Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Reunited
By Wing Chun | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.11.1999
At Entre Nous, the Flash is killing the bottle of wine while La Filmette continues to talk about the movies as they relate to her: "I wanted to have the commerciality of a When Harry Met Sally... but with the drier, more ironic tone of a, you know, Nichols and May." Joey, still playing the gadfly, says, "Miss Kennedy, just out of curiosity, what exactly was the most lacking thing about Dawson's film?" Dawson regards Joey with horror as La Filmette groans, "Oh, God. Do we have to go through this again?" Dawson quickly says, "Uh, no, we don't." Joey insists, "I think we should." The Flash cautions, "Joey..." and she protests, "I'm sorry, Mr. Leery, but there's obviously a serious undercurrent of tension between Dawson and Miss Kennedy, and it seems to me that the only way they can have peace is to confront the issue that Miss Kennedy finds your son to be completely and totally without talent or ability in any way, shape or form." I know Joey is supposed to be acting, but talking shit about Dawson seems to come very easily to her. La Filmette quickly answers, "No, no, no, I didn't say that." Joey asks, "What was it that you did say?" Dawson, apparently getting it, echoes, "Yeah, what exactly did you say?" La Filmette glares at Dawson in frustration, then looks at the Flash, who expectantly awaits her answer. She sighs, then says, "Look, I believe that the key to success is not only having a dream, but having the right dream. There are plenty of people who aspire to be writers and directors, but very few actually have the potential." Dawson spits, "Who are you to be judging anybody's potential? You spent a couple of years in Hollywood before disappearing to some small east coast town to teach high school. Whatever success you had in Hollywood, it couldn't have been much," he concludes smugly. It seems to me the Flash should cut in here, but he doesn't.
La Filmette dismissively replies, "Well then it really shouldn't matter what I think of your ability, should it?" Dawson starts to answer, but says nothing. The Flash says, "Well, he's a kid with a dream, Nicole! I mean, isn't your job as a teacher to encourage him to follow it?" La Filmette totally goes off the rails here and sneers, "That's a really cozy fantasy, Mitch. But life has a meaner bite than that." Joey says, "You know, there's a name for individuals who focus on life's meaner bites." Let me guess: is it "persnickety"? Evidently not; Joey delivers the punchline: "They're called bitter." La Filmette looks around the table for someone to come to her defense. Predictably, no one does, so with forced cheer, she excuses herself. Joey looks pleased with herself. Even the Flash smirks a little. Dawson asks to speak with her, and they leave the Flash alone at the table, shaking his head ruefully. The maitre d' asks him if everything's all right. The Flash chuckles shortly, then aggressively hands him the empty wine bottle.