NARRATOR: Previously on One Tree Hill:
- Are you okay, Mom? - No. I'm not.
I have cancer.
- No, no, no. LYDIA: Pancreatic.
BROOKE: Julian?
Don't know what tomorrow will bring. I want to go out with you.
On a date.
Excuse me. Are you Katie Ryan?
PAUL: What's his problem? ALEX: Costume malfunction.
JOSH: I'm not coming out. - This isn't funny, Josh.
JOSH: No, it's not. - What's his deal?
Maybe he wants to know why his director is late to set.
No sleep. Don't ask. Josh.
Get out here before I tell everybody who you went home with last Saturday.
[ALEX LAUGHS]
- This is bull... - Someone find... Brooke.
What the hell is this?
It's the jogging scene. Is there a problem?
The problem is that my romantic lead looks like the love child...
...of Richard Simmons and a Village Person.
Well, I guess I made a huge, stupid, unforgivable mistake.
- Imagine that. - This is not the costume we agreed on.
Well, then I guess I'm also a dirty, no-good liar.
Good morning, Paul.
PAUL: What? That's it? You gotta handle this, Julian.
JOSH: No special effects, baby.
If you like what you see, that's exactly what I'm working with.
Um... Barf.
Hey, Tay. It's your mother.
Again.
Call me, honey.
It smells suspiciously like a birthday chicken dumpling soup in here.
Well, I was feeling particularly energetic this morning...
...and it's the least I can do for having missed your birthday.
You didn't miss my birthday. I didn't get your message...
...because I was at that fundraiser. - We didn't speak on your birthday.
- First time ever. - I would continue to argue...
...but I really want soup, so can I please stir the dumpling batter?
You know you can, sweetie.
It's always been a two-person recipe, baby.
Mom.
I love you.
Oh, good Lord, you have been saying that every 10 minutes...
...since you learned I have cancer.
I'm not gonna keel over in the soup pot, Haley.
- Okay. - But in case I do...
...I love you too.
Now, let's not be morbid.
Stir.
Dressed to kill at 9 in the morning.
Either you met a boy or you met a boy.
I met an agent. A very cute agent.
With a very expensive car.
And a very naked ring finger.
And did this miracle of nature and bachelorhood...
...sign you to his agency? - I'm meeting with him this morning.
He'll either sign me or marry me.
Either way, this just might be the first day of the rest of my life.
So shall we get to the elephant in the room?
Sure.
His name is Harold and he's very sweet.
He never forgets, but he's very forgiving.
And on that note, I'm really sorry I asked you out.
It's okay.
No, it's not. I had too much to drink.
Haley was at TRIC giving this kind of carpe diem speech.
Makes you stand on your desk...
...tear the pages out of your textbook, and I just... I got carried away.
Well, I was flattered. Seriously.
- It's just... - Skills.
Actually, it's more Millicent.
You were just jealous of her hanging out with Owen.
Look.
I really like you.
But I would rather be your partner in crime than your rebound.
Wheel man or bag man?
Bag lady. No, bag woman?
- I'll just take the food. - Yeah.
HALEY: Hey.
What you looking at?
Um...
Your mom's funeral arrangements. She left them here on the desk.
[SIGHS]
It's like contracts.
This is how it ends, huh?
- A line-item total. - Hales.
It's okay. I can read through this stuff.
How am I supposed to do this, Nathan?
The same way you always do.
Gracefully and courageously...
...and with me at your side every step of the way.
- Okay? - Okay.
So Mr. Agent...
...tell me this is just the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
[CHUCKLES]
"Let's not be morbid"?
You left your funeral arrangements lying around, Mom.
Mom?
Mom. Mom.
Mom, Mom, Mom.
Hey, hey. Nathan. Nathan.
Nathan.
Amazing how the difference between a good day and a bad day...
...can come down to a good, long...
- Ouch! - Oops.
You were saying?
I was saying a good, long sleep can totally give you an attitude adjustment.
