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
Cut to Andie, berating Joey for going behind her back: "I thought you were supposed to be my friend." Joey makes a "whatever" face and says, "I am, Andie." Andie accuses Joey of going to Pacey and sabotaging "everything." Joey doesn't know what she means, since she hasn't even spoken to Pacey since the Rob incident. Andie asks bitterly, "And I'm supposed to believe that?" "It's the truth!" Joey says. Andie wonders why "one minute we're together, and the next he never wants to see me again." Sars wonders how Andie derived either of those conclusions from the things Pacey said. Joey asks when this happened, and Andie says, "Tonight, an hour ago -- right after you went and told him that I made up the entire story about Rob just to get him back." Joey looks flabbergasted before admitting that the possibility did cross her mind, but "I didn't believe it, not for a minute!" Andie bitches, "Is that right?" Joey sputters that she knows Andie, and she knows Andie would never do anything "so hurtful and, and plainly wrong." Andie looks into the distance; her eyes fill with tears, and she turns away from Joey. Joey prods her, and Andie snaps that Joey doesn't know her: "You don't know what I'm capable of when I set my sights on something." Well, at the very least, she knows you're capable of giving yourself awful haircuts and acting like a right bitch when people try to help you. ["I bet she could even rip a long evening gown into a smart little minidress if she were to, say, step on the hem with her heel. She might even enjoy a Mento in celebration of her resourcefulness." -- Wing Chun] Anyhow. Joey tells her firmly, "Andie, you're a stubborn and determined person -- there's nothing wrong with that." Andie says no, it's more than that; she gets blinders on when she wants something, and everything else "just gets -- blocked out somehow." Joey asks suspiciously what she means. Andie says, "I'm talking about Pacey. I love him and I need him. And the truth is -- I don't know what the truth is anymore." Joey looks thoughtful; whether she has figured out that Andie lied about Rob, or whether she just feels sorry for Andie, or both, I can't tell, but as a Lilithite begins keening, she sits down beside Andie and hugs her shoulders.
Non-touching vignette montage: Jen watches Miss F, in tiara, bonding with the drag queens; Henry wanders on the waterfront, looking rather handsome; Gale unburdens herself to The Flash; Pacey vigorously sands "True Love" (no comment); back to Joey comforting Andie as Andie snuffles and schemes.