friday night ♪

♪ yeah,
we maxed our credit cards ♪

♪ and got kicked out
of the bar ♪

♪ so we hit the boulevard
last Friday night ♪

♪ we went streaking in the park,
skinny-dipping in the dark ♪

♪ then had a ménage à trois
last Friday night ♪

♪ yeah,
I think we broke the law ♪

♪ always say we're gonna stop ♪

♪ whoa, oh,
this Friday night ♪

Ooh,
what are those?

Tequila!

I can't.
I'm sober.

Ahh,
more for me!

♪ This Friday night ♪

Right --
to an amazing day.

And a just-starting
night.

Whoo!

Yeah! Cheers!

♪ Trying to connect the dots ♪

Ooh!
Whoo!

♪ Think the city towed my car ♪
Oh, cheers.

♪ Chandelier is on the floor
with my favorite party dress ♪

♪ warrant's out for my arrest,
think I need a ginger ale ♪

♪ that was such an epic fail ♪

♪ pictures of last night
ended up online ♪

♪ I'm screwed ♪

♪ oh, well ♪

Hey!

¿Por qué tú hace?

I am so sorry.

I'm sorry. I --

♪ last Friday night ♪

♪ yeah, we danced on tabletops
and we took too many shots ♪

♪ think we kissed,
but I forgot ♪

♪ last Friday night ♪

♪ yeah,
we maxed our credit cards ♪

♪ and got kicked out
of the bar ♪

♪ so we hit the boulevard ♪

♪ last Friday night ♪

♪ we went streaking in the park,
skinny-dipping in the dark ♪

♪ then had a ménage à trois ♪

♪ last Friday night ♪

♪ yeah,
I think we broke the law ♪

♪ always say we're gonna stop ♪

♪ whoa-oa ♪

♪ this Friday night ♪

♪ do it all again ♪

Would you like some water to go with that?
Hmm?

♪ This Friday night ♪

Thank you.

Congratulations,
by the way.

For what?

Well, you're scarfing that down
like a homeless person,

but you didn't
touch your Sushi,

and you were tossing your drinks
over your shoulder all night,

so congratulations
on being pregnant?

♪ T-G-I-F ♪

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!

It's early, and we haven't
told anybody yet.

I promise when you tell me
for real, I'll act surprised.

I'm so excited
for you and Julian!

Thank you.

Hey.

Has you guys seen my shirt?

Huh? Huh?

I'm sorry.

♪ Do it all again ♪

Make sure you speak to the fact
that it's generational,

that small towns are defined
by places and things

that we sometimes
take for granted.

I will.

You nervous?

Yes.

Don't be.

This is your time,
honey.

Here we go.
Here we go.

Oh! Oh, oh! Hey, hey!

Have you guys seen my shirt?

Oh, you're wearing it,
baby.

Oh, hey, there it is!
Yay. All right.

Are you sure
you're okay?

No, no, I am awesome.

Ohh.

Ohh. Okay. You --

Yeah.

Oh, my gosh,
you look just like a model.

Ohh.

Just if you had
bigger boobies.

Ah. Oh!

Okay. Thank you.

Okay. Night.
Nighty night.

Time for bed.
Bye.

Good night.
Bye!

I had -- bye.

I love you.
I love you.

I love you.

Go to sleep.
All right.

Oh, my God,
I'm so sorry.

She's fun.
No, no, no.

Yeah, she had a blast tonight.
Yeah.

We all did.
Thanks for hanging with us.

Oh, no problem.

I had a great time,
and the shoot was amazing.

Thank you.

Okay, I have one more
picture request.

It's kind of
a boyfriend thing.

Oh, I get it all the time.
Let's do it.

Okay, good.
All right.

♪ Puzzle pieces ♪

♪ That don't fit together ♪

I should have
gone to Puerto Rico.

