Dawson's Creek Season 3 Episode 22 The Anti-Prom
Dawson's Creek Season 3 Episode 22 The Anti-Prom
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00:00Canterbury tells in perfect Middle English.
00:02Joey, I've been over this a thousand times, your pronunciation is flawless.
00:07Maybe so, but I'm still going to continue torturing myself until test time. I just have to.
00:11Of course you will. Well, where are the powder neuroses?
00:16I prefer to think of them as quirks.
00:18Do you?
00:19Yeah.
00:20Well, whatever works for you.
00:23I could get into the Leary neurosis.
00:25Uh, you don't have to do that.
00:28Besides, I'm nervous enough on my own.
00:32There you go.
00:33Why?
00:35Uh, well, there's an event looming on the horizon.
00:42And I seem to recall a certain pact made by two high school freshmen regarding said event.
00:51Junior prom.
00:52Both agreed if we didn't have dates, we'd go together.
00:55So you do remember.
00:58Are you asking me to prom?
01:01I don't want to go with some random person and have it mean nothing.
01:06You know, I want to go with my oldest friend.
01:10That'd be something I'll always remember.
01:14Or we both agree that it's a meaningless event to not go at all.
01:18But it does mean something.
01:20And there are a million reasons why proms are ridiculous and stupid,
01:23but we made that pact because it obviously mattered to us.
01:26It's a rite of passage.
01:28And I can't think of any better way to move forward than
01:32to fulfill a pact made by two old friends and just have a good time.
01:38Okay.
01:41Okay.
01:42But I have two rules.
01:43No cheesy croissants for me and no blue ruffly tuxedo-y shirt thingy for you.
01:48Fine.
02:48You know what, uh, I'm not wearing a watch,
03:09but I'm probably at least late for something that I should probably be on the sofa.
03:15See you guys later.
03:19Uh, sweetheart, we should probably talk about what you just saw.
03:25You know what, I'll talk to Dawson.
03:28You should probably go ahead and get to the restaurant.
03:31Okay.
03:42Should be good.
03:48You okay?
03:55You know what?
03:56Yeah.
03:57Yeah.
03:59About what you just saw.
04:01I just saw that as something I've seen about five million times over the course of my life.
04:07Under the circumstances, don't you think we should talk about it?
04:13At this point, I'm numb.
04:16You're numb?
04:18Yeah.
04:18I mean, you and mom, they've always had a relationship that's been a little dramatic.
04:25All the while, I've been in the middle for all the backs and fourths and ups and downs.
04:28A little while ago, I realized I don't need to do that.
04:32I can just kind of sit back, detached, and watch from afar.
04:38You know, you can do that.
04:40But I think you should know that what's going on between your mother and me
04:43is a lot more than casual.
04:45Are you saying that you want me getting back together?
04:49No, no, we haven't discussed that.
04:51Okay, dad.
04:51In that case, I would prefer that you let me out entirely.
04:54I'm enjoying the numbness right now.
04:56You haven't talked to mom.
04:57You don't know even what she's feeling.
05:00I was married to your mother for 20 years.
05:04There are some things I know without having to ask.
05:12How's the study going?
05:14Fine.
05:16Do you want to sing?
05:17Can I get your water as I'm named?
05:19No, I'm good.
05:28Um, do you want me to go?
05:35No, I don't want you to go.
05:39I don't know.
05:39I just get the feeling that, uh, I don't know that you want me to go.
05:45No, I don't want you to go.
05:49Okay.
05:55Look, I just, sometimes I, I just feel kind of, um...
06:03Thirsty?
06:05Tired?
06:06Mad?
06:06Sad?
06:07Yeah.
06:10Sad?
06:11Yeah.
06:12Uh, it's something like that.
06:17You know, maybe it's time that you come out of this cave.
06:20You know, just get back out there.
06:23Back out where?
06:25Out there.
06:26You know, go to the prom.
06:30With who, Andy?
06:31I don't know.
06:32Anybody.
06:33A girl.
06:34You could go with me if you wanted to.
