Make like a tree ...

and leave?

What the heck is happening on OTH. Skills is leaving and maybe taking Mouth with him, Nathan Haley and Jackson are packing up and heading out, Clay doesn't have any reason to stay and then there's Julian. Who's going to be left beside Brooke and Victoria?

Brooke literally ordered Julian to leave Tree Hill for a while and take up another movie project. The order came after more issues rose from his friends meet work, with Alex. “He moved there for Brooke....and he finds someone who's in his world and in that part of the country and it's nice to collaborate with them because it's a highly collaborative business...and who knows when the next opportunity will lie and he's like, I'm here with my girlfriend and I can't go back to Hollywood and I wanna work so this is kind of my opportunity to work and be here”, Austin said about his character's reason for not ending his work with Alex, which only led him to problems with Brooke.

Julian had started out to helping Alex with her script, but ends up sharing with her a secret about him wanting to have kids after realizing Brooke can't. Brooke takes the guilty of it all how it tears her up that she made Julian give up what he was doing leave LA and come to Tree Hill and really doesn't have to do.

"I feel like everybody likes to be liked and wanted. He's definitely let that sort of survive”, on why last week's episode ended the way it did for Brooke and Julian. “He's been very clear about where his loyalties lie...he hasn't done anything wrong but he hasn't told her to stop because at the same time he's working with her and he wants to continue to develop these projects so it's kind of a slippery situation”.

But is breaking up a bad thing for Julian? Could it be a way for Julian to get some cajoles to stand up to her and stop being this supportive, apologetic boyfriend that doesn't seem to do anything but wait on Brooke while Brooke makes everything about herself.

Is it going to be "Don't let let the door hit you on your way out. " for Julian?

It might create a better story one that would give Julian a chance to actually talk to other people and not just sit and wait for Brooke to come home so Julian to apologize for something else that she is upset about. Let Julian get the pants back. Ditch the coffee errand /yes boy, and bring back the devious with a little bit of edge Julian. That was the Julian that was interesting, sadly the Julian as of late is about as edgy as safety scissors that look like real scissors but don't cut jack.




Check out what Austin has to say about OTH and Julian on a new podcast that will be out tomorrow at OTHPodcast.com.




This week on the Crazy Tree "Some Roads Lead Nowhere" Brook Davis(TM) after telling Julian to pack it up and go, now struggles to accept his reaction to Alex’s crisis because it's not all about her. Nathan and the Real Housewife of Tree Hill get readyu for the family’s boogie to Barcelona for basketball, but will Haley grab her Raspberry Beret and hit the road for her on musical mystery tour? Quinn helps Feats of Clay hatch a plan to win back Nathan as a client. (Will it involved tapas, some cava and flamenco guitars?) Millie’s cokefest fiesta puts her and Mouth at a crossroads with Mouth, which could be the next East Coast/West Coast showdoan after he agrees to go with Cali with Skills if Millie picks the nose candy over Mouth. Dan shocks his equally devious half Rachel and his audience, (even more shocking that the dog ate my donor heart?).

Don't forget : We might not all see eye to eye but we still can share with each other. And what better way to share than break bread, in this case recipes, with one another. Join us Friday December 11, for OMG Second Annual Cooking Klatch. Post a favorite recipe that you would like to share.

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