- 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
Guest starring
- Nicole Nieth as Nellie Oleson
- Mitchell Laurance as Benjamin Gold
- Leann Hunley as Tamara Jacobs
Quotes
- Wit. We like that around here
- —Dawson, to Jen
- Dawson – Show some respect man, she's somebody's mother
- Pacey – I have it on pretty good authority that mothers have excellent sex lives
- ―Boys
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
Notes and references
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Katie Holmes IG. (January 2018)