After Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and his scrubby beard pay a visit to Q's mom, she stops by the locker room to give an inspirational pep talk to the Ravens.  It's all very cheesy and schmaltzy, but it ends with Jamie and little Dre giving each other a high five in slo-mo, so that makes up for it.  Just when I think the speechifying is over, Lucas and his stubble of doom ramble some more about Quentin's death.  He tells everyone attending the game that Q's number will never be worn by another member of the Ravens.

Let's go hang out with Nanny Carrie, who is tired of stealing the plot of Misery and would rather hijack a storyline from Fatal Attraction.  She bunnynaps Chester from Jamie's room and threatens to eat him if he acts up.  Seeing Jamie react to Chester's disappearance is going to make me more depressed than Quentin's funeral.  If the bunny gets hurt, I'll protest in the streets.

Brooke and her gun go confront Victoria in New York.  Mommy Dearest claims that she knows nothing about Brooke's attack, but of course Brooke doesn't believe her.  Victoria goes on to tell Brooke that she was an accident and that her father was a total douchebag, which is what every daughter longs to hear.  Brooke decides that she's had her fill of evil schemes.  She's going to hand Clothes Over Bro's to her mother, but only if it'll get rid of her once and for all.

Lucas doesn't have time to shave, but he does have time to dole out a thousand hackneyed speeches to the basketball team.  To honor Quentin, the team is going to play the rest of the season with four players instead of five. Apparently, Quentin will be honored when the Ravens lose every game due to being outnumbered.  All of these scenes on the court are riddled with horrendous cliches and god awful inspirational speeches, and it's all making me want to toss myself in front of a bus.  Go away, Lucas!

As the episode comes to an end, Mick is still playing coy about being Peyton's daddy, Nanny Carrie is plotting Jamie's abduction, and Nathan agrees to let Deb (Barbara Alyn Woods) move back in.  He doesn't want to see her with Skills (Antwon Tanner) or hear about their sexy shenanigans, but he'll put up with it otherwise.  Haley finds out that Dan never showed up to claim his new heart, which means that next week she'll be in full-on Nancy Drew mode.  Anything that stops Lucas from bludgeoning me to death with inspiration works for me.

The clips from next week's episode show Nanny Carrie running around with an ax in hand like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.  Yes, the writers are having her reenact scenes from every major horror flick since 1980.  I can't wait until she puts on razor claws and a hockey mask and starts killing off horny teens.

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- Don Williams, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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