To say that I love the show is an understatement. I love Pacey more than I loved any boyfriend who graced my boring existence. I guess that's why I'm still single. I haven't met my Pacey. Not that I'm complaining.
Here are some lines, mostly Pacey's, that made me smile, cry, laugh, swoon, giggle, and a host of other emotions. You gotta admit the hilarity of some lines make you feel all of those. Wait, it's a drama series? Hah! Sometimes the story sucks and the lines illogical but hey, I love the show, period.
Episode 1 Like A Virgin
Pacey: Wait, you're just going to walk out like that? No father-son warning, no rules and regulations, no impending doom shall your sainted son misbehave?
Mr. Leery: Good idea. Keep Pacey out of the house.
Waitress: What can I get you, gentlemen?
Pacey: Well, I will have a couple of beers and my friend here will have a tall glass of milk.
What is the likelihood of someone of that degree of life experience and sexual liberation to take regard in someone who is having to take their PSATs? - Dawson
Dawson: What comes before virgin?
Eve: Everything but.
Dawson: Three thousand dollars?
Rob: Give or take.
Dawson: I should have gone down with the ship.
Rob: No argument here.
Jen: It was a coup d'etat. A mutiny. A slave revolt. Belinda McGovern has been excommunicated by her brainless bishops.
Jack: Help me out here. I don't think I understand.
Jen: (shows him the pom-poms) They're the golden ones. With the rhinestone-studded handles.
Jack: Don't tell me they made you a cheerleader?
Jen: Oh, no.
Jack: Thank God.
Jen: They made me Head Cheerleader.
Jack: That's cool!
Joey: Of all the people to see me like this, it had to be you.
Pacey: It's a new year, Joey. You never know, we could even end up friends.
Joey: Pacey, I'm upset enough as it is.
Episode 2 Homecoming
Dawson: I am excited. It's just they're usually followed by an equally sudden disappearance. I mean, who are you, Eve? First you're this stunning passenger on my bus, striking up conversation, then you're wearing a wig, serving cocktails at the strip club... now you're a senior at my high school.
Eve: You've got it all wrong, Dawson. I'm none of those things. I'm just a girl... standing in a janitor's closet... asking you to kiss her.
Dawson: How do I find you in the meantime?
Eve: You don't find me, Dawson. I find you.
A gay kid on the football team, now if that isn't a written invitation for ridicule, what is? - Jack
Pacey: When did this happen?
Joey: News to me.
Andie: Jen's a cheerleader? Jack's on the football team? I got sane and everyone else went crazy?
Mr. McPhee: You're right. I would like very much for you to...
Jack: Sorry, but no.
Mr. McPhee: No, I figured that would be a response. But I needed to ask.
Jack: Thanks.
Mr. McPhee: 'Night.
Jack: Night, Dad. Dad?
Mr. McPhee: Yeah?
Jack: Ask me again some time?
Whether or not I can forgive you, Andie, is not going to be what keeps us apart. What you did... our relationship was like this beautiful thing, and I don't think you ever realized how powerful it was. You changed my life, Andie, you were that person for me. You inspired me to be a man that I'd only ever dreamt about being. When you first started to get sick, it dawned on me that I might not be that person for you. I can never go back to loving you the way I did knowing that my love wasn't strong enough the first time around. I could always forgive you, Andie, but I will never forget. - Pacey
You think every Joey has a Dawson and every Dawson has a Joey? - Joey
Episode 3 None Of The Above
Dawson: Movies are an art form. This is just a pabulum used between beer commercials.
Eve: Don't be such a snob, Dawson. I mean, a TV show is just like a movie, except shorter, with built-in bathroom breaks, and you get a new sequel every week.
Dawson: Sequels I hate on principle.
Eve: Suit yourself. I'm hooked.
Joey: How about giving me what I want, Rob?
Rob: I thought you'd never ask.
Joey: Friday night off, so I can study for the PSATs, they're Saturday.
Rob: Yeah, sure, why not? No sweat. I remember what it was like. Of course, I didn't take the PSATs.
Joey: What? Daddy built the university?
Rob: No, no, just endowed it. Actually, I hired a ringer. Seriously. Paid some brainiac a couple of thousand to take it for me. Won me a scholarship, too.
There are certain things in life you're better off not knowing. Some things you wish you never knew, never asked, and ah, never saw. - Joey
Eve, if the purpose of us spending time together was to get to know each other, you know what, now that I know you, I don't really like you. - Dawson
Episode 4 Home Movies
Grams: Your school has an important game coming up. Right now they need your leadership, and vivre. Back when I was a member of the pep squad, we relished the opportunity to show off our team spirit by wearing our uniforms to school.
Jen: Grams, I hate to break it to you, but you were showing a bit more than just teen spirit.
Madison: Now, Jenny...
Jen: Jen! Okay, it's Jen. You know this whole thing just started as a bad joke, and excuse to get out of Biology but you see what it's turned into? I have pranced around this entire school at pep rallies without even knowing what the hell pep is. I have listened to prate and paddle about car washes, dance-athons and dog-sitting until I think I'm going to puke up my homemade spirit cookie.
Marcy: Jenny!
Jen: And despite the itch I am getting on my ass from this polyester molest-me skirt, I've done it all with a smile of my face. But you know what ladies? The smile has gone. I'm sorry, but there is no way that I'm going to be sold off like some harem girl to the highest bidder. Everyone has a limit, and I've reached mine. I quit!
Episode 5 Indian Summer
Rob: C'mon. What, are all teenage girls as uptight as you?
Joey: No, just the ones with half a brain.
Henry: It's not that easy. You don't know how hard it is for me to talk to her. Look at her. Look, she's like this perfect thing.
Jack: You think she looks good in that? You should see her in a towel.
She gets within three feet of me and it's like my hard drive crashes. - Henry
Pacey: Deputy Doug in the house!
Doug: Oh, I should have known. Wherever there's smoke, there's my imbecilic little brother.
Pacey: Doug, if I've told you once, I've told you a million times, despite his dapper Gap clad appearance, my friend Dawson does not play for you team, okay? You're just going to have to find another date to the policeman's ball.
Doug: Little brother, your obsession with my sexuality is just plain... weird. Look, do I have to talk to dad again, huh?
Pacey: Doug, it may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, and it might not even be the day after that, but one of these days you're going to go to your mailbox and open it up, and that Advocate cover story, will be yours. The copy's gonna read: "Good Cop, Gay Cop - The Dougie Whitter Story." And I'm telling you Doug, we are gonna be so proud of you. Really, truly.
Doug: I am not gay! Now both of you, off this dock now! I mean it.
Joey, guys are hardly your area of expertise. I mean, between Dawson and my gay brother... I'm sorry but it's true. I mean, you're not exactly sophisticated when it comes to dealing with guys. - Andie
Jen: Jack, I've had lovers, I've had boyfriends, but what I've never had is a boy who was first and last a friend. Who wasn't secretly trying to get in my pants, or wouldn't walk away from me the second I said I didn't want to sleep with him. Who liked me... for me. Unless you've recently decided to be bisexual? You know, I think you setting me up was a lot more about you than it was me.
