peyton sawyer

The OC has maintained a stronghold on teen soap operas, but I think I'm partial to One Tree Hill. The story lines can still be over the top and evil dad Dan seems to have nine lives, but I like Bethany Joy Lenz's music and Hilarie Burton's character Peyton Sawyer tends to always add a thoughtful perspective to almost make each episode a learning experience.

In case you missed the third season premiere:

"At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world, some are running scared, some are coming home, some tell lies to make it through the day, others are just not facing the truth. Some are evil men at war with good, and some are good struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world, six billion souls and sometimes all you need is one." - peyton sawyer