Plot summary
Jake's lawyers are about to get him out of jail (they found a lie on Nikki's testimony), and he should get custody of Jenny after a hearing. Andy has to go home to New Zealand but won't be able to return as Dan is having him deported. Karen goes to confront Dan. Andy asks Karen to come with him to New Zealand. Whitey tells Nathan that he can still get him into basketball camp. Nathan tells Dan, who doesn't want him to go, and points out Nathan is still injured and then manipulates him by using Deb's vulnerability after rehab.
Nicki visits Jake in jail to reveal she's found Jenny and is taking her away forever. Andy confounds Dan, telling him he knows about his tax evasion scam and that he owns the company who put in the security cameras, so he has proofs against him. Lucas pays Haley a visit on tour to ask her to come back for Nathan, but she tells him she's never coming back and gives him the signed annulment papers. Brooke tells Lucas it's okay that he’s not over Peyton. Jake breaks up with Peyton because he has to go find Jenny, then he leaves Tree Hill again.
Andy is about to leave for New Zealand, and gives Lucas something. Karen tells Andy she loves him and he says he loves her too, but apparently it isn't enough. The group narrates their respective essays on loss, with each reflecting on how love and loss have shaped their year. This episode is named after a song by The Veils.
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