Haley Watches Nathans Press Conference Again Season 9

You lot know what? Tragedies happen. What are you gonna practice? Give upwardly? Quit? No. I realize at present that when your heart breaks, you lot gotta fight like hell to make sure you're all the same alive. Considering you are. And that pain you feel? That's life. The defoliation and fear, that's there to remind you that somewhere out there is something better. And that something is worth fighting for.

―Nathan Scott ^[src]

Nathan Royal Scott is one of the main characters of "I Tree Colina". He is portrayed by James Lafferty.

1 History
two Character arc
- 2.ane Flavour 1
- ii.2 Flavour two
- 2.3 Season three
- 2.four Season iv
- ii.five Missing years
- ii.half-dozen Season v
- 2.7 Season 6
- 2.8 Season vii
- 2.9 Season eight
- 2.x Season 9
  - 2.x.ane Time jump
iii Relationships
- 3.one Family
- three.two Romantic Life
four Career
5 Personality and traits
6 Trivia
7 Gallery

History

Nathan is the son of Dan and Deb Scott and younger paternal one-half-brother of Lucas Scott. Originally, Nathan was cocky arrogant star player of the Tree Hill Ravens basketball game team. He is faced with a challenge when Lucas, joinsand threatens to steal his spot every bit shooting guard. Subsequently, learning about Lucas' best friend, Haley James, Nathan decides to employ Haley to acrimony Lucas, just eventually ends upwardly falling in love and marrying her. His human relationship with Haley helps him polish things out Lucas and decide that they are now officially brothers. During his senior yr, Haley becomes pregnant and gives birth to their first child James "Jamie" Scott.

After graduation from Tree Hill High School, Nathan is tragically hurt in an accident during a fight and is put into a wheelchair, unfortunately not being able to bring together the Seattle Sonics. He began rehabilitation in his training for basketball with the help of Quentin Fields, who is later murdered at a gas station by an unknown suspect. He and so was recruited past the Charlston Chiefs before after existence drafted into the NBA for the Charlotte Bobcats. After having trouble dealing with back pain, he is left with no choice but to resign, and then decides to take on basketball as a sports amanuensis. In the 8th season, Haley and Nathan volition welcome their 2d kid, a girl: Lydia Bob.

Grapheme arc

Flavor 1

Flavour 1 starts with the tension and rivalry between two estranged half-brothers, Nathan and Lucas Scott. They share the same father, Dan Scott, and even more tension as Lucas joins the Ravens varsity basketball team, on which Nathan was the star player. Nathan believes Lucas is intentionally doing this to take everything Nathan has from him: basketball and his girlfriend, Peyton. With his popular reputation, he and the team commencement hazing Lucas, hoping that Lucas volition go tired of it and quit the team - simply he doesn't. He and so orchestrates a plan to irritate Lucas more: he goes after Lucas' all-time friend, Haley James. He talks her into tutoring him, but Haley has 2 weather condition: Lucas doesn't always find out and he stops harassing Lucas. At this signal, things are on the rocks for Nathan's relationship with Peyton and it presently ends considering both are unhappy. Somewhen Haley and Nathan offset falling for each other, but Lucas doesn't like the idea of it. Unfortunately for the couple, in that location is always drama. Though non yet together, Nathan screws up many chances to be with Haley. He apologizes constantly and the relationship eventually evolves, along with Nathan's character.

Nathan has a hard relationship with his immediate family unit, too. His father Dan is a constant nag and bully towards Nathan and pushes him with basketball, living vicariously through Nathan in an endeavor to relive his own high school basketball glory. Nathan's female parent, Deb Scott,

Nathan and Haley on their showtime date. ("The Search for Something More")

is usually away on business trips, but has returned to rekindle the ties of the family unit. Dan's pressure on Nathan is then heavy that at one basketball game, he turns to amphetamines to heave his performance. Sadly, he collapses on the court and is sent to the infirmary. Dan does not take the fact his son took drugs to up his game considering of the pressure he himself had put on Nathan, and Deb realizes the jerk her hubby really is. After, Nathan slyly escapes from the hospital to go see Haley, and that is the first night they spend together. The couple, however, does non engage in a sexual relationship right away, since Haley worries about Nathan'southward by with other girls and desires to keep her virginity until wedlock.

After Nathans hospitalization, Motorcoach Whitey Durham suspends basketball game 'until further notice', and Nathan sees the opportunity to spend fifty-fifty more time with Haley. His female parent is still denying Dan'south pleas for forgiveness. With the gratuitous fourth dimension, Dan decides to take Nathan on a father-son outing to a resort - just it ends badly as Dan has non seemed to change and is still bullying Nathan to do better. Things at the Scott household are more tense than ever, and they presently plow to a family therapist. Nathan struggles with his family and is losing religion in everything except his growing human relationship with Haley. During school, he decides to cut class and Haley ends upward tagging forth. He gets her drunk at his family's beach house, just then Dan shows up. Haley, non being the party daughter, ends up puking on Dan's lap. When Nathan realizes the result he has on Haley and her falling grades, he tells her that he doesn't want her to modify, and he likes her exactly the style she is.

At Dan's altogether, Nathan's grandparents show upwards unexpectedly. Unfortunately, Dan'due south father Majestic is as intimidating as his own son, and

Nathan and Lucas later Lucas's accident. ("I Shall Believe")

neither Deb nor Dan has the guts to tell Royal and May that they are separated. Nathan's family have a dinner party, to which Nathan invites Haley, Whitey, and Nathan's uncle, Keith Scott. As dinner is taking place, massive lies are existence told, but eventually the truth comes out. Dan'south father learns that Nathan 'quit' basketball. Haley accidentally reveals that Dan's father visited Karen'southward Café earlier and was looking for Karen Roe, Lucas' mother and Dan'southward ex. Most chiefly, all larn the accident that concluded Dan'southward basketball game career was a hoax. Nathan is disgusted and cannot fathom how his male parent was able to exist so despicable after he knew exactly what Nathan was going through. Nathan'due south grandmother May is disappointed at her ain son Dan, saying that he should have learned from his own experience with Royal not to put and then much pressure on his own son, and the dinner ends with high tempers and tensions.

