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For the past nine years
we've watched them live..

Wow, it's coming to an end.
Nine years.

Grow..

It's turned into something
more than

I could've ever
imagined it being.

We're just so fortunate
to have had

an experience like this.

And triumph..

This show is one of the
biggest underdog

success stories in
television history.

How many shows can look back

and say,
"Nine years on the air?"

It's been incredible
to go on the journey.

I think I'm having my baby.

Everyone's incredibly
grateful and appreciative.

Nathan!

We made it nine seasons.

And everybody always told us
that we couldn't do it.

Hoes over bros.

We really have had so much fun.

I will always protect you.

TV is about characters.
You've to care about the people.

- This is good, isn't it?
- It's perfect.

We've gone through not only our
ups and downs as individuals

but our ups and downs
with each other.

Let's do something great today.

Tonight, creator Mark Schwahn..

What I'll miss the most about

making the show
are the relationships.

And the cast of
"One Tree Hill.."

It resonates with people
on a very personal level.

Look back on an
incredible journey

of the friends we've come
to know and love.

I feel like I've a history
and I have a family.

Marry me, Quinn James.

That's gonna be the hardest
to walk away from.

Yes, of course, I will.

It's like having a friend
or a loved one

that you know you're not
gonna see anymore.

I'm with you every day.

And it is personally satisfying
to say, like

"What an accomplishment."

It's one of the most..

Amazing experiences
I've ever had.

- You did it!
- We did it.

It's immense
and it's beautiful and..

I don't think any of us
will ever have

an experience like this again.

Tonight marks the final chapter
of "One Tree Hill"

the landmark drama
that spanned nine seasons

across two television networks.

We're not gonna get sad.
Nothing's gonna change now.

'We'll all be friends forever.'

But before we say goodbye

we celebrate the people

the stories and the music

that made the small town
of Tree Hill, North Carolina

a destination for millions
of adoring fans.

This was somewhat
of a coming-of-age show.

We met our characters
as juniors in high school.

To spend nine years
with those characters

you can feel so much growth.

Nathan, remember,
20 shots, no less.

Got it, dad.

When I first wrote it

it was meant to be
a feature film.

I pitched it as Cain and Abel
on a basketball court.

You ready for this?

Because Nathan and Lucas

were half brothers

and they were adversarial

and they were from
different worlds.

Creator Mark Schwahn
eventually decided

to bring the story
to television.

In a movie, you're gonna spend
two hours in that world.

Why don't you spend 22 hours
a year in that world?

But when the series premier
was moved to an earlier date

the show was faced
with a challenging launch.

Nine years ago, if you weren't
in the advanced magazines

nobody knew your show was on

so when the show debuted,
the ratings were very low.

"One Tree Hill" premiered
on September 23, 2003

featuring a young
but enthusiastic cast.

There's no way
I could ever imagine

that I'd be sitting here
doing an interview

for season nine
back when I was 18 years old

when I first started the show.

I was like,
"Oh, this-this is pretty good."

'Nathan for the win.'

Holy crap! Did you see that?

So I called Mark
and I was like, "Hey, Mark"

I think this show
can make it, man."

Don't worry, dad.

Your dreams are still safe.

The good news was
that our ratings

kept going up every week

and that doesn't really happen.

Whoever saw the show

was still watching the show

and each week, a few more people
would find the show.

When you're ready, I'll be too.

♪ L-o-v-e is gonna catch you ♪♪

By mid-season, season one,
we were a hit.

Before the first year
drew to a close

a fiercely loyal fan base
began to form.

One of my favorite memories
was getting the phone call

from Tony DiSanto at MTV and
said "Are you watching this?"

I said "No, I'm on
the West Coast." He goes..

"People are outside
they're out of control.

It is as big as when
Eminem's was here last week."

I said, "For what?" He goes,
"For your 'One Tree Hill' kids."

And that was a really good
memory, 'cause we knew

we had caught some traction
and the show started taking off.

And I think with each year
that passed

we did get a little bit
more confidence

moving forward that maybe
we would come back.

Every season,
we'd be on the bubble

and we would seemingly win
every online poll.

And the fans would bombard
the network with basketballs

or things that were significant
to a story line that season.

We've all had this
really special experience

with our fans,
because we were all kind of

riding the same anxiety
every year.

Is the show gonna keep going?

Are we gonna get to keep
telling these stories?

And it-it created this bond.