♪ You can't decide, take away,
or put on your design ♪

♪ though you won't stop working
a masterpiece in the flesh ♪

♪ it's your puzzle ♪

♪ it's your puzzle ♪

♪ it's yours ♪

♪ unh ♪

♪ la da da da da da-da-da ♪

♪ Whoo ♪

Aah!

♪ You comin' over
like you was clover ♪

Okay.

♪ I'm gonna cut it
with my lawnmower ♪

♪ you knockin' at my,
my door all tangled ♪

Oh, no. Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

♪ Your guilty conscience
wrapped 'round your ankles ♪

♪ I see you draggin' it
'cross my floor now ♪

♪ you feelin' better ♪

♪ I'm feelin',
I'm feelin' worse now ♪

♪ baby, redemption ain't free ♪

♪ you gonna need more
than you can get from me ♪

Hey.

♪ This river's dry ♪

Hey.

♪ Baby,
can't wash you clean ♪

You all right?

Yeah.
I like it like this.

Thought I would
check the footage

and look for our friend,
the Plover.

Any luck?

Nope.

Maybe in the morning.

It's nice of you
to do this --

spend a weekend
trying to help Jamie.

I'm sure
he appreciates it.

Yeah.

You know, sometimes I think
about when we were kids

and the memories I have
of my parents and their friends.

And then I think,

"this is what they'll remember
when they look back."

You know, these are the days
that they'll stories about.

That's when I feel like
I can do better,

that I have the responsibility
to try.

You know, Jamie's gonna miss you
when you leave to New York.

He'll miss you and Brooke.
We all will.

Uh...

We're not leaving.

Brooke passed on the job.

How come?

Because she's pregnant.

But I-I thought...

That she couldn't
get pregnant?

So did we.

But she is.
We just found out.

I'm not supposed to
tell anybody yet, so...

You fertile bastard.

Wow.

I hope it's a girl

and that
she's just like her mom

and that someday, she'll be
best friends with Lydia Scott.

I'll drink to that.

Cheers.
Cheers.

Quinn!

Hey!

You're up early.
Yeah, you, too.

Where you off to?

Thought I'd drive around
the city and shoot a little,

sort of stray from
the beaten path, you know?

Oh, I love that.

Well, maybe
I'll see you later.

I hope so.

Hey, you want to come?

So, how you doing,
Evans?

800 -- that's the thread count
of my sheets at home.

The tent did not
get it done last night.

You know the thread count
of your sheets.

Triple salchow right now.

When the Rivercourt's gone,

a lot of memories
are gonna go with it.

I used to
train with Q there,

Jimmy Edwards,
my Uncle Keith.

It's worth a weekend
to try to save that.

Yeah, I know.

The truth is,
I wouldn't have missed it.

I know.

I am thinking about going
on a coffee run, though.

Thank God.

I don't understand camping.

We have houses.

We have beds, showers,
flatirons.

So, you must be excited
about Brooke's...

Thing I'm not supposed to
know about.

We're totally excited,

and we appreciate
you not saying anything,

even though I might've slipped
up and told Nathan last night.

Mm. I don't know
anything about that.

So, why'd you have to take
a drug test, anyway?

Well

Since I'm carrying around
your secret,

I guess you could
carry around mine.

I joined the Air Force.

Wow. That's big.

Yeah.
And I got to leave soon.

Hey, Chuck, buddy.

I want to go home.

Sometimes it strikes me

how poverty and privilege
become silent neighbors

and the world
just keeps going

'cause it has to.

"I'm standing here today
on a small piece of history."

"A small piece
of Tree Hill history."

Chuck, just open the door
and let me explain.

You didn't even tell me!

I was going to.

I promise!

Just open the door.

You have the keys.

It's an old car, Chuck.

I have the ignition key.
I don't have the door key.

So, come on.
Open up.

Just forget it!

I want to go home!

Well,
you won't open the door,

so...I guess
you're stuck in here.

Oh!

How'd you like
to do a little work?

Aah!

I tried talking to him,
but he's really upset.

He won't do anything crazy,
will he?

We're talking
about Chuck here.

He makes a good point.

