Dawson's Creek s05e16 Episode Script

So what'd you think? I don't know.
It's so So? - Boring.
- Bo-? Boring? What are they teaching you at Worthington? - Do you want me to lie and say I got it? - It's not about getting it.
Pauline Kael said you could find Godard incomprehensible - and be shattered by his brilliance.
- Jen knows about you and Pauline? Jen understands my need to see other film critics.
So this is really your homework.
You just watch movies all night.
I'll be doing it again tomorrow if you'd like to join me.
They're showing this Nicholas Ray film at school I need to see.
And Nicholas Ray would be? Directed Rebel Without a Cause.
Influenced the French new wave.
Truffaut wanted people who couldn't appreciate his work banned from movie-going which is why you should go.
Are you guys doing this babysitting in shifts or what's the pattern here? Your friends just want to spend some time with you.
Is that a problem? No, but it's unnecessary.
- Pick you up tomorrow at 7:00.
- Fine.
Want me to walk you out? - No, it's fine.
You stay right here.
- Dawson? I'm fine.
Really, I am.
I know.
I know.
I just You're just not gonna let me tell you how happy I am that you're okay.
No.
Sorry.
But it has been nice seeing you again and hanging out.
Yeah.
Yeah, it has.
So I'll see you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
Okay, well, the show doesn't start till 7 so you actually probably have time to change into one of your cooler T-shirts.
Not all my T-shirts are cool? You're missing my point.
Yeah, I am, actually.
Point is, where do you think we're going tonight? The concert.
Veneer.
They're opening for North America.
I have to interview them after the show.
Nobody else wanted to.
- I said I would go to this? - Spoken like a true boyfriend.
It's just there's this screening tonight at the school and the thing is I asked Joey if she would go with me.
And I kind of don't feel right just leaving her alone.
No, of course not.
Does it bother you? I just wish that we had a clean slate sometimes, that's all.
You know? Hi! I'm Dawson.
Hi.
I'm Jen.
Okay, go.
Go to the movie with Joey.
- Are you sure? - Yes, of course I'm sure.
- I'm totally sure.
- What about your thing? You would've hated it, and you'll have fun at the movie.
And I will go to the concert with somebody who appreciates the finer points of rock 'n' roll.
It's you.
Am I, like, late for work or something? Of course you're not.
It's our day off.
And if I remember correctly, Joey has classes, which means- Pacey, I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just going to tell you.
The other night I'm afraid that's just gonna have to remain in that " beautiful memory" category.
I should have called, right? I knew I should have called.
I saw you on Saturday, but why didn't I just call? - It would have been so simple.
- Pacey clearly, when you and I had sex, we created some sort of cosmic imbalance, okay? Like a karmic disturbance, if you will.
And what this means is that bad energy is seeking us out, okay? It's here, and it's hovering.
I don't know how to tell you, but those guys in Ghostbusters - they're not real scientists.
- Let's just review.
You and I had sex in your car on Friday night.
- Yes, we did.
- Think, Pacey.
What else happened very late on Friday night? Joey had her little minor run-in with the criminal element but she's fine, we all rallied around her.
That's it? That? No, come on.
You can't be serious! I'm sorry, Pacey, it's just- - It's the way that it's got to be.
- But she's fine! You won't give me the chance to tell you how ridiculous this is? - I know what I know.
- Okay then, fine.
We don't have to have sex.
- What? - We don't have to have sex.
We can spend some time together, get to know each other.
You can disperse all of the bad karmic energy and I can get much better about this "when to call" thing.
No.
I'm sorry.
I'm not interested.
I can't just hang out with you, Pacey.
Not after what happened the other night.
Maybe if the sex was bad.
You thought the sex was good.
Well, yeah.
Didn't you? Oh, yeah.
But, you know, thank you.
You're welcome.
See, this is exactly why I can't just hang out with you.
No, I'm sorry.
I am not gonna subject myself to some sort of platonic torture test.
I'm not that kind of girl! Don't be afraid to see me again if you get lost.
Okay.
Every day is Groundhog Day with us, Miss Potter.
The trouble is we never seem to get any smarter.
Well, I thought I'd change our luck by changing the venue.
Did you make up some academic pretext or is this purely a social visit? No, I thought I owed you an explanation.