Thanks to the great story that

Schwahn and all the writers
put out, this has been

a marathon o-of a TV show
in a great way.

It's very rare, actually,
that you see

nine seasons
of a television show.

It's just Hall of Fame status.

This place will always be
with you.

Considering where we came from
and considering

the huge odds against us

there's not many more

greater underdog
success stories than ours.

There is only one Tree Hill..

And it's your home.

Anyway, man, what you
reading these days, man?

Ah, Steinbeck.

"The Winter
of Our Discontent."

Let me hear some.

- Nah.
- Come on, dog.

You know I be reading
vicariously through you.

From the beginning,
"One Tree Hill"

had many influences.

- Man, I used to love Journey.
- Wow.

The end of the first episode
has a quote from Shakespeare

and that quote is very
indicative of the show itself.

"There is a tide
in the affairs of men

which taken at the flood,
leads on to fortune."

I was attracted
to classic literature

because I felt like
the stories we were telling

were about these kids
in this time

and yet, these quotes
from hundreds of years ago

applied perfectly
to their situation.

"And we must take
the current when it serves

or lose the ventures
before us."

The quote is basically
about opportunity.

That's what the show was to me
and to the people involved.

Opportunity is calling.
What are you gonna do?

If music and literature

provided the heart of the series

its soul came from
a different place.

I'm a fan of sports in general

how inspiring
sports can be and about

how athletes can remind us

that we all have greatness
inside of us.

It's a great terrain
to set stories.

'Lucas Scott with the ball,
alley-oops to Nathan.'

'The birds have taken flight.'

North Carolina is
a basketball hotbed

and a natural location
for the series.

I set "One Tree Hill"
in Illinois

because that's where I was from

but because of
production concerns

the studio asked me to look at
some warmer weather states.

One of the states they wanted me

to look at was North Carolina.

Once I got there,
it was beautiful.

And they took me to look at
Michael Jordan's

high school gym.

And I said, "We're good.
This will be perfect."

And that was Laney High School
and that's where

the Ravens played
their basketball.

The town of Wilmington
provided the perfect backdrop.

I know a place open all night.
Let's roll.

I was so captivated

by the view of the town
from Battleship Park.

Our gaffers and our riggers
lit that town so magically.

Any time you see us
at the River Court at night

all of those lights
on the other side

of the river are ours.

When I was 17 years old

I was shooting for
14 hours a day

on that River Court,
and it's turned into something

more than I could've
ever imagined it being

and that River Court
has been a fixture

throughout this whole journey.

Filming basketball sequences

was made easier
by the series' star player.

As a sports fan,
you want things to be authentic.

When I got James Lafferty
to play Nathan

he was living in
He met, California

playing high school basketball.

"It was such a luxury to turn
to the 6'2" 17-year-old kid

and say, "Well, it says you have
to dunk, so you've to dunk."

He's so competitive.
He just threw the dunk down.

And I thought, "This is
gonna be really special."

We win!

And while games in Tree Hill

created incredible moments..

So who do you want
standing next to you?

It was the stories
that rose to the top.

It's okay. Go.

I just felt like
I understood young voices

and I always knew what the
moments were going to be.

When all my dreams come true,
the one I want

next to me is you.

You know that they were
gonna be more powerful

and relevant
than the actual sport.

If today is the best
it ever gets for me..

- Will that be enough?
- Of course.

There is something
that this show does

to our core audience.

It resonates with people
on a very personal level.

Haley, listen,
this is not a mistake.

How can you be sure?

Because there's nobody

that thinks this can work.

I do.

Figuring out how to
persevere through

the hard times in life..

I will always protect you,
always.

Difficult marriage
or difficult friendships

deaths or kidnappings..

You should always be able to..

To be exploring
and finding new things

with a character
that you play this long.

We don't want to be vulnerable

and we don't wanna show
that we struggle.

We don't always make
the best choices

that mirrors life, you know,

you stumble, you fall,
but you're always redeemed.

Meet me halfway here?

- Why should I?
- Because I'm sorry.

Everybody has obstacles
and difficulties

but sometimes, quietly,
it's nice to hear

that it's gonna be okay.

And because you're
looking really hot

standing out here in the rain
and I'm thinking

I have to kiss you.

Well, if you have to.

♪ I'm gonna love you more ♪

♪ Than anyone ♪♪

Do you've the new
Haley James album?

♪ This is just a stage ♪♪

On vinyl?

Nice.
Yeah, I got a promo copy.

