In this weeks episode of The Dawson's Creek Rewatch, Cory and Tom embrace the weirdness and fight for honour as they discuss season 2 episodes 5 & 6 "Full Moon Rising" and "The Dance."
Full Moon Rising:
Written by: Dana Baratta
Directed by: David Semel
Original airdate: November 4, 1998
Synopsis:
As the full moon rises above Capeside, our cast of characters makes plans for the evening: Jen decides to meet with Vincent, Andie acquiesces to a date with Pacey, and when Gail reveals she is hosting a dinner at their home for an out of town coworker, Mitch sets up an evening meeting there as well with Tamara to discuss the blueprints for her warehouse she’s selling. Dawson, confused by what’s going on with his parents, tries to get answers but is shut down without a word.
As Jen shops for makeup for her date, Abby shows up and attempts to mend fences, which is short-lived once she finds out about Vincent. She launches again into a tirade on Jen who responds by slapping her and walking off.
Meanwhile at the Icehouse, a lone older man sits and drinks coffee while Joey and Jack keep themselves busy until the power cuts out for a moment, messing up the lobster tank’s pump, leaving them to try and save them before they spoil and lose potential money.
Back at Dawson’s, Abby has infiltrated Dawson’s bedroom in order to spy on Jen, and when Dawson pushes her to leave she tries to put the moves on Dawson, to no avail, eventually kicking her out.
Pacey, confused about where he was supposed to meet Andie for their date, goes to her house to pick her up and is greeted by her mother who offers him to have dinner with her, Andie, her husband, and Andie’s older brother Tim.
As Dawson confronts his parents about their odd behavior, asking them outright about their open marriage, and trying to get them to figure things out, Andie rushes back to her house, adamantly trying to get Pacey to leave with her, before she finally breaks down and explains that Tim died after a car accident, which ended splitting up her parents’ marriage and caused her mother to lose touch with reality, believing that Tim was still alive and her husband still around, leading Pacey to hold her in comfort.
Back at Grams’ place, Vincent and Jen start getting hot and heavy before things start to get out of hand and reveals that she is only 16, surprising him. Grams walks in and sets her foot down, kicking Vincent out and scolding Jen thoroughly.
Back at the icehouse, Jack attempts to fix the electricity issues, causing another problem, but the lone customer suggests replugging the power which works. The man ends up disappearing when their backs are turned, leaving behind a poem and a $100 tip. As they contemplate the poem and the man, Jack pulls her close and kisses her, before Joey pulls away.
Dawson, having confronted his parents, has forced them to come to terms with their issues and Mitch decides that he is going to leave, unable to forgive Gail. Dawson goes to find Joey, and Jack offers to close up, as Joey and Dawson head back to his roof, taking comfort in the light of the moon.
Dawson's Trivia:
Caroline Kava played Mrs. McPhee, who we have seen before as Thelma Beckett in the Quantum Leap episode “The Leap Home.” She’s made various one episode appearances in shows like The X-Files (Doris Kearns), LA Law (Mrs. Clark), Star Trek The Next Generation (Dr. Toby Russell), Max Headroom (Harriet Garth), and the film Born on the Fourth of July (Mrs. Kovic).
Robert C. Trevelier played Gary Summers. He’s best known for Ozark playing the role of Sheriff Nix. He was also in one episode of The Act (the Munchausen Syndrome show) and The Gifted as well as a huge host of guest spots.
J.C. Quinn played the lone customer. We’ve seen him before in the Quantum Leap episode “Unchained” as Boss Cooley. He was in The Abyss (Sonny Dawson), Maximum Overdrive (Duncan), C.H.U.D. (Murphy), Priceless Beauty with Diane Lane (Willy), Vision Quest with Matthew Modine (Elmo) and Turner and Hooch. He also headlined a sexploitation movie called Violated.
The Dance:
Directed by: Lou Antonio
Original airdate: November 11, 1998
Synopsis:
Wanting to attend the school dance, Andie ropes Pacey, Dawson, and Joey into coming along, as well as a set up date between her brother Jack and Jen. Dawson’s parents inform him that they have decided to spend some time apart in an attempt to try and heal, a notion that Dawson does not take well.
