Dawson's Creek Season 1 Episode 12 Beauty Contest
Dawson's Creek Season 1 Episode 12 Beauty Contest
Transcript
00:00In love with you, I don't know what you're talking about.
00:02As far as I can tell, there are only two ways to make my life better.
00:05The scholarship is pretty much my only way out of Capeside.
00:08I think it'd be a shame to let a great friendship go to waste.
00:11What do you say?
00:12Do you think it's possible in any conceivable way that we could still be friends?
00:17You know, Joe, all things considered, I really wish I was taking you with me today.
00:21All things considered, I kind of wish you were too.
00:27Female mating preferences vary widely among the different insect species.
00:33Ew, what are you watching?
00:35A special tape on entomological sexual behavior?
00:40It's a little visual aid for my biology term paper.
00:44For others, it is advantageous only for the offspring,
00:48who will ultimately benefit from selective paternity.
00:51Well, how does she know which one she's attracted to? They look the same.
00:55Instinct. Unlike people.
00:59You mean people don't find mates by instinct?
01:02Meaning that people go by whatever supermodel the media decides to be this month's perfect human specimen.
01:08Hmm, I'd beg to differ. I don't need entertainment tonight to tell me Drew Barrymore is hot.
01:1320th century men are conditioned to worship women who look like nutritionally deprived heroin addicts.
01:18In the Renaissance, they liked women who were hefty,
01:21In some cultures, they like women who have bones through their noses and plates in their mouths.
01:25It's just the way it goes, Dawson.
01:27Hmm, you're reaching.
01:31You know, maybe there is some truth to what you're saying,
01:34but you can't tell me that pure animal instinct doesn't have something to do with what kind of guy you're attracted to.
01:42Alright.
01:44I have the slightest idea, Dawson.
02:14Now my life is turning around
02:20Every voice inside my head is telling me to run like mad
02:29On balls and arrows, stars and sunsets
02:33Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, hey, hey, yeah
02:38Every heartbeat, every kiss just makes me wonder
02:44What all this is
02:46Suits of armor, hearts and arrows
02:50Hey, hey, hey, yeah
02:54I'm a small town trap, but my dreams are breaking out
02:59They're locked in my veins, my veins are breaking out
03:04Saints in the living room, choking me without a face
03:09Small town trap
03:10So your mom's judging for the Windjammer Days?
03:12Yeah, they're gonna let me cover it for the station.
03:15Well, so what are these Windjammer Days?
03:17It's this yearly event the Yacht Club holds.
03:20A little pageant.
03:22They try and reel in the last remaining turd before the town really shuts down for the season.
03:27It's a blue-blooded tradition which celebrates the grand achievement of being born rich,
03:32a combination of which is this asinine formal dinner held at the Yacht Club
03:36where some young nubile whose daddy owns the bank is crowned Miss Windjammer.
03:41It's the most archaic display of ageism, racism, and sexism on the map.
03:46Do they have a swimsuit competition?
03:49I don't think so.
03:50You know, maybe I could be like one of those guys who warms up the girls before they go on stage.
03:54It's not a porno, Pacey.
03:56My mother used to intervene in these disgusting Little Miss pageants before I was old enough to protest.
04:03Well, let me guess. You throw the baton.
04:06Meaning?
04:08Nothing. You should enter.
04:11Yeah.
04:12No, I mean, seriously. I mean, you're beautiful. I mean, nobody can dispute that.
04:19I can totally picture you strolling past the judges flashing that million-dollar smile of yours.
04:25Well, I'm afraid that my baton-twirling days are over.
04:28Well, first prize is $5,000 and a trip to New York.
04:33Why don't you enter, Dawson? I'm sure you have some inspired ideas on how to achieve world peace.
04:38The world peace is easy. It's the tap-dancing pumps I get in trouble with.
04:42It's a skill.
04:45Hmm.
04:47Backhanded insults disguised as compliments.
04:51It's really a novel approach to winning back a woman's affections.
04:54Well, if you're going to give it a shot, I've tried everything else.
04:58Why don't you just get over it, man? She has.
05:01I think I have gotten over it. I just...
05:04I don't know. Winning her back has fallen as some sort of bizarre hobby.
