Dawson's Creek Season 2 Episode 3 Alternate Lifestyles
Dawson's Creek Season 2 Episode 3 Alternate Lifestyles
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00:00Accept spoiled trust fund casualties from Rhode Island.
00:04You can either give me another chance,
00:07or you can go back to Mr. Drake and write him a very large check and make this marriage another statistic.
00:14Gil, do you want to try having an open marriage?
00:18I'd love that.
00:19And I want him back.
00:21We're gonna get him back for you.
00:31Now don't give me that look.
00:33I know there's been a lot of late night creeping around.
00:36I'm just taking standard precautions.
00:38You are so in denial.
00:40Excuse me?
00:41Denial. You can't accept the fact that the little boy that you brought into the world is grown up.
00:46That he's a sexual being.
00:48You having sex with Joey?
00:49No, I did not say that.
00:51But I am a sexual being.
00:53Responsible, mind you, but biologically, a sexual being.
00:57A sexual being?
00:59Yep, and you are having trouble facing that reality.
01:02That is a typical parental problem.
01:04But you know what?
01:05No, what?
01:06The sooner you accept it, the sooner you and I will have an honest relationship.
01:11Dawson, are you and Joey having sex?
01:15No!
01:16No?
01:17No, thank you.
01:18But, one day, down the road, I'm gonna have sex.
01:23And you acting all paranoid and chucking ladders and locking windows is not gonna stop me.
01:29So please, will you stop acting like a typical parent and just let things take their natural course.
01:36Let Joey and me hang out in my room alone at night, unsupervised.
01:41No.
01:42Why not?
01:43Because, Dawson, the fact is I am a parent, alright?
01:47I am your parent, and it's my duty to be paranoid about my 15-year-old son upstairs in my very own house having sex.
01:56You're so unenlightened.
01:58Didn't you grow up in the 60s?
02:00Dawson, you can psychologically deconstruct me all you want, but here's the deal.
02:06Parent me, child you.
02:09Alright?
02:10Parent me, child you.
02:18He's such a tyrant.
02:20You handle him well.
02:21You think so?
02:29Joey!
02:31What are you doing here?
02:32Joey, would you, uh, would you come with me, please?
02:36What did I just say, Dawson?
02:38What did I just say?
02:40You chained me, Tarzan.
02:41No!
02:42What did I just say, Dawson?
02:43What did I just say?
02:45You chained me, Tarzan.
02:46No!
02:47Parent me, grounded you.
02:50Bye, Dawson.
02:52Hey, Joey.
02:53See you in a few minutes.
02:55No, you won't.
03:00My heart is in my hands.
03:04My head is in the clouds.
03:08My feet have left the ground.
03:11My life is turning around.
03:17Every voice inside my head is telling me to run like mad.
03:25Oh, bulls and arrows, stars and sunsets.
03:30Hey, hey, hey, yeah.
03:32Hey, hey, hey, yeah.
03:35Every heartbeat, every kiss just makes me wonder what all this is.
03:43Suits of armor, hearts and arrows.
03:47Hey, hey, hey, yeah.
03:57Bessie, your water's boiling.
03:59What?
04:01Never mind.
04:03Joey, I'm so glad you're still here.
04:05Yesterday, I got a call from the health department.
04:07They're planning on doing an inspection of the ice house sometime this week.
04:10Can you go over there?
04:11Now?
04:12Yeah, just make sure everything's put away in spick and span.
04:14You know, the last thing I need right now is the health department slapping us with some big, huge fine
04:18or, God forbid, closing us down.
04:20You seem to be forgetting something, and it's called first period.
04:23Oh, come on, Joey.
04:24It'll only take a minute.
04:26And I gotta drop Alexander off at the sitters.
04:28He's missing a shoe.
04:29Oh, Alexander.
04:30Alexander, he kicked off your shoe.
04:32Here, Joey, can you hold him?
04:33Look, Joey, please, will you just do me this one favor?
04:37Go by the ice house on your way to school.
04:40Please, will you?
04:41Fine.
04:42Here, I gotta go, then.
04:43Hang on.
04:44Okay, here, here, here.
04:45Okay.
04:47Oh, and Joey, while you're there, will you just wipe down the counters just real quick so it looks clean?
04:52Fine.
04:53Okay.
04:54Oh, yeah, and Joey, the freezer.
04:56Can you mop behind the freezer?
04:58I can't even remember the last time we did that.
05:00Hey, thanks, Joey.
05:01You're the greatest.
05:05Was that the sexual being himself?
05:08You know what I was thinking?
05:09No, but I'm sure you're gonna tell me.
05:12Don't even try to tell me that when you were my age,
05:15you weren't sneaking around and making out with girls in the backs of cars in movie theaters.
