Episode Report Card Sars: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Secrets And Lies
By Sars | Season 3 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.09.1999
Commercial break, during which I think we can safely assume that Pacey peels off his Bad Idea Jeans and he and Andie have sex. I can't say I've never "bought tickets for the reunion tour" myself, but it never ends well for anyone.
I don't like Cat Stevens, camping, or Timberland gear, but for some reason I really dig that commercial.
Fade up the next morning. Pacey drops Andie at McPhee Manor. Andie thanks Pacey for "taking care of" her. Oh, is that what the kids call it these days? Pacey says, "Right back at ya, Andie." Andie babbles about "whatever did or did not happen" the night before. Pacey calls her on the babbling. Andie babbles more. Pacey again calls her on the babbling. Anyway, long story short, Andie makes reference to what may happen as a result of their -- whatever-ing and asks if Pacey "is feeling what I'm feeling," and he says, "I am," and she says that makes her "so happy," and she kisses him as he looks grave, and she unbuckles her safety belt and perks out of the car and into the house. Pacey watches her go and closes his eyes in pain. He looks pretty cute in this scene.
The Shack. Rob on the front porch. Joey: "Didn't you read the sign? No known sex offenders within two hundred yards of my property." Sars: "Old -- Old Joey? Is that -- could it be -- you?" Joey preparing to slam the door on Rob; Rob catching the door and protesting, "I didn't do it!" Joey setting her jaw and telling him his delivery needs work: "I suggest a less forceful interpretation." Preparation For Door Slammage Number Two, followed by Catching Of Mid-Slam Door Number Two, and by Rob grabbing Joey, then immediately backing off when he sees the look of combined terror and fury on her face. Rob: "Tell me -- tell me that she hasn't gone to the police." Joey telling Rob that if he touches her again, she'll scream; Joey referring to "William Kennedy Smith." Sars wondering why the writers couldn't have found a less dated rapist reference, like, say, Alex Kelly, on whom they've obviously modeled Rob in the first place. Rob saying Andie led him on and that when they started kissing, Andie tweaked. I don't like Rob, but he's got history on his side. Alas, he's got it against him too, and Joey points this out; he admits that he doesn't have much credibility in this area, but says there's a difference between sexual harassment and -- Joey finishes for him, "Sexual assault?" Then she says he can draw the line wherever he likes, but both are against the law. She gears up for the third slam attempt, and Rob grabs her arm again; she stiffens. Awkward silence. Rob fumes, "I've never forced myself on anyone." Joey just wants to get rid off him, and she bites off, "If you say so." Rob brings up Andie's history of mental illness as a possible reason, and Joey says she'll pretend she didn't hear that, goes inside, and finally, on the fourth try, succeeds in slamming the door on a still-protesting Rob, who is yelling that he doesn't understand why else Andie would accuse him falsely. Ask the writers, Rob. But don't use any big words. Joey fumes some more.