Season 1 Epsiode 4

Crash Into You

Original Air Date: 10/14/2003
Director: David Carson
Writers: Mark Schwahn and Mark B. Perry

This episode opens with Lucas showering!  His hot water goes out and isn't it so sad that he doesn't have much money?  Nathan's mother finally enters the picture and even goes to Nathan's game.  At the game, Lucas steals the spotlight again by scoring a lot of points.  Dan Scott is upset and so is Nathan.  This leads Nathan to invite Lucas to his parents beach house for a big party.  Lucas decides to go to the party and he takes Haley. 

Back at Nathan's regular house, Deb and Dan have a talk about Nathan and it truly shows how little she knows about her son. 

In a game of 'I Never' Nathan says he never had a father who wished he was a stain on the bedsheet.  Lucas becomes very angry, but restrains himself from hitting him.  Instead, he chats up Peyton.  Nathan sees this and decides to put on a video tape of Karen and Dan, back in high school.  I can't believe Nathan even thought to do this, honestly.  In the tape, Karen gushes about how Dan is her 'dream guy' and how she hopes they will be married soon.  Furious, Lucas takes off, but leaves Haley at the party.  Needing a ride home, Haley accepts a ride from Nathan in Peyton's car. 

Though he delivers her home safely, he later crashes Peyton's car into a parked car!  Lucas, luckily nearby, sees it all, but Nathan walks away from the car and the accident as if nothing happened.  Lucas takes Peyton's car to his uncle's repair shop and promises Keith he will do the labor and pay for the parts.  Wow!  That's awfully sweet of Lucas, but it seems like Nathan won't get in trouble at all for what he did!

Back at the party, Peyton wants to go home, but her car is missing.  Nathan tries to lie and say Tim took it to take Brooke home, but Peyton knows he is lying.  It surprises me Nathan is still lying.  Is he ever going to learn?

When Deb said that Keith had called and told her about what Nathan did, I was so happy!  That kid needs to be told on.  They should've made him do the actual work on the car! 

And GO PEYTON! I love her in this episode!  She finally breaks up with Nathan.  Good riddance!  Maybe all this will finally give Nathan a noisy wake up call!

Lucas needs to chill out though!  He should SO not be giving Haley crap for not telling him...wait not telling him what?!  When Lucas puts that hat on the counter, what is he even getting at?  He knows that Haley left her hat in Peyton's car.  Big deal!  In fact, Haley should be pissed at Lucas for ditching her at that party!  If he hadn't, she wouldn't have been forced to seek a ride with someone else.  Arrgh!


Quotes
Peyton: "I guess I'm just a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a bitch."
Peyton: "If that's the case then you're an ass.  And even if she does mean something, you're still an ass and what's really sad, Nathan, is that you're too stupid to get that."


Soundtrack

This episode is named for a song by Dave Matthews Band.

Taken For A Ride  -AM Radio
freetime  -Kenna
Hopes and Dreams  -Buva
Return To Me  -Matthew Ryan
Whatcha Gonna Do  -Sprung Monkey
Shake It Down  -Bosshouse
Empty Apartment -Yellowcard