One Tree Hill Season 1
One Tree Hill Season 1 is another one of those teen dramas that started with Beverly Hills 90210 that is another instance of the pretty people being on display. The cast is predominantly white and there are too many instances of suggestions of promiscuity for younger kids to watch. One Tree Hill Season 1 is the story of two half brothers (same father) who could not be any more different. It is set at Tree Hill High School and the initial episodes revolve around basketball.
Other than sharing the same father, the two brothers, Lucas and Nathan have nothing in common other than basketball. Nathan is the “good” son and star of the high school varsity team while Lucas stars on the playground with all of the resulting trash talking and posturing in street ball. Nathan feels constant pressure from his dad to be the best no matter what the cost to himself or other people along the way. He comes off as completely spoiled and you can see in his relationship to his girlfriend that it is all about his needs and his wishes being the driving force in the relationship.
Lucas is close to his mother and works at his uncle’s garage. Knowing of his love for basketball, his uncle goes to the high school coach to give him a tryout. The coach meets with Lucas and wants him to join the team. This is delayed with several confrontations with Nathan but eventually Lucas joins the team. The boys’ dad is upset and drives Nathan to do anything to assure his spot on the team to the point of arranging for the rest of the team to try to get Lucas to quit.
Through a series of episodes in One Tree Hill Season 1 where Lucas’ best friend Haley has to tutor Nathan so his grades will keep him eligible the hazing stops and Lucas and Haley are right as friends again. The biggest problem in Nathan’s life is his father. Even though Dan is both boys’ father and Nathan lives with him, Dan can not keep from criticizing and pushing him to do better. He is never satisfied with Nathan’s accomplishments in any way. Nathan’s mother returns to the picture to rein Dan in so that Nathan’s self confidence is not totally shattered.
As in all teen dramas there need to be at least four or five way relationships and so another cheerleader, Brooke, decides that Lucas will be a good catch and then Nathan’s old girlfriend, Peyton, also goes after Lucas so he has to make a choice.
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