Working on a TV series produced in Wilmington, “One Tree Hill” cast members have settled into routines and cultivated favorite places like any other Port City resident.

Local clothing stores, coffee shops and restaurants are among the places the stars of the series have popped up over the years.

“I don’t know what I’m going to be without Tower 7,” Sophia Bush said.

Ditto for Austin Nichols, who is dating Bush in real life. He also frequents Flaming Amy’s, Brasserie du Soleil, Lovey’s and Tidal Creek.

Bush said she’ll miss the personal service from places such as Lighthouse Beer & Wine.

“They know to call me when they get certain obscure beers in,” she said. “I’ll miss things like that. It’s a very special town.”

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Sophia’s appearing on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight! We’ll have media up as soon as we can tomorrow.

Schwahn says season nine is his favorite ever, and there is a lot of “old-school One Tree Hill” throughout the 13 episodes. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of crazy new drama to experience. “It’s different and intense,” Bush said. “We got to do exciting things and go outside the box.” And how. In the first few moments of the season premiere there’s a fire, a gun, a couple at the point of breaking up, someone in the back of a cop car and someone taking lots of anger out on inanimate objects.

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Confession: When Sophia Bush tweeted her final photo from the “One Tree Hill” set on the night that the series wrapped for good, we started crying. In public. It wasn’t exactly our finest moment.

While the series may have ended for Sophia, though, we can look forward to 13 final episodes with Brooke Davis (and the rest of the gang, of course) before we officially say goodbye. We were lucky enough to visit Sophia and her co-stars in Wilmington back in September, when we sat down with Sophia and got the scoop on her last weeks with B. Davis.

When Season 9 begins, we meet Brooke in a very happy place as she and Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti) bring back a bit of nostaglia for themselves — and the fans — at Karen’s Café. “It’s great that she and Haley have come together to start this café. Joy and I were having so much fun that first episode,” Sophia says, sitting with us in the “Naley” house living room set as thunder raged outside the studio. “We had this whole rhythm down — how we would move, and where we could keep our aprons, and what we’d do to make it look like we’d done it a million times already. That’s really great for [Brooke], and it’s such a tie to the community and where she grew up. Brooke, more than anyone, has wanted nothing more than to be in her home. So I love her having that, and I love Brooke and Haley having that partnership, because they’re such good friends.”

If you’re envisioning sunny café scenes that recall Season 1, you’re not far off — but things in Tree Hill never stay too simple for long. If you didn’t already know, Brooke’s father, played by Richard Burgi, is finally making an appearance this year after being MIA for way too long. She’ll also revisit a terrifying face from her past when Xavier (Devin McGee), who assaulted her in Season 6 and later went to prison for killing Quentin, returns to Tree Hill. Through it all, though, Brooke’s priority remains her new family, as we saw her and Julian (Austin Nichols) welcome twins Davis and Jude in the Season 8 finale

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 Sophia Bush (Brooke Davis)
Favorite Episode: “Now Lift Your Eyes to the Sun” (Season 7)

“My favorite experience thus far was my first episode directing. It was such a great ride and there is something that feels very right about that when you have been such a part of a show for a long time. To be in the position … where my entire job revolved around the behind-the-scenes aspect was a sensational experience and made me even more aware as an actor.”

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At the “Evening with One Tree Hill” event last week, 12 cast members and creator Mark Schwahn fielded a variety of questions from a moderator and capacity crowd at UNCW’s Beckwith Recital Hall. The talked about what the show has meant to them, what they think of Wilmington, where “One Tree Hill” films, and what they’d be doing if they weren’t acting.

But when talk turned to the upcoming ninth and final season, things turned cryptic.

Moderator Renee Vincent, a UNCW professor who has guest starred on the show, asked each of the cast members to sum up their character’s experiences in the final season in one word.

The results range from obvious to silly, random to deep.

Sophia Bush (Brooke): “Juggle”
This makes sense, given that last time we saw Brooke, she had a new baby to raise and was relaunching her professional career. Will Julian still be around to help?

Read the rest of the cast’s answers here.