Peyton is still scared after the fake Derek survived the fall from her widow and got away; Lucas tells her to remain herself living, like he does by asking coach to let him play again despite his heart problems- after Karen's endorsement, coach Whitey gives him 15 minutes per game. When her real half-brother Derek Summers refuses to return her calls, Peyton is scared and moves in with Lucas, who goes see him at the USMC base where he's a lance corporal. Nathan assures Haley the'll get by financially without help from Dan; Daunte Jones passes by to encourage him to win the state championship and take the Duke scholarship. Brooke 'Peyton' -who had dated him pretending to be Peyton- and her new English teacher 'model' Nick Chavez are shocked to discover each-others real identities, yet kiss again and decide to keep seeing each-other, but tell nobody. Gigi Silveri announces to Mouth she will ask him out. Haley finds Nathans credit-card is over the limit; Karen offers extra hours at the café and the benefit of her experience as teenage parent; when the power is cut, she makes him go ask Dan for help just to be told he broke his fathers heart by his emancipation and is not a good investment right now- so he turns to Daunte. Brooke gets an opportunity to fill in for a designer in TART, a traveling fashion show. Derek turns up, shows Peyton the base and explains her dad walked out on his black mother, Marine life cured his fear, the teaches her to channel aggression into boxing, finally makes clear he doesn't want to remain in her life. Dan gets another scare: someone e-mails threats and "knows what you've done".
—KGF Vissers