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By Sars | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.18.1999
Dawson in voiceover: "We're taught to believe that, in the movies, the main character goes through an arc of changes. But what if that's not true? By the end of Casablanca, Bogart's the same lonely tough guy he always was." Shot of Pacey, standing in front of "their" fountain and brooding. "His decisions didn't change him; nor did his actions." Shot of Jen and Jack, snacking like girlfriends in front of the TV. "They seemed to reveal what was always there -- a man who wanted to change, but feared he couldn't." Shot of Mr. Potter at the Icehouse bar, looking distant and fearful. "If Bogart really wanted to change, he wouldn't have sent his love away." Shot of Dawson in the camcorder's viewfinder, completely misreading the entire film of which he speaks for his own short-sighted purposes. "He would have held onto her for dear life, because -- I think love is change." Dawson pushes back in his desk chair and says to himself, "Or at least I hope so," as the camera pans out to reveal Joey, tellingly asleep among her schoolbooks. Sars follows Joey down into the Land of Nod, and thus endeth the Season-Two Wraps of Sars.