Episode Report Card Sars: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Psychic Friends
By Sars | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Aired on 03.09.1999
Outside, Miss Kennedy asks when she gets to see Dawson's "cinematic masterpiece." Dawson asks how she knew about his movie, and Miss Kennedy says that The Flash bragged on it in the faculty room. Dawson, for once, simulates modesty and says that The Flash "tends to exaggerate." Miss Kennedy makes a comment about The Flash already having rented a tux for the Oscars. Whatever. "Well, if you're not going to show it to me, at least tell me what it's about," the teacher prods; Dawson tells her it's a romance, and she says that, coincidentally, she's writing a romantic comedy for Columbia, and Dawson says he knows that. He launches into a jittery monologue about Miss Kennedy's presence in Capeside giving him hope and inspiring him to pursue the "impossible dream" of becoming a filmmaker. Miss Kennedy asks Dawson if she makes him nervous, and Dawson admits to finding her a little intimidating, which for some reason prompts her to confide, "Sometimes people mistake my ambition for arrogance. It's just that, you know, when I first started out in the business, I had to do it on my own. I guess it just toughens the exterior." "Yeah," Dawson responds with a goofy smile. Miss Kennedy: "Should have guessed your film was a love story." Dawson: "Really? Why?" Miss Kennedy: "You have quite the romantic spirit, Dawson Leery." Sars: "[Hurl.]"
Joey bitches about paying five bucks for such a crappy fortune, deriding the careworn "tall dark stranger" bit. She and Jack get back to the (unsupervised in their absence) art booth to find said tall dark stranger inquiring of Joey, "Are these yours?" and pointing to a painting. Joey smiles with half of her face, starts to say something, and claps her lips shut.
Bring me the head of that self-styled Gen X dork on the Ford commercial. When the WB kids tell me not to do drugs, can I assume they don't mean the Maalox, No-Doz, and Advil I have come to depend on to get through the show? [And is David Boreanaz really one of the WB "kids"? Is he not forty-two years old? -- Wing Chun]
Back to the art booth. Sars pours herself a 72-ounce flagon of coffee as the tall dark not-all-that stranger compliments Joey's art and introduces himself as Colin Manchester. Joey says "hi," and Colin tells her to keep up the good work. Then Colin leaves, after staring at Joey like an understudy for Jeff Bridges in Starman the entire time. Jack smacks Joey on the shoulder and says, "Let me get this straight. Your destiny walks up to you, introduces himself, and you send him packing?" Joey admits that she panicked, but says she doesn't want a boyfriend because she is -- all together now -- looking for herself. Jack suggests that maybe Colin is a sign, or "the answer to getting that pre-millennium, no-strings, no-commitments kiss, hmm? Come on, at least use the guy as practice. Take a chance. Have an adventure." Joey smiles and remembers that the fortune teller said the same thing, and Jack pushes her out the door of the art booth to go talk to him. Jack does not explain why their relationship has metamorphosed into an episode of Will & Grace overnight.