Out of all the characters, Dan is, by far, the one that changed the most. Thereby making him one of the best characters in the whole series. A villain turned hero. A man who deserves redemption, and above all, forgiveness. Not just by his family but by everyone. Especially those who truly understand why he was an asshole to begin with. Jealousy and anger are very ugly things. And those that can get passed it and change deserve all the forgiveness in the world
@@p.merle7-11he was able to redeem himself as Keith reunited with his brother forgiving him as they both went to heaven. He did bad things but he was able to do a lot more good in the end
I love this moment between Nathan and Dan. True forgiveness and love. I wish Lucas and Karen could have been apart of this. I know they had such anger in their hearts, which is understandable, but ultimately forgiveness isn't for the other person. It's for you. It would have been great to see Karen and Lucas have the opportunity to do that like Nathan, Deb, and Haley got to.
This might be an unpopular opinion but I’m happy that Lucas and Karen didn’t come. It’s much more realistic that Lucas couldn’t forgive Dan and refused to come see him one last time. Remember, Dan abandoned Karen and Lucas from the start. He was never a father to him. Aside from some fleeting moments, Lucas never felt fatherly love from Dan, love that Nathan has gotten and felt from Dan. But Keith gave unconditional love to Lucas and Karen from the day Lucas was born and even before that. Keith was Lucas’ dad and the father of his sister. His sister will never know her dad because of Dan. People might say well it might give him closure. Sometimes you just don’t want or need that closure. And Dan really doesn’t deserve that closure from Lucas or Karen for the way he has hurt them. What hurts more than anger and hatred to someone? Utter indifference to their life and that’s what Lucas has towards Dan and in a way, that’s his closure. You can’t expect someone to want to see a man who killed their dad, let alone forgive him, regardless of his motivations or acts of kindness afterwards.
Dan was convinced Keith tried to kill him. It's pretty justified as to why he shot Keith. Dan felt betrayed by Keith first so he probably thought if he didn't kill him then Keith would kill him sometime
@@blake7065 That's still no justification for fratricide. He thought his brother tried to kill him, so he murdered him in the middle of a school shooting, and framed a (mostly) innocent kid in Jimmy Edwards. There's nothing he could have thought Keith did to justify that.
@@frederalbacon Would you have this same sympathy for the shooter jimmy edwards if this happened in real life? Keith planned to kill Dan and wanted to and he was going to but Deb told him she was going to be the one to do it so he let her. In my opinion dan is worse than dan even.
@@blake7065 "The shooter Jimmy Edwards" didn't shoot anyone except himself, and he was a suicidal depressed teenager. So, yes, still have the same sympathy for a teenager who kills themself, even if they do it in a school. Keith was worse for thinking about burning down the dealership? He DIDN'T DO IT. He let someone talk him out of it. THAT'S WHY HE IS BETTER. Dan actually pulled the damn trigger.
