User Reviews

I really enjoyed this episode. It's a very good follow-up to the Series Premiere.

In this episode, Lucas plays his first game as a Tree Hill Raven, and it doesn't go well. Unfortunately, he chokes under the pressure, and everyone is laughing, and torturing him for it. Meanwhile, Peyton also has trouble finding her courage, but in this case, it's submitting her drawings to a magazine, to be published. We meet Brooke Davis, who instantly starts hitting on Lucas.

First appearance of: Brooke Davis.

Best part of the episode: Brooke Davis.

Overall, I give this episode an 8 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Awesome.

This episode introduces Brooke. She is shallow, callous and totally lovable. Jake is also introduced, and its nice to see someone on the team is friendly toward Lucas.

Its interesting to see Karen and Lucas having a conversation on a porch swing that wasn't in the pilot, and therefore no more oddly placed conversation need the front curb. Another odd thing that occurred to me is why is Lucas blonde? Both his parents and even his uncle are brunettes. Weird casting choice if you ask me, but I'm very thankful for Chad being in the show.

Peyton slightly annoyed me by being so optimistic that if Nathan quit the team, then they'd have a happily ever after. Is she so blind to his arrogance and total disrespect toward her? In other ways she is so sensitive and insightful, but when it comes to Nathan, she is just dumb.The setup with Lucas noticing Peyton dump her sketches in the bin was so contrived. I mean talk about a co-incidence. I didn't believe that would happen.

Does anyone else sometimes have trouble understanding Hayley? Acting happy or excited doesn't mean talk fast. It's kinda annoying.

Overall a nice episode about the journey through fear, but marked down a couple of points due to the setup with the dumping of the sketches, not believing Peyton would be so clueless, and Hayley speed talking.