Afterward, Keith and Lucas get into a car crash on the way to pick up Karen from her trip to Italy. Nathan accidentally slips out to Haley that he simply spoke to her to get back at Lucas. Haley is furious with him and yet again reminded of the infamous reputation he has, and begins to give him the silent handling. Deb tells Nathan she is divorcing Dan, and Nathan reveals that he is okay with it. Nathan reaches out to Lucas at the infirmary to somehow make him come back to consciousness because Haley needs him. While he is at Lucas' bedside, Lucas wakes up.

One night in Karen'south Café, Nathan talks Haley into singing for him, and they grow tighter every bit Nathan faces issues with his parents' divorce. Non wanting to be defenseless in the eye with either of his tiring parents, Nathan becomes emancipated and gets his own apartment. Haley wakes him up one day, and every bit she reaches over the bed and her shirt rides up a bit, Nathan sees that she has tattooed his jersey number, '23', on her lower back which leads to a small conflict between the two because Haley still won't sleep with Nathan but will get a tattoo of his basketball number. However, Nathan soon after accepts information technology, though the peace is soon disrupted again when Haley borrows Nathan's laptop and accidentally finds porn on it. Haley confronts Nathan with it, and later they fight and make up, Nathan suggests they marry. The side by side day, Lucas comes to Nathan'south apartment to say goodbye since he's leaving with Keith to get to Charleston and realizes Haley slept with Nathan when he sees her at that place wearing only a T-shirt. He confronts her with it, saying he thought she was going to look till marriage, and the couple surprises him, telling him they actually did look and got married the day before.

Season ii

Nathan and Haley tape their answering car message. ("The Desperate Kingdom of Dear")

The next 24-hour interval, Nathan and Haley learn that Dan has had a heart attack. At the infirmary, they tell Deb of their matrimony but she is angry and refuses to accept it, nor does Dan when he wakes up. Lucas and Keith return to Tree Hill and Lucas, Peyton and Brooke throw Nathan and Haley a wedding reception while Keith, filling in for Dan at the dealership, takes Nathan on equally a mechanic. Haley starts to blossom as a musician simply Nathan is jealous of her closeness to fellow musician Chris Keller. He warns Chris to stay abroad from Haley. When Haley's older sis Taylor James comes to Tree Hill and stays with the young couple, Nathan realizes that Taylor is the girl to whom he lost his virginity several years ago before he had even known Haley. He and Haley accept a fight about this but afterward brand up.

When Haley mentions that Chris wants her to back-trail him on bout, Nathan asks her if she's kissed him and she finally admits to it. Nathan tells his married woman to choose between him and the bout - if she chooses the tour, they are done. Haley chooses the tour and leaves Tree Hill. Nathan is devastated and goes on a downward spiral; drinking in form, punching his father and letting Lucas take the autumn for his drunken driving. He attempts to kiss Taylor only is unable to go through with it considering of his honey for Haley. Nathan finally gets his act together and goes to visit Haley in an attempt to get her to come domicile but this doesn't work out and he comes dorsum to Tree Loma lonely and heartbroken.

Nathan and Taylor almost kiss just Nathan stops himself considering of his feelings for Haley. ("The Lonesome Road")

Nathan's uncle Cooper (Deb'south brother and Nathan'southward role model) pays a visit to Tree Hill and takes Nathan and Lucas to a racing runway. However, tragedy strikes when Nathan deliberately crashes his motorcar. He ends upwards in the infirmary where he has a dream of what life would have been like if Dan had married Karen instead of Deb and Nathan and Lucas had grown up in each others' shoes. This dream makes Nathan realize how much he loves his mother. They concord to be strong for each other and Deb goes to rehab to overcome her pill addiction. Nathan decides to move home and Dan pays his medical bills in substitution for Nathan getting an annulment from Haley. Whitey offers Nathan the opportunity to go to "High Flyers", a prestigious basketball game camp, for the summertime, but Dan tries to talk Nathan out of it, blaming him for Deb'southward addiction. When Deb learns of this, she and Nathan agree to exit Dan and make a fresh kickoff. Nathan was then annoyed that Lucas has been investigating Dan, even though Nathan asked him non to. Nathan disowns his brother and moves back home with Deb. In the midst of everything, someone drugs Dan and sets burn to his dealership, nearly killing him. Equally if all of this wasn't plenty, Nathan finds Haley standing on his doorstep in the serial finale.

Season 3

Haley and Nathan at their 2nd wedding reception("The Show Must Go On")

Flavor Three begins correct where Season Two ended, continuing on the aforementioned night. Nathan goes to the door and at that place stands Haley. She has returned to Tree Hill for good, but Nathan has non even so forgiven her or Lucas. Nathan learns that Haley is suffering writer's block and pays Chris to come up dorsum to Tree Loma and assistance Haley with her music. Their human relationship is tenuous - Haley wants Nathan dorsum and Nathan all the same loves her, though is wary of her breaking his middle again like she did when she left. He tells her that he can't trust her anymore. Slowly, Nathan and Haley grow shut over again and eventually rekindle their human relationship, spending a passionate dark together. Afterward on, Dan is elected Mayor of Tree Colina and Deb confesses to Nathan that she started the dealership fire in an effort to impale him. Nathan is angry with his mother and sends her away for a while to go her life in order. Afterward some inspirational words from Lucas, Nathan and Deb gradually brainstorm speaking once again, before making up properly. When Jimmy Edwards brings a gun to schoolhouse (With Tired Optics, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept), Nathan races within the school to find Haley in the tutor center. They are held earnest in the by Jimmy and the deaths of Jimmy and Keith go out Nathan and Haley saddened, shocked, and with the realization that life is also brusk.

