One Tree Hill hits us with one hell of a plot development in the first few minutes of the night, and one of us just can't get past it. Then the movie

So Dan gets his new heart -- except a dog with the drug-induced munchies gets to it before it can get to Dan's chest. While we marvel over that development, Dan rails against God, then decides to say his goodbyes. Things go well (or as well as can be expected) with Nathan and Lucas, but but fall apart when Jamie asks Dan what really happened to Uncle Keith. Oof. Meanwhile, Julian's father loses his job at the studio, which means all of his movies are in limbo. The Beek is fine -- he gets paid regardless -- but Lucas and Julian mourn the loss of the film -- and their production bonus. Leave it to the Beek to turn those frowns upside-down, both with a pep-talk and with trickery. Yay, Beek!
Meanwhile, Haley is weighing her options with her principal, who takes the hard line that Haley needs to print a retraction, apologize to her class, and basically do everything but submit to a spanking in the cafeteria. And Hales looks like she's going to do it -- but at the last minute, she realizes that it's better to tell the truth. Sam could learn that, too, when she takes the rap for some food that Jack steals, and Brooke proclaims her "unfixable." Plus, Nanny Deb and Skills actually get a plot, Peyton and Lucas hardly acknowledge last week's trauma, and Jamie plays Sims. Oy.

Find out who had the biggest problem with the dog plot twist, discover which character had a heart of gold (and loins of Goldschlager), hear what classic plot Mia is looking forward to, weigh in on our Sam vs. Brooke debate, and learn what Jackie and Mia's Sims are doing. Plus,discover how the show could keep filming if some of our favorite characters kick the bucket!

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