# List of One Tree Hill episodes

One Tree Hill is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn, who has also written over a third of the episodes, including each season's premiere and season finale. Schwahn shares executive producer duties with Joe Davola, Greg Prange, Mike Tollin, and Brian Robbins. It is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
The series stars Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty as half-brothers Lucas Scott and Nathan Scott, respectively, with Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Lenz, Sophia Bush, Lee Norris, and Antwon Tanner playing the parts of Peyton Sawyer, Haley James Scott, Brooke Davis, Marvin "Mouth" McFadden, and Antwon "Skills" Taylor.
From 2003 to 2006, the first three seasons of One Tree Hill originally aired on The WB before it merged with UPN to form The CW, which the show later aired until 2012. Eighty-eight episodes were produced during the first four seasons; due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the fifth season consisted of only 18 episodes.
With the exception of the pilot, episode titles are named after the title of a song. Over the course of nine seasons, One Tree Hill aired a total of 187 episodes.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) | May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11) | The WB | 136 | 3.84 |
| 2 | 23 | 23 | September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21) | May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24) | The WB | 129 | 4.34 |
| 3 | 22 | 22 | October 5, 2005 (2005-10-05) | May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03) | The WB | 137 | 3.07 |
| 4 | 21 | 21 | September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27) | June 13, 2007 (2007-06-13) | The CW | 133 | 2.99 |
| 5 | 18 | 18 | January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08) | May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19) | The CW | 122 | 2.89 |
| 6 | 24 | 24 | September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01) | May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18) | The CW | 110 | 2.81 |
| 7 | 22 | 22 | September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) | May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17) | The CW | 115 | 2.28 |
| 8 | 22 | 22 | September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14) | May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) | The CW | 129 | 1.78 |
| 9 | 13 | 13 | January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11) | April 4, 2012 (2012-04-04) | The CW | 159 | 1.48 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2003–04)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Bryan Gordon | Mark Schwahn | September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) | 475360 | 2.48 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most" | Bryan Gordon | Mark Schwahn | September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) | 177501 | 3.31 |
| 3 | 3 | "Are You True?" | Michael Grossman | Jennifer Cecil | October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07) | 177502 | 3.53 |
| 4 | 4 | "Crash Into You" | David Carson | Mark Perry | October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14) | 177503 | 3.78 |
| 5 | 5 | "All That You Can't Leave Behind" | Duane Clark | Story by : Jennifer Cecil & Ann Hamilton Teleplay by : Jennifer Cecil & Mark Schwahn | October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21) | 177504 | 3.53 |
| 6 | 6 | "Every Night Is Another Story" | Jason Moore | Mike Kelley | October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28) | 177505 | 3.40 |
| 7 | 7 | "Life in a Glass House" | Robert Duncan McNeill | Mike Kelley | November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04) | 177506 | 3.62 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Search for Something More" | John T. Kretchmer | Jennifer Cecil | November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11) | 177507 | 3.64 |