They move dorsum in together and Nathan asks Haley to 'marry' him once again and renew their vows. While planning their vow renewal, they receive a visit from Nathan's uncle Cooper, but they are dubious virtually his relationship with Rachel Gatina. Deb returns and she and Nathan file a restraining order confronting Dan, with Nathan initiating, while Nathan beats old "High Flyers" rival Damien West in an all-of import game. On the morning of his nuptials, Nathan is traumatized post-obit a nightmare where Haley was drowning and he couldn't save her. He gets Lucas to keep a close eye on Haley in the hours leading upward to the ceremony. All goes well and they renew their vows, though Rachel causes a scene at the reception over Cooper sleeping with her despite her age. Nathan and Haley head to London for their honeymoon and Haley has something to tell Nathan merely before he gets to hear information technology, they have a nearly-collision with Cooper and Rachel on the Mollina Span and Cooper's car goes into the h2o. Nathan dives in to rescue his uncle but becomes trapped and gasping for air, fighting for his life in the season finale.

Flavour 4

Rachel tells Nathan she saw something in the h2o("Tin't Stop This Thing We Started")

In the outset episode, it is revealed that Nathan survived and managed to save both Cooper and Rachel, simply is haunted by the feel equally he can't remember saving them. Nathan tells Lucas that he saw Keith in the water and believes that he is responsible for saving Cooper and Rachel, as Rachel also saw something in the water. Haley tells him the news she was going to before the crash - that she is pregnant. Nathan is initially annoyed that she has kept it from him but is later delighted. Rachel is flirting with Nathan every bit she is grateful to him for saving her life, but Nathan tells her that she never had a take a chance with him and that he's forever in love with Haley. Nathan and Haley begin to face even more than money difficulties now that they accept a babe on the mode. When Dan refuses to aid, Nathan turns to a loan shark, Daunte Jones. He provides Nathan with money in exchange for Nathan losing the State Title. Nathan is nervous about doing information technology, knowing how much the championship means to the squad. He agrees though and ends up playing desperately, causing his team to trail behind drastically in points. During halftime, Haley talks with him and reveals the sex of their baby by proverb "...every bit long as you lot're a good husband and male parent.... to your son. It's a boy, Nathan, you lot're gonna have a son!" Nathan, excited to hear he'southward going to have a boy, decides to play his best for his son and the Ravens win the championship with Lucas scoring the winning shot. Later on, Daunte, angry about Nathan's failure by not losing, tries to run him over with his motorcar. Haley sees the motorcar and yells, "Nathan, watch out!" every bit she pushes him out of the manner. Daunte ends up hitting her. She so rolls off the machine and onto the footing, badly injured and unconscious. Nathan rush

Nathan confesses to point shaving. ("The Delinquent Found")

es to her aid. Lucas, seeing them, runs over. As Lucas calls 911, Nathan sees Daunte's automobile which had crashed into a roadblock after striking Haley. Angrily, Nathan tells Lucas to stay with Haley and runs to Daunte'southward car in a furious, hysterical state. He drags Daunte out and savagely begins punching his unconscious trunk, splitting his knuckles until Dan grabs his arm in midair. In the distance, sirens are heard. Dan realizes that Daunte is expressionless and tells Nathan that he killed him. Speedily thinking, Dan instructs him to go out the scene saying that Haley and his son needs him. Nathan is hesitant at first, but and so goes over to Lucas and Haley. To cover his son, Dan starts pounding the ground, breaking his paw, and is arrested. (It's later revealed at the autopsy, that the crash was what killed Daunte, not Nathan's beating.) Meanwhile, as the paramedics are working on Haley, Lucas falls unconscious after a center assail. They are both rushed to the hospital. Equally Nathan watches Haley being taken into surgery, he sits down on the floor, crying over his guilt for Haley and his son being put in danger when information technology was supposed to be him who got striking. The doctor informs him about Haley's condition and Nathan asks if their baby will exist alright since Haley took a severe accident to the abdomen. The md tells him that they will do all they can for Haley and the infant. The side by side episode, Haley wakes upwards and they both anxiously wait while an ultrasound is done to check the infant. Haley bursts into tears of joy and relief and hugs Nathan when they hear the heartbeat, proving that the

Nathan cries afterwards Haley's blow. ("Songs to Love and Dice By")

babe is indeed fine.

Later, after Deb attempts suicide by overdosing on pills, Nathan is racked with guilt. He and Haley decide to assistance Deb past moving out of their apartment and into the Scott Mansion.

A party is thrown on the dark before prom. A tape of Nathan'southward basketball game glories is played only Nathan was horrified when information technology also reveals footage of him having sexual practice with Brooke Davis at a fourth dimension when he and Peyton had just temporarily broken up. A hurt, disappointed Haley asks Nathan to make a listing of his conquests. Nathan does, but tells Haley that she was the only one he loved. Haley forgives Nathan and they kiss and then go to the prom together. Later on Mouth sends a text saying he needs assistance, the gang goes to Honey Grove, Texas where Nathan and Haley take their dream prom. When they get back home, Nathan tells Lucas that an investigator has been calling him about point shaving and they are looking at Lucas. Lucas decides to take the fall afterward Haley asks him to. When Nathan finds out, he decides to come forward because he doesn't want to end up similar Dan, putting his future in front of everybody else. He's prepared to have full responsibility. He holds a press conference almost the bespeak shaving which causes him to lose his scholarship. Nathan soon finds out from Deb that Dan killed Keith. When he confronts Dan about it, Dan doesn't deny it and Nathan, in acrimony, disowns him and says he died the day Keith died. With the loss of his scholarship, Whitey decides to assistance Nathan achieve his college basketball dreams. Whitey accepts a coaching position with a nearby college, and asks Nathan to exist his new star player recruit. Nathan gratefully accepts the opportunity to play for Coach Whitey over again. During graduation, Haley goes into

Nathan begs Principal Turner to requite Haley her graduation speech dorsum. ("Ashes of Dreams Yous Let Dice")

labor in the middle of her valedictorian speech. Nathan stands upwards in stupor and excitement. In the beginning of the season finale, Nathan and Haley along with all their friends head out to the waiting ambulance. At this time, Lucas gets a text bulletin from Deb who has informed him that his female parent'southward condition has gotten worse (Karen was having complications in childbirth) and takes off. At the hospital, Nathan and Lucas run beyond each other in the hall as Haley is taken into the delivery room and Karen is taken to surgery. They walk up to each other and hug, and so caput off in different directions. Nathan and Haley soon welcome their son James Lucas Scott. At their graduation party, Haley tells Brooke that she was chosen to exist the godmother, which Brooke happily accepts. After, Haley explains to Lucas the reason they picked his proper noun for James' middle proper name: Lucas had Keith growing up and James would accept him. Overjoyed, Lucas hugs Haley and thanks her. He then whispers something to Haley which Haley squeals in excitement about. Later on the roof, Lucas and Nathan exchan

