Dawson's Creek s02e18 Episode Script

Previously from Dawson's Creek - What'd you think? - I think your film is completely uninspired.
- It's a proposterous soap opera about a bunch af teenagers who talk to much.
- We're types of peopleand just as I'm likely to be found in church on Sunday.
- I'm more a Saturday night slut?! - I didn't say that.
- Then how come I have never felt like one? - I want you back.
- Dawson - You and I are meant to be - Who's there? Dawson, that was very impressive.
It was moving.
It was funny.
It was real.
- You're just saying that because you're my mother.
- No, I'm not! You are incredibly talented.
You are incredibly biased.
You know what? I had such a distinct and clear vision for this movie.
I-I mean, I saw every moment.
I heard every word of dialogue.
I guess I just failed to translate that vision onto filmbring it to life.
And what about all the visions that I have for the future? What if I can't bring those to life either? Sweetheart, the trick is to stay tenacious.
Not to let any minor, and in this case, very minor, setback derail your vision.
- I supposed I could re-edit it.
- There you go.
Your movie may not be Citizen Kane but it's no Bride of Chucky either.
- The way my film teacher described it, you'd think it was the worst, most expensable, piece of junk ever captured on film.
Ah, honey, that is just one person's opinion.
Speaking of teachers at your school, how's your father enjoying his new profession? He likes it, I think.
I mean, it's weird to see him in the teacher's lounge consorting with the enemy.
You really miss him, don't you? Yeah.
Lately more than ever.
- Well, if you know what you want, maybe you should take some of your own advice.
Maybe A PERFECT WEDDING ~|season 3 ep.
18 - 'Morning Joey.
Hope you're hungry.
I think I might have overdone it here.
- Dad - I am so glad to be home.
I never thought making breakfast for my two daughter's would make me so happy.
- I thought, for sure, that I would wake up this morning and discover that last night was just a dream - It's all over, Joey.
I'm not going anywhere ever again.
Hey Dad.
I was thinking with the catering and expanding our hours, our finances are going to be straightened out in no time.
Joey! Good morning! - Your sister and I were up this morning scheming up ways to turn up a profit with the restaurant.
- Remember my friend Pam? She's getting married this Saturday at the Atheneom and the caterer fell through and - Icehouse to the rescue.
- So do you think you could ask a few of your friends to work as servers? Sure Give me my grandson C'mere.
- Isn't this exciting? I mean, we're finally on our way to getting out of debt! - Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, we're not an upscale catering service.
We grill cheeseburgers! - Don't worrywith Dad's help we'll be fine.
- We're the Potters.
We're quick studies and we always land on our feet, right? Joey, I'm the father.
It's my job to do the worrying.
Your days of worrying are over.
I missed you so much.
- I missed you, too.
- We're a family again.
Everything's going to be better.
You'll see.
- You'll see.
Since when do we cater weddings? Since my father got paroled and took over the restaurant.
- Yeah, I know.
Yeah, I walked home last night and, ah, found him standing on the porch.
You must be thrilled.
Yeah! I meanit'suh, just a little weird.
Like I've been broadsided by a bus.
A happy bus.
But, just reeling from the shock I guess Sure! Of course.
Something's wrong.
- JackI don't know.
.
Last night I was laying in bed, I couldn't sleep.
I was shaking.
I have a pit in my stomach the size of a granade and I've seen my dad one time in three years.
I mean, we can't just pick up where we left off.
This whole catering plan is just compounding my anxiety.
I mean, all the blue-bloods of Capeside are going to be at this wedding.
I mean, this isn't the most low profile setting for my father to reemerge into society.
- Yeah.
Maybe you need to tell your father that this catering plan is ill-conceived.
Too much, too soon, you know? And I think that you need to deal with this reunion with your father on a personal level before you do it in public.
- You should have seen Bessie's face this morning she was so excited.
I don't want to rain on their parade.
Well, don't worry.
I'll be there.
