19. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Complete story — includes the ending

Nathan's Uncle Cooper (Deb's younger brother) comes into town to take Nathan and Lucas on a racing trip. On the track, Nathan and Lucas are challenged to a race by the beautiful Daytona and her smart aleck brother Jarret. Nathan refuses to stop after the race and goes too fast and as he flashes back to his relationship with Haley, he crashes his car. Deb's addiction to pills intensifies. Dan exposes Andy's relationship with Karen to the class. Andy is fired and he later threatens Dan by saying karma will come to him. Karen, Deb, Peyton and Brooke spend time together bonding over their respective troubles. Deb learns Dan paid Jules to seduce Keith and has had enough of him. She plans to leave him but just as she does so she gets the call about Nathan’s accident. Peyton struggles with missing Jake. Before Nathan goes into surgery, he makes Lucas promise not to call Haley. Dan learns about Deb's pill addiction when her blood can't be used to help Nathan, who is in bad shape. Karen tries to contact Keith, but he won't answer any of their calls. Daytona and Lucas look at the crash site, as Daytona notices it looks like Nathan tried to crash into the wall deliberately. This episode is named after an album and the lyrics from a song by Bright Eyes.