05:10How you doing?
05:12Slow, huh?
05:14As a tourist school, so do the tips.
05:17That bad?
05:19I'll put it to you this way.
05:21Higher education for me will be no further away than Capeside Community Vacation Institute.
05:26You're smart. You can get a scholarship.
05:28Yeah, but I can't bank on a full one.
05:32Look, Joey.
05:35You know, now that the proverbs are out there,
05:38Look, Joey.
05:41You know, now that the proverbial wedge we so fondly refer to as Dustin Leary is no longer between us,
05:48we could actually be friends.
05:51I know. I know it's a bizarre concept,
05:54but we might find that we have something more in common than just the boy next door.
06:01Okay.
06:03Why not?
06:10We don't have to, like, wash each other's hair or do each other's nails, do we?
06:16Fine.
06:18Life is great mid-present.
06:23Everybody wants a ride.
06:27Lisa?
06:29Amy?
06:34You okay?
06:36Oh, yeah.
06:37I just spent the entire morning with my father telling me what a scholastically inept,
06:41athletically challenged, underachieving loser I am.
06:44I'm fine.
06:45He said that?
06:46Yeah. First he starts in on the failing biology thing,
06:49and then he goes straight into the skipping school to do Providence thing.
06:52I've forgotten stealing his car thing.
06:54Why would he steal it?
06:55Look, it's not like I killed anybody, all right?
06:58If I have to hear the words,
06:59why can't you be more like your brother Doug one more time?
07:02My head is going to explode.
07:05You're more than welcome to crash at my house for a few.
07:08Thanks, but I was thinking of something a little more permanent.
07:12Tracy, forget about it.
07:13Your father's never going to let you move out of his house.
07:16Actually, he told me as soon as I want to become an emancipated minor,
07:19I should just show him where he needs to sign.
07:23Check this out.
07:25First and last, $250 a month.
07:28That's Mill Street.
07:29Keeps its only official tenement.
07:31Yeah, well, it feeds the Witter family house of Horace, doesn't it?
07:35How are you going to pay for this roach-infested bachelor plan?
07:38Well, that's the problem, isn't it?
07:42My video store wage, I can't even afford a two-man tent.
07:47You don't need an assistant for that beauty pageant thing, do you?
07:50I'm not even getting paid.
07:53The only person making any money off this is little Miss Windjammer herself.
07:57Maybe I'll just toss my I.T.R. into the ring.
08:00You know, a $5,000 reward,
08:02that would get me into one of those executive bachelor pads downtown.
08:06Except I'm afraid your God-given ability to relieve yourself standing up
08:09is rendering you ineligible.
08:11Yeah, once again, sexual discrimination rears its ugly head.
08:16Wouldn't that just piss my dad off?
08:20You know, Joey, you're one of the prettiest girls in the school.
08:24I don't get it.
08:25Why is it that every time I give you a compliment,
08:27you look at me like I'm trying to hit on you?
08:31I don't know.
08:33I guess it's just because it makes me feel a little uncomfortable, that's all.
08:38Why?
08:40I know I'm not pretty.
08:43Stop it.
08:45You know, it's funny, Joey.
08:48When I was dating Dustin, I was petrified that any day he'd take the blinders off
08:52and realize how gorgeous you are.
08:54Yeah, right.
08:56When guys look at you, they think,
08:58wow, what a babe.
08:59And when they look at me, they think,
09:01hmm, gee, she's really tall.
09:04You know, I think that you should enter the Miss Windjammer pageant.
09:08What drugs are you on?
09:10Come on, I'm serious.
09:11Look, I'll coach you.
09:12You could easily take that evening gown competition.
09:15I'll just take the academic part to be a slam dunk for you, Joey.
09:18Let's not go overboard on this let's be friends, female bonding thing, okay, Jen?
09:22Joey, come on, you might actually find that we have fun together.
09:25I wouldn't degrade myself.
09:29One night of your life, $5,000, Joey.
09:33I'd say that's a pretty respectable college nest egg, don't you think?
09:46Come on, Miss America.
09:49Why do I feel like I'm about to set the women's movement back 20 years?
