Elizabeth Scott

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Karen Baker (nee Scott) is a graduate of Tree Hill High School, a major protagonist, and one of the main characters throughout the series. Being the middle child, Elizabeth is always seen as the black sheep of her family often partaking in rebellious behavior. Elizabeth, unlike the rest of her siblings, took their sudden wealth as a promotion to gain favors and continue to move up the social ladder. She originally is seen as a nice, sweet, caring and compassionate person as the she was not as musically gifted as Sawyer, as witty and sly as Keith, as outspoken and passionate as Taylor, or as academically gifted as Jimmy. However, the wealth got to her head and she began to lose relationships with her friends and gained the reputation of a diva.

Giving her a love interest in Matthew Baker and exploring not only their past together, but her past struggles is often a focal point of her character growth. She begins to show caring side again after she confronts her obvious crush on him, and dwindles down her bratty and diva nature. A turning point for character comes during the infamous school shooting and realizing her ex-boyfriend James is responsible. She would become a target and be held at gunpoint, trying to calm him down and seeing Matthew come to her rescue. She pleaded for her life, apologizing profusely and crying for everything that happened, as a gunshot was fired. With Matthew shot by protecting her, she became extremely defensive and scared whenever she heard a loud noise showing signs of PTSD, but it gave her the courage to say I love you for the first time.

After having PTSD, she began putting all of her efforts to keep herself busy, like joining the Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad, the Tree Hill Drama Department, and taking an acting class.

In The Originals, it is revealed that she and Matthew had another child, a daughter named Hope Baker.

Elizabeth is best friends with Kelsey Evans, Katie Keller, Haley Baker, Octavia Hargrove, former enemy Debby Marsh, and her husband Matthew Baker. She is close friends with Brooke Keller. She had a dislike for Chuck Scolnik, Davis Baker, She had heated conflicts with James Maddox, Will King, Debby Marsh, Avery Pettington, Kimberly Tyler, Paige Collins, and Kelly Northwest but has ended them all. She is enemies with Maddie Broadway, Andrew Watkins, Lyla Thornton,

Season 1
In Pilot, Elizabeth is shown walking into the reunion with her family being one of the first people there, making it very awkward as they do not know anyone. She instantly gets introduced to Kelsey Evans, and they hit it off

Trivia

 * Counting only The Next Generation, Elizabeth is one of fifteen characters to appear in 200 episodes or more.
 * The others are Jackson Scott, Brooke Keller, Jamie Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Sawyer Scott, Haley Baker, Elliot McFadden, Kelsey Evans, Andy Taylor, Logan Evans, Lydia Scott, Matthew Baker, Katie Keller, and Amber Swift.
 * It's revealed in Crush that she and her siblings went to summer camp with The Baker Family before they moved.
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 * She is the third character to be given an ultimatum to join the Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad.
 * Brooke gave one to Sawyer. Sawyer gave one to Lauren. Amber gave it to her.
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 * Elizabeth is one of the characters to be targeted during the Tree Hill School Shooting.
 * The others are Brooke Keller, Jackson Scott, Matthew Baker, Victoria Crawford, Noah Middleman, Elliot McFadden, Haley Baker, and Kieran Scott.
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 * She is one of characters to become addicted to drugs/pills.
 * The others are Victoria Crawford, Miley Batter, Andy Taylor, Maya Hall, Chuck Scolnik, Xander Russell,
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