Nathan: Dad, why does this have to be so difficult? You're my father so I should love you but I spent so much of my life hating you. Dan: I was a terrible father. I know that. Nathan: You know, I can justify a lot of the screwed up things you've done. You bullied me because you wanted to make me tough. You tried to ruin my marriage because you wanted me to have a career. You even burned down your diner because you wanted to see me again. But I can't understand how you can murder your own brother. And I'm worried, when you're gone that's all I'll remember, and still hate you for it. Dan: You should hate me for it. Nathan: So why did you do it? Dan: I was always jealous of Keith. Even when we were kids. I was athletic, popular, all the things that he wasn't, but still, I was jealous of him. And people were drawn to Keith, and I hated him for it. Nathan: So you shot him because people liked him more? Dan: The day I shot Keith I was in a dark place. I was convinced that he tried to kill me, I had lost you, divorced your mom, my life was spiraling downwards and meanwhile Keith was building a new life with my high school sweat-heart and the child I'd abandoned. Every time I looked at him I felt I like I was punched in the gut. Nathan: So what happened in that hallway? Dan: Keith wanted to go into the school to save that kid, so I let him go, hoping he'd get shot. Let him be the hero, as long as he was a dead hero. And then I thought, why should he be the hero, when it could be me? So I followed him in. Jimmy was crying and Keith was telling him, it gets better, that pain in your heart, that voice in your head that tells ya there's no way out, it's wrong. It gets better. And I felt like he was talking to me. And in that moment, maybe the most heroic, kindest moment of my big brothers life, I hated him. I hated him more than anyone, or anything. Because nothing had gotten better. That pain was still in my heart. That voice in my head saying there's no way out was right! And he was standing there, lying to me! And after Jimmy died, I picked up the gun and aimed it at Keith, and he looked at me, and all I could think of was how everything that had gone wrong in my life was his fault. And it wasn't going to get better until he was gone. Just pull the trigger and it all ends. So I pulled that trigger. And It didn't end! It got worse. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. [Dan breaks down crying] Nathan: There are a lot of people you need to say I'm sorry to, but I'm not one of them. I wouldn't be where I am if it wasn't for you. My career, my family, my life. No matter what you've done, you're still my father. My father, and I love you. Dan: Oh Nathan, I love you too. Dan: You know, we never got a chance to play a game together on the river court. How bout it? Nathan: What do you want to play to? Dan: Let's not keep score. For once, lets just play to play.
and to think one tree hill was suppose to just be a simple movie named ravens, how could they ever put all the history from these 9 seasons into a movie!
Hahah yeah this show was way overdone. This scene is nice but tbh like the whole show went to shit after like season 2 honestly. The best episodes were the first half of season 1, after that it gets ridiulous.
I’m a 38 y/o male…this is my FAV show of all time and early on when it was a newer show, I was harassed incessantly for liking it so much. But if you ask me, THIS show is THE show of our generation. My fav part about it is the way they did it, if you caught on at season 5 to the end, it was almost as if it was 2 diff shows and you didn’t necessarily have to be fully invested in seasons 1-4 to follow 5-9; it was written so well! The decision to jump ahead to post college for season 5 was risky but it worked! Other than psycho the Derek and the Nanny Carrie ordeals, this show was original, real, and everyone could find a way to relate to it! OTH 4EVA!!!
@@vishnukota1369 why? Keith and deb wanted to kill him but they failed. He just did perfectly what they tried to him. When deb says to dan that she is her who try to kill him, just look how dan hated himself for killing his brother. Keith and deb are the worst
I think it would have been really interesting to see how Lucas would have reacted to this, the idea that Dan felt Keith was responsible for everything that had gone wrong in his life.
This is crazy he was such an evil man filled with hatred did some awful unforgivable things and now we are crying for him not wanting him to die. I wasn't ready for this at the end.
I always wondered what Luke and Karen might have said to dan had they been there. While I know the both probably wouldn’t have forgiven dan for killing Keith, but at least they would have gotten some closure.
@@boomds5602 I agree, but it did have potential with Nathan, just think they went the wrong way with it. But their were a few good episodes the final 3 years.
I was at a gas station and saw the actor who played Dan he was grabbing snacks and drinks for what looked like a fishing trip I wanted to ask em for a picture but he had already taken some with a bunch of people in the store he was super nice looked happy to be recognized
i think it would had been even sadder if both Nathan and Lucas showed up and spend their last moment with Dan...clearly One Tree Hill did start off with them two as the main character...how sad
Not always. Lucas gave Dan plenty of chances. Thanked him for saving his life, and even started calling him Dad just before finding out that Dan killed Keith.