Haley goes into labour. ("All of a sudden I Miss Everyone")

ge pictures of their new family members and consider against Dan in jail, but agree that they volition never do so. It was and then that Lucas reveals that he volition be Whitey's banana double-decker. (This is what he whispered to Haley). Nathan asks him when he decided that to which Lucas replies, "Nigh the aforementioned time I became a godfather." After the party, everyone heads to the River Court where Lucas and Nathan prepare for a one on i game. Nathan asks "Certain you're up for this, former man?" Lucas only smiles and says "I could do this forever, little brother." The season ends with Nathan jumping to shoot a basket and Lucas trying to block it. It'south unknown if he made that shot or who won. The game was a tribute of the first one on one game between the ii Scott brothers which led to Lucas joining the Ravens and started everything, merely the main difference is that they are now brothers instead of enemies,

Missing years

Nathan and Haley buy their business firm in Tree Hill. ("4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days")

In his first year of college, Nathan won his first National Championship, coached by Lucas and Whitey, and is trying to make people forget he had shaved points back in the days. He almost got into a fight with rival fans after it just Lucas held him dorsum. Whitey advised him to command his temper or he would end upwardly like Dan. Eventually Nathan Scott played for the University of Maryland, College Park where he was a Starting time Team All-American. Iii years later Nathan was all set to be the tenth option in the NBA draft by the Seattle Sonics. One nighttime he went to a political party at a bar with Lucas and Haley to celebrate his new shoe deal, shoes called "the NS 23'southward". When Haley left to lookout their son Jamie, fans of Portland, a rival NBA team, pretended they wanted an autograph from Nathan, only to mock him. When things escalated, he nearly walked away thanks to Lucas but the rival fans made a nasty comment about Haley leading Nathan to defend his married woman. A fight and then ensued. Nathan was thrown through a plate glass window and screamed he couldn't feel his legs. Consequently his NBA career was over before it started.

Flavor 5

After his blow that left him paralyzed, Nathan has become an angered alcoholic. He has grown his hair long and has a scruffy bristles, and barely acknowledges his wife or son. He gets into an statement with Haley and tells her that he lost everything and at present has nothing. Haley angrily responds that he still has her and Jamie, but if he keeps this up, he will definitely accept nothing because

Carrie shows Nathan what Jamie's been hiding. ("My Fashion Habitation Is Through You")

she can't go on living like this. When Nathan realizes that he failed Jamie by not existence there for his lather box derby, he decides to go his life back to what information technology used to be and teaches Jamie how to not be afraid. Nathan then pays a visit to Dan in jail to tell him he is done with him for good. To prove that he is going to get his family dorsum, he cooks Haley dinner and shaves. Haley, happy to see her husband back, tells him that she missed him and they all sit down downward to eat. Nathan later cuts his hair undergoes physical therapy, eventually learning to walk successful once again. He also starts playing basketball with Jamie. Nathan decides to assist talented all the same troublesome Tree Hill High School student Quentin Fields as he reminds him of his old cocky- a basketball game star, yet cocky and arrogant. Quentin gives Haley trouble as her English student besides. Nathan fifty-fifty confronts Quentin, telling how much he regrets his ain mistakes, and convinces him to get dorsum to school afterwards he drops out. Nathan's temper gest the all-time of him over again when Jason, a musician in a band, touches Haley's behind. Quentin comes to her aid and punches Jason, dissentious his manus and putting him out of basketball for some time. Haley, however, is disappointed about Nathan'due south temper. Marriage troubles arise later on Haley hires Carrie, a nanny to help with Jamie because she and Nathan take jobs. Carrie pretends to exist innocent towards Nathan, but secretly she attempts to seduce him by having her picket her swim naked in the pool. Nathan does non reciprocate or reject her advances because he however loves Haley, just is feeling ignored by her. Later Carrie hits on him several times, Haley walks in on them in the shower. He truthfully tells her that Carrie snuck into the shower without his noesis and he tried to get her out. But Carrie insists that she and Nathan are in love, angering Haley and getting them both kicked out despite Nathan trying to evidence his innocence. Some time later, Nathan has an statement with Haley. During this time, Jamie falls into the pool, well-nigh drowning. Nathan and Haley soon expect out the window to see him lying confront downward in the puddle. Rushing to his aid, Nathan jumps in and pulls Jamie out. Every bit Haley is sitting on the ground with Jamie in her arms, she angrily tells

Nathan questions his comeback. ("What Comes After the Blues?")

Nathan that she wants a divorce.; Later at Lucas and Lindsey's bachelor(ette) party she realizes she tin't change him, leaving him distraught. Later, when Jamie is kidnapped on Lucas' wedding twenty-four hour period, Haley and Nathan plow to each other for condolement; They believe that it was Dan who took him and aren't aware that it was actually Carrie. They fear that they volition never see Jamie again. However, Jamie returns home and tells his parents that it was Dan who brought him dwelling. Nathan and Lucas assault Dan exterior after he walks in with Jamie. Subsequently they reconnect, Nathan and Haley commencement marriage counseling. In counseling, Nathan admits that he wants Haley to look at him the way she used to and that the only reason he immune the nanny to get every bit far as she did is considering he needed her flirting for his ego as he feels ignored by her. He realizes all his mistakes, tells Haley he loves her and the two brand up. Later on Jamie's birthday party he learns that Dan is dying, but tells him he is washed, proving that he really doesn't care if his begetter dies. Nathan so begins working on his improvement, although he refuses to have it called so.