06:38You don't have a date to the prom?
06:40I am currently sifting through offers.
06:43I have just yet to make my final decision.
06:48Do you want me to ask you to the prom?
06:54I just want to see you happy again.
06:56I don't think the prom is going to act as some magical happiness elixir for me.
07:04You're probably better off taking one of those other guys up on their offer.
07:10Sure I will.
07:14Dawson asked me to prom and I said yes.
07:19And now I feel like I made a huge, horrible mistake.
07:23I mean, he assured me that it will only serve to re-cement our admittedly shaky friendship, but
07:29I don't know.
07:29I mean, what about the undeniable romantic implications?
07:33And not to mention Pacey.
07:34What about Pacey?
07:36What did you think accepting Dawson's prom invitation would do if not put you right
07:40in the middle of his tug-of-war with Pacey?
07:47I know.
07:47I'm just, I'm trying.
07:49I'm trying so hard just to get things back to the way they were.
07:53Come on, Jo.
07:55You're not that naive.
07:56I have to be.
07:58I'm backed up into a corner.
08:00I don't have any choice.
08:02You always have a choice.
08:06No appealing choice.
08:08So you're looking to me to provide the magical key to this problem?
08:12Yeah.
08:16I gotta say, you've been a little thin in the advice department lately.
08:20Give me a problem that actually has a solution and I'll solve it.
08:28You're right.
08:30I mean, no matter what I do, somebody gets hurt.
08:34Including me.
08:35I hate this stupid prom.
08:43Stupid prom can kiss my ass.
08:46What's wrong with you?
08:49I thought that Pacey was going to ask me to the prom.
08:51But no.
08:52Instead, I must humiliate myself and go alone.
08:56It's better than you going to the next boyfriend that you're not over yet.
09:00I am so over him.
09:03I am.
09:04That's why I want to go with him.
09:06It's because it'll be safe.
09:14So what about you?
09:15Did you get your tickets yet?
09:17I'm working on it.
09:18You see the thing with you?
09:20Couples.
09:21They're gonna have every couple's names on the balloons,
09:23on the little place cards,
09:25on those cheesy prom souvenirs.
09:28So?
09:30So when you go to buy your tickets,
09:32I mean, you gotta say who you're bringing.
09:34Which basically means I have to march over there
09:36and tell the world that I'm bringing a guy to the prom.
09:39Don't you think that when you show up with Ethan at the prom
09:41that they're going to kind of figure out that he's your date?
09:44No, he's not my date, Dave.
09:46We're just going as friends.
09:47He calls it taking the next step towards self-acceptance and actualization.
09:52Whatever the hell that means.
09:54I don't see what you're so worried about.
09:55I mean, it's not like you to care what other people think.
09:59You see who's selling the tickets?
10:03Barbara Johns.
10:04So, you know what they're having this weekend is the junior prom.
10:13Really?
10:14Yeah.
10:15God, is there a more ridiculous and embarrassing ritual than the prom?
10:19The way that it totally reinforces traditional gender roles,
10:22rewards the cool kids, punishes the geeks.
10:24I mean, you know, the pressure that this one single night exerts on the common teenager
10:31to make hollow, awkward, romantic gestures
10:33like pinning a cheap corsage on Taffeta,
10:35having drunken sex with some guy whose name you won't even remember,
10:38and then puking in the back of some cheesy ass rented limo.
10:40I mean, it's all just so overwhelming.
10:43You've never been to a prom before, have you?
10:48Well, no.
10:49But I know enough about them to know it's just a sad...
10:52So, in other words, you're asking me to go?
10:58Yeah.
11:00I'd love to.
11:04Okay.
11:06The theme of this year's prom is couples.
11:09Please state your name as well as the name of your date.
11:12Yeah, that's, um, it's Jack McPhee and, um, Ethan Brody.
11:21Excuse me?
11:22Ethan Brody.
11:24A boy cannot go to the prom with the boy.
11:27The definition of a prom date is a boy and a girl.
11:30Yeah, well, I don't think that's any of your business.
