One Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official broadcaster for the show in the USA. On February 25, 2009, The CW renewed the show for a seventh season. The show is set in fictional town Tree Hill in North Carolina and originally follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty). Their relationship evolves from heartless enemies to caring brothers, and the basketball drama, as well as the brothers' on-again/off-again romances with female characters, are significant elements within the series. The first four seasons of the show focus on the characters' high school years. With the beginning of the fifth season, Schwahn decided to skip the timeline four years ahead, showing their lives after college. The seventh season will move one year into the future.http://www.buydvdhere.com/one-tree-hill-the-seasons-16-dvd-boxset-p-2725.html
The opening credits were originally intertwined with the song "I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw playing in the background. The theme was removed from the opening in the fifth season, and the credits have since only consisted of the title written on a black background. The show's interiors are filmed at the EUE/Screen Gems studios in Wilmington, North Carolina and exteriors are filmed in and around Wilmington.
The show has received average ratings, with the second season being the highest rated season, averaging 4.3 million viewers weekly,and has won Teen Choice Awards. Currently, six seasons of One Tree Hill are available on DVD in regions 1, 2 and 4. On May 12, 2009, it was confirmed that Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton would not be returning for the seventh season; their characters had been two of the main protagonists throughout the show.http://www.buydvdhere.com/one-tree-hill-the-seasons-16-dvd-boxset-p-2725.html
One Tree Hill certainly cannot be criticized for being a fluffy teen drama. It tackles serious real life issues head on. We recently saw Peyton's birth mother lose her battle with breast cancer. Discussions about sex and divorce have been a part of the show from the beginning. But is there a time where a weighty theme crosses a line into exploitation and something to be ashamed of? Or is addressing that factor enough that it can discuss a serious issue while raising awareness to the problems involved?
When I first heard the episode 'With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept' would be about a troubled teen bringing a gun to school, I was not happy. I am a member of the club that believes there are some tragedies in life that need not be exploited to boost ratings. Sure, we live in a culture obsessed with tragedy and awfulness, but that doesn't mean we should be competing in a game over who can get the most money from telling the worst story. That being said, I expected this episode to be yet another way for the media to cash in on the likes of Littleton, Colorado, or Jonesboro, Arkansas.http://www.buydvdhere.com/one-tree-hill-the-seasons-16-dvd-boxset-p-2725.html
However, for the most part One Tree Hill did a pretty decent job. The writers made sure to show a human side to the troubled teen and didn't make it full of the clichés alone'though there were plenty of them thrown in for good measure. Several characters commented that 'he's a good kid' upon discovering the armed student is Jimmy. If someone is going to turn on you in such a drastic manner, it probably won't be someone you expect. Perhaps that was one of the points, that we should pay attention to the individuals around us. But at the same time, we cannot expect to pal around with every person with whom we come into contact.
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I did enjoy that Brooke and Peyton, as well as others in the episode, made comments as to the media circus events like a school shooting become. When interviewed for the news, Brooke tells the reporter she should be ashamed of herself. Peyton comments on how all the so-called experts will come in and attempt to make sense of it all, that there will be reporters, psychologists, and analysts. They all make an extremely valid point. When was the last time someone doing something great made the national news? Sure, we know there are people doing good all the time; perhaps you are one of them. But something makes us tune in when the story reeks of calamity.
So why do I feel this episode of One Tree Hill was only pretty decent? Well, the ending ruined it. In fact, I feel as though the ending went against the entire point and purpose to the rest of the episode. The audience won't be thinking about what Jimmy did and why or how they could make sure it doesn't happen to them. They will be worried about Keith and if Dan killed him or not. And while Dan is definitely the villain in this show, he isn't so demented as to exploit a school shooting to kill his brother and get away with it. So now, instead of wondering what the impact of Jimmy's actions will have, the show's audience is going to wonder if Keith will live to marry Karen and adopt Lucas or not. Keith had just come back to the show after a pretty long disappearance so I fail to see the motivation behind ending a pretty serious episode with an act of sibling rivalry to cheapen everything that took place before.
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