- So I think I'm going to go back and re-edit the ending because I'm thinking maybe I just put the pieces together wrong, you know? - You know, it's bad enough that my parents are separated and my mother is heartbroken, should I really have to be subjected to this? - Wellshe does have certain assets, Dawson.
- Pacey! - I'm sorry, bro! But - Hey guys.
Did Joey talk to you yet? - About what? Well, the Icehouse is catering a wedding on Saturday and we need some extra hands.
It'd pay $60 for the day.
- Sold! For $60 I'd carry your ass! - Well,that won't be necessary.
- The Icehouse is catering weddings now? - Yeah, Mr.
Potter's brainchild.
Mr.
Potter? Mm-hm.
You oh, Joey's dad got paroled yesterday.
Really? - Yeahhe's back home.
- Wow - I figured I'd find you in here.
Abby, could I, um, talk to you for a second? - Funny.
I've been under the misconception that we weren't speaking.
After Dawson's movie wrapped, I figured you had no use for me.
You know, you're right.
Nevermind.
See you later.
No! Jen, wait! - Abby, I woke up this morningso frustrated.
Like, all I wanted to do was climb the walls or, or light the place on fire.
- No, it's not funny.
I am so serious, I am so tense.
And I am sojust bored.
And I feel like I'm going berserk.
I feel like I'm going berserk here.
- Well, Jen, there was once this scientific experiment where they put this rat in this small box without any of it's rat toys or sawdust or stimulation.
Well, eventually, the rat started gnawing off his own feet.
- You are that rat.
Capeside's the box.
Need I say more? - I mean, I've tried changing my image.
And if no one here's going to accept me, what's the point in living this pristine and tedious existence, you know? And then, thinking back on all the fun times I've had this year I've had them with you.
- I think that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
- So, then, what do rats do for fun on the weekend? Oh, I don't know, but, you know us rats.
We can always sniff out something.
- Late again.
- 60 bucks for you, 60 bucks for me equals 120 dollars.
- Do you have an abacas in your pocket or did you just add that in your head? - What I was thinking is a trip to New York, dinner, catch a show, then a nice romantic carriage ride through the park, what do you say? - On $120?! What decade do you think we're living in? - Alright, not the Big Apple but how about a nice romantic evening here in Capeside.
- I hate weddings.
Bridesmaids in hideous dresses, people getting all gooey it's too sentimental for me.
- Too sentimental for you? A girl who just yesterday was brought to tears by a Nike commercial.
- Well, I draw the line at weddings.
The whole institution of marriage is an antiquated construct.
I think that if a couple wants to stay together, they should do so by choice.
I mean, all those sweeping vows and public ceremony, it just sets people up to fail miserably! - I know you have issues where this is concerned, but you've never been to a wedding with me.
You come with me on Saturday.
If by the end of the night, you're not convinced that they are the most beautiful ritual that mankind has ever created, I'll let you keep the money.
All of it.
Yours and mine.
- Hm.
I have been itching to buy a new pair of Nikes that I just recently saw advertised - Andie McPhee, your days as a wedding cynic are numbered.
- Ah, we'll see about that one.
- I thinkthat you may have overdone that on the horseradish.
It did clear my sinuses though.
Dawson Leery, I thought for sure that when I came back you two would be, what happened? - Long story.
- Hello, Dawson! - Mr.
Potter.
- You're a sight for sore eyes.
- Thank you, congratulations, welcome back! Thank you.
You're looking good.
- Thank you.
- You kids are all grown up.
It's amazing, but let's catch up later.
I have a horseradish issue to deal with.
- Ah.
.
- We're catering a wedding.
- I know.
I told Jack I could help out.
- Good! Tell your parents I said hello.
- You'll actually be able to tell them yourself.
They'll be guests at the wedding on Saturday.
- Wow! So your dad's back? How long have you known? - Total surprise.
That's got to be a lot to deal with.
How are you doing? I'm okay.
- Okay? - I mean, I was kind of on an emotional overload this morning, but, uh, I ran into Jack and with his typically intuitive insight, he was able to calm me down.