11:32To be honest, I don't understand why you feel the need to cause a spectacle
11:36and ruin the prom for the rest of us.
11:38But if you feel you have to do so,
11:42I can't sell you a ticket until I talk to Mrs. Meyer, head of the prom committee.
11:45What, you're not gonna sell me a ticket?
11:47What exactly is it the two of you will do anyway?
11:50Take a nice prom photo for grandma's photo album?
11:54Dance stubble cheek to stubble cheek?
11:57Share a romantic kiss under the moonlight?
11:59I mean, you don't think that's gonna weird out
12:00even the ones who are sympathetic to people like you?
12:03You can't do this.
12:04Like I said, Jack, I'll check with Mrs. Meyer and you can come back and try again.
12:09Next.
12:12What's up, Jack?
12:13You okay?
12:14Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
12:17I gotta go.
12:21The theme of this year's prom is couples.
12:24Please state your name as well as the name of your date.
12:28Barbara, you're my gym class.
12:29You know my name.
12:31Please state your name as well as the name of your date.
12:35Doss Leary and Jory Potter.
12:37Oh, happy couple back together?
12:40Something like that, yeah.
12:41So, you can't do this to you, Jack.
13:01We won't let them.
13:02Yeah, and we'll lodge a formal complaint.
13:06And not only will you get your tickets for free,
13:09but we will get Barbara Johns to apologize in front of the whole school.
13:13On her hands and knees.
13:15Guys.
13:16Or we could just go straight to Mrs. Meyer and tell her exactly what Barbara did.
13:19Yeah, I mean, she has to sell you the tickets, Jack.
13:21Otherwise, it's discrimination.
13:22Guys, I appreciate the support.
13:26I do.
13:27It's okay.
13:28I'm just not gonna go to prom.
13:29What?
13:30You have to go.
13:31Yeah, at this point, it's political.
13:34That's just it, okay?
13:35It's a prom.
13:36It's supposed to be fun.
13:37Why does my entire life have to be a fight?
13:39Why does something that's normal for someone else have to be so political for me?
13:44That's just the way it is.
13:45And until things change, you have to fight.
13:48We'll be there with you.
13:50All the way.
13:53I just wanted to go to the prom.
13:54That's all.
13:57Well, if you're not going, I'm not going.
14:00Me neither.
14:01Good.
14:02Then we'll boycott.
14:03We'll organize.
14:04Yeah.
14:05I've got a better idea.
14:07Jack, you're right.
14:10Let's hold our own prom.
14:12Write an alternative prom.
14:14Think about it.
14:15Why are we paying 80 bucks a pop to sit where they tell us to sit, eat rubbery chicken,
14:19and listen to a special selection of Barbara John's favorite tune that we can hold the
14:23eye from?
14:25Which is not about who you bring.
14:27It's about who you are.
14:29I like it.
14:30Yeah, I think it's a great idea, Dawson.
14:37Yeah, what would an alternative prom be without a couple of gay guys?
14:52If you guys choose to take me up on this proposal, I worked it out, and the revenue from ticket
14:56sales will offset the cost.
14:59I'm telling you guys, we can totally make this work.
15:02You've obviously given this a lot of thought.
15:05I only have one question.
15:07Why?
15:09Big things are happening all around.
15:12I'm just kind of trying to facilitate my own big thing.
15:16If the answer is yes.
15:18Should we say yes now or continue to torture him?
15:23You guys will not regret this, I promise.
15:25But you do realize this is my restaurant, so I will be here.
15:29And every prom needs a chaperone.
15:31Okay.
15:33Great.
15:36I want to go have some fires.
15:41Oh, well, he seems to have gotten through yesterday's events unscathed.
15:46He says he's numb at this point.
15:48Oh, is that a good thing?
15:49I don't know.
15:51But he did seem, remarkably enough, totally okay.
15:56Well, that's a relief.
15:59Kind of got me to thinking, though.
16:02Oh, who put cayenne pepper in this marinara sauce?
16:06Okay.
16:09I thought maybe we should discuss what we're doing here.
16:13What we're doing where?
