this. Brooke enters, dressed only in a towel. NATHAN: (Shakes his head.) LUCAS: He can't win if he doesn't show up. (The class has ended and Haley is packing up her things. A car is heard. (Deb touches his arm.) NATHAN: Do you ever... wonder what life would be like... if Dan had married Karen... and just stayed out of our lives? Peyton and Brooke are on one side of the bed and Lucas is sitting at the other side, on the actual bed.) In your dreams(!) HALEY: (Answering her ringing phone.) AIRPORT - DEPARTURES - EVENING]
HALEY: Nathan, I have to come home.
Plan: A: his race car accident; Q: What accident put Nathan in a coma? A: Nathan; Q: Who is the one growing up on the wrong side of the tracks? A: Haley; Q: Who does Nathan call when he wakes up? A: Talking Heads; Q: What band did the episode "What if Dan stayed with Karen and Lucas instead of marrying Deb" come from? Summary: Lying in a coma after his race car accident, Nathan dreams of what life would have been like if Dan had stayed with Karen and Lucas instead of marrying Deb. In his imaginary world, Lucas has the wealth and stature and Nathan is the one growing up on the wrong side of the tracks. When he wakes up, Nathan phones Haley and tells her he doesn't want her to come home. This episode is named after a song by Talking Heads .