Haley’s principal tells her that she will formally apologize for publishing Sam’s essay or she’ll be fired. Haley isn’t sure, but later Peyton tells Mia that the record company doesn’t like her son and thinks she should use a guitar instead of a piano. Haley realizes that sometimes you have to compromise yourself just a little for the greater good. What a terrible (and honest) message to teach kids.

At Tric, Brooke, Haley, Sam, Skills and Lucas all drink themselves into a stupor because of losing Julian, her integrity, her song, Deb and the movie, respectively. Reese runs in happy as a clam because he got paid even though the movie isn’t being made.

Lucas continues his drinking at the park basketball court with Julian where they talk about how Julian shouldn’t give up on Brooke. Reese arrives in his car to pour them some of the good stuff and mock how sad they are to lose the movie. He encourages them to celebrate the fact that they even tried.

To go out in a blaze of glory, Reese has a helicopter come to the court to pick up him and the actress who was going to play Peyton for a little “in flight, afternoon delight.” He also reveals that he shot a little bit of film the night before, which is proof that the film started production, thus allowing Lucas a chance to earn his $300,000 filming bonus.

Against that heroic act of deceit comes a heroic act of honesty, when Haley tells her class that Sam’s essay was great and shouldn’t have been censored, earning her a one-way ticket out the door. Julian tries a little honesty of his own, telling Brooke that Sam was covering for Jack. Now she doesn’t want him to go, but he has to anyway. He leaves and she cries.

Things get better when Brooke apologizes to Sam by brining Jack over and letting him stay in their house. Haley’s life is also looking up when Peyton hires her as a full-time producer on Mia’s record.


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