When we last left off, Dawson discovered that Jen was not the innocent virgin he imagined, Joey was a liar, his mom was a cheating ho and his best friend, Pacey, was involved with his English teacher. Now we get to see how he'll weather the storm of this knowledge, literally, in the episode, Hurricane.
Dawson has a framed picture of Spielberg by his bed.
Is it any wonder he stays a virgin until college?
This episode opens up in, you guessed it, Dawson's room with a conversation happening between, you guessed it, Dawson and Joey. It's the little things that bring me joy, it really is. We are five for five now and I will be sad when this streak is broken, let me tell you.
The classic bedroom opener
On top of this, they mention the episode title three times in the opener, just so you know what this episode is about and in case you really don't get the metaphor, they spell it out for you:
Dawson: Every thing's postponed because of the hurricane, my life included.
Joey: Your life is a hurricane.
Dawson: No metaphors Joey, it's too late.
I agree, your heavy metaphors are very tiring, Joey.
So, you know how some shows have a theme song that fits in well with the show most of the time but every once in a while, they want to have a very serious moment in the opener and the theme song kind of...ruins it? This is one of those moments.
My life is in shambles... :'(
Happy theme song!
Yeah, I don't know. The theme song works so much better as a cutesy, play me off of a one liner type openings. It doesn't really work with a sad opening but points for trying to set the mood, Dawson's Creek.
Next we cut to Gail Leary arguing with, I presume, her boss on the phone because they won't let her cover the hurricane. She is pissed but her husband is pleased that she will be home for once.
She is really shameless, isn't she?
Dawson's dad then tells everyone he is going to make sure that Jen and Mrs. Ryan (Jen's Grams) are OK and invite them to ride out the storm at the Leary household.
Dawson is remembering what a douche he was.
Then Dawson tries to hint to his mother that he knows that she is a greedy, lying, skank-whore but she feigns cluelessness because she thinks she's good at it.
She's not.
Next we cut to Pacey and we are finally introduced to a member of his family, his brother, Doug. Pacey doesn't want to be out with Doug and Doug has only brought Pacey along as per "Dad's orders". We also learn that not only is Pacey's brother a cop but his father is the Chief of Police in Capeside. So it's a great idea for Pacey to get involved in a relationship with his teacher, it's not like his family will have any power to do something more than be repulsed by and mad at TamAHra Jacobs. Oh yeah, Pacey thinks "Dougie" is gay.
But he's not! Got it?
Over in poor Joey's house, Bessie and Bodie are arguing about whether or not to circumcise their unborn child. Bodie is for and Bessie is against. This conflict does not interest me at all but the scene exists as a clunky set up that they are going to impose on the Leary household to ride out the storm.
To slice or not to slice? That is the boring
question of the day.
Pacey sees Ms. Ephebophile working on her house and runs over to her. She pushes him away because his brother, who is a cop, is right around the corner. Seriously, Pacey, do you want to get caught? I guess it means nothing to you because you'll be the victim but your "girlfriend" (I just threw up in my mouth a little), will be locked away for a while for her actions. I would think you wouldn't want that to happen to her. Anyway, Ms. Jacobs is afraid of storms so "Deputy Doug" offers to stay with her to ride out the storm.
Pacey is not pleased.
Back at the Leary household, Jen and Grams have arrived and Dawson acts cool towards Jen. She is not impressed and joins Grams inside. Grams is being judgemental of Bessie because she's unmarried and with child. This shouldn't be awkward at all. Mrs Leary follows the trend of sucking at keeping secret relationships a secret by talking to her lover on the phone, inside her frigging house where her husband, son or any one of their guests could walk in and overhear her. Dawson winds up being the one to do it and full on confronts his mother about her adulterous ways.
Seriously, Mom? I'm right here.
She tries to follow Dawson and explain to him why she is having an affair because she has "reasons". Dawson doesn't want to hear it because he tells her, rightfully, that he's not the one she needs to explain to and then storms off into his room. Jen is waiting for him and asks him if he's OK. He yells about how crazy it is that his parents are on each other constantly and yet it wasn't enough for his mother and Jen tries to explain to him that affairs are very rarely about sex. He throws down the possibility that his mother has probably been with the whole news team and Jen tries to tell him that his mother is a good person which I take issue with but then Dawson has to go and make me not side with him with his absolute douche-tacular response to her.
