"From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" is the second episode of Season 3 of One Tree Hill and originally aired October 12th, 2005. The episode was written by Mark Schwahn and directed by Kevin Dowling.
Brooke throws a beach party to celebrate the end of summer, but soon finds that she's the only one in a party mood. Nathan returns home from High Flyers but has no interest in reconnecting with Haley or Lucas. Meanwhile, Peyton confronts Ellie as more truths come to light, and Lucas struggles to follow Brooke’s rules for dating. Finally, Dan starts to remember what happened the night of the fire at his dealership.
Contains examples of the following tropes:
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Karen is this to Lucas as she asks him what "Woot" means.
- Beach Episode: Brooke throws a beach party to commemorate the end of summer.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Nathan’s victory over Lucas at the River Court is a much more one sided affair than their previous one on one game back in the Pilot.
- The Informant: Lucas tells Peyton that he saw Ellie - supposedly a currently clean former addict - buying drugs in the park.
- Internal Reveal: Dan remembers seeing Lucas during the dealership fire.
- Kick the Dog: Peyton plays Haley and Chris Keller’s cover of "When The Stars Go Blue" at the party after Haley tries to talk to Peyton about her troubles, oblivious to Peyton’s current dislike of her.
- Papa Wolf: Larry admits to Peyton that he forced Ellie to stay away as when she originally arrived looking to be part of Peyton’s life, it was shortly after Anna’s death and he didn’t want to confuse her.
- Poster-Gallery Bedroom: Brooke writes two lists of boys on Peyton’s closet doors - one list is of boys that Brooke is claiming for herself, and the other is of boys (And one girl) that Brooke is allocating for Peyton.
- Shout-Out:
- When Brooke creates the lists of potential suitors for herself and Peyton, she claims Dave Grohl for herself whilst giving Peyton the rest of the Foo Fighters.
- Peyton claims that Lucas’ tell is "the size of J.Lo’s ass."
- Something Only They Would Say: Peyton realises that Ellie’s telling the truth about wanting to see her earlier but being forced to stay away by Larry, when Ellie recounts how Peyton used to sit under a bridge with "a brunette girl who wore a little too much eye make up for a 10-year-old."
- Stacy's Mom: Brooke includes Peyton’s dad Larry on her list of boys; she also includes Dan on Peyton’s list, much to Peyton’s displeasure.
- The Tell: Peyton claims Lucas has one when she realises he’s holding something back about Ellie.
- Titled After the Song: The episode title is taken from the song "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" by The Cure.
- Trauma Button: Dan seeing Lucas through the flames of the bonfire prompts him to remember that Lucas was at the dealership during the fire.
- The Worf Effect: Nathan challenges Lucas to a rematch at the River Court, and it’s a completely one-sided affair this time. It shows how much Nathan has benefited from his time at High Flyers, and how much Lucas’ game has been impeded by his HCM medication.
- Worf Had the Flu: Part of the reason Nathan and Lucas’ one on one game is so one-sided this time is Lucas’ HCM medication slowing his heart rate.
- Written-In Absence: Brooke claims that Mouth’s too busy moping about his break-up with Erica to DJ at the party.
