OTH: "But what if I'm the one for him?"

Here is a recap of what happened on this week's One Tree Hill.

- Clay realizes he still has one client his agency doesn't know about, a high school quarterback who he is sure will sign with him regardless of whether or not he is part of an agency. When Clay meets with the player, it is clear Clay is great at his job and the kid seems to really trust Clay, but then he tells Clay that the agency had already contacted him. Because the kid's family is depending on his deal, working with Clay who isn't a legitimate agent may jeopardize his chances. Both know this and Clay walks away, heartbroken. He then goes back to his house and is packing his belongings when Quinn walks in. He tells her is leaving and she yells at him for running away. She then storms off. At the end of the episode we see her at his office, speaking to his assistant. Obviously she has a plan up her sleeve.
- Skills is still trying to get a job with that LA agency. He needs to send in a video of sports action he organized, so he has Jamie and his friend play basketball against a few older guys. The kids are funny and the clip comes out great. But when Jamie finds out Skills would have to move away for the job, he gets really sad. Jamie even talks about how he feels forgotten about, especially after Lucas left. But Skills promises to always be there because he loves him and Jamie ends up feeling a little better, though he does mention he never wants to leave Tree Hill.
- Nathan receives an offer to play basketball in Spain. While at first he thinks this is a bad deal since he wouldn't be playing in the NBA, he realizes that if he just took a year off he would have a more difficult time getting back into the NBA. The Spain position would keep him in shape and in the competition so it seems like a good deal considering that all of the NBA teams are full. Hailey knows she has to support his decision so she goes to the label wanting to put her album on hold, but she is told she is actually going on tour starting next week to promote the album while excitement is still high. With some help from Quinn, Hailey decides that finishing the album and touring is not important, but what is is supporting her family. So she goes to Nathan to tell him this, but he has already planned out her entire tour with highlights for her and Jamie to see at each stop. He wants them to both be able to live their dreams, so he will be going to Spain, while she is on tour and when her tour is done they will get to be together.
- Dan is shooting promos for his episode from the hallway where he shot Keith. While there, Jimmy's - the boy who started the shooting in the school all those years ago - mom stomps up to Dan, slaps him and refuses forgiveness. She also yells about him profiting off her loss and making her son out to look like a murderer. After this, Dan has second thoughts about the episode, as well as the show. He tries to get Rachel to see his side, but she doesn't. If she has her way, the show will continue. We'll see if it does.
- Mouth didn't even know Millie was arrested until Brooke stopped by the apartment to check on her. It was Victoria who bailed Millie out because she was looking out for the best interest of the company. Victoria also took this time to give Millie a lecture about acting professional. But Millie continues to feel the urge to do drugs. When she doesn't have the money to buy them, she makes a deal to steal an unreleased dress to give to a model is exchange for cocaine. When Millie goes through with this, Victoria witnesses her stealing the dress, so she won't get away with it. But in other news, Millie and Mouth are no longer together after she walked out on him. Skills even had Mouth make a deal that if Skills gets the job in LA, Mouth will go with him.
- Julian tells Brooke that having kids is not a big deal to him because being with her is all that really matters. While fighting with Alex later, Julian slips and mentions that Brooke cannot have kids while also saying he hadn't realized until recently that he wanted kids. He makes her promise to keep the information a secret, but of course she uses it to her advantage. Alex goes to Brooke with pamphlets about adoption and reproduction challenged women and gives Brooke a speech about how her and Julian talk about everything so of course he told her about their problem. When Brooke goes home you can she she is devastated by him telling Alex, but she is more upset because he told her kids were not important when in reality, to him they are. Brooke tells Julian she feels like she keeps holding him back - from having a family, in his work - so she tells him to take a job elsewhere and that maybe they should take a break.
- Alex goes to Julian and apologizes for sending him the text that said I love you. He kind of forgives her and they seem to be on OK terms. Later, while fighting with Millie, Millie slaps Alex in the face with the reality about Julian talking about how he will never love her. When Julian finds out Alex told Brooke he told her about their pregnancy issues, he storms to her hotel room and freaks out on her. He tells her he would never love her because he doesn't even really like her. At the very end of the episode Alex leaves Julian a voicemail telling him she will never be a problem again and, in a scene I was shocked to see, they show her attempt to commit suicide.

Well, that was a lot. We'll have to wait until next week to see if Alex really dies, if Dan stands up for himself, if Millie continues the downward spiral, etc. But I must admit that these high drama episodes are what I love about this show. Are you excited for the return of such episodes? Now all we need is for a limo to drive off a bridge and things will be back to normal.