Truth, Bitter Truth

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01	The Desperate Kingdom of Love		09	The Trick Is to Keep Breathing		17	Something I Can Never Have
02	Truth Doesn't Make a Noise		10	Don't Take Me for Granted		18	The Lonesome Road
03	Near Wild Heaven		11	The Heart Brings You Back		19	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
04	You Can't Always Get What You Want		12	Between Order and Randomness		20	Lifetime Piling Up
05	I Will Dare		13	The Hero Dies in This One		21	What Could Have Been
06	We Might as Well Be Strangers		14	The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows		22	The Tide That Left and Never Came Back
07	Let the Reigns Go Loose		15	Unopened Letter to the World		23	The Leavers Dance
08	Truth, Bitter Truth		16	Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking

"Truth, Bitter Truth"
Season	2
Episode	08
General information
Aired	November 9, 2004
Written by	Stacy Rukeyser
Directed by	Billy Dickson
Cast
Episode images

"Truth, Bitter Truth" is the eiht episode of the second season of One Tree Hill and the 30th produced episode of the series. It was broadcast on November 9, 2004. Brooke, Peyton, Haley and Anna have a slumber party at Haley's apartment where secrets and lies are revealed. Meanwhile, when Lucas and Nathan go on a road trip to a Bobcats game, Nathan reveals he is being tested for the genetic defect that caused Dan's heart attack and suggests Lucas do the same. After an awkward encounter with Keith and Jules, Karen and Andy share an intimate night together.

Synopsis

Continuing their 'friends with benefits' relationships, Felix and Brooke run from his house to her's after Felix's mom returned home whilst they were sleeping together. As they go into Brooke's bedroom, they find she has no bed left, only a note telling her they have sold her big bed for a single bed, Brooke is less than unimpressed. Arriving at highschool, Haley and Brooke are talking about how Nathan is going to a basketball game with Nathan and she will be alone for the first time since they got married.

Memorable Quotes

"Ok, I think you should know I have a bat"

"And we dialled 911"

"yeah, that too"

"Brooke"

"Peyton"

"Anna"

"OW MY EYES!"

Whispering, Peyton Sawyer and Anna Taggaro explore Nathan's apartment thinking it has been burgled only to find a naked Brooke Davis and Felix Taggaro in Haley's bed

"Hi, I'm Brooke. We haven't officially been introduced, but your dating my ex boyfriend and I'm sleeping with your brother, so looks like we have alot in common...oh and you're Peyton's new best friend, sorry I forgot that part"

Brooke Davis to Anna Taggaro

"That could be you someday, actually, it could be me, you're not good enough"

Lucas Scott teases Nathan Scott at a basketball game

"The big deal is that first of all you did not thank me for helping you with the CDs, second of all you had sex in my bed, and 3rd, you ate all the brownies!"

Haley James Scott to Brooke Davis

"What you gonna do? Snort her"

Haley James Scott revealing that Peyton Sawyer done drugs

"Oh man, Tree Hill's got some drama"

Anna Taggaro

"There is a double standard for girls and there always will be"

"Yeah, and I'm saying screw the double standard"

"And that's good Brooke, you should say it and so should I and every other girl who's tired of playing their game by their rules. Don't be too fat, or too thin, or too dark, or too light. Don't be too sexual or too chaste or too smart or too dumb. Be yourself, but make sure you fit in"

Anna Taggaro to Brooke Davis and the rest of the girls

"Do you think there's such a thing as a sugar hangover?"

"I think you need a taste of the snake that bit you"

Haley James Scott wakes up from the sleepover as Brooke Davis offers her some ice cream

"I'm fine"

"1 in 2 right?"

Nathan Scott reveals to Lucas Scott that he doesn't have Dan's heart disease as Lucas realises his chances aren't hopeful

Voiceover

"Someone once said: It’s the good girls that keep diaries,the bad girls never the have time. Me? I just want to live a life I am gonna remember, even if I don’t write it down"

Brooke Davis (opening voiceover)

Music

• "Fireball" - Paul Tredeau
• "Did I Lose You There?" - Silver
• "Holiday" - Doctor Kosmon
• "When The Stars Go Blue" - Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hilton
• "Time Keeps Turning" - The Vents
• "Give It Up" - Midtown
• "Sparkle Me" - Buffseeds
• "Gone To Earth" - American Analog Set
• "No Reason" - Sum41
• "Testing" - Nolan
• "Every Ship Must Sail Away" - Blue Merie

This episode's title originated from the song Truth, Bitter Truth, originally sung by Marianne Faithfull.

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