Jack: Come on, give me a break. I do not have a secret crush on Henry Parker.
But this isn't exactly New York where gay kids are tripping over each other coming out of the closet. This is Capeside. Gay population: One. It's me. I'm it. - Jack
Episode 6 Secrets And Lies
It's just, despite all my best efforts, I too have managed to reach the very pinnacle of Capeside popular culture. Dawson, I have sold my soul. I have become that false character who just follows their name around. - Jen
Yeah, Potter, do yourself a favor. Never go into politics. You're constitutionally incapable of lying with a straight face. - Pacey
Mrs. Leery: Jen Lindley?
Mr. Leery: Yeah, Capeside's newest Homecoming Queen.
Mrs. Leery: Well, how on earth did that happen?
Dawson: Nobody's quite sure, although I'm interpreting it as an early sign of the Armageddon.
Jen: But I never asked for any of this.
Ms. Freckling: Nor did I ask for you, Jennifer. Most girls who walk through this door are pleased as punch to be here. They're sweet, upstanding, enthusiastic girls who relish the chance to be role models. They tend to stand up straight, comb their hair and... wear brassieres. Am I making myself clear?
Jen: Crystal.
Pacey: And you know, I was thinking... you're gonna need a name for this addition when we do get finished. So a suggestion, if I may? How does the Pacey J. Witter wing strike you?
Joey: Keep talking, it'll be a memorial dedication.
Pacey: You know, Potter, sometimes your lack of gratefulness, it borders on unappealing.
I'm not punishing you, Andie. Punishment implies that you did something wrong. - Pacey
Maybe... maybe that was just your heart's way of telling you that I'm not the one. 'Cause that's what my heart's telling me right now. It's telling me that you're not the one. - Pacey
But the point is, the heart is a fragile thing. Break it too badly, and it might well never recover. - Ms. Freckling
Episode 7 Escape From Witch Island
Frankly, I think my father makes scarier movies with his home video camera. You guys want scary? Check out the Witter family Christmas Project. Guaranteed to make your teeth chatter. - Pacey
Pacey: I'm a better catch than Ty the bible beater or that skirt-chasing Neanderthal Chris Wolfe.
Jen: This coming from a guy who's past two relationships have ended with the girl either leaving town to avoid prosecution or cool out in crazy camp for the summer.
Pacey: Ouch.
Why am I always the bad guy? Huh? Do I deserve this? I don't think so. What is it about me that inspires vitriolic diatribes? Take Andie for example. She goes away for the summer and sleeps with a mental patient. So I break up with her for conduct unbecoming a girlfriend, something that I think I was pretty justified doing, and yet somehow, she manages to turn it around so I feel like a creep at the end of the day. How does that happen? - Pacey
Pacey: I'm starting to think that maybe casual sex is the way to go.
Jen: But sex is never casual, Pacey.
Joey: You know, I hate to be one of those girls who mistakes pop lyrics for profound thoughts, but sometimes, love just isn't enough.
Jen: And I hate to be the one to bust this whole subtextial bubble that you're living in, but do me a favor, Joey. Don't let someone else's love life dictate your own.
Pacey: Okay, so let me get this straight, if I'm ever in the need of a release, you're just gonna help me out.
Jen: Exactly. But keep in mind, it's a two way street.
Episode 8 Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Pacey: I, uh, I thought you guys were spending the afternoon with your dad.
Jack: Well, that was Plan A. But he got stuck in Chicago. Any other dad would have found a plane, train, automobile, anything to see his kids but not Joseph McPhee.
Okay, it's Thanksgiving. Now I think it's pretty cool of Grams to play host to this group of misfits, alright? Now if you two can't get over your history for a couple of hours and enjoy the company of your friends, you should be home eating a TV Dinner under a bare bulb, okay? So get over yourselves already. God! - Jack
Joey: Is there anything we can help you with, Mrs. Ryan?
Grams: Pray.
Dawson: Got anything in particular?
Grams: General prayer would be fine.
I'd like to give thanks for the kind of people that take strays into their lives. And the kind of person to whom it doesn't matter whether or not you're family, just that you have a home. - Jack
That's the difference between you and me, Mom. Because I would rather be alone than be in a pathetic, loveless marriage. - Jen
I got right up to my front door and I thought to myself, "What the hell am I doing here?" I mean, honestly, who would I rather spend my time with? My family who thinks I'm an idiot? Or my friends who... think I'm an idiot? - Pacey
Episode 9 Four To Tango
Pacey: You know, Dawson and Mr. Leery both at school for the afternoon, window's always open, this was sheer genius on your part.
Jen: Grams always said that that ladder was an invitation to sin.
You know, you really should have your own website, www.annoyingsister.com. - Jack
Andie: Okay, I really think that you should write this guy Ben back. I mean, he seems super nice and he only lives two towns over. I mean, you guys could end up being friends or...
Jack: Or what?
Andie: Or whatever.
Jack: Please.
Pacey, I think that if you really wanted to be having causal sex with someone right now, you'd be doing it instead of sitting here having a hypothetical discussion about it. That's what I think. - Joey
Penny: Well, what did I say about rib cages touching?
Joey: No, sorry.
Penny: Can we do that?
Pacey: It's just not gonna happen, all right?
Penny: Right, see what I mean? See the hostility, the way they're wary with each other, not to mention the constant bickering and name calling. Now these two clearly are in the early stages of some screwball mating ritual.
Pacey: What?
Joey: Okay, you've got it wrong, lady.
Penny: Really, I do?
Pacey: Oh, completely.
Joey: Actually, you could not be more wrong.
Penny: There's enough sexual tension here to power a Kiss reunion tour. I can't remember the last time I saw dancing this bad. True.
Dawson: Wait a minute, just because they can't dance you think that they're...
Penny: Well, it's this theory that I've developed based on years of experience. If people dance that badly, then they're usually hot for each other. The dancing doesn't lie.
Jack: Andie, this is different. This is a whole new level of my life that I don't know if I'm ready for. When I walk through that door and I say hello to this guy, my entire life is gonna be different. I'm not just gonna be telling the world that I'm gay. I'm actually gonna be gay.
Andie: Jack, you'll be gay anyway. I mean, if you don't go you'll be gay and without a boyfriend.
Dawson: So, why'd you ask Pacey? Why didn't you just ask me?
Joey: Pacey came to me first. He needed help with math, I needed help with this. That's what friends do, Dawson. They help each other.
Pacey: You and Joey... she's not your girlfriend anymore?
Dawson: You're right, she's not.
Pacey: Right, so then why are we having this conversation? You see where I'm going with this? I mean, you're the same guy who told me a couple weeks ago that the two of you just needed to go your separate ways.
Dawson: Yeah, we do need to go our separate ways. It just never occurred to me...
Pacey: That what? That she would actually go her separate way, too? Or perhaps it didn't occur to you that her separate way would include a stopover at me, is that what it is? God, man! This is the way it always is with you! You talk and talk, but you don't listen to yourself. You say you're over her, but you're not. They're just words, they don't mean anything to you.
