Bittersweet

I am happy OTH is back soon but just seen that season 9 will run for 13 episodes and the show will end :(

On one side i know that it has to end because James didn't even really wanna do season 9 never mind beyond that, thankfully Mark got him part time for season 9 so if James isn't on board beyond season 9 what are the odds Sophia and Bethany would be? It survived beyond Lucas and Peyton but could it handle the departure of James, Sophia & Bethany too? I dunno and if it does come down to them all going and they bring in a whole new bunch of kids to take it back to the roots, what are the chances it would work? So many try and fail in that situation. But then what if only James went and Bethany stayed? It means splitting Nathan & Haley up again but obviously for good in that situation.

I'd like it if somehow they could bring in a new cast of kids kind of the same as the core 5 were in high school but anyone who wanted to stay on past series 9 could be incorpriated into it some how but how? Brooke is a fashion designer so what could she do at a high school? I guess a mentor, she came so far from an out of control teenager to where she is now, that could work but wouldn't it be kinda boring? IDK Julian i guess could run media classes but really? A successful director? Bit far fetched and people wouldn't buy it, I would because i love the show and would buy anything they did to keep it going but it isn't about me, it's their ratings in America that get each season commissioned.

The only people who could have really gone back to THHS to teach were Lucas & Haley and they did but it didn't work out, Lucas and Peyton left Tree Hill and Haley was fired from the school and went on to focus on her family and her music and if Bethany did stay people are going to say she already did this, it's all the same stuff and probably wouldn't survive more than one season after that change anyways.