Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Stolen Kisses
By Wing Chun | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.25.2000
At the restaurant, Mr. And Mrs. Flash sit in a booth, where they're approached by someone named Megan whom they evidently haven't seen in a while. They both hug her and ask where "Tom" is. Her face falls. Moments later they're sitting outside and Mrs. Flash is telling her she's "so sorry" and that "he was a wonderful guy." She asks how they are, and The Flash starts to answer, "Well, actually --" but Mrs. Flash interrupts to lie, "We're great!" and to further lie, "[Dawson]'s a terrific kid!" Actually, that could be true, depending on how you define "terrific." Megan congratulates them on making their dream of opening the restaurant come true, and says that the reason she came to see them was that she found a copy of the toast from their wedding, which Tom had written. Mrs. Flash takes it, and wonders how she's supposed to carry an anvil around in her purse. ["Dude, the guy was The Flash's best man. Wouldn't they have heard that he died? Wouldn't they have attended the funeral? I know people lose touch, but come on." -- Sars]
Although The Flashes were sitting in bright sunlight, it's now dark outside as the SUV pulls up to a really nice house. "Wild Thing," performed by some screaming, tone-deaf chick, plays on the soundtrack.
Cut to Dawson, struggling with his bags and pushing open a kitchen door. A blonde in a purple shirt stands "dancing" in front of a piece of "art" but she sets down her palette when he comes in to clap and hug him. Then she hugs Joey, exclaiming, "How gorgeous did you turn out?" Will enters next, but Aunt Gwen (for it is she, played by Julie Bowen, a.k.a. Carter's girlfriend Insurance Betty from ER last season) brushes past him without comment and identifies Pacey. He assumes his reputation must have preceded him, but she tells him they've met before, years ago, at a picnic, which Pacey spent chasing Joey around and teasing her mercilessly. She introduces herself to Andie (who calls her "Aunt Gwen," which I think is okay for Joey, who's not family but has known her forever, but I happen to think that Andie should call her Ms. Gale's-Maiden-Name until she's invited to do different -- I'm just sayin'), and incorrectly identifies Will as Jack; Pacey introduces them and Aunt Gwen quietly tells Will, "Friend of Pacey's? Not a good sign." Like, ha ha, not.
Then it is night, and Joey emerges from the bathroom in a robe and runs into Pacey in a tight grey tank top. He looks pretty good. People, I'm not made of wood. He says, "Hey." She asks if their conversation this weekend will consist of nothing more than "monosyllabic grunts," only she mispronounces it "mono-SYLL-a-bic" instead of "mono-syl-LAB-ic." He reminds her, "This is neither the time nor the place to be discussing events of weeks past." She says that there isn't anything to discuss, and that she thought they'd agreed that it was no big deal. "It isn't," he replies, looking everywhere but her face. She insists that, if that's true, there shouldn't be any "weirdness" between them, and he agrees that there shouldn't, but that they may have a small problem.