Dawson: You defend her, you would it makes sense.
Jen: Excuse me?
Yeah, excuse me? What the fuck, Dawson? Explain yourself before I beat Jen to it and rip your head off!
Dawson: I'm simply remarking, who better to understand a woman's need to have multiple partners?
Fuck you right in your uptight little Spielberg-loving
asshole, Dawson. Twice, from Mr. Rogers himself.
Jen: Being that I've slept with half of New York?
Dawson: I didn't say that.
You might as well have, Dawson. Seriously, if women don't fit into your nice little squeaky clean world, they are automatically sluts? She poured her heart out to you about her past, it was clear she was not happy with what happened to her but she was trying to be honest with you and on top of that, she was trying to comfort you right now and you threw her honesty in her face. Fuck. You. Dawson Leary.
We're not all as perfect as you, Dawson. Some
of us aren't imaginary characters in a Spielberg film,
some of us are living in reality.
You go, Jen. She leaves but Dawson finds out that Joey has been hiding in his closet this whole time. She wants to hide out in there with him to re-enact the third act from Jaws. No, that is not a euphemism for seven minutes in heaven, she actually wants to do this, like when they were kids. Dawson is not in the mood and Joey is upset.
Oh right, it's up there with sleeping over on the
we're too old for this list. I see.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back that shit right up, Miss Potter. Weren't you the one who started the whole "we're too old for this" debate in the first scene of the very first episode? In fact, you were the one opposed to the whole sleep over thing specifically. He's the idealistic kid, you are the cynical teenager, get your roles straight and get off your high horse because you started that shit up, Joey. Joey annoyance...rising.
You know instead of asking why your mother's doing
all these horrible things, may I suggest that you
get down on your knees and thank
God that you have a mother!
No, no, no, no, NO! You do not get to make him feel bad for being mad at his mother who absolutely deserves his anger just because your mom died. You are a bitch! Joey annoyance...RISING!
Sorry, Dawson, I forgot for a second.
This isn't about me.
IT ISN'T ABOUT YOU AT ALL! His fucking mother is fucking cheating on his fucking father, you selfish twat! He is entitled to feel some anger and he owes you nothing! Jen had reason to be mad with Dawson, she was trying to comfort him and he lashed out at her unfairly. Joey wanted to play like kids and Dawson wasn't feeling it so she lashed out at him and made him feel guilty for not doing what she wanted. Joey annoyance...MAX CAPACITY! Joey storms off into the Leary living room where everyone is watching Bob talk about the hurricane. Mr. Leary says that he hopes Bob will take care of himself and Joey says that he shouldn't worry about Bob. But Joey...
Huh, Joey?
Joey storms out again and Mrs. Leary follows her so that they can talk.
I've been very selfish.
Understatement of the year.
Seems to run in your family.
My reaction to that line:
The only selfish one is YOU! And Mrs. Leary.
Ugh, I can't stand how self-righteous Joey is. Sometimes she has valid points but this time, no. Dawson was not being selfish. He is upset that his mother is having an affair when he thought his parents were perfectly happy. He is feeling betrayed right now and if he doesn't have the energy to re-enact movies with you, you should be understanding of that. Anyway, Gail says she's ending it and I have to wonder why and when she came to this conclusion. Was it just because Dawson caught her? It didn't seem to phase her that badly that Joey knew and was burdened with her secret. She seemed to have an inkling that Dawson knew near the beginning of the episode and yet continued with her blatant phone call on the stairs and kissy noises. So, was it just the fact that Dawson actually called her out on it? That she got caught? I hate people like this, who only do the right thing and "feel really bad about it." but if they hadn't been caught, you know they'd still be doing it so their apology or promises mean nothing. Back in awkward land, Doug is openly flirting with Ms. Jacobs, much to Pacey's displeasure. When Doug leaves the room, Pacey attempts to stake his claim but Ms. Jacobs is wary because Doug is a cop! Pacey is undeterred and they share a playful moment together when Doug walks back in.
Uhhhh, am I interrupting something?
The moment we've all been waiting for, for about maybe three and a half episodes maybe, has arrived. Gail finally confronts Mitch about her affair. I think she's pretty utterly callous about it too.