05:19You're right.
05:20I was.
05:22But that was the whole fun of being 15, Dawson.
05:25It was the fear of getting caught that made it more dangerous and exciting.
05:30So by restricting my access to Joey, what you're really trying to do is liven up my sex life?
05:35Did you hear that, Mom?
05:37What sex life?
05:38Now you're twisting my words again, Dawson.
05:41Go to school.
05:43Did you ever notice that whenever your parental authority is in question, you just start barking out orders?
05:47Go.
05:48Now.
05:51Hey.
05:54You know, I think our son is training to be a lawyer.
05:56He has become the master of manipulation.
06:00I wonder where he learned that.
06:02Meaning?
06:03Meaning you both can come up with incredible rationalizations,
06:06especially when it comes to acting out your sexual impulse.
06:10Oh, listen.
06:12Gail, this whole idea of an open marriage, it was exactly that.
06:15It was an idea.
06:16I'm not gonna force your hand into anything if you're against it.
06:19Are you against it?
06:21Well, I'm not for it.
06:24If that's what it takes.
06:26No, look, enough said.
06:27No, no, no, no.
06:28If what you need is to get even with me and to sow your oats, then...
06:33Gail, listen.
06:34Just drop it.
06:35Just drop the whole thing, all right?
06:36I don't want to fight about it.
06:40You don't?
06:42No.
06:45I love you, Reg.
06:49I'll see you after work.
06:51Have a good one.
06:58Jeff, I have a very important question for you and I need an answer immediately.
07:02What is it?
07:03Who would you rather have sex with, Trey Harder or Jeff Burtis?
07:08Neither.
07:09Are you crazy?
07:10Look at them.
07:12What?
07:13They're a couple of gym junkies.
07:15They have no cultural interests, no inner lives.
07:18All they do is play football and swamp pornos.
07:21They're a couple of pigs.
07:23Yeah, but it's like they're so completely disgusting it's almost erotic.
07:27You know what I mean?
07:31God, I cannot believe I'm friends with someone who only has eyes for Dawson Murie, guilty as charged.
07:38Please, you're making me ill.
07:41Jen, look at me.
07:44I have three words for you.
07:46Make it happen.
07:48Abby.
07:49No!
07:50Don't Abby me.
07:51Make it happen.
08:01Pasty, wait, look, I need your help.
08:03Oh, God.
08:05Okay, Andy, I'm having a really mellow morning.
08:08I haven't had any car accidents.
08:10I haven't been diagnosed with any terminal defects, and I'd really just like to keep a low pro.
08:14So, buh-bye.
08:16Yeah, look, I'm sure there are a dozen dimwits with highlights and C-cups you'd rather be talking to,
08:22but you're the only person I know in the econ, so here's the deal.
08:26I left my backpack in my locker yesterday.
08:29Can I borrow your notes on the reading?
08:31I don't actually have any notes because I didn't do the reading.
08:37Okay, and don't give me the homework guilt trip.
08:40All right?
08:41That's what I have parents for.
08:43Did I say anything?
08:44I did not say anything.
08:46I'm just freaking out.
08:47What if Mr. Mattak calls on me in class?
08:50Then you do what I always do.
08:51You just say pass.
08:54Pasty, I don't say pass.
08:57Pass is not in my vocabulary.
08:59There's just, there's no way.
09:01Okay, so learn, all right?
09:03This is just one assignment.
09:04It's not like you're flunking out of school.
09:05Yeah, I know that.
09:06But you get behind by one day, and then you're always struggling to catch up.
09:09And then you just get more and more confused.
09:11And then the next thing you know, you're out on the street,
09:13drunk and dirty wheeling a shopping cart.
09:15Andy, you're rich.
09:18Rich people don't end up in the street.
09:20They end up in Florida.
09:22Oh, no, you're doomed.
09:25Come on.
09:27He's got to help me.
09:28Do you know anybody that did him?
09:29I mean, is there anybody that I can borrow him from?
09:31Let me think.
09:33And finally, what is the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics?
09:40Andy?
09:42Um, microeconomics is,
09:52microeconomics is when,
09:59I'm sorry, what did you say?
10:01Pass.
10:04Kenny?
10:06Macroeconomics is the study of whole economic systems and how they interrelate,
10:11when microeconomics is the study of individual areas of economic activity, like corporations.
10:18Very good.
10:19Well put.
10:20Thank you, Kenny.
10:21Which leads me to your assignment.
10:23We're going to focus on the microeconomics of the family household.
10:28Next week, you're going to pair up and play a little game I call alternative lifestyles.
10:34Now, in this hat are all your names.