09:53Yeah, well, if I were you, I'd start filling out those Ivy League applications, all right?
09:56The competition does not look like much.
09:59This is no constitution, I assure you, Mr. Winter.
10:02There is nothing in the United States Constitution
10:05that says you have the right to enter this pageant.
10:07Yeah, and there's nothing in your constitution
10:09that says you have the right to be a woman.
10:11There is nothing in the United States Constitution
10:13that says you have the right to enter this pageant.
10:15Yeah, and there's nothing in your rule book that says I can't, huh?
10:19Take a look.
10:21This is the Miss Windjammer pageant.
10:23Jen, Joey, wait up.
10:25So what is he doing here?
10:27Are you kidding me? Pacey is trying to enter the Miss Windjammer pageant?
10:31Why not?
10:33Last year, Ashley Elliott successfully sued to join the boys' football team.
10:37I think it's one of the more intrepid things Pacey's ever done.
10:40Well, I guess we all know what's in it for you, Dan Rather.
10:44Don't worry about it.
10:46Before, this was just going to be a little mention in the 11 o'clock news.
10:49Now we actually have a shot at a feature story.
10:52So I see you decided to enter after all.
10:55No, no, I'm just here as a coach.
10:59Who are you coaching?
11:01Look, I'll see you guys later, okay?
11:04I'm going to go watch Pacey make an ass out of himself.
11:08That was very funny.
11:13You think this is kind of an expose for the paper?
11:18Get out.
11:20Joey Potter entering a beauty pageant? This is classic.
11:24Oh, I see.
11:25You think I'm such a barking car chaser that a D student with a Julius Caesar haircut has a better shot than me?
11:31Thanks a lot.
11:33Joey, no, I just don't know how you feel about these things.
11:37It's just so not you.
11:41Why didn't you tell me?
11:43Because I knew you'd make me feel like an even bigger idiot than I already am.
11:47Believe me, Dawson, nobody's laughing harder about this than I am.
11:51But unfortunately, the opportunity to win $5,000, no matter how slim or humiliating or ludicrous my chances are,
11:58money has to take precedence over everything.
12:01Including my pride and soul.
12:03Joey, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were serious about this.
12:07You kind of caught me by surprise.
12:10You kind of made me cry.
12:12You know, I'm glad you find my pathetic life so amusing, Dawson.
12:15Joey, come on, you're my best friend. I never laughed at you.
12:21You just did, Dawson.
12:34I'd rather see a pretty face
12:38I'd rather see a pretty face
12:41I'd rather see a pretty face
12:44Than someone like you
12:49I can see him in the mirror
12:53I see him on TV
12:56He can talk it like he knows it all
13:00Isn't Hannah Von Wenning of the Bar Harbor Von Wennings?
13:04Pacey Whitter, let me guess.
13:07You're here washing dishes for the Remedial Work Study Program for Cape Scythe's underprivileged youth.
13:14That's so compassionate of you, Hannah.
13:17So how's the Swiss boarding school?
13:19It's in Connecticut, you moron.
13:23Wait, you're the guy entering this contest?
13:27Oh, it figures.
13:29Glass Clown of Cape Scythe High.
13:32You know, I never figured you for a pre-op transsexual,
13:36but now that I think about it, evening gowns, high heels...
13:40I assure you that my sexuality is intact, okay?
13:43I'm not the one taking group showers at an all-girls school.
13:46But given the opportunity, I...
13:49Welcome, ladies.
13:51Uh...
13:53And gentlemen.
13:55Gentlemen.
13:57I'd like to welcome you all to the orientation for the 35th annual Miss Windjammer pageant.
14:05The rules for the pageant are listed clearly in your handbooks,
14:10which will be completely revised next year.
14:14The Miss Windjammer pageant offers you an...
14:17So, Pacey, what are you going to do for the talent competition?
14:20Recite the alphabet?
14:22Jack a call.
14:24Ladies, I say we vote Hannah Miss Conchignelli.
14:27What do you say?
14:29You are such a phone.
14:32All it has to offer.
14:34And most importantly, ladies, have fun.
14:47Joey, walking in heels is probably the hardest part.
14:51Don't worry, you're doing great.
