Episode Report Card Sars: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Baby blues
By Sars | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.24.2001
Tutoring. Will looks on as Tobey and Jack straighten up...er, tidy up, and Tobey tells Jack that he's good at "this teaching thing." Jack says he enjoys it. Tobey teases him some more about the tardiness, and Jack tells him that, as "penance," he'll stay to close up and Tobey can leave early. Tobey protests, but Jack makes him go on ahead, and Tobey finally agrees and takes off. Will shoots Jack a knowing look. Well, maybe. With that actor, it's hard to tell. What the hell, I'll give it to him: heh.
Tobey race-walks to the bus stop, product-placing a Puma t-shirt, as The Piano Of Foreboding plays. A guy already sitting at the stop looks up warily at Tobey, who small-talks, "Whew, cold night. Buses run late," and smiles awkwardly at the guy. The guy gets up, and his back blocks Tobey from view...
...just as Joey's blocks ours as she gets out of the Potter pickup and stomps up to the porch of the Witterschloss. Gretchen's sitting outside, and Joey apologizes for coming by so late, but she really needs to talk to Pacey, and does Gretchen know how she can get in touch with him? Gretchen doesn't, but she's sure Pacey will call as soon as he gets back. Joey shoots her a stink-eye before asking, "There's something wrong, isn't there?" and saying that "this isn't like Pacey." Gretchen shakes her head sadly, and when Joey asks what's going on, Gretchen mutters, "You know, I told him I wouldn't do this anymore, and I won't," and stomps to the other end of the porch. "What?" Lying, Gretchen whines: "It's the worst thing for everyone." Then she fills Joey in on Pacey's drunk-and-disorderly arrest, adding that Doug took him camping to help him sort things through. Joey's all "oh my god" like Pacey held up a bank or something, and Gretchen rambles on about "an intense time" blah blah blah "planning our futures" blah blah blah "what we're gonna do with the rest of our lives" blah blah blah fishcakes, winding up by saying that they have to "put all that aside" and do everything they can to make Pacey's life easier, "or he might not have much of one." Joey turns to shoot Gretchen a sulky stare, and Gretchen tries to get Joey to promise not to put "any additional pressure" on Pacey because he's "in a lot of pain." Joey starts to bite Gretchen's head off, then thinks better of it and asks in a hard tone, "Do you or do you not know how I can get in touch with him?" Gretchen asks angrily if Joey heard a word she just said. Joey says she can't "promise [her] that," and Gretchen snaps, "I mean, how could you possibly be that selfish?" Joey sets her jaw, then smiles acidly and informs Gretchen, "I'm late." Oh, for god's sake, Joey. First of all, at your age, it's not uncommon for girls to have irregular periods, and stressing about it always makes it worse, so just take a deep breath and try not to panic. Second of all, it's not like Pacey can do anything about it one way or the other -- I mean, yeah, you should tell him, but either your period will come or it won't, and whether you tell him now or later, he can't change the situation. I mean, do you expect him to wave a hand over your uterus and draw the blood forth like a dowser? It's not like I can't sympathize, but two lousy days won't make the difference here. Take a Valium, buy an EPT, and cram it. Jesus.