10:40You're going to choose a partner, I will assign you identities,
10:43and then you are to prepare an extensive annual budget for your fictional household.
10:49I strongly recommend research trips into the field.
10:52How much money will you have to spend a year on food, clothing, travel?
10:57These are questions that every household must ask,
11:00and these are the questions that I want you to answer.
11:03So, let's begin.
11:06Andy?
11:11Pacey Whitter?
11:13You and Pacey are a lower middle class family with three children.
11:18Pacey, you're a bus driver.
11:20Andy, you're a sales clerk.
11:26Kenny, reeling?
11:28He's traumatic. Is it possible to switch partners?
11:31No, it's not.
11:42Trey Harder.
11:44You two will be a well-to-do same-sex couple.
11:48Trey, you're going to be a pediatrician.
11:50Jeff, you are an advertising executive.
11:52What do you mean same-sex?
11:54Well, as in gay.
11:55Okay, and you're planning on getting married,
11:57and your wedding expenses have got to be factored into your budget.
12:00What do you mean gay?
12:10Jen Linley.
12:11Okay, a wealthy couple.
12:13Dawson, you're a stockbroker.
12:15Jen, you're an engineer.
12:17You've got two kids in college, a house at the beach,
12:20annual income $400,000 a year.
12:24And last but not least, Joey Parker.
12:29Odd woman out.
12:31That's okay, Joey.
12:32You will be a successful single mother raising two kids on your own.
12:37Is that everybody?
12:39Good luck, and don't spend all your money in one place.
12:44This assignment is so lame.
12:46I mean, pretending to be something we're never going to be,
12:48budgeting money we're never going to have, I mean, what's the point?
12:52The point is to get us thinking about economic problems
12:55that we will face in the real world.
12:57I hate to break it to you, Peter Pan,
12:59but some of us are already dealing with those problems.
13:02I mean, it just gets me thinking about the future
13:04and how I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with my life.
13:07You have an idea.
13:08I don't.
13:10That's you, Dawson.
13:11You've got it all mapped out.
13:13You're going to go off to Hollywood,
13:14become some high-profile movie director,
13:17make millions of dollars, get a drug addiction,
13:19end up at the Betty Ford Center, marry some gay...
13:22Excuse me?
13:24And me, I mean, when I close my eyes and think about where I'll be in ten years,
13:28it's blank.
13:29I mean, I have no idea, Dawson.
13:31You will.
13:32One day.
13:33This project is just going to depress me.
13:36I think it'll be fun.
13:39Oh, really?
13:41And are you as excited to partner up with Jenna as she is?
13:45And the look on her face was classic, Dawson.
13:48I have nothing to worry about.
13:57Any last words?
14:14Jen, you're drooling.
14:16Look, this is the moment of truth.
14:18You're going to be working with him all week long, one-on-one.
14:22So the question is,
14:24are you going to be passive and masochistic and really piss me off,
14:29or are you going to be proactive and grab him by the dipstick and make me proud?
14:33Abby, it's not that simple.
14:35All right?
14:36I mean, take a look at him.
14:37He's totally into Joey.
14:38He's in love with her.
14:39Oh, he's a 15-year-old boy.
14:41He doesn't know what love is.
14:43All he does know is that he goes to sleep every night jerking his gherkin,
14:48and he wakes up every morning humping his mattress.
14:54Excuse me.
14:55Abby.
14:57What?
14:58Who are you?
14:59Kenny Reiling.
15:00I'm your partner in econ.
15:01No, you're not.
15:02Go away.
15:03Look, I thought we should talk about our assignment.
15:06Look, can you just do the assignment and put my name on it?
15:10Because that'd be great.
15:11Thanks.
15:12Bye.
15:14Anyway, I think it's time for a little bit of this New York City regression.
15:19I mean, you have to show him the old naughty Jen,
15:23because this new Jen just isn't working.
15:25I mean, you're going to be working together all week.
15:28It's the perfect opportunity.
15:30Late-night study sessions, role-playing like you guys are husband and wife.
15:35You can remind him what a great couple you used to be and how compatible you are.
15:39I don't know.
15:40I don't want to jump the gun, you know?
15:42I want you to jump the gun.
15:44His gun.
15:46And I want all the gory details.
16:10What are you doing?
16:21Haven't you ever mopped before?
16:22You dip the mop in the bucket.
16:23You don't just pour the water all over the floor.
16:25I'm sorry.
16:27Look, I know I made a few blunders, but I'm not a screw-up.
16:33It's okay.
16:34Here, I'll do it.
16:35Don't worry about it.
16:36Let's go wipe off some colors.
16:44What is going on here?
16:45Is something flooding?
