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- You know you love someone when you can spend the entire night, sitting by the fire, watching them sleep
- —Grams
A Weekend in the Country is the 12th episode of Season 3 of Dawson's Creek.
Synopsis[]
WELCOME TO POTTER'S B&B – Joey's (Katie Holmes) friends and their families work together to make sure that the opening of Potter's Bed & Breakfast is a success and that she and Bessie (Nina Repeta) don't lose everything they have after Pacey (Joshua Jackson) surprises them with a visit from a prestigious travel critic. Throughout the weekend, Jen (Michelle Williams) admits her concerns to Grams (Mary Beth Peil) about getting close to Henry (guest star Michael Pitt); Jack (Kerr Smith) considers moving back home after hearing Andie's (Meredith Monroe) loving plea; and Dawson (James Van Der Beek) tries to understand the connection between his parents (Mary-Margaret Humes and John Wesley Shipp) even after their divorce.[1]
Starring[]
- James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery
- Katie Holmes as Joey Potter
- Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley
- Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter
- Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee
- Meredith Monroe as Andie McPhee
- Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery
- John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery
- Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan
- Nina Repeta as Bessie Potter
- Special Guest Stars
- Michael Pitt as Henry Parker
- Obi Ndefo as Bodie Wells[2]
- Co-Starring
- Carl McIntyre as Fred Fricke
Quotes[]
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- She hung up on me. A telemarketer hung up on me
- —Joey
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- It's cumulative. You have to re-decide, over and over, every day
- —Gale on breakups
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- Phenylenediamine. It's a main chemical used to process film. It's an intense smell... at the time it smelled like possibility
- —Dawson
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- Hickory buring in the hearth. Smells like 46 years of my life
- —Grams
Locations[]
Trivia[]
- Grams reveals in this episode that she and Gramps were married for 46 years (possibly longer; a year later, she tells Jen and Jack how they did not live in the house by the Creek as newlyweds).[3] This would mean Grams & Gramps wed at some point in 1952, if not earlier.
- Dawson tells Jen that his reaction to her history was totally wrong.
- Jack moves back in with Andie and his dad.
- Joey's mom dreamed of opening a bed and breakfast.
- All the characters take turns revealing their favorite scents:
- Grams - hickory burning in the hearth
- Gale - vanilla
- Dawson - phenylenediamine - a chemical used to process film
- Jen - mothballs
- Jack - kickapoo juice
- Pacey - snow
- Andie - a new car
- Joey - bacon
- Grams says, you truly love someone when you are content just watching them sleep by the fire; this is how the episode ends as Pacey watches Joey.
BEHIND THE SCENES
- Mary-Margaret Humes considers this one of her favorite episodes.[4]
BROADCAST
- The episode was watched by 4.34 million people upon its original airing on the WB.[5]
PRODUCTION NOTES
- Originally titled "The Ice Storm," the writers intended this episode to be centered around the gang locked in the high school all night during a winter storm.[6] The story unfolded with Pacey and Joey getting trapped in a storeroom where Pacey's feelings for her surface. They fall asleep sharing a sweater and wake up with Joey in Pacey's arms. Parts of the scrapped story, even lines of dialogue, were reused in the Season 4 episode Late, with Joey and Drue Valentine getting stuck in the storeroom of the Yacht Club.[7]
Films[]
- WATCHED
- The Big Chill (1983)
- REFERENCED
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Music[]
- starmaker | JULIE PLUG
- henry asks jen out
- fear | BRYAN KELLEY
- dawson and mitch on the dock
- getting by | WEEKEND EXCURSION
- jen and dawson stargaze
- will you ever know | KIND OF BLUE
- fireside stories
- ain't too proud to beg | THE TEMPTATIONS
- breakfast à la the big chill
- absence of an angel | PANCHO'S LAMENT
- jen and henry talk
- promise me this | PANCHO'S LAMENT
- jack, jen and grams hug
- both sides now | JONI MITCHELL[8]
- montage; pacey watches joey sleep
Photos[]
Videos[]
Dawson's Creek - Pacey Makes A Grand Gesture
Notes and references[]
- ↑ "A Weekend in the Country" official synopsis archived from The WB on dawsons-creek.com
- ↑ First appearance of Bodie since Season 1
- ↑ Coda
- ↑ An impromptu photo from a favorite episode... “Weekend in the Country” I hope it brings a smile to your face and a warm memory to your heart. ❤️
- ↑ Ratings Ryan — Dawson's Creek (WB): Ratings Recap
- ↑ Newsletter Headquarters - 104th Dawson's Creek Scoop dawsonscreek.com. Archived on October 18, 2000.
- ↑ Ask Anna and Jason on dawsonscreek.com. Archived April 12, 2012.
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Seasons Of Us" by Mary Beth Maziarz