| 9 | 9 | "With Arms Outstretched" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18) | 177508 | 3.78 |
| 10 | 10 | "You Gotta Go There to Come Back" | Keith Samples | Mike Kelley | January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20) | 177509 | 4.35 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Living Years" | Thomas J. Wright | Mark Perry | January 27, 2004 (2004-01-27) | 177510 | 3.81 |
| 12 | 12 | "Crash Course in Polite Conversations" | Sandy Smolan | Jessica Queller | February 3, 2004 (2004-02-03) | 177511 | 3.89 |
| 13 | 13 | "Hanging by a Moment" | John Behring | Mark Schwahn | February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10) | 177512 | 4.00 |
| 14 | 14 | "I Shall Believe" | Greg Prange | Jennifer Cecil | February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17) | 177513 | 4.39 |
| 15 | 15 | "Suddenly Everything Has Changed" | David Carson | Mark Perry | February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24) | 177514 | 3.87 |
| 16 | 16 | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Robert Duncan McNeill | Mike Kelley | March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02) | 177515 | 3.87 |
| 17 | 17 | "Spirit in the Night" | Duane Clark | Terrence Coli | April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06) | 177516 | 3.24 |
| 18 | 18 | "To Wish Impossible Things" | Billy Dickson | Mark Schwahn | April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13) | 177517 | 4.81 |
| 19 | 19 | "How Can You Be Sure?" | Thomas J. Wright | Karyn Usher | April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) | 177518 | 4.40 |
| 20 | 20 | "What Is and What Should Never Be" | Perry Lang | Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz | April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27) | 177519 | 4.23 |
| 21 | 21 | "The Leaving Song" | Davis Carson | Jennifer Cecil & Mark Perry | May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04) | 177520 | 4.09 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Games That Play Us" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11) | 177521 | 4.49 |

### Season 2 (2004–05)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "The Desperate Kingdom of Love" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21) | 2T5251 | 4.93 |
| 24 | 2 | "Truth Doesn't Make a Noise" | Billy Dickson | Mark Perry | September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28) | 2T5252 | 4.93 |
| 25 | 3 | "Near Wild Heaven" | Greg Prange | James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash | October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05) | 2T5253 | 5.43 |
| 26 | 4 | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | Joanna Kerns | Jennifer Cecil | October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12) | 2T5254 | 4.83 |
| 27 | 5 | "I Will Dare" | Thomas J. Wright | Mark Schwahn | October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19) | 2T5255 | 4.50 |
| 28 | 6 | "We Might as Well Be Strangers" | Sandy Bookstaver | Terrence Coli | October 26, 2004 (2004-10-26) | 2T5256 | 4.57 |
| 29 | 7 | "Let the Reigns Go Loose" | David Paymer | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02) | 2T5257 | 4.62 |
| 30 | 8 | "Truth, Bitter Truth" | Billy Dickson | Stacy Rukeyser | November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09) | 2T5258 | 4.54 |
| 31 | 9 | "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" | John Asher | James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash | November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16) | 2T5259 | 4.18 |
| 32 | 10 | "Don't Take Me for Granted" | Lev L. Spiro | Mark Schwahn | November 30, 2004 (2004-11-30) | 2T5260 | 4.36 |
| 33 | 11 | "The Heart Brings You Back" | Matt Shakman | Mark Perry | January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25) | 2T5261 | 4.07 |
| 34 | 12 | "Between Order and Randomness" | Bethany Rooney | Terrence Coli | February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01) | 2T5262 | 4.13 |