TheKOng2000 only problem was Lucas would have never forgiven dan maybe he would come to terms with it but dan killed lucas father and a son could never forgive someone for that no matter what compared to Nathan not being as close with Keith even tho he still hated dan a place in his heart would always be ready to live his father
Dan loved his family more than anything and he had a hard time expressing that love to them and I think that, that might have something to do with Dan's father. His father may have taught him that showing love and emotion means your weak and you have to be tough and show none of those feelings. And the reason why Dan was so tough on Nathan was because he knew Nathan had a lot of potential to be the best so he pushed him to the best that he could. Dan loved Nathan so much and with his tough love for his son, his son made a wonderful life, I'm not saying Dan was right for giving Nathan that tough love but sometimes we do need that in order to make it on our own.
As Nathan also said, a lot of the messed things Dan did was out of his love for him and for him to achieve the greatness Dan knew he could. I think that this is why Dan ended up becoming one of my favourite characters in the series.
Portia M. And that makes all the shitty things ok? Sorry I beat the crap out of you and almost killed you son. It’s only because I love you. That’s what all the abusers say
The misconception about one tree hill is that it’s Nathan or Lucas’ show. When in reality from day 1 it’s always been about Dan the rest of the characters were just side stories. We see this man go from arrogant prick to psychotic killer, to a dead man walking, to a man on an endless redemption tour, to hero. We hate him for so long but yet in season 5 we start hoping Nathan forgives him.
Yes but, was it a dream sequence to DAN, where the conversation actually did happen, but as it happened...in Dan's mind, was he on the river court, slipping in and out of consciousness while he talked to Nathan from the hospital bed? The part that struck me as a dream was when he and Nate were playing together. At the point where he tells Nathan he loved him too is where I imagined he closed his eyes and stopped talking in reality but the dream kept going until his heart stopped in the vision and in reality.
"Let's not keep score. For once let's just play to play." That line really broke my heart. D:
"You're still my Father.... and I love you... " The look on Dan's face when Nathah says that! Omg I'm crying. 💔
The most underrated writing and acting jobs of millennials tv series...
OMFG YES
Out of all the characters, Dan is, by far, the one that changed the most. Thereby making him one of the best characters in the whole series. A villain turned hero. A man who deserves redemption, and above all, forgiveness. Not just by his family but by everyone. Especially those who truly understand why he was an asshole to begin with. Jealousy and anger are very ugly things. And those that can get passed it and change deserve all the forgiveness in the world
✨So true. So beautiful.✨
Yes, hes def one of my favorites.
I bet you Dan still goes to Hell, where he belongs. One heroic act does not nullify a life of sadistic behavior. Glad he apologized though.
@@p.merle7-11he was able to redeem himself as Keith reunited with his brother forgiving him as they both went to heaven. He did bad things but he was able to do a lot more good in the end
10 years later and I still cry when I see this…😭
Oh Lord! 💔 Bring back OTH! ❤️🔥
I know what you mean
Dan Scott probably had the biggest redemption in all of television
"Oh Nathan" man.......ima miss this show.
still my favorite, most emotional moment of a scene in the history of TV.
This is a moment which hits right where it should :)
This whole, and the ending scene with Keith, are two of my favourite OTH moments ever.
I love this moment between Nathan and Dan. True forgiveness and love. I wish Lucas and Karen could have been apart of this. I know they had such anger in their hearts, which is understandable, but ultimately forgiveness isn't for the other person. It's for you. It would have been great to see Karen and Lucas have the opportunity to do that like Nathan, Deb, and Haley got to.
This might be an unpopular opinion but I’m happy that Lucas and Karen didn’t come. It’s much more realistic that Lucas couldn’t forgive Dan and refused to come see him one last time. Remember, Dan abandoned Karen and Lucas from the start. He was never a father to him. Aside from some fleeting moments, Lucas never felt fatherly love from Dan, love that Nathan has gotten and felt from Dan. But Keith gave unconditional love to Lucas and Karen from the day Lucas was born and even before that. Keith was Lucas’ dad and the father of his sister. His sister will never know her dad because of Dan. People might say well it might give him closure. Sometimes you just don’t want or need that closure. And Dan really doesn’t deserve that closure from Lucas or Karen for the way he has hurt them. What hurts more than anger and hatred to someone? Utter indifference to their life and that’s what Lucas has towards Dan and in a way, that’s his closure. You can’t expect someone to want to see a man who killed their dad, let alone forgive him, regardless of his motivations or acts of kindness afterwards.