16:15Well, this thing you and I are doing.
16:18I thought maybe we should discuss what it means.
16:21Can't we just enjoy it and see where it leads?
16:23Why do we always have to analyze every little thing?
16:25Um, hello?
16:26I asked a question.
16:28Who put cayenne pepper in the marinara sauce?
16:36I didn't know this thing could actually turn out to be a success.
16:41Anna Manor speaking.
16:42Hi.
16:44Just because the dregs of society go to your prom does not make it a success.
16:49Nobody that matters would be caught dead there.
16:51I certainly wouldn't go if you paid me.
16:54Oh, that's a good thing, because we don't want your kind at our prom.
16:57And what kind is that?
16:58The good Christian kind?
17:01You know, this is not about religion, Barbara.
17:04I mean the kind that hates people.
17:06You know, the intolerant, judgmental, hypocritical kind.
17:10Closed-minded, immature, bigoted kind.
17:13With bad Christian sense.
17:14Really bad.
17:16Look, at least I'm not going to hell.
17:20But that's it.
17:21That's your whole comeback.
17:23I'd say the threat of eternal damnation is a pretty good comeback.
17:26Yeah, well, that threat is not yours to make.
17:29You just didn't get it.
17:31You're totally missing the point.
17:33Ah, next!
17:37And to think I was going to give this to the goodwill.
17:43You're gonna look great, Henry.
17:45I feel like a busboy.
17:47It's the burden of men, dear.
17:49While out on the town, you must stand in the background and let your woman shine.
17:55Oh, I think that Henry shines just fine on his own, Chris.
17:59He certainly does.
18:02Oh, there's my tea.
18:05I'll be right back.
18:14I think it's time that you and I had the talk.
18:18The talk?
18:19Yeah, the prom sex talk.
18:21The prom sex talk?
18:24Come on, Henry, like it wasn't going to come up sooner or later.
18:26Not necessarily.
18:34Oh, okay.
18:35Tell me that you weren't thinking that you, me, and the prom didn't mean the distinct
18:40possibility of a little drunken backseat rented limo, nookie.
18:45I didn't rent a limo.
18:47Okay, that's not the point.
18:49The prom puts a lot of pressure on kids to do it just for the sake of it,
18:54and you end up doing it 15 minutes before curfew, and it's completely unromantic,
18:58and it's way too fast, and it just generally sucks.
19:04And you can never take that back or change it.
19:06So I thought that maybe we could make the decision right now not to do it.
19:16Oh, I'm a no race, and you know that.
19:24But we are going to do it eventually, right?
19:42To what do I owe the honor of this visit?
19:45I'm just bored, I guess.
19:48You always knew how to flatter a girl.
19:51I try.
19:55So, um, I guess you're probably going to be going to that whole alternative prom thing?
20:03You're not going to believe what I did today.
20:04I threw my ticket back in Barbara John's face.
20:08Get what that witch said to me when I bought it.
20:10Oh, that is so brave, Andy.
20:14A girl going to the prom alone.
20:18Why would you go to the prom alone?
20:21I thought you were sifting through offers.
20:24Yeah, well, uh, turns out that I didn't have any.
20:34So why didn't you just tell me that?
20:38Because I didn't want a pity ask, okay?
20:40And it doesn't matter anyway, because all of my friends are going to be there,
20:44and at this point, I'm just going to support the whole stupid alternative prom thing.
20:49Well, you should have been able to tell me.
20:50And it wouldn't be a pity ask, because it can't be pity if it's an honor.
20:58Andrea McPhee, would you go to the prom with me?
21:04Would you go to the prom with me?
21:10Hi.
21:17Wow.
21:19You look...
21:22Sister-dressed, Dawson.
21:24Okay, picture time.
21:34We should probably go.
21:35We don't want to be late.
21:36I've always hated having your picture taken.
21:39Well, so, Dawson, where's the corsage?
21:42Uh, well, we made a deal.
21:44No corsage, but I have it or something.
21:52Time engineering?
21:56Listen, I can't take this.