| 35 | 13 | "The Hero Dies in This One" | Kevin Dowling | Jennifer Cecil | February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08) | 2T5263 | 4.47 |
| 36 | 14 | "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" | Babu Subramaniam | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15) | 2T5264 | 4.28 |
| 37 | 15 | "Unopened Letter to the World" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22) | 2T5265 | 4.25 |
| 38 | 16 | "Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking" | Billy Dickson | Stacy Rukeyser | March 1, 2005 (2005-03-01) | 2T5266 | 3.95 |
| 39 | 17 | "Something I Can Never Have" | Paul Johansson | Mike Herro & David Strauss | April 19, 2005 (2005-04-19) | 2T5267 | 4.08 |
| 40 | 18 | "The Lonesome Road" | Michael Lange | John Norris | April 26, 2005 (2005-04-26) | 2T5268 | 4.42 |
| 41 | 19 | "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" | Thomas J. Wright | Mark Schwahn | May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03) | 2T5269 | 4.05 |
| 42 | 20 | "Lifetime Piling Up" | Les Butler | Mark Perry | May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10) | 2T5270 | 3.78 |
| 43 | 21 | "What Could Have Been" | Bethany Rooney | Jennifer Cecil | May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17) | 2T5271 | 4.20 |
| 44 | 22 | "The Tide That Left and Never Came Back" | Thomas J. Wright | Mark Schwahn | May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24) | 2T5272 | 3.61 |
| 45 | 23 | "The Leavers Dance" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24) | 2T5273 | 3.61 |

### Season 3 (2005–06)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 46 | 1 | "Like You Like an Arsonist" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | October 5, 2005 (2005-10-05) | 2T6151 | 3.46 |
| 47 | 2 | "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" | Kevin Dowling | Mark Schwahn | October 12, 2005 (2005-10-12) | 2T6152 | 3.12 |
| 48 | 3 | "First Day on a Brand New Planet" | Billy Dickson | Terrence Coli | October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19) | 2T6153 | 3.12 |
| 49 | 4 | "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" | Janice Cooke | Stacy Rukeyser | October 26, 2005 (2005-10-26) | 2T6154 | 3.36 |
| 50 | 5 | "A Multitude of Casualties" | Thomas J. Wright | R. Lee Fleming, Jr | November 2, 2005 (2005-11-02) | 2T6155 | 3.03 |
| 51 | 6 | "Locked Hearts & Hand Grenades" | Marita Grabiak | James Stoteraux and Chad Fiveash | November 9, 2005 (2005-11-09) | 2T6156 | 3.42 |
| 52 | 7 | "Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends" | Paul Johansson | Mark Schwahn | November 16, 2005 (2005-11-16) | 2T6157 | 3.52 |
| 53 | 8 | "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" | John Asher | Mike Herro & David Strauss | November 30, 2005 (2005-11-30) | 2T6158 | 3.42 |
| 54 | 9 | "How a Resurrection Really Feels" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | December 7, 2005 (2005-12-07) | 2T6159 | 3.33 |
| 55 | 10 | "Brave New World" | John Asher | John A. Norris | January 11, 2006 (2006-01-11) | 2T6160 | 3.23 |
| 56 | 11 | "Return of the Future" | Bethany Rooney | Terrence Coli | January 18, 2006 (2006-01-18) | 2T6161 | 2.67 |
| 57 | 12 | "I've Got Dreams to Remember" | Stuart Gillard | Mike Herro & David Strauss | January 25, 2006 (2006-01-25) | 2T6162 | 2.70 |
| 58 | 13 | "The Wind That Blew My Heart Away" | David Jackson | Stacy Rukeyser | February 1, 2006 (2006-02-01) | 2T6163 | 3.01 |
| 59 | 14 | "All Tomorrow's Parties" | David Paymer | Anna Lotto | February 8, 2006 (2006-02-08) | 2T6164 | 2.89 |
| 60 | 15 | "Just Watch the Fireworks" | Billy Dickson | James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash | February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15) | 2T6165 | 2.85 |
| 61 | 16 | "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | March 1, 2006 (2006-03-01) | 2T6166 | 3.36 |
| 62 | 17 | "Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them" | John Asher | Mark Schwahn | March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29) | 2T6167 | 2.83 |