Great! - I was looking for youbut then I had to cut school early to come here to help out.
Taste this.
Horseradish and salmon.
We're serving it at the wedding.
- what he did to their mother? He cheated on her while the poor woman was dying of cancer! I don't think he should ever be allowed back into Capeside.
I mean, he's a drug dealer! - Shhh! Keep your voice down! - Well, that's Capeside for you.
You know, I gotta get back into the kitchen but thank you for helping out this weekend! Joey! Joey! Okay, Pacey and Andie, I need you to take care of the wedding cake and arrange the tables.
Jack and Dawson, if you guys could take care of the champagne and the appetizers.
And if there are any catastrophes, you can come to me.
I'll either be in the kitchen or out on the floor.
- Bessie, the guests are already starting to arrive.
We're going to survive this, right? - Of course we will! Just relax, and breathe.
- I don't have time to breathe - Joey! About those women at the Icehouse - What about them, Dawson? They're just a bunch of Capeside's ignoramuses.
What do they know? I mean, it's bound to happen when your father's an infamous philanderer and drug dealer.
- Are you okay, though? I'm worried about you.
- I'm fine! Dawson, I'm fine.
Honestly, I don't care about those idiotic women, there are 100 people out there, waiting to eat, and at this point, getting them fed is the only thing on my mind! - Hey, Dawson.
Have you seen your father? - No, I haven't.
- Well, you were right that I should take some of my own advice.
I've decided that this has gone on long enough.
I'm going to get your father back.
Well, you look beautiful.
- Thanks, honey.
- Isn't this romantic, sweetheart? I mean, can't you just feel the anticipatory excitement in the air? Two young lovers about to be united in the bounds of holy matrimony.
I'm getting goosebumps, how about you? - Yeah, don't push me.
I've got a cake knife in my hand, Pacey.
Okay, let's just finish this thing off and we can get out there and watch the ceremony.
- I'm not watching the ceremony.
- Sure, you are.
You can watch it from my lap.
- Yeah, right, in your dreams.
- You know, I wish I had money like these people.
When someone in my family gets married, you end up wearing polyester, they serve fishsticks for appetizers, and the whole thing winds up in a drunken brawl.
That's why I like to make moments like this perfect.
Beautiful location, best champagne, and every penny in place.
- It may look perfect, but stretch beneath the surface and you will find distrangement, despair, and dysfunction.
I mean, at least your family's imperfection reflects reality.
My family, we look perfect, but on the inside we're falling apart.
- You're just a regular Polyanna today, aren't ya? Go easy on the sunshine, sister.
Alright, Pacey.
I told you I didn't want to come to this wedding.
I told you it would only put me in a bad mood, and you forced me to come.
So you know what? Now you're going to have to deal with the consequences - Ahh.
.
- Oh, dear lord Hi.
- Hi|- Are you okay? - I think I'm having a heart attack.
- D-do you want me to get somebody? No! Don't get anybody! Just help me get this window open - Wh-What are you trying to do? Can you keep a secret? - Yeah.
.
- I'm not going through with this.
I can't get married.
- W-why not? - I want to diieee.
oh, please, just let me die - What's the matter? Don't you love him? - I don't know.
That's the thing.
What if I marry him and it's the biggest mistake of my life? - I-I don't know what to say - Jennifer! Would you please turn that down! - Sorry, Grams! Jennifer! Would you please turn that down! - I'm bored.
- What do you want to do tonight, huh? I'm determined to have a blast no matter what.
I don't know.
I think we're in desperate need of the 3 B's: booze, boys,booze, boys.
.
- Well, that's only two B's.
So what are Dawson and those other lame excuses for teenagers doing tonight? - The Icehouse is catering this wedding at the Atheneom everybody's there.
Guess nobody thought to invite me.
I guess I'm not really part of the 'inner circle'.
- The Atheneom? Free champagne, older guys in tuxedosme likes.
- One problem, Abby.
Lack of invitation.
- Well, an invitation has never stopped me before.
I say we get really dressed up, and crash that wedding.
