Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Road Trip
By Wing Chun | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 03.16.1998
Dawson and Pacey sit in the cold at a bus stop. Pacey asks Dawson if getting out of Capeside to get Jen off his mind actually worked. Dawson says it didn't, and then amends that to "maybe for awhile." Pacey asks if he has to wait all night, or if Dawson is going to tell him what happened with Nina when they were outside. Dawson sighs and said that nothing happened; he just walked her to her car. Pacey asks if Dawson's wearing that lipstick as a fashion statement. Dawson chuckles, and says nothing. Pacey elbows him and they both laugh, FOR ONCE, like the adolescents they are.
Jen reads by candlelight on Grams's porch. Joey appears at the door with a bag and asks if Jen wants to join her in "an ice cream anti-social." Like any right-thinking woman, Jen puts down the book and gets set to tuck in. Joey tells Jen that the Warren Garry information proved useful. Jen says that his public retraction is already making the rounds. Joey says, "It is news, and this is high school." After a beat, Jen asks if Joey thinks there's a way to keep Dawson from coming between them. Yeah -- can this adversarial acquaintance be saved? Joey says sure: "He's only in love with one of us." Jen quietly says, "You're right." Joey looks very alarmed at Jen's concurrence. Jen says, "It must be a lot easier than just being the object of his infatuation, huh?" Joey smiles nervously, and says nothing. Jen adds that, after today, it's unlikely that either one of them will be vying for Dawson's affections. Joey chuckles, and says that picturing Dawson being "so male" has made her nauseous all day. Can I get an "amen"? Joey asks, "Do you think he's already --?" Jen doesn't say anything. Joey makes an elaborately appalled face. Just don't think about it! Now you know how I feel.
Morning in Capeside. Joey waits in Dawson's room. When he comes in, Joey asks if he got everything he went to Providence for. He says, "I'm a non-stop sex machine. You know me." First of all, ew. Second, as if. Third, ew, ew! He asks what's new with her, and she tells him she got knocked up by a fullback. He literally pats her on the head and says, "That's nice" and falls on the bed. She asks if he had a little good, clean fun, and he replies, "Not exactly." Apprehensively, she says, "Tell me about it." He tells her he wants to tell her, but he hasn't slept in twenty-four hours. She says she can wait. He says okay, and then adds that nothing he did or saw that whole day reminded him of Jen. Uh, not even when you were talking about her five or six times? Okay, whatever. He adds that "it was like looking at the world without blinders on." He rolls over. Joey pulls the blanket over his shoulder and says, "Yeah. I can wait." Hey, I could wait forever for these two to hook up -- you know, for the record.