Show Me Love

Show Me Love
Season	3
Episode	21
INFO
Aired	10 May 2000
Written by	Liz Tigelaar & Holly Henderson
Directed by	Morgan J. Freeman
EPISODES
Previous	The Longest Day
Next	The Anti-Prom

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So she was vulnerable; perfect for you. 'Cause you're only interested in girls you can save or screw, right Pace?

—Dawson

Show Me Love is the 21st episode of Season 3 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

A DEFINING MOMENT – As Capeside prepares for the annual spring regatta, Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Pacey (Joshua Jackson) compete for the winning trophy, only Joey (Katie Holmes) is tired of feeling like the prize. Meanwhile, after many weeks of mixed messages, Gale (Mary-Margaret Humes) makes the first move with Mitch (John Wesley Shipp), and after Jen (Michelle Williams) finally forgives Henry (guest star Michael Pitt) for his one-track mind, he gives Jen the most romantic night of her life.

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

Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery

John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery

Mary Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan

Nina Repeta as Bessie Potter

Special Guest Stars

Michael Pitt as Henry Parker

Rodney Scott as Will Krudski

Quotes

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My point is: to err is human, to forgive; divine. Hasn't he paid enough penance?

—Grams to Jen

Locations

• Dawson's House
• Capeside Harbor
• Jen's House
• Capeside High School
• Joey's Wall
• Leery's Fresh Fish
• Katy's Grill
• McPhee House
• Capeside Train Station
• Dawson's House

Trivia

• The episode ends with Dawson and Joey watching E.T. in his bedroom, which is a callback to the first scene of the pilot.
• Dawson and Pacey compete in the regatta with Dawson's sponsor being the Potter B&B and Leery's Fresh Fish sponsoring Pacey.
  • Dawson ends up getting disqualified for almost crashing into Pacey's boat, despite finishing first.
• Joey says to Dawson that she just needs a friend right now and Dawson obliges.

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 4.73 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

PRODUCTION NOTES

• Writers Liz Tigelaar and Holly Henderson chronicled their experience writing the episode in numerous diary entries on dawsonscreek.com from January of 2000 until the episode aired in May.
  • After receiving the news they would be writing an episode, Henderson and Tigelaar began brainstorming in the writers room on February 10th. Then pitched the story to producers Paul Stupin and Greg Prange over the phone on February 15th. An official pitch was made to The WB on February 24th and writing commenced on February 25th. They completed the first draft of the script a little over a week later on March 6th.
  • The first actors read thru took place late night on March 14, 2000 in Dawson's garage where they had been on location filming for The Longest Day. Joshua Jackson covered Mary Beth Piel's lines as she was not in attendance.
  • The episode began filming on March 17, 2000, approximately 2 days after the actors first saw the script.
  • Other titles considered for this episode: "Joey's Ladder," "Happily Ever After," "Gotta Regatta," "Holding Water," "The Race," and "Second Chances".
  • Tigelaar, Henderson and Jeffrey Stepakoff met with Meredith Monroe per her request to discuss some notes she had for Andie's storyline in order to make it "stronger and truer to life to her characters' attitude."
  • Tigelaar and Henderson make a cameo appearance as patrons of Katy's Grill. They can be seen behind Joey in Act 2.
  • Actress Claire Danes visited set for her friend, Michelle Williams.
  • Scenes at the Regatta were filmed in the same location as Abby Morgan's death in Season 2.
  • Tigelaar and Henderson were given the rare opportunity as freelancers to write all drafts, rewrites and travel to Wilmington and sit on set and through all steps of post production.
  • A lot of cuts to the script and film had to be made for time. Specifically noted, parts of Andie's story and an end montage that was cut for redundancy.

Films

WATCHED

E.T the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

REFERENCED

Music

fiction | NIK KERSHAW

opening montage

sunday morning | BETTER DAYS

dawson asks jack to borrow the boat

somewhere in new mexico | JILL SOBULE

jen + henry on the roof; gale surprises mitch

crush 'em | MEGADETH

regatta

let that be enough | SWITCHFOOT

dawson tries to talk to joey

hazel | TROY YOUNG CAMPBELL

pacey + will at the station

music to my ears | JENNY BRUCE

joey visits dawson

Photos