We'll show Dawson and his little click a wedding they'll never forget.
- Okay, I don't want to put any pressure on you but the ceremony is about to start you've really got to make a decision.
Hold on! I'll handle this.
- Were you in there long enough? - Well, we've got a little problem.
The bride wants to jump out the window.
- Where is she? - She's in there.
She's hysterical.
We might have to cancel the wedding.
- Let me talk to her.
- I really don't think you could do any good right now.
- Where is she? - She was right there.
- Where's Dad? - Why? What's happening? - This wedding is rapidly becoming a disaster.
Jack and Dawson disappeared.
Pacey and Andie just ruined the cake and the food isn't even ready yet.
- Joey, just calm down.
Everything's going to be okay.
- No, Dawson's right! I mean, Bessie, we have enough to deal with now that Dad's back without taking on this wedding! We were so blinded by all of a sudden paying back our debts that we overlook the now painfully obvious reality that we have no idea what we're doing! - It's not that bad! Everything's under control.
We're just experiencing a few glitches.
- A few glitches? Bessie, we're going to ruin this wedding and humiliate ourselves, again, in front of all of Capeside! It's the story of our lives.
- No! It's not over yet.
We can do this.
I don't think we should get Dad all worked up about it? - Why not?! This was his bright idea in the first place! He tore our family apart and he thinks he can just put it back together in a day, well, he can't! - If you don't open up the door, I'm going to have to get your mother.
- It was worth a try.
- Hey! How you doin'? - I'm going to be sick.
- Are you havin' second thoughts? - I keep thinkingwhat if Alan isn't my soulmate? What if my soulmate is still out there and I just haven't met him yet? And now, I'm giving up my one chance for perfect love.
- You could spend your whole life looking for perfect love, and I promise you.
You'll never find it.
- No! It's-it's-because love isn't perfect! Everyone's flawed.
Including you.
Including Alan.
But Alan loves you, and that love is real.
Are you sure you want to walk away from something that's real? For a dream that may not even exist? - C'mon.
You're just suffering from an acute case of the wedding day jitters.
It wouldn't be a wedding without em.
It's a tradition! It's like throwing a bouquet or taking off the garter.
Besides, I bet when you start to walk down that aisle, and you look into Alan's eyes, all your fears are just going to dissolve away.
I don't even know you, but you saved my life.
Thank you.
- I'm so happy.
Okay, I talk to her for 20 minutes and she wants to jump out of a window, you come in and in two minutes, you save her marriage.
How do you do that? - Well, I train with this Indian shamin who lives up in the woods.
- I don't know.
I guess I just happen to say the right things.
There's a time where she used to come to me.
- Joey? - Yeah.
Whenever she had bad news or something she wanted to talk about, she would climb through my window and we'd talk for hours and hours.
Now she goes to you.
- Dawson, I don't think you should draw any conclusions about your relationship with Joey based on something so circumstantial.
I may be friends with herbut you're her soulmate.
- You just told the bride you don't believe in soulmates.
- I don't believe in perfect love, but I do believe that there are people who's lives are inextricably intertwined, who have a bond that lasts forever.
That can never be broken.
And she needs you now, man.
You're the only one that knows her whole history.
You're the only one that knows what she's going through.
- I know! And I keep on reaching out to her but between her pride and this wedding.
It'sI can't connect.
- Maybe what she needs is for you to force a connection.
- Ohhhh my God! Hurry up, they're coming! - How's it look? - What have you done?! That looks worse! - Well, I don't know! I'm not a pastry chef, alright? - Oh my God, Pacey! - Hi!|- Hi! - Is the cake back here? I want to see it.
- No, it'sit'sit's very bad luck for the bride to see her wedding cake on an empty stomach! - Really? What will happen? - She'll get fat! - Ohh.
- They say.
- I've only heard that thetop layer of the cake represents the marriage.
We're supposed to put it in the freezer for good luck and eat it on our first anniversary.
- Did you hear that? That's an omen! If their marriage breaks up it will be our fault.