Gail: What I am saying is for the past two months, the past 62 days, every time that I've come home late, every time that I have made an excuse to leave this house, every time that I haven't been with you, I've been with someone else. Another man. Having sex with another man. Now I won't be so insulting as to offer an apology. This is, after all, on the other side of forgiveness. I just thought that you should know, Mitch. Mitch?
By the by, Mitch, I've been having sex with some dude for the past two months. Not gonna apologise or anything, just thought you should know. You mad?
As always, stay classy.
Then she gets super upset and cries because he's mad and won't talk to her but really, what did she expect? That he was gonna be all "thanks for telling me, hon. Let's go have our usual sex now." Give your head a shake, Gail. Back at Ms. Jacobs' Love Shack, Dougie is still trying to put the moves on her and suggests they play the "if" game. This is where you ask people questions and they have to answer honestly, to get to know each other better. We find out that Ms. Jacobs has an ex-husband who lives in New York. Deputy Doug smooth talks her which upsets Pacey. He tries to ask his brother a question implying his homosexuality but it backfires and Deputy Doug and Ms. Jacobs bond over their love of Broadway.
Pacey is not amused.
Bessie and Bodie continue their argument about circumcision while Grams passes judgement. They are adamant that their baby will be loved no matter what. Bored, skip it. Joey finds Jen sitting on the porch and they bond a bit over guessing Dawson's penis size. The Beekster gets an ego boost when Joey mentions that she thinks he's slightly above average. Joey also admits that he's going through some serious shit but that he was wrong to take out his anger on Jen. Good that she acknowledges what the serious issues are, for a second I thought she'd say something about him being mean to her for not playing like they were kids again. Next Grams becomes somewhat like the Grams I grew to love when she dispenses some sage advice to Dawson about forgiveness leading to understanding. It's pretty sweet.
There's the Grams I know and love.
Back at Ms. Jacobs, she and Deputy Doug are still bonding over musicals and Broadway so he takes his shot and asks her out. She agrees but mentions that it wouldn't really be a date. Deputy Doug asks her if it's the age difference and tells her that he's not too young because he's 24, soon to be 25. Oh, honey, it's not that you're too young, it's that you're not young enough.
A true cougar goes for the teenagers.
Didn't you know?
Of course, she says it's because he's gay at which point, Deputy Doug asks Pacey if he told her he was. Ms. Jacobs tries to cover for Pacey, saying she has gay-dar but Dougie is not convinced and in a rage, orders Pacey to tell her that he's not gay. At gunpoint.
I guess Capeside doesn't put officers through psych tests.
Pretty sure that shit is going to get you fired.
Ms. Jacobs is understandably freaked out because that is not normal sibling fighting and Pacey agrees to tell her that Doug is straight. Good one, Doug. She doesn't think you're gay but she sure does think you are a psychopath now. Gail tries to confront Mitch and he finally talks to her. He tells her how quickly he decided he loved her and then because of her infidelity, how quickly he has now chosen to hate her. She pleads with him to not hate her but he kicks her out of the car.
There's no crying in breakups!
Deputy Doug apologises for the "gun thing" and still tries to ask her out. TamAHra is basically like, "Hell, no"
I'm already seeing someone. Please, leave.
Jen confronts Dawson once more and fully explains her situation in New York. Well, almost fully but fully so far as we know right now. She lost her virginity to an older man who got her drunk, that sounds hella creepy and I feel so bad for 12 year old Jen. She was drinking and into drugs and had blackouts and she wasn't happy. She was sent to Capeside because her father caught her having sex in his bed. She tells him that she is not that girl anymore and never really was but that she is not the snow-white angel he wants her to be either. She is somewhere in between. She then apologises for lying but says she won't apologise for her past because it's made her a better person. Dawson apologises for being a prat and they make up.
Dawson: Take 2?
Jen: Mmmhmm.
Me: Awwwww!
This moment is ruined by Pacey and Ms. Jacobs creepy relationship and him asking her if she could do anything right now, what would it be.
Anyone could see you fools right now!
You are so getting caught, you creepy bitch.