- You should try it. - Like it was the sleep.
Oh. You're grumpy because we had sex, aren't you?
Excuse me?
I told him not to tell you. It just happened.
And then it just sort of happened again and...
- Ouch. Son of a... - It just sort of happened.
Whatever. Ouch!
And then it just sort of happened again.
KATIE: I know my stats could be better, but I'm training like crazy.
And they're better than Anna Kournikova's were at my age.
And at the risk of sounding a little conceited, I, like Anna...
...could make a Wheaties box look good.
You're right. On all counts.
I have no doubt that you have a very bright future.
You know, both professionally and commercially.
But I can't represent you.
I don't get it. Then why am I here?
Because I thought I could. But I can't.
And I can't really explain it.
I'm sorry.
Well, if you can't sign me...
...the least you can do is take me out on a consolation date.
A date?
Come on. I saw the way you were looking at me last night.
You were practically imagining our babies.
Oh.
- Look, I'm sorry, this... - Hey. It's okay.
I think you're hot too.
[BUZZING]
CLAY: Hi.
When?
I'm so sorry. I'm on my way.
Yeah. Yeah.
Call me when the fire is put out.
I'm sorry, but that's not gonna happen, Sara.
Sara?
Right. I mean, Katie.
- Who's Sara? - I gotta go.
"Hi, Daughter." "Hi, Mother."
"How was your morning on set?"
"Oh, it was just fine, Mother."
"Fine, until the ex-love of my life and current bane of my-existence...
...made it very clear to me that they did the wild thing last night."
This is where the motherly sympathy is supposed to start kicking in.
Sorry. I've been wasting all my self-pity on me.
But if misery loves company, I did get stood up last night.
Paul stood you up?
What a toad.
- I never said it was... - You didn't have to.
It is so clear to me that the Julian apple did not fall far from the sleazy Paul tree.
Did I ruin the soup?
That depends on whether or not you think my floor is clean enough to eat off.
And I was looking forward to that.
And in my condition...
...one can only do so much looking forward.
QUINN: It's okay.
You're gonna be around long enough to make a lot more soup.
LYDIA: Girls, it's okay.
The doctors talked to me too.
And I know that I don't have much time.
But it's okay.
I had wonderful visits with each of my children. Heh.
QUINN: It's not fair.
The doctors promised you a few more months.
Cancer doesn't care much for promises, baby.
I mean, after all, I promised myself that I would stick around...
...till you two were right with Taylor again.
Well, great. You'll be here forever.
God, you're probably too young to remember...
...but you three girls were... You were inseparable at one point.
I mean, look.
It's a long time ago.
Yeah. She seems almost human here.
Two out of three.
Ain't bad.
[MOUTHS] Ain't bad.
Come here, my sweet things.
Hmm.
You should really call first.
Mom's dying.
- Yeah. Eventually. - No.
Now. She collapsed this morning and they don't think that...
This is it, Taylor.
This is the time to say goodbye.
I don't think so.
Please stop.
Look, I don't know what your problem is.
And I don't understand you at all.
I don't know when or why you became such a colossal selfish bitch.
But I know that you're my sister.
And I love you.
And I know that Mom wants to see you.
And I know that it's the right thing to do.
Well, you also know that I rarely do the right thing.
Taylor, please.
Fine. I tried.
Way to go, perfect daughter.
What the hell is this?
That's the real you. The sister you used to be.
God... I don't want this. Quinn!
I don't want this.
Well, that must have been some dream you were having.
You were awfully smiley.
I was dreaming about your dad.
I woke up smelling his cologne.
What kind did he wear?
Stetson.
Back when I first met him...
...he was something of a dime-store cowboy.
A cowboy? Dad?
We can't be talking about the same father.
You'd be surprised what you don't know about that man.
Or about both of us, actually.
- Like what? - Oh, I don't know.
- Heh. - Well, come on. Like...
Did you guys have a song or...?
