Episode: 2x23 (Season 2 Episode 23)
Name: The Leavers Dance (2)
Originally Aired: May. 24, 2005
Plot: Karen decides to spend the summer with Andy in New Zealand, but is shocked when she sees Keith for a brief moment outside of her cafe. Brooke prepares to move to California, but before she does so Lucas confesses to her his true feelings for her. Meanwhile, several citizens' tensions mount against Dan, someone seeks their revenge on him by drugging Dan then setting the dealership on fire. Elsewhere, Haley quits the tour and arrives home at Nathan's doorstep.
Episode: 2x22 (Season 2 Episode 22)
Name: The Tide That Left and Never Came Back (1)
Originally Aired: May. 24, 2005
Plot: Lucas and Brooke head to New York together to visit Haley. There they get a glimpse of what Haley's life has become and Lucas tries to convince her to come home. However, despite Lucas telling her how depressed Nathan is without her, Haley tells Lucas she isn't coming home. Back in Tree Hill, Nathan and Deb plot to get Dan out of their lives for good. Peyton is able to get Jimmy Eat World to perform at TRIC, but her elation brought on by the performance is dashed when Jake decides to leave Tree Hill once again. Meanwhile, Andy invites Karen to spend the summer in New Zealand with him.
Episode: 2x21 (Season 2 Episode 21)
Name: What Could Have Been
Originally Aired: May. 17, 2005
Plot: After his hospital stay following the accident, Nathan comes home to a pile of medical bills. To help him financially, Lucas and Peyton throw Nathan and movie night fundraiser at TRIC. Meanwhile, Dan brings Nathan annulment papers, then visits Haley on tour to have her sign them after he convinces Nathan to end his marriage. Elsewhere, Brooke decides she wants to be more than friends with Lucas, but hesitates to let him in a second time.
Episode: 2x20 (Season 2 Episode 20)
Name: Lifetime Piling Up
Originally Aired: May. 10, 2005
Plot: While in a coma after his racing accident, Nathan has a bizarre dream about what life would be like had Dan chosen Karen over Deb. In this dream, Lucas and Nathan have polar opposite lives than what they have in reality -- Lucas grew up in a privileged world while Deb and Nathan struggled to make ends meet. Meanwhile, when Nathan wakes up he tells Haley he doesn't want her to come home and Deb continues to face her pill addiction.
Episode: 2x19 (Season 2 Episode 19)
Name: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Originally Aired: May. 03, 2005
Plot: Cooper, Nathan's uncle, arrives in Tree Hill to help his nephew through the tough times he's facing. In order to do so, Cooper takes Nathan and Lucas on a road trip to a race track. There, Nathan and Lucas get the chance to race, but things take a turn for the worst when Nathan loses control, crashes into a wall, and is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, Deb's addiction continues to grow and Dan exposes Karen and Andy's relationship to Andy's class.
Episode: 2x18 (Season 2 Episode 18)
Name: The Lonesome Road
Originally Aired: Apr. 26, 2005
Plot: On the drive home from seeing Haley, Nathan stops to visit Taylor hoping that she'll take his mind off of the pain Haley caused him. Meanwhile, Anna is shocked when her ex-girlfriend drops by for a visit, and her visit inspires Anna to come out to her parents. Elsewhere, Lucas and Andy team up to bring down Dan once and for all; Karen shows Brooke some tough love; and Peyton and Jake struggle to keep Jenny away from Nicki.
Episode: 2x17 (Season 2 Episode 17)
Name: Something I Can Never Have
Originally Aired: Apr. 19, 2005
Plot: In the fallout of the revelation of Jules and Dan's agreement, Keith becomes increasingly violent towards Dan and angry towards Lucas and Karen for lying to him. At school, Anna turns Felix in when she discovers that he was the one that vandalized Peyton's locker, a fact that also leads to Brooke breaking up with Felix. Meanwhile, Brooke learns that she's moving to California and Nathan, with Deb's encouragement, decides to take a chance and goes to bring Haley home.
