15. Unopened Letter to the World

When Tree Hill High does a time capsule project, the gang confesses their most intimate secrets to an anonymous video camera. When brought to court, Lucas opts to live with Dan and Deb rather than Karen, devastating Karen. Nathan's anger over Haley's absence continues to grow, eventually landing both Lucas and Nathan in jail. In jail, Nathan says more hurtful things to Lucas before getting into a fist fight. Afterwards, Lucas confesses why he's gotten so close to Dan. Peyton and Jake's feelings for each other heat up, and as they plan to go on their first date Peyton feels nervous about having sex for the first time since Jake is more experienced.

Felix throws Brooke a party to celebrate her new gig as student body president. However, Brooke doesn't enjoy the party and realizes she's not about that anymore. Brooke takes a drunk Erica home and shows she's no longer a party girl. Anna and Mouth sneak into school to delete her time capsule video after she regrets saying she's bisexual. While looking for her video, Mouth watches a video of Brooke where she says she might be married to him in the future. Anna confides in Mouth. Keith buys a house for him and Jules, which leads her to want to tell him the truth.

However, Dan promises her he won't tell Keith. Dan bails Nathan and Lucas out of jail and after Nathan reveals Lucas told him the truth, Lucas calls him dad. Lucas’ video reveals he plans to get close to Dan so he can finally destroy him once and for all. Andy tells Karen his friend found something on Dan. Anna's video reveals she is really gay, but she hopes that one day labels won't matter anymore. Brooke's video sees her hope that love will always matter. Peyton and Jake decide to go slow.

Lucas takes Nathan out and tries to cheer him up. Whitey's video from fifty years ago is revealed: he was the example for the class. He hoped to grow old with Camilla, to have kids of his own, and to teach them about life and make a difference. A tear rolls down his eye as his realizes some things didn't come true, but he was there for the kids on his team. This episode is named after a song by The Ataris.