One Tree Hill 7X21: What's in the Ground Belongs to You (Patreon)
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Oh, it's just getting worse for Haley (which is tough since she almost burned the house down last episode). But, she knows she's supposed to be moving on, but can't figure out how. And since we get her internal thoughts via voicemails to her mom, we can see how tenuous her mental state is.
And Nathan is doing, literally, everything he can to try to help her. He tries to get her to go to therapy, spend time with her, do the housework, get her to talk to him, go for car rides, walks, recreate special moments. Nothing is working. But he reasons Haley has kept their family together up until then, and now it's his turn. As horrible as things are going for Haley, it's very sweet to watch Nathan try to help her.
In order to help Jamie deal with his mom not really feeling like his mom right now, Quinn takes Jamie out for a special day. She creates a scavenger hunt that sends them around Tree Hill to search for treasure. This was one of my favorite Quinn episodes. It took a bit for me to warm up to her, but this episode, just shot her into another stratosphere. And Jamie finally finding the treasure and deciding that some other child might need it more, so they should bury it again? Come on. And, of course Jamie is smart enough to realize that Quinn set this whole thing up him because he's sad about mom. But the only treasure he wants is his mom to be his mom again. 😢
Julian has finished the movie, and is preoccupied with whether or not it will get into a film festival. Brooke assures him it will, it's really good, but he's very concerned. He ends up talking to Alex about it (who actually gives a really great perspective). She tells him that even it doesn't get in, look what it did for all of them. It saved Alex's life, Julian learned he was a great director, he got Brooke back, and finally got a chance to work side by side with his dad. This Alex is definitely the best version of Alex.
Victoria and Alexander decide to go back to New York to run Clothes for Bros. Brooke decided to send Millie with them and make her vice president. I wonder if that means we're losing the three of them next season. If we're losing Victoria, I think we need Dan back. I can't believe I'm saying this, but with Katie getting arrested this episode, there isn't a ton of drama. And I guess that means Dan is back. (I mean, I guess the Haley storyline is dramatic, but I don't think of that as Tree Hill drama- Haley is struggling with trauma right now).
And speaking of Katie, she's broken into Clay's house and stolen a journal of his. After reading it, she was able to pretend she was Sara. She bought the same food, and played the same music, and knew things that they had done years ago. She tries to convince him that she's actually Sara. He kicks her out of the house. Later, the cops call him because someone claiming to be his wife is threatening to jump into the ocean. Clay goes down and tricks her into thinking he believes that she's actually his wife. Once she's safe, the police grab her and take her away. Seems like Clay and Quinn really had opposite days today.
Oh, Mia and Chase broke up (I forgot Mia existed, but she's back to help with the record label now that Miranda is gone). Also, Miranda and Grubbs broke up (if they were ever together). We could be spending so much more time on Haley than either of these two things!
I'm super concerned about the finale. I don't know if we're supposed to think that Haley was planning to drown herself (I don't, as she didn't have anything to hold her down), but it's still not good for her mental state. I feel like it can either go, Haley gets worse and it ends on a cliffhanger (she hurts herself, ends up in the hospital, has a full mental break, runs away); or Nathan (or Jamie or whoever) manages to get through to her and we get a semi-happy ending. For story purposes, I'd prefer the former, but for Haley purposes, I'd like the latter. Lol.