For leaving my house Friday and never coming back? - There's a reason.
- I'm sure - but for God's sakes, don't tell me.
- Why not? You'll ruin the very writer-ly effect you created.
The assignation made but never kept.
Doomed love at its finest.
It's very Henry James, slash, Edith Wharton.
Very Lily Bart.
In fact, anyone ever compare you to Lily Bart before, Miss Potter? No.
But if I remember correctly she ends up poverty-stricken, alone and pretty much kills herself? Okay, bad example.
Maybe Fanny Price, perhaps? Or Jane Eyre, maybe.
In any case, that's who you are.
You're the girl in the 19th-century novel who would refuse to marry for money no matter how much it would raise her station in life.
You'd say yes sleep on it, recover her moral principles and then break the guy's heart the next morning which only increases your appeal.
Principles are incredibly sexy.
- Look, can I talk now? - If you promise not to explain anything.
- I can't promise you that.
- Then we're at an impasse here.
So it? That's it? The whole thing is over just like that, just because you say it is? We haven't covered endings yet, have we, in class? Best ending in all of literature? And don't say Ulysses, because everybody says Ulysses.
- You can't be serious! - We both know what happened Friday.
- We do? - Yeah.
You saved my life that night.
My life and possibly my career.
Neither of which are so impressive that they deserve to be saved, but I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't need to know why you didn't come back that night.
I just need to say thank you.
Oh, sorry, David.
You done in here? Joey? Yeah.
We're done.
See you in class.
Thanks.
Okay, fine.
Pacey.
Why are you throwing rocks at my window? - That's not Jen's window? - No! My bad.
Look, could you just send her down? - Who, Jen? - No, Audrey.
Tell her I'm back, rested and ready to argue.
- You came here looking for Audrey? - I know for a fact she's going to that concert with Jen tonight.
I'm sure they're in there pimping away.
- Primping, not pimping.
- I know what I said! - Little agitated there, buddy? - Yes, I am a little agitated, okay? Let me give a word of advice about girls.
They like to be called.
Even when they say they don't, they wanna be called.
Especially when there's sex involved.
Wait a minute.
You had sex with Audrey? Yes.
Yes, I did.
- And you didn't call her? - No, I didn't call her, okay? I didn't call her! Now that Joey's been mugged Audrey has gotten it into her head that it's our fault.
Joey getting mugged has nothing to do with you and Audrey having sex.
Finally, someone who agrees with me! So look, could you just go up there and send her down, please? No.
They're gone.
They're gone.
Pimped out of here ages ago.
Sorry.
Well, great.
That's just great.
Obviously this night has not gone quite the way that I had envisioned it.
But the important part here, Jack, is that I still have my dignity.
So what are you doing tonight? Actually, I know this bar that does not card.
- Sold! - Yeah.
Pace, I gotta tell you- - Tell me on the way! - Okay.
Do you realise where we are right now? We are backstage at a rock concert.
How cool is that? Actually, we're lost backstage at a rock concert which is significantly less cool.
I thought the guy said three lefts.
Three lefts would be a circle, Audrey.
No, four lefts is a circle.
It doesn't matter.
We're backstage at a rock concert.
Let's go this way.
Before we get there, promise to let me have the cute one.
- You said that they were all cute! - Well, yeah, on-stage! Everybody's cute on-stage, you know? I mean, like, the whole buzz, the music, instruments.
The music was awful.
It was puerile and gimmicky.
Okay, just let me have the lead singer.
Okay, fine, but you know what? Just to set the record straight, you may be here in some misguided, hormonally charged attempt to get Pacey out of your system- - You promised not to comment! - I'm not going to.
But I am here out of purely professional reasons.
I'm going to meet this band, I'm going to take them back to the radio station interview them and go home to Dawson.
Who's out right now with Joey.
Which doesn't bother me a bit.
Because I, unlike you, am totally capable of having a mature, committed, trusting, adult relationship.
I would really appreciate it if you could just show a modicum- Hi! - Hey.
- Hi.
Hey, Wynn, did we order two beautiful blondes? Yes.
Yes, we did.
- Wynn.
- Hi! - Hi.
- I'm Jen from WBCW.
This is my friend Audrey.
- You're Stephen? - Steve.