21:58Relax, they're my mom's.
21:59They're on loan, like at the Academy Awards.
22:02I thought they'd look amazing on you.
22:06I can't wear them, I mean, what if something happens?
22:09Something happens to what? Your earworms?
22:12Stop, now put them on.
22:17How beautiful.
22:18So put them on, and then I'll get one more picture.
22:32Okay.
22:36One, two, three.
22:53Interesting crowd.
22:54Block the catwalk.
22:56I'm on it.
23:02Hey, can you believe we wore the same thing?
23:09Yeah, I thought it was pretty funny.
23:16You know, Jack, I'm not expecting you to dance with me if that's what you're worried about.
23:20No, I'm not worried about anything.
23:23Hey.
23:31Hi there.
23:32Hey.
23:33Hey.
23:34Hey, Jack.
23:40Hey, guys.
23:42Joey, I love those earrings.
23:48Hey, Andy.
23:48Hey, sis.
23:49Hey.
23:49Hey, guys.
23:51What's going on?
23:53Nothing.
23:59Shall we dance?
24:09Come on, sit down.
24:10Great.
24:12Wow, Jen, your dress is fabulous.
24:15Thank you so much, you look awesome.
24:20Hey, Ethan.
24:22Hey, Ethan.
24:53So, here we are.
24:56Yeah.
24:58At the prom.
25:01Yeah.
25:04So, what are you thinking?
25:07I wasn't thinking about sex, okay?
25:09Henry, chill, you're allowed to think about sex.
25:17I wasn't.
25:18No, I'm sure, I'm just saying that, you know, if you were, that's fine.
25:23I mean, you can think about sex, I can think about sex.
25:26It's just that tonight, it's that it's not a factor, right?
25:38I'm glad you know.
25:40That I what?
25:42That you had the courage to bring me, Jack.
25:45I know it's not easy.
25:47Even for me, when, you know, when Brad and I first told people what was happening.
25:51Can we maybe put a pin in the, when I was young, gay boy stories for tonight?
25:56It's not providing a flood of sauce right now.
26:02What I was gonna say, Jack, is that Brad and I never did anything together.
26:06In fact, for all my bravado, I've never asked a guy to anything like this.
26:13You mean all that crap about actualization you've never actualized?
26:20I guess I thought it was a hurdle we could jump over together.
26:23At my high school prom, where you know no one and I know everyone?
26:28Tell me, how together is that, Ethan?
26:29So you win in the courage to part?
26:31No, no, I don't.
26:33Because I was tricked into it.
26:34Courage would have been telling you that I'm not ready for this.
26:36That however healthy this might be for my sexual identity,
26:39I really don't want to be here right now.
26:41Well, I'm sorry.
26:43So am I.
26:44Where are you going?
26:45I'm going to get a soda.
26:47You know what?
26:48I was wondering, wise gay sage that you are, coke, diet Pepsi,
26:52what's better for my self-actualization?
27:01You know, there are other things that we could talk about, besides sex.
27:07Of course, we could talk about...
27:10Summer, we could talk about what we're going to do this summer.
27:15I thought that we could take a couple day trips up to Nantucket,
27:18go see some concerts up in Boston, and then...
27:21Sure, when I get back from football camp.
27:25What football camp?
27:26Football camp in Cleveland.
27:28Eight weeks.
27:29Leave at the end of June.
27:33You're leaving me for the whole summer to go to football camp,
27:36and you tell me you're not ready for this?
27:37You're leaving me for the whole summer to go to football camp,
27:40and you tell me this now?
27:44What's wrong with now?
27:45You don't devastate your girlfriend with the news of an impending
27:48two-month separation in the middle of the prom,
27:50and that kind of ruins the night.
27:52I've ruined the night?
27:53And as far as later goes, whatever slim possibility may have existed
27:57that you and I might actually have sex, well, you can just forget about that now.
28:01I thought we were established.
28:02We weren't going to have sex tonight.
28:04Oh, come on, Henry.
28:05That's just what you say to alleviate the pressure
28:06and make it seem spontaneous when you actually do it.