It's also ruined by the rage inducing "reason" that Gail gives to Mitch for having an affair. Are you ready for this not at all selfish reason? The reason that she was willing to tell Dawson to make him understand? Well, here it is:
Gail: Get ready Mitch, because if you think it can't get worse, it can. My reason is preposterous. I have no reason. No. I woke up one day, Mitch, and I realized, my life was perfect. Everything I'd ever wanted from the time I was 6 had been realized. I discovered perfection obtained is a discomforting state. And I got restless. What do you do when everything is right? When everything is just the way you've always wanted it to be? I have the perfect home, a career, the most gifted child, a husband who stimulates me mind, body, and soul everyday of my life. I want for nothing. And I guess that left me feeling empty not wanting. And I just wanted to want again. So, I set out to achieve it, and boy did I succeed. Because what I want now, I want back everything that I've lost. Mitch, I'm so sorry.
Well, at least she apologised this time but seriously? She all but admitted that she's a greedy cow. This is what she sounds like: "Wah, wah, wah, my life is too fucking perfect, my husband meets my every need, my son is well-behaved and gifted, my wallet is too small for my fifties and my diamond shoes are too tight!" So, her life is too perfect so she decided to fuck it up on purpose to alleviate boredom. What pisses me off the most is that this isn't really a reason, this is stupid and she claimed to be able to explain her actions. I had no sympathy for her before and I have even less now. The Bitch of the Year award goes to, Gail Leary. With Josephine Potter coming in second, for now.
The Bitch of the Year award goes too...
Joey is a close second though.
Dawson then finds Joey in his room again and is glad she didn't leave because he wants to apologise to her. Because he wants to apologise to her! What the hell do you have to apologise for, Dawson? You did nothing wrong to her. How the fuck does this girl walk around like such a self-righteous bitch all of the time and yet have everyone apologise for hurting her feelings? I can't even.
I'm sorry for using the mother card. I keep it
in my back pocket and it's way too easy.
No shit, Joey. You've brought it up quite a few times already. I don't think the whole world knows yet so you'll probably have to bring it up again before this series is done and I'm sure I'll enjoy hearing it many more times.
This is me any time Joey goes
on one of her rants.
I guess it's nice that she actually apologised too. I wasn't expecting her to, I expected her to just sit there and smile smugly as Dawson bowed to her will. Seriously. They make up by going into Dawson's closet and re-enacting the third act from Jaws and again, I feel the need to remind you all that it is not a euphemism. That is actually what they are doing.
Well, the shit really hit the fan this episode. Except most people were mending relationships so I guess the blow outs helped in a way. I've got to say, I did not remember them revealing Gail's affair this early. I really thought it was a season finale thing and that season 2 had the bulk of their bickering. I guess we were treated to it in the first season as well.
Stay tuned next for the episode, Baby. Do I need to spell out why it's called that or has everyone clued in to the episode titles yet?
Since the episode called Dance, involved a school dance and the episode Kiss involved kisses, I'm going to assume that this episode called Discovery will involve a discovery of some kind? What could it be? Could people discover Ms. Jacobs is a disgusting ephebophile? That Mrs. Leary is a cheating ho? Will Dawson discover Joey likes him? Well let's dig right in and find out.
Hey, guess how the episode starts. Go on, I dare you. Just guess. Do you know where it starts? Yep Dawson's bedroom!
Is it weird how excited I get over the
sameness of the intros?
I am now officially rooting for every episode to start like this. I don't know why, I guess I just like the consistency. It amuses me. Though I seem to recall the episode openers being different in other seasons, this will be a fond memory of the show none the less.
Dawson and Joey are watching footage of his movie together, although Dawson is focusing more on one aspect of his film, Jen.
I bet Dawson is going to wear out the
pause button on these tapes.
I'm starting to wonder whether the whole movie hasn't just devolved into him just filming Jen doing anything and his room will turn into a horrific stalker paradise ala Lane's room from Better Off Dead:
Just like this...
Because Dawson is paying Jen a compliment, Joey's claws come out and she tears down his assertion that Jen is perfect. Joey basically calls her boring and then condescendingly describes Jen's future of having above average SAT which gets her into an arts college in New England but marries rich. Because Joey's shit doesn't stink and how very dare Jen be pretty. Joey is the prettiest girl on the show and don't you forget it! Also, spoiler alert, Joey gets a scholarship with her awesome grades and gets into a prestigious university in New England.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Joey Potter
Dawson remarks that she's put a lot of thought into this and she retorts that she didn't, it was just super obvious to her. Fuck you, Joey. Fuck you very, very much. Ugh, now, where was I? Oh yes, Dawson puts in one of his raw tapes to check it out while asking for anniversary gift ideas for his parents. I find this weird because isn't an anniversary only celebrated by the couple? I never bought my parents gifts for their wedding anniversary but then maybe I'm just a horrible daughter. They act like they have to get this huge super important gift to and I'm like, if you want to do something nice, give them a night away from you. Pay for their dinner, make them dinner, wash up afterwards. It's simple. I never got my parents an anniversary gift but I'm better at it than Dawson.