Dawson: You don't know what you're talking about.
Pacey: Look at that girl, Dawson. Just take a good look. She's a freaking goddess, man. How long did you think it was gonna be before some guy comes along and is interested in her? I mean, really, dude! And when that happens, what are you gonna do?
Dawson: I'm just gonna take it all as it comes.
Pacey: You're gonna take it as it comes, oh great. Well, perhaps you should start figuring out right now because the guy that comes along is not gonna be your best friend and he's not gonna ask for your permission. The guy that comes along is gonna take one look at that woman and then just cut right in on you.
Don't be so hard on yourself. I mean, that's what fear is for. It's... it's life's way of telling us that we're not ready for certain things. - Andie
Episode 10 First Encounters Of The Close Kind
You know, maybe the problem with having such a big dream is... you never stop to question whether or not you have the talent to back it up. - Dawson
It's like you get this picture in your head of the way things should be, and... and you end up closing yourself off to some of the wonder and serendipity of the actual experience. - Andie
I'm doing the divorced-kid shuffle. Mom's a techie, she's been transferred to Chicago, so I'm going to co-habitate with my dad. - Nikki
I've been thinking about a career in fast food. "Welcome to Taco Bell, can I take your order?" It kind of just rolls off the tongue. - Dawson
Dawson, everything in life is not just about winning. I mean, you have to find joy in the process, you have to love what it is that you do. - Joey
Episode 11 Barefoot At Capefest
Jen: Cute!
Jack: Gay.
Jen: Aren't they all?
Ethan: Old girlfriend?
Jack: Nah, not exactly. But we did get set-up once.
Ethan: Let me guess? School dance?
Jack: Yeah. How'd you know?
Ethan: The punchbowl, wrist corsage, all the trappings of straight-dom. Until you realize you both like boys. Oldest story in the world.
Don't get me wrong, Dawson, I love film. But I love it because it allows me to explore all of the other subjects that interest me. If all you care about is film, then you're just going to end up making movies about other movies. - Nikki
Jen: So, would that mean that the part where you were rude and insensitive, and sent me off into the cold dark night unescorted, that was all for nothing?
Jack: Rude is such a strong word. I prefer something more like, uh, momentarily self-involved?
Jen: Now that does have a certain ring to it.
You know, it's a happy turning point in a girl's life when her gay best friend finally dumps her for another boy. They should make some sort of greeting card for that. - Jen
Episode 12 A Weekend In The Country
Dawson, I do toilets and I do windows. I draw the line at faux perkiness. - Joey
Bessie: You know, you're certainly behaving like a child. What is your problem?
Joey: Bessie, do you even remember what it's like to be 16? Is it like some far off planet?
Bessie: I remember.
Joey: Because it's like you have all the responsibilities of an adult, but none of the authority. You can't vote, you can't drink, you can't make any definitive decisions about your life.
Bessie: You think getting older automatically gives you more say in your life? Get real, Joey. You think I wanted to be stuck here at 26 taking care of two kids by myself?
Mitch: You know what I think? I think that if I were Joey and Bessie, I would consider myself very lucky to have you in my life.
Pacey: Why? Everything and everybody that I touch, I screw up, all right? You're aware of the Midas touch, right? You've heard of that? Okay, well the Midas touch, whatever that is, I got the opposite.
Mitch: Don't be so sure. I mean, look at you. You're still at it, right? You haven't given up. Pace, instead of dwelling on everything that's gone wrong this weekend, so far, um... think about what you contributed. You've put a lot of selfless work into this place, right? That is the real question. Listen, that goes to the heart of who Pacey Witter is.
Pacey: What?
Mitch: What makes you care so much.
You know you love someone when you can spend the entire night just sitting by the fire, watching them sleep. - Grams
Whatever you did before is part of what makes you who you are. And I'm thankful for that. - Henry
Episode 13 Northern Lights
I mean, I may not be Ivy League-material but if you give me a road map and a remote control, I could probably find my way to the Discovery Channel and back. - Pacey
Pacey: How'd you find me?
Dawson: I have the misfortune of knowing how your brain works.
Wanna know something, Miss Josephine Potter? I think the world may just surprise you yet. I mean, you fall in love and it doesn't work out, and you think it may never happen again, but it does. Believe me, it does, in the strangest places. - Pacey
Since I dropped you off, I've been sitting here in the parking lot, thinking about how, when someone says something that you don't understand, you're suddenly faced with this rather limited window of opportunity in which you can ask the person to explain what they meant, or spend the rest of your life pretending you understood them. I just thought I would reopen the window. - AJ
Episode 14 The Valentine's Day Massacre
Dawson: I don't know, man. Maybe Joey's right.
Pacey: Ohh, what is this? Is that doubt I'm hearing, young Skywalker?
Dawson: I'm not exactly cut out for a career in Heathenism.
Pacey: Dawson, pick up the phone already, this is your call to action, okay? Your hero's journey begins now, my friend.
Dawson: Pacey Witter, poor man's Yoda.
Pacey: You know, I've actually always seen myself as the Han Solo type. Roguish good looks, devil may care attitude...
Jack: Guys, guys, wait up!
Pacey: Hey! Here comes my Chewbacca.
Jack: What did you tell her?
Andie: That you're great.
Jack: And?
Andie: And?
Jack: And...?
Andie: And, no, okay, I didn't tell her that. That is so your gig.
Jack: I can't believe you!
Andie: Jack, look, it's not that big of a deal, okay? She gets here, you ask her if she wants a glass of water, and then you come out and mention that you like boys.
Andie: Dawson, Pacey, I want you to meet my friend, Kate Douglas.
Dawson: Nice to meet you, Kate Douglas.
Kate: Any friends of Jackers are instant friends of mine.
Pacey: Jackers? I believe she just said 'Jackers.'
Jack: Yeah, well, Kate and I go way back. Way back.
Kate: Jack was my first boyfriend.
Pacey: Oh, way back!
Well, that's odd... This couldn't possibly be Miss Josephine "Buzz Kill" in front of me, because I'm pretty sure that she was boycotting tonight. - Dawson
Joey: Some day you'll thank me, Dawson. And if Pacey insists on being the devil on your shoulder, than the least I can do is be the angel on the other.
Pacey: Fine then. Come with me, Miss Sweet Little Angel, be my guest. But you are not, and I repeat, not going to ruin this night for us.
Joey: Dawson, this isn't you.
Pacey: You know, your concern for Dawson is starting to border on pathological, Potter.
Dawson: Guys, we're not at the gates of hell, and you're not arguing over my soul.
Joey: How does he do it?
Andie: Who, Dawson?
Joey: No, Pacey. I mean, how does he always manage to get us into these situations?
Andie: It's his cocky charm.
Joey: Cocky, yes. But I don't think the village idiot routine equals charm.
Andie: Well, he means well.
Joey: Why's he so irritating?
Andie: Well, if you think about it, he's just this big dopey dog.
Joey: You're right. It's like he runs through the house destroying everything in it's path and then he looks up at you like, "Wait, what did you expect, I'm just a dog!"