From the beginning,
"One Tree Hill"

had not only
a defining look and tone

but a defining sound as well.

DJ Bobo?

Where're the X-Ecutioners

or-or The Chemical Brothers
or anything?

I think it's really good you're
fighting with Nathan again.

- You do?
- Yeah.

Every time you guys fight,
I get to hear new music.

Kids have a soundtrack
to their lives.

Most everyone is a music fan.

This one's for you, Haley.

So very early on,
we wanted music

to be a focal point of the show.

Hey, guys, this is Kate Voegele
from "One Tree Hill."

We opened Tric in season two

so that we could feature
more bands and more artists.

Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp
are playing at Tric tomorrow!

- No way! That's awesome!
- Yes!

It's almost like we made
a mix tape every week

and I gotta give my mix tape
to millions of people

"and say," Here's
what I'm listening to

and here's what I love."

♪ As high as the moon so high ♪

I'm proud that I got to shine
a light on some greatness.

I remember saying to
Kate Voegele once

"You were always great.

"We just had the vehicle

that could shine
a light on that."

♪ Coming from you
it was enough ♪♪

It could still
happen for you, Haley.

- It will, someday.
- Well, someday is here.

I talked to Michelle.
She wants you on the tour.

We had plans to send Haley,
the character

on tour and I said to Joe Davola

"Why don't we send Joy
on tour as well?"

They took, uh, musicians
from the show

myself, uh, The Wreckers

who was Michelle Branch
and Jessica Harp

Bethany Joy and Gavin DeGraw
was on a lot of the dates.

And it sold out, every city.

You could just totally
feel the energy.

The fans, they were like,
"What? This is, like..

It's like a-a live extension
of the show."

How do you like Tyler Hilton?

It was a frenzy.

It was something
that, uh, I'll never forget.

How's everybody doing tonight?
Alright.

The series toured again
in season six

this time for U.S. Troops.

Two hours ago in Iraq, okay?

That's real.
That's why we're here.

We love you guys.

"One Tree Hill" fans

had an enormous appetite

for music.

And the series became
a destination

for new and emerging artists.

- You're Gavin DeGraw.
- Uh, yeah, that's me.

♪ I don't want to be
anything other than ♪

I had a new album out
and was struggling

and we struck up a friendship
and a relationship.

That alliance would give
"One Tree Hill"

its signature sound.

People know those notes
when they start.

They know that it's this place

that it's this group,
that it's this family.

♪ I don't want to be
anything other than me ♪

That song, "I Don't
Want To Be," went platinum.

It went number one and that was
a year after that record

came out and it was because of
the "One Tree Hill" fans.

"One Tree Hill!"

This show has the most dedicated
fans of anybody I've ever seen.

When you meet them in person

they convey that passion
and that energy.

They've immersed themselves
in this little town

of Tree Hill and, you know, love
the characters that inhabit it.

It's amazing to have all these
people showering you with love.

They was like, "Oh, we're
coming from France."

"We're coming from Australia."
"We're coming from London."

I was like, "You saved up all
your money to come over here?"

That's dedication.

We've called on them

throughout the years to
bother the network

to get us picked up

to show up at the mall tours

to show up at the concerts.

People have invested
nine years of their lives

you go from junior high
to out of college

and to think that this show
was an ally to them

at that time is very humbling.

With such a dedicated following

the show looked for more ways
to reach out and connect.

We would always think about
if this were your favorite show

what would be cool?

Come on.
We're all graduating soon.

It could be like a last hurrah.

'I bought red vines.'

You can't have a road trip
without red vines.

What if the characters
came to your town

and you were you, but the
characters were the characters?

A contest was created

and fans across the country
submitted videos

to bring "One Tree Hill"
to their hometown..

How about you come to us?

And a small Texas town
became the principal location.

- Action!
- 'This is it.'

Honey Grove,
the sweetest town in Texas.

The first night we got there

uh, James Lafferty
and Antwon Tanner and I

wanted to go play basketball.

The people showing us mad love,
so happy to be here.

We just scrimmaged with the
team for, like, a couple hours

and by the end of the scrimmage

the bleachers were fairly full.

- You guys crashing?
- No.

'We know everybody
in our school.'

You won't tell anyone, will you?

No, it's cool.

When we shot the scenes
outside, it was like a parade.

It's like this huge experience
for them

as much it is for the cast.

We made the front page
of "The Weekly Gazette."