- Our fault? I think you mean your fault.
It was your wild instrictulations that sent this baby flying in the first place.
- Ohhh God, when she comes in to cut the cake she's going to be horrified! I should not have come.
Not only have I wrecked their wedding, but I've put a curse on their marriage! - Andie, would you settle down! Weren't you the one that was just yelling about anti-symbolism anyhow? - Yeah, but her wedding day is supposed to be perfect! I mean, look at that cake! And the little itsy bitsy groom is covered in frosting I knew it.
I'm not working on this cake for one more minute until you admit to me that you're a closet romantic.
- I am not.
I already told you.
It's a bogus, sentimental convention.
Oh my God, the groom! Pacey! Come on! - Okay! I admit it, you're right.
I'm a sucker for taffeta, the sight of the little flower girl makes me weepy! I'm a wedding fanatic! There! Are you happy? - Hurry up.
The cake.
- Hi Dad.
- Hey.
I think we're pretty much caught up here.
The Potter's will find a way.
- It looks amazing.
- When you spend three years alone in a prison cell, it can make you monstrously self-absorbed.
I never even considered how my presence here would adversely effect you.
- I'm really stressed out.
I didn't mean any of those things.
- Well, whether you did or didn't, you were completely right.
You two have been so strong.
You've done so well and here comes your criminal father, coming back to Capeside to bring you more shame and scandal.
- You can't expect to come back and have everything be back to normal again.
Things have changed and I think we need to deal with this as a family before we invite in the malignous scrutiny of total strangers - I'm the father.
I'm the one who's supposed to be protecting you against all the harsh realities of the world and here you are protecting me.
Yet again I'm failing in my parental duties.
- Please don't say that.
- I better go check on that salmon - Thank you.
- How you doin', Mom? - Dawson, who is that woman with your father? - That would be my film teacher at school.
The notorious one who told me that my film was insipid.
- How long has he been seeing her? - I don't know.
- Hello, Gail.
This is Nicole.
- And of course you know Dawson.
- Well, it was a lovely wedding, wasn't it? - Honey, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find my seat.
- Okay.
Dad, can I talk to you for a second? - Yeah.
- Dawson, I know this is awkward for you.
Truthfully, I didn't know you were going to be here.
- That's not the point, Dad.
You knew that Mom was going to be here.
- Nicole is a colleague.
She's smart and she's funny and I enjoy spending time with her and if your mother has a problem with that she's going to have to deal with it.
I have to live my life.
- I'm sorry.
The last thing I want to do is put you in the middle.
- Well, that's exactly what you're doing by dating teachers from my school.
- Abby, there are no cute guys here.
It's totally the middle age set.
- I think you need a father figure, Jen.
Somebody who has more sexual experience than you, if that's possible.
- Oh, shut up.
- I'm just kidding.
- I'm sure that they're all married.
- Well, maybe it's time to graduate from nymphet to homewrecker.
Cheers.
- Cheers.
- Oh, look.
Love the outfit, Andie.
You look like a little penguin.
- What are you guys doing here? - Raising hell, what are you doing here? - Okay, look, I don't think it's a very good idea for you guys to be here, okay? This is a romantic occasion, please don't ruin it! - Oh, well we'll just keep you company then.
- Look, we're in the middle of handling a crisis here.
We don't need this kind of distraction.
Are you kicking us out? - Yes! This is not a tailgate party, it's a wedding! It's invitation only and your being here is going to get us all in trouble so please just leave.
- Geez, you might want to try upping the dosage on those mood stabilizers! - The exit is that way.
- Listen Abby, why don't we just go on down to the boardwalk and we'll come back after dinner when everyone's a little more toasted and not so uptight.
- For the roadbuh-bye! - Joey, what's wrong? - Nothing.
- Joey, you've been crying.
Don't tell me nothing's wrong.
I know you.
- Dawson, it's just been a really hectic day, I'm fine.
- I'm just really scared.
- I just get him back and what if he hurts me again? I can't keep getting my heart broken by him.
