Dawson's Creek (1998–2003): Season 2, Episode 3 - Alternative Lifestyles - full transcript

Previously from Dawson's Creek

- Are you mistaken for the impression that you're actually invited?

- Well it says 'Come one, come all'

except for spoiled, trust fund casualties from Rhode Island.

...you can either give me another chance...

...or you go back to Mr. Drake...

write him a very large check and make our marriage another statistic.

- Gail, do you wanna try having an open marriage?

I love him and I want him back.

Then we're going to get him back for you.

- Now don't give me that look.

I know there's been a lot of late night creeping around and

I'm just taking some standard precautions.

- You are so in denial.

- Excuse me?

- Denial. You can't except the fact that the little boy

that you brought into the world is grown up. I mean, he's a sexual being.

- Are you having sex with Joey?

- No, I did not say that, but I am a sexual being responsible,

mind you, but biologically a sexual being.

- A sexual being?

- Yep, and you are having trouble facing that reality.

Dad, it's a typical parental problem. Do you know what?

- No, what?

- The sooner you accept that, the sooner you and I will have an honest relationship.

- Mm-hm. Dawson. Are you... and Joey... having sex?

- No!

- No?

- No!

- Thank you.

But one day, down the road, I'm going to have sex.

And you're acting all paranoid...

chucking ladders and locking windows is not going to stop me.

Please, will you stop acting like a typical parent and

just let things take their natural course.

Let Joey and me hang out in my room, alone at night, unsupervised.

- No.

- Why not?

- Because, Dawson, the fact is I am a parent, alright?

I am your parent and it's my duty to be paranoid about

my 15 year old son upstairs in my own house having sex!

- You are so un-enlightened. Didn't you grow up in the 60s?

You can psychologically deconstruct me all you want, but here's the deal.

Parent me. Child you, alright? Parent, me. Child... you.

- He is such a tyrant.

- You handled him well.

- You think so?

Joey? What are you doing here?

Uh, Joey, will you come with me please?

What did I just say, Dawson, what did I just say!

- You, Jane, Me Tarzan?

- No. Parent, me, grounded, you.

- Bye Dawson.

- Bye Joey. I'll see you in a few minutes.

- No you won't.

~ ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE ~
season 2 ep. 03

- Bessie, your water's boiling.

- What?

- Nevermind.

- Joey, I'm so glad you're still here.

Yesterday I got a call from the health department.

They're planning on doing an inspection on the Icehouse sometime this week.

Can you go over there?

- Now?

- Yeah, just make sure everything is put away and spic-and-span. You know,

the last thing I need is the health department slapping us with some big,

huge fine or, God forbid, shutting us down.

- You seem to be forgetting something and it's called first period.

- Oh, come on, Joey, it will only take a minute and

I've got to take Alexander to the sitter's.

- He's missing a shoe.

Alexander! You kicked off your shoe! Here Joey, can you hold him?

Look, Joey, please just do me this one favor.

Go by the Icehouse on your way to school. Please, will you?

Fine, here! I gotta go then!

Hang on. Here, here, here. Oh, and Joey,

while you're there can you just wipe down the counters real quick so it looks clean?

- Fine.

- Oh, and the freezer! Can you mop behind the freezer?

I can't even remember the last time we did that.

- Thanks, Joey, you're the greatest!

- If it isn't the sexual being himself.

- You know what I was thinkin'?

- No, but I'm sure you're going to tell me.

- Don't even try to tell me that when you were my age

you weren't sneaking around making out with girls

in the backs of cars and movie theaters.

- You're right, I was.

- But that was the whole fun of being 15, Dawson.

It was the fear of getting caught that made it more dangerous and exciting.

So by restricting my access to Joey what you're really trying to do is liven up my sex life?

Did you hear that, Mom?

- What sex life?

- No, now you're twisting my words again, Dawson. Go to school.

- Did you ever notice that whenever your parental authority

is in question that you just start barking out orders?

- Go. Now.

- Bye Mom.

- Bye honey.

- You know, I think our son is training to be a lawyer.

He has become the master of manipulation.

- I wonder where he learned that.

- Meaning?

