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‘One Tree Hill’ Recap: Nathan Says Goodbye To Tree Hill (HollywoodLife)

It was a night of comings and goings for the good, beautiful people of Tree Hill -- emphasis on the goings.

Peyton (Hilarie Burton) may not be on One Tree Hill anymore, but the Jan. 18 episode provided so many opportunities for one of her classic "people always leave" speeches. Not only did Nathan (James Lafferty) fly off to Europe to pick up Clay's (Robert Buckley) slack in the agent-ing department, but Alex (Jana Kramer) decided to take her music on the road. The question is: What are they both running from? For Alex, it's the c-word. You know, "commitment!" Chase (Stephen Colletti) got up the nerve to tell her that he loved her, but she didn't exactly say it back, so maybe some time on the road will help her clear her head. At least her absence will allow for the bromance between Chase and Chris Keller (Tyler Hilton) to finally blossom. Clay may not have physically left Tree Hill, but he did spend the entire episode running -- from his problems, anyway. His sleepwalking is really starting to worry Quinn (Shantel VanSanten), and it's beginning to create a rift between them. I