Sunday, September 16, 2012
One Tree Hill Season Nine & Final
The reason for the departure of Chad Michael Murray and his character, Lucas, from the series seems to have remained under wraps, uncharacteristic for Hollywood; but the fact remains that the show has never been the same without him. The show’s writers may have attempted to make Nathan a more sympathetic character but for me, anyway, that does not make him more likable. New players have been added to keep the storyline interesting and others have been dropped along with Lucas. I watch the show now out of loyalty to the past; partly out of habit. It continues to be a soap opera, just not a high school soap opera. In one episode Nathan gets kidnapped, Julian leaves his infant son in an over-heated SUV, Chace sleeps with his partner’s girlfriend, and Clay sleepwalks his way to a drug deal. And the sinister Dan burns down his cafe and shows up at Haley’s doorstep.
Lucas shows up at last looking nothing like the golden boy of old. Another character to reappear this season is the self-absorbed snake in the grass Chris Keller played by Tyler Hilton. Anyone who talks about himself in the third person is suspect. Daphne Zuniga eventually gets to talk about the joys of playing the sarcastic villain, Brook’s Mother Victoria. Her estranged husband even shows up and in one gratuitous scene gets to show off his well-cut abs and chest.
This show shares in common the fact that its creator/producers had the opportunity to plan its final season and produce final episodes that gave a feeling of closure to its story arcs with Dawson’s Creek. In both shows the actors and the 300 or so behind the scenes prodouction staff talk about the sense of family and camraderie that existed as everyone watched the actors grow up on set. In a business that tends to ‘eat’ people such things are good to hear. Much is made of the musical tour that was made one off-season and the episode in which a competition was held to find a place to go on the road with the cast and crew. Should I feel smug about being one of the show’s faithful fans during its initial seasons? One of the supplements show over an hour of a fan appreciation night held in Wilmington, NC where the show was shot during most of its 187 Episode Run.
Lucas shows up at last looking nothing like the golden boy of old. Another character to reappear this season is the self-absorbed snake in the grass Chris Keller played by Tyler Hilton. Anyone who talks about himself in the third person is suspect. Daphne Zuniga eventually gets to talk about the joys of playing the sarcastic villain, Brook’s Mother Victoria. Her estranged husband even shows up and in one gratuitous scene gets to show off his well-cut abs and chest.
This show shares in common the fact that its creator/producers had the opportunity to plan its final season and produce final episodes that gave a feeling of closure to its story arcs with Dawson’s Creek. In both shows the actors and the 300 or so behind the scenes prodouction staff talk about the sense of family and camraderie that existed as everyone watched the actors grow up on set. In a business that tends to ‘eat’ people such things are good to hear. Much is made of the musical tour that was made one off-season and the episode in which a competition was held to find a place to go on the road with the cast and crew. Should I feel smug about being one of the show’s faithful fans during its initial seasons? One of the supplements show over an hour of a fan appreciation night held in Wilmington, NC where the show was shot during most of its 187 Episode Run.
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