Meanwhile, Keith forces Karen to deal with her feelings for Dan after she refuses to set foot in the high school gym to support her son.

Nathan hosts a party at Dan's beach house, complete with basketball players, cheerleaders, and beer, and invites Lucas to his surprise.

Meanwhile, when Nathan's mom, Deb, returns home to hear her son was involved in a hit-and-run, she turns to Karen for advice.

Dan takes the opportunity to relive his glory days of playing basketball and makes it his goal to beat Nathan.

Meanwhile, Peyton turns down Nathan's attempts to make up; she is having a hard time dealing with the anniversary of her mother's death and finds a comforting ally in Whitey.

When Whitey throws Lucas and Nathan off the team bus for misconduct, the two boys wind up stranded thirty miles from home.

On the long walk home, they encounter a carload of players from the team they just beat who kidnap them at gunpoint.

Meanwhile, Karen and Keith attend a business function, and tempers flare when Dan and Deb are seated at their table.

Meanwhile, Karen finds out she has been accepted to join a six-week cooking class in Italy and contemplates taking it.

After fighting with his father and Haley, Nathan succumbs to the pressure he is feeling and takes amphetamines to help his game doing so to beat Dan's scoring record.

Feeling like he can't go back to normal, Nathan sneaks out of the hospital and spends the night with Haley, apologizing to her.

After Nathan's collapse and near-death experience, Whitey posts a sign on the gym that reads "Basketball canceled until further notice".

Elsewhere, Deb and Haley plan an open-mike night at the cafe which ends up being a huge success alongside special guest Gavin DeGraw.

Nathan stops going to practice and he and Haley spend an afternoon at his beach house, where the liquor flows.

The Scotts see a therapist to try to fix their family problems, but the distance between Deb and Dan continues to grow.

After Peyton receives the devastating news that her father is lost at sea, she and Lucas take an overnight trip to Hilton Head to identify a body that has washed ashore.

Lucas, feeling upset at his recent breakups, sneaks out and meets a beautiful stranger in a bar, while trying to drink his frustrations with his shoulder away.

The girls perfect their team and sneak away to the hot tub which turns into a pool party with the guys.

The two have fun like old times before their lives blew up and Haley ends up revealing she got Nathan's Jersey Number tattooed on her and that she's in love with him.

Jake is bought by Nicki, who beat Peyton, and who wants back in Jenny's life, but he refuses.

Karen and Larry go on a date and after a talk with Whitey, Keith realizes he can't hide his feelings.

Brooke acts depressed all night and grows tired of her party lifestyle and confides in Mouth, who shares that he thinks Lucas truly is a great guy.

Nathan also struggles with paying rent for his apartment and sells his car as Deb and Dan try to convince him to come home.

Haley is excited to be throwing her first ever party while Nathan takes a fast-food job at the mall to cover expenses.

However, the experience helps Dan realize things can't go backwards and he gives her the divorce the next morning.

Dan bails Nathan out of jail who still refuses to come home and tells Lucas to ask Karen what really happened between them.

Peyton is upset that Lucas could so easily sleep with a stranger and says that he's turned into the bad guy Nathan was when they met.

Haley finds that Nathan has been looking at porn on his computer and has kept pictures of Peyton and feels offended and that she can't live up to those women.

When Peyton takes Jenny to the mall, Nikki kidnaps her for a short period of time, which upsets Jake.

Nathan and Lucas spend time together practicing for the playoffs and share their respective troubles with each other and end up growing closer and somewhat becoming friends.