15:13Why are you doing this?
15:15Well, I mean, poison and grace is really important to the judges,
15:19and considering your height, that's obvious.
15:21No, no, I mean, what's in it for you?
15:24I mean, the fact that I've been a first-class bitch to you since the day you got here is pretty much public knowledge.
15:30In New York, I didn't exactly hang out with a lot of other girls, okay?
15:35I mean, I've never even had close girlfriends.
15:39And as far as I can tell, neither of you.
15:42I don't know, don't you ever feel like you're missing out on something?
15:46Why don't you just go hang out with the Capeside Pep Squad?
15:49I mean, associating with me won't exactly send your popularity points soaring up to social Richter scale.
15:56For the same reason you don't, all right?
15:58Because they're a bunch of mentally arrested airheads.
16:01I know your perception of me is almost as misguided as your perception of yourself.
16:07If you want to win, we're going to have to work on the self-esteem issue.
16:09But first, back to the basics. Come on.
16:14Start spreading the news.
16:23I'm leaving today.
16:26I want to be a part...
16:29Uh, patient, can you, um... do you do anything else?
16:33Look, we can revisit the talent problem later, but...
16:36what are we going to do about the evening wear?
16:39Well, actually, I could get my hands on this tasty little red polyester number that my sister wore as a bridesmaid.
16:45It's not...
16:46But see, if you want to win this thing, you've got to take it seriously.
16:49If you win, the Associated Press could be all over this.
16:53Not to mention CNN. I mean, that's going to be international news.
16:58I mean, by braving this experiment, you've become a political activist.
17:03Challenging social stereotypes.
17:06I kind of just wanted to make some extra cash.
17:10So, what's going on with you two?
17:16Who?
17:18Me and Dawson?
17:21Uh-huh.
17:24We're just figuring things out. You know, I mean, it was a little rough for a while, but...
17:29we've got time. I mean, it's not like he's going anywhere.
17:33I guess not.
17:35So, what about you and Dawson?
17:39What about us?
17:42Oh, you know, I was just wondering, because, you know, now that he's available and everything, I was...
17:49Dawson will always see me as, you know, the gawky little girl down the creek with the band-aids on her knees and the one braid falling out.
17:58I don't know, maybe that's just how it's meant to be.
18:02Maybe that's just how we see each other.
18:05Well, you know what they say, plenty of fish in the sea, right?
18:13Yeah.
18:16Have you talked to Joy lately?
18:19Uh, no, actually. This was her tour at night of naked face-sucking.
18:24No, I'm kidding.
18:26Why?
18:28I don't know. I mean, she says we're cool, but she's been avoiding me.
18:34And?
18:35And I don't know what to do. I miss her and she's not around.
18:41Ah, at last, the moment of truth. Well, thank God, Dawson, maybe we can all go home now.
18:48Look, Pacey, I know you're obsessed with this little theory of yours, but the truth is...
18:53Look, I've never thought of Joy in a romantic context.
18:57I mean, I've always thought of her as like a sister.
19:02I just don't think I could ever get past that.
19:05If Joy and I got together, it'd be... it'd just be a little incestuous.
19:10So what you're saying is you don't want her, but you don't want anybody else to have her either?
19:17Please tell us something about yourself.
19:19I'd like to study early education or help with children with special needs.
19:26That means like when they're crippled or retarded or something.
19:33Or maybe I'll become an actress or a model, because a lot of people keep telling me I'm pretty enough.
19:41Okay.
19:42After completing my year with Up With People and Singers...
19:45Wait a minute, Dawson's doing the interviews?
19:48Don't worry, it's just a pre-interview, okay?
19:50They're having him put everybody on tape for the judges to see.
19:54Don't worry, okay? The real stuff is live on stage during the pageant.
19:59Please tell us your name and something about yourself.
20:02I'm Roberta Crump.
20:04I'm a senior at Capeside.
20:11Hey, you here to see the great Pasadena full of rabbit out of his hat?
20:15Magic act. How appropriately juvenile of you.
20:20You know, all this sexual tension really cannot be good for your complexion.
20:24Say you and I go backstage to do a little something about it.
20:26Please, I just ate.