- Meaning that you both can come to incredible rationalizations especially

when it comes to acting out your sexual impulses.

- Oh, listen, Gail, this whole idea of an open marriage...

it's exactly that. It's an idea.

I'm not going to force you into anything if you're against it.

You against it?

- Well I'm not for it, but if that's what it takes...

- No, enough said.

- No, if what you need is to get even with me and sow your oats then..

- Gail! Let's just drop it.

Drop the whole thing. I don't want to fight about it.

- You don't?

- No.

I love you, Mitch. I'll see you after work.

- Have a good one.

- I have a very important question for you and I need an answer immediately.

- What is it?

- Who would you rather have sex with... Trey Carter or Jeff Birdwin?

- Uhh neither.

- Are you crazy? Look at them.

What? They're a couple of gym junkies.

They have no cultural interests, no inner lives of their own...

all they do is play football and swap pornos. They're a couple of...

- Yeah, but it's like they're so completely disgusting that it's almost erotic.

You know what I mean? God, I can't believe

I'm friends with someone who only has eyes for Dawson Leery.

- Guilty as charged.

- Please! You're making me ill. Jen, look at me. I have three words for you: make it happen.

- Abby..

- No! Don't "Abby" me. Make it happen.

- Pacey, wait, I need your help.

- Oh, God... here we go. Okay, Andie, I'm having a really mellow morning.

I haven't had any car accidents,

I haven't been diagnosed with any terminal defects,

and I'd really just kind of like to keep a low pro so goodbye.

- Yeah, look, I'm sure there are a thousand dimwits with highlights

and C-cups that you'd rather be talking to but you're the only person

I know in Econ. so here's the deal.

I left my backpack in my locker yesterday...

can I borrow your notes over the reading?

- I don't actually have any notes because I didn't do the reading.

Don't give me the homework guilt trip, alright?

That's what I have parents for.

Did I say anything? I did not say anything.

I'm just freaking out because what if Mr. Matick calls on me in class?

- Then you do what I always do, you say 'Pass. '

- Pacey, I don't say 'pass'. 'Pass' is not in my vocabulary.

There's just, there's just no way.

- Okay, settle down, it's just one homework assignment.

It's not like you're flunking out of school.

- Yeah, I know that, but you get behind by one day,

then you're always struggling to catch up.

And then you just get more and more confused and then,

next thing you know, you're out on the street, drunk and dirty wheeling a shopping cart.

- Andie, you're rich. Rich people don't end up on the street, they end up in Florida.

- Mmm.

- Oh no, you're doomed!

- Come on! You've got to help me. I mean, do you know anybody that's in there?

Do you know anybody that I could borrow notes from?

- And finally what is the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics? Andie?

Um... microeconomics is... microeconomics is when... Pass.

- I'm sorry, what did you say?

Pass.

- Kenny?

- Microeconomics is the study of whole economic systems and how they inter-relate.

When macroeconomics is study of individual areas of economic activity...

like corporations.

- Very good, well put. Thank you Kenny. Which leads me to your assignment.

We're going to focus on the microeconomics of the family household.

This week you're going to pair up and play a game

I like to call "Alternative Lifestyles".

Now, in this hat, are all your names. You're going to choose a partner,

I will assign you identities and then you are to prepare

an extensive annual budget for your fictional household.

I strongly recommend research trips into the field.

How much money will you have to spend a year on food, clothing, travel?

Now these are questions that every household must ask.

And these are the questions I want you to answer. So let's begin. Andie?

- Pacey Witter...

- You and Pacey are a lower middle class family with three children.

Pacey you're a busdriver. Andie you're a salesclerk.

- Kenny Reily? Mr. Matick is it possible to switch partners?

- No, it's not.

- Trey Carter.

- You two, will be a well-to-do, same sex couple.

Trey you're going to be a pediatrician, Jeff you are an advertising executive.

- What do you mean as in same sex?

- Well, as in gay.

And you're planning on getting married so your wedding expenses

will have to be factored into your budget.

- What do you mean gay?

Jen Lindley.

- Okay, a wealthy couple, Dawson you're a stockbroker and Jen, you're an engineer.

You've got two kids in college, a house at the beach,

annual income, $400,000 a year. Last, but not least, Joey Potter.