Just call me Steve.
So, what did you think of the show? It was a great set.
You did- It was- - Really good.
- Yeah.
- We'll go get our coats.
- Okay.
Changed my mind.
Want the one with the beard.
So I take it you're starting to like it here? Yeah.
I am.
At first I didn't think I'd fit in, but Now you're just as pretentious as them.
Godard is not pretentious.
He's funny.
How can you not love the fake name in the passport, Làszlò Kovàcs? It helps if you have no idea who that is.
He's an incredibly famous cinematographer.
You used to know this stuff.
Wrong.
I only pretended to know stuff like this so that you would be impressed with me.
You're way more of a girl than I ever imagined.
You're way more into French cinema- - Hey, isn't that your teacher? - What? The dark-haired guy.
I can't remember his name.
Your professor? Yeah, I guess it is.
Should we go say hello? Let's not.
Okay.
I wonder what they're doing right now.
- Are you thinking about chasing? - Me? No.
- Why? You think I should? - Chase her? When you weigh a little personal pride against the opportunity for great sex- - The sex wins.
- Yes.
Every time.
And women do like to be chased.
Until they file for that restraining order.
Right.
You got a good point there.
- I generally do.
Cheers.
- Cheers.
Though I'm not really sure we should be doing this.
Drinking? I told you, they don't card at this place.
Your recent track record.
I'd hate to spend the night in jail after you run into your frat brothers and do a dance on their skulls.
Drink up, will you? That's not gonna happen here.
This isn't the kind of place.
I like this place, man.
You got cheap beer, late-night appetizer menu The only problem is there's not a lot of women here.
- Jack, this wouldn't happen to be a-? - Pretty much.
That much, huh? That much.
It really doesn't seem like it's all that- Gay? I know, that's why I like it.
Listen, I gotta hit the head.
Hey, you're not, like, you know, weirded out by all this? Me? No! I should have mentioned- Like I've never been in a gay bar.
- Yeah.
- You guys are great.
- How you doing? - Hey.
If you wanna tell me what you're looking for I could probably help you find it.
Success.
Donovan.
Sixties Donovan? Donovan is long overdue for a major revival.
- Not on my radio show he's not.
- Someone doesn't like losing control.
Why don't we keep the personal stuff out of this, and we can stick to music.
Do you have a boyfriend? It's none of your business.
It's over.
- Wh-? When? What? - The song.
On the radio.
It's over.
Yeah.
So after this, then what? New York, Philly, D.
C and head back down south, the Carolinas where you will find excellent barbecue and one of the greatest rock 'n' roll venues ever.
Really? - What's so great about it? - Laundromat on one side used-record store on the other.
What, you can't rock without clean socks? Well, I can, but I prefer not to.
Right.
And then? Home.
Charlottesville, Virginia.
Yeah, that's where my girlfriend lives.
Kim.
She's getting her Ph.
D.
in anthropology.
- She's pretty.
- Yeah.
And that's our vicious dog, Bowie.
Oh, well, it's nice.
Yeah, it is.
Boring, though.
That's what you're thinking, right? Well, now that you mention it.
I don't know.
It doesn't seem very rock 'n' roll, does it? What, monogamy? Yeah.
Come on, don't you ever get the urge to do something bad? Yeah, but I don't.
I mean, I love my girlfriend.
It's really just that simple for you? Yeah, why wouldn't it be? I don't know, I guess I just- I think of relationships as being more complicated than that.
They are.
Bad relationships.
That's not bread, it's sawdust.
I mean, at Civilization, we bake the stuff ourselves, okay? - Pace.
- Hey, Jack! Good to see you again.
Let me introduce you to Jeff.
Jeff, Jack.
Hey, Jeff.
Nice to meet you.
Talk to you for a sec? Sure.
Excuse me for a second.
Can you believe what a small world it is? That guy is a food critic for a very big magazine in town.
Said he'd pretty much given up on Civilization.
I believe " passé" was his word.
But I'm changing all that.
So how long you been talking to that guy? Couple of minutes.
Who cares? But he is this far away from giving us a write-up.
What's he want in return? You don't think that he thinks that I'm- Yeah, unless sometime in the past few minutes you just happened to mention the fact that oh, gee, I don't know, you're not gay.