Joey - I can't - I think in the back of your mind, you've always felt that as soon as your father got back, everything would be fine.
Life would be perfect.
I think your father probably felt the same way, too.
As soon as he got back he could just clean up every mess, right every wrong, buthe can't.
You two are both suffering under the burden of such impossibly high expectations right now and all this hurt and pain and anger that you're feeling isn't going to just disappearand that's okay.
Joey, for these past three years you have been so unbelievably strong.
I mean, you've let the petty gossips and judgements of this town roll right off you.
Don't let them get to you now.
Now's the time to dig in your heels and show them that you have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
Andyou're not alone in this.
You have a father now.
You have a family again.
And you will alwayshave me.
|Thank you.
- Hey! How'd it go out there? - Well, no one's complained of bachelorism yet.
I think it went well.
- Dad, do you remember Melissa Barry? She always wore her hair on top of her head and a ponytail? - Yeah, she was a friend of yours.
Yeah the day you were arrested, I was at school in the bathroom in one of the stalls and I overheard her talking about you.
About how you were a drug dealer and how we lived in a crack house and she was laughing and, I remember, I was so upset.
I ran home and I cried for hours and Dawson came over and he cheered me up.
The next day I went to school and I walked up to her and I looked her straight in the eye and I smiled and I walked away like nothing ever happened.
- Joey, I'm sorry.
No, that's not my point.
People are always going to talk.
That's tough and I'll always walk with my head held high and they can't crush me.
And I know that you've been through a lot.
You've made your mistakes, butyou're my dad.
And I'm proud of you.
The thing isprotecting your strength from the outside world is one thing please don't pretend with me and|I promise I won't pretend with you.
But, um, I just wanted to say I love you and I'm really glad that you're home.
- Come on.
I want to show my dad off to all of Capeside.
- I think you were right before.
When it comes to the outside world, I think we should take things slow.
- But I don't care about the outside world.
I care about you.
There's a celebration going on and we have so much to celebrate.
Come with me.
- I'm not ready, Joey.
Not yet.
- Ahhso, how's it look? - ItIt looks great! Thank you!|- Wo-wo-wo.
- Oh, yeahwe should probably get this on top now.
- Andie, why don't I take care of that for you? - May I.
.
May I see the cake now? - Oh, it's beautiful.
- You must just be disgusted right now with all this sentimental bogus symbolism.
- Shut up, Pacey.
- Do you ever think that you'll get married? - Married? To some beer-swiggling, football-watching bonehead? - Living in some cookie cutter house with two snot-nose little brats.
Driving the car pool baby.
- Grocery shopping.
- Climbing the walls.
- Popping Valium.
- Suburban nightmare.
- You know, I don't think I'll ever be happy.
Wherever I am, I'll always want to be somewhere else.
Whatever I have, I'll always want something different.
- I hear ya! - I just don't want to be a cliche.
- Or a boring.
|- Let me have a drink! - Amen! - Don't laugh! That hurt, you bitch! - Abby! Abby!!! Oh my God! Abby!!!!! Abby? Abby! - May I have the pleasure of this dance, Miss McPhee? - Pacey, I guess wedding's aren't that bad.
- See, I win.
I knew you'd come around.
- I think that when we get marriedwe should do it in Venice.
- It's the city of romance.
What do you think? - I think by the time we're married that city will have already sunk into the sea.
- Mom? Will you dance with me? Yes.
- You know, a very wise person told me that knowing what you want is half the battle.
The trick is to stay tenacious and never let a minor setback derail your vision.
- Thank you, honey.
- Well, you did it.
The wedding was a success.
- I'm just glad it's over.
I mean, no money in the world is worth this kind of stress.
- Joey.
- Daddy.
- May I have this dance? - I think there's someone else who wants to dance with you.
- Dad.
- Hello, Mike.
Welcome home.
- Thank you.
Would you like to dance? - I would love to.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- So, thank you.
For what? For being my friend, for understanding me better than anyone, and for putting up with me for the last 16 years.
I love you.
- I love you, too.