Episode: 2x16 (Season 2 Episode 16)
Name: Somewhere A Clock is Ticking
Originally Aired: Mar. 01, 2005
Plot: Keith and Jules' wedding day arrives and the event turns Tree Hill upside down. Brooke begs Lucas to take her to the wedding, and he agrees much to Felix's disgust. As Keith and Jules prepare to exchange vows, Nathan makes an important decision that might dissolve his vows with Haley. Meanwhile, Jake and Peyton take a big step in their relationship and Karen and Andy make a startling discovery about Jules.
Episode: 2x15 (Season 2 Episode 15)
Name: Unopened Letters to the World
Originally Aired: Feb. 22, 2005
Plot: Tree Hill High records a video for a time capsule project and each of the students confess their secrets in private on a tape to be shown fifty years from now. In the anonymous booth, Nathan lets out his anger of Haley leaving him for the tour, anger which later lands both him and Lucas in jail. Peyton and Jake both confess their true feelings for each other on the tape as their feelings for each other begin to blossom and heat up. Anna confesses her deepest, most guarded secret, but instantly regrets it. Meanwhile, Felix throws Brooke a party to celebrate her being elected student body president. Elsewhere, Karen takes Dan and Lucas to court in order to get Lucas back home, but Lucas opts to live with Dan and Deb instead.
Episode: 2x14 (Season 2 Episode 14)
Name: Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Originally Aired: Feb. 15, 2005
Plot: With his marriage to Haley slowly starting to fall apart, Nathan slips into an emotional crisis and reverts to his old ways. Karen continues to stress over what would cause Lucas to move in with Dan and leans on Andy for support. Meanwhile, Jake and Peyton's new relationship begins to grow even stronger.
Episode: 2x13 (Season 2 Episode 13)
Name: The Hero Dies In This One
Originally Aired: Feb. 08, 2005
Plot: Duo Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp (collectively known as The Wreckers) come to Tree Hill to perform at TRIC. As The Wreckers play, Haley realizes that her passion in life is a career in the music industry. Meanwhile, Lucas decides to move in with Dan in order to keep the truth about Dan and Jules' arrangement a secret, but his decision hurts both his relationship with his mother and with Nathan. Meanwhile, Brooke decides to run for Student Council president and soon realizes it will be more than she had planned for; and Peyton and Jake's friendship begins to blossom into something more.
Episode: 2x12 (Season 2 Episode 12)
Name: Between Order and Randomness
Originally Aired: Feb. 01, 2005
Plot: Nathan decides to tell Haley the truth about his past with Taylor, but Haley chooses to keep seeing Chris without telling Nathan. Lucas and Karen fight over Lucas' refusal to take the HCM test. Meanwhile, Keith proposes to Jules and Brooke fights for better working conditions at her first job.
Episode: 2x11 (Season 2 Episode 11)
Name: The Heart Brings You Back
Originally Aired: Jan. 25, 2005
Plot: Haley is shocked when her older sister, Taylor, unexpectedly stops by town for a visit, but not as shocked as Nathan when he realizes his past connection to her. Meanwhile, Brooke and Felix decide to stop being friends with benefits and start being a couple; Anna confides her deepest secret to Lucas; and as Peyton continues to fight the urge to turn to drugs to help her problems, a surprise visitor arrives in Tree Hill.
Episode: 2x10 (Season 2 Episode 10)
Name: Don't Take Me for Granted
Originally Aired: Nov. 30, 2004
Plot: Nathan, worried about Lucas' well-being, tells Karen that Lucas didn't take the HCM test. Dan, getting back to work after his heart attack, offers Keith the position of Vice President at the dealership. Meanwhile, Peyton is forced to deal with rumors at school that she is a lesbian and is furious when Anna refuses to help her. Meanwhile, Nathan and Haley's marriage continues to suffer as Haley continues spending time with Chris.
Episode: 2x09 (Season 2 Episode 09)
Name: The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
Originally Aired: Nov. 16, 2004
Plot: During the Tree Hill High semi-formal dance, Lucas brings Anna as his date but ends up with Brooke instead. Nathan plans out the perfect night for Haley, but his plans are ruined when Haley comes late to the dance because she was with Chris. Meanwhile, Peyton continues to deal with the mounting pressure to do drugs, especially after Anna lashes out at her during the dance.
