One Tree Hill

My favorite television show is One Tree Hill. I enjoy this show because it’s entertaining, dramatic, and intertwines various situations I find interesting. The show began as a high school drama series about two brothers that shared the same father, the same passion for basketball, and an interest in the same girls. The show is now in its ninth and final season. The plot has changed since season one, but unfortunately, the show is still nothing more than a fictional tale.

One of the things I find appealing about One Tree Hill is how successful everyone becomes. All of the main characters are best friends and become famous individuals despite various obstacles that stood in their way. For example, Haley James Scott gets married in high school yet she continued to become a professional singer. She then got pregnant yet still graduated college and become a high school teacher while raising a child and maintaining a stable marriage. Her husband, Nathan Scott, was paralyzed after a drunken bar fight, but he worked hard and eventually made the way to his dreams as he was inducted into the NBA.

I admire how Haley and Nathan fall in love and follow their dreams; however, it is a bit unrealistic. It’s very rare that you’ll find a couple who can maintain a marriage and have a baby at such a young age and then proceed to become such famous, significant individuals. Even while Haley and Nathan were still in high school, they were living together in their own apartment. Haley was a waitress and Nathan barely worked, yet somehow the couple managed to pay all of their bills and live on their own. Miracles happen, but very little men are capable of playing professional basketball let alone after being in a wheel chair.

Even though the show can be impractical at times, it still grabs the attention of teenage girls, including myself. Everyone hopes for the happy ending that all of the One Tree Hill cast members find despite the obstacles they had to overcome. It’s important to follow your dreams, but it’s also important to realize that your dreams may not come true as easy as they appear to on television.