The child in the pictures is Hayleigh and Nathan’s son (the one she was pregnant with at the end of season 4). The production crew has done a pretty good job of making the characters 4 years older (when they’re not even 1 year older in real-life). Hayleigh looks the most aged to me, but I think that’s just her bad dress sence. Lucas’ lame attempt at a beard hasn’t really made him look any older and Antwon basically looks the same as before.

Someone really needs to sort Mouth’s hair out, they can’t broadcast a show with him looking like that!

Obscurely though, it’s going to be set 4 years ahead of where the last series left off. The dramatically revamped show was lucky to get signed for another season and the big plans, which see Lucas becoming a published author, will result in a fusion of present-day narratives and flashbacks of the missing 4 years. The flashbacks will vary in length between a few minutes to entire episodes.

If you’re an outgoing One Tree Hill fan, or even a closet fan, be sure to catch the 2 hours season premiere at 9pm on January 8th on the CW.