28:08Of course there was a chance.
28:09It's our prom.
28:28Can I ask a brazen but obvious question?
28:31Sure, of course.
28:35Why'd you bring me here tonight, Dawson?
28:37Huh?
28:38Was it just so you could throw jabs at Pacey?
28:43What are you talking about?
28:43I had no idea Pacey would be here.
28:46You don't think I get the subtext of every one of those looks you keep throwing his way?
28:51I mean, Dawson, you might as well get on the PA and scream,
28:53she's mine, Pacey, ha, I win.
28:57Actually, that's not what I'm thinking.
28:59Then what are you thinking?
29:00I'm thinking what right did he have to show up to my mother's restaurant
29:05and prom that I organized?
29:07What exactly is he trying to accomplish?
29:10You know, given the circumstances under which this night originated,
29:12what right do you have to exclude anyone?
29:14I'm not excluding you.
29:15I haven't said a word to him.
29:16Hey, that hasn't stopped you from parading me around all night
29:20like I'm some sort of a prize.
29:22Parading you?
29:23I'm not parading you around, Jo.
29:24You're my date and I'm dancing with you.
29:26It's not my fault if he keeps staring at us.
29:30You're right.
29:32None of it's your fault.
29:33None of it's anybody's fault.
29:34It's just happening.
29:36And who cares what it's doing to me?
29:40Okay.
29:45You know, let's just start over, okay?
29:49Let's just have some joy at the prom.
29:53Having a good time.
29:57Okay?
30:00I'm gonna need a breather.
30:28Care to make a run for it?
30:30Yes, please.
30:39So what are you hiding from?
30:41I am hiding from Barbara Johns.
30:44She's here?
30:46No.
30:47In a way, she is.
30:53She was right, Joey.
30:56I don't belong here.
30:58I'm not gonna dance with Ethan.
30:59I'm not gonna have my picture taken with him.
31:02And whatever good time I was gonna have tonight,
31:05I just ruined it by the way I treated him.
31:10You really like him, don't you?
31:13I remember a conversation less than a year ago
31:18under these very stars.
31:21And all you could see was the pain and the loneliness
31:25that made your life different from everyone else's.
31:30As opposed to now,
31:32when all I can see is the pain and loneliness
31:34that makes our lives the same.
31:42Look, I know how sad it is to hide
31:44from something that you really want, Joey.
31:46I just want everything to go back to the way it was,
31:49you know?
31:51All of us friends again,
31:52and me not caught in the middle.
31:54If you want things to get back to the way that they were,
31:58you have to set the example.
32:00And Dawson and Pacey,
32:02those two just aren't gonna do it themselves right now.
32:08How about we hide out here for a while first?
32:11Sounds good to me.
32:23Joey, this might be a tad presumptuous,
32:26but I took the liberty of packing a bag
32:30I thought maybe I could stay over.
32:32I'm not sure that's such a good idea, Kim.
32:36Mitchell, what are you talking about?
32:38I'm not here just for your whim, Kim.
32:43Excuse me?
32:44Go ahead and laugh,
32:45but you know, we've finally gotten back to this point
32:47in our relationship by being honest with each other.
32:51I'm not gonna stop that honesty now.
32:53Uh, okay.
32:57So if the honest thing is to talk about it,
32:59let's talk about it.
33:02I can't keep playing this game.
33:05Is it a slip-up?
33:06Is it a relationship?
33:07Is it a Saturday night arrangement?
33:10What is it?
33:10What do you want it to be?
33:14You know what, Gail?
33:15I'm sick of being the one
33:16always anxious to define our relationship,
33:18or lack thereof.
33:19What I want is for you to define it for once.
33:34I've been meaning to ask you something all night, PC.
33:41Would you like to dance with me?
33:48Yes.
33:49Come on, let's dance.
34:08How come this feels so right?
34:12Because those stamps listens.
34:19Why did you get those?
34:29They're not you.
34:33Why, because I'm just a poor tomboy,
34:35or is Dawson giving them to me?
34:42Neither.
