I thought the whole dan storyline in the beginning was alittle pushed and I didn't like the way they tarnished Rachel's charactor. I was alittle nervous going into this season. Afterall, Lucas and Peyton were a huge part of the show, if not the show themselves. especially Lucas. so I thought that the show would suck without him and I was pleasantly suprised when I saw the first episode of one tree hill and it was just as good. Not saying that certain storylines didn't annoy me or bother me at one time or another. but i had that in any season of one tree hill dvd. not just this one. But overall, it remained a strong show in season seven. Still had great storylines. and it earned one tree hill season 9 dvd. if they day comes when it's not producing good storylines.One tree hill seasons 1-7 dvd boxset deserves to be on come out.