20:28I've recently been accepted to the Juilliard School of Music,
20:31but I'll be delaying my entrance for a year until I've completed a tour with the Peace Corps.
20:36But you already had your chance, didn't you?
20:38Yeah, I already turned you down once in the sixth grade.
20:41Actually, you stood me up.
20:43Whatever.
20:45Pacey, let me ask you something.
20:48Do you really think in a million years you could ever win this thing?
20:53I mean, what is the point?
20:56Well, maybe I don't have a chance of winning.
21:00But if I could take just one vote away from you
21:03and make you know what it feels like to be a loser,
21:06then this is all worthwhile.
21:14If you could commit one act without consequence, what would it be?
21:18I'd rob a bank so I wouldn't have to be here.
21:21Don't be serious. Let's just get through this, okay?
21:25Fine.
21:27Um, what kind of example would you like to set for your children?
21:31I guess I want them to treat others the way they want to be treated.
21:36It sounds pretty simple, but it pretty much applies to everything.
21:42Who's your inspiration, role model, or mentor, and why?
21:46I guess I don't really have one.
21:48I've always had to depend on myself.
21:52Where do you see yourself in five years?
21:54I don't know.
21:56In some romantic adventure, or on a dig in Tunisia,
22:00or a safari in Africa,
22:02or, I don't know, a research boat on its way to Antarctica.
22:05When you talked about getting out of Cape Set,
22:07I thought you meant like Boston University.
22:09Getting out of Cape Set? I thought you meant like Boston University.
22:12The polar ice cap's pretty far away.
22:14That's the point.
22:17There must be things that you'll miss.
22:19I mean, family, friends.
22:24Of course.
22:27But life goes on, Dawson. Things change.
22:30They don't have to.
22:31Yes, they do.
22:33Everything changes eventually.
22:36That's just the way life is, and you have no control over it.
22:41Like, suddenly, people who you think are always going to be there,
22:44they disappear, you know?
22:48People die, and they move away, and...
22:55they grow up.
22:59Everything changes eventually, Dawson.
23:07Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen.
23:09Could you please take your seats?
23:11Welcome to the Miss Wittenhammer Beauty Pageant.
23:15I look like a dweeb.
23:16No, you don't.
23:17Everyone's going to laugh at me.
23:18Oh, look, I want you to put this vaseline on your teeth for me, okay?
23:22Why?
23:24Just trust me, all right?
23:26I don't know.
23:27I don't know.
23:28I don't know.
23:29I don't know.
23:30I don't know.
23:31I don't know.
23:32I don't know.
23:33I don't know.
23:35Just trust me, all right?
23:37It keeps your lips from sticking to your teeth when you smile.
23:40Wait a second.
23:41I have to smile?
23:42I never said anything about smiling.
23:50You make one joke about coming out of the closet.
23:52I don't care, man.
23:53It's too obvious.
23:57Let me get that.
24:00Tell me the truth, Dawson.
24:01I'm a complete tool for doing this.
24:04Since when did you start concerning yourself with public opinion?
24:09I think you've got testicles of steel for doing this.
24:14Really?
24:15Yeah.
24:16Here, my mom said to put that on your teeth.
24:19Why?
24:21I've absolutely no idea.
24:23And so now, ladies and gentlemen, here are the contestants in their evening wear.
24:32Thank you, Marian.
24:50After you, Ms. Johnson.
24:53And now, Ms. Josephine Carter.
24:56Could it be Cinderella's fairy godmother did the job a little too well?
25:25Thank you, Miss Potter.
25:27It looks like Prince Charming's found the owner of that glass sliver.
25:31If you have a point, I wish you'd get to it.
25:35Come on, Jen.
25:37I mean, it's pretty obvious that you're missing the undivided attention of our friend Dawson.
25:41Maybe feeling a little dump his remorse?
25:43You're way off, all right?
25:47Tell me, is it the possibility of losing him to somebody else that suddenly makes him seem so attractive?
25:53You really think that I'm that shy, huh?
25:56No.
25:58I think you're that human.
26:01And now, Mr. Pacey Whittle.
26:04No.
26:22Thank you, Mr. Whittle.