We've really created bonds

with the people
who watch our show

that no other show,
I think, has really done.

I think I'm gonna miss
Honey Grove.

Yeah, me too.

One of the reasons
you get to a 187 episodes

is you make the decisions

with the show's best interest
in mind

and with the fans in mind.

♪ Yeah yeah ♪♪

No!

Over the course of nine seasons

"One Tree Hill"
meant different things

to different audiences.

For some people,
it was a guilty pleasure.

We did psychos,
and we did car crashes.

We never set out
to make it that way

and I think, for our fans,
it was not that.

It was very heartfelt
and very real.

Dance with me.

Sometimes, we wanted
the small moments

to be the big moments

and other times, we wanted it
to be loud and scary..

- I need a doctor!
- And mysterious.

What's going on?

We wanted to leave people

on the edge of their seat.

The cast and crew
of "One Tree Hill"

brought their "A" game
to every episode.

- How're you doing, champ?
- I just wanna get out of here.

At no time was it needed more
than in season eight.

No, stop!

"Darkness On The Edge Of Town"
was a great episode

because it was so big.

It was a hurricane
and it was rain towers.

I'm kind of down on this
rain thing right now.

It was a car off a bridge
and then the dam broke.

Save him and then save me,
please. He's just a boy.

It was amazing to watch
the crew and cast.

I remember Jackson Brundage,
who plays Jamie.

That kid is so good
in that episode.

You're gonna be my best man
in our wedding.

- Right?
- Yeah.

We were all concerned about

putting him in the car

whether he'd be
freaked out about it.

Come on. I got you.

The fake rain

and the car in the lake

all the bridge and the rain
and stuff, I think that was fun.

There was never a moment
where he didn't think

it was a wonderful playground.

'Nathan Scott passes to Lucas
for three and the win!'

The state championship game,
that was a huge undertaking.

'It's good!'

When the Ravens finally won
the state championship

and then Haley is hit by a car..

- Look out!
- Haley!

That was not only
a really big episode

in terms of its ambition
and scope..

It's bad, Peyton.
It's really bad.

But emotionally, for the actors
making the episode

for the fans,
that was a big one.

But a daring story line
in season three

brought "One Tree Hill"
its defining episode.

Somebody was talking about
Columbine and I remember

every time they said the word,
they would whisper it.

"And I remember thinking,
you know, "What a tragedy.

Somebody should say something
loudly about it."

It was a testament
to the studio and network

that the executives trusted us
to make that episode

because it could go very wrong
and the last thing anybody wants

is that somehow we glamorize
a kid in school with a handgun.

You don't have a record, Jim.

You're a good student,
and you're a minor.

Yeah, maybe this isn't
as bad as you think.

This ain't "Breakfast Club."
Let's face it!

This is the most any of us
have talked in four years!

Just a 100 percent every day,
just so emotional.

That voice in your head
that's-that's saying

there's no way out,
it's wrong, Jimmy!

Please, just believe me.
It gets better.

- I'm sorry.
- No!

It was very challenging
to our audience

but I felt like we'd
always gotten a good story

out of those challenges.

We killed a beloved character
in Keith Scott.

I had a quiet instinct that
it was a story worth telling.

That episode was
the cornerstone of-of us

getting to season nine.

Creative risk paid off again..

Excuse me. Can you tell me
what's happening?

When Keith returned
in a landmark holiday episode.

Hi, Luke.

There are a lot of people
who have lost someone.

And in our episode, this kid
gets to see his uncle again.

I didn't come here to make you
believe in me.

I came here to make you
believe in you.

I think the show was
at its best when it was

a quiet ally to our audience

when somebody
that I'll never meet

was struggling with something

and they learned something
from the show

that made it
a little bit better.

Most people
are stronger than they know.

They just.. They forget
to believe in it sometimes.

From the conversations
I've had with fans

the show has helped them through
tough periods in their life.

I think that's a testament to
where the heart of our show is.

I'm gonna miss you so much.

Why?

I'm with you every day.

If that one sentence
finds someone

at a time where
they're missing someone

that's a worthy hour
of television.

Those moments touched
the hearts and minds

of cast members as well as fans.

Mark told me something
really early on when I

started the show
and he said, "Be in it"

just meaning in like,
every moment

whether it be good or bad
or challenging

or being vulnerable
or being emotional

or just whatever that it is
for that moment

because if you're not in that
moment, you're probably

not gonna take away what it is
that you're supposed to.

