Homecoming

Season	Episode
3	2

INFO

Aired

6 October 1999

Written by

Greg Berlanti

Directed by

Melanie Mayron

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Jen's a cheerleader and Jack's on the football team? OK, I got sane and everyone else went crazy?

—Andie at the Pep Rally

Homecoming is the 2nd episode of Season 3 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis[]

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES – Dawson (James Van Der Beek) is recruited by his dad (John Wesley Shipp) and Principal Green (guest star Obba Babatundé, "Miss Evers' Boys") to produce a film for the football pep rally, but the stars of the film end up being Dawson and his lady friend Eve (guest star Brittany Daniel), not the Capeside Minutemen. Meanwhile, Pacey (Joshua Jackson) has enlisted Joey (Katie Holmes) for assistance in bringing Andie (Meredith Monroe) back to Capeside, but their long-awaited reunion doesn't go exactly as Pacey had intended; and Jack (Kerr Smith) comes to an unexpected understanding with his father (guest star David Dukes) who has returned to Capeside to be with Jack and Andie.^[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

John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery

Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan

Recurring cast: Obba Babatundé as Howard Green; Michael Pitt as Henry Parker^[2]

Guest starring: David Dukes as Joseph McPhee; Brittany Daniel as Eve Whitman; Chris Demetral as Mark

Co-Starring: Rob Dator as Customer; Chris Nubel as Annoying Customer; John Bennes as Pharmacy Clerk; Mary Lucy Bivins as Older Customer; Beatrice Bush as Desk Clerk; Kelly Cheston as Madison Blacker; Aubrey Dollar as Marcy Bender; Christy Jo Wilburn as Cheerleader Veronica; Yolanda Camile Chambers as Cheerleader Betty

Quotes[]

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You changed my life, Andie. You were that person for me. You inspired me to be a man that I’d only ever dreamed about being. When you first started to get sick, it dawned on me that I might not be that person for you

—Pacey

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It’s weird that it happens, isn’t it? You still love the person, but you stop needing them like you used to

—Dawson to Joey

Locations[]

Trivia[]

Jack joins the football team as wide receiver.
Andie cheated on Pacey with Mark, a boy she met at the facility where she was staying.
Pacey breaks up with Andie.
Jack's dad invites him back home but he decides to stay with Jen & Grams.
Dawson gives Joey his necklace. He can be seen wearing it in all previous episodes.

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