26:30Do you think I am a cow lowing after the calf for a bitch who stops licking the hand that struck her watching seat?
26:45If I could talk to the governor for one hour, I'd tell him how he could lose 30 pounds in 30 days.
26:56I'd tell my kids that you don't have to be the handsomest guy.
26:59You don't have to be the most intelligent guy.
27:02You don't even have to be the biggest football stud to be a damn fine Miss Wayne Chalmers.
27:22I would tell the world's leaders that a society that chooses war and death over the preservation of life cannot possibly succeed or thrive.
27:31And I guess if that didn't work, I'd just tell them I had dirty photos of them, yeah?
27:41How am I doing, Mrs. Larry?
27:42Easy.
27:45I've got to tell you, you are funny.
27:47You're charming and audience loves you.
27:50Seriously?
27:51You may not have a snowball's chance on how I'm winning, but you're definitely keeping me from falling asleep.
27:57What, I'm not even in the running?
28:00Pacey, you know this club would rather see the whole place go down in flames before they would actually crown a male Miss Wayne champ.
28:06Yeah, but for me to be written off is just completely unfair.
28:10Honey, fair and beauty pageants aren't exactly synonymous.
28:23Just think, in approximately two minutes and 35 seconds, this will all be over.
28:28Yeah, but I've never had to sing in front of people before.
28:30I mean, what if I suck?
28:33And don't forget to smile.
28:40Singing on my own from Les Miserables, Miss Josephine Potter.
28:51You did an incredible job, my darling.
28:54Thank God, it's amazing.
28:58Finally broken into the ranks of being friends.
29:05But I miss our friendship too, Tosin.
29:10Me too.
29:13And not just our friendship.
29:18I guess what I'm trying to say is...
29:21On my own, pretending he's beside me.
29:30All alone, I walk with him till morning.
29:41Without him, I feel his arms around me.
29:48And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he is found me.
29:55In the rain, the pavement shines like silver.
30:05All the lights are misty in the river.
30:14In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight.
30:22And all I see is him and me forever and forever.
30:29And I know it's only in my mind
30:39that I'm talking to myself and not to him.
30:48And although I know that he is blind,
30:57still I say there's a way for us.
31:07I love him, but when the night is over,
31:15he is gone, the river's just a river.
31:24Without him, the world around me changes.
31:31The trees are barren everywhere, the streets are full of strangers.
31:39I love him, but every day I'm learning.
31:47All my life, I've only been pretending.
31:56Without me, his world will go on turning.
32:02The world is full of happiness that I have never known.
32:11I love him.
32:15I love him.
32:19I love him, but only of my own.
32:33That was Josephine Potter, ladies and gentlemen.
32:36All right.
32:48Hurry up.
32:49You're on.
32:50Damn it.
32:52Relax.
32:53You're doing great.
32:55I need to know something, Dawson.
32:57When I asked you if doing this thing was stupid
32:59and you made me believe that it had a point,
33:02did you ever actually believe that I had a chance of winning this thing?
33:07Come on, Pacey.
33:10Great, that's what I thought.
33:12It's another thing for the kids to laugh about Monday morning at school.
33:17And who am I to disappoint, right?
33:19Wait, you're not thinking it was some stupid, are you?
33:21Those people suck.
33:22How can I possibly leave here without letting them know that little known fact?
33:26I mean, I'm going down.
33:27I got nothing to lose.
33:28Wait a minute, Pacey.
33:29Dawson, I got a show to do.
33:34Pacey Witter has changed his program.
33:38Instead of a magic act, he will perform a dramatic interpretation.
33:45Well, I'm not William Wallace, but I am Pacey Witter.
33:54Pacey Witter's seven feet tall.
33:57So they say.
33:58So they say.
33:59And they say that this Pacey Witter is a dangerous man
34:03who slaughters capeside residents by the dozens with jokes and buffoonery.
34:07And if he were here, he would destroy those who would judge him
34:11with sparks from his eyes and wick from his ass.
34:15Well, I am Pacey Witter.
34:17But who of you are in a position to judge me?
34:21Is it you, sir?
34:23And what sort of human being tolerates being judged?
34:27Well, judgment stops today.
