Episode Report Card Sars: D+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Boyfriend
By Sars | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 03.09.1998
The Faithless Hussy puts away sporting equipment and apologizes to The Flash for the scuba-diving idea. The Flash kneels down beside her, observing that "scuba-diving, water-skiing, or bungee-jumping" won’t solve their problems. FH says she thought maybe trying something new would help, and The Flash says he doesn’t think new stuff needs working on -- maybe they "neglected some of the old things." He tells her he loves her and he’ll do whatever he has to do, and he suggests starting with something simple that doesn’t require any specialized equipment, and he puts a tape in the boombox and holds out a hand to her and asks, "May I?" FH smiles hopefully and takes his hand, and they dance, but when she tries to kiss him, The Flash covers her mouth with his hand and says, "One thing at a time, Gale." Then they dance some more. Whatever.
Fade to Dawson and Pacey in Joey’s boat. Dawson rows across the creek, referring to Joey as "so out of it" and saying that she babbled on about the Icehouse, kissed him, rolled over, and passed out. Pacey: "Wait, wait -- she kissed you?" Dawson nods. Pacey: "She kissed you like an ‘aunt on Thanksgiving’ kiss, or --" Dawson doesn’t see the big deal: "She kissed me." Dawson then says that it "meant nothing -- she was completely wasted, obviously mistook me for Brad Pitt, which is understandable," and I won’t touch that last little "joke." Pacey shakes his head and sighs, "Ah, Dawson, my fine oblivious friend. One of these days, you’re gonna have to take a gigantic fact-check [Huh?], my friend, all right? She didn’t ‘mistake’ you for anybody, okay? This girl is head-in-the-clouds, one-hundred-percent, ass-backwards in love with you, all right?" Dawson starts laughing in disbelief, and he describes his friendship with Joey as having a person in his life who "just gets it, picks up on it, and it’s like that with Joey and me," but he goes on to say that "it’s not love." Pacey points out that, despite all the "disastrous" goings-on with Jen and Billy over the course of the weekend, that they have wound up in the middle of the creek "talking about your ‘friend’ Joey," and Dawson gets a little irritated and says Pacey can’t compare his feelings for Joey to his feelings for Jen: "Trust me, there’s a difference between friendship and love." Pacey arches a brow and asks, "Right, and you’re so sure you know that difference?" Dawson applies himself to rowing instead of answering, and after a moment he says, "You don’t know what you’re talking about."