A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale
Season	4
Episode	14
INFO
Aired	7 February 2001
Written by	Zack Estrin & Chris Levinson
Directed by	Greg Prange
EPISODES
Previous	Hopeless
Next	Four Stories

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I'm gonna count to ten, and then I'm going to start kissing you. If you don’t want me to... then you’re just gonna have to stop me. Ten, my love

—Joey

A Winter's Tale is the 14th episode of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

JOEY AND PACEY CONSIDER TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND ANDY GRIFFITH GUEST-STARS – Joey (Katie Holmes) and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) feel the pressure to "go all the way" when the senior trip inspires unsupervised mayhem in the class of 2001. Meanwhile, Dawson must decide, with the help of Mr. Brooks' oldest friend (guest star Andy Griffith), whether to take Mr. Brooks (guest star Harve Parsnell) off life-support.

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 Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan Special Guest Stars Harve Presnell as Arthur Brooks Sasha Alexander as Gretchen Witter Mark Matkevich as Drue Valentine

Special Appearance By Andy Griffith as Andrew Lanier Guest starring Sabine Singh as Anna Evans Co-Starring David Downs as Mr. Kasdan Tony Hale as Dr. Bronin Michael Horvath as Student

Quotes

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Still, all that time, he had that part of her soul you give your first love. When he goes, he'll be with her. I suppose that's the way it should have always been. Well... Goodbye, Arthur. Thanks for writing and for staying 'till I could say goodbye

—Mr. Brooks' friend to Dawson

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Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to. Miracle on 34th Street. Arthur always believed that the best answers for life's questions could be found in the movies

—Mr. Brooks' friend, to Dawson

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What I am scared of is that little piece of your heart that will always belong to Dawson Leery. OK, I'm scared of that piece of your heart that always envisioned your first time being with him. I'm scared of that part of you that just doesn't want it to be me. That's what I'm scared of

—Pacey to Joey

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Did it ever occur to you that you're so caught up in trying to make the right choice that you've never stopped to consider the possibility that there may not be a right choice, or a wrong choice, just a bunch of choices?

—Jack to Joey

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I'm scared that I'm gonna end up alone. I'm scared that I'm always gonna be someone's friend or brother or confidant but never quite... someone's everything. Mostly, I'm scared I'm never gonna meet a guy that I love half as much as I love you

—Jack to Jen

Locations

• Capeside High School
• The Spruce Pines Lodge
• Capeside Memorial Hospital
• Grecco's Pizzeria
• Dawson's House

Trivia

• Jack and Jen kiss but Jen stops it before it goes further.
• Joey loses her virginity to Pacey.

BEHIND THE SCENES

• Harve Presnell (Arthur Brooks) sadly also died from pancreatic cancer, in 2009.

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 5.1 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

Films

WATCHED

Arthur Brooks film

REFERENCED

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Risky Business (1983)

Music

impossible | BRIAN CHARLES

everyone getting on the bus

hideaway | EPSTEIN'S MOTHER

mr.kasdan takes attendance

do it again | SPLYTZ

drue hands out keys

sucker for the count | REVELATION DARLING

pizzeria scene

summer of '69 | BRYAN ADAMS

ice skating rink

dumb love | BRIAN CHARLES

pacey runs into anna

sugar star | CRUSHING VELVET

pacey rebuffs anna

how does it feel | RADFORD

pacey and joey head to their room

takes my breath away | TUCK & PATTI

pacey + joey first time

Photos

Videos

Joey's First Time - Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek - Joey and Pacey Discuss Their Future

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