Drama Queens - One Tree Thrill (Part 51)

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

This one is NOT for the fragile. What was supposed to be a cute Q&A episode will actually make you yearn for more OTH!Sophia and Rob rewind time to discuss their favorite season of OTH, and the answer may surprise you. Plus the final walk thru on the set, and the pop song that became a swan song. Let’s just say, I don’t want to be doing anything other than listening to this episode.Grab a box of tissues and lean into the nostalgia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey, Sof. Hi, honey. How are you? I'm doing well. How are you? Oh, good. Hi, friends. Rob and I are here. Joy was meant to be here, but her flight's delayed, so she's in the air. I don't even know, well, I don't know where in the air she is, but she's up there somewhere. She's somewhere. She might be over your house. Take a look outside. If you see a plane, might as well wave at it.

Do you imagine just stand outside and wave at every plane that flies over? So many pilots are looking down going, what is happening today? Why is everyone waving at us? What's going on? We've got good questions this week, and I like that it seems we have, at least from our first two listeners, a little theme going. A little nickname theme. Do you see that? I do.

I do. And I also love this first question. So let's just jump right in. Autumn asks, you're all in a tree hill high group chat today. Who's sending voice notes, who's ghosting, and who's dropping memes? I'm going to, let me just, I want to, if you don't mind, I'd like to amend the question to just being a, you're in a tree hill group chat. So that way we can include Quinn, Clay, and everyone who subsequently showed up post high school. Well done.

Well done. Okay. Okay. Do you have yours? I think we should decide what we think and then tell each other, because I've got mine. Okay. You tell me yours. Okay.

Joy is sending voice notes and they're long. Wait, so are we doing characters or people? Oh, I don't know. I thought we were going to do each other No, because Tree Hill High No, you're right. You're right. Okay, characters. Well, I still think Haley would be the voice note person.

Okay. That's like such a mom thing to do. Mm-hmm. Don't you think? Yes. She's very busy. Who was yours going to be? Voice notes Chris Keller because I think no one likes the sound of their voice more than Chris Keller.

He loves to hear himself talk. I love that. Ghosting. I'm going to go with Dan Scott. Ooh. Honorable mention Clay. especially if he's fuging. If he's fuging, that tracks for me, I agree. But I got to say, who's dropping memes? I do feel like that would be Clay.

Yeah. I think Clay is definitely... I think Clay and Julian are the meme guys. Yeah. To the point that the group asks them to start their own thread... Yeah. Because everyone's tired of just getting bombarded with memes. Totally.

Totally. And you guys call your own thread dad jokes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that feels correct. I love it. I will say, though, a little asterisk for us actual people who played these characters, I love a good GIF. Oh, sure.

When things in life just feel like a little too heavy, I like to break up a text thread with a really well-timed GIF. We had one recently on our Drama Queen's thread where a question was posed to all of us, and I responded with the Randy Jackson from American Idol. It's a no for me, dog. It was so good. I can type that out, but it's just going to go better with a gif. Yeah, it's just better. It's just better. Okay, thank you, Autumn.

And now we rewind to summer. If you were in an emergency and you had to call any of the characters you have played, it doesn't have to be your One Tree Hill character. Who would you pick and why? Okay, well, this is tricky because I would like clarification of what type of emergency. medical emergency. I'm obviously calling Dr. Sam Griffith. She's excellent at her job. But if it was like, you know, a non-medical emergency, I'm calling Erin Lindsay, like to have a cop in your back pocket who also is like a good one as they as they are in the, in that universe normally. Like,

that's who I'd want to call. Who would you call? It can't, listen, if you could guarantee me it's end of season nine, Clay, he would be a contender, but if not, then no, because who knows where that guy's at, it might be Major Lily White because he was a real kind of stand-up shirt off your back guy. So I feel like he would roll out of bed at two in the morning to bail you out or do whatever you need to be done. I like that a lot. Lisa asks, what's your favorite season and why? Oh, man. Do you have an immediate answer to that? My brain, Shocker, it's probably the neurodivergence, my brain pings around. I'm like, ooh, there's such great stuff, and I have nostalgia for season four.

I love the end of season eight. It's hard to pick a favorite season because on the show we got to live so much life with these people, you know? No, I'm just laughing so because I think it's because of our first two questions were from autumn and summer. I literally thought they were asking, is it winter, fall, spring, or summer? And so when you're like, my brain's pinging around, I was like, oh, okay, there aren't that many options. But yes, true, I'm sure it's the show.

We're like, girly, there's only four. Okay, if we are keeping with theme, it's fall all the way. Same, dude. Oh. Give me fall all day. But I think you, I think your instincts were correct. If it is a once you hill season and you got to pick one, which one? Torn.

Okay. Because for me, there's, yeah, it's, it's. high school or adulthood, and I don't know how to pick between them. What about for you? Because coming in in season seven, obviously, you get pulled in less emotional directions by the memories. What I know right now it's not season nine when we're in episodes, you know, two, three, and four, but where, what would you pick?