16:46No, Jack, never mind.
16:49I'm taking care of it.
16:50But can we save some of this cleanup for tomorrow?
16:52No way.
16:53This week we have to stay on top of everything.
16:55I'm so paranoid the health department is just going to jump down our throats.
16:58It's just that I have this huge econ project due Friday.
17:00It's worth a third of my grade.
17:02I have to prepare a household budget for a single career mother,
17:05and I have no idea what I'm doing.
17:07I'm virtually a single career mother.
17:09I can help you.
17:10What do you need to know?
17:12Thanks, but you're not exactly the model for this assignment.
17:15Why not?
17:17First of all, she's a super successful career woman with a $150,000 income.
17:22Joey, maybe I'm not super successful,
17:25but if there's one thing I do know how to do, it's budget money.
17:29You know, you're right.
17:30I should get some advice.
17:32The career woman who's actually living this assignment asked for help.
17:35Hello?
17:36I'll do it.
17:38You keep cleaning, and I'll advise.
17:40Thanks, best, but you can barely get your bills paid on time.
17:43I mean, I appreciate the offer, but I think I'll find somebody else.
17:55Ooh, check out this Viper.
17:58Casey, can you please put that down for one second?
18:01Is that possible?
18:03We are seriously over budget by like $30,000.
18:07That's fine.
18:09I don't really need a jacuzzi.
18:11As long as I get this Viper, everything's okay.
18:14No, you are a bus driver, and I am a sales clerk.
18:18We're not getting any Viper.
18:20Okay, I think the first decision we should make is where we're going to live.
18:24And since we have three kids, we should get a four-bedroom house.
18:27Kids don't need their own rooms.
18:29You know, not everybody gets to grow up like you, a fairy princess.
18:33I want a divorce.
18:35Granted. You know what? We split the cash.
18:37You can have the kids. I'll keep the car.
18:39That is so typical.
18:41Doesn't that sicken you that you're living up to the most common and base of male stereotypes?
18:47You don't care about your wife and kids.
18:49All you care about is this overpriced, absurd piece of metal.
18:53It's got passenger side airbags.
18:56Look, I want a Viper, okay?
18:58Let's do it.
19:02Okay, compromise.
19:05You'll get your Viper if and only if we can find a viable two-bedroom apartment.
19:10How are we supposed to do that?
19:12Well, Mr. Maddox said we should do some research in the field, so let's go apartment scouting.
19:29I'll get you those numbers from now on.
19:32Okay, take care.
19:33I will.
19:34Have a nice evening.
19:36Thanks.
19:37See you.
19:38Okay.
19:51Hi, honey.
19:58Where's Dawson?
20:00He's studying next door.
20:04What a day.
20:07You're all wet.
20:08I missed a deadline. The car wouldn't start.
20:11Frank from accounting had to give me a ride home.
20:14Why didn't you call me?
20:17It'd be easier if I got a ride.
20:19From Frank in accounting?
20:23Please don't tell me you're mad about that.
20:29Look, Gail, I know that Frank just gave you a ride home, all right, but I can't stop how I feel.
20:34And we've lost it here. There's no trust here. There's no honesty.
20:38I don't know what to do to get it back.
20:44I don't know, maybe this idea, maybe this open marriage thing.
20:48Mitch, no.
20:49No, wait, wait, wait, wait. Just hear me out.
20:52Maybe, by taking away the rules,
20:58I can take away the need to trust you.
21:03And we can get back some of what we've lost.
21:07Meaning?
21:09Meaning from this moment on, Thursday night is date night.
21:13We can go out with whomever we want, do whatever we want, whenever we want.
21:17And the only rule is we're honest about it.
21:23See, there's no need to lie.
21:27An open marriage allows us that.
21:35Um, maybe we should send our kids to state school.
21:38They're a hell of a lot cheaper.
21:40Lawson, if we had kids, they'd be Ivy League midgets, right?
21:44These prices are astronomical.
21:46According to our tax record, we would have to earn $60,000 a year just to send one kid to one year of college.
21:52Such a rip-off.
21:54What are you laughing at?
21:56This conversation.
21:59I mean, listen to this. We're talking about our mortgages,
22:03how we're going to afford to send our kids to college.
22:08I don't know, it's like we're actually married.
22:13Who knows, 20 years on down the line, could be us.
22:17Well, I think these travel expenses are a little bit unrealistic.
22:20We're going to want to go someplace warm in the winter, right?
22:23Yeah, someplace like the Florida Keys, or, I've never been to Hawaii.
22:28Jamaica.
22:31Or how about Fiji?
22:33Fiji. I could totally do Fiji, that'd be cool.
22:36We should, um, call a travel agent and do some price checking.
