One Tree Hill (TV Series) Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. (2008) User Reviews

Wow. Perfection.

[IxAMxWHOxIxIS · 10/10 · 15 September 2008]

This episode really is all it was cracked up to be. It is as good as Mark said, and as good as anything that can ever be written.

6 years later and the writers, directors, and actors of One Tree Hill can still make your heart melt, can still make you cry, and can still keep you holding your breath watching magnificence on screen. Wow. All I can say is, this episode was spectacular, magnificent, breathtaking,enlightening, and just plain perfection. One Tree Hill has really been a journey for everyone that takes part in the show's creation. It is really underrated, and should be considered more than what critics call it. One Tree Hill really is heartfelt television that everyone who doesn't watch the show should strongly consider it. This episode has really been a pleasure to watch. I applaud everyone that took part in the making of this episode.

It's been six years, six great years, and they still got it. Wow.

"Graceful, fluid, inspiring. They say on a goodnight it seemed as though he could fly... and now he can"

[Sam_Ash_76 · 10/10 · 21 March 2022]

One Tree Hill can be utterly ridiculous at times, with bogus sub plots and insane love triangles, to the point where you might roll your eyes at some of the show's cliches. But in other times it can be one of the most powerful series ever aired on television. "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly." acts as one of those episodes of the series, its a beautiful love letter about grief and the power a person needs to get through it. It even manages to juggle the somewhat ridiculous story line about Dan and Nanny Carrie into something meaningful alongside the main plot of the episode, since that story line also acknowledges grief and the power it can hold over a person to do bad things, whilst the main story line deals with the immediate aftermath of last episode's shocking cliffhanger, showcasing the rest of our main casts reaction to losing such an important person in their lives.

When Quentin first came into the series at the start of season 5 he wasn't likable, that was the point. His entire story was to show how even people who seem to be 'bad' can be put on a path to greatness and become better people with the help and influence of love. Sam's monologue towards the end of the episode perfectly showcases this and I would be shocked if there was a single dry face watching this at the time of airing, this episode is shockingly emotional, beautifully poignant and heartrendingly powerful. The last episode of the series to make me feel this type of way was Season 4's "Songs to Love and Die By" which also delved into the importance of being a good person and the how the choices you make impact your affect on other people's lives. Both episodes showcase how fantastic this series can be at the height of its quality.

People often laugh and judge me whenever I talk about the importance of television and film to make an impact on people's lives, but its a fact I'll stand up for, forever. Episodes like this are powerful, and important. Judging it by a numerical value doesn't seem appropriate, but given that's how IMDB and all other review based sites work, given how important this episode is to me, its a 10.