One Tree Hill Reunion You’ve Been Waiting For: James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti Launch a New Series

Netflix just turned Everyone Is Doing Great into an even bigger One Tree Hill reunion, and honestly, the casting news hits the nostalgia button hard.

So, what is this show again?

Everyone Is Doing Great is the self-aware, mostly improvised comedy James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti created, write, and star in. They play former teen heartthrobs trying to survive Hollywood long after the TV show that made them famous ended. Yes, you see what they did there.

The series first dropped on Hulu back in 2021. Now, five years later, Netflix has scooped up the rights and ordered season 2. Both season 1 and the brand-new season 2 start streaming on Monday, May 11.

The new reunion chapter

Season 2 pulls in more familiar faces from the Tree Hill universe: Bryan Greenberg (Jake) and Robbie Jones (Quentin) are guesting, and Greenberg’s wife, Jamie Chung, pops in too. Lafferty (40) and Colletti (40) are still leading the thing, with Alexandra Park (Lafferty’s real-life wife) playing his onscreen wife, and Aussie favorite Cariba Heine rounding out the core friend group.

• Guest stars: Bryan Greenberg (47), Robbie Jones (48), plus Jamie Chung
• Creators/stars: James Lafferty (40) and Stephen Colletti (40)
• Also starring: Alexandra Park (36) and Cariba Heine

'It was such a gift to work with them.'

That is Lafferty on Greenberg and Jones coming in hot. He says their stuff lights up the season and, not for nothing, they are in two of his favorite scenes this time around.

Hometown vibes and Easter eggs

Colletti looked back on what it meant to reconnect in the old stomping grounds. Parts of season 1 were shot in Wilmington, North Carolina — the real-life stand-in for Tree Hill — and they tucked in a few nods for the lifers, including a quick shot of Brooke Davis’ house. For season 2, the show keeps mining that meta sweet spot while pushing the guys into new, messier post-fame territory.

Worth flagging for process nerds: they break stories in a writers room, but because the show leans heavily on improvisation, they play fast and loose on set. Park says the magic trick is convincing very talented friends to say yes, then letting them bring unexpected colors to these characters.

The Greenberg and Jones of it all

Colletti calls both guest turns hilarious and admits one of Greenberg’s scenes was so good they literally moved it up earlier in its episode to get to it faster. Also, do not expect them to reprise anything close to their OTH personas — the point is to twist what you think you know.

If season 3 happens, who is on their wishlist?

Lafferty jokes that, because this is an independent show, they are always going to be calling in favors. Colletti has a very specific target in mind: Robert Buckley (Clay Evans in later OTH seasons, and yes, the one who cohosted the Drama Queens rewatch podcast alongside Bethany Joy Lenz, Sophia Bush, and Hilarie Burton at one point). He calls Buckley their white whale and goes full open-letter about it:

'Robert Buckley: If you are out there and you see this, please, please join us in season 3 of Everyone Is Doing Great. I feel like if you say yes, then the powers that be will say yes to season 3 so no pressure, Rob, it’s all on you.'

Everyone Is Doing Great seasons 1 and 2 hit Netflix on Monday, May 11.