22:40Should we take the kids?
22:42They're in college, they probably won't want to go with us.
22:45Yeah, they're probably sick of us.
22:49Besides, if we go alone, it's much more romantic.
22:55Dad, Dad, some people agree on practically every aspect of married life.
22:59I don't think we could really be more compatible.
23:04You know, it's kind of a relief to see that you and me can still hang out, you know?
23:09Yeah.
23:12I mean, it's funny, there's moments when it feels like nothing's really changed between us.
23:19Yeah.
23:21I mean, it's funny, there's moments when it feels like nothing's really changed between us.
23:29Kind of like right now.
23:39Well, we've probably done enough work for tonight.
23:43What do you think?
23:46Well, we've probably done enough work for tonight.
23:50What do you think?
23:58Dawson, um, if you happen to get any inspiration on the assignment or, you know, just want to talk, whatever, I'm here for you.
24:10My door's always open.
24:12My door's always open.
24:15If you know what I mean.
24:19I think so.
24:21I'll see you tomorrow.
24:23Bye.
24:36What is that?
24:38Crap, we have a little vermin infestation. Not a big deal.
24:42Hmm, are you renting the place as is?
24:46Yep, as is.
24:49Still want that viper?
24:51What are we doing here?
24:53I mean, are we doing this project or are we moving in together?
24:56We've looked at like 12 different apartment buildings and for what?
24:59Research. Mr. Maddock told us to do research.
25:04The assignment is due tomorrow and we don't have a thing on paper.
25:08Is that my fault?
25:10Yes, it is your fault. You're the one who's been leading us on this ridiculous apartment scavenger hunt.
25:18I'm sorry. I'm sorry I actually got into this project, Pacey. I'm sorry I'm not the biggest slacker on the planet.
25:26After all this, you still think I'm lazy?
25:29No, Pacey. There's lazy and there's you.
25:33Are you trying to win some teen rebel award?
25:36I mean, do you think it's cool to give the finger to everything and everyone that doesn't fit into your little self-destructive agenda?
25:45Let's get one thing straight. You don't know anything about me.
25:48Well, enlighten me. My econ grade depends on it.
25:52Fine. You want the broken record? Here it is.
25:55Since before the dawn of time, I've been designated the black sheep of my family.
26:00This label is permanent. I can't erase it and I can't trade it in for a new one.
26:04I could bring home an A in econ or an F. I could bring home the Nobel Peace Prize and it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference.
26:11So, Miss Perky, you try growing up in a family atmosphere like that and see if you can stay motivated.
26:18I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.
26:20No, of course not. You were too busy getting into character.
26:23Oh, I'm just a sales clerk, a poor little sales clerk looking for an apartment.
26:28You want to know the reason that this assignment is so fascinating to you?
26:31In reality, you've never had a problem in your entire life.
26:35You drive around and you sob, you buy your new clothes and you basically just throw your money away.
26:40The idea that people actually have to budget their monthly income is like some fascinating novelty to you.
26:45You're rich and you're spoiled and that's what it comes down to.
26:52You know what? You're right.
26:54I don't know anything about you and you know even less about me, so just leave me alone.
27:03Andy, wait.
27:07So, are you going to take the apartment?
27:21Hi.
27:22Hi, I'm Julie Potter. Thank you so much for seeing me, Miss Weston.
27:26Oh, please, Julie. Call me Cora.
27:28I know you must be incredibly busy, but I'm preparing this household budget.
27:32Mr. Maddock gave me your name. He said you're the living embodiment of a successful career woman.
27:38What's so funny?
27:40I don't know. I just never thought the day would come that I would be described as the embodiment of a successful career woman.
27:46Dale, can you bring me the Farley portfolio? I need to look at it before the meeting.
27:49Sure.
27:50Well, you must have always been pretty ambitious to be doing so well.
27:53Oh, ambitious? Are you kidding? Not at all.
27:57A few years ago, I was the quintessential housewife.
28:00Raising kids, staying at home, no job.
28:03Growing up, I'd always loved art and drawing, so I decided to go back to school.
28:07Now, I'm teaching art and working as an interior designer.
28:11It's great because I spend half my time teaching, which I love, and the other half in design.
28:16Thanks.
28:17You must be incredibly talented.
28:19Incredibly hard-working is what I am.
28:21And, Joey, we're doing the designs for a chain of Mexican restaurants.
28:24Come take a look at these floor plans.
28:28They look good to me.
28:30Now, look closer. Do you see any potential problems?
28:38Never mind.
28:39No, no. What is it?
28:41Well, it's just that you placed them in the wrong place.
28:44Well, what is it?
