 Lanes boyfriend, Dave (Adam Brody), left the show after his first  season. To explain his absence, Lane claims that he went to  university in California. Brody left the show in order to play the  part of Seth in _"O.C., The" (2003)_ (qv), which takes place in  California. Also, when Chad Michael Murray (playing Rorys Chilton  classmate, Tristin Dugray) left the show, his absence was explained  by the character being sent to military school in North Carolina,  which is where Murray filmed his recurring role on "Dawsons Creek"  and later "One Tree Hill"