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- You can't choose what you love; it chooses you
- —Dawson
Coming Home is the premiere of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek.
Synopsis[]
Joey (Katie Holmes) and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) return home to face a barrage of questions about whether they had sex; Pacey's sister (guest star Sasha Alexander) abruptly arrives from college without a diploma; and Andie (Meredith Monroe) scopes out two potential summer flings.
Starring[]
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Quotes[]
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- It's like 'A Wonderful Life' in reverse. Everyone seems better off without us
- —Joey to Pacey
Locations[]
- True Love
- Dawson's House
- Harry's Hardware Store
- Doug's Apartment
- Mrs. Hammacott's House
- Potter B&B
- Jen's House
- Dive-In
Trivia[]
- Dawson reveals he had a crush on Gretchen when he was 10.
- Joey tells Dawson that she and Pacey did not have sex.
- Joey gives Dawson a brick from Ernest Hemingway's house symbolizing the foundation of a friendship that she hopes to reform.
- The ladder to Dawson's window is gone.
- Dawson's room now predominantly features his photography.
- Dawson and Jen walk in on his parents making out on the coffee table, which calls back to three years prior, only then it was with Pacey. As well as a parallel, it also serves as commentary on growing up as Dawson three years earlier would never have conceived of not hanging out with his best friend Pacey. Now, his best friends (Jen, Andie, and Jack) are all people he didn't know then.
- In the final scene, Pacey and Joey are reading from Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
BROADCAST
- The episode was watched by 4.98 million people upon its original airing on the WB.[2]
ERRORS
- You can see Katie Holmes's microphone pack during the first scene.
PRODUCTION NOTES
- Paul Stupin provides audio commentary for this episode on the DVD for Season 4 as well in subsequent releases.
- The opening scene on the True Love had to be reshot 3 times due to the camera shaking heavily. The final scene was shot on the cast and crews day off.[3]
- The red light in Dawson's dark room was added in post.[3]
Films[]
- WATCHED
- Jaws (1975)
- REFERENCED
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
- The Odd Couple (1968)
- Coming Home (1978)
Music[]
- AM radio | EVERCLEAR[4]
- jen, andie, dawson and jack at the beach
- souvenirs | MARY BETH MAZIARZ
- joey in dawson's room; later at the beach; andie + jj kiss
- jaws (theme) | JOHN WILLIAMS[5]
- the dive-in
- this year's love | DAVID GRAY[6]
- joey + pacey on true love
Photos[]
Stills[]
Screenshots[]
Videos[]
Media[]
- “Dawson’s Creek” Gets “Real” As Danny From “The Real World” Guest Stars (WARNER BROS • SEP 2000)
- The Time The Real World's Danny Roberts Guested on Dawson's Creek (PRIMERTIMER • APRIL 2022)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ First appearance of Gretchen Witter
- ↑ Ratings Ryan — Dawson's Creek (WB): Ratings Recap
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Season 4 DVD commentary with Paul Stupin
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Parking" by The Fuzz
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Original Score Piece" by Adam Fields
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "If She Would Stay" by Sweetsalt