28:46Well, it's just that you placed the kitchen and the bar on opposite ends of the restaurant.
28:51And why is that a problem?
28:53Well, I work in a restaurant, and by doing that,
28:57then the waiters have to place the kitchen orders and the drink orders separately.
29:00Everything takes twice as long, and you end up running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
29:05You think maybe I could pick your brain about some of these other designs?
29:08A little trade-off for helping you on your assignment?
29:12Fair enough. I'd be happy to.
29:15Good.
29:19Nothing.
29:21You've been working with him all week, and you expect me to believe that nothing has happened.
29:26I'm telling you, nothing has happened.
29:28I don't know. He's so head over heels in love with Joey, I can't compete with her.
29:34That is where you're wrong.
29:36Joey has nothing on you.
29:39Kenny, what do you think of Joey Potter?
29:43She's hot.
29:44Oh, shut up! What do you know? You're practically wall-eyed.
29:49Look, Abby, I do know we should be working on our assignment.
29:54Okay, you're bugging me. Can you just get out of my hair and go finish it?
29:58Abby, you haven't been doing your share of the work.
30:01What do you expect?
30:04I'm not like you, Kenny.
30:06I have a very demanding social life.
30:14Anyway, Joey may be pretty.
30:17She does have that fresh-faced appeal and a very J. Crew catalog kind of thing.
30:22But she's no you.
30:24You're a sex kitten, Jen.
30:27And you should work at your advantage.
30:29What are you saying? That I should just take off all my clothes and throw myself at him?
30:35It could work. Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.
30:39And tonight is your last night with him.
30:41I mean, you have to go for broke. Wear something scandalous.
30:45He can borrow one of my dresses and just spray perfume in all the right places.
30:51Big, red, moist lips.
30:56You know what? You're right.
30:59I may as well put the final nail in my coffin of shame. What have I got to lose?
31:04Yeah, just seduce him.
31:06His tighty-whities will be in a ball by the foot of the bed before you can say Joey Potter is a virgin.
31:29Dinner's ready.
31:32Well, I made up a plan, Scale.
31:37It's Thursday.
31:39Thursday, right.
31:43Well, then, you have fun.
31:47See you later.
31:49Right.
31:59Hey, you want to come with me to the ice house?
32:03I told Bessie I'd help clean up.
32:05Oh, no, I've got to... I've got to stay here and finish my project with Jen.
32:12Oh, mine's done.
32:15I hate you.
32:17Yeah?
32:19Well, actually, Laura practically did the whole thing.
32:22She's so cool, Dawson.
32:24I mean, she said anytime I want to intern at her company, she'd hook me up.
32:27Really?
32:28Mm-hmm.
32:29I don't know, she just kind of made me realize that maybe someday I could own my own business or run my own company.
32:37Or school.
32:39See, it looks like Joey has some career aspirations after all.
32:47Um, if your father comes back, tell him that since it's Thursday night, I've gone out.
32:57When will you be back?
32:59Later. Night, honey.
33:02Night.
33:06I've given up trying to figure out my parents, so...
33:10It's just... things are really weird right now.
33:19Do you think maybe we should take advantage of this momentary lack of supervision?
33:28Hey.
33:30Hey.
33:32If I've interrupted something, I can come back later.
33:35No, actually, I was just leaving.
33:38Night, Dawson.
33:40Night.
33:47Nice dress.
33:49Thanks, I borrowed it.
33:51I bet.
33:54So, um, where do you want to do this?
33:57Somewhere where we can be comfortable.
34:00Let's go to your bedroom.
34:05Why do we need two Range Rovers?
34:07Compromise, Jeff.
34:09A couple weeks in Europe, drive a cheaper car.
34:12Huh, fine.
34:14You know what?
34:16I don't know.
34:18A couple weeks in Europe, drive a cheaper car.
34:21Huh, fine.
34:23If you want the honeymoon, you drive the cheaper car, okay?
34:26Man, you're so selfish.
34:28Why do you act like that?
34:30Yeah, I'm selfish.
34:35Hey, sorry I'm late.
34:37God, this place is a pigsty.
34:39We got slammed.
34:42Hey, Bessie, I was telling Laura about our financial problems.
34:45Who's Laura?
34:47She's a interior designer who helped me with my project.
34:50Oh, right, the super successful career woman.
34:54Anyway, she had some really good ideas.
34:56I mean, ways to keep our overhead costs down.
34:58And Laura also said she could help us design a new logo for the ISS.
35:01I mean, we could print new menus, placemats.
35:04We don't need new menus or placemats.
35:06But she said she could do it for free.
35:08She said it's crucial for businesses to revamp their look every so often and keep things fresh.
