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19 Photos of the 'One Tree Hill' Cast That Will Make You So Nostalgic For Its CW Glory
It was a sad day in 2012 when CW fans lost the long-running (and amazing, might I add) teen drama, One Tree Hill. Was anyone ready to say goodbye to the series best character Sophia Bush's Brooke Davis? Absolutely not — I definitely wasn't. Because there's only one Tree Hill, as Karen told Lucas and Haley later told Jamie and no series could ever take its place.
So, in honor of OTH carrying fans through the better part of the 2000s following its September 2003 premiere, let's take an extremely nostalgia-filled look back at where the stars were during its first season and where they were when we left Tree Hill.
Sophia Bush 2004
Seriously, there’s no one in this world any OTH fan loves more than Brooke Davis and, by extension, Sophia Bush.
Sophia Bush 2012
Bush currently stars on NBC’s Chicago P.D. but she’ll always be Brooke Davis to me. She’s is BFFs with Connie Britton, Mariska Hartigay, and Debra Messing — just check her Instagram. Could she be any cooler?
Hilarie Burton 2004
Rocking the Peyton Sawyer curls on TRL.
Hilarie Burton 2012
Burton doesn’t even look like Peyton anymore. The actress definitely isn’t still in love with Lucas Scott — she’s dating and has a son with Grey’s Anatomy’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan
BONUS: Sophia Bush & Hilarie Burton 2004
All of the feels. ALL OF THEM.
Chad Michael Murray 2004
All Lucas Scott all time and dating his onscreen girlfriend Sophia Bush during this TRL appearance.
Chad Michael Murray 2012
Apparently Lucas lost is eyesight after he left Tree Hill.
BONUS: Sophia Bush & Chad Michael Murray 2004
RIP this relationship — even though Sophia Bush DGAF and is so happy it’s over. (You’re a jerk, CMM.)
Bethany Joy Lenz 2004
Looking like sassy-rockstar Haley on TRL.
Bethany Joy Lenz 2012
Still looking like sassy-rockstar Haley and if Haley had Instagram in the mid 2000s, it’d totally look just like Lenz’s.
James Lafferty 2004
Every girl’s high school dreamboat, Nathan Scott.
James Lafferty 2012
Still dreamy.
Paul Johansson 2004
Wait, he doesn’t look anything like a guy that would shoot his brother and frame a troubled high school student?! What the heck.
Paul Johansson 2012
Celebrity Vampire Alert.
Tyler Hilton 2004
He stole Haley away on a rock tour because she really loved his hair and his punny screen name “HellInKeller.”
Tyler Hilton 2012
Rescuing Nathan from his kidnappers in Season 9 really flattened his hair out a lot.
Gavin DeGraw 2004
OK, he’s not technically a cast member, but OTH did make him totally famous. Remember when he performed “I Don’t Want To Be” in Karen’s Cafe?
Gavin DeGraw 2012
Still living and loving his headgear but probably not loving (just like the rest of us) all of those “I Don’t Want To Be” covers OTH opened its episodes with in its final seasons. Why fix something that isn’t broken?
BONUS: The 'OTH' Cast With Gavin Degraw 2004
I know what you’re thinking — I don’t wanna be anything other than meeeEEEEeee.