Flavour six

Nathan is smashing through a window during a Slamball match. ("Sympathy for the Devil")

With Quentin'due south assistance, Nathan chop-chop gets back into shape with his basketball technique. Quentin has also befriended Jamie, who looks upwards to him. Sadly, Quentin is fatally shot whilst interrupting a store robbery. The saddened Nathan and Haley tell Jamie together and decide to accept him to Quentin's funeral. Jamie wants to say cheerio and he didn't become to before. Nathan also offers Brooke his support after her attack, proverb that they both didn't have the back up of parents growing up, but he will be there for her whenever she needs him and the two share a friendly hug. During this time, Nathan finds out that Deb and Skills are in a human relationship which disgusts him. The revelation strains his friendship with Skills but after a talk with Jamie, he comes to terms with their relationship. To help ease it, Skills decides to help Nathan with his comeback. Nathan soon gets a call from the general manager of an NBA D-League basketball squad in Fort Wayne (the Fort Wayne Mad Ants) who says that they are interested in recruiting him. In one case Nathan arrives, he is disappointed to hear they wanted him as a coach, not every bit a player. Nathan turns the position down, but is soon asked to play Slamball past Owen (Brooke's ex). Later on some hesitation, Nathan starts to play Slamball, in which he is cheered on by Jamie, his son. Haley is reluctant nearly information technology, afraid he'll hurt his back. Her worry intensifies when she sees some severe bruises on his dorsum and spots an old rival on the opposing team. Subsequently winning the game, his old rival charges at him and shoves him through a glass window in forepart of his wife and son. Scared that his father almost ended up becoming what he one time was, Jamie makes him hope that he volition stop playing Slamball, which he agrees to for his son'due south sake. On the night of the USO concert, Nathan is at his abode talking with the spirit of "Q"

Nathan tells Haley well-nigh his offer. ("A Buss to Build a Dream On")

as he watches the Slamball championships on television. Q asks if he really gave it upwards for Jamie or because he stopped believing himself. Q angrily tells him that this was his 2d run a risk and that he should be grateful he got one considering Q himself didn't. Q also tells him that he still has a chance to follow his dream. Subsequently Q's pep talk, Nathan asks Haley to promise him that they won't be afraid of chasing their dreams to which she does. Nathan attends a trial for D-league basketball and after initially getting turned away for not belonging to a team he is chosen dorsum by the full general manager who offers him a coaching position. After a successful trial Nathan is selected to play for the Charleston Chiefs, merely when he shows upwardly for his starting time preparation session he discovers that he has been given the number 15 jersey instead of the number 23. Another teammate, Devon Trick, plays in Nathan's position and already has the number 23. Devon threatens Nathan and says he'southward not going to be taking his spot. After struggling during the training session he returns to see the photos of Haley and Jamie ripped up, every bit well as one of him and Quentin. Angered and spurred on by this Nathan threatens Devon, saying that he'south going to take his spot and he tin have it back after Nathan is called upward to the NBA. Nathan also asks his coach if he tin can wear the number 12 instead as a tribute to Jamie ( which is actually written in but is for Jenny Lynn Snyder, 17, a fan of the show who died of a centre attack that twelvemonth). Subsequently in the season, when Devon ruins five directly games for the Chiefs',

Jamie finds out Nathan'south in the NBA ("Remember Me as a Time of Twenty-four hours")

the coach benches him and puts Nathan in who makes the assist that leads to the winning shot. Devon is later cut from the squad and his starting position is given to Nathan, whose back up is Neno, the one who taunted Nathan at the tryouts. Nathan and Neno bear witness to exist the team'southward two best players, just they play the same position, so they can't both get-go. The omnibus has Nathan teach Neno how to play shooting guard. An NBA lookout from the Los Angeles Clippers comes to run across the ii of them play, but Nathan is worried that he won't play his all-time in front of the scout. He opts to drive the brawl in for Neno to score. Neno is afterwards called up by the Clippers, leaving Nathan notwithstanding in the D-League. In the season 6 finale, Nathan gets chosen up to the Charlotte Bobcats and starts in his first game up.

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Nathan has been playing for the Charlotte Bobcats since the finale of season six, but his contract is up and his friend and agent Clay is having trouble getting another contract for Nathan to play in. Nathan, Haley and Jamie gloat Jamie'southward seventh

Nathan and Haley worry nearly Dan'south testify. ("I And Honey And You")

birthday and a woman named Renee asks to accept a flick with Nathan and later the adult female tells Clay that she slept with Nathan. Subsequently going through doubting Nathan and offering to pay the woman off, Haley decides to support him and not pay her anything. Dan and Rachel convince Renee to come onto Dan's talk show to tell her side of the story. The twenty-four hours that Renee appears on the show, Nathan becomes enraged and goes outside, where Haley convinces him that they shouldn't picket the rest and should enjoy the cute twenty-four hour period. In a surprising turn of events, Dan submits Renee to a surprise lie detector test, and all of the answers she gives encounter true. He goads her into revealing that she did have sex the nighttime of the party and got significant, but not by Nathan. Afterward hearing that, Haley buries her head in Nathan's shoulder as she begins to cry and he tells her it's finally over. Their relationships seems to become stronger after the scandal. Before Dan leaves Tree Loma for good, Nathan brings Jamie to say goodbye and says give thanks you to his Dad for helping him become to the NBA. Later on in the season, Nathan helps Haley and James come to terms with Haley's mothers death. Also, Nathan spent the whole day bonding with Jamie while Haley and her sister Quinn were hosting an art gallery. One time Haley came home from that, he told her that he thought about it and he wants more children because while he and Jamie were bonding, Jamie kept

Nathan, Haley and Jamie relish the snow. ("Near Everything I Wish I'd Said The Last Time I Saw You lot...")

request questions most Nathan's human relationship with Lucas and how it must've been nice to have someone around all of the time, Nathan tells him that although they were not close when they were younger they became more than like real brothers as they got older. He said, "Having a brother is kind of similar having a best friend, he helped me go the man I am today." Nathan and then asked Jamie if he ever felt lonely, and Jamie told him sometimes. Haley then confesses to him that she took a pregnancy exam that morning, just it turned out negative. Haley jumps into the pool hoping to feel emotion again. Nathan gets to her merely in time and pulls her out of the pool afterward she has flashbacks about her and Nathan's lives together. On a trip to Utah Haley begins to get through her depression and is overjoyed when she finds out she's pregnant. Haley tells Nathan she thinks information technology will be a girl.

