Bevin dates Skills in Season 3 and 4, but they breakup after the relationship not working out throughout the missing years. Karen and Lucas pass Dan without saying a word. Moira Kelly - Wikipedia She then hires a new designer for the companies' new men's line "Clothes 4 Bros" named Alexander Coyne. At the end of Season 8, she and Mouth get their own talk show. Karen Roe was a supportive mother and successful business woman who lived all of her life in Tree Hill until many seasons in the present. She lets him sleep on the sofa and he tells Karen that he loves her and always has. At first, when she denies him the opportunity of joining the team, but finding how much he wants it, she begins to encourage him to play the game he loved at school, and with his mom's permission, Lucas joins the team, not before warning Dan to stay away from Lucas and let him play. This causes Taylor to leave. During the show's 9 season run, the two found each other and, although they married absurdly young and even separated twice, their love for each other never went away. During the course of his life he has experienced many obstacles including spending time in a wheelchair following an accident after a fight; dealing with an overbearing father; an alcoholic-drug addict mother; allegations he cheated on Haley. He felt that he could inhabit the character as the two share several similarities. One Tree Hill was a popular teen drama that followed the Scott brothers, sensitive creative Lucas, played by Chad Michael Murray, and sporty Nathan, portrayed by James Lafferty, as well as their father, Dan (Paul Johansson), and his brother Keith (Craig Sheffer). She is asked to record a song with a man named Chris Keller, and afterwards he offers her the opportunity to go on tour with him. She has two children with her husband Steve Hewitt. He was Lucas's new rival because of those two facts, and they never saw eye-to-eye. He still refers to himself in the third person and believes both Haley and Alex are attracted to him despite their denials. She has an emotional reunion with Keith and she meets her daughter (who is grown up). Dan also makes peace with Haley by saying he is glad he was proven wrong about Haley not being good enough for Nathan because she is the best thing that ever happened to him and apologizes for Keith's murder since Keith also meant a lot to her. There were 21 series regulars over the course of those nine years. Dan begins to become closer to Karen as he wants to support her through this pregnancy. Greenberg has been married to actress Jamie Chung since 2015. Over the course of nine seasons of One Tree Hill, romantic relationships were always at the forefront. He annoys Alex by telling her latest song is not good but convinces her to help him make it better. But during Season 7 Clay sees Sara's apparitions and has talks with her until he accepts Quinn James in his life. Lenz has one daughter with ex-husband Michael Galeotti. Derek came into Peyton's life at exactly the right time, as she found he helped to rebuild her confidence after her terrifying ordeal with stalker Ian Banks. Towards the end of high school at almost eighteen years of age, Karen fell pregnant with her high school sweetheart, Dan's child. [27] Nicki returns, having been awarded full custody of Jenny, due to Jake not being present at the hearing. Karen Roe was easily One Tree Hill's best parent,providing Lucas and his friends with much-needed support and wisdom during their teenage years. She is seen as a mother figure to Haley, often offering her support and advice. They get back together sometime during the time jump, and he returns with Karen for Lucas's wedding. Karen continues to help Peyton and Lucas care for Sawyer in her early days at home, and she visits Keith's grave with Lucas. Tara Richards, portrayed by Chelsea Kane, first appears as a rival cafe owner to Haley and Brooke who opens the "Tree Hill Cafe" across the street from the newly reopened "Karen's Cafe". On Brooke and Julian's wedding he has "slutty wedding sex" with Mia. In Season 8, he marries Brooke. One Tree Hill Characters Ranked from Best to Worst - TV Guide Jamie became jealous of and angry with Dan when he tells funny stories of Jamie. Following his death, Keith continued to have a lasting influence on Tree Hill and the lives of those who lived there. The show starred Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton, James Lafferty, Sophia Bush, and Bethany Joy Lenz. Alex and Mia later fight over Chase, before it is revealed that he wants to be by himself now. He is later rescued by Haley (who went to see him after Carrie called pretending to be a nurse saying Dan was about to die) and Deb (who came afterward to help Haley and Jamie after realizing where Haley had really gone). In season 4, the series introduced one of Peyton Sawyer's best relatives: her half-brother, Derek Sommers. She almost ruins her chances of working with Julian by making a move on him, but they later reconcile and begin to write a script for a movie. Moira Kelly. [46], James Van Der Beek played Adam Reese for four episodes during Season 6. In addition, Bush voiced Voyd in Disney/Pixar's "Incredibles 2.". In the Season 7 finale, both he and Quinn are shot by Clay's stalker, Katie Ryan and left for dead. He later helps Nathan with a career as a sporting agent. He revealed that he was a former addict and has been clean for eight years. He at first stops speaking to her but forgives her in the end. At that moment, Carrie charges at them with the ax but is shot by Dan. Her friendship with Brooke is established in Season 2 when Bevin expresses that she is a great captain. Played by Craig Sheffer as a series regular for Seasons 1 through 3 and as a special guest star in two episodes in Season 4 and one episode in Season 9, Keith Alan Scott is Dan Scott's older brother, as well as a recurring love interest for Karen Roe, Lucas Scott's mother and Dan's ex. Lucas later moves in with Dan after learning that he has Dan's heart condition because it is the only way he could afford the medication. Growing up, she began a relationship with Dan Scott which soon lead to her falling pregnant with her first child but was left heartbroken when Dan chose a basketball career over her. In the penultimate episode of Season 