Plot summary
In the small town of North Carolina called Tree Hill, basketball is all the rage. Nathan Scott is the star of the high school basketball team called the Ravens and local town hero, while Lucas Scott is the only child of a single working mom, Karen. The two are half-brothers who share the same father, Dan Scott, who refused to ever accept Lucas' existence. Lucas is also a star basketball player but only plays with his friends at the park. One day, his uncle Keith shows the team's coach, Whitey, his abilities, and Whitey demands he joins the team.
Nathan refuses to accept Lucas as his brother and doesn't want him stealing his life so he challenges Lucas to a game at the park, if Lucas wins he can join the team but Nathan will leave. Lucas wins but demands Nathan stay to punish him. Lucas also begins to have a crush on Nathan's girlfriend, Peyton, much to Nathan's annoyance. In the last scene, Lucas enters the school's gym while everyone is staring at him. The episode ends with a close-up to the park where Lucas used to play: it's finally empty.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, One Tree Hill season 1. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.