Season 8

Nathan and Haley osculation after discussing their baby and his career. ("Asleep At Heaven's Gate")

Both Nathan and Haley are thrilled at Haley existence meaning once again and because of this before leaving to start his second season in the NBA Nathan attempts to convince Haley to bring Jamie with him to Charlotte and to travel with them concerned due to her recovering from low and not wanting to her to be overloaded with stress from the label, Jamie and her pregnancy but she decides not to leave not wanting to take Jamie out of school merely promises to visit Nathan regularly. After this Nathan tries to go and visit Clay at his house before leaving due to he not being able to contact him beforehand only doesn't come across but puts this downwards to Clay wanting to give him expert luck. After going to a bank check-up he discovers his dorsum is weakening and he doesn't have much time left playing basketball. But as Nathan gets to camp he gets a phone call from Haley that both Clay and Quinn have been shot and he returns to Tree Hill. During his fourth dimension he has to comfort his family unit as Haley is struggling to

Nathan breaks down after staying strong for his family for also long. ("The Space Inbetween")

deal with possibly losing her sister just after losing her mother. But he struggles to bargain with his own feelings equally Clay's condition continues to worsen. Merely Quinn starts to ameliorate while Clay gets worse and they find he needs a kidney transplant. Nathan badly tries to help a wounded Clay by donating his kidney, even if information technology means he volition never play basketball again later struggling to make up one's mind whenever as well but is helped to his determination by his family. While trying to decide Nathan tells Haley he has dorsum pains, after a checkup on his back, Nathan believes his back cannot concord on much longer. But he soon finds out he isn't a match. But Dirt luckily receives a kidney and recovers with the help of Nathan. Later on the events with Clay, Nathan finally realizes that he doesn't desire to take chances his health and chance to spend time with his expanding family to play basketball after discovering from Julian that Jamie likes to play baseball, something that Nathan hadn't known. Then he tells Haley that he has already lived his dream and had a flavor in the NBA. He is likewise relieved that Dirt is fine with his due to he

Nathan retires from basketball with Haley and Jamie at his side. ("Nobody Taught Us To Quit")

wanting Nathan's health over his career, so he doesn't return to camp and officially retires from the NBA in a press briefing with Haley at his side. At the same fourth dimension he tries to assistance Brooke cope with losing her visitor. He joins Clay in his agency; Fortitude equally an agent after realising that Clay could lose all his clients and is sent to help sign football game player Troy Jameson merely he struggles, non having any knowledge of football but he manages to land a contract to for Troy to play with the Atlanta Falcons and Troy every bit one of his clients. Nathan goes back to college, and isn't well liked past his college professor, Dr. August Kellerman. He then starts to gain respect and gets the hang of higher, with the help of Jamie. He and so wants to sign Kellerman'south son Ian, who is a baseball game role player. He is really skillful, merely he is the life of the party. Nathan wanted Ian to sign with him, but Dr. Kellerman told him not to. He goes to Ian'southward house with Clay and engages in a game of beer pong with him. After the game, Ian signs the contract and Nathan asked to go to the bathroom. Nathan goes to find it and finds the garage instead.

Nathan finds the car in the Kellerman'south house. ("The Smoker You lot Drink, The Player You Get")

Going inside, he finds a vintage Jeep Grand Wagoneer with front cease damage. He approaches information technology and finds an empty canteen of whiskey on the floor in front of the commuter'southward seat. He realizes that is the machine that hit Brooke and Jamie, knocking them off the bridge, well-nigh killing them. He confronts Professor Kellerman, who at start denies involvement, only and then admits responsibility a short fourth dimension later in a dissever coming together. Afterwards, Clay, Nathan, and Ian gather at a local bar, where Ian buys shots for everyone. When Nathan asks what they're drinking, Ian tells him the make name of the whiskey, which Nathan finds to be consequent with the make on the bottle establish in the Jeep, and concludes that his professor was lying about his interest in the crash to cover upwards for his son.

Nathan also becomes a father once once again when Haley gives birth to Lydia Bob Scott. After the birth of his girl Nathan considers reconciling with his father, but once he realised he could never forgive nor forget Dan for his murder of Keith he instead visits him and gives him a photo of Lydia and Jamie's first winning baseball and moves on from the failed relationship. Subsequently resolving the issues with the crash and Dan, Nathan is able to spend more time with his daughter and family, helping Haley to reopen Karen's Cafe.

Season 9

Later returning home from traveling for Clay's company to sentinel sport players, Nathan returns dwelling to find that Dan is living nether his roof and learns that Haley permit him motion in later on his diner burned down. Nathan understands Haley'south reasons for letting Dan move in because he says she has "a skillful heart" and that is just the kind of person she is. Nathan volunteers to sentinel in Europe, since Clay can't get after learning he is ill and is sleep walking to the indicate of waking up in various parts of Tree Hill. Still before he leaves, Nathan tells Dan he wants him out of his house by the time he returns home in a week. While in Europe, Nathan goes off route after seeing the European players aren't as skillful as he thought they were and goes to a darker office of Europe to sign a actor only to fail in the end of signing the player. Nathan chats with Haley and Lydia via webcam before leaving Europe, showing them both a pink moose he bought to bring back abode for Lydia every bit a gift. Upon returning back to Tree Hill, Nathan is kidnapped exterior Tree Hill Airport and he struggles to break free he drops the pink moose outside the airport.

