3.15: Just Watch the Fireworks

CW: The spoiler segment features discussions on gun violence and mental health.

This mix could burn a hole in anyone! Turn up the volume because we’re discussing Name Brand Orange Soda: The Musical aka One Tree Hill S3E15: Just Watch the Fireworks. We have so much to discuss with A Simple Alias’ Bree Leach, who is joining us once again to discuss this full-circle moment! The time capsule is mysteriously released and the video recordings stream throughout Tree Hill High. While Whitey (Barry Corbin) and Principal Turner (Shawn Shepard) race to turn off the videos, students get a glimpse of a few recordings: Nathan (James Lafferty) said that marrying Haley (Bethany Joy Lenz) was the worst decision he ever made; Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) shared that he wanted to get close to Dan (Paul Johansson) in order to finally beat him; Brooke (Sophia Bush) flashed the camera and also said that she will one day probably be married to someone like Mouth (Lee Norris), or Senator McFadden; and Lucas and Mouth’s old friend Jimmy Edwards (Colin Fickes) shared how he hates this school and that everyone in it is a loser. But it’s not all doom and gloom because Peyton (Hilarie Burton Morgan) also organizes a Friends with Benefit concert at Tric to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation, featuring performances by Jack’s Mannequin, Fall Out Boy, and Haley James Scott! Plus, Naley discusses their insecurities and Keith (Craig Sheffer) asks Lucas if he can adopt him. We also have some mysteries such as: Why does Dan have a ledger (seriously, what is even happening in this storyline)? And who opened the time capsule on One Tree Hill? 

In this episode, we also discuss:

• The episode’s namesake, “Just Watch the Fireworks,” by Jimmy Eat World.
• The story’s weird relationship with boobs
• Hilarie Burton Morgan’s MTV days and several tangents about TRL
• Naley’s growth and maturity
• Friendship dynamics being complicated
• Keith’s desire to adopt Lucas and whether it’s an unnecessary plot point or a grand symbolic gesture
• Peyton’s flirtation with Pete Wentz that you can apparently see from across the room
• Whitey’s ending voiceover and its…connections to Miley Cyrus’ The Climb?

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