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“Decisions (aka Breaking Away)” · Season 1

In this episode: Joey Potter (4), Dawson Leery (3)

Cliffhanger? Come on, Dawson. You of all people should know that a cliffhanger is merely a manipulative TV standard designed to improve ratings.

No, a cliffhanger's purpose is to keep people interested. Keep them guessing what's going to happen in future episodes.

But just like in our own lives, they are so predictable. I mean, the producers put the characters in some contrived situation hoping that the audience will think something is going to change, but, you know what? It never does. Back to the same way it was before your so-called cliffhanger. It's boring Dawson.

Well, what if this time it's different? What if this time in the cliffhanger something changes? You wouldn't want to miss that, would ya?

It still sounds like one big tease to me Dawson.

I mean, I don't know. France is so far away. I mean, I won't know anybody, I don't speak the language, plus I don't think I could spend a year in any country that worships Mickey Rourke.

PMr. Potter

Dawson wait please. Tell me about her. Tell me about my daughter.

What do you want to know?

PMr.Potter

Anything, everything.

She's great. I mean, she's smart, she's beautiful, she's funny, she's a big ol' scaredy cat. If you creep up from behind her she'll jump out of her skin. It's pretty amusing. She's honest. She always calls them just like she sees them. You can always count on getting the truth from Joey even if the truth hurts. She's stubborn. We fight a lot. She can be so frustrating sometimes. But she's a really, really, good friend. I know her to a fault. She believes in me. And I'm a dreamer so it's so good to have somebody like that in my life. If she goes away, I don't know what I'm going to do. I mean, she's my best friend, you know? She's more than that. She's everything.

Hi. I don't really know what I'm doing here. That's not true. Um, look, I came here tonight to say, I came here to tell you that you messed up. You really messed up. And not because you broke the law or you got caught or that you left me without a father. You messed up because you don't know me. I'm your daughter and you don't know me at all. So I guess I just came to say that I'm alright. I turned out pretty good. And I'm going to be okay, no help from you. And um I just have one question. Do you love me?

PMr. Potter

More than you'd ever know. And I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Do you think about me?

PMr. Potter

Sweetheart, all day long, everyday, every hour, every minute.

Do you really love me, though? Because I'm 15 years old and I go through every day of my life thinking that nobody loves me.

PMr. Potter

Well nothing could be further from the truth. And I'm not the only one. Dawson Leery. He loves you Joey. He's never told you?

Never.

PMr. Potter

Well, he does. I know it.

How?

PMr. Potter

Because he looks at you the same way your mother used to look at me. And you love him...Have you told him? You have to tell him Joey. Don't make my mistake. Don't wait til someone you love is eaten with cancer and wasting away while you hold back...

I love you Dad.

PMr. Potter

I love you.

We're just friends. That's all.

Joey, c'mon you know that's not true.

So what are we Dawson? You know, I am so tired of the way we relate to one another. We spend all of our time analyzing our sad little adolescent lives.

I know we know too many big words. But it's a good thing to analyze.

But it doesn't get us anywhere. It doesn't move us forward. We're in the same place we were 3 months ago. It's time to grow up Dawson.

I know, Joey. We can. We are growing up.

No we're not. Everyday is the same. We watch a movie, preferably a Spielberg film, find the appropriate life correlation and then we pat ourselves on the back for being so clever. You know, as much as our perception is right on, our honesty is severely lacking Dawson.

There is something lacking.

And the reason I came here tonight is because we need to move on. Look, we're not kids anymore. And I'm not gonna do this anymore. And I just thought you should know, so...

So, are you going to France?

Ah, the inevitable cliffhanger. Am I going to France?

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