[3] The episode included music from Kelly Clarkson, Jackson Waters, the National, Yellowcard, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) is paralyzed and bitter after his dreams of playing professional basketball were crushed in a bar fight.

Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Galeotti), now a teacher, raises her son Jamie (Jackson Brundage), while her husband Nathan struggles with his problems.

Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush) a well-known fashion designer is struggling to get along with her bossy CEO Victoria (Daphne Zuniga).

Until the show's return to the schedule, the network has plans to post diaries online to fill in the intervening years in the characters' lives.

On November 6, 2007, The CW posted the first One Tree Hill online diary, a series of six segments to be released before the start of the new season.

One Tree Hill: Fast Forward allows fans of the show to catch a glimpse of the lives of the six main characters at the beginning of the fifth season.

[5] Mark Schwahn the creator, and executive producer of One Tree Hill, has stated that season five will be about the characters pursuing their dreams, finding out that it might not be easy, but they will keep pushing.