| 63 | 18 | "When It Isn't Like It Should Be" | Paul Johansson | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05) | 2T6168 | 2.93 |
| 64 | 19 | "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" | Moira Kelly | William H. Brown | April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12) | 2T6169 | 2.76 |
| 65 | 20 | "Everyday Is a Sunday Evening" | Billy Dickson | Mark Schwahn | April 19, 2006 (2006-04-19) | 2T6170 | 2.67 |
| 66 | 21 | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | Thomas J. Wright | Mark Schwahn | April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26) | 2T6171 | 2.87 |
| 67 | 22 | "The Show Must Go On" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03) | 2T6172 | 3.06 |

### Season 4 (2006–07)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 68 | 1 | "The Same Deep Water as You" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | September 27, 2006 (2006-09-27) | 3T5751 | 3.64 |
| 69 | 2 | "Things I Forgot at Birth" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04) | 3T5752 | 3.09 |
| 70 | 3 | "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" | John Asher | Mike Herro & David Strauss | October 11, 2006 (2006-10-11) | 3T5753 | 3.28 |
| 71 | 4 | "Can't Stop This Thing We've Started" | Bethany Rooney | Terrence Coli | October 18, 2006 (2006-10-18) | 3T5754 | 2.95 |
| 72 | 5 | "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness" | Stuart Gillard | Mark Schwahn | October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25) | 3T5755 | 3.57 |
| 73 | 6 | "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" | Paul Johansson | William H. Brown | November 8, 2006 (2006-11-08) | 3T5756 | 3.52 |
| 74 | 7 | "All These Things That I've Done" | David Jackson | Adele Lim | November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15) | 3T5757 | 3.25 |
| 75 | 8 | "Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye" | Janice Cooke | John A. Norris | November 22, 2006 (2006-11-22) | 3T5758 | 2.53 |
| 76 | 9 | "Some You Give Away" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | November 29, 2006 (2006-11-29) | 3T5759 | 4.21 |
| 77 | 10 | "Songs to Love and Die By" | John Asher | Mark Schwahn | December 6, 2006 (2006-12-06) | 3T5760 | 4.24 |
| 78 | 11 | "Everything in Its Right Place" | Michael Lange | Dawn Urbont | January 17, 2007 (2007-01-17) | 3T5761 | 2.20 |
| 79 | 12 | "Resolve" | Moira Kelly | Michelle Furtney-Goodman | January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24) | 3T5762 | 2.26 |
| 80 | 13 | "Pictures of You" | Les Butler | Mark Schwahn | February 7, 2007 (2007-02-07) | 3T5763 | 2.85 |
| 81 | 14 | "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers" | Janice Cooke | William H. Brown | February 14, 2007 (2007-02-14) | 3T5764 | 2.25 |
| 82 | 15 | "Prom Night at Hater High" | Paul Johansson | Mike Herro & David Strauss | February 21, 2007 (2007-02-21) | 3T5765 | 3.15 |
| 83 | 16 | "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love" | Thomas J. Wright | Terrence Coli | May 2, 2007 (2007-05-02) | 3T5766 | 3.28 |
| 84 | 17 | "It Gets the Worst at Night" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn & Jim Lee | May 9, 2007 (2007-05-09) | 3T5767 | 2.95 |
| 85 | 18 | "The Runaway Found" | David Jackson | Mark Schwahn | May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16) | 3T5768 | 2.71 |
| 86 | 19 | "Ashes of Dreams You Let Die" | Michael Lange | John A. Norris | May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30) | 3T5769 | 2.23 |
| 87 | 20 | "The Birth and Death of the Day" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | June 6, 2007 (2007-06-06) | 3T5770 | 2.11 |
| 88 | 21 | "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | June 13, 2007 (2007-06-13) | 3T5771 | 2.50 |

### Season 5 (2008)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 89 | 1 | "4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08) | 3T6801 | 3.36 |
| 90 | 2 | "Racing Like a Pro" | Paul Johansson | Mark Schwahn | January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08) | 3T6802 | 3.59 |