Andie: You know who you sound like?
Joey: Who?
Andie: Me, right before I started dating him.
If you don't want to be the nice guy, Dawson, when you take a girl into the woods, don't talk to her about kissing her. Kiss her. Especially after you told her that she was beautiful in the way that beautiful used to actually mean something. - Kate
Grams: Henry never claimed to be the sophisticated sort.
Jen: Which is exactly my point. I mean, why go through all this trouble? I mean, why buy me dinner, why buy me jewelry if that's not who you are?
Grams: Maybe he thinks that's who you want him to be.
Kate: Ooh! I know what this is. You're not over me, are you, Jack?
Jack: No, no, that's not it. Not to suggest that you're easy to get over or anything, but... the thing is...
Kate: Oh, my God. You're gay, aren't you? But we had [sex]...
Jack: Yeah.
Kate: And you were good.
Jack: Thanks. But that doesn't really have any bearing on our current situation. I'm still gay.
Kate: (to Dawson) Are you gay, too?
Dawson: Me? No!
You know, I'm starting to realize that there's something kinda cool about a relationship not working because the guy turns out to be gay. I mean, sure it's heartbreaking in it's own way. But it's not my fault, there's nothing I can do about it. - Kate
Doug: You were in rare form tonight.
Pacey: How bad do I suck?
Doug: So what seems to be the problem?
Pacey: There is no problem, Dougie.
Doug: Oh, come on, Pacey. I found you hanging from a tree getting completely wasted.
Pacey: Huh?
Doug: So what is it, a girl or something?
Pacey: What?
Doug: Okay, so it's a girl. Who is she?
Pacey: Do you know what, Dougie? It's really not that important, okay?
Doug: Okay...
Pacey: I'll tell you something, though... she is really, really, annoying!
Doug: Yeah?
Pacey: Yeah, I mean, this girl is amazing. There is not a single subject on the face of the planet that she doesn't have an opinion about. It's mind boggling.
Doug: Well, that certainly sounds like a nightmare.
Pacey: Well, no, I mean, it's not quite like that. I mean, you gotta understand that the girl's really smart, so she's usually right and when she argues, it comes from this really beautiful, pure place. So, I mean, how can you fight against that, you know? Especially if you're a smart ass like me.
Doug: Is she pretty?
Pacey: Yeah, she is pretty. She is very, very pretty. She's actually the kind of pretty that gives you butterflies, you know what I mean?
Doug: Yeah, never lose the butterflies.
Pacey: What?
Doug: You know, maybe that's what sucks about getting older. Somewhere along the line, you just, lose the butterflies. So the question is, little brother, what are you going to do about it?
Pacey: Do?
Doug: Yeah. Do as in, do something. Take action.
Pacey: No, I don't think you're really, properly grasping the gravity of this situation, Dougie. You see, if I was actually to do something about this, there is the strong possibility that the sun would cease to shine. The tides would cease to rise. In fact, I'm betting there's a pretty good chance that the very earth would crack open and Capeside would become home to a huge hellmouth, that would spew forth endless hordes of monsters and demons that would choke the denizens of this city, making them fall to their knees and pray for return to the days before I took action. That's really what we're talking about here.
Doug: Yeah, maybe. Look, Pacey, um, in my experience, you don't come across that many people with the ability to give you butterflies. You just don't. And if you don't tell this girl how you feel, well, it'll be like spending the rest of your life in your own personal prison.
Episode 15 Crime And Punishment
Joey: So I finally get my own room and you have been exiled to Sofa City. Ouch.
Pacey: My sentiments exactly.
Pacey: Jo, this is the US of A. We're a very prosaic nation, and when we have art in public places, we want it to be about as subtle as Godzilla.
Joey: Yeah, but Pacey, don't you think that art can have this power? I mean, it can bring people together.
Pacey: Oh, yeah, absolutely... in museums. The thinking man's pick up joint.
Joey: That's what I like about you, Pacey. You just go so deep.
Pacey: Thanks.
Joey: No peeking!
Dawson: What, I don't get a preview?
Joey: No.
Dawson: Why not? Pacey did.
Joey: Dawson, the unveiling is a crucial part to any new work. I want you to have the complete experience. He didn't tell you what it is, did he?
Dawson: No. But he... but he said it was great.
Joey: That means a lot coming from the world's most discriminating art critic.
Dawson: Well, he knows what he likes.
Joey: Dawson, Pacey's prized possession is a black velvet painting of the baby Elvis.
Doug: Look, what are you doing?
Pacey: I'm moving in, bro.
Doug: Why, excuse me?
Pacey: You heard me, I'm moving in. Oh, look, Dad gave me a check to give to you. It's like a security deposit, in case I break your stereo.
Doug: Nah, you're not breaking my stereo, because you're not touching my stereo, 'cause you're not moving in with me. Not now, not ever. This is not Party of Five.
Pacey: But look, I'm here to tell you that not everybody thinks what you did was funny.
Matt: Well, some people don't have a sense of humor. Is that your problem?
Pacey: Yeah, that's me. I'm humorless.
Matt: Hmm. What do you want?
Pacey: I want you to apologize. And then I want you to turn yourself in. And I want you to do it before the day is done.
Matt: And why would I do that?
Pacey: Because this time you just happened to mess with somebody I care about.
Dawson: It's because of the mural.
Pacey: Hey, shut up Dawson, this is not your fight!
Dawson: It's not yours either.
Joey: So you guys just traded me off like some sort of baseball card? Is that what this is about?
Pacey: What?
Joey: Us! You and me. I... I thought that...
Pacey: Thought what?
Joey: I guess I thought something else, Pacey.
Joey: No. I never asked for your pity.
Dawson: Jo... Joey, it wasn't. It wasn't about pity. I couldn't be there for you when I wanted someone you could turn to, someone you could talk to. Now tell me, where is the harm in that?
Joey: Well, it just would have been nice if that someone could have mustered a shred of genuine concern, Dawson…
Dawson: Joey, that someone is in that room right now because he's got a hell of a lot more than a shred of concern. Joey, why are you doing this?
Joey: Doing what?
Dawson: Casting aspersions on people who obviously care about you. Do you really think that I don't want the best for you? And Pacey? I mean, Pacey's a lot of things... impulsive, thoughtless, stubborn. But after everything that's happened this year, can you honestly doubt for a second that he doesn't truly care about you?
Pacey: I'm going to be a mentor.
Dawson: You're going to be a what?
Pacey: A mentor. You know, Capeside High's mentoring program. Since I seem to be completely incapable of suppressing my own juvenile impulses, Principal Greene seems to think that I would benefit from the company, and example, of someone half my age... What's so funny?
Dawson: What about the poor kid? What are you gonna teach him?
Joey: Be honest. The only reason you were hanging out with me is simply because Dawson told you to?
Pacey: Yep, that's the only reason.
Joey: Hmm. You need to get a life.
Episode 16 To Green, With Love
Pacey? What kind of name is Pacey? - AJ
Sherry: Joey, I would love to get a follow up interview with you.
Joey: In your frosted blonde dreams, Barbie.
