Episode Report Card 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Abby Morgan, Rest In Peace
By Sars | Season 2 | Episode 19 | Aired on 05.04.1999
Bring me the head of Christopher Lloyd.
Fade up on a slo-mo montage of the Capeside kids placing carnations on Abby's coffin at the grave and making mourning faces. From the looks of the trees in the cemetery, spring has somehow sprung in Capeside. Memo to the writers: WHAT FREAKIN' SEASON IS IT? Speaking of elements of this show that I will never understand, cut to Dawson and Joey. As they walk through the cemetery's garden, Dawson babbles a bit about editing his movie and watching Abby's footage, and says that it hit him "just how fleeting life is." Gee, what a deep insight. Not. Anyway, Dawson uses this so-called revelation as a springboard to talk about their relationship, and he says that he doesn't want to die not knowing what might have been or some such nonsense, and then he stammers, "Joey, I am so happy about what happened between us the other night." Joey doesn't respond; she seems to be stifling giggles. Dawson natters, "You know, I could just keep on talking until you say something, but usually the more I talk, the more chances there are I'm gonna screw up, so," and Joey shuts him up (woo hoo!) by kissing him (blecchhh). She smiles tenderly and says, "Of course I'm happy," and Dawson gives her a gratified Muppet-y smile, and Sars jams a knitting needle into her left eye. Memo to Joey: Ew. Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew -- and furthermore, ewwwww. Joey frowns and says she has to "go someplace" and asks Dawson to walk with her.
Pacey and Andie. Pacey tells her that she's had him "worried these past few days," but that as usual she got her act together in fine style. Andie says the whole experience brought her "closer to Tim," which I don't really get, but whatever. Pacey nuzzles her, but then she spots Jen sitting alone by the grave and says, "I'm gonna go talk to her." Andie approaches Jen where she sits on a folding chair, wiping her eyes, and when Jen sees Andie, she seems almost relieved; Jen then apologizes for blaming Abby's death on Andie, and proceeds to blame herself for inviting Abby out and getting her drunk and so on. Andie tells Jen that she must have done everything she could to save Abby, but "the current was too strong," and Jen cries that she saw Abby in the water and "she was so scared," and Andie sits next to Jen and tells her not to think about that. Jen calls herself "weak, because I can't just accept the blame, I had to deflect it onto everybody else -- onto Capeside, onto you, onto my Grams, I -- oh God, and that speech, that [fucking] speech! What was I thinking, huh?" (Okay, sidebar. In semi-polite company, I sometimes "bleep" myself so that I only say "f" and then "ing" instead of "fucking," and it looks like Michelle Williams did that here. Closed captioning only showed an ellipsis, so she may in fact have said "fucking," but I can't tell. Illicit-cursing sidebar over.) Andie calls herself "a people-pleaser" and says for people-pleasing to work she has to act phony, but "Abby was the exact opposite. She put her truth above everything, and that's what you did. It was a memorial for Abby, and you were just being truthful to her spirit." Way to look at the bright side, Andie, but Jen doesn't buy it, saying that sometimes "it's better just to shut up" instead of speaking your truth. Could someone tell Dawson that, maybe? The girls both sigh. Then, for some reason, Andie tells Jen about Abby's "pretty nasty" diary and says that if Mrs. Morgan finds it, "she's gonna be devastated." Jen doesn't say anything.