Even Paul (who played as Dan Scott) agreed that it made sense that Lucas and Karen didn’t come. He liked they didn’t come to his death bed.
Dan was convinced Keith tried to kill him. It's pretty justified as to why he shot Keith. Dan felt betrayed by Keith first so he probably thought if he didn't kill him then Keith would kill him sometime
@@blake7065 That's still no justification for fratricide. He thought his brother tried to kill him, so he murdered him in the middle of a school shooting, and framed a (mostly) innocent kid in Jimmy Edwards. There's nothing he could have thought Keith did to justify that.
@@frederalbacon Would you have this same sympathy for the shooter jimmy edwards if this happened in real life? Keith planned to kill Dan and wanted to and he was going to but Deb told him she was going to be the one to do it so he let her. In my opinion dan is worse than dan even.
@@blake7065 "The shooter Jimmy Edwards" didn't shoot anyone except himself, and he was a suicidal depressed teenager. So, yes, still have the same sympathy for a teenager who kills themself, even if they do it in a school. Keith was worse for thinking about burning down the dealership? He DIDN'T DO IT. He let someone talk him out of it. THAT'S WHY HE IS BETTER. Dan actually pulled the damn trigger.
Great scene between the both of the Scott men! I even cried! I wish they would of been nominated for an Emmy!!
I can't stop crying... and I've watched with like 5 times.. It gets better.. SOBS x
Damn Dan sure has come along way from Season one. Sucks we couldn’t see Dan like this, his good side.
Nathan: Dad, why does this have to be so difficult? You're my father so I should love you but I spent so much of my life hating you.
Dan: I was a terrible father. I know that.
Nathan: You know, I can justify a lot of the screwed up things you've done. You bullied me because you wanted to make me tough. You tried to ruin my marriage because you wanted me to have a career. You even burned down your diner because you wanted to see me again. But I can't understand how you can murder your own brother. And I'm worried, when you're gone that's all I'll remember, and still hate you for it.
Dan: You should hate me for it.
Nathan: So why did you do it?
Dan: I was always jealous of Keith. Even when we were kids. I was athletic, popular, all the things that he wasn't, but still, I was jealous of him. And people were drawn to Keith, and I hated him for it.
Nathan: So you shot him because people liked him more?
Dan: The day I shot Keith I was in a dark place. I was convinced that he tried to kill me, I had lost you, divorced your mom, my life was spiraling downwards and meanwhile Keith was building a new life with my high school sweat-heart and the child I'd abandoned. Every time I looked at him I felt I like I was punched in the gut.
Nathan: So what happened in that hallway?
Dan: Keith wanted to go into the school to save that kid, so I let him go, hoping he'd get shot. Let him be the hero, as long as he was a dead hero. And then I thought, why should he be the hero, when it could be me? So I followed him in. Jimmy was crying and Keith was telling him, it gets better, that pain in your heart, that voice in your head that tells ya there's no way out, it's wrong. It gets better. And I felt like he was talking to me. And in that moment, maybe the most heroic, kindest moment of my big brothers life, I hated him. I hated him more than anyone, or anything. Because nothing had gotten better. That pain was still in my heart. That voice in my head saying there's no way out was right! And he was standing there, lying to me! And after Jimmy died, I picked up the gun and aimed it at Keith, and he looked at me, and all I could think of was how everything that had gone wrong in my life was his fault. And it wasn't going to get better until he was gone. Just pull the trigger and it all ends. So I pulled that trigger. And It didn't end! It got worse. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
[Dan breaks down crying]
Nathan: There are a lot of people you need to say I'm sorry to, but I'm not one of them. I wouldn't be where I am if it wasn't for you. My career, my family, my life. No matter what you've done, you're still my father. My father, and I love you.
