Plot summary
Lucas deliberately missed Dan but says he'll hit him next time. Karen goes to the hospital with eclampsia - she and the baby might die. Deb notices the gun has gone missing and accuses Lucas of attempted murder, who explains everything and Deb believes him. He gives her the gun and she says she will stay with Karen. Later, Karen's doctor performs a Caesarean and she gives birth to a healthy baby girl. Nathan asks Skills if he can take the factory job Skills would have had without his basketball scholarship and works his first day there.
Chase and Brooke confess their love to each other. Brooke owns up to cheating but is not expelled, and Rachel is allowed to graduate in absentia. After Deb tells him, Nathan asks Dan about shooting Keith and Dan can't say he didn't. Nathan promises Dan he will never be a part of his life again. Whitey takes a coaching job at a college three hours away and can therefore offer Nathan a place in college. Karen flatlines. Dan stands outside a police station thinking. During her valedictorian speech, Haley goes into labor. This episode is named after a song by The Veils.
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