Jack, look at me, okay? Really look at me.
I'm a schlub, okay? I'm not gay-friendly.
I would be an insult to gaydom.
You might have a point, but he was hanging on your every word.
- Sure he was.
So? - So? You're not that interesting.
- I'm not? - No.
You- Look, nobody listens that hard, okay unless they're just trying to, you know- Interesting.
What? Well, I think for the first time in my life I understand what it must be like to be a woman.
A really hot woman.
Not that hot.
- I'm not? - Not really.
I mean, you look- What are we gonna do here, all right? - You wanna tell him or should I? - We can't tell him now.
He'll think I purposefully deceived him.
So I'll go over, and I will explain to him what an idiot you are.
Or we could just gloss over that idiot thing for the next little while until he agrees to do the story, because he is a major critic and this would mean a ton of business for my restaurant.
I know, but what are you gonna do when he asks you for your number? I will look him right in the eye and give him your phone number.
No.
Come on, we're telling the truth.
All right, so we are back, folks, with Veneer, in town two nights opening for North America on their aptly titled North America Tour.
You know, I never really got that.
We never went to Canada.
Not once.
Or Mexico.
Chicago twice.
Listen, so opening sucks, right? No, not when you're opening for a totally rocking band like North America.
Yeah, but seriously there's a whole crowd that's not there to see you.
They're impatient.
They just wanna get it over with.
Well, true, but, you know, sometimes you win them over.
And then the victory's even sweeter.
How so? Well, more than likely, they've prejudged you.
They've taken one look at you, and they've said, " No, not for me.
" And then we proceed to rock.
We don't ask for a lot.
Here's good.
Yeah.
Sure you don't wanna just go over and say hi? God, no.
How embarrassing would that be? I mean, he's obviously on a date or something.
If he sees you, won't he wonder why you didn't say something? What's the movie about, anyway? - She says, changing the subject.
- Well? Humphrey Bogart is a struggling screenwriter accused of murder.
It's- It's noir, except it's not.
So the whole thing is sort of famously ambiguous.
So you pretty much have to be a film geek to want to see it? Or you have to be really good friends with a film geek.
Right.
Like us.
They could just be friends.
Your teacher and the girl he's kissing? Joey? Do you have a crush on your English professor? What? No! It's- It's weird.
Not that weird.
Teachers have personal lives.
They do kiss people from time to time.
Yeah, lots of people.
It's starting.
So, what's he like? This guy you're so afraid to admit you're gaga over.
I am not gaga.
Excuse me? How well do we know each other now? Not at all.
Which is exactly why you should tell me the truth.
My advice will be totally neutral.
He's a cook.
Well, he bakes bread, actually.
And he just so happens to be my roommate's ex-boyfriend.
Minor league.
What other excuses are you gonna throw at me? - Come on, I've heard them all.
- You've never heard this one.
Try me.
Do you believe in God? Well, that depends.
It can't depend.
Either you do or you don't.
It depends whether you're gonna ruin a perfectly decent evening by trying to convert me to something.
My roommate she got mugged the other night.
- I'm sorry.
- Anyway, she left me this message which I didn't get until the next morning because I was having sex with her ex-boyfriend.
And on it, she said that she was okay and was spending the night with a friend and not to worry.
- But you did.
- Yeah.
I could tell by her voice that something was really, really wrong, so I made this deal with God.
I said, "God, please let Joey be okay like, really and truly okay and I will walk the path of moral righteousness.
I will do everything right for a change.
" So no more trying to pick up guys in rock 'n' roll bands? Well, God doesn't want me to be a nun.
He just wants you to give up this one particular guy.
Yes.
I mean, he must, you know? It's gotta be, like, some kind of sign.
Otherwise this whole thing with Pacey is just too- Too what? Easy.
Maybe that's your sign.
Okay, I didn't say "funny," I said "clever.
" - Oh, and "clever" is bad? - " Clever" is distancing.
" Clever" puts up this wall between you and the audience.
So you can't trust "clever.
" I see.
So in general, you trust passion.
Has passion always steered you right in life? Well, I mean- No, not in life, but- But in art? Yeah, well, art is supposed to be passionate.
Art is supposed to make you feel.
No, no.
Life is supposed to make you feel.