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" by Bob Dylan.
That's a breakup song.
I know, but it's what was playing in that old Chevy pickup...
...the first time that we... - Kissed? Please, kissed.
Oh, well, now that.
That was at a Christmas mixer.
Mistletoe.
Nat King Cole on the record player. Ha.
I felt that kiss in my toes. Mm.
And you won his heart with your chicken dumpling soup, huh?
I won his heart...
...with a note that I left in his jean jacket pocket.
I won his stomach with my chicken dumpling soup. Heh.
I don't even have the recipe.
Well, give me a pen.
Come on.
Now, the secret, as you know...
...is to stir the batter slowly.
And whole peppercorns, none of that table stuff.
And always start with a whole chicken, okay?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
NATHAN: Hey, Jame.
We need to talk, buddy.
Man to man?
Yeah.
When you were at Andre's this morning, your grandma got sicker.
She's in the hospital now.
And she'd like to see you.
She's gonna die now, isn't she?
Man to man?
Yeah, buddy. Pretty soon.
You wanna talk about it?
If it wasn't for Grandma, I wouldn't have Chester.
Didn't your mom and I buy you Chester?
But you didn't really have a choice.
Grandma taught me to wish on a star.
[CHUCKLES]
- And you wished for Chester? - Wouldn't you?
Yeah.
Can I have a few minutes before we leave?
Sure.
I'll be downstairs with your mom. All right?
All right, let's go, people. Rehearsal's up.
It was crazy hot.
When he caught his breath to speak...
...he actually called it a religious experience.
[LAUGHS]
I know. Yeah. Ha. Oh. Ha-ha.
The last girl he was with practically qualifies for a senior discount.
I know. Ha.
Julian, have you called last looks for hair and makeup yet?
- No. Why? - Just trying to be professional.
JULIAN: Alex?
Alex.
Alex. Are you okay?
I'm fine. Ouch.
Wow. Ouch.
Get off of my set.
Do you have any idea the things she's been saying about...?
I don't care. Get off my set.
- Julian... - I don't care!
Yeah. I guess you made that pretty obvious.
Excuse me.
That smells awesome.
Yeah, it's my mom's recipe.
- You okay? - Yeah, I just...
Where's Jamie?
He'll be downstairs in a second.
- Haley. - Hmm?
He knows.
- We decided we weren't gonna tell him... - No, he guessed.
[SIGHS]
Of course he did.
He's so familiar with death.
- Why wouldn't he? Ow! - Haley.
- Damn it. Mm-hm. - You okay?
- You okay? Is it bad? - Yeah, it's bad. It's really bad.
My mom's dying and I'm making soup...
...because there's nothing I can do, I can't stop it.
- Because nothing can stop it. - Okay. All right.
- I'm sorry, Hales. - There's just... There's just so...
So many moments and there's so much that go with her when she dies.
I don't know what the right questions are to ask. I don't...
I'm not ready for this, I'm just really not ready.
Nobody ever is.
[SIGHS]
Oh. You all right?
In movies you never see how much punching hurts the puncher.
- And who did the puncher punch? - Alex.
- Because? - Because...
...I went to Julian's hotel room last night and saw Alex naked in his bed...
...and I could hear him in the shower.
- Oh, dear. - Yeah. You said it.
No, I meant, oh dear I don't know whose room she was in...
...but Alex was with me last night.
And she was very naked.
- You? - Yes.
- Not Julian? - No.
- In Julian's hotel room. - Apparently.
Oh, my God.
Hey, come on, look.
Whatever you've done, how bad can it be?
We're completely screwed.
We can't shoot a thing until the swelling goes down.
- Okay. - Okay?
This is a 50,000-dollar-a-day operation.
Let's do the math before we call it "okay."
I'm so sorry.
- This is not your fault. We'll just... - Roll with the punches?
[SIGHS]
Right now, your job is to keep ice on that eye. Okay?