Odd woman out. That's okay, Joey, you will be a single successful single mother

raising two kids on your own. Is that everybody?

Good luck and don't spend all your money in one place.

- This assignment is so lame.

Pretending to be people we're never going to be,

spending money we're never going to have, I mean, what's the point?

- The point is getting us thinking about economic problems

that we will be facing in the real world.

- Well, I hate to break it to you, Peter Pan,

but some of us are already dealing with those problems.

I mean this just gets me thinking about the future and how

I have absolutely no idea about what I want to do with my life.

- You have an idea.

- No, I don't. Admit it, Dawson, you've got it all mapped out.

You're going to go off to Hollywood, become some high profile movie director,

make millions of dollars, get a drug addiction,

end up at the Betty Ford Center, marry some...

Excuse me?

- When I close my eyes and think about where

I'll be in 10 years it's blank, I have no idea.

- You will, someday.

- This project is just going to depress me.

- I think it will be fun.

- Oh, really, and are you as excited to partner up with Jen as she is?

The look on her face was classic, Dawson.

- Well, you have nothing to worry about.

- Famous last words...

- Ah, Jen, you're drooling!

Look this is the moment of truth.

You're going to be working with him all week long so the question is...

are you going to be pantive and massikistic and piss me off?

Or are you going to be proactive and grab him by the dipstick and make me proud!

- Abby, it's not that simple, alright? Take a look at him.

He's totally into Joey. He's in love with her.

- He's a 15-year-old boy. He doesn't know what love is.

All he does know is that he goes to sleep everynight jerkin'

his gherkin and he wakes up every morning humping his mattress.

- Excuse me, Abby? Hey.

- What? Who are you?

- I'm Kenny Reily, I'm your partner in Econ.

- No you're not. Go away.

- Look, I thought we should talk about our assignment.

- Um, could you just do the assignment and put my name on it?

That'd be great. Thanks, Bye!

- Anyways, I think it's time for a little bit of this New York City aggression.

I mean, you have to show him the old, naughty Jen because this new Jen just isn't workin'.

I mean, you're going to working together the whole week.

It's the perfect opportunity.

Late night study sessions, role playing like you guys are husband and wife...

you can remind him of what a great couple you used to be and how compatible you two are.

- I don't know. I don't want to jump the gun, you know?

- I want you to jump the gun. His gun, and I want all the gory details.

- What are you doing? Haven't you ever mopped before? You dip the mop in the bucket,

you don't dump the water on the floor.

- Look, I know I've made a few blunders, but I'm not a screw-up.

- Here. I'll do it. Don't worry about it. Just go wipe off the counters.

- What is going on here? Is something flooding?

- No, Jack... nevermind. I've taken care of it,

but can we save some of this clean-up for tomorrow?

- No way! This week we have to stay on top of everything.

I'm so paranoid that the health department is just going to jump down our throats.

- It's just that I have this huge Econ. project due Friday.

It's worth 1/3 of my grade.

I have to prepare a household budget for a single career mother and

I have no idea what I'm doing.

- I'm virtually a single career mother. I can help you.

- No thanks, Bessie. You're not exactly the model for this assignment.

First of all, she's a super successful career woman with $160,000 annual income.

- Joey, maybe I'm not super successful but if there's one thing

I know how to do it's budget money.

- You know, you're right. I should get some advice.

I should find a single career mother who's living this assignment and ask her for help.

- I can do it. You keep cleaning, and I'll advise.

- Thanks, Bess, but you can barely get your bills paid on time.

Thanks for the offer but I think I'll find somebody else.

- Dude, check out this Viper.

- Pacey, can you please put that down for one second?

Is that possible? We are seriously over-budget by like $30,000.

- I don't need the jacuzzi.

As long as I get this Viper, everything will be alright.

- Pacey, you are a bus driver, and I am a salesclerk.

We're not getting any Viper. Okay,

I think the first decision that we should make should me where we're going to live.

Since we have 3 kids, we should get a four-bedroom house.

- Kids don't need their own rooms.

You know, not everyone gets to grow up like you, very princess.

- I want a divorce.

