One Tree Hill -

Welcome to Tree Hill, North Carolina. Population: Nobody knows, because nobody ever leaves. Let’s be honest: The first four episodes are rough. The lighting is dark, the dialogue is trying way too hard to be edgy (Nathan: "What's the matter? Mommy not buy you the right kind of chewing gum?" ), and Lucas’s floppy hair deserves its own credit in the opening titles.

And 20 years later, you’re still crying over a character named Quentin Fields, and the words "It’s you. When all my dreams come true, the one I want next to me is you" still live rent-free in your head. One Tree Hill

And Lucas leaving? It hurt. But the show survived because One Tree Hill was never about one person. It was about the feeling of a Tuesday night in October, a blue court, and a sad song playing over a silent conversation. In a world of prestige TV and 10-episode seasons, One Tree Hill feels like a warm blanket. It’s messy. It’s cheesy. Chad Michael Murray wears a leather jacket to a high school dance. People talk in dramatic monologues while standing under streetlights. Welcome to Tree Hill, North Carolina