Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D | 2 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Parental Discretion Advised
By Wing Chun | Season 2 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.25.1999
Elsewhere at school, Sheriff John "Santini" Witter is dropping Pacey "Come To My Window" Witter off as the dispatcher announces an address over the radio. Pacey says, "That's the Icehouse. You guys staking it out?" The Sheriff says, "That's none of your concern." Exasperatedly, Pacey says, "Pop, if this means you're going to start harassing Joey's dad --" The Sheriff says, "I'm not harassing anyone. I wear a badge; I do a job." Bad boys! Whatcha gonna do? Pacey says, "Mr. Potter's finally putting his family's life back together. The guy deserves a break." The Sheriff says, "I'll be the judge of that. In the meantime, you've got a final to get to, now don't screw it up." Pacey considers this a moment, then says, "Is there any possibility that your advice will ever take on a positive tone?" The Sheriff says, "I'm positive that you better not screw it up." Hee hee! My dad isn't mean like the Sheriff, but he does say things like that. Pacey sarcastically says, "It's really great that we can have these talks every morning."
He starts to get out of the car, but the Sheriff grabs his arm and says, "Since your little girlfriend left, your attitude has gone from bad to worse and I don't approve of it. No girl is worth messing up your life over, you hear me?" Pacey stonily replies, "May I go now, sir?" His father says nothing, and starts the car. Pacey gets out and slams the door. Dawson stands on the sidewalk, squinting in a spectacularly unflattering way after the departing car. He asks if the Sheriff tried to run Pacey over. Pacey says he might as well have, "the bastard." Dawson asks if he's heard from Andie yet. Pacey says he hasn't, but casually says she'll call.
Inside, Mr. Milo proctors one of Pacey's exams. Pacey flips open his exam booklet, and listlessly lets it fall closed again.
Dawson enters the Icehouse as some Cobainnabe whines, "It's too late" on the soundtrack. Mr. Pothead is standing in what is evidently going to be the Icehouse After Dark, since it's painted red and has a strategically-lighted stage. "Dawson," says Mr. Pothead. "I suppose you want to know what the hell I think I'm doing." Dawson says, "No, not really. I'm just here to tell you that whatever it is, I don't believe it." At this point the director makes the unfortunate decision to cut to a tight close-up of Dawson's face, switched back to his Village of the Damned dead-eyed look. Why, WHY doesn't anyone in this town ever haul off and plow him right in his smug, judgmental face? Anyway, he says, in a tone informed by years of privilege: "I saw you in the back room with Pete the other day when I was returning your tools. I don't believe it. I don't believe that a man who claims to love his children with all his heart and all his soul would traffic cocaine through the family business." "Dawson," Mr. Pothead interjects ineffectually. Dawson will not be stopped: "I do believe that anyone engaged in such a blatantly criminal activity would put the well-being of his family ahead of his own selfishness and remove himself from that situation." Mr. Pothead says, "What if that man found himself stuck. Would you believe that?" Dawson says, "If that were true, a smart man would do absolutely everything in his power, for the sake of the people who love him, to un-stick himself. And he'd do it fast." With that, Dawson turns on his heel and struts out, well-pleased with himself. Let's just recall, once again, that Dawson DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING about this situation and is basing his accusations on circumstantial evidence and wild conjecture. Let's also recall that Dawson is sixteen, and that he lacks the life experience to back up this kind of penis-waving display of bravado. Let's recall, finally, that there is more to acting the emotion "angry" than failing to move one's eyebrows, no matter how prodigious the size of said eyebrows may be.