Plot summary
Nathan hosts a party at Dan's beach house, complete with basketball players, cheerleaders, and beer, and invites Lucas to his surprise. Nathan takes the opportunity to bully Lucas and force him to quit the team. He humiliates Lucas by showing a video of Karen and Dan when they won prom king and queen. Haley and Lucas get into a fight when she asks him to consider things from Nathan's point of view and Haley leaves the party when Nathan humiliates Lucas. Nathan gets drunk and crashes Peyton's car and tries to cover it up by threatening Lucas to blame it on him.
Lucas is forced to pay for the damages to both cars, much to Keith's dismay. When Lucas sees the wealth that was denied him, he finally confronts his mother about why she let Dan ignore them. Meanwhile, when Nathan's mom, Deb, returns home to hear her son was involved in a hit-and-run, she turns to Karen for advice. Deb realizes she needs to be more present. Lucas learns Haley is tutoring Nathan, who says she did it to help him. Peyton, having had enough of Nathan's bullying towards Lucas and lies, breaks up with Nathan. This episode's title is inspired by the Dave Matthews Band 's song Crash Into Me.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, One Tree Hill season 1. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.