Lucas confronts Peyton about her harsh treatment of Lindsey. Brooke intervenes when Victoria meddles with Peyton's record label. Nathan grows closer to Jamie's live-in nanny, Carrie, while Haley is challenged by her difficult student Quentin. Mouth is torn between loyalty to his co-workers and his illicit affair with his boss Alice.

Peyton admits her true feelings to Lucas. Brooke makes a play for Owen and Mouth tries to convince Millicent he's a better man than she thinks he is. Haley wrestles with whether or not to reveal information that could ruin Lucas' relationship, and Nathan is put in a position that could spell the end of his marriage. Lucas and Skills face the coaching prospect of playing their season opener at a disadvantage.