EPISODE

2. Things I Forgot at Birth

As Nathan, Rachel and Cooper's lives remain precarious following the car accident, Brooke celebrates her 18th birthday but finds it diminished by her struggles with Peyton. Lucas and Karen come to terms with her pregnancy and with the pregnancy of someone close to Lucas, while Deb's past addictions intersect with Haley in an explosive manner.

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Skills is given a place on the Ravens' team. Peyton struggles to hide her feelings for Lucas, who still wants Brooke. Brooke has no one but Rachel to celebrate her 18th birthday with. Deb, while working at the cafe high on painkillers, fumbles with her purse and a gun falls out. It goes off shattering the front door, leading Karen to confront her and she quits. Peyton takes Lucas to the mall they used to go to on Brooke's birthdays. They wait for ages then leave - at which point Brooke sees them but does not reveal herself. Meanwhile, Nathan struggles with memories and nightmares of the accident, where he thinks he saw Keith. Peyton finds a note in Ellie's favorite album saying she has a half-brother. She tries to contact him, but he refuses to talk to her. Dan continues to be haunted by the ghost of Keith as a child and tries to make amends now he knows Deb tried to kill him not Keith. Word gets out around Tree Hill that Brooke is pregnant. Graffiti appears on Dan's walls saying 'murderer'. Karen finds Dan has refurbished Lucas' cradle for her baby. Peyton's brother appears on her doorstep. This episode is named after a song by Absentee.

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