Superintendent Fielding: I assume you know who I am.
Joey: The man who shows up to football games and graduation.
Superintendent Fielding: Now I suggest that you and your friends hurry back into school before that Principal you love so dearly has to serve you with detention for cutting class.
Joey: Who's cutting class? I'm out sick with a cold.
Nikki: "When you see a good fight, get in it." Dr. King's words, but your lesson to me.
Principal Green: This is not a good fight, Nikki. The more I try to prove myself, the more I empower this insane notion that I'm an enraged man on a bigoted tirade.
Pacey: Let's just say for the sake of argument that I had gotten myself into an impossible situation. That I had hypothetically speaking, fallen for or is in the process of falling for the worst possible person that I could ever fall for. What would you tell me to do?
Jen: I guess I would tell you that possible situations are only made better by doing something about them.
Pacey: So I should just go and declare myself to her, so she can laugh in my face? Great idea.
Jen: How do you know that's how she would react?
Pacey: I have it on pretty good authority that my rough charms don't really register on her rarefied romantic palette.
Dawson: I thought this is what you wanted?
Mrs. Leery: No, I think what I wanted was just my chance to say no. To leave on my own terms. To start fresh, with no regrets.
Joey: Pacey, you're unbelievable. I mean, as soon as I think I've got you all figured out, you go and you do something so outrageous that, it completely challenges me in a way that no one else would even think of. In case I don't say it enough, thank you.
Pacey: It's about time, Potter. It's about time.
Episode 17 Cinderella Story
Joey: I mean, it's not every day that I get invited to elegant dinners with distinguished guests, accompanied by a friend who...
Pacey: Friend? Is that what you and AJ are?
Joey: What? AJ and I are... It's none of your business what AJ and I are.
Pacey: AJ and you are friends who kiss.
Joey: Sometimes wishes come true.
Pacey: Yes, sometimes wishes do come true. Sometimes even in unexpected places. But reality always finds a way of creeping back in, Jo. The clock inevitably strikes midnight. There's pumpkin city. The fantasy fades.
Pacey: Hey, how you doin' kid?
Buzz: How old are you?
Pacey: 16. How old are you?
Buzz: You have a 5 o'clock shadow.
Pacey: Well, I'm mature.
Buzz: Is that what you call it?
Pacey: I get it, you're a smart ass. That's why they put us together, they think I'm a smart ass, too.
Buzz: But when they really get to know you, they discover under the rough exterior, lies a vulnerable beating heart. Get real. I'm not like one of those kids on 7th Heaven. And I'm not like you, Pissy.
Pacey: Pacey.
Buzz: Whatever, Pissy.
Pacey: Pacey. And you don't know anything about me, kid.
Buzz: I know you think you don't want to be here, but you're just dying to throw your arm around me and have a warm and fuzzy. Well, don't bother, cause you're gonna be back here trying to get rid of me. I give you 48 hours, kid.
Buzz: Is this the fun part? Is this the part where we're having fun? Or did I blink and miss it?
Pacey: You know, you got me, man. I don't want to be here anymore than you do. I got stuck with you, but this still doesn't have to be so horrible.
Buzz: Here comes the honesty. Next is the intimacy.
Pacey: What exactly do you want?
Buzz: Let me make this easy for you. Read my lips. Pikachu!
Pacey: You want something that has to be treated with antibiotics?
Buzz: Man, your generation is so out of it. Pokemon, you putz.
Pacey: I knew that.
What's up with the double-breasted jacket, button-down and a tie? You win an award and suddenly you turn Ralph Lauren on us? - Morgan
Buzz: A cop! That explains your authority issues.
Pacey: I don't have authority issues.
Buzz: Issues, issues, issues.
Pacey: I don't have issues, okay?
Pacey: You little…rat!
Buzz: Help! Help! Child abuse! Let go of me, you hypocritical maniac!
Buzz: Who's the girl?
Pacey: What girl?
Buzz: The one you named your boat after.
Pacey: True love isn't a person, it's an idea. An unattainable idea.
Buzz: Who's the unattainable girl?
Pacey: You just love getting under my skin, don't you?
Buzz: Have you kissed her?
Pacey: I told you, there's no girl.
Buzz: Why don't you just kiss her?
Pacey: And why don't you just shut your mouth?
Buzz: You have no problem taking a swing at a guy but you can't tell a girl how you feel about her. Man, you're pathetic.
Pacey: Her name is Joey.
Buzz: Is she a hottie?
Pacey: I'm not answering that.
Buzz: Come on, I'm nine. I have years before I get there. The least you can do is cough up a description.
Pacey: Okay. She's so beautiful, that every time you look at her, your knees tremble, your heart just melts, and you know right then and there, without any reservation, that there is order and meaning to the universe.
Buzz: She's a hottie. Where is she?
Pacey: Why? Cause you're 16 and alone? Come on...
Joey: No, because I'm 16, and in my entire life there's been two people who actually know me, Pacey. Dawson and...
Pacey: This AJ guy didn't know you. I don't care how you felt about him, Jo, he didn't know you, 'cause if he did, he never would have walked away.
Joey: I was going to say you, Pacey.
Pacey: Alright, what did you mean by that?
Joey: By what?
Pacey: About me knowing you better than anybody else.
Joey: Exactly what I said, Pacey. You know me, okay? In a way that nobody else besides Dawson ever had...
Pacey: I'm not talking about Dawson, right now. We're talking about me. You can't keep on doing this to me, Potter.
Joey: Doing what? So I count on you and I tell you secrets and...
Pacey: And you call me in the middle of the night to pick you up. Why?
Joey: I'm sorry that I called. I thought that I...
Pacey: I'm not mad that you called me, I just want to know why you called me.
Joey: You were the first person that I thought of, Pacey.
Pacey: What does that mean, Jo?
Joey: It means that... I guess it... It means that I can talk to you, and that you're there for me...
Pacey: Don't you ever get tired of talking?
Joey: No. I don't...
Pacey: Well, I get tired of talking.
Joey: I don't get tired. I don't...
Pacey: I don't want to talk anymore.
Episode 18 Neverland
Are you insane? How could you do that? How could you take some simple declaration of friendship as an invitation to just maul me, Pacey? - Joey
I just had a meltdown? Forgive me if I don't think that this is the worst tragedy in the history of human kind. That Pacey Witter, in a moment of impulsive, compulsive hormone induced insanity would have the nerve to kiss Joey Potter. And you let me do it. You did, you let me do it. So what, now I guess the universe begins to unravel. Well excuse me while I get in the car. - Pacey
Hey, you kissed her! Good for you. - Doug
The whole thing was her fault. I mean, you know, she told me that I was the one that she thinks about. You know, me! And then she gives me this look. I mean, what was I suppose to do? Do you know how long I've been waiting for her to give me that look? - Pacey
Doug: So I don't get it. She gave you the look, you kissed her, it was a good kiss. So what's the problem?
Pacey: Well, the hitting, punching and rejecting, that might be a bit of a problem.