Oh, no. Is that...?

♪ Finally,
I can see you crystal clear ♪

Chuck!

♪ Go ahead and sell me out ♪

♪ and I'll lay your ship bare ♪

Chuck!

see how I'll leave
with every piece of you ♪

Chuck, shut it off!

Chuck, shut it off!

I can't!
I don't know how!

Come on. Come on.
Come on.

♪ never had met me ♪

♪ we could have had it all ♪

♪ we could have had it all ♪

♪ never had met me ♪

♪ tears are gonna fall ♪
♪ it all, it all ♪

♪ rolling in the deep ♪

♪ you're gonna wish you ♪

♪ you never had met me ♪

♪ underneath the deep ♪

♪ you had my heart and soul
in your hand ♪

♪ and you played it ♪

♪ to the beat ♪

♪ could have had it all ♪

♪ underneath the deep ♪

♪ you had my heart inside your hand ♪

♪ but you played it
with a beating ♪

♪ throw your soul
through every open door ♪

♪ oh, oh ♪

♪ count your blessings
to find what you look for ♪

♪ oh, oh ♪

I'm sorry.

♪ You'll pay me back in kind ♪

What were you thinking?

♪ And reap
just what you sow ♪

I didn't mean to!

Well, for not meaning to,
you sure as hell did it!

♪ We could have had it all ♪

That was really stupid!
You know that?!

♪ Rolling in the deep ♪

You could have killed yourself
or someone else!

I just...

♪ Tears are gonna fall ♪
♪ it all, it all, it all ♪

♪ rolling in the deep ♪

I don't want you to go.
♪ we could have had it all ♪

♪ you never had met me ♪

♪ underneath the deep ♪

♪ rolling in the deep ♪

Hey.
♪ you had my heart inside of your hand ♪

♪ and you played it ♪

♪ to the beat ♪

♪ could have had it all ♪

♪ underneath the deep ♪

I don't want you to go.

♪ Rolling in the deep ♪

♪ you had my heart
inside of your hand ♪

♪ but you played it,
you played it ♪

♪ you played it,
you played it to the beat ♪

My chair, my half-ice/half-water
cooler of drinks.

Well, at least we put the shirt
out of its misery.

What the hell happened?

What the hell happened?

How you feeling,
sunshine?

Shame. So much shame.

Come on.
It couldn't have been that bad.

Um, I texted semi-nude photos
to someone last night.

What?
You slut!

To who?
I don't know. I lost my phone.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

And I locked myself out of
my hotel room in my underpants.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no.

That's epic.

Who do you think
you would have sent them to?

Ugh. I don't know --
probably Antwon.

I'm gonna text him
and find out if he got them.

No, no, no, please, no.

Yes!
Oh, this is so much fun.

You guys,
I am a teacher.

I have parents' numbers
in my phone.

Oh, so much shame.

Ow.
Ohh.

Oh, honey.

♪ Y tú bailaba ♪

I hope you know
I was gonna tell you.

As a matter of fact,

you're the one
I was worried about the most.

Why?

Because I'm gonna miss you.

Because we're friends.

Are you ever
gonna come back?

Dude, of course
I'm gonna come back.

That's what my dad said.

I heard him downstairs,
so I got up.

He was just
opening the door.

I said, "hey, dad,
where you going?

He said, "I'm gonna
go get you a new bike,

then I'm gonna come back
and teach you to ride it."

I sat on the porch and waited
till it got dark out.

And then my mom
came and got me.

For the longest time, I was sure
something happened to him.

I didn't know how to feel
when I found out he was okay.

He just
didn't want us anymore.

That's not gonna happen
with me, okay?

I'll be back in no time.

You promise?

Promise.

I never did learn
to ride a stupid bike.

Don't tell anyone?

I can't --

Oh.

Well, Antwon says he didn't
get any pictures from you,

but that he'd like some.

Okay, maybe you sent them
to someone

who's next to Antwon
in your address book.

Let me check mine.

Honestly, if it's not him, I don't
know who I would have texted.

