Episode 1 of "One Tree Hill"
s01e01 Pilot
Title: Pilot
Original Air Date: 09/23/2003 on WB
Director: Bryan Gordon
Writer: Mark Schwahn
Guest Stars: Colin Fickes (Edwards), Shawn Shepard (Principal Turner), John Keenan (Officer Waymon)
Plot Outline:
Aside from a love for hoops, it would seem that Lucas (Chad Michael Murray, "Dawson's Creek," "A Cinderella Story") and Nathan(James Lafferty, "A Season on the Brink") are two young men with little in common, but they are bound by the dark secret that they share the same father (Paul Johannson, "Beverly Hills 90210"). Nathan is the star of the high school basketball team and local town hero while Lucas is the only child of a single working mom (Moira Kelly, "The West Wing"). Now the two boys' lives collide when a twist of fate puts Lucas on Nathan's team and the half-brothers compete, not only for control of the court, but also for the heart of Nathan's beautiful girlfriend Peyton (Hilarie Burton).