Nathan's depression hits rock-bottom, to the point of ignoring Jamie, so Hayley warns she may leave him. Uncle Lucas steps in as father figure when Jamie enters a go cart competition. Lucas takes the coach job for his high-school team the Ravens, assisted by Skills, but most promising player Quentin Fields is an arrogant idiot, who must be suspended due to his misbehavior in Hayley's class. Nathan nearly drowns himself but hen decides to pick himself up for Jamie's sake. Brooke decides to invest in a record label for house-mate Peyton to run. Nathan and Hayley hire a foxy nanny.

Haley tries to encourage a student, who is a troublemaker, to join the Ravens. Nathan goes and vists Dan in prison, without Lucas aware. Brooke is edgy after her manager, tracks her down in Tree Hill. Peyton finds new talent for the reopening of Tric, with the help of Haley. Lucas lets Peyton be the manager of Tric. Linsday, Lucas's girlfriend is worried after meeting Brooke and Peyton.

Brooke buys Karens Cafe, and turns it into a Clothes Over Bro's boutique. Everyone goes to the opening of the store, including Brooke's Manager mother, who has seemed to track her down. Lucas and Peyton cause friction at the opening.

Nurse Carrie isn't just an ideal playmate for Jamie, who has nightmares since Skillz told him too much about Dan. Her charms should make Haley jealous, but she doesn't realize yet that Carrie really lusts for the hunky husband. Mouth is deputized by the night-shift to ask for better working conditions from their boss Alice; he actually may earn a TV reporter spot as her "play thing". Peyton clashes instantly with Brooke's bossy mother, Victoria, who scares her new label's only star, Mia, and calls Brooke too dumb to run the fashion business herself. Lucas considers proposing to Lindsay and won't accept Peyton's claim that he 'gave up on their true love' during or after his 'ambush proposal'.

It's a Tree Hill reunion as the entire gang gathers at Tric to see musical group The Honorary Title perform. Victoria turns up at the club which infuriates Brooke. Meanwhile, Brooke sets up her assistant Millicent with Mouth but Alice ruins the set-up for him by threatening to have him fired if he kisses Millicent. Peyton arranges for Mia to sing at Tric and Lucas proposes to Lindsay which stuns Peyton.