The preview that says “Two left standing”:

Tara being her usual bitchy self:

Haley running on the treadmill:

Julian freaking out so bad about the dead guy in the trunk:

Dan, Julian and Chris all teaming up:

When the lights went off in the cafe and you knew it was Xavier:

Dan telling Julian to go home because he had a family:

Chris’ “distraction”:

Dan going into to get Nathan:

Brooke being stupid and going through the parking garage:

Xavier attacking Brooke:

Xavier finding Brooke under the car:

Clay going to Sarah’s grave and talking to her:

Thinking that Nathan was shot, but he wasn’t:

“It’s okay son. I got you.”:

Tara saving Brooke:

Dan taking the bullet for Nathan:

“I’m sorry.”:

Julian coming to the rescue:

Nathan calling Dan “Dad”:

Haley watching the videos and then her phone rings:

Knowing that there will be a Naley reunion next week:

But knowing that Dan’s going to die:

Jamie visiting Dan in the hospital:

“You can’t kill Dan Scott” but knowing that actually, you can:

There only being three episodes left:

The episode making every single member of the OTHFamily having a heart attack:

Haley’s voiceover:

“Nathan, please. Have we really had our last conversation? Our last kiss? I don’t know what I’d do. Please.”

Deb Scott, back in town:

“Thank God it wasn’t him.”

Xavier showing up at Karen’s Cafe:

Julian with the boys:

The Missing posters up all over the place:

Chris and Chase’s bromance:

Clay talking about Sarah dying:

Chase beating up (possibly killing) Chuck’s father:

Clay remembering that Logan is his and Sarah’s son:

Hoping Dan’s close to finding Nathan:

Haley finally going to Dan:

Realizing that there’s only five episodes left:

Wondering how Mark Schwahn could write something so amazing:

Next week’s promo:

Almost having a heart attack every Wednesday night:

LUCAS SCOTT:

Nathan almost escaping:

The fucking cop:

Finding out about Clay wanting to kill himself:

The video of Nathan:

Lydia being absolutely adorable:

All of the Peyton references, and Haley talking to Sawyer:

Haley crying while watching the video of Nathan:

Chuck “falling off his bike” but knowing the truth:

Chris, Clay and two strippers waking up in the same bed:

No Tara in this episode:

Julian and Dan working together to try to find Nathan:

Haley saying goodbye to the kids, wondering the next time we’ll see them:

Jamie breaking down only after Haley leaves:

Lucas leaving so quickly:

Next week’s preview:

Mark Schwahn killing us all:

Make sure to tweet ‘Welcome Home Lucas Scott’ tomorrow night! We want to get this a trending topic on Twitter if we can!!

When Nathan keeps getting a gun pointed at his face: 

Clay leaving Logan:

Lydia’s first steps, without Nathan there:

Julian working with Dan:

Mouth trying to help find Nathan:

Haley telling Jamie about Nathan:

Millie’s idea to bring music back to Karen’s Cafe:

Tyler Hilton’s singing:

Chris finding out about Tara and Chase:

Tara and Chase as a couple in general:

Those damn Europeans:

The overall episode:

When you realize Lucas is coming back:

When you realize there’s only seven episodes left:

That awful moment when you realize that One Tree Hill is almost over, forever.

Not knowing where Nathan is:

Haley’s desperation:

 

Julian feeling guilty for what happened with Davis:

Clay’s bonding with Logan:

Chris Keller:

“Look up bitch and you’ll see Brooke”:

Finding out that Tara left that note on Julian’s car:

Quinn spending time with Jamie and Lydia:

Tara:

Dan Scott:

Bethany Joy Galeotti, winning ALL the awards: 

How much do we love OTH?

Last night’s episode was perfect in every single way possible. BEST episode of the entire season, for sure. Ahhh I cannot even wait until next week!

Nathan is not dead. James Lafferty is signed on for seven episodes, yet Nathan has only been in three. So how can he possibly be dead? He’s not. My predictions are that Haley is crying in relief because it isn’t Nathan. So don’t freak out, because it doesn’t make sense for Nathan to be dead. James still has four episodes left to film! Everything will work out fine. Plus, Mark Schwahn would never kill off Nathan and leave it like that for Haley. We’re just going to have to wait to see how it all works out. :)