One Tree Hill
The Leaving Song
TV Flash files “The Leaving Song” as hour 21 of 187 in the TV Flash guide — One Tree Hill (2003–2012) on WB/CW, season 1, episode 21, aired 2004-05-04, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E21: listed hour 21 of 187 in the One Tree Hill guide, hour 21 of 22 in season 1. It aired 2004-05-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “What Is and What Should Never Be” (S01E20). Next is “The Games That Play Us” (S01E22).

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Lucas is shocked to learn that Dan once asked Karen for joint custody of Lucas when he was a baby. Meanwhile, Peyton panics after Nicki kidnaps Jake's baby while she is babysitting.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Leaving Song sit in the One Tree Hill guide?
S01E21 is listed hour 21 of 187 — hour 21 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 21.
When did One Tree Hill S01E21 air?
The Leaving Song aired 2004-05-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is One Tree Hill a basketball show?
Half-brothers on a North Carolina court are the opening myth. Years of CW weather then refuse to stay teenage — love, fame, family damage.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Half-brothers on a North Carolina court, then years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage. One Tree Hill is rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, and a soap that aged its cast into adult mess instead of freezing them at the buzzer.
One Tree Hill opens on a North Carolina court and then refuses to stay a sports show. Mark Schwahn's series (2003–2012) began on The WB and continued on The CW: Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty as Lucas and Nathan Scott, half-brothers whose rivercourt myth is only the opening grammar. Hilarie Burton's Peyton, Sophia Bush's Brooke, Bethany Joy Lenz, Paul Johansson's Dan. Music and voiceover defined the mood. Nine seasons, 187 episodes, and a soap that aged its cast into adult mess instead of freezing them at…
Filed against
- Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott
Chad Michael Murray played Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill — half-brothers on a North Carolina court, then years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage. Rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…
- James Lafferty as Nathan Scott
James Lafferty’s Nathan Scott took One Tree Hill from a North Carolina court into years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage — half-brothers, rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy. A soap that aged…
- Hilarie Burton as Peyton Sawyer
Hilarie Burton's Peyton Sawyer made One Tree Hill a rivercourt argument — half-brothers on a North Carolina court, then years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage. Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…
- Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis
Sophia Bush ruled One Tree Hill as Brooke Davis — CW weather that refused to stay teenage, rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, a soap that aged its cast into adult mess instead of freezing them at the buzzer. TV Flash files…
- Bethany Joy Lenz as Haley James Scott
Bethany Joy Lenz’s Haley James Scott aged One Tree Hill past the buzzer — half-brothers on a North Carolina court, CW weather that refused to stay teenage, rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…
- Paul Johansson as Dan Scott
Paul Johansson played Dan Scott on One Tree Hill, 2000s CW weather that started with half-brothers on a North Carolina court and refused to stay teenage. Rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…