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While holding a vigil at Lucas' bedside, Karen meets Brooke, who is now dating Lucas, and learns from Deb that Deb and Dan are getting divorced. Most shocking of all, Karen is horrified to discover that Keith was drinking alcohol while driving at the time of the accident. Meanwhile, Nathan tries to win Haley back after she breaks up with him.

Lucas and Peyton try to redefine their friendship after Lucas chooses to be with her best friend, Brooke, who is unaware that Lucas and Peyton briefly dated. Dan invites Deb to a getaway weekend, but she suggests he devote the time to Nathan. However, Dan and Nathan's father/son weekend ends abruptly when, after Dan's constant criticism, Nathan publicly reveals his drug use and rebukes his father.

Nathan is faced with a tough decision when he must decide which parent to live with after Dan and Deb's divorce, but Dan resorts to emotional blackmail by threatening to expose Deb's darkest secrets in court.

Brooke deals with giving up her baby, Lucas deals with the residue of his actions following his game-night scuffle, Haley has a musical breakthrough, and Peyton gets news about a ghost from her past. Meanwhile, Nathan and Jamie face their fears together.

Peyton introduces hip-hop sensation Lupe Fiasco at the nightclub Tric, while rumours that Brooke is pregnant run rampant. Still dealing with the car accident, Nathan buys a motorcycle, despite Haley's reservations. Meanwhile, Lucas clashes with Derek, a newcomer who is very interested in Peyton, and Deb double-crosses Karen. Also, Rachel poses for `Maxim' magazine.

Lucas is crushed by devastating news, Brooke's baby undergoes emergency surgery, Haley wrestles with her decision to record a new album, and Lucas stuns Peyton with a shocking truth.