34:44See this?
34:48This is you.
34:50It's not showy or gaudy.
34:56It's simple.
35:00Elegant.
35:04Beautiful.
35:08My mom's bracelet.
35:12I know.
35:17How do you know?
35:20Well, because you told me.
35:24Six months ago,
35:26you were wearing that blue sweater,
35:30snowflakes that you have,
35:33walking down the hallways at school.
35:35I was annoying you as per usual.
35:39I said, look, PC,
35:40I just found my mother's bracelet this morning,
35:42so why don't you cut me some slack?
35:44I don't remember that.
36:45Dawson, Dawson, wait.
36:51Dawson, wait.
36:53How could you do that to me?
36:55Are you trying to hurt me?
36:56No, I'm trying to set an example.
36:59I'm trying to get things back to the way they were.
37:01You can't go back to the way they were,
37:03Joy, don't you get it?
37:05You can't climb through my window,
37:06pop in E.T. and have it be the same, okay?
37:09You can't dance with him at the prom I organized,
37:12expecting not to be hurt.
37:14You said tonight was about you, me, and our friendship,
37:16and if that was really the case,
37:18it wouldn't matter who I danced with.
37:19I said tonight was about moving forward, Joy.
37:21What did you think that meant?
37:23You can't have thought that that's all I wanted.
37:28The whole reason I suggested this whole stupid alternative
37:30prom wasn't about Jack, it was about you, all right?
37:33And maybe I tried too hard,
37:34but I didn't want to miss my chance to dance with you,
37:37to hold you, to make you remember
37:38what it was like between us.
37:41I thought maybe, you know,
37:43if I could make it perfect,
37:49that I would pick you.
37:52Say it, Dawson.
37:54You thought if you orchestrated this whole evening
37:56that I would be convinced into picking you over Pacey, right?
37:59I picked someone, Joy.
38:03I just want to remind you what you'd be missing
38:05if you didn't pick me.
38:10You'd be missing a lot.
38:13And so would I.
38:14We'd be missing everything.
38:15That's how the evening was supposed to end.
38:45I think I can take it from here, thanks.
38:59Wow, I think those are the most words you've said to me
39:03since I told you about football camp.
39:05Henry, I'm not in...
39:07Fine, let's talk about something else.
39:11Like, why would you make such a big deal
39:13about there being no possibility of us having sex
39:16if you're planning to do it all alone?
39:17I wasn't planning on anything.
39:21I mean, I thought that maybe if it happened,
39:23if it felt right and natural,
39:25then yeah, maybe we would be, you know,
39:27it doesn't even matter.
39:28Because of football camp?
39:30No, I hate it when you do this.
39:32You get extreme about the future of our relationship
39:35at the first sign of one of your insecurities.
39:37This isn't about my insecurities, Henry.
39:39It's about your cowardice.
39:41And the fact that I planned our entire summer together
39:44and you weren't even thinking about spending any time with me.
39:49For the first time in my life,
39:50I made myself vulnerable to somebody.
39:54And now I just feel stupid.
39:56Jen, one decision to go, it's got nothing to do with you.
40:01Exactly.
40:03But if this were a real relationship,
40:05your choice for those eight weeks,
40:06it would have had at least something to do with me.
40:11Good night, Henry.
40:14Jen, I won't go through this again.
40:16I can't.
40:17This time there won't be any posters
40:19or grand declarations of my feelings towards you.
40:23Walk in that house.
40:25And it's not just good night.
40:28It's goodbye.
40:35Goodbye.
40:41Ethan, wait.
40:42Wait.
40:45What are you doing?
40:47Are you kidding me?
40:51I'm sorry for the way that I acted tonight.
40:53No, Jack, I'm sorry.
40:55You clearly weren't ready for this.
40:59That's just it.
41:02Because I don't know what this is.
41:04So maybe we should define this before we decide who's ready.
41:11What are you saying?
41:18I'm saying...
41:23Okay, I'm saying that tonight,
41:27I don't think that I was uncomfortable
41:29with bringing a guy to the prom.
