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{{Episode|aka = Emotions in Motion|image = pilotjd.png|season = 1|episode = 1|airdate = 20 January 1998|writer = Kevin Williamson|director = Steve Miner|next = [[Dance]]}}{{Quote|I just think our emerging hormones are destined to alter our relationship and I'm trying to limit the fallout|– Joey to Dawson}}
  
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|aka = <center>"Emotions in Motion"</center>
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|image = 101joeydawson.jpeg
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|season = 1
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|airdate = 20 January 1998
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|writer = [[Kevin Williamson]]
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|director = Steve Miner
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|next = [[Dance]]
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}}{{Quote|I just think our emerging hormones are destined to alter our relationship and I'm trying to limit the fallout|Joey to Dawson}}'''Pilot''' is the series premiere and first episode of [[Season 1]] of ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''.
   
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== Synopsis ==
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'''{{ep|1|01to}}''' is the series premiere of [[Dawson's Creek]]. This episode is also titled '''Emotions in Motion'''.
  
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'''EMOTIONS IN MOTION''' -- At the onset of their sophomore<ref>This was retconned at the beginning of [[Season 2]] — [[Season 1]] clearly starts in summer and ends after one semester in autumn/winter. However, Season 2 starts in the summer and the gang is starting their sophomore year, in retrospect making Season 1 the first semester of their freshman year</ref> year of high school, Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his best friend, Josephine "Joey" Potter (Katie Holmes), battle with the knowledge that their lifelong friendship may be changing. Adding to Joey's confusing emotions is the arrival of the radiant Jennifer Lindley (Michelle Williams), who appears to be "the girl next door," but has an air of mystery surrounding her as she harbors a dark secret from her past. Rounding out the clique is Pacey (Joshua Jackson), whose gift for sarcasm is topped only be an over-confident knack for stumbling awkwardly unprepared into adult situations.
   
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== Plot ==
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== Starring==
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:[[James Van Der Beek]] as '''[[Dawson Leery]]'''
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Film addict [[Dawson Leery]] is making a film starring his two childhood best friends, [[Joey Potter]] and [[Pacey Witter]], to submit for the Boston Film Festival. Filming is interrupted by the arrival of [[Jen Lindley]], the granddaughter of Dawson's next door neighbour, [[Evelyn Ryan]]. Jen tells the gang that her parents sent her to Capeside from New York to help her grandmother care for her [[Mr. Ryan|Grandfather]], who recently suffered a stroke.
  
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:[[Michelle Williams]] as '''[[Jen Lindley]]'''
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:[[Joshua Jackson]] as '''[[Pacey Witter]]'''
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:[[Katie Holmes]] as '''[[Joey Potter]]'''
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:[[Mary-Margaret Humes]] as '''[[Gale Leery]]'''
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:[[John Wesley Shipp]] as '''[[Mitch Leery]]'''
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:[[Mary Beth Peil]] as '''[[Evelyn Ryan]]'''
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:[[Nina Repeta]] as '''[[Bessie Potter]]'''
   
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'''Recurring cast'''
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Later that day, Dawson and Pacey are working at the local video shop in town when [[Tamara Jacobs]] walks in. Pacey develops a crush on her, but he is shocked to find out that she is Pacey's new English Teacher. At the end of the episode, Joey discovers that [[Gail Leery]] (Dawson's mother) is having an affair with her co-anchor Bob.
  
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:[[Leann Hunley]] as '''[[Tamara Jacobs]]'''
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:[[Mitchell Laurance]] as '''[[Benjamin Gold]]'''
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:George Gaffney as '''[[Bodie Wells]]'''
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:[[Ed Grady]] as '''[[Mr. Ryan]]'''
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'''Guest starring'''
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:Nicole Nieth as '''[[Nellie Oleson]]'''
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'''Co-Starring'''
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:Ric Reitz as '''[[Bob Collinsworth]]'''
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:Rick Forrester as '''Big Guy'''
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:Evan Kelly as '''Roger Fulford'''
   
 
== Quotes ==
  
== Quotes ==
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:''Wit. We like that around here''
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{{Quote|Wit. We like that around here|Dawson, to Jen}}
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::– Dawson to Jen
  
