One Tree Hill Favorite Episodes and Series Finale

I started watching One Tree Hill in High School. Did I start watching when it officially started on the WB...no but I can say that I have seen every single episode including the series finale since then. I think I caught on to the night soap nearing the end of the first season, and fell in love ever since. I remember watching the Jimmy Edwards school shooting episode home alone on a Saturday night and thinking that this show was more brilliant then I could have ever imagined. I also remember watching the prom episode where Derek punches Peyton right when he turns around and surprised millions of fans that it was him at the door and not Lucas. I actually screamed out loud, and I of course remember Keith's wedding, favorite scene in that episode is when Peyton and Jake get together and Lucas picks up Brooke at her house, and the famous episode where Nate asks Hailey to stay the night, and Brooke tells Lucas that he was the only guy she thought about all summer after declaring a few episodes prior that she was pursuing many different guys. All of those episodes plus the most recent episode where Dan takes a bullet for Nate and ends up saving Nate's life while ending his, and walking off into the endless light with Keith, which I could not have imagined the death of Dan's character any other way. Hes been hit by a car, captured by a crazy Nannie and even lit on fire. Dan leaves his life finally satisfied that his relationship with his big brother was not completely destroyed. Brilliantly acted. We leave Tree Hill with the knowledge that everyone is right where they should be. Nate is handing his basketball skills and knowledge over to his son Jamie, Hailey owns and runs Karen's cafe while also managing Chris Keller's music career and still pursuing her own, and Brooke and Julian end up happily with their twin boys and Brooke's Clothing line Baker Boy, and Julian's TV show based nicely on Brooke's life as a high school er and beyond. The series finale ends with all of the friends including the fan favorite Mouth, Skills, (randomly bev), Clay, Quinn, Chase, Chris, Julian, and of course the Tree Hill alumni, Brooke, Hailey, and Nate watching their kids enjoy a tree hill basketball game lead by Nate's prodigal son Jamie. One Tree Hill starts with basketball and ends with basketball couldn't have imagined it any other way.