Nathan is revealed to be held earnest. ("Catastrophe And The Cure")

After learning why he was kidnapped, his failure signing in Europe, Nathan argues with his kidnapper Dimitri to allow him become. Dimitri tells Nathan when the phone rings, he volition die. Nathan yells at Dimitri when the phone rings and tells him not to be his "dominate's bitch." He begs Dimitri to permit him pay him money to allow him become, but Dimitri finds a better way to make money off Nathan'south ransom. He contacts people who volition pay to want Nathan dead dorsum over in Europe. Dimitri before long brings upwards Haley, referring to her as a "whore," and talks almost her causing Nathan to threaten to kill him if he hurts her. Nathan makes an escape attempt after fooling Dimitri and choking him knocking him unconscious. Nathan is most caught by the drug dealer that Dan and Clay confronted, Baton. As Nathan tries to discover an go out and escape, he encounters Officer Stevens (the officer that is working on his missing case) in the building. Nathan takes the gun the officeholder gives him and Officer Stevens tells Nathan to get out the exit in a room and notice his squad machine and quickly get out proverb that he'll catch up. Nathan follows the officeholder's instructions and comes face to face with Dimitri. Nathan tries to fire the gun only to observe it empty causing him to realize everything is really a trap. The officer and so jumps behind him and strikes Nathan confronting his head with a pipe knocking him unconscious. Nathan regains consciousness every bit Officeholder Stevens is tying him support to the chair, he asks the officeholder "Why? A cop." Officer Stevens tells him he's only a "desk cop" and he's backside this as well considering the Tree Hill Police Department wouldn't make him a detective. He punches Nathan in the abdomen and tells Nathan that "this pays much amend" and that he will indeed die. Nathan looks at Officer Stevens and Dimitri, fear filling his optics as he realizes that he just may never escape and that he may actually in fact die. Nathan is gagged and Officer Steven'south tells Nathan in his ear, "Your married woman says how-do-you-do," earlier he covers Nathan's head with a black cover. Dan afterwards comes to Nathan's rescue, with the assist of Julian and Chris Keller. Dan manages to make his style to Nathan by killing well-nigh of Dimitri's men. Every bit they are about to leave, Dimitri catches upwards to them and fires a shot at Nathan, just non before Dan can spring between them and take the bullet intended for his son.

Nathan seconds before shooting and killing Dimitri. ("Hardcore Volition Never Die, But Y'all Will")

Dan secretly gives Nathan his gun, which Nathan then uses to shoot and kill a distracted Dimitri. Officeholder Stevens comes to the scene, property Nathan at gunpoint, but is knocked out cold by Julian.

Julian and Nathan rush Dan to the hospital, where the latter is reunited with his friends and family. He is wracked with guilt over his father's current country and blames himself for it, but he, forth with Deb, Jamie and Lydia, says his goodbyes to Dan and reconciles with him.

Nathan afterwards spends some time alone with Haley, preparing a romantic dinner for her as well as giving her a diamond bracelet. They dance out in the rain and share a passionate kiss before they become to TRIC with the rest of the group, singing along with Gavin DeGraw.

Time jump

Nathan and Haley spend the rest of their lives together with their children, and with the residuum of the group and their children, cheer on Jamie at the Ravens' basketball games.

Relationships

Relationships: Nathan Scott/Relationships
Family: Nathan Scott/Family

Family

Lucas watches Nathan and Haley with a Jamie subsequently Nathan'southward game. ("I Forgot to Remember to Forget")

Nathan was raised by his parents Dan Scott and Deb Lee in Tree Hill. During Nathan'southward babyhood, Dan pressured him to practice well in basketball which resulted in them having a sour human relationship and his mother was a workaholic, who was never around for Nathan so Dan'south bullying continued until when Dan and Deb where going through their divorce and made Nathan chose, Nathan instead emancipated himself although he afterwards improved his relationship with his mother.

Nathan was raised every bit an only child even though his father had a son, (who was born three months prior to Nathan) Lucas Scott with his high schoolhouse sweetheart Karen Roe. Nathan was raised to hate Lucas and did until his junior twelvemonth of loftier schoolhouse when Lucas joined the basketball team and Dan encouraged Nathan to pressure Lucas off of the team. But this did not work so Nathan targeted Haley James, Lucas'south best friend, to get back at Lucas but Nathan and Haley presently grew close and fell in beloved. They got married in their junior year, much to his parents' chagrin. But Lucas and Nathan grew together over their love of basketball and became shut friends.

Nathan with his two children and wife. ("This Is My House, This Is My Abode")

In his senior year, Haley roughshod significant with their commencement kid. Their son was born during their graduation and they named him James Lucas Scott in award of Haley'south maiden name and Nathan's blood brother and Haley's best friend Lucas. Nathan and his family accept a very close relationship and he and Haley have raised Jamie in a supportive environment different Nathan's upbringing. When Jamie was seven, Nathan began to want more children and only a few weeks subsequently reveal she was pregnant with their second child and she believed information technology was a daughter. Haley later gave birth to the couple's offset daughter, Lydia with Nathan by her side.

Nathan'southward extended family are: Keith Scott and Cooper Lee his paternal and maternal uncles, Sawyer Brooke Scott his niece, Lily Roe Scott his cousin, his sister-in-laws Quinn James, Taylor James, Vivian James and Peyton Sawyer Scott. He besides has 3 unnamed brothers-in-police.

Romantic Life

Nathan and Haley talk virtually Nathan playing basketball. ("One Meg Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sun Morning")

At the kickoff of the show, Nathan was in a relationship with Peyton Sawyer, although he often cheated on her and their human relationship was overly dramatic. They would often break up and make upwards in the same day, and the basis of the human relationship was sexual practice and meant little to either of them and it finally concluded at the outset of their junior year. It was revealed that Nathan lost his virginity to Taylor James, his time to come wife's older sister, subsequently his first game for the Tree Hill Ravens. Prior to his marriage Nathan made a sex record with Brooke Davis after 1 of his frequent break ups with Peyton. This is revealed during their senior year, when the tape is played during a political party held past Nathan to the daze of Peyton and Haley.

Since starting a relationship and getting married to Haley, Nathan and Haley have stuck together throughout many difficulties, including their troubles in season two, when Haley decides to go on tour instead of exist with Nathan, Nanny Carrie trying to supercede Haley in their family, and an alleged affair between Nathan and Renee Richardson in season seven, when she claims to be meaning with his infant. In the finale of flavour four, they had their first child, a babe male child named James Lucas Scott. James (known as Jamie) became a huge office in their life and they are determined to give him the best childhood possible. Together they have helped Jamie through bullying and the decease of his idol, Quentin Fields, who was also Haley'due south student and a thespian for the Tree Hill Ravens. In Utah, Haley revealed to Nathan that they were going to have another child. Haley subsequently gave birth to their daughter, Lydia Bob Scott.