We've been through the good,
the bad, the ugly

and the beautiful here.

And I think we're
just so fortunate

to have had this experience
like this.

It's-it's one in a million.

Can you tell me more
about the stunning

some might say brilliant
character of Brooke Davis?

I think that TV
is about characters.

You can do hooks
and high-concept in movies

but if you want everyone
to come back every week

you've to care about the people.

And audiences have cared

about this group of characters
they've come to love.

It's been enormous evolution
for Brooke Davis.

- Brooke, let me in.
- She always had a great heart.

No, it's not ready. Go away.

It's my apartment and it's my..

Wedding dress, for that matter.

No, it will be, but for now

it is my wedding dress
and it is not ready.

And she's always been
a really fierce

and passionate person
and friend.

You're speechless!
Oh, I knew you would be.

Hold on.
There's one more thing.

Do you get it? Halo?

Haley was this
really snarky, sarcastic

fast-talking, awkward girl.

Oh, the magazine pages
are sticky again, little pervs.

Oh, hey, Luke.
You've been reading this?

We both grew up together,
she and I.

- Come with me.
- Lunchtime quickie. Nice.

I wouldn't trade my character
for any of them.

I think this is the coolest one.

I don't think we've met.
Chris Keller.

This is the best character
on the show, I think.

Chris Keller
can do it all, baby.

A lot of our fans said
that the show was so real.

What's real about it
are the emotions behind it

and the people
and what they care about.

We are gathered here today
to witness the renewal

of a commitment between
Nathan and Haley.

It's pretty gratifying
and fulfilling

to play a character that makes
that type of journey

and crosses the finish line

with grace and humility.

It's about falling in love.

It's about making someone
proud of you.

It's about
being proud of yourself.

Life is short
and opportunities are rare.

It's about that quiet voice
that tells you

that you can do better.

I'm sorry. I have more.

I just think I'm having my baby.

"One Tree Hill"
reached a crossroads

after high school graduation.

They're all talking
about dreams.

It's their senior year
in high school.

College is simply
the place you go

to acquire the information
to do those things.

We're gonna jump the show
ahead four years.

The actors are gonna be
playing their ages.

They're gonna be excited
about that.

Alright, I'm gonna do
the red carpet.

I'm gonna skip the movie.

Let's call one
of the Nicks and find out

if they'd like to go.

Okay, um,
which Nick do you prefer?

Nick Lachey, Nick Zano,
Nick Reed, whoever.

We'll be able
to reinvent the show

and-and do a 20-something show.

- Uncle Lucas.
- Hey..

- You in high school already?
- No, I'm only four.

Our show started out
about fathers and sons

and it ended up
about fathers and sons.

And so the kids of Tree Hill
had become parents themselves

a new journey
that would carry the series

all the way to its ninth season.

♪ Justice comes
to the back of my door ♪♪

I think season nine's a very
risky season of television.

It's an incredible rare thing
that nine years into a show

there would be any suspense left

and we have a lot of that
this season.

The final chapter
also marked the return

of Tree Hill's
most notorious character.

If you can,
leave the killing to me.

The first scene is
me in a car with Dan Scott.

Chris Keller doesn't like this.

Let's go.

All I had to hear about
was this scene and I was like

"I'm in, but I don't know
what you guys are up to."

Hello, son.

Having Paul Johansson back is..

It's awesome.
It's extraordinary.

He brings so much life
to the set.

- Where is my husband?
- Haley, will you calm down?

Please, let me explain. Please.

Poor Paul Johansson,
it's usually

his character that's in peril.

We poisoned him.
We burned him in a fire.

When he was in prison,
we had him hang himself

but the noose broke.

Dan never did anything kind.

Oh, I got it.

He helps this old people
to the curb.

You could get yourself
killed out here.

We hit him with a car.

Here we are in season nine

and Dan Scott is
as relevant as ever.

I should love you but I spent
so much of my life hating you.

I was a terrible father.
I know that.

His return was inspired
by a search for redemption..

No!

And when he died,
a Tree Hill hero

was there to meet him.

I'm so sorry for that day
and every day before it.

I know you are, Danny,
and I forgive you.

It was my favorite season
of the show for many reasons.

I knew it was our last

and I enjoyed it a little more.

Thank you for everything
you've done for me.

Knowing we were gonna leave
at the end of it

I think, reminded all of us

that this is one
of the greatest gifts.

