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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.[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
- 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.[2]
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.[3]
- 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[]
- sunday morning | BETTER DAYS
- dawson asks jack to borrow the boat
- somewhere in new mexico | JILL SOBULE[5]
- jen + henry on the roof; gale surprises mitch
- 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[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ "Show Me Love" official synopsis archived from The WB on dawsons-creek.com
- ↑ Ratings Ryan — Dawson's Creek (WB): Ratings Recap
- ↑ Archived on May 10, 2000 from dawsonscreek.com
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Landmine" by The Whereabouts
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Somebody Loved" by The Weepies
- ↑ Replaced on DVD and streaming with "Surrounded" by Dark Room