| 91 | 3 | "My Way Home Is Through You" | David Jackson | John A. Norris | January 15, 2008 (2008-01-15) | 3T6803 | 2.74 |
| 92 | 4 | "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" | Janice Cooke | Adele Lim | January 22, 2008 (2008-01-22) | 3T6804 | 3.05 |
| 93 | 5 | "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" | Liz Friedlander | Terrence Coli | January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29) | 3T6805 | 2.81 |
| 94 | 6 | "Don't Dream It's Over" | Thomas J. Wright | Mark Schwahn | February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05) | 3T6806 | 2.84 |
| 95 | 7 | "In Da Club" | Greg Prange | Mike Herro & David Strauss | February 12, 2008 (2008-02-12) | 3T6807 | 3.21 |
| 96 | 8 | "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" | Paul Johansson | Mike Daniels | February 19, 2008 (2008-02-19) | 3T6808 | 2.90 |
| 97 | 9 | "For Tonight You're Only Here to Know" | Joe Davola | Mark Schwahn | February 26, 2008 (2008-02-26) | 3T6809 | 3.17 |
| 98 | 10 | "Running to Stand Still" | Clark Mathis | William H. Brown | March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04) | 3T6810 | 2.99 |
| 99 | 11 | "You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side" | Michael J. Leone | Zachary Haynes | March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11) | 3T6811 | 2.46 |
| 100 | 12 | "Hundred" | Les Butler | Mark Schwahn | March 18, 2008 (2008-03-18) | 3T6812 | 2.92 |
| 101 | 13 | "Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14) | 3T6813 | 2.72 |
| 102 | 14 | "What Do You Go Home To?" | Liz Friedlander | Mark Schwahn | April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21) | 3T6814 | 2.82 |
| 103 | 15 | "Life Is Short" | Paul Johansson | Eliza Delson | April 28, 2008 (2008-04-28) | 3T6815 | 2.50 |
| 104 | 16 | "Cryin' Won't Help You Now" | Greg Prange | William H. Brown | May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05) | 3T6816 | 2.20 |
| 105 | 17 | "Hate Is Safer Than Love" | Stuart Gillard | Mark Schwahn | May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12) | 3T6817 | 2.65 |
| 106 | 18 | "What Comes After the Blues?" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19) | 3T6818 | 3.15 |

### Season 6 (2008–09)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 107 | 1 | "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream, Part 1" | Stuart Gillard | Mark Schwahn | September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01) | 3T7551 | 3.14 |
| 108 | 2 | "One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | September 8, 2008 (2008-09-08) | 3T7552 | 3.25 |
| 109 | 3 | "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly." | Liz Friedlander | Mark Schwahn | September 15, 2008 (2008-09-15) | 3T7553 | 3.35 |
| 110 | 4 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Paul Johansson | Terrence Coli | September 22, 2008 (2008-09-22) | 3T7554 | 3.10 |
| 111 | 5 | "You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie in It" | John Asher | William H. Brown | September 29, 2008 (2008-09-29) | 3T7555 | 3.42 |
| 112 | 6 | "Choosing My Own Way of Life" | Clark Mathis | John A. Norris | October 13, 2008 (2008-10-13) | 3T7556 | 3.43 |
| 113 | 7 | "Messin' with the Kid" | Greg Prange | Mike Herro & David Strauss | October 20, 2008 (2008-10-20) | 3T7557 | 3.65 |
| 114 | 8 | "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe" | Peter Kowalski | Mark Schwahn | October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27) | 3T7558 | 3.14 |
| 115 | 9 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Bradley Walsh | Michael Daniels | November 3, 2008 (2008-11-03) | 3T7559 | 3.35 |
| 116 | 10 | "Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous" | Janice Cooke | Nikki Schiefelbein | November 10, 2008 (2008-11-10) | 3T7560 | 3.01 |
| 117 | 11 | "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" | Joe Davola | Chad Michael Murray | November 17, 2008 (2008-11-17) | 3T7561 | 2.72 |
| 118 | 12 | "You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | November 24, 2008 (2008-11-24) | 3T7562 | 2.22 |
