Episode Report Card Jessica: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hotel New Hampshire
By Jessica | Season 5 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.27.2001
Pacey and SWSNBR. Anti-banter. Pacey compliments You Know Who on not yelling at him, or complaining. See, this is a problem in a relationship, when the big compliment isn't, you know, "you look gorgeous," or "you're hysterically funny," or "your spot-on insights into pop culture make me weak in the knees," but rather, "thanks for not making me cry." SWSNBR tells Pacey not to "ruin the moment with unnecessary compliments." They stroll up the walkway to You Know Who's door, as Pacey tells This Person that he thinks they ought to "ruin this night silly with unnecessary flattery!" SWSNBR just giggles at him, which is a fairly realistic reaction toward Charming, Charming, Leather-Coated Pacey. You Know Who tells him she "had a great time." She leans against the doorjamb. "Yeah, I'll take that," Pacey says, grinning. She stares. He gazes. He leans into kiss her cheek, but SWSNBR turns at the last moment and smacks him right on the mouth. They eat each other's faces.
She Who Shall Not Be Recapped and Pacey stumble into You Know Who's apartment, ripping off their clothes and knocking over lamps and rolling around on the sofa. This episode is just full of the sex! It's a sexpisode!
Hooksett: Where Boys Become Men. The credits of A.I Brooks: Money For Nothing (Chicks For Free) begin to roll, as the crowd gives Dawson a standing ovation. I knew I'd need that vomit bowl eventually. Dawson looks alternately stunned and pleased as the lights come up and some old dude wanders up to the lectern. When the Old Dude first saw A.I. Brooks: Give Me Some Money, Old Man!, he says, he knew he was "in the hands of a talented filmmaker. But [he] was equally moved by a letter that accompanied the submission." An ice-cream stained letter from the Flash. Dawson shoots Jen a surprised and thrilled and sad look. Shockingly, it's not all that obnoxious. Jen gazes sympathetically at her lap. The Old Dude tells the crowd that he received Dawson's movie late, but made an exception. "After five minutes, I knew Mitch Leery was right -- I absolutely could not ignore his son's work." With this, he introduces the Head. Who gets another standing ovation. Even Pander claps wildly. People actually "woo!" Dawson stares out at the crowd. "I don't know what to say," he begins, and then talks for twenty minutes about the Flash, and how he used to take Dawson to the movies all the time and they'd talk about the film and blah blah blah. Jen looks happy and sympathetic all at the same time. "Thank you so much. For this award. And for receiving this film so warmly," Dawson says haltingly. "I dedicate this film. To my dad. And I will remember him. Every time I look at [the award]. Thank you." Everyone claps. Jen looks all teary. "And a very special thank you to my girlfriend, Jen Lindley," Dawson finishes. Jen bursts out laughing.