Set in the fictional little town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-led drama tells the story of two-and-a-half brothers, who have a last name and nothing else. Lucas, with a blue collar, is a talented basketball player on the street side, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, rich, Nathan relies on the hero worship of the city, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott, whose long-time choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him much in his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.

So far, Dan has managed to keep his two sons away from them. But the past and the present collide suddenly when Tree Hill’s basketball coach recruits Lucas for his team, much in the way of Nathan and Daddy Dan. And the brothers ‘ natural rivalry only intensifies when they fix their eyes on the same girl, Peyton Sawyer. The remnants of the past remain much in the future for the residents of Tree Hill, even if a new generation is growing. Tree Hill follows the lives and loves of these two brothers, their friends and their family as they navigate high school, marriage and finally … adulthood.