41:32I think I was uncomfortable with taking someone
41:34that doesn't feel the same way about me as I feel about him.
41:37Jack, I really like you.
41:41I don't want all the hurdles.
41:43And why this whole journey for us to be together
41:45when all you have to do is just lean over and kiss you?
41:52Yeah, something like that.
41:54Because, Jack, I don't want to kiss someone who isn't ready.
41:58And I don't know if you're ready.
42:00So I'm afraid you're going to have to kiss me first.
42:04How do you know that I couldn't?
42:07I don't know.
42:09I'm guessing.
42:12Maybe you're guessing wrong.
42:13Maybe I'm ready, okay?
42:15So here we are.
42:18Alone, train station.
42:20No one around.
42:23No lights, no cameras,
42:25no network television to cut to commercial.
42:29It's just you and me.
42:33So kiss me, Jack.
42:37I dare you.
43:00I honestly believed that when I came over to invite you to the prom
43:06it was because I wanted to go to the prom with you.
43:11And I can't tell you how much I wish that were the truth.
43:16But as soon as I got there,
43:20I realized that I wanted to go to the prom because...
43:24I know why you wanted to go to the prom, Basie.
43:29And I'm sorry that it didn't work out for you.
43:32But at least you got to dance with her.
43:35What can I do?
43:39Really, I would do whatever it takes to make this up to you, Wendy.
43:44What it would take is something that I don't think you can give me right now.
43:49And I'm not mad at you, Basie.
43:50Honestly, I'm not.
43:51I just...
43:53I just really feel bad for you.
43:56I just really feel bad for you.
44:12Is that how I tell you what I'm going to be doing this summer?
44:18Sell true love down to Key West.
44:21Just for you to see.
44:25How's that for having what I ask, huh?
44:30So when are you gonna leave?
44:34Right after finals.
44:39Have you told her how you feel?
44:44Andy...
44:46She already knows how I feel.
44:48I mean, have you really told her, Basie?
44:54You can't just leave without letting her know.
44:58I mean, that's not like you.
44:59You don't just stand and let things happen and you don't run away either.
45:06You have to tell her that you love her.
45:09And you have to try to get her back.
45:12You have to try to get her back.
45:15And you have to try to get her back.
45:19Because if you don't, I promise you, you will regret it.
45:28Maybe.
45:29No, Basie.
45:32You will.
45:44Hey.
45:51Hey.
45:53Um...
45:56I brought these back for you.
46:00They're so beautiful, I...
46:03I'm not quite sure they're me, but...
46:07Really fun time wearing them.
46:08I know.
46:13So I'm not going to deny that when you kissed me last night...
46:19I felt something.
46:23Something that I wasn't expecting and something that...
46:29probably will always be there.
46:35I can't keep hurting people, Dawson.
46:39And I can't choose.
46:43So I'm telling you the same thing that I told Basie.
46:50Please don't make me.
46:53I'm not ready and I can't do it.
47:02Okay.
47:04Okay?
47:06I'll wait.
47:09You can call me an eternal optimist.
47:13I have faith.
47:18This whole year has been a...
47:22soul-searching journey.
47:27And I feel like I've finally come to the end.
47:32And what I found...
47:36was you.
47:39You gotta believe...
47:45You gotta believe that the sun will rise...
47:48Mitch!
47:49What?
47:49Mitch.
47:52Come here.
47:53What is it?
47:54Just come here.
47:55I'll...
47:57sit here.
48:00Who are you up to?
48:03Just this.
48:08Last night, you asked me to define this relationship.
48:13And I wasn't ready to do it.
48:15I have just been so afraid of screwing up.
48:19Making the same mistakes twice.
48:23But I'm not gonna let that fear stop us from being together anymore.
48:30So...
48:33If our fate is to make the same mistakes all over again,
48:37then by God, I hope we make those mistakes as well as we did the first time.
48:47Is that a yes?
48:49No.
48:51You didn't ask me a question.
48:53You know the question.
48:58You know the answer.
49:07Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
49:37Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey silently till dawn