I'm better than a fictional character.
So they are watching the tape when they realize that Dawson accidentally shot a porno starring Ms. Jacobs. They've discovered she likes fucking outdoors but not that she likes her men underage.
Or maybe they discovered that she gets off on trees...
Theme song! "I don't wanna wait..."
Dawson and Joey waste no time telling Pacey and Jen all about the steamy video they have of Ms. Jacobs because who the hell wouldn't in a small town where nothing really happens. Pacey is understandably nervous, although I think the person who should be really nervous is Ms. Jacobs but she's trained her student well so he'll cover for her.
Guys, my first time wasn't that funny.
Jen and Dawson walk home together and talk about how Dawson knows nothing about sex and how that's a turn on for Jen or something. At least, that's how I saw the scene. They start to kiss but Jen can see that her Grams is watching and she isn't into that. She then says that the anticipation of the next kiss will lead to a big payoff later but then says screw it and kisses him anyway.
Full on open mouth, in front of her grandma. Nice.
Grams is upset with her but Jen says it was just a kiss. Grams points out that Jen got into a lot of trouble with just a kiss back home. Oho! We are discovering something about Jen's past. Jen gets upset that Grams keeps reminding her of the past and reiterates that what happened between her and Dawson was just a kiss.
Not buying it.
Dawson comes home to find his father whining to his mother about how she didn't notice something on his face. Dawson asks if it's the scar on his chin that he got ten years ago and Mitch remarks that his son knows his face better than his wife and then says she should come home early more often so she can see his face in the daylight. She would but she's too busy boning her co-anchor to care about your stupid scars.
She will, however, still use your body.
Stay classy, Mrs. Leary!
I'm starting to get a really uncomfortable feeling about this episode at this point but I'll expound on that later.
Dawson excuses himself from his parents' make out session and finds Pacey ransacking his room. He's looking for the tapes and Dawson tells him to calm down and he'll get it for him. He thinks his friend has gone totally nutso-insane over his innocent teacher crush but really his friend has gone totally nutso insane because the woman completely manipulated him.
Pacey, SMASH!
Realizing that he's coming across as a crazy weirdo, Pacey decides to come clean to Dawson about his relationship with Ms. Jacobs. As you can probably guess, it infuriates me further. I mean, Pacey flat out tells Dawson that he's the guy boning Ms. Jacobs on the tape and Dawson's reaction is:
Duuuuuuhhhhhhhh, that's bizarre.
And I get this weird feeling that he's only reacting to the fact that Pacey had sex with an older woman and not the absolute fucking wrongness of the situation. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they don't talk about the seriousness of it because most teen guys would probably give each other high fives, which is something that just makes me sad about the state of the world. The only thing Pacey is worried about is if he looked good on the tape and he actually asks Dawson that and I'm left looking like this:
Why? Why would you ask your
friend how you are at sex?
Moving on to a different scene, Dawson and Joey are shopping for a present for his parents' anniversary. Again, Dawson just give them a night off or something, it doesn't have to be this complicated. They will buy each other gifts. Since Dawson has now kissed Jen, it has now become Joey's obsession to pressure him into having sex with her. This girl is a bit messed in the head. Then they run into Dawson's mom and her lover.
Does everyone but me forget that they live in a
small town? People would notice this shit.
Dawson is an oblivious simpleton and Joey glares at Mrs. Leary because she knows her dirty little secret. Mrs. Leary acts all guilty and rushes out. Dawson mentions that he thought Bob was a tool before but likes him now that he's met him and Joey says he had it right the first time. I agree.
Jen is confronted by Grams as she heads out the door and admits that she is seeing Dawson. Grams does not approve but Jen assures her that Dawson is not like other guys. Grams relents but warns Jen to be careful and not to make mistakes that young girls often do. This upsets Jen and she calls Grams out for being judgemental.
Oh no she didn't!
