Episode Report Card Sars: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT His Leading Lady
By Sars | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.02.1999
Oh, I can't wait to see "Message In A Bottle." Well, except for the "can't wait" part. And no, as a matter of fact, nobody said McDonald's.
Over at the Icehouse, Joey tells Jack "GWM" McPhee that she has to leave early because she told Dawson she would help with the shoot. Note to Joey: either put the hair UP, or leave the hair DOWN. Jack: "Okay -- do you think he'll have us working all day?" Joey: "'Us?'" Sars: "'Us?'" Apparently, Jen asked Jack to help out, and he got someone to cover his shifts. Joey asks how Dawson feels about this arrangement; Jack doesn't know. Joey makes a face like she just ate a bug and goes out to the outdoor tables (in Cape Cod. In the late fall. Whatever) to ask Devon if she can get her something to drink. Devon makes a big old pretentious Method-acting show of copying Joey's every word and gesture. Joey gets freaked out and makes Jack wait on Devon instead. Devon asks Jack to tell her everything he knows about Joey. Jack stares at Devon. Sars rings for a stewardess to dispose of her airsick bag.
Andie studies on her back porch; Pacey jogs up the steps. "How's it hangin', girl?" Pacey asks. Andie says she "can't concentrate" and "I've got a ton of homework." Pacey sighs and says he couldn't decide whether to confront her about this, but he just wants to "get it out in the open," and asks her, "Do you want to talk to me about the pill bottle I saw in your bathroom yesterday?" Andie looks dismayed, but recovers quickly with, "It's my mother's," and she gets up in order to avoid Pacey's eyes. Pacey says he doesn't mind if she doesn't want to talk about it, but he doesn't want her to lie to him. Andie stops writing, taps her pad with her pencil, and admits, "I started taking it right after Tim died -- helps even out my mood swings." Well, Xanax doesn't exactly do that, but whatever. Pacey asks why Andie felt she had to hide it from him; Andie says, "I don't know. I guess I was afraid I didn't know how you'd react, and, uh, but it doesn't matter now anyway, you know, my doctor's not gonna refill my prescription. She wants me to try therapy, but just thinking about that makes me even more stressed out, so," and she trails off. Pacey thinks "maybe therapy isn't such a bad idea," and I for one think all of Clan McPhee should get to the nearest family counselor post-haste, but Andie assures Pacey that she can take care of herself, and tells him not to look so worried: "I'm okay, okay?" Pacey looks frustrated: "But if you weren't okay, you'd tell me, right?" Andie says, "Yeah," and rubs his arm. Meredith Monroe did a very good job with "depressed but holding it together" in this scene, but I still think the writers should decide whether she suffers from anxiety, depression, or bipolar disorder, and then learn something about it, before they continue with this plot-line.