One Tree Hill Season 9 Episode 2 In The Room Where You Sleep – Review

One Tree Hill continued its stellar start to season nine with an episode not as epic in nature as the premiere, but just as emotional, and thanks to the appearance of Chuck Scolnik, maybe more hilarious.

Because they use song titles for episode titles on One Tree Hill, sometimes it’s a stretch to connect the dots between the song and the content. That wasn’t the case with “In The Room Where You Sleep” as it became clear early on that the location of where a number of characters would be laying their heads in the near future would be a theme of the hour.

Alex and Chase, who I have loved separately and together since each arrived in Tree Hill, took some major steps forward and then, just maybe, a giant step back.

First of all, it was just a ballsy move by Chase to just go ahead and move all of her stuff into his place. On the one hand, if she’s down for it, it could be seen as completely romantic. On the other, if she’s unsure of herself like Alex seemed to be, it could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

The whole development, with Chase and Chuck moving Alex’s stuff to his place, and then Chase and Alex pouring their hearts out to each other – exchanging “I love yous” and what not – was pretty heartbreaking considering it was obvious that Alex was going to leave.

I assume this is the case where art imitates life – because Jana Kramer is off pursuing her career as a singer – but could it be that this is indeed life imitating art? Did Jana read the script that says Alex decides to go make music, and think it was a good idea? Yeah, I doubt it.