One Tree Hill
4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days
TV Flash files “4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days” as a desk essential hour — One Tree Hill (2003–2012) on WB/CW, season 5, episode 1, aired 2008-01-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 89 of 187 in the One Tree Hill guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2008-01-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone” (S04E21). Next is “Racing Like a Pro” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days”. 4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days is the time-jump premiere: the soap refusing to stay teenage, CW weather now a calendar problem with a roster.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Four years after the season four finale, Tree Hill is a new place. Lucas is a struggling writer who is about to embark on a new coaching career with Skills. Peyton is at the beginning of a budding music venture, while Brooke's fashion line is at a crossroads. Meanwhile, Nathan and Haley are young parents trying to find their way. Much has changed in four years, but in many ways, the journey is just beginning.
Viewer FAQ
Where does 4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days sit in the One Tree Hill guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 89 of 187 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did One Tree Hill S05E01 air?
4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days aired 2008-01-08 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…