| 119 | 13 | "Things a Mama Don't Know" | Michael J. Leone | Karin Gist | January 5, 2009 (2009-01-05) | 3T7563 | 2.64 |
| 120 | 14 | "A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene" | Chad Michael Murray | Mike Daniels | January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12) | 3T7564 | 3.13 |
| 121 | 15 | "We Change, We Wait" | Les Butler | John Norris | January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19) | 3T7565 | 2.59 |
| 122 | 16 | "Screenwriter's Blues" | Bethany Joy Lenz | Mike Herro & David Strauss | February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02) | 3T7566 | 2.60 |
| 123 | 17 | "You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight" | Greg Prange | Terrence Coli | March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16) | 3T7567 | 2.27 |
| 124 | 18 | "Searching for a Former Clarity" | Joe Davola | Mark Schwahn | March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23) | 3T7568 | 2.40 |
| 125 | 19 | "Letting Go" | Paul Johansson | David Handelman | March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30) | 3T7569 | 2.29 |
| 126 | 20 | "I Would for You" | Peter B. Kowalski | Chris "CARM" Armstrong & Bryan Gracia | April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20) | 3T7570 | 2.41 |
| 127 | 21 | "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" | Erica Dunton | Karin Gist | April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27) | 3T7571 | 2.24 |
| 128 | 22 | "Show Me How to Live" | James Lafferty | William H. Brown | May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04) | 3T7572 | 2.23 |
| 129 | 23 | "Forever and Almost Always" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) | 3T7573 | 2.27 |
| 130 | 24 | "Remember Me as a Time of Day" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18) | 3T7574 | 2.62 |

### Season 7 (2009–10)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 131 | 1 | "4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad)" | Clark Mathis | Mark Schwahn | September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) | 3X5301 | 2.45 |
| 132 | 2 | "What Are You Willing to Lose" | Les Butler | Mark Schwahn | September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21) | 3X5302 | 2.29 |
| 133 | 3 | "Hold My Hand as I'm Lowered" | Liz Friedlander | Mark Schwahn | September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28) | 3X5303 | 2.51 |
| 134 | 4 | "Believe Me, I'm Lying" | Greg Prange | John A. Norris | October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) | 3X5304 | 2.13 |
| 135 | 5 | "Your Cheatin' Heart" | Peter B. Kowalski | Mike Herro & David Strauss | October 12, 2009 (2009-10-12) | 3X5305 | 2.55 |
| 136 | 6 | "Deep Ocean Vast Sea" | Janice Cooke | Mike Daniels | October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19) | 3X5306 | 2.21 |
| 137 | 7 | "I and Love and You" | James Lafferty | Mark Schwahn | October 26, 2009 (2009-10-26) | 3X5307 | 2.67 |
| 138 | 8 | "(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight" | Michael J. Leone | Terrence Coli | November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02) | 3X5308 | 2.32 |
| 139 | 9 | "Now You Lift Your Eyes to the Sun" | Sophia Bush | Karen Gist | November 9, 2009 (2009-11-09) | 3X5309 | 2.67 |
| 140 | 10 | "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" | Paul Johansson | Mark Schwahn | November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16) | 3X5310 | 2.63 |
| 141 | 11 | "You Know I Love You... Don't You?" | Greg Prange | William H. Brown | November 30, 2009 (2009-11-30) | 3X5311 | 2.40 |
| 142 | 12 | "Some Roads Lead Nowhere" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | December 7, 2009 (2009-12-07) | 3X5312 | 2.57 |
| 143 | 13 | "Weeks Go by Like Days" | Joe Davola | Karin Gist | January 18, 2010 (2010-01-18) | 3X5313 | 2.18 |
| 144 | 14 | "Family Affair" | Paul Johansson | Mike Herro and David Strauss | January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) | 3X5314 | 2.19 |