I don't think even knowing the end of season nine, I don't think it would be my favorite season because for me it was a very long bumpy road getting to clay's happy ending i would say season seven because we had as we were meeting clay we got to see a lot of levity and lightness that was a lot of fun for me and i think it was really nice to see the character in that light before things got really heavy for him so for me it would be seven okay i'm sure i have a very different answer once i watched seasons one through six but for now seven seven Oh, my God, I can't wait. I just, I can't wait for the text messages when you go back.

It may look different, but Native culture is very alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric that this. is something we've been doing for hundreds of years. You carry with you a sense of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Teller Ornales, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history.

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Okay, that's all we'll say about food. What is one outdated piece of tech? you still love. I will say this. I do two things. I don't use it, but I still will say to Jenny, have you map quested how far that place is? Which I'm sure most of our listeners won't even know

that was like the original OG ways. But I do a piece of boomer tech. I still will search things on Yelp. No. And Jenny's like, you know litter. Because I went to a store one time. I was like, hey, you guys are great. Why do you have no review?

I said, I left you a positive review. review on yelp and the guy went oh we have reviews on yelp i went oh my god he goes we just use google and then i told jennister and she was like yeah you dinosaur no one uses yelp that is amazing it's funny when you said an outdated piece of tech i immediately went hard tech and was thinking about how much i still miss my blackberry that had the roller ball oh geez that was a good time i would give anything to have that back also because there was just so much less you could do on it. So it wasn't such a time suck. But just to be able to, you know, properly send texts and emails and all that, the keys, they were so bouncy and the little clicky ball, I loved it. Yeah, that was a

good phone. I miss a Blackberry. Sarah asks, what's one thing your character would post on Instagram if they had it back then? I think Clay would post pictures of Quinn, of food, he had made, and of cherry. It would be a lot of like, remember the good times. I miss you, friend. Yeah. Yeah, nostalgic late night photos of the recliner. I think, oh, God, I mean, I think Brooke would have been like one of the OG fashion

influencers. I don't have it in me. I try, I try to do a little more slice of life stuff online, not just, you know, news. but it's hard for me I think she would have loved it I think she would have had the full breakdowns and the whole thing and I probably would have loved it

I would have learned something agreed listen Brandon I have a lot of respect for this question because Brandon writes hey drama queens and King thank you Brandon

I feel seen during the final season was there a particular scene or moment that made you realize how much the show had meant to people over the years and did it feel like closure for you personally or did it leave you wanting more or something else oh gosh yeah i there's a few things that stand

out to me thinking about it i think about all of us being at trick for gavin and what that was like in the last episode to sing the theme song and how it worked um for the show even though it was a bit of a breaking the fourth wall thing. I think about how it felt nearing the end to be in Karen's cafe because it was one of the places that, you know, visitors and fans always lined up. And it went from sometimes there'd be a hundred, maybe even 200 people out there. And it felt like in the last few weeks, it was hundreds of people because other people wanted to be close to it and feel that feeling and say goodbye with us. And then probably the pinnacle moment for me was walking through the high school hallway that had been rebuilt on Julian's soundstage with Brooke and Julian

and filming that. I just, I just couldn't stop crying. It felt so special. So yeah, a few. Yeah, that was actually going to be my moment. I didn't, the walking through the high school because what's funny is I did we is it in the show because I don't know so I don't know exactly what made the show but I do remember and it may have just been for BTS or for something else but at one point all of us we walked through like the hallway or some doorway I just remember it was this incredibly long procession yeah that I think crew was a part of I think everyone was a part of everyone from the office and I and it was more seeing I was a way aware that I was experiencing something that predated me and was bigger than me.

And seeing, I think, especially the emotion on all of your guys' faces who had been there from day one, it hit me that, like, oh, this is, okay, this is a very profound thing that's happening right now. Yeah, it was really special. I remember it was our last, that was our last day, last scene of the whole show. and I loved that there was this intention oh let's invite everyone down here let's call everyone out of the office you know it wound up cast crew

it's like 200 people and we we essentially did a processional through the hallway for all the friends at home who are listening and I remember walking through and then going to Video Village and standing next to Greg Prange and watching everyone

and keep walking. And it takes time to get 200 people through a hallway. And we were just laughing and crying and hugging and I'll never forget Greg

giving his speech. And the thing that really hit me is he said in the nine years we've been here among everyone who works on this show 29 babies have been born.

Wow. And I was like, damn, there's this legacy of what we did that exists and 187 hours of television, yes. But there's 10 years of a life.

And the television part is such a tiny fraction. And it was just so special. And I think we all felt ready to move on, but it was very bittersweet to leave that kind of a family at the same time. Yeah, agreed. Well, that was a great group of questions, gang. I mean, no nicknames, which don't think I didn't notice, but loved that we had some season-themed names, and the questions were great. So thanks for joining us, gang.

Thanks, everybody. We'll see you next week. Hey, thanks for listening. Don't forget to leave us a review. You can also follow us on Instagram at Drama Queen's O-TH.H. Or email us at Dramaquins at iHeartRadio.com. See you next time. We're all about that high school, drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens.

We'll take you for a ride and our comic girl, cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you're tough girl, you could sit with us, girl. Drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens. It may look different, but native culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage Burn Bridges.

Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.