At the dance, Andie tries to get Pacey to dance despite his firm assertion that he does not dance, and Jack and Jen seem to be getting along well. When Jen takes a break, Andie pulls Jack over to Joey and Dawson, asking to cut in so she can actually get a dance in.
Jack apologizes to Joey for kissing her, but Joey remains angry, which Jack takes to mean that she is not angry at him but at herself for kissing him back, leaving her to storm off. Dawson overhears their exchange and confronts Jack who says he won’t apologize for what he did, leaving Dawson to punch him in the face before walking away.
Jack walks Jen home and the two share a moment when she thanks him for really being there with her for the evening rather than just going through the motions. Elsewhere Joey and Dawson have a very public bickering contest about Joey’s kiss with Jack and then Pacey, having seen Kristy’s boyfriend Brett dancing with Abby, finds Kristy standing depressed in the hall and tries to cheer her up, as she asks him if he would dance with her to which he readily agrees. Unfortunately, Andie ends up seeing the two of them and leaves the dance, distraught.
Pacey finds Andie down by the docks and apologizes for his behavior, claiming he was swept up in the moment. The two talk about why Andie even likes Pacey to begin with and he makes a final plea to her, knowing that the moment that makes the whole night worth it wasn’t his dance with Kristy, but being with Andie right there, and the two finally share a dance.
Dawson finds Joey in his room and they begin talking about how while Dawson has his life planned out and knows where he’s going and what he wants to do, she is less sure of her future and needs to find it on her own, wanting to find her happiness in herself rather than as part of their relationship. Despite Dawson’s proclamation of love, and hers back to him, Joey leaves, ending their excursion into the world of romance.
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Classic Creek Critiques:
KR: My question is, could we have just one, just one episode described as "Dawson and Joey have a romantic day together". Every episode this season has been about how much trouble their relationship is in - it's like once the writers got them together, they didn't know what to do with them. Last season they had no trouble writing plenty of Dawson and Joey hang out scenes - why not this season? Just b/c they're dating doesn't mean they always have to show them making out or fighting!
CrazyGyrl14 (Megan) agrees: i agree. its like they are showing that the only things that couples do together is make out or argue.
Skyhigh: I really have to agree with you about some things. I don't know if the show is doomed, but I think that the plot is moving way too fast. Like you said, the publicity was too negative, and people want to see action, whether us loyal fans like it or not. As much as I'd like it, one season or even half of a season of Joey and Dawson make out scenes just isn't gonna do it. There need to be false plot resolutions, plot twists, and major changes for a show to continue being aired.
SilverSpiral: Until last nights episode, I thought Joey and Dawson should be together. And last night it got flipped the other way. Since it looks like jen might not go back to her old ways, maybe she and dawson can get together. After what i saw last night i actually hope they do!
ShAyNuH512: Hey...there have been some people that have asked whatever happened to Dawson's movie, Sea Creature From the Deep. Well, if you read Dawson's Desktop, there is this resume that he wrote and I guess Dawson entered the film festival after
all, because he mentions this as part of his work experience: SEA CREATURE FROM THE DEEP -
Director/Writer/Producer Independent horror film
submitted to the (less than impressed) Junior Boston
Film Festival
Discussion of James Van Der Beek being up for the role of Anakin Skywalker.
PulpDusk: with the second season into it's 4th episode, is it just me or is this show getting OLD? Dawson's and Joey are finally together... but now all they do
is fight over every little thing like this is supposed to SPICE up the story and get us hooked... sorry... watching Joey complain because Dawson calls her
new interested in drawing a HOBBIE isn't interested (sorry Joey, but you just STARTED with this thing.. you can't expect Dawson to assume it's your new
"lifes-work"). Blah. All they do is bicker.
And then there's Jen... they have nothing left for this character to do.. so why not make her the new 'bitch' and try to break up Dawson and Joey?! ohh!!
that will complicate the plot and make it exciting!!! (sarcasm intended). Don't the writers remember what happened with Melrose Place? whatever.