| 145 | 15 | "Don't You Forget About Me" | Les Butler | Terrence Coli | February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01) | 3X5315 | 2.14 |
| 146 | 16 | "My Attendance Is Bad But My Intentions Are Good" | Jessica Landaw | Nikki Schiefelbein | February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) | 3X5316 | 2.17 |
| 147 | 17 | "At the Bottom of Everything" | Bethany Joy Lenz | John A. Norris | February 15, 2010 (2010-02-15) | 3X5317 | 1.86 |
| 148 | 18 | "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance" | Joe Davola | Mike Daniels | February 22, 2010 (2010-02-22) | 3X5318 | 2.23 |
| 149 | 19 | "Every Picture Tells a Story" | Chad Graves | William H. Brown | April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26) | 3X5319 | 2.01 |
| 150 | 20 | "Learning to Fall" | Greg Prange | Shaina Fewell and Renee Intlekofer | May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03) | 3X5320 | 1.94 |
| 151 | 21 | "What's in the Ground Belongs to You" | Peter Kowalski | Mark Schwahn | May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10) | 3X5321 | 2.09 |
| 152 | 22 | "Almost Everything I Wish I'd Said the Last Time I Saw You" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17) | 3X5322 | 2.02 |

### Season 8 (2010–11)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 153 | 1 | "Asleep at Heaven's Gate" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14) | 3X6351 | 2.14 |
| 154 | 2 | "I Can't See You, But I Know You're There" | Joe Davola | Mark Schwahn | September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21) | 3X6352 | 1.86 |
| 155 | 3 | "The Space in Between" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) | 3X6353 | 1.83 |
| 156 | 4 | "We All Fall Down" | Peter B. Kowalski | William H. Brown | October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05) | 3X6354 | 1.97 |
| 157 | 5 | "Nobody Taught Us to Quit" | James Lafferty | Mark Schwahn | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) | 3X6355 | 1.91 |
| 158 | 6 | "Not Afraid" | Sophia Bush | John Norris | October 19, 2010 (2010-10-19) | 3X6356 | 1.89 |
| 159 | 7 | "Luck Be a Lady" | Les Butler | David Strauss & Mike Herro | November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02) | 3X6357 | 1.82 |
| 160 | 8 | "Mouthful of Diamonds" | Michael J. Leone | Mark Schwahn | November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09) | 3X6358 | 1.70 |
| 161 | 9 | "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" | Bethany Joy Lenz | Nikki Schiefelbein | November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) | 3X6359 | 1.90 |
| 162 | 10 | "Lists, Plans" | Joe Davola | Johnny Richardson | November 30, 2010 (2010-11-30) | 3X6360 | 1.81 |
| 163 | 11 | "Darkness on the Edge of Town" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07) | 3X6361 | 2.20 |
| 164 | 12 | "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" | Chad Graves | Shaina Fewell | January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25) | 3X6362 | 1.89 |
| 165 | 13 | "The Other Half of Me" | Greg Prange | John A. Norris | February 1, 2011 (2011-02-01) | 3X6363 | 2.42 |
| 166 | 14 | "Holding Out for a Hero" | Peter B. Kowalski | Mike Herro & David Strauss | February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08) | 3X6364 | 1.60 |
| 167 | 15 | "Valentine's Day Is Over" | Paul Johansson | Mark Schwahn | February 15, 2011 (2011-02-15) | 3X6365 | 1.64 |
| 168 | 16 | "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" | Steven Goldfried | Rachel Specter & Audrey Wauchope | February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22) | 3X6366 | 2.01 |
| 169 | 17 | "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get" | Les Butler | Mark Schwahn | March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01) | 3X6367 | 1.59 |
| 170 | 18 | "Quiet Little Voices" | Austin Nichols | Mark Schwahn | April 19, 2011 (2011-04-19) | 3X6368 | 1.41 |
| 171 | 19 | "Where Not to Look for Freedom" | Joe Davola | Mark Schwahn | April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) | 3X6369 | 1.44 |
