With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
| "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" | |
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| One Tree Hill episode | |
Jimmy Edwards fires a pistol.
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Greg Prange |
| Written by | Mark Schwahn |
| Production code | 2T6166 |
| Original air date | March 1, 2006 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Danneel Harris as Rachel Gatina |
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Danneel Harris as Rachel Gatina
Antwon Tanner as Antwon "Skills" Taylor
Allison Scagliotti as Abby Brown
Marcus Coloma as Marcus
Colin Fickes as Jimmy Edwards
Renee Vincent as Mary Edwards
Amber Wallace as Glenda Farrell
"With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept " is the 16th episode of One Tree Hill's third season. It first aired on The WB television network in the United States on March 1, 2006. It was written by Mark Schwahn and directed by Greg Prange. This was a landmark episode for the series, which revolves around a school shooting: "A normal day becomes deadly when a despondent student brings a gun to Tree Hill High; Nathan and Lucas put themselves at risk to protect their friends and loved ones."
In the DVD commentary and the making-of featurette, the creators addressed their initial "should we?" or "shouldn't we?" reactions to making the episode. Because of the sensitive nature of the topic, they did not want to glorify or make light of school shootings. They wanted to make a statement about how these kinds of incidents affect more than just those directly involved. The music was carefully designed, and a theme called "Saving Peyton," composed by John Nordstrom, was introduced for parts of the script where character Lucas Scott strives to save a dying Peyton Sawyer.
Mark Schwahn, the series' creator and writer of the episode, "took this old character in Jimmy Edwards [Colin Fickes], who hadn’t been around in seasons, and used his re-emergence" to tell the story about life in high-school as an outsider. Being a controversial topic, Schwahn had to convince executives to allow the episode. The actors "who were locked in the tutor center would file into this little room day after day and film these emotionally draining scenes".
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