Art is supposed to make you feel good.
Is that all that art is supposed to do? No, but if you need it to do more then maybe there's something wrong with your life.
Are you saying that there's something wrong with my life? I don't know.
I don't really know you that well.
For example, do you have a boyfriend? - You already asked me that.
- You didn't answer.
Well, why do you keep asking? Because I'm interested.
In what? In you.
Oh, gosh.
No, I do.
I have a boyfriend.
You're making it up just now.
You're making that up.
No.
No, really.
I do have a boyfriend and he's a really nice guy and I wouldn't in 100 million years do anything to hurt him.
So- I got it.
Okay.
Good.
- Carbonara's not a cream sauce? - No, it's raw egg yolk, actually.
While it could kill you, who wants to live in a world where food isn't an adventure, right? - Now.
- Right.
Jeff, there's something I gotta tell you.
I'm not The thing is I'm not totally Totally Available? You're not available.
- That's what you're trying to say.
- That's exactly what I'm trying to say.
I sort of suspected.
Well, you seem very - together.
- And we are.
It was nice meeting you both.
You know, I don't usually do this but what the hell.
If you guys ever break up give me a call sometime.
What just happened right there? I should be insulted on several different levels.
Pacey, you're not gay.
Well, I know that and you know that but he doesn't know that.
So far as he's concerned, you're my boyfriend! I know, it's just another picture.
But are you in any position to be choosy? You haven't written a hit since before the war, and your last picture- So it stunk.
Everybody makes flops except you.
You haven't had one because you've made and remade the same picture.
You're a popcorn salesman.
That's right.
So are you.
The only difference between us is that I don't fight it.
One day I'll surprise you and write something good.
- Althea Bruce will do it.
- Althea Bruce- - All you gotta do is follow the book.
- Excuse me.
- Remind me to buy you a new tie.
- Hiya, kiddies! What a picture I've made! Just got back from the preview.
Pasadena's out of its mind! Great title.
Think I might steal it for something.
How'd you know it was me? I saw you when you came in.
Should I be jealous? - Are you jealous? - Like Medea.
- He's just a friend.
- Mine's not.
- Not what? - A friend.
I mean, she is, but We go out, have a few drinks, go back to my place - she forgets why I'm not right- - Why are you telling me? - Trying to get you to hate me.
- Well, it's working.
So, what is the best ending in all of literature? Don't say Ulysses.
Everyone says Ulysses.
That's easy.
Sentimental Education by Flaubert.
- And what happens? - Nothing, really.
Two old friends sitting around remembering the best thing that never happened to them.
How do you remember something that never happened? Fondly.
You see, Flaubert believed that anticipation was the purest form of pleasure.
And the most reliable.
While the things that actually happened to you would invariably disappoint, the things that never happened to you would never dim, never fade.
They would always be engraved in your heart with a sort of sweet sadness.
That sounds Deep? Cowardly.
Well, us academics aren't generally known for Courage.
Wow.
- God is really punishing me here.
- For what? I don't know.
I must have done something to a girl when I was 18.
You- You're not trying to tempt me into reconsidering, are you? No.
We don't know each other very well, do we? - No, we don't.
- You have this image of me this not-entirely-true image of me.
As a 19th-century heroine? Yeah.
And even though that's not true I'd rather you go on thinking that it is.
I think that could be arranged.
I should probably get back.
Are we okay here? We're fine.
In five years you're gonna know everything I know and more.
And I will seem like the biggest dork you ever met.
Or maybe I already do.
Hey.
Hey.
I was just about to come back inside.
Don't bother.
You care to elaborate on what you were saying earlier? You'll miss the rest of your movie.
I have a feeling this might be a little more interesting.
Did you ever meet someone who saw you I mean, really saw you but somehow only saw the best? You mean besides you? Not that.
I mean someone older.
Someone who saw everything you could be.
If only - If only what? - If only you weren't you.
Well, after tonight, I kind of think you might not be.
You kissed your professor! You kissed the guy who gives you grades.
- Is this constructive? - Sorry.
So the worst part is is that that night when you called from the movie set - Yeah? - I was there at his house, alone.
And I went there saying to myself that I was just going to straighten everything out.
But really, you were going over there to make things more complicated.