Dan: Oh Nathan, I love you too.
Dan: You know, we never got a chance to play a game together on the river court. How bout it?
Nathan: What do you want to play to?
Dan: Let's not keep score. For once, lets just play to play.
and to think one tree hill was suppose to just be a simple movie named ravens, how could they ever put all the history from these 9 seasons into a movie!
by adding unnecessary characters and crazy plots, sure it's possible.
Hahah yeah this show was way overdone. This scene is nice but tbh like the whole show went to shit after like season 2 honestly. The best episodes were the first half of season 1, after that it gets ridiulous.
Watching this episode today for the first time when Dan says “I’m sorry and his voices goes high pitches” gets to me
I’m a 38 y/o male…this is my FAV show of all time and early on when it was a newer show, I was harassed incessantly for liking it so much. But if you ask me, THIS show is THE show of our generation. My fav part about it is the way they did it, if you caught on at season 5 to the end, it was almost as if it was 2 diff shows and you didn’t necessarily have to be fully invested in seasons 1-4 to follow 5-9; it was written so well! The decision to jump ahead to post college for season 5 was risky but it worked! Other than psycho the Derek and the Nanny Carrie ordeals, this show was original, real, and everyone could find a way to relate to it! OTH 4EVA!!!
This would have been so much better if Lucas came back for this episode too and finally forgave him
Lucas would have never forgave him. Dan raised only one Son
Fuck dan he deserved everything he got
@@vishnukota1369 why? Keith and deb wanted to kill him but they failed. He just did perfectly what they tried to him. When deb says to dan that she is her who try to kill him, just look how dan hated himself for killing his brother. Keith and deb are the worst
@@bigtonyrdgs682 fam you're literally proving my point 😂🙄
Btw Keith never tried to kill dan
@@vishnukota1369 yes , he was ready to kill him, but deb try to do it before him. He bought a gun to kill dan , and he and deb were agree to kill him
Made sense Luke didn’t come back. But he if stayed on the show I think there would of been a serious redemption/arc for Lucas and Dans relationship
The best scene of the whole show
I think it would have been really interesting to see how Lucas would have reacted to this, the idea that Dan felt Keith was responsible for everything that had gone wrong in his life.
Well obviously Dan had realized by this point that nothing was Keith's fault, so I don't think there would have been much of an argument of out Dan.
That's so emotional
Dan is the best ! what a performance
When he saiys lets not keep score i literally tear up every time
It was awesome to see Nathan and Dan play basketball together one last time. Would be great if Keith Lucas was there as well all the Scots together
This is crazy he was such an evil man filled with hatred did some awful unforgivable things and now we are crying for him not wanting him to die. I wasn't ready for this at the end.
The Father Son Match ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
OTH was versatile with the characters they really focused on all of the characters
I always wondered what Luke and Karen might have said to dan had they been there. While I know the both probably wouldn’t have forgiven dan for killing Keith, but at least they would have gotten some closure.
The show went down big time when Lucas left, but their were still a few good episodes, and this was one of them.
MrSaints74 this show was about
Lucas so it lost the whole point once he left
@@boomds5602 I agree, but it did have potential with Nathan, just think they went the wrong way with it. But their were a few good episodes the final 3 years.
Boom ds gotta disagree. The show was always about dan. Lucas and Nathan were just characters in the story of his life.
It was awesome to see Dan patching things up with he’s son.
i cried
there are a lot of people you need to say sorry to. but i'm not one of them 😢😢😢
I was at a gas station and saw the actor who played Dan he was grabbing snacks and drinks for what looked like a fishing trip I wanted to ask em for a picture but he had already taken some with a bunch of people in the store he was super nice looked happy to be recognized
i think it would had been even sadder if both Nathan and Lucas showed up and spend their last moment with Dan...clearly One Tree Hill did start off with them two as the main character...how sad
TheKOng2000 IDK Lucas always hated Dan even before he shot Keith
Not always. Lucas gave Dan plenty of chances. Thanked him for saving his life, and even started calling him Dad just before finding out that Dan killed Keith.