9, Clay proposes to Quinn in Logan's tent, which is set up in the living room. The following week, Keith, Lucas and Karen attend an event Nathan and Dan hold. [20] Following getting drunk with Brooke, the two sleep together, causing problems in her relationship with Lucas. "[5] Burton said, "I've never studied acting or anything because I've been so lucky with MTV. She says yes. Karen realizes that she actually is jealous, and she confesses that to Keith. Played by Danneel Harris as a series regular in Season 4, along with a recurring role during Season 3, 5 and 7, Rachel Virginia Gatina was introduced as a bad girl and rival to Brooke Davis, before becoming good friends with Brooke and a friend to Mouth. He and Nathan started on bad terms but later become close brothers. Cooper moved back home. When Dan tries to escape, he discovers the grave of a child and that Carrie once had a young son who died. He then leaves Tree Hill on good terms with Nathan. In Season 6, now retired, he is visited by Dan, who finally apologizes, and they have a reconciliation where Whitey tells Dan that he still has time to earn his family's forgiveness. He is friends with Chase. One Tree Hill: Things Only Adults Notice In The Show - TheList.com Karen is the only main female character (besides Deb and Peyton) to not appear in Season 7 and Season 8. Clay is a loyal friend and helps the Scotts through the Renee scandal but is fired once he fails to re-sign Nathan with the Bobcats. In Season 8, Episode 5, he breaks up with Alex because she lied to him about a new movie project. Carrie kidnaps Jamie at Lucas's wedding. A loving fatherfigure to Lucas, and a devoted partner to Karen, Keith Scott goes above and beyond in his personal relationships, despite the stormy historyshared as a result of his abusive brother, Dan. Played by Ernest Waddell during Season 4 and 6. He always felt like an interim love interest for Brooke, and his arcs in later seasons often feel like filler as the series forces another love triangle into the mix in hopes of recapturing the magic of the Brooke/Lucas/Peyton triangle. Sam leaves Brooke's care at the end of the season to rejoin her birth mother. Later Moira attended Marymount Manhattan College. Later that night as Brooke was locking up the store a masked assailant attacked her, brutally injuring her and stealing the computer, money out of the register and the sketches for Brooke's new line. Portrayed by Sheryl Lee in the Season 2 finale and Season 3. After that triangle fizzled out, Alex immediately gets involved in another love triangle, this time with Chase and Mia. However, after his untimely death she fled Tree Hill City in grief, giving her club to Lucas. It's not clear what the point of her character was, especially considering she doesn't develop much, if at all. When Nathan is called up to the Charlotte Bobcats, he goes to the cemetery to leave his Bobcats jersey on Quentin's grave. Dan tells Lucas to ask his mom about what really happened when he was born, Karen explains that Dan wanted joint custody after his first semester at college, but she refused as he would take control, a shocked Lucas walks out and begins to wonder if he should be seeing Dan in a different light. Though Karen plays a key role in the first four seasons of the series, she is only seen a handful of times in the later years. Later, she and Keith plan to get married. The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Winnie, in 2020. A party girl character like Alex would have fit better during the series' high school seasons, alongside characters like Rachel and Brooke. About three episodes before the season ends Whitey helps Karen see that people still need her, that Keith is always with her, and she needs to live her life. Peyton was about to change her mind after finding out about Ellie's condition, but they fought again when Peyton found that she wrote an article about her. Karen collapses and is taken to the hospital. Dan was the ex-husband of Deb Lee and the biological father of Lucas and Nathan Scott. Brooke Davis comes to their rescue, and Lauren, as well as Chuck and Madison, get out of harm's way. Tanner was known for starring on "Moesha" and "Boston Public" before landing the part on "One Tree Hill. Fans would have loved it if Derek had returned toprovide Peyton with some much-needed support during later storylines, such as her separation from Lucas and her difficult pregnancy. Four years later, he was friends with Owen and came back to Tree Hill for Lucas' bachelor party (before his wedding with Lindsay), unwittingly getting set up with Peyton, which they used to make Lucas and Brooke jealous. She was hospitalized, and in a coma for a while, but she survives. Skills later forgives Mouth. Samantha "Sam" Walker is a troubled young girl who shoplifted a top from Clothes over Bros and had an altercation with Brooke. Karen also had a complex romance with Keith Scott, who helped her raise Lucas but the two eventually were engaged until he was killed. Sam revealed to Brooke that a waitress at the restaurant, she frequents was her birth mom, and one day she was going to introduce herself and tell her 'what a big mistake she made'. graduated in the class of 1986. Amanda Schull also played Clay's late wife, Sara Kay Evans. Karen didn't mess up Keith's wedding out of spite, she tried to save him from his brother's evil plan. Before "One Tree Hill," she was on "One Life to Live.". She is fired by Brooke when it is revealed she exposed herself to Julian in her hotel room. Michael May portrayed Chuck Scolnik in Season 6 through 9. He was a gay actor who starred next to Alex in Julian's movie. Played by Robert Buckley from Season 7 onwards, Clayton "Clay" Evans became Nathan's agent and close friend during the time jump of fourteen months between Season 6 and 7. Eventually, Dan finds him and he ends up taking a bullet meant for Nathan, which critically wounds him. Dan learns about Lucas when Karen falls pregnant in high school. After waiting for Haley to go into labor, Haley gives birth to Lydia Bob Scott. Katie, however, initiates an attack on Quinn when Clay is out of town but this time it is Quinn who shoots Katie. The others are Peyton, Whitey, and Rachel. He started drinking again and had a one-night stand with Millicent.