Career

Nathan in his first game for the Bobcats. ("Recall Me as a Time of Day")

Nathan has been a basketball thespian as long as he tin can remember; his beginning retention of his childhood is property a basketball, and Dan has been pushing the sport on him for his entire life. Nathan started playing basketball more officially every bit a Tree Hill Raven for his high school. The summer before his senior season, Nathan attended the prestigious Loftier Flyers basketball army camp. And won MVP and the Country Championship in his senior twelvemonth where he was as well co-captain. He also set multiple records within the school for scoring (which are later bested past his son, Jamie. His number and bailiwick of jersey was later retired and now hangs in courts in Tree Hill High. He received a scholarship to Duke University, but afterward the public found out he had been bespeak-shaving in the games leading upward to the State Championship, Nathan lost his scholarship. His loftier school motorcoach, Whitey Durham took a coaching chore at another college with Lucas equally his assistant coach, and Whitey offered Nathan a spot on his team, which Nathan gladly took and with him they won the national championship. Later, Nathan besides played for the University of Maryland where he was a First Team All-American.

After college, Nathan gets his ain basketball shoe bargain - called NS 23 and was going to be the tenth pick in the NBA draft for the

Seattle Sonics he was injured in his spinal chord and gets paralyzed in his legs. After almost half a twelvemonth, Nathan sets up a comeback with the help of Quentin Fields and after Quentin died he was put on a D-League team called the Charleston Chiefs. After a year with the Chiefs, Nathan got chosen-up by the Charlotte Bobcats to exist their new signal guard, where he played for one season and had his contract renewed despite struggling, but due to issues with his back, Nathan was forced to retire from basketball and pursues a career every bit a sports agent in Clay's agency.

Personality and traits

Pre-I Tree Hill, Nathan was a dainty guy. But Dan influenced him in high school and near turning into his male parent. Let'due south just say he was a jerk and a bully dorsum and so. He was that shut to turning into his father, until Lucas joined the basketball team. Mostly Dan wanted him out of there, because he was threatened by his son losing his scholarship to him. Mostly in the beginning of the get-go season, they got off the incorrect foot. Merely they become friends when he and Peyton broke upwardly and saw Haley for the first fourth dimension. First he wanted to engagement her, just to get close to her to mess with Lucas. Merely he wanted to date her, because he wanted to be the guy he was dorsum then. Nathan wanted to change himself and be the guy who he used to be. Nathan and Haley started dating, Nathan get a better man and a lot more than responsible. He too fabricated friends with Lucas and the river court gang like Oral fissure and Skills. He likewise become a better friend to Peyton and they are more like brother-sister figures now. Nathan was a born rich kid, unlike Brooke he never flaunts his wealth or his money. He works hard for his money, when he emancipated himself because of their parents divorce. He was tired of existence in the middle. As well to become abroad from his father and his influence. Nathan is a dainty guy and he too more like a nerdy slacker sometimes. Sometimes Nathan is a footling fleck childish. Nathan is a good guy who is very wise and people go to his advice or somebody talk to. Nathan is always been faithful to Haley, he besides had a lot of temptations from Carrie, Rachel and Renee but he said no they backed off from him. Nathan is similar a superhero, he is more like Batman on the show. Who is willing to have a bullet for somebody. He is also a good father to Jamie and Lydia. He and Jamie accept a tight bail. He likewise have a tight bond with Haley James Scott.

Trivia

His middle proper name, Royal, is his paternal grandfather'due south name.
He is 100 days younger than his half-brother Lucas.
Chad Michael Murray was outset wanted by Mark Schwahn to audience for the function of Nathan, just he felt a shut connection to Lucas Scott since Chad's mother left him when he was ten years old.
- James Lafferty got the role because of his basketball game power.
  - Lafferty had as well been offered a sports scholarship to college due to basketball but turned it downwards to play Nathan.
In the outset flavor, Nathan had a nipple piercing, but information technology was not seen later (James Lafferty didn't really have the piercing so information technology was glued on).
He was the only grapheme who had appeared in all episodes, until Season nine where he only appeared in 8 of the 13 episodes.
Throughout Nathan'south high schoolhouse and college basketball game life, he held the number 23, only after going professionally, he held both the number 12 and 15.
- Despite this, Nathan'southward wife, Haley, has a tattoo of the number 23 on her lower back.
Nathan'south favorite water ice foam season is rocky road, yet he always gets mint chocolate fleck because it's Haley's favorite flavor.
He is the godfather of Sawyer Scott.
Nathan served as best man at both his half-brother Lucas Scott's weddings to Lindsey and Peyton.
Tim and Bevin Smith named their son after Nathan despite non having seen Nathan in years.
Nathan is one of the four master male characters to appear in all nine seasons of One Tree Loma. The other 3 male characters are: Dan, Mouth and Skills.
Nathan has had sex with all 3 of the core female person characters: Peyton, Brooke, and Haley.
Nathan devirginize his wife Haley and his sister-in-police Peyton Sawyer.
Nathan is the merely character whose proper name both starts and ends with the same letter of the alphabet, "N."
He lost his virginity to his sister-in-police, Taylor.
He was dressed upward equally Batman once in An Attempt to Tip the Scales.
Lafferty was the simply member of the Core V cast members who was still a teenager when the show debuted. He is 3 years younger than Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush, and four years younger than Lenz and Murray. The same was the case for some other teen drama which debuted in 2003, The O.C. On that show, of the "Cadre Four" teen roles, only Mischa Barton was still a teenager at the time its premiere.
Nathan is similar to Batman in the series. A lot of times he is mistaken for Christian Bale in the Dark Knight Trilogy and Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Nathan was born on August 15th, making him a Leo.
- His uncle Keith was also a Leo, built-in on July 26th.

Gallery

Principal characters
Cadre 5
Lucas Scott • Nathan Scott • Peyton Sawyer • Haley James Scott • Brooke Davis
Secondary
Dirt Evans • Quinn James • Julian Bakery • Mouth McFadden • Millicent Huxtable • Chase Adams • Chris Keller • Alex Dupré • Antwon Taylor • Rachel Gatina • Jamie Scott
Adults
Dan Scott • Deb Lee • Whitey Durham • Karen Roe • Keith Scott

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