When everybody knows
that we have an ending

there's somehow
this great closure

that we've never had before.

Thank you for coming home to me.

Always. Forever.

It absolutely will be
satisfying to fans

and it is personally
satisfying to look back

and say, like,
"What an accomplishment."

I feel like those characters

sort of exist on their own now.

Even though I'm not
sitting down and writing

"Fade in" every week

it feels like
they're still there.

I think it's always
gonna feel that way.

'A person who has so much magic
inside of him'

we've appreciated him every day

and that's a series wrap
on Austin Nichols.

I love all of you.
Thank you so much.

You all make me look
so much better than I am.

'I'll never forget any of you.
Thank you.'

After nine seasons

the time has come to say goodbye

to "One Tree Hill."

Nine years of doing anything

with the same group of people..

It sounds cliche
but it became a family.

The directors
would always say to me

"That crew is something else,"
and they are.

They worked in a small studio
in Wilmington, North Carolina.

They weren't in Hollywood.

But they were gonna do it better

and they were gonna work
just as well.

They'll always be
close to my heart.

I feel so fortunate
to have had it.

This dedicated family
has come together

one last time
for the final episode.

You know, when I sat down
with the-with the script

for episode 13

I-I really, I couldn't believe
it that it had already come.

The script for the final
episode is so cool

and I think that
everybody that read it

got teary when they read it.

I think there might be
a couple tears

but I think everybody's
gonna be happy the way we ended.

This finale just wraps
everything up in a bow.

- It's a time capsule almost.
- And action.

I was directing the final
episode and what I

underestimated was
saying goodbye to locations.

You know, the last day
that we shot

in Karen's Cafe
became emotional.

When we shut the lights out
at Tric, it became emotional.

It's the last time that
we're gonna be in Tric.

It's the last time
we'll be on the River Court.

When all the lights
finally turned off

over the River Court,
that was a huge moment for me.

For the first time,
I really felt like

I was leaving something behind

that was part of who I was.

Nine years on the air,
I mean, that's just

an incredible accomplishment,
and I'm so proud of it.

It's happy and it's sadness

because you made it nine seasons

but you will definitely
miss those bonds

that you created with
a lot of your cast mates.

The cast and crew
is really taking it all in

and appreciating
our last moments together.

Every day we were wrapping

an actor
who had become a friend.

We were saying goodbye
to their character.

So this is a series wrap
on Stephen and Tyler.

Looking at the faces
around on set

on the last days of shooting

there's some pretty good people

that have done a lot of
great work.

♪ Tell me a story ♪

I got a lifetime's
worth of memories

from the nine years on the show.

It's been really was emotional
to shoot the last episode

and think,
"This is my last scene."

♪ I'll break us out ♪♪

Those emotions are there

and I feel like
everybody in the audience

will get to feel them
with all of us.

I'll owe everything
that I accomplished

from this point on to the show.

There's no question.

For this to have been our job,
to grow up here

and evolve as people
and as characters..

It's-it's huge.

Easily one of the coolest things
that's ever happened to me.

Here we are, the last scene

in the last episode
of "One Tree Hill" ever.

'That's technically
our last shot with talent.'

So Sophia Bush, series wrap.

I'm so proud and..

And so overwhelmed

being here with all of you

as an actor and I just..

I love you guys
and I've never known

a group of people like you and..

I appreciate it.

♪ I'll take your place ♪

♪ When the world ends ♪

♪ And you take mine ♪

I had never written
a television show before

and I felt like they had taken
a leap of faith in me.

And that stayed with me
for all nine seasons.

The fans deserved my best.

The writers deserved my best,
the cast, the crew.

♪ I want you to be free ♪

I feel like everybody
could sort of tell

and that they felt
an equal responsibility

because they knew that
I cared so much about it.

So they decided
to love it with me.

♪ Free like you make me ♪

I like to believe that we
paid back that leap of faith

and that we always
put the show first.

♪ Free like you make me ♪

We told good stories

we tried to do it the right way.

♪ Free like you make me ♪

And I'll always be
proud of that.

Alright, that's a series wrap
on "One Tree Hill."

Well done, everybody.

♪ Free like you make me ♪♪

When I wrote the opening voice
over of the finale

it was very emotional for me

because it's like having
a friend or a loved one

that you know you're
not gonna see anymore.

What choices do you make?

What would you say?
What would you do?

We sort of had that opportunity
going into season nine

and we were protective
of the final days

and final episodes together.