I've been an OTH fan since i was in high school and until now 5 years later, I am still an OTH fan. i've seen its glory days, and its over, it was loooooong over. even when LEYTON were still on the show it has lost its magic already and it turned into a storyline in LIMBO. the series should have been over around the 6th or 7th season. Its continuing storyline is just a disgrace on the magic it had during the first half of the series. Now that the season 9 is coming, i hope they can still make it more interesting. let's just wish that this season will be the last.
i just finished watching OTH s08e22 which is the finale of the 8th season. please allow me to state several comments about the episode and the season.
1. TIME FRAME
the last two episodes of the season presented a story that is about a year long. from Brooke's pregnancy to Chase's Airforce deployment. all of these details were introduced and concluded in two episodes, particularly s08e21-22.
2. JAMIE-MADISON STORYLINE
really? a love story between 8 year old kids? i don't think the seriousness and drama that the show i known for deserves to include a storyline that dumb. the idea of involving Jamie's love life is just dumb, they should've used the time to intensify the other storylines.
3. SHALLOW CONFLICTS
chase and Alex's situation is more serious than the way it was presented. it was an opportunity for the writers to put more mature conflicts in the story but they just flew past it. another shallow conflict is the fortitude agents' search for their new client they presented the problem and solved it in less than 40mins. what is this a crime show? in reality that would've taken months!!
4. MILLIE & MOUTH/ MOUTH & MILLIE SHOW
this idea came out of nowhere. the show wasn't built up, hence it didn't mean a lot for the viewers. mouth has been unemployed since the beginning of the season, don't you think that his employment should have been built up? and that leaving the BUM life should have been celebrated?
5. ANTWON AKA 'SKILLZ'
where was he? he was a part of the story since the series started. he deserves a much more meaningful character, attention should have been given to him instead of Jamie's love life. he was an extra through out the whole season 8, and that didn't give him justice.
6. THE RIVERCOURT
the place was the heart of the show. its influence were in every character of the show. its wasn't given that much importance as the show concluded (in this number, i am assuming that this is the series finale). the show should have intensified the influence of the place. -nuff said.
7. CLAY & QUINN
they are so in love that the only thing missing is a ring on Quinn's finger. i don't see anything exciting about their live story! Mark Schwann please give Clay's character some balls to propose! he's too gay!
8. BROOKE & JULIAN
Brooke became pregnant in 8x21 and gave birth in 8x22. This disappointed me, big time. her infertility is a conflict since season 6 (if i'm not mistaken) it was a very big deal not just for BRULIAN but also the other characters. And yet her pregnancy and childbirth weren't given enough attention, this may have been a big part of the plot. again, they just flew past this storyline.
9. NATHAN & DAN
their relationship should have been fixed. (this may be the focus on the 9th season) the way the Dan topic was brought up in 8x21 was not enough to match the depth of the father and son conflict.
10. KAREN'S CAFE
it's probably a good thing that they revived this concept, this reminded me of the first 3 seasons of the show, the good times. haha! i believe that the writers were trying to put the KAREN-LUCAS vibe in the characters of HAILEY-JAMIE i'm sorry to tell you Mr. Schwann, you FAILED.
the last scene of the season finale was Jamie dribbling a basketball through a bridge wearing the scott's body shop hoodie. familiar? yea coz that was Lucas. The premise implied is that Jamie will be Lucas, and that another generation of Tree Hill kids were about to make a new story. I say this is as GOOD AS THE SERIES FINALE. making a season 9 would just ruin the show's conclusion of season 8. it's better to have an open ending like that instead of continuing with the story and mess everything up.
In a nutshell, the show now lacks INTENSITY to be identified as a DRAMA series.
I just love this show so much that I am so disappointed as to where it was lead by the writers. I hope they will do good with the 13 episodes left for the next season. and the never ending wish for LEYTON to come back.
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