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One Tree Hill: All Hail Evil Rachel!

It's all about degrees of bad-assery on One Tree Hill -- and some bring the bad-ass better than the others. Let's break it down:

Not even trying to be bad-ass
Brooke and Millie both get a little snippy at Alex, but it's hardly bad-ass. And they're so busy fawning over the pictures that they don't seem to realize that Alex is trouble a-brewin'. Quinn is similarly broken-down rather than bad-ass -- yeah, she launches some sass at Clay, but she's too wimpy to take her husband's calls. Sigh. Poor Nathan was too beaten-down to be bad-ass, which we found disappointing.

Bad-ass wannabes
Mouth and Skills get into a battle of the reptiles -- Mouth leaves a lizard in the bathtub to freak naked Skills out, and Skills retaliates by putting a snake in Mouth's bedroom. Funny, but hardly bad-ass.

Alex tries for bad-ass as she circles around Julian, but come on -- once Brooke gets her bitch back, she will snap Alex in two. And both Clay and Renee try for bad-ass, but it's just not working for us -- Clay's moment at the end was too little, too late for us, since he seemed to advocate caving. And Renee? Beware the wrath of Haley.

They bad-ass, we know it
Haley got her mama-bear bad-ass on when she confronted Clay about the whole blackmail situation -- and Clay's sort-of role in making Nathan vulnerable. We do NOT want to make her angry!

Flashback Dan was still bad-ass to us, even though he was drunk, defeated and hanging in strip clubs. What can we say? He'll be bad-ass from beyond the grave (assuming Death ever works up the nerve to take him.)

Queen of all Bad-Ass
And then there's Rachel, who completely ruled the bad-ass boards this week. She went from stripper and prostitute to the mastermind manipulating Dan Scott -- and even throwing him off his game by hiring someone to bring up Dan's murderous past. She's cold, she's unrepentant, she's reveling in her own eeeeeeevil -- that's just the way we like her.

We have plenty of other questions beyond the bad-assery, of course -- why didn't Nate and Clay immediately demand a paternity test? Wouldn't that make Renee go away? Or hey, they could have her arrested for blackmail! Why didn't they do that? Sigh. We're also wondering if Julian will fall for Alex's script -- or Alex herself -- and we're pondering whether Mouth will be caught in the middle of the whole Nathan fracas. Plus, where did Mouth get the lizard, and did Skills hire Jamie as snake-wrangler? Reptiles aren't cheap!

What's your take on the ep? Talk about it in the comments!

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Yeah really i like one tree hill and im just really sad that peyton and lucas was not and the 7th season

But i love one tree hill its my favorite emission

Cooper needs to come back and win Rachel over again so they can be their old fun-loving selves and be all cute. Maybe then I would be able to find fics on them! Besides Cooper is the only one I can see keeping Rachel not only happy but in line; he isn't afraid to yell sense into her.

i'm LOVING oth!!! it's doing great--i thought i would miss peyton a lot...but not as much as i expected! i am just loving it!!

I still like One Tree Hill. Most of the storylines would be able to work in an other season as well, 'cause I don't think the show changed that much. Off course, Leyton's gone but honestly I don't miss them as much as I espected.
As for the Dan and Rachel. I just don't believe it. I agree, Rachel should be hanging out with Brooke! It's just weird, I did like the flashbacks though..

Anyway, can't wait for the next episode!
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Well not everyone took it as fact that Nathan didn't sleep with her.. Clay didn't. And Haley said "he says he didn't do it so I believe him" - Nathan and Haley have pretty much always been honest with each other so I can see why she would believe him. I hope he really didn't sleep with her, but I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that he was really drunk and he did. That'd certainly make for a very interesting season 7, and it could even play out for a season 8, kind of like what they went through in seasons 2 and 3.

I'm really hoping they get some more interesting things for brooke to do. I mean it's great that she's got her company and the new model is bringing some drama, but brooke just seems way to cool calm and collected. She needs some dramatic storylines too.

I think that the show has been great this year! The comedy (and reality) of the challenges that Brooke and Millie are having with Alex are hysterical. I also love the Nathan/Haley storyline. Finally, a challenge that they are facing together. I hope that the writers show how this kind of challenge can bring two people together. Especially after what they have already faced. The reality is that there are people trying to take advantage everywhere. I believe that it is too early for a paternity test. Maybe they did not go after the blackmail because they were trying to keep it out of the press. Haley's rant was right on, and I loved it. It also seems that none of the storylines are moving too quickly, which I love. Nothing seems rushed. I'm looking forward to watching them play out. I love the addition of Quinn and Clay as well. The relationships that they have with N/H play off very real on screen. Cannot wait for S7 of OTH!

I don't know about this show. The whole thing being taken as fact that Nathan didn't do it seems sketchy to me. I don't want him to have done it or anything, but just the fact that it wasn't really questioned by anyone. Everyone believed him. Such trust - weird for TV (and for life I guess).

And I have had it with the "Will Nathan ever be able to play basketball again?" storyline already. He needs to be secure in that for like thirty minutes. It's so annoying to watch them build it up then tear it down continually.

I really liked this episode it looks like the season is starting to come into it's own after a fairly slow average start. I loved the fashion show and the coda was amazing love the brilliant 'Silversun Pickup' song used. And it was strange to see Scott Holroyd playing Quinn's husband I remember him on As The World Turns as Paul Ryan all those many moons ago.

Next week looks amazing based on the previews especially the one on the official OTH website can't wait to see The Noisettes on the show I love them

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This show just isn't getting any more interesting. It's like the writers can't write any good scenes or dialogue without Lucas and Peyton. The whole reptile thing with Skills and Mouth was funny. I don't understand why Mouth and Millie can't move out of the apartment and get a place of their own. If Mouth wants to move their relationship to the next level, that's the obvious solution. I mean, Mouth has a good job and Brooke must pay Millie well. I don't understand why Nathan, Haley, and Clay don't beat Renee to the punch. They can take their story to the public by talking to Mouth. They have a reporter on their side. They can let Mouth interview them and explain about the pictures and the ultrasound...A woman takes a picture with a celebrity at a party, finds out she's pregnant and broke, decides to pretend the baby is the celebrity's and create a scandal to get some money. Where are Jamie's friends? Andre? Madison? I always thought Madison and Jamie were so cute together. Scott boys and love... Luke and Peyton and Nathan and Haley. As for Rachel, I just can't equate her with the fun-loving girl hanging out at the Rivercourt with the rest of them at the end of season 4. It was nice that they gave us some background story on her and Dan, but I just don't like her anymore. She shouldn't be married to Dan. She should be the same old Rachel (only clean) hanging out in Tree Hill with Brooke and Haley. I always thought that Rachel would come back to Tree Hill and hit on Julian before she knew he was Brooke's boyfriend. This season (probably the last) should be about engagements and weddings--Brooke/Julian,Mouth/Millie,Quinn? Clay?.... I think it would be funny if they brought back Peyton and Clay hit on her, not knowing who she is.

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