Oh, grow up little brother. Do you think she would have reacted so strongly if she didn't feel something for you, too? - Doug
Andie: Okay, don't you guys think it's a little abnormal that the two of you never hang out with anybody who doesn't have a penis? You'd be surprised at how powerful female bonding could be. Haven't you ever seen Thelma and Louise?
Joey: Andie, they killed somebody.
Jen: And then they drove off of a cliff.
Andie: Yeah, but the point is that they did it together. Solidarity. I mean, in this cold, cruel world, a girl can rely on one thing. Her sisters. I need a little female bonding and so do you. So, what do you say?
Joey: Do you have any information that you'd like to share about a particular situation?
Jen: You, me, Dawson, Pacey. It's a real incestuous little group. Now, I know I'm just standing on the periphery, but it seems like there's a whole world balance that's definitely been shifting.
Joey: All I want to do is eat ice cream. Eat ice cream, pretend to be a kid and forget about those stupid boys.
Jen: Uh! I know they're twits. Awful. I mean, maybe it's genetic or something, but enough is enough. And they lie...
Joey: And they mess with your heads...
Jen: And the worst is when they have feelings for you and they won't admit it.
I just want you to know, a ten year-old with a cell phone is just plain wrong. - Pacey
You know, I was thinking about what you guys said earlier... about how guys are twits... and I think you're right. But I think there's more to it than that. Because sometimes you know, when they give you that certain look, you know that look that says you are exactly where they want to be right now. And you feel it for them, too. And then you just melt, like this big blob of ice cream, even if you don't want to. Pacey used to do that to me all the time. Right before he kissed me. Made my knees weak. - Andie
Hey, check this out. It's Deputy Doug's pocket knife. You know, my dad never found the evidence, but he still gave me the spanking of a lifetime. Go figure. - Pacey
Henry: So, are you saying that you forgive me?
Jen: I'm saying that I don't like being lied to.
Let me tell you how it does work, Jack. You keep walking around with all that anger, you and your dad are gonna lose another year. And another one. And before you know it, you're gonna wake up one morning and realize that you need him. Or he needs you. It's gonna be too late. You know, the other nice side effect of letting go of your anger is that you don't have to be angry anymore. Just think about it. - Ethan
Joey: I was talking to Bessie the other day, and she told me to talk to somebody about this, and I can't believe I'm telling you, but... Pacey kissed me the other day.
Jen: Yeah, I figured this thing would come to a head sooner or later.
Joey: Nothing came to a head. There is no thing. I'm just freaked out and angry, and I don't understand why he would do something like this. I mean, it came out of nowhere.
Jen: Well, if it came out of nowhere, than how come I'm not surprised? You should ask yourself, Joey, if this is really nothing, than why are you so upset and confused?
Buzz; Was that her?
Pacey: Who?
Buzz: The girl.
Pacey: What girl?
Buzz: The girl you want to kiss, doofus. The one you're in love with.
Pacey: Nope.
Episode 19 Stolen Kisses
Jen: I was just wondering how many guys would spend their spring break in a fish eatery just to be in close proximity of their girlfriend. You're insane.
Henry: Well, you know what they say... there's a fine line between sane and moron.
Shelly: Who's the new B-boy?
Jen: Oh, that's Henry. He's a funny little creature.
Shelly: Make that a yummy little creature.
Favorite movie doesn't star Adam Sandler or Steven Seagal and he likes to read. You sure he's your friend, Pacey? - Andie
I mean, isn't it better to have a short time with somebody that you really love, than a lifetime with somebody who's basically a roommate? It's just a thought. - Will
Aunt Gwen: And this must be Pacey.
Pacey: I see my reputation precedes me.
Aunt Gwen: Actually, we've met before.
Pacey: We have?
Aunt Gwen: Yeah, I wouldn't expect you to remember it. It was years ago at my sister's Fourth of July picnic, and you were chasing this one (points to Joey) around and teasing her mercilessly. And when I went to intervene, you said to me "Hey lady, step on my buzz why don't you?"
Aunt Gwen: And this has got to be, Jack, right?
Pacey: Oh, no, Jackers couldn't make it this weekend, so Aunt Gwen, please allow me to introduce my friend Will Crudsky.
Will: How are you doing?
Aunt Gwen: Hi. Friend of Pacey's... not a good sign.
Pacey: Okay, we're just gonna have to make the best of this, alright?
Joey: Fine, but if I so much as feel anything...
Pacey: Jo, get in bed. And while you're at it, get over yourself.
Joey: Pacey! Get your butt away from me.
Pacey: My butt wants nothing to do with your butt. Okay? And give me some of these covers.
Dawson: So, we decided that it would be best to just be friends.
Joey: And then he asked Pacey to look out for me...
Gwen: What does Pacey have to do with this?
Joey: Oh, nothing. There you have it.
Joey, I got married too young, and I sold out in a big way. I stayed in a relationship that was safe and comfortable and then I met this man who made me feel alive for the very first time. Those kinds of feelings just won't be ignored. You know, I owed it to myself to explore them. - Aunt Gwen
Henry: Shelly just offered me sex. I just thought I should let you know about it.
Jen: She what?
Henry: She basically said I could have sex with her anytime I wanted. Apparently, she likes younger guys.
Jen: Henry, your hands are shaking.
Henry: A strange girl just offered me sex. This has never happened to me before.
Jen: Well, what did you tell her?
Henry: What do you think I said? I said I had a girlfriend.
Jen: Do you find her attractive?
Henry: Well, I...
Jen: Do you or don't you?
Henry: No!
Jen: You know what, Henry? Go have sex with her. Go off and make a million babies, 'cause I don't care anymore.
Henry: But...
Jen: And don't you dare tell me that I'm jealous.
Just because I'm not talking doesn't mean I'm not thinking. - Mr. Leery
Jen: Alright, Shelly, that's it! Get your boobs away from him!
Shelly: What is your problem?
Jen: This is my boyfriend that you are fawning all over and I don't appreciate it.
Shelly: Why didn't you tell me?
Jen: Because I have issues, okay?
Shelly: Clearly.
Joey: Well, what's wrong?
Pacey: Well, it's the history. I mean, how can a guy compete when the two of you have your own karaoke routine?
Joey: Pacey, you're not suppose to compete. We're suppose to have our own hist... I didn't mean that.
Pacey: Well, what did you mean??
Joey: I don't know anymore, Pacey.
Pacey: You know this little arrangement we got going between us?
Joey: Yes?
Pacey: Well, it sucks! It sucks up one side and down the other. It's uncomfortable, it's weird, and I hate every single second of it.
Joey: Really?
Pacey: Yeah!
Joey: Then why did you come here, Pacey?
Pacey: You know, for a bright girl, you can be really daft sometimes. Why do you think I came here? I came here to be with you! It's as simple as that. When you like somebody, proximity is a good thing, regardless of how they feel about you. Or don't.
Jo, you can't say something like that and expect me not to kiss you. So that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to kiss you, in about ten seconds. And if you don't want me to kiss you, well then if you don't want me to, I guess you're just gonna have to stop me. Ten... - Pacey
He's a good guy. He and his family moved away a long time ago, but we've managed to keep in pretty good contact I guess. Once you bond over dysfunctional dad issues there's no turning back. - Pacey
Henry: Why are you crying?