| 172 | 20 | "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | May 3, 2011 (2011-05-03) | 3X6370 | 1.24 |
| 173 | 21 | "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" | Greg Prange | Mark Schwahn | May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10) | 3X6371 | 1.30 |
| 174 | 22 | "This Is My House, This Is My Home" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) | 3X6372 | 1.48 |

### Season 9 (2012)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 175 | 1 | "Know This, We've Noticed" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11) | 3X7201 | 1.72 |
| 176 | 2 | "In the Room Where You Sleep" | Joe Davola | Mark Schwahn | January 18, 2012 (2012-01-18) | 3X7202 | 1.53 |
| 177 | 3 | "Love the Way You Lie" | Paul Johansson | Lenn K. Rosenfeld | January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25) | 3X7203 | 1.46 |
| 178 | 4 | "Don't You Want to Share the Guilt?" | Les Butler | Nikki Schiefelbein | February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01) | 3X7204 | 1.52 |
| 179 | 5 | "The Killing Moon" | Greg Prange | Shaina Fewell | February 8, 2012 (2012-02-08) | 3X7205 | 1.35 |
| 180 | 6 | "Catastrophe and the Cure" | James Lafferty | Roger Grant | February 15, 2012 (2012-02-15) | 3X7206 | 1.40 |
| 181 | 7 | "Last Known Surroundings" | Austin Nichols | Mark Schwahn | February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22) | 3X7207 | 1.43 |
| 182 | 8 | "A Rush of Blood to the Head" | Greg Prange | Johnny Richardson | February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29) | 3X7208 | 1.57 |
| 183 | 9 | "Every Breath Is a Bomb" | Peter B. Kowalski | Ian Biggins | March 7, 2012 (2012-03-07) | 3X7209 | 1.47 |
| 184 | 10 | "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | March 14, 2012 (2012-03-14) | 3X7210 | 1.52 |
| 185 | 11 | "Danny Boy" | Joe Davola | Mike Herro & David Strauss | March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21) | 3X7211 | 1.50 |
| 186 | 12 | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | Sophia Bush | Brian L. Ridings | March 28, 2012 (2012-03-28) | 3X7212 | 1.34 |
| 187 | 13 | "One Tree Hill" | Mark Schwahn | Mark Schwahn | April 4, 2012 (2012-04-04) | 3X7213 | 1.43 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Average |
| | 1 | 2.48 | 3.31 | 3.54 | 3.78 | 3.53 | 3.40 | 3.62 | 3.64 | 3.78 | 4.35 | 3.81 | 3.89 | 4.00 | 4.39 | 3.87 | 3.95 | 3.24 | 4.81 | 4.40 | 4.23 | 4.09 | 4.49 | – | – | 3.84 |
| | 2 | 4.93 | 4.93 | 5.43 | 4.83 | 4.50 | 4.57 | 4.62 | 4.54 | 4.18 | 4.36 | 4.07 | 4.13 | 4.47 | 4.28 | 4.25 | 3.95 | 4.08 | 4.42 | 4.05 | 3.78 | 4.20 | 3.61 | 3.61 | – | 4.34 |
| | 3 | 3.46 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.36 | 3.03 | 3.42 | 3.52 | 3.42 | 3.33 | 3.23 | 2.67 | 2.70 | 3.01 | 2.89 | 2.85 | 3.36 | 2.83 | 2.93 | 2.76 | 2.67 | 2.87 | 3.06 | – | – | 3.07 |
| | 4 | 3.64 | 3.09 | 3.28 | 2.95 | 3.57 | 3.52 | 3.25 | 2.53 | 4.21 | 4.24 | 2.20 | 2.26 | 2.85 | 2.25 | 3.15 | 3.28 | 2.95 | 2.71 | 2.23 | 2.11 | 2.50 | – | – | – | 2.99 |
| | 5 | 3.36 | 3.59 | 2.74 | 3.05 | 2.81 | 2.86 | 3.21 | 2.90 | 3.18 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.92 | 2.57 | 2.29 | 2.72 | 3.23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.00 |
| | 6 | 3.25 | 3.28 | 3.37 | 3.15 | 3.42 | 3.47 | 3.70 | 3.21 | 3.35 | 3.01 | 2.72 | 2.65 | 2.66 | 3.13 | 2.60 | 2.65 | 2.41 | 2.40 | 2.36 | 2.45 | 2.28 | 2.23 | 2.30 | 2.67 | 3.01 |
| | 7 | 2.55 | 2.30 | 2.51 | 2.13 | 2.55 | 2.21 | 2.67 | 2.32 | 2.67 | 2.63 | 2.40 | 2.57 | 2.18 | 2.20 | 2.15 | 2.17 | 1.87 | 2.23 | 2.01 | 1.96 | 2.10 | 2.02 | – | – | 2.30 |
| | 8 | 2.14 | 1.86 | 1.83 | 1.97 | 1.91 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.70 | 1.90 | 1.81 | 2.20 | 1.90 | 2.42 | 1.60 | 1.65 | 2.01 | 1.60 | 1.41 | 1.45 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.48 | – | – | 1.80 |
| | 9 | 1.72 | 1.53 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.35 | 1.40 | 1.43 | 1.57 | 1.47 | 1.52 | 1.50 | 1.34 | 1.43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.48 |