Use Your Disillusion

Use Your Disillusion
Season	5
Episode	5
INFO
Aired	7 November 2001
Written by	Rina Mimoun
Directed by	Perry Lang
EPISODES
Previous	The Long Goodbye
Next	High Anxiety

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I’m here for you. Now, forever, and every day in between

—Joey's in her note to Dawson

Use Your Disillusion is the 5th episode of Season 5 of Dawson's Creek.

Synopsis

Dawson takes Joey up on an offer to visit her for a weekend in Boston. Meanwhile, Jack is surprised when his boyfriend visits unexpectedly and makes Jack choose between spending time with him or the fraternity.

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 Beth Peil as Evelyn Ryan Special Guest Stars Ken Marino as David Wilder Busy Philipps as Audrey Liddell Lourdes Benedicto as Karen Torres Chad Michael Murray as Charlie Todd David Monahan as Tobey Barrett Ian Kahn as Danny Brecher and Mary-Margaret Humes as Gale Leery

Co-Starring Johnathan Parks Jordan as Moskowitz Bourke Floyd as Brady Melissa Claire Egan as Ilyse Todd Janie Brookshire as Carla Pam Hurley as Emily Brecher

Quotes

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Dear Dawson, When something like this happens, you wanna reach out and grab the people around you, the ones who matter the most. The ones you take for granted all the time. And you want to take those people and hold onto them as tight as you can, tell them how precious they are to you, how knowing them makes your life better every single day that you're living it. Because when something like this happens, you realize how awful it would be if they didn't know, if they weren't aware of the profound effect they've had on your life. So, I want to take this moment to tell you that I love you, Dawson, and I'm here for you...Now, forever, and every day in between. Love, Joey

—Joey's full note to Dawson

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It's Dawson. My best friend in the entire world who needs me right now more than he probably ever has and that's a lot of pressure. You know, what if I mess up and I say all the wrong things and at the end of the day I'm not enough

—Joey

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That stupid fantasy you have where the guy who broke your heart suddenly realizes he's made the biggest mistake of his life and he finds you wherever you are. He comes running up to you and he says: 'I can't live without you. You are my entire universe and if you don't take me back right now, I will never love anyone again'. Where does this fantasy come from?

—Tobey to Jen

Locations

• Dawson's House
• Charlie's Dorm
• Civilization
• Grams's Boston House
• Wilder's House
• Worthington University
  • Joey and Audrey's Dorm

Trivia

• Jack and Tobey break up.
• Jen sees Charlie kissing another girl.
• Jack officially becomes a brother at Sigma Epsilon.
• Dawson starts to have panic attacks.

ALLUSIONS

• The title of the episode is a play on the album title "Use Your Illusion" by Guns N' Roses.

BROADCAST

• The episode was watched by 3.77 million people upon its original airing on the WB.

Films

WATCHED

Charlie's Angels (2000)

REFERENCED

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Mystic Pizza (1988)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Music

for now (get up) | ETHYLINE

jack plays pool

won't find you | UNIVERSAL HONEY

jen on the phone; tobey arrives

angels & gargoyles | CROSS MY HEART

tobey and jack on a date

coming around again | DRAGMATIC

jack with the other pledges

static trampoline | CHRIS PIERCE LIBERATION

dawson talks to a girl in the kitchen

loud | MATT NATHANSON

dawson leaves; jen and tobey say goodbye

kathy's song (cover) | SHAWN COLVIN

joey and audrey's dorm

Videos

Dawson's Creek - Things Get Awkward Between Dawson and Joey