One Tree Hill decided nobody needed to see its high school characters' college years.
And it was right!
The belovedCWseries had everything a young audience looks for: from messy love triangles to half-brother angst.
Its extremely difficult to do a successful time jump, especially when it comes to the YA genre.
In the early-to-mid 2000s, many sci-fi shows such asLostandBattlestar Galacticagot fixated on trying to master the time jump.
As the episode summary in part says, In many ways, the journey is just beginning.
He then takes his first steps out of the wheelchair towards his son and apologizes before hugging him.
This leads to both of them going back home to Tree Hill to be with the people they love.
One of the important elements of this time jump was that all of the main actors returned.
During an interview with BuddyTV,One Tree Hillcreator Mark Schwahn explained why the time jump worked so perfectly.
I said to them, Well, I have a fix for that.
I want to skip college.
Shows have survived it, but I think creatively theyve never been as strong.
And just like that, the time jump for teen dramas was successfully born.
One Tree Hill is available to stream on Hulu and Max in the U.S. and ITVX in the U.K.