Jen: I don't know. Oh, God, I hate crying. It's such a girl thing to do.
Pacey: When I was kissing you tonight, I don't think that I've ever felt better and worse at one time in my entire life. I mean, the very idea that Dawson or Andie would find out about us is killing me. It's tearing me up on the inside to have these feelings for you, but I can't get rid of them. I can't keep on kissing you, Jo.
Joey: What do you mean?
Pacey: I mean just that. I can't keep on kissing you. I've done it twice now. I can't be the one who's always initiating it. I can't be the one who's always giving you the answers. Look at me, Jo.
Joey: I can't.
Pacey: Please? If you felt even one shred of what I feel for you, then we wouldn't be standing here having this conversation.
Episode 20 The Longest Day
Joey: Pacey, look, we've been in denial all week. I mean, when we're around other people we pretend like nothing's changed and the minute we're alone it turns into this.
Pacey: This what?
Joey: This embarrassing grope fest.
Jen: 'Cause right now you gotta walk through that front door and tell your best friend that the only girl in the universe he can't live without...
Pacey: ...is the same one that I can't live without. I've had this conversation with him in my head 1,000 times.
Pacey: Doug, I'm sorry. Look, me and Joey came to a really important decision...
Doug: Whoa, whoa, whoa... wait. Since when are you and Joey deciding anything?
Look, telling Dawson you kissed Joey in a moment of weakness is a helluva lot different than sneaking around with her behind his back. Don't you think? Look, Pacey, at the end of the day Joey and Dawson are gonna stay friends or whatever it is that they are. And you're gonna end up alone. Alright? No girlfriend, no friend, just utterly and completely alone. Think about it. I was right before, wasn't I? - Doug
Dawson: I thought I heard something out here.
Joey: Dawson, uh, we were just...
Dawson: Having an argument. Obviously. What about?
Pacey: Us, Dawson. We were arguing about us. There's an us here now.
Joey: I really wish I was more like you...
Jen: Oh yeah...
Joey: You feel things and you act on them. Pacey does the same thing. Fearless.
Jen: Alright, I'll let you in on a little secret about the so called fearless. We're not as tough as you think we are. And Pacey's heart can break just as easily as the next guy. Maybe even more so, considering it was already broken when it got here.
Jen: Okay, you know, why don't you leave? I'm not kidding, leave.
Henry: Now you're being irrational.
Jen: No, just irritated. Irrational is when I get violent. Which is gonna happen in two seconds if you don't get your horny freshman ass out of here.
You must really, uh, you know, to give up your friendship with Dawson, to give up everything. How could you be so stupid, Pacey? You know you're gonna get hurt. She is never gonna love you like she loves him, okay? He is her first love, Pacey. Her first love. - Andie
Joey: I don't know, Dawson. I don't know, okay? I just know that I need him.
Dawson: Need him like you need me? Jo, it's a simple question. Do you need him like you need me?
Pacey: It's over, isn't it?
Joey: It has to be.
Episode 21 Show Me Love
Okay, you want to stay angry, stay angry, it doesn't really matter to me anymore. I'm just glad it's finally directed at the right person. - Pacey
Grams: Oh, isn't this thrilling, the start of a new tradition? Fashioning the Regatta's winner wreathes is always been my sole responsibility for the woman's league ever since 1953. Sharing it with you young people is very exciting.
Jack: You know, it's moments like these I'm convinced I'm straight.
Bessie: What did you expect, Jo? That you would end things with Pacey and all of a sudden things are just gonna go back to the way they were? That's the hardest part about being an adult, sis... your actions have consequences, forcing life to constantly move forward. Why do you think they call it growing up?
Joey: Well, since you're such an expert grown up, do you have any advice?
Bessie: Accept the consequences and do something to make things better.
Will: Yeah, but... Pacey. I'm kinda worried about him.
Andie: Yeah, well, Pacey and Joey brought this situation on themselves, alright?
Will: Why, because they developed feelings for each other and had the guts to do something about it?
Andie: Is that the way you see this, Will? We were all friends.
Will: They didn't set out to hurt you.
Andie: Yeah, well once upon a time I didn't set out to hurt Pacey either, but he offered me no forgiveness, and our relationship came to a earth-shattering halt. Now things are never gonna be the way they were.
Will: If you can't let go of all this anger, Andie, they probably never will. And instead of you being this warm-hearted and cheerful person that I met on spring break, you'll just end up being the kind of person that... that I feel sorry for. And I know you're better than that.
Dawson: Okay, so it doesn't happen again, tie the rope to the thing.
Jack: What the hell is the thing?
Dawson: The metal thing.
Jack: Yeah, that helps, Popeye.
Joey: Look Pacey, this wasn't my idea. I didn't ask him to do it, but I mean, you know Dawson, once he gets something in his mind... I'm sorry.
Pacey: If it wasn't your idea, why are you apologizing?
Joey: Because you're obviously upset.
Pacey: I'm upset because we haven't spoken in two weeks, and now we finally do, the first words out of your mouth, as per usual, are about Dawson.
Joey: Well, this conversation is just about to get harder, Pacey.
Pacey: You want me to drop out too? Wow, Dawson Leery couldn't have scripted this one any better, could he?
Joey: What do you mean?
Pacey: Don't you get it? No matter what I do, he wins. If I drop out, he wins. If I stay in the race, I'm forced into direct competition with the guy. And if I actually win, I don't actually beat him, I beat you. So guess who really wins there?
Mrs. Leery: Okay, a few hours ago Henry was cute and endearing, now he's getting into annoying and psychotic.
Jen: Oh, my God, I am so sorry, I didn't think he would last this long.
Mrs. Leery: Honey, this is getting ridiculous. This is our busiest weekend. Not only is he distracting the customers, but he's blocking the view. Go talk to him, throw a net over him, I don't care, just drag him away, get him away from my restaurant.
Dawson: Answer my question, Pacey. Do you really think that you can compete with history?
Pacey: Some history. Fifteen years of watching PG movies in your bedroom followed by another year-and-a-half of pretending to be grown-up only to drop each other at the first sign of crisis. That's your history?? Come on, man. And you call this woman your soulmate?
Pacey: Will, be safe, man.
Will: I'll do my best. So, any advice?
Pacey: Yeah, you know, avoid public nudity, stay off drugs, try not to murder anybody, the obvious stuff. And one last thing... don't sleep with any of your teachers. Believe me, it never works out as well as you think.
Will: Witter words of wisdom. Priceless. Here's some for you. Don't give up.
Pacey: Give up?
Will: On true love. It always wins in the end.
You know, hate is a pretty strong word, Pacey. So is love. - Andie
Episode 22 The Anti-Prom
Joey: I gotta say, you've been a little thin in the advice department lately.
Bessie: Well, give me a problem that actually has a solution and I'll solve it.
Barbara: Just because the dregs of society go to your prom does not make it a success. Nobody that matters would be caught dead there. I certainly wouldn't go if you paid me.