34:29Because that which scores me deems to own me.
34:32And I am willing to trade the trappings of my dysfunctional life for one chance.
34:37Just one chance to stand in front of my fellow countrymen
34:41and tell them that you may take my life, but you'll never take my freedom!
34:49Thank you and goodbye.
34:57She's not going to win.
34:59You know, if she does win, it's only for the sympathy vote.
35:02Because she is a total charity case.
35:05What do you mean?
35:06Oh, you don't know her story?
35:08Oh my God, check this out.
35:11She lives in a trailer with her sister who just had an illegitimate baby with her black boyfriend.
35:18Where are her parents?
35:20Mother dying.
35:22Her father's in jail for selling drugs.
35:25But you can ask her yourself.
35:27She'll tell anyone.
35:29Don't listen to her pathetic sob story.
35:31I'm sure she's already told the judges.
35:38Dustin, don't try to get me to go back out there.
35:41God, setting myself up like this, I am such an idiot.
35:44Don't listen to me.
35:45Look, you were phenomenal out there.
35:47Don't let these inbred idiots get you down.
35:49If you leave now, you're never going to forgive yourself.
35:51Look, I don't belong here, Dustin.
35:53I mean, look at me.
35:54I mean, how could I have stooped this low for money?
35:56I might as well have just sold myself in a street corner.
35:59Do you realize you could win this thing?
36:02Why do you think they're slamming you?
36:03They're terrified of you.
36:05They know that you can beat them.
36:08I don't want their money, Dustin.
36:11I don't want anything from these people.
36:13I don't think it's about the money anymore.
36:18Joey, I know we're not speaking right now, okay?
36:20But if we were, I would tell my best friend,
36:26who is always too afraid to get up in front of class for a show,
36:29and tell how incredibly proud I am of her.
36:34And how I think she has got more guts and talent
36:40and strength of character than all the Hannibon weddings of the world put together.
36:48For your final question, Ms. Potter,
36:51please tell us what words of advice you would bestow upon today's youth.
37:03I'd like to tell today's youth that, uh,
37:06no matter where life takes you,
37:08big cities, small towns,
37:10you'll inevitably come across small minds.
37:14People who think that they're better than you are.
37:18People who think that material things,
37:20or being pretty or popular,
37:22automatically makes you a worthwhile human being.
37:26I'd like to tell today's youth that none of these things matter,
37:29unless you have a strength of character,
37:31integrity, a sense of pride.
37:34And if you're lucky enough to have any of these things,
37:40don't ever sell them.
37:43Don't ever sell out.
37:45So when you meet a person for the first time,
37:47please don't judge them by their station in life.
37:51Because who knows,
37:55that person just might end up being your best friend.
38:26And now the exciting moment we've all been waiting for.
38:34Our second runner-up and winner of two tickets to the Rialto
38:38for any Tuesday or Thursday matinee is
38:41Miss Hannah Von Wenning.
38:51Congratulations.
38:54Our first runner-up and winner of a free day of beauty
38:59at Betty's Hair Barn is
39:02Miss Josephine Potter.
39:12Congratulations.
39:19The winner of this year's Miss Windjammer is
39:25Miss Roberta Crump.
40:00Joey.
40:02Honey.
40:03You were truly spectacular tonight.
40:07You know I voted for you.
40:09You should be very proud of yourself.
40:12Thanks, Mrs. Harry.
40:16You kids need a ride home?
40:19No, we can walk.
40:22Okay. Good night.
40:23Good night, Mom.
40:25Good night, honey.
40:29I was there
40:32Shone as bright as Bethlehem
40:37From afar
40:41I was there
40:43Young and strong
40:45For the first time in my life, Mom
40:48Everything makes me
40:50Young and strong
40:51You've left me speechless.
40:58What's happening, Joey?
41:01We don't know.
41:04I was there
41:07I swear to God
41:08And all my mother's credit
41:12On everything I have
41:14For everything I've embraced
41:17I was there
41:20Started with my own two eyes
41:25And now it's all around me
41:29It's all around me
41:33I looked at you tonight
41:36And I
41:39It was like you came completely out of your shell.
41:42There was just
41:43Like total
41:46A newfound confidence
41:51That just seemed to burst from you.