I don't think the answer to that would sound very Joey-like.
We're gonna have to come up with a new definition for "Joey-like.
" Anyway, so you called, I left, and I obviously didn't go back which is probably a good thing, because I would have made a gigantic fool of myself.
Don't say that.
You took a risk.
You lived.
You experienced something, right? - I guess.
But now I'll never know.
- Never know what? What I would have done at that moment of truth.
You know, would I have chickened out? Would I have gone through with it? The only way to know would be to- Stop time and go backwards.
- Yeah.
- Would you wanna do that if you could? No.
And I know that sounds strange.
Everything happens for a reason, right? It's not so bad, really, the not-knowing.
It has this sweet sadness to it.
I think I'm familiar with that feeling.
I gotta admit, I never really pegged you as a guy who would come into a place like this alone.
I'm not alone.
That's a good point.
Actually Audrey brought me here the night you cooked us all dinner.
You know, that's kind of the essence of Audrey, isn't it? I mean, she- She just zeroes in on the one thing you're slightly afraid of and then she just does not take no for an answer.
- A good quality to have in a person.
- Yes, it is.
Yeah.
Wonder who does it for her.
Okay.
I think I'm gonna go.
- Chase the girl.
- Yes, chase the girl.
- So are you gonna come? - No, I'm gonna hang.
Okay.
I'll see you around.
All right.
- Take care, Audrey.
- Oh, thanks.
It's been thoroughly slanted and enchanted.
Well, thank you.
I think.
- And thanks for the advice.
- No problem.
- Okay.
- You coming, Steve? Yeah, in a sec.
- Bye.
- See you.
So your- Your boyfriend.
I mean, it must have been love at first sight.
- I mean, a beautiful girl like you- - Actually, we were friends first.
- Friends? - Yeah.
So no passion? Did I say that? No, but you did say that you don't trust passion.
Yeah, but just because two people are friends first doesn't mean that they don't have any passion.
I'm sorry.
I- I don't mean to insult your relationship.
I mean, it's just- I believe in the connection.
You know, that gut reaction that says this person, this stranger, is meant to be a part of my life.
And I don't know, I guess I just felt that for you tonight.
Yeah, well, that's a really easy thing for you to say, isn't it? Some rock 'n' roll guy who just comes into town for 24 hours and then leaves.
Well, in that case Just a little something to remember us by.
Thanks.
Don't mention it.
- Bye.
- Okay.
Bye.
You know, this was so not the night I expected.
Yeah, I know.
Sorry I took the single one.
It happens.
Maybe it's God's way of telling me I'm not as single as I thought I was.
Or maybe that is.
Go.
Go on, make him happy.
Why would I wanna do a thing like that? Okay, fine.
Go make him miserable.
I don't care.
- Just go to him.
- Okay.
- Bye.
- Bye, sweetie.
- She need a ride? - She's got a car.
Do you need a ride? I need a life.
Yeah, you do, don't you? Look, Pacey - I think I need to apologize.
- To me? I kind of maybe overreacted a little.
- You don't say? - I can't help it, okay? Happiness, it freaks me out.
It's like all those perfectly manicured lawns at the beginning of Blue Velvet.
You just know something evil lurks beneath.
You know what the real problem is here? No.
Please, enlighten me.
You are much more afraid to have sex with me the second time than the first.
I've had a very educational night at my favourite gay bar and what I've come up with is I won't take no for an answer.
Well, that's not very PC of you.
No, it's not.
And this probably isn't either.
- What made you change your mind? - I met this really hot guy in a band.
Wait a minute.
This hot guy was- Brought you a T-shirt.
Cool.
Would I bring you anything less? How's Joey? Would you believe she almost had an affair with her English professor? Joey? - Joey Potter? - Yeah.
It was bizarre, actually.
It was like- Almost like meeting a new person or something.
What does that mean? I don't know, I just- Like, talking to her tonight, I realized how much time has passed.
How much we've all changed.
And is that bad? Not necessarily.
- Can I ask you something? - What? Do you think that when two people are in a relationship they should be passionate about the same things in order for it to work? No.
Not as long as they're passionate about each other.
And we are.
Right? We're passionate about each other.
You're not having doubts about us, are you? No.
I'm just tired.
And insane.
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