- Granted. We can split the cash, you can keep the kids, I'll take the car.

- That is so typical.

Doesn't that sicken you that you're living up to the

most common embase of all male stereotypes?

You don't care about your wife and kids, no.

All you care about is this overpriced piece of metal.

- Hey it's got passenger side airbags.

Look, I want a Viper. That's it. End of story.

- Okay, compromise. You'll get your Viper.

If and only if we can find a buyable two-bedroom apartment.

- And how are we supposed to do that?

- Well, Mr. Matick said we should do some research in the field so...

let's go apartment scouting.

- Hi honey. Where's Dawson?

- He's, uh, studying next door.

- What a day.

- Yeah, I'll bet.

- I missed a deadline, the car wouldn't start,

Frank from accounting had to give me a ride home.

- Why didn't you call me?

- I thought it'd be easier if I got a ride.

- With Frank from accounting.

- Please, don't tell me your mad about that.

- Look, Gail, I know that Frank just gave you a ride home, alright?

But I can't stop how I feel. There's no trust here, no honesty.

I don't know what to do to get it back.

I don't know maybe this idea of an open, this open marriage thing.

- Mitch..

- No, no, wait, wait, just here me out.

Maybe, by taking away the rules,

I can take away the need to trust you, and we can get back some of what we lost.

- Meaning?

- Meaning from this moment on Thursday night is date night,

we can go out with whomever we want, do whatever we want,

when whatever we want, and the only rule is that we're honest about it.

See, there's no need to lie, an open marriage allows us that.

- Um, maybe we should send our kid's to state school.

It would be a hell of a lot cheaper.

- Dawson, if we had kids they'd be Ivy League material.

- These prices are astronomical. According to our tax bracket,

we would have to earn $60,000 a year to send one kid to one year of college.

- What are you laughing at?

- This conversation. I mean, listen to us talking about our mortgages,

how we're going to afford to send our kids to college,

I don't know, it's like we're actually married.

Who knows maybe 20 years on down the line... could be us.

- I think these travel expenses are a little bit unrealistic.

I mean, we're going to want to go someplace warm in the winter, right?

- Yeah, somewhere like the Florida Keys... I've never been to Hawaii.

- Jamaica.

- How 'bout Figi?

- Figi! I could totally do Figi.

That'd be cool. Um, we should, um, call our travel agent,

do some price checking. Should we take the kids?

- No. They're in college they probably won't want to go with us.

- They'll probably be sick of us.

- Besides, if we go alone it'd be much more romantic.

Well, Dawson, we've agreed on practically every aspect of married life,

I don't think we could be more compatible.

You know, it's kind of a relief that you and me can still hang out.

- Yeah...

- You know, it's funny.

I have these moments when I feel as if nothing's really changed between us.

- Kind of like right now.

Well, I think we've done enough work for tonight. What do you think?

- Um, Dawson, if you happen to get any inspiration on the assignment

or just want to talk or whatever, I'm here for you.

My door's always open. If you know what I mean.

- I think so. I'll see you tomorrow.

- Bye.

- What is that?

- Rat trap. We have a little vermon infestation, not a big deal.

- You're renting the place, as is?

- Yep. As is.

- Still want that Viper?

- What are we doing here? Are we doing this project or are we moving in together?

We've looked at twelve different apartment buildings and for what?

- Research. Mr. Matick told us to do research.

- Yeah but the assignment is due tomorrow and we don't have a thing on paper.

- Is that my fault?

- Yes! It is your fault.

You're the one that's been leading us on this ridiculous apartment scavenger hunt.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I actually got into this project, Pacey.

I'm sorry I'm not the biggest slacker on the planet.

- After all this, you still think I'm lazy.

- No, Pacey, there's lazy and then there's you.

Are you trying to win some teen rebel award?

I mean, do you think it's cool to give the finger to everything

and everyone that doesn't fit into your little self-destructive agenda.

- Let's get one thing straight. You don't know me.

- Well enlighten me. My econ. grade depends on it.

- Okay, you want the broken record? Here it is.

Since before the dawn of time, I have been designated the black sheep of my family.

This label is permanent. I can't erase it, and I can't trade it in for a new one.

