I received Season 4 Disc 1 from Netflix on Wednesday, and then knocked out all 5 episodes Thursday morning.  I forgotten how completely awesome this show is.

Episode #1 picks right up with supreme drama, as Rachel and Cooper are drowning in a river.  Both Nathan and Lucas end up having to jump in to save them, but it's Lucas' (Chad Michael Murray) melodramatic demeanor that earn him +3.

Later Mouth drops a little knowledge, +1, and Skills manages to hand out more dap than humanly possible, given his limited screen time, +1.

Episode #2 --  Skills:  "It's ya boy Skills", +2, Whitey, the coach, +1.

Episode #3 -- Brooke goes on a Team Brooke rant, +1.  Whitey +1, and Skills +1 for his play in his Ravens debut.

Episode #4 -- Skills:  "You can't hide from life, dawg.  Eventually you gotta live it." +1.

Episode #5 -- Peyton, the budding music impresario, secures a live performance from Lupe Fiasco, at the Tree Hill Club.  +1 to each.  Lucas is there to support his best friend Hailey, +1.

I gotta give +3 to Deb Lee/Scott, for her overall junkie-ness and madness, on display throughout these episodes.

Sports Coverage:

On Thursday, Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon were extra feisty on PTI, +2 each.

Friday on PTI, Kornheiser "popped his sweater" to celebrat something... ha.  +1.

Kenny Smith gets +5 for his charity work highlighted on Thurday's Inside The NBA.  The whole threesome (Jet, EJ, Chuck), earn +3 each for their usual antics, and Chuck gets an extra +3 for joking Reggie's shirt, asking "when are you going to give that back to Cheryl (his sister)?".  Ha.

Michael Jordan, +4, for his ESPN the Mag cover:



Kanye:

+6 to Mr. West's much ballyhooed Flashing lights video, seen below.  Rumor has it, that it may be inspired by scenes from the James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever.  +4 to the mode featured, Rita G.



Lost Life:

A Sayid-centric episode!  Yes!  The Sayid run down: +1 for the opening praying scened.  However, is this the first time he's been shown praying?  Seems like that should've happened before, if he is a devout Muslim.  +1 for his golfing skill, + 1 for looking slick in Germany, and +1 for his "diplomacy" quote.

The rest:

Sawyer +1, for calling someone "gizmo", and +1 when he said to Kate, who asked if she was a prisoner, "If that's the sorta thing you like".

Hurley started off well, earning +1 for his babbling, but when it turned out to be an acting job, and he was setting up his friends, that's -5. 

Finally, the ultimate gangsta, Ben,  +1 when he says: "No use having friends you can't trust", and +3 for being straight gangsta at the end.