Episode: 2x08 (Season 2 Episode 08)
Name: Truth, Bitter Truth
Originally Aired: Nov. 09, 2004
Plot: Nathan and Lucas take a road trip to Charlotte for the Bobcats' basketball game and free HCM tests. While the boys are away, the girls have a slumber party at Haley's where things quickly get out of control when secrets are revealed -- Peyton doing cocaine, Haley lying to Nathan about Chris, and Brooke having sex in Haley's bed. Meanwhile, Karen begins to have doubts about her relationship with Andy when he gives her an A+ on a paper while she's in her bedroom. Later, the results of the HCM test are revealed.
Episode: 2x07 (Season 2 Episode 07)
Name: Let the Reigns Go Loose
Originally Aired: Nov. 02, 2004
Plot: While Tree Hill comes together for the opening of TRIC, Lucas and Felix have it out over Anna and Chris walks out on his gig, leaving Haley to face her fear of performing in front of crowds. Brooke, depressed over her current financial status, gets drunk at the opening and Mouth tends to her, but Felix takes the credit for it. Meanwhile, Dan, staying true to his old form, "accidentally" tells Karen that Keith slept with Deb, which Deb denies, and Keith and Jules' relationship continues to progress.
Episode: 2x06 (Season 2 Episode 06)
Name: We Might As Well Be Strangers
Originally Aired: Oct. 26, 2004
Plot: With the new arrangements "Dare Night" facilitated, as well as a romantic meteor shower, Lucas spends the evening with Anna while Brooke and Felix decide to be friends ... with benefits. Meanwhile, Andy and Karen share a romantic dinner, Keith and Jules share their first date, and Dan lies to Deb in order to keep her close to him. Elsewhere, Peyton searches for TRIC's opening night performer.
Episode: 2x05 (Season 2 Episode 05)
Name: I Will Dare
Originally Aired: Oct. 19, 2004
Plot: Felix puts together a "dare night" that tests the limits of his new classmates. During the game, Lucas meets a mysterious new girl, Anna, who is connected to the gang in a way they don't yet know while Peyton confesses to the church that she recently did cocaine. Meanwhile, Keith is caught of guard when a beautiful woman comes to the dealership to buy a car and the two end up hitting it off and Karen goes on a date with her professor, Andy.
Episode: 2x04 (Season 2 Episode 04)
Name: You Can't Always Get What You Want
Originally Aired: Oct. 12, 2004
Plot: Brooke's new neighbor, who Peyton quickly dubs "Brooke in pants", is quick to make an impression in Tree Hill. Though he and Brooke get off to a bad start, he comes to Brooke's aid when she is caught shoplifting. Meanwhile, Nathan and Haley have their first post-marital fight when Nathan buys her an expensive keyboard instead of a car. Elsewhere, Lucas and Dan begin to make strides in their relationship, but they quickly lose the ground they gained when Dan reverts back to his old ways.
Episode: 2x03 (Season 2 Episode 03)
Name: Near Wild Heaven
Originally Aired: Oct. 05, 2004
Plot: Despite Nathan and Haley already being married, Tim insists on throwing Nathan the bachelor party that he missed out on, while Brooke throws Haley a bachelorette party to remember. Meanwhile, Lucas debates whether or not to visit Dan in the hospital; Karen goes back to school; and Keith hires Nathan to work at the dealership.
Episode: 2x02 (Season 2 Episode 02)
Name: The Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
Originally Aired: Sep. 28, 2004
Plot: Lucas, with the help of Peyton and Brooke, throws Nathan and Haley a wedding reception. Despite Haley's parents supporting the marriage, Deb has a difficult time dealing with it, leading to a hostile confrontation between Haley and Deb. Meanwhile, Dan attempts to mend his relationships with Lucas and Deb now that he's been given a second chance at life.
Episode: 2x01 (Season 2 Episode 01)
Name: The Desperate Kingdom of Love
Originally Aired: Sep. 21, 2004
Plot: Lucas and Keith learn about Dan's heart attack and have to choose between staying in Charleston or lending support to their family back in Tree Hill. Deb, dealing with guilt of being the cause of Dan's heart attack, lashes out at Nathan and Haley when she learns that they got married. Meanwhile, Brooke and Peyton work on mending their friendship, both angry at Lucas for leaving without saying goodbye.
