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Mary Edwards is a minor character in One Tree Hill, portrayed by Renee Vincent during the third, fourth, and seventh seasons.
The mother of Jimmy Edwards, Mary was a single parent after her husband left her. While her son was originally friends with Mouth McFadden, Lucas Scott, and other members of the River Court, Jimmy became increasingly isolated during his senior year of high school. After her son's attempted suicide and intensified bullying by his peers, he performed a school shooting, wherein both he and Keith Scott died. With Jimmy wrongfully accused of Keith's murder, Mary was left to grieve for her son alone, though some of his former friends came to support her at his funeral.
While Jimmy's name was cleared during the fourth season after Dan Scott confessed to his crime, Mary was unable to move past her son's death. Years later, when Dan brought Mary onto his talk show as a guest, she tearfully proclaimed she would never forgive him for allowing people to believe her son was a murderer.
Character arc[]
Season 3[]
She first appeared in the episode in which Jimmy Edwards takes the school hostage. She is in the following episode at her son's funeral.
Season 4[]
Mary Edwards appeared in Season 4 Episode 19 "Ashes of Dreams You Let Die" to receive Jimmy's high school yearbook which Mouth McFadden had organized and given to her as a surprise. Mary was very thankful for what Mouth had done for Jimmy and the scene ended with Mary crying whilst hugging Mouth who had a tear in his eye.
Season 7[]
Mary tells Dan that she will never forgive him. ("You Know I Love You, Don't You")
Years later, when Rachel and Dan decided to broadcast a live episode of Scott Free Redemption in the corridor where Jimmy and Keith died, Mary paid Dan a visit. After being mistaken for a fan asking for an autograph, she slapped him and was astounded that he didn't know who she was. She then reminded him that she was Jimmy Edwards's mother and that Dan had no right to profit from Jimmy's death, as he had done writing his self help books and presenting his talk show. She told Dan that he made everyone think Jimmy was a murderer, and now he has the nerve to talk about forgiveness. She then told him that she would never forgive him and left, making Dan further realize that profiting off the deaths of Jimmy and Keith wasn't right. ("You Know I Love You, Don't You")
Relationships[]
Romances[]
Mary was married to Jimmy's dad. Jimmy's dad left the family after seeing Jimmy getting beat up by kids at school. Jimmy states this in the school shooting episode.