Trying again. It’s arduous to look again at teen dramas with out remembering One Tree Hill. Between the relationships, the friendships and the stunning deaths and dramas, it has turn out to be probably the most memorable in historical past.
The sequence, created by Mark Schwahn, aired for 9 seasons from 2003 to 2012. It premiered on The WB then moved over to The CW in 2006 when The WB was discontinued. The present was set within the fictional city of Tree Hill, North Carolina, the place two half-brothers, Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty), battle to each exist in the identical city, highschool and basketball staff.
Hilarie Burton, Sophia Bush, Bethany Pleasure Lenz, Paul Johansson, Craig Sheffer, Moira Kelly, Antwon Tanner, Lee Norris and Barbara Alyn Woods made up the primary forged when the sequence debuted.
All through the present, the primary love triangle existed between Lucas, Brooke (Bush) and Peyton (Burton). Nonetheless, in 2020, Burton defined that in her thoughts, Peyton and Brooke’s friendship was at all times the primary “love story” on the present.
“The love tales with all of the boys, these had been enjoyable, these had been necessary, however Sophia and I needed to battle for our personal friendship,” the creator mentioned on the time. “Lots of people needed to pit us towards one another. You already know, it’s like, ‘Oh, Hilarie gained’t do that, however Sophia will,’ and ‘She’s the gorgeous one,’ and ‘She’s the this one.’ There’s a lot comparability that, as a teen, it’s arduous to navigate. She and I now can look again at it and be like, ‘All these bastards. No, no, no. We’re the love story.’ The feminine friendships had been necessary on that present.”
The timeline hopped round by means of the 9 seasons. Highschool ended on the finish of season four and when season 5 returned the next yr, 4 years had handed and the characters had already graduated from faculty and had been now round 22 years outdated.
In season 7, there was one other timeline leap, with story skipping forward 14 months to offer a greater rationalization for the exits of Murray and Burton. Burton later revealed {that a} large cause for her exit from the present was creator Schwahn. In 2019, Burton, Bush and 16 different ladies concerned within the present got here ahead and accused the producer of sexual harassment.
Over the 9 seasons, a number of different actors joined the present together with Stephen Colletti, Danneel Harris, Lisa Goldstein, Robert Buckley, Austin Nichols and Shantel VanSanten.
Scroll by means of the gallery under to see the place the forged is at this time.