Season 1
Episode 3
Original air date: 3 February 1998
Dawson, who is obsessed with thinking about his first kiss with Jen, is making Joey watch an old, black and white movie.
She’s sick of hearing about it, and tells him to just kiss her already.
Dawson is determined to make his first kiss a movie moment, and calls Joey cynical when she says life doesn’t work like that.
I don’t wanna wait, for the intro to be over,
I’m so glad the skip intro button exists
do do do do do
Dawson is sitting up the back of film class, where he is silently judging everybody’s ideas. Until he can’t take it anymore, and has to share his opinion.
Tamara aka Ms. Jacobs tells Pacey he’s failing, not just in her class but across the board. He convinces her to tutor him. Cool, that certainly won’t lead to anything bad.
Dawson meets Pacey at The Icehouse, the restaurant where Joey works. Bodie and Bessie are also working there, Bessie is complaining about being very uncomfortably pregnant.
Dawson has to work on this movie on the weekend, ruining his romantic plans with Jen.
“Forget Wonderbra”
Joey tells him. Very nice.
Dawson is picking up an order, and Pacey wants to get some oysters for his “date” with Ms Jacobs, but Joey has stopped listening to them because she saw a cute guy.
Dawson’s like OMG who is that? Joey hasn’t seen him before but assumes he’s a rich kid who just stepped off a yacht. Pacey says guys like that don’t go for waitresses.
Dawson is putting stickers on football helmets, don’t ask me why. He’s helping out with Cliff’s movie, and so is Jen who has been hired to play a cheerleader.
Dawson is like BuT yOu’Re SupPoSeD tO bE iN mY mOvIe. Wah.
Cliff calls him David, ouch, but Jen corrects him.
Pacey is reading a book while Tamara works at her desk. He asks what she was in high school, a jock, a brain, a cheerleader?
He asks if she would’ve dated him if they went to school together. She says probably not.
She passes him a sheet of questions about the book, and if he does well she’ll give him some “positive reinforcement”.
Joey takes out some rubbish and hears some music floating over. She investigates and sees Rich Yacht Guy playing a violin on a yacht.
“My name’s Anderson. Anderson Crawford.”
“Congratulations”
He asks if she comes with a name or just an attitude. They have some cute banter, and she implies that she is also rich and from out of town. He wants to take her sailing tomorrow. She tells him her name is Deborah Carson.
Dawson is making snide comments to himself as the movie is being filmed. Nellie overhears and has a go at him. She thinks he hasn’t earned his place here, and will get him kicked out if he doesn’t change his attitude.
Tamara quizzes Pacey on the book. Pacey asks where his reward is, but she wasn’t expecting him to do this well. He tries to put the moves on her, but she reminds him she is at work. She calls his bluff and tells him to strip naked and asks if he has condoms.
She’s like LOL is it your first time? Um, obviously, he’s fifteen. This gives her the ick and she tells him to go home.
Joey has put some make up on, ready for her date with Anderson.
Anderson says boarding school sucks. Joey says she likes it, it’s a privileged existence and beats living in a small town like this.
Joey can sail! Must’ve learnt that at her fancy boarding school.
They play Frisbee on the beach as Anderson tells Joey that his dad doesn’t really have a job, he just has investments. Thrilling date conversation. Joey tells him her dad is a CEO…of a big tampon company. Good one, he won’t ask any follow up questions.
Anderson asks Joey about her boyfriend, he ‘assumed’ she has one. If she had a boyfriend why would she be yachting around with you?
OH. He thinks she has a boyfriend because she’s really ‘hands-off’, and is giving a clear signal. He tells her honesty is the main quality he’s looking for in a girl. Uh oh.
Dawson is assisting on Cliff’s terrible movie. Nellie is being a raging bitch, what’s new? She tells ‘Doggie Dawson’ to go fetch some film, and on the way he runs into Jen.
Dawson tells her that as a director Cliff is a great quarterback. Oh, sorry he’s not an accomplished director like you, Dawson.
Dawson asks Jen why she’s here if not to watch him get humiliated? NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU. She ignores his annoying complaining and says she’s here because he’s here, and agrees to help with his movie later.
Anderson is acting out the JFK assassination with sand. WHY. This guy is so boring, Joey you can do better.
They play fight on the beach and Anderson goes to kiss her but she’s like OH, IS THAT THE TIME?
Dawson has a great idea to film holding the camera while someone pulls him along in a wheelchair. NO MORE WONKY SHOTS, THE MOVIE IS SAVED.
Dawson and Jen order some food at The Icehouse. Joey is in a very good mood, she’s even being nice to Jen.
Bess tells Joey off for being late, she says she’s in charge until Joey turns 18 or their dad is paroled.
Anderson comes in and Joey quickly ditches her apron and pretends to be dining with Dawson and Jen. He comes over like ‘Hey Deborah’. Dawson, completely oblivious to Joey’s pointed look, is like LOL WHO’S DEBORAH?
Jen gets it. She’s like oh, we just call her Deb. Dawson’s like ‘what’s going on?’ God, he’s dumb.
Bess is trying to get Joey’s attention to serve some orders, luckily Bodie swoops in and plays along.
Pacey spies Tamara flirting with Mr. Gold, the film teacher. They’re talking about The Way We Were, and how romantic it is.
Pacey lurks around the corner until he can pounce on her. He’s like OH, MR. GOLD, HEY? She tells him they’re just friends.
“I know what you do with your students, so I guess he’s in for one heck of a ride”
Oh, damn.
Dawson and Jen trespass on some guy’s estate. He built it for his wife who loved Greece.
Dawson hangs up some curtains and puts some music on. He’s also set up some fake candles, ROMANTIC.
He directs Jen to look sad because the monster she loved is dead. ONE TAKE AND IT’S PERFECT. Dawson’s such a good director.
Dawson’s like WELL, LET’S NOT WASTE THIS ROMANTIC SETTING and starts to kiss Jen, but then she realises he left the camera on and is FILMING.
Joey finds Anderson playing violin on his yacht again. He’s leaving tomorrow but he comes to New York all the time so he can take her to dinner. She gives him some excuse about not liking the Rainbow Room, and mentions some other restaurant, saying she’s more of an East side girl. He gives her his number, even though he has an inkling that she’s lying.
OOH, THEY’RE KISSING.
Jen is MAD. She tells Dawson he tries too hard and he’s overzealous. I get trying to make the kiss perfect, but why did he want to film it?
Dawson rambles about how Jen makes him nervous and he always says the wrong thing and sounds like an idiot. Jen worries that the kiss will be disappointing because Dawson has made it into such a big deal.
Joey gets in the car with Bess and Bodie. Joey asks Bodie about the restaurant she mentioned to Anderson. It’s not on the East side, and it’s also closed down. Joey drops Anderson’s number out the window.
Dawson panics as a car pulls up. They grab their stuff and hide. Jen says it smells, and she gets a cobweb in her hair. Now it’s romantic, time to kiss!
Dawson’s camera is still filming, not Dawson and Jen but the people who pulled up, PACEY AND TAMARA. Dawson inadvertently made a sex tape!