[voiceover] It’s true what they say. Time is an unreliable narrator. History gets rewritten in small ways with each passing day. I can’t swear this is exactly how it happened, but this is how it felt. Summer had brought us home, and we wasted no time assuming our roles in what had become an all-too-familiar scenario. Pacey had fallen from grace, Dawson’s dreams were dashed, and I was somehow in the middle of it all over again. The triangle we had all tried so hard to put to rest had come back to haunt us.
“Joey Potter and Capeside Redemption” · Season 6
In this episode: Joey Potter (4), Dawson Leery (2), Pacey Witter (1), Jen Lindley (1), Jack McPhee (1), Audrey Liddell (1), Todd (1), Patrick (1)
Hey. Jo, come in. I'm finally starting to understand these soap operas. They're pretty good.
All right, dirt merchant. Put some pants on. You're coming with.
Yeah. I don't think I'm going to be able to do that. The Young and the Restless is just about to come on. I gotta see how J.T. talks his way out of this one 'cause Colleen was about to kill him. I wouldn't miss that for all the pizza in Capeside. But, please, feel free. Pull up a seat. We got chips.
Pacey. This is pathetic.
Well, yeah. Kind of comes with the territory. Now I'm not sure what you want me to do about it.
I want you to come with me. I want you to help me figure out how to get Dawson’s movie made on $10 and a dream.
I'd just end up ruining the whole thing, and Dawson knows that, I know that, and in your heart of hearts you know that. I'm a dangerous man, a lethal weapon, so we're all better off if I just lay here on my couch, watching my stories.
Cut, cut. Audrey, you're gonna have to take the robe off.
You're kidding me.
I thought we'd be in tight enough so we wouldn't see it, but it's right there.
This is, like, my dream day.
Ok, Dawson, what if I just show a little shoulder?
Problem is, I need bare skin.
You need, like, spaghetti straps.
She's right. You have to have something to match the wardrobe Audrey would be wearing if Pacey junior hadn't walked into her chest with a jelly doughnut.
We don't have an E.T.A. on that dress yet, do we?
Yes. Spin cycle. Your mom says it's gonna be about, uh, 20 minutes.
Uh, excuse me. Is there any scenario in which she could just take off all her clothes? You know, at least for one take? Because then, you know, I feel like I could really give you an appropriate on-camera react—
[Joey grabs him by the ear.]
Aah!
Can I have 5 minutes alone with this guy?
You don't know how long I dreamed of hearing you say that.
[sits in the Director’s chair] Oh, my apologies, sir. Force of habit.
No, stay there. Stay there. You bailed my ass out today.
That's right, you little bugger. My bloody dogs are barkin'.
Makes you feel for the little people, doesn't it? Makes you wanna go back and apologize to every crew member you ever threw a hissy fit at, I bet.
Hell, no. Makes me wanna produce.
[voiceover] I used to be afraid of so many things...That I'd never grow up. That I'd be trapped in the same place for all eternity. That my dreams would forever be shy of my reach. It's true what they say. Time plays tricks on you. One day you're dreaming, the next your dream has become your reality. And now that this scared little girl no longer follows me wherever I go, I miss her. I do. 'Cause there are things I wanna tell her-- to relax, to lighten up, that it is all going to be ok. I want her to know that meeting people who like you, who understand you, who actually accept you for who you are, will become an increasingly rare occurrence. Jen, Jack, Audrey, Andie, Pacey, and Dawson. These people who contributed to who I am, they are with me wherever I go, and as history gets rewritten in small ways with each passing day, my love for them only grows. Because the truth is... it was the best of times. Mistakes were made, hearts were broken, harsh lessons learned, but all of that has receded into fond memory now. How does it happen? Why are we so quick to forget the bad and romanticize the good? Maybe it's because we need to believe that the time we spent together actually meant something, that we were there for each other in a time in our lives that defined us all, a time in our lives that we will never forget. I can't swear this is exactly how it happened. But this is how it felt.
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