Episode Report Card Sars: C- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Future Shock
By Sars | Season 6 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.13.2003
But we do see Jen "Heart Of Darkness" Lindley lurking in the back of the classroom during that last exchange, and as the class files out, she and Jack greet each other. Jen wheels in a baby carriage containing her daughter -- and Jack's goddaughter -- and Jack says "hey, gorgeous" to the baby, who…isn't, so much. Au Bon Pain gets a product placement. Jen compliments Jack on his mad teaching skillz. Banter about erasing their traumatic high school memories. Beaming. Plans for later. Reference to Jack and Doug as an "old married couple" after six months. Bitching from Jack about the closet, and how it's getting stuffy in there. Jen's all, "Oh, still?" and Jack shrugs that Doug is "a paranoid, closeted freak…but he's my paranoid, closeted freak." Girl, please.
Casa Leery. Dawson enters. Gale "Book 'Im, Tan-O" Leery runs out to hug him and call him "handsome" without a hint of irony and ask how he's doing. Dawson's tired from the flight and has to knock off five scenes by the next day, and he still doesn't have an ending for the season finale. Exposition about Gale remarrying. You know, good for her and all, but it's really too bad they couldn't exhume The Flash for the finale -- his overacting always cracked me up. Then Lily too-cutes, "Dawson!" and runs down the stairs to hug him. She tells him that she just got Annie Hall on DVD, and does he want to watch it with her? "Sure, go set it up," he says. Beek acts kind of sweet with the kid, actually, and it's nice to see that one sibling in that family has passable taste in directors, but…as Dawson raised-eyebrows to Gale, "Annie Hall?" For real. Annie Hall seems a little mature for a seven-year-old.
Upstairs, the Sanctum is festooned with The Creek posters, framed cover stories about everyone's least favorite blunderkind, and black-and-white pictures of the gang from Dawson's photog period. The boat shelving that Demian admires is still there, as is that dork-o-rama director's chair with Dawson's name painted on it. Dawson comes in and looks around broodily, then picks up a second-season-vintage picture of himself and Joey. The Flute Of Oh God, Here We Go Again tootles a warning.
Nighttime. It's raining. At the Icehouse, Pacey schmoozes with customers. Then he looks outside, and we go to IT-Cam Slo-Mo as Joey comes up the front walk. Pacey watches her and breaks into a big old grin, and as she folds her umbrella and comes inside, he rushes her and swoops her up into a revolving hug. Okay: Aw. He comments that she's "heavy," and she beams at him, "Watch it, Witter." Then he says something about how he thought she couldn't make it, probably in reference to the Sisto subplot that got chopped down to the bone, and Joey glosses it with, "Uh…long story." Pacey gives Joey a big introduction to the entire restaurant, and she gets a round of applause, for…coming back? To Capeside? I have no idea. Whatever. It's the IT. Joey looks around and enthuses at how this is "all yours," and Pacey self-deprecates that it's his, "the bank's, several family members'," and asks if she's hungry. She's starving. More hugging and "it's so good to see you"-ing, and Pacey says that "it's been way too long, Jo," and over his shoulder, we see him looking googly. She looks the same way over his shoulder, and then her face lights up when she sees…ew, Dawson. He's standing in the doorway with an icky "drop everything and worship me" look on his face. In response, Pacey and Joey look guilty, like, ew -- it's all ancient history, you three, so drop it already. Then Dawson has the grace to smile beneficently at them as we fade to commercial.