TheKOng2000 only problem was Lucas would have never forgiven dan maybe he would come to terms with it but dan killed lucas father and a son could never forgive someone for that no matter what compared to Nathan not being as close with Keith even tho he still hated dan a place in his heart would always be ready to live his father
yes it was suppose to but they saw the potential for a show
I am straight also dude......and it is NOT gay! this show is great!
Dan redeemed himself and made it right with Nathan glad he had that moment with him on the court playing Basketball for fun
“Daddy come on”
I’m just still to this day stuck that this should have been Nathan and Lucas. He owed them both some closure
Dan loved his family more than anything and he had a hard time expressing that love to them and I think that, that might have something to do with Dan's father. His father may have taught him that showing love and emotion means your weak and you have to be tough and show none of those feelings. And the reason why Dan was so tough on Nathan was because he knew Nathan had a lot of potential to be the best so he pushed him to the best that he could. Dan loved Nathan so much and with his tough love for his son, his son made a wonderful life, I'm not saying Dan was right for giving Nathan that tough love but sometimes we do need that in order to make it on our own.
0:49 damn
What's the song called in the background
wait one tree hill was post be a movie?
0:17 😭
What's the name of the instrumental song?
i believe - Brooke annibale
there's a part of the song with just the guitar
Did the conversation actually happen tho ?
I always think is dumb when people forgive others just because they're related, but I guess Nathan needed peace with Dan.
Magical Horse yeah but Dan spent 4 years trying to earn his son’s forgiveness
Mark Galan true, that should have been the reason mentioned. because Dan developed.
As Nathan also said, a lot of the messed things Dan did was out of his love for him and for him to achieve the greatness Dan knew he could. I think that this is why Dan ended up becoming one of my favourite characters in the series.
Portia M. And that makes all the shitty things ok? Sorry I beat the crap out of you and almost killed you son. It’s only because I love you. That’s what all the abusers say
@@boomds5602 no, that's what hurt people say. people forget his father was the same way.
i believe by brooke aninibale
The misconception about one tree hill is that it’s Nathan or Lucas’ show. When in reality from day 1 it’s always been about Dan the rest of the characters were just side stories. We see this man go from arrogant prick to psychotic killer, to a dead man walking, to a man on an endless redemption tour, to hero. We hate him for so long but yet in season 5 we start hoping Nathan forgives him.
i didn't hate him since he had his reasons... to be honest Keith and Lucas kinda played victim a lot.
anyone know the song?
Brooke annibale - I Believe.
there's a part of the song that's just guitar.
I still don’t know if dan ever loved Lucas he never tried to earn his forgiveness only Nathan’s
He knew Lucas would never forgive him
he did try BUT Lucas left tree hill before their story really took off
Because Lucas would have never forgave him
It would been awesome if Lucas and Dan patch things up but didn’t happen
Wouldn't be realistic. I feel like it wouldn't be genuine and seem forced.
Nope, not at all :) x
This shits depressing
Is this real or a dream
Chelsea Hughes dream
Chelsea Hughes should’ve been a real scene
Mark Galan oh ok so it was a dream
Yes but, was it a dream sequence to DAN, where the conversation actually did happen, but as it happened...in Dan's mind, was he on the river court, slipping in and out of consciousness while he talked to Nathan from the hospital bed? The part that struck me as a dream was when he and Nate were playing together. At the point where he tells Nathan he loved him too is where I imagined he closed his eyes and stopped talking in reality but the dream kept going until his heart stopped in the vision and in reality.
Wow never thought of it that way, good call. was a really good scene.
What nonsense is Nathan talking about? He got everything he has inspite of his dad not because of his dad
nope. not even close.
Stop