1x01 Pilot - One Tree Hill Episode Guide

One Tree Hill

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Pilot
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 177500
First Aired: Sep. 23, 2003

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Pilot

Summary: Except for basketball, Nathan and Lucas Scott have nothing in common, but their mutual father will forever connect their lives in ways they could never imagine. Their father, Dan Scott, chose to abandon Lucas and raise Nathan in his image – a life of luxury and Tree Hill High Ravens basketball. Lucas, on the other hand, was raised by his single mother, Karen, shares Nathan’s love for hoops, but keeps his game to the river court park. However, when the Tree Hill High coach, Whitey Durham, is in need of another player, Lucas and Nathan’s lives are forever entwined as the brothers face off on the court where Lucas battles for a spot on the team.

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Clip: Lucas vs. Nathan (3:13)

Who appeared in this episode?

Haley James	played by Bethany Joy Galeotti
Melody	played by Melissa Claire Egan
Reagan	played by Samantha Shelton
Tim Smith	played by Brett Claywell
Jimmy Edwards	played by Colin Fickes
Officer Wayman	played by John Keenan
Junk	played by Cullen Moss
'Mouth' McFadden	played by Lee Norris
Principal Turner	played by Shawn Shepard

Episode Quotes

Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot

Nathan Scott: What do I want? What do you want, man? I mean, other than my girlfriend and my spot in the lineup, huh? None of us want you on the team, man. I don't want you. The guys don't want you. My girlfriend sure as hell doesn't want you. - but here's the deal. You and me, one on one. You can name the time and place. If you win, I'll quit the team. If I win, you crawl back in your little hole and you remember your place in all this. Time and place, baby. Time and place.

Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot

Keith Scott: I'll tell you why. When I was a kid, my father took me to Raleigh to see David Thompson play. I was 9 years old. I couldn't have cared less about basketball. But when Thompson stepped on the court, he was so young, so quick, and just so graceful that I was mesmerized. I couldn't take my eyes off him until late in the game, and I look up at my dad, and he's got tears in his eyes. 14,000 strangers and my father's crying because he's so beautiful. He played with such poetry that he made us feel like we were a part of it. You have a gift, Luke, and it's a crime not to let people see it, to hide it in the park. It's a damn shame. That's why.

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