Episode Report Card Sars: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT First Encounters Of The Close Kind
By Sars | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.14.1999
Back in the Sanctum, Joey and Dawson kick back on the bed and discuss. Dawson feels like the prospect of going to college looms a lot larger now, and Joey agrees, wondering, "Is it the light at the end of the tunnel, or an oncoming semi?" "Or is it both?" Dawson asks. Joey says the concept will take some getting used to. Dawson glumly asks if Joey has ever had moments where the world snuck up and blindsided her. Um, Dawson, her mother died and her father got sent to jail twice -- she probably has. Idiot. Anyway, Dawson keeps feeling sorry for himself and telling non-jokey jokes about working in fast food, and after he gives Taco Bell its shout-out, Joey shuts him up by saying that life isn't all about winning: "You have to find joy in the process, you have to love what it is that you do." Dawson says, "Good point," and asks Joey what "life lessons" she learned this weekend. Joey thinks for a moment, then muses, "Well, college to me has always been about getting the hell out of Capeside, right?" Dawson nods, and Joey says that now she thinks college might have more to it: "I mean, it's scary, sure, but -- it's this world filled with these deeply passionate people, I mean, people who get excited about books and ideas and theories and -- it kind of excited me." She shrugs, sort of embarrassed. Dawson says sadly, "My suspicions have been confirmed," and Joey asks, "What do you mean?" and Dawson intones, "You are a really -- big geek," and then he smiles. That sounds super-irritating, but for Dawson, it was funny. Joey makes a "like, ha ha, not" face and folds her arms and flops back; she's silent for a moment before asking him, "So is it just me, or does this room seem a lot smaller all of a sudden?" It's just you, Joey -- take Dawson's head out of the room, and it appears normal size. "Really?" Dawson says. "I was just kinda thinking it seemed safe." They each think that over for a second before Joey sits up and says, "I'll see ya, Dawson," and Dawson says, "See ya, Joey," and she goes out the window. Fade out on Dawson looking troubled.
Last recap of the year, folks. May the new year bring you health, wealth, and happiness, and the writers a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a one-way ticket out of North Carolina.