Hopeless

Hopeless
Season	4
Episode	13
INFO
Aired	31 January 2001
Written by	Nan Hagan
Directed by	Krishna Rao
EPISODES
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You're still young enough to fall in and out of love a few more times before you get it right

—Mr. Brooks to Dawson

Hopeless is the 13th episode of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

To get time off from work for a school trip, Joey (Katie Holmes) agrees to her employer's request that she and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) accompany Drue (Mark Matkevich) on a date with the daughter of an influential yacht-club member. Meanwhile, Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Gretchen (Sasha Alexander) go to a dance club with some of her college friends.

Starring

James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery Katie Holmes as Joey Potter Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter Kerr Smith as Jack McPhee Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan Special Guest Stars Sasha Alexander as Gretchen Witter Mark Matkevich as Drue Valentine David Monahan as Tobey Barrett and Harve Presnell as Arthur Brooks

Recurring cast Carolyn Hennesy as Mrs. Valentine Guest starring Sabine Singh as Anna Evans Rachel True as Kira Co-Starring Deron Barnett as Will Anthony Mauro as Bouncer Jeanette Weegar as Jessica

Quotes

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Mr. Brooks – Picture's not half bad. And not just because it's about me either

Dawson – We should make another one sometime

Mr. Brooks – Any time kid... anytime

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I have been fine with waiting. I have been too scared to sleep with you too soon. I don't want to do anything that is going to jeopardize the most amazing relationship that I've ever had. Jo, I am happy that you and I took the time to really fall in love with each other. But we're here now, Jo. This is 8 months and counting. So, I just... I want... I need for you to know that if our relationship is not going to be progressing on to that next level, it's not because of me

—Pacey

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I'm offering a brother's opinion, okay, and, as your brother, I can firmly tell you... That is not a leaving-the-house kind of outfit. That's like the bottom layer of something that will become a leaving-the-house outfit when you put on a sweater or something

—Pacey

Locations

• Leery's Fresh Fish
• Capeside Yacht Club
• Brooks' House
• Gretchen and Pacey's House
• McPhee House
• Dawson's House
• Jordan Junior High
• Club Tropics

Trivia

• Mr. Brooks gets Dawson to sign some legal document.
• Dawson discovers Mr. Brooks unconscious lying on the floor.
• Pacey and Joey discuss sex, a topic which they have previously avoided.
• Mr. Brooks has pancreatic cancer.

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 4.54 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

Films

WATCHED

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REFERENCED

The Graduate (1967)

Music

what a wonderful world | LOUIS ARMSTRONG

dawson turns on mr. brooks's radio

hopeless | DIONNE FARRIS

gretchen and her friends in the car

firecracker | JOHN LARDIERI

entering the club

give you the world | THE FLYING CORDOVAS

dawson, gretchen and her friends in the club

waiting for a sign | MARY BETH MAZIARZ

dawson finds mr. brooks

Photos

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