I could bring home an 'A' in econ. or an 'F'.

I could bring home the Nobel Peace Prize

and it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference.

So Miss Perky you try growing up in a family atmosphere

like that and see if you can stay motivated.

- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

- No, of course not. You were too busy getting into character.

"Oh I'm just a salesclerk, a poor little salesclerk look for an apartment. "

You want to know the reason this assignment is so fascinating to you?

In reality, you've never had a problem in your life.

You drive around in your Saab, you buy your new clothes,

and you basically throw your money away.

The idea that people actually have to budget their money is like some novelty to you.

You're rich and you're spoiled and that's what it comes down to!

- You know what, you're right.

I don't know anything about me and you know even less about me so just leave me alone!

- Andie, wait, I...

- So.. are you going to take the apartment?

- Hi.

- Hi. I'm Joey Potter. Thank you so much for seeing me Miss Weston.

- Oh please, Joey, call me Laura.

- Anyways, I know you're probably really busy but

I'm preparing this household budget for Mr. Matick

in your name since you're the living embodiment of a single, successful career woman.

- What's so funny?

I don't know, I never thought I'd someday be thought

of as the embodiment of a successful career woman.

Dayle, can you bring me the filing portfolio? I need to look at it before the meeting.

- Well you must have always been pretty ambitious to be doing so well, I mean...

Aw, ambitious? Are you kidding? Not at all.

A few years ago I was the quintessential housewife.

Raising kids, staying home, no job.

Growing up I'd always loved art and drawing so I went back to school.

Now I'm teaching art and working as an interior designer.

It's great because I spend half my time teaching, which I love,

and spend the other half, in design. Thanks.

- You must be incredibly talented.

- Incredibly hard-working is what I am. Oh and Joey,

we're doing the designs for a chain of Mexican restaurants.

Come take a look at these floorplans.

- They look good to me.

- Look closer, do you see any potential problems?

- Um... nevermind.

- No, no, what is it?

- You placed the kitchen and the bar and opposite ends of the restaurant.

- And why is that a problem?

- Well, I work in a restaurant and with it like that,

the waiters have to place the kitchen orders and the drink orders separately.

Everything takes twice as long and you end up running around

like a chicken with it's head cut off.

- Mind if I pick your brain for advice on some of these other designs?

A little trade-off for helping you with your assignment?

- I don't know. I'd love to.

- Nothing?

You've been working with him all week and you expect me

to believe that nothing has happened?

- I'm telling you nothing has happened. I don't know.

I mean, he's so head-over-heels in love with Joey I just can't compete with her.

- That is where you're wrong. Joey has nothing on you.

Kenny, what do you think of Joey Potter?

- She's hot.

Oh, shut up! What do you know. You're practically wallide.

- Well, Abby, I do know that we should be working on our assignment.

- Okay, you're bugging me. Can you just get out of my hair and finish it?

- Look, Abby, you haven't been doing your share of the work.

Well, what do you expect? I'm not like you, Kenny.

I have a very demanding social life.

I mean, Joey may be pretty.

She does have that fresh-face appeal in a very...

J. Crew-catalogue kind of way, but she's no you. You're a sex kitten,Jen.

And you should work it to your advantage.

- What are you saying?

That I should just take off all my clothes and throw myself at him?

- It could work! Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor

and tonight is your last night with him!

I mean you have to go for broke. Wear something scandalous.

You can borrow one of my dresses

and just spray perfume in all the right places, big red moist lips.

- You know what, you're right.

Might as well put the final nail in my coffin of shame,

what have I got to lose?

- Yeah. Just seduce him.

His tighty-whities will be in a ball by the floor

of the bed before you can say "Joey Potter is a virgin. "

- Dinner's ready.

- Well, I made other plans, Gail. It's Thursday.

- Thursday, right. Well then, you have fun. See you later.

- Bye.

- So you want to come with me to the Icehouse? I told Bessie I'd help clean up.

- No, I've got to stay here and finish my project with Jen.

Oh. Mineeee's donneee.

- I hate you.

- Oh yeah?

- Well, Laura practically did the whole thing.

She is so cool, Dawson. She said anytime I want to enter into a company, she'd help me out.

- Really?

