Episode Report Card Sars: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dear old golden rule days
By Sars | Season 4 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.10.2001
Kind of a weird panning cut to Pacey and Joey unloading the Witter Wagoneer, followed by an even weirder product placement of Royal Oak charcoal. Joey offers to help him carry the charcoal, then changes gears and says she knows they haven't "discussed us yet," but she's still processing her acceptance and blah. "It's kinda weird to get your dream," she shrugs, and Pacey says he knows, because he says that every time he looks at Joey. Awww. But Joey deflects the compliment, of course, saying that he always changes the subject. Pacey deflects in turn, saying that they won't talk about it today, because it's her day to celebrate "this most amazing accomplishment that [she has] worked so hard for." Aw. Good boyfriend! Does the good boyfriend want a biscuit? That's a goooood boyfriend! Joey smiles shyly. Pacey goes to get a dolly for the charcoal.
Joey lets herself in the back door of the PB&B and puts down the groceries -- and of course there's a bundle of celery sticking out the top; why do they always do that on TV and in the movies? We can figure out that it's groceries. It's a grocery bag. You don't need to put a bundle of herbs at the top -- and flips through the mail. In the background, Alexander coos. There's a letter from the bursar at Worthington, and Joey opens it, but before she does, there's a long shot of the front of the envelope, and in the interests of high standards in nit-picking, I'll note that the zip for Capeside, "02118," doesn't exist, and neither does any zip code close to it; Cape Cod zip codes start with "026." In case anyone cares. Yeah, neither do I, actually. Moving along, Joey reads the letter, and her face freezes, probably because it's so hard for Katie Holmes to hold her eyelids up under the drift of blue shadow smeared on them -- like, make-up people? It's not a Christina Aguilera video. And that's just about the only good thing about this show, so please, quit it with the eye-shadow. Bessie comes over to tell Joey that "it looks like everyone RSVPed" for the party, then asks what's wrong. Joey gulps that she got the financial aid package from Worthington. "So, how much is a full ride?" Bessie asks. Joey wouldn't know; Worthington wants her to kick in fifteen grand. Bessie grabs the letter, saying that "that can't be right," that they don't have that kind of money. Joey, close to tears, says quickly that she knows that, but after a moment she gets control of herself and snips that she knew it "was too good to be true," that it's the universe's way of saying not so fast, she isn't going anywhere. Oh, please, drama queen. It's called a loan. Look into it. Joey shoots Bessie a "what can you do?" look as we fade to commercial.