35:12Joey, I don't have time to listen to advice from some woman
35:15that knows nothing about me or my life or the Ice House.
35:18Look, she's just trying to help.
35:20I don't need her help. I need your help now.
35:23The health department called.
35:24They're coming tomorrow morning to do the inspection,
35:26and this place is a total disaster.
35:28Look, you don't have to snap at me like it's my fault.
35:31Well, I thought you were coming in here earlier.
35:33We needed you tonight.
35:34I'm sorry, Bessie. I actually have a life.
35:36I am not your full-time slave.
35:38Full-time slave? That's a bit of an exaggeration.
35:40Oh, is it?
35:41Yeah.
35:42Because I feel like all I ever do is run your errands,
35:44make phone calls, take care of your baby, and I'm sick of it.
35:46Hey, uh, we should have...
35:47Look, Joey, I'm really sorry my baby and I are cramping your style.
35:51Why don't you go home?
35:53Jack and I have it covered.
36:15Hey, we're, uh, closed.
36:18Listen, could I just get a cup of coffee, man?
36:20I'm desperate.
36:22Yeah, yeah, sure.
36:24You're Annie's brother, right?
36:26I'm Pacey.
36:28Yeah, I know who you are.
36:30Uh, listen, is your sister on any medication?
36:34Because she just went completely ballistic on me.
36:37What'd she do?
36:38Nothing. I just called her a spoiled princess.
36:41She goes psycho.
36:42You know, I guess the truth hurts sometimes.
36:44Annie is a spoiled princess.
36:46I don't think anything could be further from the truth.
36:48Oh, come on.
36:49Don't try and tell me your family's not totally loaded.
36:53You think I'm working here for kicks?
36:57Yeah, but your sister drives a Saab, man, and all those nice clothes.
37:00Well, it's the last remains of a decaying dynasty.
37:05I don't get it.
37:07Look, there was a time when things were easy for us.
37:11I mean, relatively, but, I mean, those days are over now.
37:15Look, I really don't want to get into this.
37:18Just do me a favor.
37:20Give Annie a break, you know?
37:22She deserves it.
37:31Why do I run away
37:35When all I want to do is stay?
37:39Why do I sever
37:43And then think about forever?
37:48Now it hurts me too
37:51I could give you more
37:55I could give you more
37:59I could give you more
38:03I could give you more
38:07I spread my wings and fly
38:11Across the sky
38:15To be by your side
38:19I could give you more
38:32Alright, we're done.
38:35Finally, huh?
38:41Mission accomplished.
38:48Oh my god, I am so exhausted, I can barely even see straight.
38:54Yeah, I feel like I've become one with this chair.
38:59Hm.
39:03What a massage. Get rid of a little bit of that tension.
39:09Um.
39:10Oh, well, I'm cool.
39:15Are you sure?
39:17Yep.
39:24God, I am so beat.
39:29Ugh.
39:31I don't think I can even make it next door.
39:36Do you mind if I just crash here for the night?
39:44Actually, yeah, I do.
39:48What?
39:50Yeah, I do mind.
39:53I think you should probably go home.
39:57What, so we can't hang out together anymore, is that it?
40:02No way, absolutely we can hang out together, we just can't sleep together.
40:06Oh, whoa, calm down, Dawson.
40:09God, I was just asking if I could crash at your house.
40:12Nobody said anything about sleeping together.
40:18I know what it is.
40:22It's Joey, isn't it? She's been putting ideas in your head about me.
40:27No, Joey is not putting any ideas in my head about me. I'm not oblivious.
40:31Meaning?
40:33Well, I mean, look at you.
40:37I mean, is this what you normally wear to a study session?
40:42I mean, you've been making, you know, suggestive comments and touching me all night.
40:46I've been trying to be...
40:47Dawson, if you can't handle being in the same room with me, I think maybe...
40:50Okay, look, I can handle being in the same room with you.
40:52I just can't handle you throwing yourself at me every other second.
40:55I mean, don't you find it humiliating?
40:58I'm not humiliating anybody, Dawson.
41:03And I know that you're with Joey, and I accept that.
41:08I just don't respect it.
41:11And I don't mean this in a slutty, self-degrading sort of way,
41:15but I want to let you know that you've got options.
41:19And I'm one of them.
41:26Who are you? What happened to Jen?
41:32She got bored. She decided to liven things up a bit.
41:49I hope you can handle it, Dawson.
42:19Is that fun?
42:21Yeah.
42:23Did you?
42:25Yeah.
42:27Good.
42:30Good.
42:33So...
42:35What'd you do?
42:37I went to Duke's.
42:39Met some new people.
42:41Hung out, danced a little.
42:44You?
42:46Oh, I met a friend for some drinks.