- She just made me realize that maybe someday I could own my own business or my own company.

- See it looks like Joey has some career aspirations after all.

- Um, if your father comes back tell him since it's Thursday night, I've gone out.

- When will you be back?

- Later. Goodnight honey.

- I've given up trying to figure out my parents. It's really weird right now.

- You think we should take advantage of this moment of unsupervision.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- If I've interrupted something I can come back later.

No I was just leaving. Bye Dawson.

- Nice dress.

- Thanks I borrowed it.

- I'll bet.

- So, um, where do you want to do this?

- Somewhere where we can be comfortable. Let's go to your bedroom.

- Why do we need two Range Rover's? Compromise Jeff.

A couple weeks in Europe.. we drive a cheaper car.

- You know what, forget the honeymoon! You drive the cheaper car!

- Why are you so selfish? I mean, why do you act like that?

- Yeah I'm selfish!

- Hey! Sorry I'm late. God, this place is a pigsty.

- We got slammed.

- Hey Bessie I was telling Laura about our financial problems.

- Who's Laura?

- She's the interior designer who helped me with my project.

- Oh the super successful career woman.

- Anyway, she had some really great ideas.

Ways to keep our overhead cost down.

Laura also said she'd help us with a new logo for the Icehouse.

I mean, we could print new menus, placemats...

- We don't need new menus or placemats.

- She said she could do it for free.

She said it's crucial for businesses to revamp their new look every once in awhile.

It keeps things fresh.

- I don't have time to take advice from some woman

who knows nothing about me or my life or the Icehouse.

- She was just trying to help.

- I don't need her help. I need your help, now.

The health department called they're coming here tomorrow morning and this place is a total disaster.

- Look, you don't have to snap at me like it's my fault.

- Well, I thought you were coming in earlier, we needed you tonight.

- Well, I'm sorry, Bessie, but I actually have a life.

I am not your full-time slave.

- Full-time slave? That's a bit of an exaggeration.

- Oh is it?

- Yeah!

- The fact is all I do is run your errands, answer your phone calls,

and take care of your baby and I'm sick of it!

- Oh, Joey, I'm sorry my baby and

I are cramping your style why don't you go home. Jack and I have it covered.

- Hey, we're closed.

- Listen, can I just get a cup of coffee, man? I'm desperate.

- Yeah, yeah sure.

- You're Andie's brother, right?

- I'm Pacey.

- Yeah, I know who you are.

- Uh, listen, is your sister on any kind of medication

because she just went completely ballistic on me.

- Why? What'd you do to her?

- Nothing. I just called her a spoiler princess and she just went psycho.

I guess the truth hurts sometimes.

- Andie a spoiled princess... I don't think anything could be further from the truth.

- Don't tell me your family's not totally loaded.

- You think I'm workin' here for kicks?

- Yeah, but your sister drives a Saab man. And all those nice clothes...

- Yeah it's the last remains of a decaying dynasty.

- I don't get it.

- Look, there was a time when things were easy for us, relatively,

but those days are over now. Look I really don't want to get into this.

Just do me a favor. Give Andie a break. She deserves it.

Alright, we're done!

- Finally, huh? Mission accomplished.

Oh my God I am so exhausted I can barely see straight.

- Yeah, I feel like I've become one with this chair.

- How about a massage? Get rid of a little bit of that tension.

- No, I'm cool.

- Are you sure?

- God, I am so beat. I don't even think I can make it next door.

You mind if I just crash here for the night?

Yeah, actually I do.

- What?

- Yeah, I do mind. You should probably go home.

- So what? We can't hang out together anymore is that it?

- No, absolutely we can hang out together. We just can't sleep together.

- Well, calm down, Dawson. I just said I would crash at your house.

No one said anything about sleeping together.

I know what it is.

It's Joey, isn't it? She's been putting ideas in your head about me.

- No, Jen, Joey hasn't been putting ideas in my head. I'm not oblivious.

- Meaning?

- Meaning, look at you. I mean, is this what you normally wear to a study session?

I mean, you've been making suggestive comments. Testing me all night.

- Dawson if you can't handle being in the same room with me...

- I can handle being in the same room with you.

