"Hate Is Safer Than Love" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of One Tree Hill and the 105th produced episode of the series. It was broadcast on May 12, 2008. Lucas is crushed by devastating news, while Brooke's baby undergoes emergency surgery. Haley wrestles with her decision to record a new album. Antwon and Nathan employ a risky game plan to salvage the Raven's season and Lucas stuns Peyton with a shocking truth.