Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D | 2 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Four To Tango
By Wing Chun | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.30.1999
Andie and Jack are back in the library. Andie asks Jack if he's asked BenStreet about "Prom Guy" yet. Jack says that Ben and Prom Guy never really dated, but just did "the prom thing" as a statement. Andie comments, "Political commitment. I like that -- in moderation, of course." What the hell does that mean? Did some WB censor insert that line to make sure that we, the viewers, knew that Jack wouldn't -- and shouldn't -- date a radical Act Up guy? Why the hell shouldn't he? After all, he's here, he's queer, and I think at this point we're all used to it. Anyway, Andie asks what else Jack has found out. Jack says he's a saxophonist, a "huge Charlie Parker fan," and that he runs "all-conference track." Andie says he "sounds hot." Andie, please get your own sex life. It's not like you haven't proven that YOU CAN. She asks what Ben looks like. Jack says that's not important. Dismissively, Andie says, "Well, yeah, but he saw you on the web in your uniform. It's only fair." A librarian glances over at them. Jack says they're "only writing, here," and that "it's not like [they're] going on a date." Andie adds, "Yet." The librarian addresses them, but instead of telling them to either (a) shut up in the library, or (b) quit trying to pick up on the school's dime, she remarks, "I dated a guy from the internet once. Hideous." Hey, is that a dig at MBTV? Because all our contributors and users are, in a word, gorgeous. Anyway, Andie smirks at Jack, who stammers that he will get a picture, after all.
Jen struts into the video store smoothing her hair while the Soulful Guitar of Imminent Illicit Nookie strums on the soundtrack. She rings the bell on the counter only to see Dawson emerge from the back room. Her face immediately falls. Heh. He asks what she's doing there, and whether she shouldn't be "out campaigning for Prom Queen." She smirks somewhat tolerantly, and explains that she's "working on a project with Pacey -- a human growth and development thing," and asks if he's there. Dawson says he isn't in until Tuesday. Jen says Pacey had told her he'd be working today, but that she must have gotten things confused. Bitterly, Dawson says that isn't surprising, considering "what a flake" Pacey has been lately. Well, isn't that just the bran calling the corn...well, you know. He adds, "There aren't any especially do-able faculty members I don't know about, are there?" I guess given that you know about your dad, no.
Jen snorts and asks why he's asking. Dawson says that the last time he noticed Pacey acting "this weird," he ended up finding him having sex with TaMAHra. Jen asks, "You don't think that Pacey's older-woman fetish has returned with a vengeance, do you?" Dawson mutters that he doesn't know what to think, while pouting his way into the back room. Jen says, "But you're definitely thinking something." Dawson tells her about coming home the day before to find Pacey in his bedroom. Jen stammers, "Wow. Was he alone?" Dawson says that he was, and that he was "playing one of the many fine videogame titles available for the Dreamcast-chewing Sony Playstation -- in this case, Crash Bandicoot." Jen makes a face and asks, "Dawson, I hope that's not one of your clever euphemisms for..." Jen, considering that cleverness is as alien to Dawson as good hair or subtlety, I'd say there's no danger of that. Dawson chuckles and explains that it's a videogame, and adds that the weird part is that he found a condom on the floor that night, and when he went to ask Pacey about it, he and Joey "were huddled together like it was some sort of conspiracy." Jen looks alarmed, and nervously asks whether Dawson has spoken to Pacey about it since; Dawson says that he hasn't, since Pacey took off and has been dodging Dawson ever since. Jen looks relieved.