Next, Pacey talks with Ms. Jacobs in public about the school curriculum. He waxes obnoxious about how he wants more "action" in the books, by action he means sex. When Ms. Jacobs points out that there is sex in almost every piece of literature they will read, he complains that it's not real sex.
Pacey, it's fictional.
What he really means is that the sex always leads to bad things in the books they are assigned and he asserts that that's not true and while I do agree with him there, he is using this as an analogy that the sex he and Ms. Jacobs are now having will work out and nothing bad will happen to them. To that I just say:
Yeah sure. Whatever you say, Pacey.
I'm sure the statutory rape will work out just fine.
He puts his hand on hers and she pulls her hand away from him because they are in a public fucking place and she knows that it's wrong for her to be involved with one of her students.
Plus, the people in the background have eyes, you know.
Jen compliments Dawson on his movie making skills and agrees to help him do dubbing because her scream is utter shit. Dawson booked time at his mom's work to do the sound work so it pays to have a mom with access to TV and sound equipment. Jen still sucks and they take a break and even though Dawson cleared this with his mom, even though they made arrangements to meet up, this happens:
Right out in the open for everyone to see and gossip about.
Dawson discovers that his mom is a cheating whore. His world is shattered and so he leaves the studio to recover. Jen, being a good girlfriend, offers to be a shoulder for Dawson to lean on should he need it but he's all "fuck that, Imma talk to Joey instead because you are just for sex." Literally, it's like:
I'm here, if you need to talk.
Fuck that.
Joey, listen to my problems so you can snark at me!
Real nice, Dawson. Way to put no faith in your girlfriend. Also, he finds out that Joey knew before he did and didn't tell him so he throws a bitch fit at her and tells her they are not friends anymore. Then he leaves.
Adding to Pacey's paranoia about Ms. Jacobs, he once again spots her across the street from his work. This time, she is enjoying what appears to be an intimate lunch with Mr. Gold.
He is sad.
Dawson sees his mom and she acts all innocent and asks why she didn't see him at the station. How she didn't put two and two together is beyond me and seriously? If she was expecting to see him there, why would she have been so open about kissing her co-anchor? There was every possibility that her son would see it, hell anyone could have seen it.
Dawson then decides to finally take Jen up on her offer and talks to her. He asks if he's boring Jen but she says he isn't and that she was happy he was talking to her. She said she felt hurt earlier when he didn't say anything and was sure he went running to Joey to pour his heart out. Dawson confirms it by saying that he won't make that mistake again. Nice, Dawson. He then makes her promise to be open and honest with him about everything and here is where my earlier discomfort has been fully realized.
Jen spills the beans about her past.
Jen opens up to him, at admittedly not the best time, about her past in New York. How she wasn't sent here to help her Grams out with her Grandfather but was in fact sent to Capeside to get away from the fast life of New York city and the drugs and sex. Dawson asks if her parents sent her here to get away from kids like that and Jen confesses that she "was kids like that". Dawson does not take this well.
He's mad at her and then it hit me. This episode paints all of the women to be lying bitches. Like, every single one of them. The guys are all innocent while the wicked women play with their hearts.
- Ms. Jacobs pulls away from Pacey and seemingly flirts with Mr. Gold right after they had sex. Bitch.
- Mrs. Leary is cheating on her husband of 20 years, who is still completely smitten with her. Bitch.
- Jen lied about being a virgin. I can't really fault her for this because Joey put her on the spot and she seemed to be trying to escape her past life but the episode paints her as a bad person. Bitch.
- Joey knew about Mrs. Leary's affair and didn't say anything to Dawson, so he is pissed at her for lying. Bitch.
You see? Not one of the guys did anything wrong this episode but all of the girls did. I don't know, it makes me uncomfortable but this show, right now at least, seems to like making the men out to be innocent heroes while vilifying its females. I had never noticed this before but it's just really smacking me in the face right now. I hope this isn't a trend throughout the series and is just in this one episode but we'll see.
Jen tries to talk to Dawson the next day to try and see if things are still good between them. Dawson blows her off like a douche.
Pacey confronts Ms. Jacobs about whether or not she likes him or Mr. Gold. She informs Pacey that Mr. Gold is gay which is so not cool. Especially since Mr. Gold obviously wants to keep that a secret but I guess it's more important that she save her relationship with her fifteen year old student than honour her friend's secret.
Worst teacher. Worst friend. Worst person.