Jack: Oh, that's a good thing. 'Cause we don't want your kind at our prom.
Joey: You remember that?
Pacey: I remember everything.
Andie: Have you told her how you feel?
Pacey: Andie, she already knows how I feel.
Andie: I mean, have you really told her, Pacey? You can't just leave without letting her know. I mean, that's not like you. You don't just stand and let things happen and you don't run away, either. You have to tell her that you love her. And you have to try to get her back. Because if you don't, I promise you, you will regret it.
Pacey: Maybe.
Andie: No, Pacey. You will.
Episode 23 True Love
Doug: Hey Pacey, you sure this trip is such a good idea?
Pacey: I already cleared it with dad, okay? Stay close to shore, call home every week, I know the drill.
Doug: That's not exactly what I'm talking about…
Pacey: You going to miss me? Is that it, Doug?
Doug: You know what you think you're leaving behind here is just going to be that much bigger when you're out there alone. Does Joey know you're leaving?
Pacey: If she knows, I didn't tell her.
Doug: So I guess she really doesn't know how you feel about her either, right?
Pacey: She knows how I feel.
Doug: Pacey, have you spelled it out to her, in clear unwavering terms? Have you done that?
Pacey: And what exactly do you think would happen if I did that, Doug?
Doug: Worst case, nothing. Best case, she gives you a reason to stay.
Pacey: See, that right there is what happens to the male mind when it's exposed to too many Katherine Hepburn movies.
Doug: Every time you look at the stars, you're gonna see her face. You can't run away from her face.
Pacey: Well, I can try.
Jen: You know, there really is a certain pleasing summitry to this. You, me, together again. President and vice president of the Bitter Club, reunited for one last session.
Jack: I'm not bitter.
Jen: Hey Jack, when he comes over here would you mind telling him that I still mean everything I said, that I haven't changed my mind, and that I hope that football camp in Cleveland is sweaty, gross, girl-free, not to mention painful and debilitating.
Jack: Do you realize how mature this is?
Jen: Why don't you tell Henry that if he would like his book back, he should probably start digging.
Jack: Translation? She threw it away because it's a painful reminder of how much she regrets freaking out like a total drama queen and breaking up with you at the prom.
Dawson, for what it's worth, I'm not over the pain of this either. Letting go isn't a one time thing. It's something you have to do over and over again, every day. - Andie
Doug: Miss Potter, I clocked you going...
Joey: You have a radar gun?!
Doug: Visual assessment. You were going 5 to 7 miles per hour below the posted speed limit on this particular Capeside thoroughfare, but I'll let it go with a warning this time.
Joey: I promise to be careful.
Doug: It's not that kind of warning. I just thought you might like to know, that unbeknown to you a particular attitude-challenged younger sibling is preparing to leave Capeside for the summer. Seems he's going to sail himself down to the Florida Keyes for the next three months.
Joey: When does he leave?
Doug: In a couple of days. I just thought you might like to know about it before it was too late for you to say or do something.
Joey: Thank you.
Doug: It's not a problem, Ms. Potter. Passenger advisories is typical officer protocol.
Joey: This is your solution?
Pacey: What are you talking about?
Joey: You're leaving?
Pacey: Uh-huh.
Joey: Just when things get tough you're gonna pack up and leave?
Pacey: That's the general idea, yeah.
Joey: Oh, real mature, Pacey.
Pacey: Well, what do you want me to do? Sit around all summer and watch from afar as you and Dawson attempt to resuscitate your ailing relationship. No thanks.
Joey: All I asked for was time.
Pacey: And that's exactly what you got. And you're gonna get three more months of it.
Dawson: If you have some place else you'd rather be, why don't you just go?
Joey: What are you talking about?
Dawson: Do I have to spell it out for you? Pacey's going away party.
Joey: I'm here, aren't I?
Dawson: Yeah, in body, but not in spirit. Joey, you've got nothing positive to say. You're basically going through the motions with a scowl on your face.
Joey: Dawson, I'm doing the best I can, can you cut me some slack?
Dawson: Cut me some slack, Joey. Don't make me feel like this.
Joey: Like what?
Dawson: Like you're stuck with me. Alright, I don't deserve that.
Grams: Oh look! Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. Okay, who wants to make the first wish?
Jen: Oh my... Aw... Aw... I just bit into a crab shell. Chip my tooth, great, great. Just what I need to keep men permanently away from me.
Andie: Well, if that doesn't work, you can always join me this summer in the nunnery.
Jack: Hey, at least you get to have relationships before they failed.
Grams: Good grief, you all sound like a bunch of old babies.
It means you were right. That my leaving would be giving up on you and I'm not quite prepared to do that just yet. But it also means that I need to know that you're not quite prepared to give up on me either. So, all that being said, I refer to the wall. With it's hastily, yet adoringly written SOS, which I guess speaks for itself. I spent an hour and a half staring at this half-painted wall after we talked last night. Just staring and thinking. So, the way I figured it, it's your turn to stare now. - Pacey
Pacey: So you made your choice. Right there you made your choice.
Joey: I guess I have.
Pacey: Yeah. That wasn't so hard, was it? You should have made it months ago. Saved us all a lot of time and energy. And heartache.
Pacey: Jo?
Joey: Yup?
Pacey: I don't even get a goodbye?
Joey: Goodbye, Pacey.
Dawson: Joey, come on. Even I can see it. Pacey is this year's Paris. And this time you have to go. You have to see for yourself. I can stand here and tell you that it's a colossal mistake and that all roads lead back to me, but that's not going to make any bit of difference. Words and speeches sound great, but they don't add up to anything. All that matters right now is what you want.
Joey: I don't even know what I want, Dawson.
Dawson: Yes, you do. You want him. You want him like I want you. You love him like I love you. The only difference is, he loves you back the same way. And you deserve that, okay? And I'm not going to be the one who stands in the way of you getting there. You're free. Do can do whatever you want.
Jack: I can't... I can't keep going through this. It's like having all the problems of a typical teenager and then there's this whole other level of constant fear and pain. Do you know the anguish I went through over a kiss? One stupid little kiss. Most people don't have to do that.
Mr. McPhee: You're right, they don't.
Jack: Then why me? I don't want to be different. I didn't ask to be gay.
Mr. McPhee: No more than I asked for a gay son. But, boy, am I glad that I got one.
Jack: You don't mean that.
Mr. McPhee: Yeah, I do.
Pacey: Jo, departure time is in T-minus 30 seconds, so if there's a point, I suggest you get to it.
Joey: I think I'm in love with you.
Pacey: You think or you know?
Joey: I know. I've known it since the moment you kissed me and maybe even before that. As scary as it is, I don't want to deny it anymore, Pacey. I don't want to run from it and I don't want to let it run from me.
Pacey: So... what are we going to do here, Jo?
Joey: I want to come with you.
Pacey: What? Are you crazy?
Joey: I want to stop standing still, I want to move forward, I want to come with you.
Pacey: What about Bessie and the B&B? They need you.
Joey: Not as much as I need you, Pacey.
Joey: Permission to come aboard?
Pacey: Permission granted.
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