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{{Dialogue|Dawson|Show some respect man, she's somebody's mother|Pacey|I have it on pretty good authority that mothers have excellent sex lives}}
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== Trivia ==
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* Nellie's dad owns the video store where Pacey and Dawson work.
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* Dawson and Jen met before, when they were kids
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* Tamara kisses Pacey
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* Dawson asks Joey jokingly if she has a crush on him and she lies
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* Joey discovers Dawson's mom is having an affair
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* Joey and Dawson have the same conversation about Spielberg and the Oscars in the [[Coda|season four finale]].
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'''PRODUCTION NOTES'''
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* The first script and revisions were ready in August 1997<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BeOvqVRhmno/?taken-by=katieholmes212 Katie Holmes IG.] (January 2018)</ref>
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== Music ==
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:'''hey pretty girl''' | BODEANS
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:<small>jen arrives</small>
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:'''as i lay me down''' | SOPHIE B. HAWKINS
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:<small>jen sits at her dock</small>
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:'''tubthumping''' | CHUMBAWAMBA
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:<small>jen meets nellie in school; pacey in class</small>
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:'''mercy me''' | SAY-SO
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:<small>dawson, jen and joey in the cafeteria</small>
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:'''good mother''' | JANN ARDEN
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:<small>bessie gives joey lipstick</small>
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:'''i'll stand by you''' | THE PRETENDERS
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:<small>joey rows down the creek</small>
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== Photos ==
  
== Photos ==
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'''screenshots'''
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== Music ==
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== Media ==
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:'''[https://ew.com/tv/2018/03/30/dawsons-creek-pilot Rewatching the Dawson's Creek pilot 20 years later]''' <small>('''EW''' • MARCH 2018)</small>
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:[http://www.tunefind.com/show/dawsons-creek/season-1/19197 '''Pilot''']''' '''at [http://www.tunefind.com/ tunefind][[Category:Episodes]]
  
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== Notes and references ==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Episodes]]
 
[[Category:Season 1]]
  
[[Category:Season 1]]

Revision as of 15:13, 23 February 2020

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I just think our emerging hormones are destined to alter our relationship and I'm trying to limit the fallout
—Joey to Dawson

Pilot is the series premiere and first episode of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

EMOTIONS IN MOTION -- At the onset of their sophomore[1] year of high school, Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his best friend, Josephine "Joey" Potter (Katie Holmes), battle with the knowledge that their lifelong friendship may be changing. Adding to Joey's confusing emotions is the arrival of the radiant Jennifer Lindley (Michelle Williams), who appears to be "the girl next door," but has an air of mystery surrounding her as she harbors a dark secret from her past. Rounding out the clique is Pacey (Joshua Jackson), whose gift for sarcasm is topped only be an over-confident knack for stumbling awkwardly unprepared into adult situations.

Starring

James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery
Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley
Joshua Jackson as Pacey Witter
Katie Holmes as Joey Potter
Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery
John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery
Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan
Nina Repeta as Bessie Potter

Recurring cast

Leann Hunley as Tamara Jacobs
Mitchell Laurance as Benjamin Gold
George Gaffney as Bodie Wells
Ed Grady as Mr. Ryan

Guest starring

Nicole Nieth as Nellie Oleson

Co-Starring

Ric Reitz as Bob Collinsworth
Rick Forrester as Big Guy
Evan Kelly as Roger Fulford

Quotes

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Wit. We like that around here
—Dawson, to Jen
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Dawson – Show some respect man, she's somebody's mother
Pacey – I have it on pretty good authority that mothers have excellent sex lives

Trivia

  • Nellie's dad owns the video store where Pacey and Dawson work.
  • Dawson and Jen met before, when they were kids
  • Tamara kisses Pacey
  • Dawson asks Joey jokingly if she has a crush on him and she lies
  • Joey discovers Dawson's mom is having an affair
  • Joey and Dawson have the same conversation about Spielberg and the Oscars in the season four finale.

PRODUCTION NOTES

  • The first script and revisions were ready in August 1997[2]

Music

hey pretty girl | BODEANS
jen arrives
as i lay me down | SOPHIE B. HAWKINS
jen sits at her dock
tubthumping | CHUMBAWAMBA
jen meets nellie in school; pacey in class
mercy me | SAY-SO
dawson, jen and joey in the cafeteria
good mother | JANN ARDEN
bessie gives joey lipstick
i'll stand by you | THE PRETENDERS
joey rows down the creek

Photos

screenshots

Media

Rewatching the Dawson's Creek pilot 20 years later (EW • MARCH 2018)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ This was retconned at the beginning of Season 2 — Season 1 clearly starts in summer and ends after one semester in autumn/winter. However, Season 2 starts in the summer and the gang is starting their sophomore year, in retrospect making Season 1 the first semester of their freshman year
  2. ↑ Katie Holmes IG. (January 2018)
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