I don't know.

That would be Antonio Banderas.
What?

You sent Antonio Banderas
naked pictures.

Semi-naked photos, and he's in
my phonebook under "skills."

But could I please have
Antonio Banderas' phone number?

Yeah, me, too.
I'll take that.

Ehh!
Oh, no!

Oh!

Who is next to skills
in my phone?

Well
We gave it a shot, jame.

We ruined some protected
wetlands, but we gave it a shot.

Dad, look!

Hmm.

Like I said --

smart bird, making its nest
in the ground like that.

♪ I never thought that you would
be the one to hold my heart ♪

20 seconds, Millie.

Thank you for helping me,
Marvin.

Of course.
You're gonna do great.

How many nights in high school
did you spend here,

practicing
to be an announcer?

10 seconds.

I don't know.
Pretty much all of them.

Going live in 3, 2, 1...

I'm standing here today

on a small piece of history
in Tree Hill.

No costumes, no catchphrases --

just a story
about a local landmark

that is soon to be erased,

developed into condominiums
unless something changes.

The landmark
is called the Rivercourt,

and for those who loved it, its
absence will be heartbreaking.

♪ I hope that you see
right through... ♪

For more on this story,

here's someone who learned
his craft here --

my colleague, Marvin McFadden.

♪ ...'Cause
I'm already falling ♪

♪ I'll never let a love
get so close ♪

♪ you put your arms around me,
and I'm home ♪

It's been host to authors,
NBA players,

local legends,
and fashion designers.

Notable musicians
have played here --

both concerts
and games of "horse."

And on gentle summer nights

as the staccato rhythms of
worn leather on fading asphalt

mixes with the white noise

of the distant nightlife
across the Cape Fear,

kids have grown up here.

I should know.
I was one of them.

Now development threatens
to erase this place.

Commerce is commerce.

That's not really the point,
is it?

The truth is,

a town's identity is made up
of places like this one.

And once they're gone,
they're gone.

Some people
who care about this court

have uncovered a nest nearby

that could be the key
to stopping the bulldozers

you see behind me.

But even so, do we have to find
a technicality

to preserve our town's history?

A lot of lost kids

found their way to something
better in this park.

In a confusing world, at
a confusing time in their lives,

they found something
that made sense here,

and they became better people
because of it.

Surely that is worth preserving.

For Millicent Huxtable...

Who I love with all my heart,

I'm Marvin McFadden reporting.

And we're out.

That was so good.

Whoo!

♪ And I've never opened up,
I've never... ♪

What's going on?

Well I thought you might
want to hang on to this

while I'm gone.

Cool!

Can you teach me
to ride it?

Yeah, absolutely.

Man, this is better
than those pictures

Miss Lauren sent me.

Yeah, you might not want
to tell skills that, Skolnick.

♪ I hope that you see
right through my walls ♪

♪ I hope that you catch me
'cause I'm already falling ♪

You got it, there?

No peeking.
All right, you ready?

Okay.

♪ ...Get so close
you put your arms... ♪

It's just like...
Karen's Café.

Karen's Café was always
so special to us.

Karen made sure of that,
and -- and you, too,

and I just thought,
maybe after you move,

I'll re-open it and call it
Karen's Café.

And maybe Jamie and Lydia

will feel the same way
that we did --

safe, you know?

What do you think?

I think
that sounds perfect.

But it looks like
I might be sticking around,

so how would you like
a partner?

Of course.

I would love that,
but what happened?

I thought -- why aren't you
moving to New York?

Because I'm pregnant.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my...

♪ I hope that you see
right through my walls ♪

All right, buddy,

make this, and the Rivercourt
stays like this forever.

♪ ...'Cause
I'm already falling ♪

Ready?

♪ I'll never let a love
get so close ♪

♪ you put your arms around me,
and I'm home ♪

Yeah!
Yes!

Yeah!

♪ You put your arms around me,
and I'm home ♪

== sync, corrected by elderman ==