Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Galeotti, James Lafferty, Sophia Bush, Lee Norris, Antwon Tanner...
Focusing on the basketball team at Tree Hill High, Tree Hill, North Carolina, originally trailing the lives of half brothers Nathan (Lafferty) and Lucas (Murray). Their relationships changes throughout the show starting as warring enemies to affectionate friends. Both of their relationships with the female characters are also under a lot of scrutiny. The show when it was in its infancy, the show seemed to focus on five central characters; the aforementioned Lucas and Nathan Scott, Haley James, Peyton Sawyer and Brooke Davis. All the main characters change almost unrecognisably throughout the current 8 seasons. For the first four seasons, the show is set when the characters are at high school and from the fifth season onwards it is set at least five years from the group's graduation. Music plays a massive part in the show, in the first few series this is shown through Peyton's almost obsessive need for music. It is used by many bands as a vehicle to showcase their music. This is because they know that a large amount of 12-30 year olds watch around the world especially in the US and UK where a great deal of music is listened to, especially the type that features. Since the fifth season when it went forward in time, the show has evolved its storylines to incorparate things that have become more relevant to the group since they have grown up. In the seventh season, due to Lucas and Peyton's departure, Schwahn decided to introduce a number of new characters. Haley's sister, Quinn is brought in, fresh from a separation from her husband, her storylines focus around her coping with her new found singularity. Nathan's sports agent and newfound best friend, Clay is brought in. He is shown to be a ladies man at the beginning of his time on the show but as his back story is explored it is shown that he has a lot of baggage. His women related antics are shown to be a direct result of the fact that her wife, Sara died suddenly, leaving him alone and destitute. Also, there are a couple of other new characters, Alex Dupre, a seemingly washed up actress and Julian Baker who has appeared in previous seasons but becomes a regular in season 7, his relationship with Brooke and blossoming film directing career have been his major story arcs.This show has been a major part of my tv schedule since I found it when it was in its 3rd series being shown on British television on e4. It is pure escapism for someone who lives in the Jeremy Kyle guest holding pen that is Weston-s-Mare. No one is ugly in Tree Hill, for the most part the ideology of the show is that of positivity, minus the Columbine style school shootout and crazy stalker masquerading himself as Peyton's half brother. The focus of the first four seasons or so on basketball really got me interested in the sport. I was not the only one that was like this and basketball became the big sport in my school for a period of time, this shows the appeal of the show. Any show that has lasted for 7 years can't a bad one. I definitely rate this and I'll probably watch it over and over again on dvd for years to come. Although it will be repeated on tv so buying the dvds would probably be a waste of money. Great show.
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