Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT All The Right Moves
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.21.2003
Over at the NotEnron party, Bobby Briggs and Pacey work the room. After a bit of glad-handing, Bobby Briggs abandons Pacey to go do some high-level schmoozing. Pacey shovels in some canapés and minds his own business. Eventually, an attractive dark-haired women in a skimpy dress races up to him and begs him to pretend to be deep in conversation with her. See, she's trying to escape this ninety-year-old man who won't stop grabbing her ass. "Okay. Hi," Pacey says. "That's it? she asks. "Okay, hi. I'm Pacey Witter," our hero tries again. This woman -- who won't get a name in this episode, so let's just call her Fede RalAgent -- has heard of him. "Let's just say that your reputation precedes you," she coos. She makes it her business to know these things, Fede RalAgent tells him, before making it very, very clear that she does not work for NotEnron. Why doesn't she just wear a shirt that reads, "I'm Undercover"? She looks at him closely and wonders why he's working for Boiler Room, Inc., instead of being in college. How does Fede RalAgent know Pacey hasn't already graduated from college? I mean, if she's not working undercover for the FBI and all? Way to break cover, missy. Pacey yammers something about money and the thrill of the sell and whatever. Wake me up when he buys another boat.
Joey sits at the bar at Liberty Hell's Kitchen, reading Oliver's stories. Flip-Flops comes racing in, hair on end, demanding to know where Harley is. Joey calmly informs him that his daughter is not at the bar, but Flip-Flops spends the next five minutes calling for Harley. He stops caterwauling long enough to tell Joey that Harley's school has just called him: Harley's cut class for the fourth time in a month. Harley is okay, I guess, but why do we care if she cuts class or not? Let's move this puppy along. If this is the final season of Dawson's Creek -- and trust me, I'm doing everything I can to make sure it is, up to and including animal sacrifices -- shouldn't they be trying to wrap things up? Shouldn't we be moving to some kind of resolution? Of course, in this instance, I sympathize with the writers: if the network hasn't given them the official word, it must be tough to write their episodes, because they have to hedge their bets as far as the end of the series goes. In other words: make it official, WB, and let us all get on with our lives! Anyway, Joey swears that Harley is not at the bar, and Flip-Flops takes a seat and frantically asks Joey if she thinks Harley is okay. He's very concerned. "I've started to realize that my little muffin might just be a juvenile delinquent," he tells her earnestly. Joey chuckles that Harley is no delinquent. "It's all just a front," she tells him. Flip-Flops points out that this doesn't change the fact that Harley is AWOL. "Our little girl is missing!" he yelps. At this point, of course, Harley shows up. Flip-Flops embraces her fiercely, then demands to know where she's been. "I just had an errand to run. In Worchester," she says. And, on cue, Oliver walks into the frame. "Hey," he drawls. Yeah, he's still pretty. At least we'll always have that.