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Bizarre Comeback of the Week: James Van Der Beek On "One Tree Hill"

Posted by Lindy Parker

 

Okay, so when we first heard James Van Der Beek was dropping by One Tree Hill this season, our reaction was like: "What? Who? Don't be ridiculous."  We really thought we'd seen the last of James Van Der Beek somewhere around 2003, and we always figured if we did it wouldn't be on the EXACT SAME SET as Dawson's Creek -- did he not get enough of that town during his tenure in North Carolina?  Does he not feel totally creeped out watching a new batch of kids watching the stars (or whatever they do) on his former roof?  One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn might have told Entertainment Weekly: "The specter of Dawson's Creek is always around us...So I thought it would be cool to get James," but our theory is, he just thought it would be funny.

Whatever, it kind of is.  Do what you've got to do, James.  We're not going to judge, but let us ask you this: are you going to challenge Chad Michael Murray to a "pensive expression" contest?  Because that guy's a tool -- you've totally got it in the bag.


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Posted Oct 17 2008, 10:24 AM
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Lindy Parker has worked as a ghostwriter, editor, dance instructor and a purveyor of dreams, one beer at a time. She now writes for nerve.com's TV blog, "The Remote Island." She loves Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez and also, straight-to-video releases with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. It's possible she reads more teen fiction than she should. She hails from Los Angeles, her hometown and soul mate, but she lives in Brooklyn, the fling she'll never forget.

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