41:57And I know what it must have taken for you to get up there and do that tonight.
42:03It's like you
42:08It's like you transformed into this beautiful
42:13Joey
42:16Awesome.
42:23I'm sitting here with my best friend in the world
42:27And my palms are sweating
42:33I could love you forever, but
42:39I feel like I'm seeing you for the first time tonight.
42:51Joey
42:57What's wrong?
42:59I don't know, Dawson.
43:01There's something that's just not right about this.
43:09Joey, I thought this was what you wanted. I mean
43:12It's my own stupid fault.
43:14I mean, dressing up, playing the princess
43:19You and I both know that this isn't me.
43:23Of course it is.
43:25I thought this is what I wanted.
43:30For you to see me as beautiful
43:35For you to look at me the way that you look at Jen
43:41But the truth is
43:44I don't want that at all, Dawson.
43:48I want you to look at me and see the person you've always known
43:51And realize that what we have is so much more incredible
43:55Than just some passing physical attraction
43:58Because you know what, Dawson?
44:01It's just lipstick
44:04It's just hairspray
44:10Tomorrow I'm gonna wake up
44:12And I'm gonna be Joey
44:15Just Joey
44:16You know
44:18The two-toed girl on the wrong side of the creek
44:21Look, Joey, this is all new to us
44:23And we should talk about it, okay?
44:25No matter what happens
44:26We can't go back to the way things were
44:28Dawson
44:29You've had a lifetime to process your feelings for me
44:33And I can't spend the rest of mine
44:35Hoping that you might throw a general glance in my direction
44:38In between your tortured teen romances
44:41With whatever genuinely rules in your life next
44:44I can't do it
44:46Joey, don't walk away from this
44:56I love you
45:09I have to, Dawson
45:17Evening
45:20Come to gloat?
45:23No
45:25Actually, I just have a lot of experience of being a loser
45:28I thought you might want some pointers
45:30Seeing as this is your first time
45:33First time
45:36My brother Matt is on the national tennis circuit
45:39Caroline's a pediatrician
45:41Jennifer's a foreign correspondent on CNN
45:46Me, I can't even win a stupid small-town beauty pageant
45:51It's not like you need the money
45:53Me, on the other hand, I'm stuck living at home
45:56Probably for the rest of my life
45:58With a bunch of people who think I'm a blight on mankind
46:03Well, aren't we a couple of black sheep?
46:12By the way, that was a really ballsy thing you did in there tonight
46:17Thank you
46:21You know, what I wouldn't do to go away to school
46:24Is be somebody else for a while
46:27I spent a total of 23 days at home this year
46:32Last time I had a school break
46:35I came home to an empty house
46:38Seems my vacation created a scheduling conflict in my parents' social calendar
46:46You're kidding
46:48Roger will spend more years of his life in that house than I will
46:53Which one's Roger?
46:55The dog
47:02All right
47:13Hi
47:17So how'd your debut as a newsman turn out?
47:20Um, turns out it's going to be a blip in the 11 o'clock news after all
47:32This may sound like it's coming out of the blue, um
47:37But the truth is I haven't thought about much else lately, Dawson
47:42Look, I know that we didn't give our relationship much of a chance
47:49Okay, I didn't give it much of a chance
47:54And you're right, I really didn't give you a good reason for the breakup
47:59But the truth is I don't even know if I had a good reason
48:02I don't know if I had a good reason that
48:09Is it too late for me to ask you for another chance?
48:16Are you kidding?
48:20I couldn't be more serious
48:26Come on, Jen
48:27Jen
48:33I guess they aren't too late
48:35It's just that, um
48:39You know, now's really not the best time
48:45I don't know, I gotta
48:50I got some things I gotta figure out first
48:54Okay
48:57Well, you know where I am
49:01I'd rather forget
49:08Goodnight, Dawson
49:10Goodnight, Jen
49:11Goodnight, Jen
49:21On my own
49:24Pretending he's beside me
49:30All alone
49:34I walk with him till morning
49:41Without him, I feel his arms around me
49:48And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he is found
49:56In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
50:11In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
50:16In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
50:41In the rain