How one tree hill started

One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill is a teen television drama which premiered on September 23, 2003; it was created by Mark Schwahn who wanted to make this into a full featured film called “Ravens” but ended up making it an hour long teen drama which is in its 6th Season now. One Tree Hill has continued to be appreciated both by critics as well as viewers, it has also been said that it has a storyline which is similar to “Dawsons Creek” which starred Katie Holmes. The name of the show was inspired by U2’s song “One Tree Hill” which is named after a place in New Zealand. One Tree Hill is depicted as a sports drama revolving around Basketball and Guys, but as you watch the show you will realize, it is more about relationships and hence has attracted a huge fan following of girls.
The story of One Tree Hill is set in a fictional town of Tree Hill, North Carolina revolving around two half brothers who share the same last name but have different mothers. It is a story about Nathan Scott (a son whose father abandoned him) and Lucas Scott (a son who is currently staying with the father). Both the brothers are very different from each other, yet they share a history which comes to haunt them. Their father Dan Scott is a former high school basketball superstar who has a lot of say on who should be chosen for high school basketball team and also he wants his son Lucas to be a basketball star like he was in olden days, to his dismay the coach Whitney Durham chooses Nathan Scott to play in the team too. Both the brothers join the basketball team, there is a constant friction between them on the court as well as off the court. If that was not enough, both of them fall in love with the same girl ‘Peyton Sawyer’ who is a cheerleader who is also torn in between the battle between brothers. ‘One Tree Hill’ is a journey about brothers who are made to hate each other because of the circumstances and how as the show goes along, they know each other better and become real brothers.

The Important characters of the show are:
Lucas Scott - He is a protagonist of One Tree Hill around whom story revolves. He is a son whose father abandoned him and who has a found a father figure in Keith, who is brother of Dan. The passion of Lucas has always been basketball and reading Shakespeare and other literatures. Haley is Lucas’s best friend, with whom he is most comfortable. He also has a serious heart condition, which he has kept a secret for long.
Nathan Scott – Nathan is the son who is claimed by Dan, even though he is not in good terms with both his parents. Haley is the love of his life and he gets married to her in Season 1. Nathan and Lucas start out as enemies at the start of the season and slowly become friends and brothers as the show progresses. Nathan’s only passion is basketball and he is most of the times seen playing it. During the Season 5 of the series, he is almost paralyzed in a fight and slowly regains and starts making a comeback in Basketball.

Peyton Sawyer – She is the cheerleader to whom Lucas is attracted, her two passions in life are music and art; and who drives around the city in vintage car listening to punk rock. She also finds out that she is adopted and also starts looking for her biological parents. She eventually finds her mother who dies of breast cancer in later episodes. Lucas asks her to marry him in the later seasons and we will have to see, what her answer will be.
Haley James Scott – She is Lucas’s best friend and wife of Nathan. She is an intelligent woman who is down to earth too. She is good friends with almost everyone and she is also not very good at sports.
Brooke Davis – She is the best friend of Haley and captain of cheerleading squad. She has dated Lucas twice and both the times, their relationship hasn’t worked out. She starts a store in Tree Hill called ‘Clothes over Bros’ which goes on to become a household name. Even though she is rich, there is something lacking in her personal life which makes her sad.
Dan Scott – A former great basketball player of Tree Hill, who is a father to both Nathan and Lucas. He doesn’t like Lucas and doesn’t want anything to do with him. His marriage to Deb deteriorates and finally they break up. Nathan and Deb, try to get away from him. Dan in the later season kills his brother Keith for which he goes to prison.
Coach Whitney Durham- The coach for Ravens for 30 years. He has been a coach to Dan, Lucas and Nathan and he doesn’t like Dan because of their different views in team selection. He retires after Ravens win the coveted State Championship title.
Keith Scott – He is the older brother of Dan who is a kinder and better person than Dan. He is a surrogate father to Lucas and falls in love with Karen in the later seasons. Keith has an ongoing rivalry with his brother and also has a drinking problem.
Karen Roe – She is the mother of Lucas and the wife who was abandoned by Dan in high school. Lucas was raised alone by Karen and with help from Keith. She gives birth to Lily after the death of Keith.
Deb Scott – Dan’s alcoholic wife and Nathan’s mother. She is addicted to pills, she slowly overcomes addiction. She was married to Dan Scott for 17 years before divorcing him.