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
Café Whatever. Pacey can't believe Jen blamed Andie for Abby's death. Andie quails. Pacey tells Andie not to blame herself, especially since she "bent over backwards to befriend" Abby. Andie tells Pacey not to tell her how to feel -- if she feels upset and guilty, she feels upset and guilty. Pacey backs down in order to avoid another cake-wrecking incident, but says he doesn't "like seeing [her] like this." Then they spot Abby's mother walking up to the counter. Andie cringes. Mrs. Morgan recognizes her, and Andie reminds Mrs. Morgan that she got a ride from Mrs. Morgan once, and Mrs. Morgan says that Abby "talked a lot about" Andie, and Andie cringes again and expresses her condolences, and Mrs. Morgan asks Andie to say a few words at the funeral, since people haven't exactly lined up around the block to give a eulogy for Abby, and since Abby was "so fond of" Andie, and Andie cringes yet again but chirps, "Sure, sure." Pacey says nothing during this entire exchange, instead sitting there chewing. As Mrs. Morgan leaves, Andie looks at Pacey in horror and gasps, "Eulogy?"
The Phantom Menace. Hey, I think I might have heard something about that movie.
Outside in the rain in front of Abby's house, Pacey and Andie and their umbrellas carry a bouquet of flowers to, presumably, a wake of some kind. Pacey says that Andie doesn't have to give the eulogy, that she could still wriggle out of it somehow, but Andie says she has to, because her family deserves to have someone honor Abby's memory respectfully, and she'll always remember the nice things people said at her brother's funeral. I can respect that, I guess. As they go up the front walk, they impute significance to the fact that they've never seen Abby's house before. Pacey says he thought it would have gargoyles and a moat or something. They walk into a foyer filled with floral arrangements, which Pacey describes as "morbid," and he asks why they came since Andie will only get "more freaked out," but Andie wants to see Abby's room, "where she brushed her hair and planned her future." Pacey and Sars: "Why?" Andie says they can pay their condolences and then sneak upstairs to Abby's bedroom. Okay, everyone who cares, raise your hands. No? Nobody? Okay then. Me neither.
At the dock, Jen drinks rotgut and throws a wreath of flowers into the water.
Abby's bedroom, which looks suspiciously girly and neat considering that Abby lived in it. Andie and Pacey slink in, and Pacey points out that if Mrs. Morgan sees them, she'll think they snuck off to get some nookie in Abby's room. Andie doesn't listen to him, saying that the room seems to be "waiting for [Abby] to come back." Pacey gets creeped out and wants to leave, but Andie finds Abby's diary and informs Pacey loftily that "the real thoughts of any girl lie within the confines of her personal diary." Oh, as opposed to her "public diary"? And didn't we already cover this hokey subplot with Joey and Dawson earlier in the season? Anyway, Pacey grabs the journal away from Andie and says that they should respect people's privacy, "even in death," but Andie grabs it back and says she wants to read it so she can give a decent eulogy, not so she can satisfy her curiosity. She begins reading aloud all the bitchy things that Abby wrote within, like calling Jen a "bleach-blonde hosebag," and saying how much she hated her "dried-up old wench" of a mother, and referring to Andie as a "psycho." Before Andie can get to the part about Pacey, Pacey takes the diary away from her, saying that he doesn't want to hear it and demanding that they leave. Andie looks distressed.
Dawson drops in on Mitch "The Flash, Ph.D" Leery at school. The Flash says, "Dawson -- I was just thinking about you." Dawson says, "Huh." The Flash thinks that Abby's death has upset Dawson, so he philosophizes about dealing with death and how "it makes you realize you have to grab onto the people you love and never let go." Dawson, not bothering to hide his disdain for his father, smirks, "And on that note -- Mom was offered a job as a network correspondent in Philadelphia." The Flash says nothing, and when Dawson asks for his reaction, The Flash says he'll call her to congratulate her. Not good enough for the Condescending Conquistador, oh no. "That's it," he says, "you're gonna call up, say congratulations, and then just let her walk out of your life." The Flash doesn't like that tone of voice, but he says nothing as Dawson sneers, "'Grab onto those you love,' huh?" and stalks out of The Flash's office with his messenger bag flapping. The Flash looks vexed. If I had talked like that to my father, ever, my father would have punted me for a field goal. Then again, you wouldn't see my father out on dates with La Filmette, either, so there you go.