Well, it looks like we're gonna get a couple days off.
You know what's good on a black eye?
If you say raw meat I will tear out your tonsils...
...tie off your wiener bag and castrate you like a bull.
Well, you mess with the bull...
...you know what you get.
That doesn't even make sense.
[SIGHS]
[WHISPERS] Ow.
Well, well.
I could smell it coming all the way down the hall. Heh.
Ah. Here's the real test. Hmm.
How's it taste? Is it too salty? Are the dumplings soggy?
It's perfect.
It's not perfect.
I made it myself and it's a two-person recipe.
Oh, sweetie.
[SIGHS]
I followed your recipe to the letter.
When it was finished I realized that it's not the soup I love.
It's making it with my mom.
Okay.
Now she's leaving me.
I may have some unconventional beliefs about the afterlife...
...but I can tell you right now, I have no intention of leaving you.
You just prepare to be haunted, Haley James Scott.
Hi, Grandma.
[LYDIA GASPS]
LYDIA: Oh, goodness gracious.
When did they start letting squirrels into the hospital?
Get on up here, boy. Give your old grandmother a kiss.
[MAKES LOUD KISSING SOUNDS]
Heh. What you got there, huh?
JAMIE: The Handsomest Husky.
Mom reads to me whenever I'm sick. It pretty much makes me feel better.
You wanna hear it?
I can't think of anything that I would like more.
"Once upon a time there was a dog named Andy.
Everybody loved Andy. He was very handsome."
[JAMIE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[DOOR OPENS]
Why is the store closed? And why are you lying on the floor?
I'm trying to pick a place to hang myself.
Don't be so dramatic.
Apparently, it's best to find a load-bearing beam.
- I don't think we have one. - Huh...
Fine.
You wanna talk about it?
What is there to discuss?
I'm the donkey in a big, stupid, Shakespearian mix-up.
You're not making any sense.
Alex slept with Alexander, not Julian.
Oh.
So I ruined wardrobe...
...bitched out the one man who makes my world turn...
...and clocked an interloping hoochie...
...whose only mistake was boning Crocodile Dundee.
You realize you're overlooking the best part of this.
Julian didn't sleep with Alex.
And as far as that Shakespearian play?
As I recall, the donkey gets turned back into a person...
...once he realizes what an ass he's been.
You think I should go talk to Julian.
It's far less tacky than suicide.
Thanks, Mom.
- Hi, Mom. - Hey.
Hey.
How you feeling?
Oh, a little tired.
What's with all the hardware?
Your daughter and I have been working on something special for you.
- I'll be right back. - Okay.
Now, you know, that I loved David...
...but I have the same feeling about Clay that I did with Nathan.
I think he's one of the good ones.
Yeah.
He's special.
I really love him.
Well, have you told him?
Not yet.
But I think he's pretty clear on that.
Oh, you do, do you?
Well, just in case you haven't figured this out yet...
...men need to be hit over the head with things.
Sometimes frying pans, mostly love.
Don't be afraid to do it.
Am I that obvious?
You have always been my heart-girl.
The one with the most unbridled passions.
Just give your head permission to follow your heart. Okay?
Okay. I promise.
LYDIA: Mm.
[SIGHS]
Hi.
Oh, my God.
Didn't know your own strength, did you, Bamm-Bamm?
- I was... - You're looking for Julian.
Come in. He switched rooms with me last night.
The guys in the room next to me were keeping me up with their...
Whatever they were doing.
Which explains why he was exhausted today.
Can I ask why you punched me?
I know we weren't gonna braid each other's hair...
...but I kind of thought we were okay.
We were. We are.
I came here last night. Late.
You were sleeping and I guess it was Alexander in the shower?
But you thought it was Julian.
I wish.
Seriously. I'm not gonna lie to you, Brooke.
But it's never gonna happen between us.
You know why?
Because whether you guys continue to push each other away or not...
...he knows what it's like to really be in love.
I never had a chance.