Pacey is confused by this and asks her why she wouldn't hold his hand earlier. You know, in a public place where anyone could see? She points this out to her and he finally gets it. She then confesses to being confused about their relationship too. I can make it really easy for the both of you, YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN A RELATIONSHIP!
Jen confronts Dawson yet again about their conversation because she confessed a lot to him and he is acting like a prick to her now and she wants to try and work things out. Dawson gets mad at her because she wants him to say something but he doesn't know what to say. So Jen says it for him.
You could tell me why you've been avoiding me all day,
or what's behind that look in your eyes, whether it's
repulsion or jealousy or complete disapproval because
I know I've never seen it before. You could tell me that you
suddenly feel strange about us, that maybe we need a
little break because you don't seem to know me and maybe
you never really did. Or, and now I'll make it really
easy for you, you can just tell me if I've left anything out.
Dawson doesn't answer and Jen says she has her answer and storms off. So Dawson asks Pacey for advice on the matter. Pacey, bless his heart, says that it wouldn't bother him. He asks Dawson why it should bother him.
Because she's not a virgin! Because she's
had sex with other guys.
Dawson? FUCK. YOU! What a fucking awful and outdated way to view women. So what, Jen is "damaged goods" to you just because she dared to have sex with other men before she even really met you? Just, fuck off. I can't even. I think I rage blacked out after he uttered those lines.
Pacey doesn't help things by saying that Jen telling Dawson about her history was "an in" for him to bed her. Yeah, or she could have just been trying to be honest with Dawson about her past and give him a reason as to why she was so hesitant to move too fast in their relationship.
Pacey? Go join Dawson in the corner.
Now I suppose you'll say that two guys are wrong in this episode so it's not just the females. Except that the episode itself is not painting them as being in the wrong at all. So, my point still stands.
Dawson reveals that instead of confronting his mother about catching her, he is going to tell his father.
The dramatic beat leads to nothing as Mr. Leary goes on about how in love he is with Dawson's mother and then Mrs. Leary walks in saying she's almost ready for their anniversary date and Dawson pusses out.
You lose. Pussality!
Meanwhile, the unthinkable happens and Jen approaches Joey for some advice on Dawson and why he's being such a douche. Joey informs her that Dawson is a classic only child who pouts when he doesn't get his way which is pretty damn accurate. Joey says that all she can do is wait for him to come around. When Jen asks how long it will be until he does, Joey simply says. "Don't go by me, I'd probably be stupid enough to wait forever." And I feel sad for Joey with that line and finally sympathise with her a bit. Jen asks her if she'd mind some company.
Awwww, they're finally bonding.
Pacey decides to ask Tamara about her sexual past. She tells him that there have only been a few that mattered, one in high school, one in college and three since then but nothing for a while. Pacey is upset until Ms. Jacobs says that the one in high school was referring to him.
Pacey is of course, happy.
I am mad that they are trying to pass this off as a serious relationship. Seriously? Gag me with a spoon.
Jen has a sad moment with her unconscious grandfather where she laments the fact that both Dawson and Grams think she's a slut. She hopes that one day a fifteen year old girl with a shady past won't matter and I just want to hug her.
Poor Jen. I really wish you could have a happy ending.
Joey confronts Dawson and they have a weird conversation about their friendship being "museum-bound" and then about how they must have been married in another life but that they brought other dates to their wedding but that they would want to save each other but that they're not sure what happens next and...I'm at a loss. I think they are competing to see who can be the most vague about their relationship and they are both winning.
No doubt about it...straight to the Smithsonian.
Sure, your relationship will be a museum artifact, Joey. What does that even mean? That they won't be friends? That their friendship is so strong, it will stand the test of time and be discovered in the future to be put on display as an example of awesome friendship? Could you vague it up for me a bit there?
I didn't enjoy this episode very much. I hated the way it portrayed women as the bad guys and I hated the fact that this episode is trying to tell me there is more to the Ms. Jacobs/Pacey relationship than just sex. You lie, writers, you lie.
So stay tuned to find out if Dawson and Joey's friendship falls apart and ends up in a museum or if it lasts forever...and ends up in a museum. I don't know, something to do with museums though.
Next episode is Hurricane. Guys? I think a hurricane might hit Capeside...just a guess. I mean, the episode titles are super subtle but it could happen.
. Do I need to spell out why it's called that or has everyone clued in to the episode titles yet?