I just can't handle you throwing yourself at me every other second. I mean, don't you find it humiliating?

- I'm not humiliating anybody, Dawson.

And I know that you're with Joey and I accept that.

I just don't respect it. And I don't mean this in a slutty, self-degrading sort of way,

but I want to let you know that you've got options. And I'm one of them.

- Who are you? What happened to Jen?

She got bored. Decided to liven things up a bit.

I hope you can handle it Dawson.

- Have fun?

- Yeah. Did you?

- Yeah.

- Good. So what'd you do?

- Went to Duke's. Met some new people. Danced a little. You?

- Oh, I met a friend for some drinks.

I'm glad you had a good time tonight, Mitch.

- I was beginning to think you skipped town on me.

- Yeah I was up all night cleaning. Look, Joey I need to talk to you...

Things aren't working out for you and the Icehouse so you're fired.

- Fired?

- I just don't think you should be working there anymore.

- You can't fire me.

- Yes I can, and I am.

- I know what you're doing Bessie.

I couldn't sleep last night I felt so bad. What I said, I didn't mean.

- Yes, you did. You were right.

I'm in way over my head, but these problems are not yours.

I don't want to be the one robbing you of your childhood, the fun of being young.

Not burdened by all my messes. It's not fair.

It's not fair to you and I'm sorry.

- Bessie, these are my problems because you and I are a team, you know?

And you can't fire me because I'm not going anywhere and I won't be fired.

And I love you. And Alexander.

And I don't ever want you to feel like you're in this alone.

- Yeah but you're my little sister. I'm supposed to be taking care of you.

- You do. You do take care of me, Bessie.

- You know, one day I'll get it together and you'll be proud of me.

- I am proud of you, Bessie.

I mean, this assignment helped me understand how much you have to deal

with and how much stress you are under. I think you're amazing.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Unlike some of your schoolwork, the lessons that you learned from this project,

can be directly applied to your future lives. Therefore, I hope, I hope,

I hope that you gave this project's it's deserved attention.

Now will you please pass your projects to the front of the room for me.

Jeff, how'd that wedding turn out?

- Great, Mr. Matick. We decided to go for a casual one by the ocean, just you know,

Close friends and family.

- And that way we can spend more money on the honeymoon.

- Good decision, Trey.

- Mr. Matick?

- FYI, Abby Morgan's name is on this report because she

threatened my life and didn't help at all and spent

the entire week just verbally abusing me.

- That is a lie! Look, Mr. Matick, Kenny was congested and he literally

had snot all over his face. I just didn't want to get ill.

- I hope you set aside money for marriage counseling.

So Andie, where's your project?

- Well, Mr. Matick, since marriage is a 50/50 partnership,

I decided to do my project from the wife's perspective so.. here's my half.

- Pacey Witter! Nice of you to join us. This your project?

- Mine and Andie's.

- Looks pretty comprehensive. Good work, you two.

And now that this is over you'll get these back on Monday

then on Monday we'll start our project on macroeconomics.

- I am so glad that project is over.

- I liked it.

- You did, didn't ya?

- Yeah.

- I can see it now, Joey Potter climbing the ladder to corporate america.

- Shut up.

- Come here.

- Get a room.

- What was that all about?

- I have no idea.

- Pacey, hey!

- Hey.

- Thanks for finishing the project. I guess I can never call you lazy again

- Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday. 'Kay.

I think we were both suffering from a case of false impressions.

I talked to your brother last night and he explained to me

that your family is not exactly the Rockefellar's.

- He did?

- Yeah, so I feel like the world's biggest chump here.

- Don't sweat it.

- No, really, it's true. I obviously don't know anything about you.

- Look, Pacey, my life is like a Movie of the Week is better

left out of this conversation here, okay?

- Okay.

- So what I want to know is did we get the viper?

- Come on, after all we've been through do you think I could really get the Viper?

- Okay, I had to but it's such an awesome car.

- That means all of our kids are stuffed into a 2-bedroom apartment.

- Actually it's a one bedroom apartment, but, you know, the family that lays together stays together.

- Pacey, 5 people in one bedroom. That is insanity!

- Are you complaining? I stayed up all night finishing this project.

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