Even the self-referencing is gone. That was Dawson's Creek's standing out point-- it was the "Scream" of tv dramas. No more, I havn't seen a connection
between what's been going on and movies/tv sense last season. All it is now is an average tv drama with somewhat cool dialoge (and even that is degrading). I
geuss Kevin Williamson is too busy with movies right now. Only Pacey seems to have anything interesting going-- watching him become involved with a potentional normal relationship is cool... but it looks like even that is dying down already.
JakeFlake (Jackie): When we all first found out about this plan to break them up, we were saddened and
depressed that after ALL THIS, they break up?? But lately, you'll have to admit that we don't like the way they act toward each other as much. Like the
whole kissing in the ruins thing from last week, that seemed forced and awkward. Or how about the way Joey blew off Dawson even after he tried to apologize for acting stupid about her passion for art.
Now as they do the whole break up thing, there are those that will say, "Good, I liked them in the first season but I don't like them together now". Well I think that's EXACTLY how they wanted us to feel. So they have something to work on for the rest of the season. In my own foreshadowing I see them working
on that same element that made the pilot season so good...longing, feelings, realizations. Should be interesting. I think the writers have a profound
unrealized effect on us.
Tom Spehert: Jack is a twit! Personally, I've never dug Dawson all that much... but you just don't go messing with another guy's girlfriend. I hope Dawson pounds him good. Jack always looks a bit too smug for me. Maybe he can get Pacey to join in, sort of a "welcome to Capeside" loser. Anyway, that's my thought.
Raina Dawn: Pacey is, IMO, the most interesting character on the show. And the one they exploit the least. I really wish they would show more of him and
his father's relationship.
DeputyDoug: >Pacie said him and Andie could go to the movies, but they missed it when >there was confusion of where they were going to meet. Well wasn't the movie >theater closed for remodeling. It couldn't of been done already could it?
Continuity doesn't seem to be a priority on Dawson's Creek.
Jeff: Saying that Jack and Joey are a match is like saying that orange pants and a purple suit match
RSantoro: Did anyone else notice that Pacey had a box of Kleenex next to him while he was watching the porno movie (Jacuzzi Floozies) in the video store?
Skyhigh: First of all, I don't think Joey was angry at herself for kissing Jack back, I think she was actually angry at him, like she said. Jack is just a total loser. "Hey man, I'm not gonna apologize because I'd do it again." If I was Dawson, I would have kicked the s--t out of him, and if I thought Joey had kissed Jack back, I would have kicked myself for dating a girl who I thought would kiss such a loser. But, like I said, I don't think that she really did kiss him.
Now, I'm not saying that Dawson and Joey should stay together, because, the show isn't gonna do that well with nothing but Dawson and Joey having little fights, and then making up and making out. Sure, they'll have sex, but it'll take them a hell of a long time to do it. However, I really thought the writers could have
done a better job creating a conflict for them to breakup. The kiss with Jack might have worked nicely. I think maybe because of Mitch leaving the family,
if things had been done a little differenty and he had left an episode or two ago, and Dawson was really deppressed for a few episodes, that could have
worked. BUT JOEY NEEDING TO FIND HERSELF? That's not something you dump "the man of your dreams" over.
Simba: Grams is definitely da bomb. She's been great about the differences in beliefs that she and Jen have, I think. Jen's always got the option of accepting what Grams believes, but, as much as it might hurt her, Grams has accepted that Jen might not. Also the speech Grams gave Jen in "Full Moon Rising" was awesome.
Also about the Jack/Joey kiss, it was Jack who kissed her. You can't see whether or not she kissed back. I would tend to believe not, because it seems like she was going to tell Dawson, then he started crying.
HoLLyBuG 2: There's a few simple reasons why the show will not have season changes: 1. Ratings. The ratings might go down if we see Jen, Joey, Abby, Andie (and even Krissy) not wearing tank tops. Would guys still drool over them if they were in pants and a big, pouffy down jacket?
2. How on earth would Joey row her boat to Dawson's? She would have to walk.
3. How would Joey get into Dawson's window? She would slip on the ice on his roof, and we can't have one of our leading ladies in a neck brace.
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