42:50It was fun.
42:53I'm glad you had a good time tonight.
43:14It's morning frequently
43:17And I still remember
43:22Now it's everything but me
43:45I was beginning to think you'd skipped town on me.
43:49Yeah, I was up all night cleaning.
43:53Look, Joey, I need to talk to you.
43:56Things aren't working out for you in the Ice House, so you're fired.
44:03Fired?
44:05I just don't think you should be working there anymore, so...
44:08You can't fire me.
44:10Yes, I can. And I am.
44:14Look, I know what you're doing, Bessie.
44:17I couldn't sleep last night. I felt so bad.
44:20Those things that I said, I didn't mean.
44:23Yes, you did.
44:26Joey, you were right.
44:28I'm in way over my head.
44:32I live in total chaos.
44:34But these problems, they're not yours.
44:37I don't want to be the one robbing you of your childhood.
44:41You should be out having fun and being young, not burdened by all my messes.
44:48It's not fair.
44:51It's not fair to you, and I'm sorry.
44:55Bessie, these aren't my problems.
45:01Just you and I are a team, you know?
45:06And you can't fire me.
45:09Because I'm not going anywhere and I won't be fired.
45:18I love you.
45:22I'm Alexander.
45:26And I don't ever want you to feel like you're in this alone.
45:31Joey, you're my little sister.
45:34I'm supposed to be taking care of you.
45:36You do.
45:38God, you do take care of me, Bessie.
45:43You know, one day, I'll get it together and you'll be proud of me.
45:50I am proud of you, Bessie.
45:54I mean, this assignment made me realize how much you have to deal with and how much stress you are under, and...
46:03I think you're amazing.
46:06You know?
46:21Unlike some of your schoolwork, the lessons that you learn from this project can be directly applied to your future life.
46:31Therefore, I hope, I hope, that you gave this project its deserved attention.
46:40Now, will you please pass your projects to the front of the room for me?
46:48Oh, uh, Jeff, how'd that wedding turn out?
46:51Great, Mr. Maddox. We decided for a casual one by the ocean. You know, just, uh...
46:56Close friends and family. Yeah, that way we could spend more money on the honeymoon.
47:00Good decision, Trey.
47:01Mr. Maddox, FYI, Abby Morgan's name is on this report because she threatened my life.
47:09But she didn't help at all, and she spent the entire week just verbally abusing me.
47:14That is a lie, Mr. Maddox!
47:18Look, Kenny was congested and he literally had snot all over his face.
47:24I just didn't want to get ill.
47:26Well, I just hope that in your budget, you two allocated money for marriage counseling.
47:31So, Andy, where's your project?
47:36Well, Mr. Maddox, since marriage is a 50-50 partnership, I decided to do my project from the wife's perspective.
47:47So, here's my half.
47:54Pacey Witter, thank you for joining us.
47:57Is this your project?
47:59Mine and Andy's.
48:01Wow, this looks pretty comprehensive. Good work, you two.
48:07And now that this is over, you'll get these back on Monday.
48:11Then Monday, we're going to start our project on macroeconomics.
48:17Oh, I'm so glad that project is over.
48:21I kind of like the assignment.
48:23And you did, didn't you?
48:25Yeah.
48:26I can just see it now.
48:28Joey Potter climbs the ladder to America.
48:32Oh, crap.
48:40Get a room.
48:47What is that all about?
48:49I have no idea.
48:53Pacey, hey.
48:55Hey.
48:56Thanks for finishing the project.
48:59I guess I can never call you Pacey again.
49:02Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday.
49:05I think we were both suffering from a case of false impressions.
49:10I talked to your brother last night, and he explained to me that your family is not exactly the Rockefellers.
49:15He did?
49:16Yeah, so...
49:19I feel like the world's biggest chump here.
49:22Don't sweat it.
49:24No, you were right. It's true.
49:27I obviously don't know anything about you.
49:32My life is like a movie of the week.
49:35That's probably better left out of this brief little truce we have going here, okay?
49:41So what I want to know is, did we get the Viper?
49:45Come on. After all we've been through, could I really get the Viper?
49:50Okay, I had to. It's such an awesome car.
49:54But that means all of our kids are stuffed into a two-bedroom apartment.
49:59Uh, it's actually a one-bedroom apartment.
50:02But, you know, the family that lays together stays together.
50:05Pacey? Five people in one bedroom?
50:08That is insanity.
50:10Are you complaining?
50:12I stayed up all night doing that project, and now you're complaining?
50:16How can I complain?
50:18What?
50:19Because there are so many things wrong with that report.
50:22Wrong with that report? What's wrong?
50:24You know what? Family unity is really important to me. I believe that...
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