One Tree Hill 9X1: Know This, We've Noticed

Okay, first off, if we have to put up with Chris Keller this whole season, I'm not going to be happy. I really, really dislike this guy. He's just incredibly annoying. Nothing at all about him is entertaining or interesting. He's just like a caricature of a person. However, if we are getting Dan back all season, I'll be thrilled. I mean, I hate him, but the show is just better when he's around.

This opening is insane. Dan's diner burns down. He and Chris Keller are somewhere with guns. Brooke is savagely destroying the cafe. I think Julian is getting beaten up. Quinn and Clay are in a screaming match and he throws her out. And someone is dead? WTH is happening? I guess we found the drama we've been missing last season.

So, pretty much no one is sleeping this episode. Or sleeping properly, at least. Brooke and Julian are getting zero sleep with the babies. Which, makes sense, honestly. Brooke has taken to driving them around all night. I'm fairly certain that she's going to observe something she wasn't meant to see (probably by Dan) while doing this.

Clay is sleepwalking all of a sudden. It doesn't look like it's been a probably before, but now it's happening frequently and Quinn in concerned. He's ending up far from home.

Nathan has been away for a while. I assume it's something work related. So Haley hasn't been sleeping well.

Anyway, Chris Keller is here to take over the record studio. Gag me. I hate him. Haley immediately refuses, but I guess her boss signed off on it. He continues to hit on her while telling her, he's not going to. Gross. The first thing he does is tear apart Alex's song. But, ultimately, does end up making it better.

Brooke is baptizing the twins, and for some reason wants her father to be the godfather. No idea way. And even though it looks like he won't show, he does last minute. And who else shows up, but Dan. He tells Haley about his diner burning down and needs a place to stay for a couple of days. She's reluctant, but eventually says he can stay unless Nathan says otherwise.

We've also got two mysterious door openings. One early morning at the cafe (that Haley sort of attributes to Brooke leaving exhausted) and then again at her house. We also see someone trying to get in. Maybe it's Dan? Perhaps he's been staying there and at the cafe, but afraid he'd get caught and decided to ask for permission?

This actually looks like it's going to be a fun season. Maybe that's just because Dan is here and I know I'm gonna get a ton of drama.