Alex, I'm sorry for everything.
Me too.
For everything.
[DOOR CLOSES]
LYDIA: I'm so glad you came.
You know it's all right to be upset about all of this.
I mean, Lord knows I am.
It's pretty upsetting stuff.
I came to tell you that I'm sorry for being such a disappointment.
Is that what you think?
That I'm disappointed with you?
Why wouldn't you be?
I'm awful.
All of my siblings are talented or smart or both.
I'm just Taylor.
Nobody likes Taylor.
I do.
You have to say that. You're my mother.
Get over here.
Come here.
Here is something that nobody else knows.
Of all of my kids...
...you are the one who reminds me the most of myself.
I don't believe it.
That's because you've only known Lydia, the mom.
But there was a very Taylorish Lydia before that.
And that's why I've never had any doubt that you will find your way.
Because I did.
And you can fight this all you want, but you are going to end up happy.
I've been so awful.
How can you still love me?
Oh, God, my sweet baby.
My love for you has never been in question.
The only question here is how long is it going to take...
...for you to love yourself?
Because wherever I am, wherever I go from here...
...I will never, ever let go of you.
Please don't leave.
It's okay.
[KNOCK ON GLASS]
- Victoria, I just wanna say... - I know why you stood me up.
- You were with that snotty little actress. - It was just sex, it...
Victoria, you and I are different. Okay? You and I are...
Finished. Good night, Alexander.
[EXHALES]
I have a surprise for you.
I love surprises.
What is it?
Make a wish.
[WHISPERS] Oh.
What's going on?
Wow.
An audience.
[VOICE BREAKS] Um...
Listen.
I'm really sorry.
I know that I have been a lousy sister...
...and I totally don't deserve it...
...but if you could maybe give me another chance.
Okay? From now on, I'll be better.
[SIGHS]
It's okay.
[WHISPERS] Thank you.
I know I'm banned from the set, but I need to clear something up.
Well, this better be good.
That black eye is gonna cost us about a hundred grand.
If it helps, it cost me my dignity.
Brooke, what the hell happened today?
I thought you slept with Alex.
So basically you still don't trust me.
No, basically I got jealous.
Because I'm in love with you, Julian, and I always will be.
And that's gonna make me do stupid things sometimes...
...because love is crazy and I've been crazy. I know.
First I thought you were falling for Alex...
...and then last night I went to your hotel...
...and I thought you fell for Alex. I'm sorry.
You think too much, Brooke Davis.
Are you comfortable?
Okay, Mom. Here we go.
Oh, my goodness.
My beautiful babies.
How long have you been out here?
[SIGHS]
I like you.
Okay? I know I slept with Alex, but I like you.
A lot.
I like...
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Nice job on the eye.
Not good enough for film, but definitely good enough for sex.
If you talk, I can't pretend you're somebody else.
I guess I did all right, didn't I?
[SNIFFLES]
You did everything, Mom.
Hello, handsome.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Come in.
- Hey. - Hey.
[SIGHS]
Okay, look. I wasn't worried about being your rebound, Mouth.
I was worried you'd be mine.
What are you saying?
I'm saying...
...what the hell.
Anybody home?
Hey, baby.
Miss me?
Something smells awesome.
This is your grandma's chicken dumpling soup...
...and you are just in time.
- I am? - Yes.
Did you know that this a special chicken dumpling soup recipe...
...that specifically calls for a handsome 7-year-old boy named Jamie...
...to stir the dumpling batter?
- What are the chances? - I don't know.
Come here.
Now, the secret is to stir the batter slowly.
And the whole peppercorns, not the table stuff.
Hey. What's up?
What's up is that I love you.
In case you didn't know.
I love you too.
Nothing is ever gonna change that.
KATIE: Did I tell you?
I'm gonna get that agent.
TANESHA: He decided to sign you?
Not yet. But he will.
It turns out...
...l'm his type.
[ENGLISH - US - SDH]