The Unusual Suspects

The Unusual Suspects
Season	4
Episode	8
INFO
Aired	22 November 2000
Written by	Jonathan Kasdan
Directed by	James Whitmore Jr.
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Karma. Finally caught up with me

—Drue

The Unusual Suspects is the 8th episode of Season 4 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

Principal Peskin (special guest star Harry Shearer, "Spinal Tap") and Mitch (John Wesley Shipp) question Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and Jack (Kerr Smith) after someone puts the senior administrator's boat into the school's swimming pool with the man's dog on board. Meanwhile, Jen (Michelle Williams) agrees to help coach Jack's (Kerr Smith) soccer team as part of her community service.

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 Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery John Wesley Shipp as Mitch Leery Special Guest Stars Harve Presnell as Arthur Brooks Harry Shearer as Principal Peskin Sasha Alexander as Gretchen Witter Dylan Neal as Doug Witter Mark Matkevich as Drue Valentine

Recurring cast Carolyn Hennesy as Mrs. Valentine Guest starring Carly Schroeder as Molly Sey Bridgett Newton as Caroline Sey Co-Starring David Andrews as Gus Weiner Chris Jarman as Mike Joe Rickman as Lone Student Austin Taylor as Little Boy

Quotes

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Pacey – When you told me you'd never be able to trust me again, that was probably amongst the top 5 of worst moments of my life

Dawson – When I walked out on my back porch and saw you and Joey? That was my worst. Number 1 with a bullet

Pacey – Do you think it's possible that someday I could convince you that maybe I'm the type of person you could trust again?

Dawson – I would like to believe that it is

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I don't ever want to be the kind of person who pushes everything and everyone away from him. I don't want to be alone. And I know that you don't want to be alone, either. You can't get rid of me, Mr. Brooks

—Dawson

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Pacey, I think that you’re a daring original. I think you have a talent for flying in the face of conventionality and I think you were born to break the rules, not enforce them

—Doug to Pacey

Locations

• Capeside High School
• Capeside Police Department
• Jen's House
• Dawson's House
• River Dogs Doughnuts
• Brooks' House
• Harry's Hardware Store
• Capeside Yacht Club
• Village Market
• Leery's Fresh Fish
• McPhee House
• Principal Peskin's Home

Trivia

• Drue gets framed for the prank that Dawson, Pacey, and Jack committed.
• To fulfill her community service hours, Jen becomes a coach on the kids' soccer team.
• Jack gets fired as soccer coach for putting Molly in as goalie, even though they won the playoff game.

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 4.68 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

PRODUCTION NOTES

• Writer Jonathan Kasdan appears in the opening close-up shot as the person walking down the hall with his boxers showing.

Films

WATCHED

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REFERENCED

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Music

crazy for this girl | EVAN AND JARON

pacey + joey by the police car

after all | DAR WILLIAMS

jack + molly

Photos

Stills

Screenshots

Videos

"The Unusual Suspects" Promo